Waldmann Ella – EN

Jan 23, 2024

Ella Waldmann

Research

Research themes

  • Dissertation Topic:
    – American Radio-graphies: The Poetics of Nonfiction Audio Narratives, from Radio to Podcasts
    Supervised by: Mathieu Duplay

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Bio

  • Since 2018: PhD student at Université Paris Diderot
  • 2017-2018; 2020: English Teacher for undergraduate-level students preparing for competitive exams
  • 2017: Obtained the Agrégation in English (competitive national examination for teaching in French public education)
  • 2015-2016: Book and Debate Officer at the Consulate General of France in Toronto, Canada
  • 2013-2015 : Masters in Public Affairs at Sciences Po Paris
  • 2011-2012: Exchange student at Columbia University
  • 2011-2013 : Masters in English Literature at Université Paris Diderot
  • 2010-2015 : École Normale Supérieure de Cachan
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Media

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    Publications

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      Articles

      Publications

      • “From Storytelling to Storylistening: How the Hit Podcast S-Town Reconfigured the Production and Reception of Narrative Nonfiction,” Ex-Centric Narratives: Journal of Anglophone Literature, Culture and Media, Vol. 1 Issue 4, décembre 2020.
      • “Sounding out the South: The Challenges of Aural Representation in the Podcast S-Town” PopMec, Academic Research Blog https://popmec.hypotheses.org/2325, avril 2020.
      • « Le roman non-fictionnel, aux frontières du fait et de la fiction », Travaux en cours, n. 14, octobre 2019.

       

      Communications

      • « Incarner la souffrance de l’autre : Répliques inattendues de l’image-choc « The Scourged Back » (1863) dans le podcast S-Town (2017) », Congrès de l’Association Française des Études Américaines (May 2021 Université de Lille).

      • “From Serial to S-Town: Hyper-literary Storytelling in Narrative Nonfiction Podcasts”
        Emerging Research in Podcast Studies (February 2021, International Virtual Graduate Symposium).

      • “Aural Imaginations of the South in the Podcast S-Town” Doing Southern Studies Today Conference (January 2021, Humboldt Universität Berlin).

      • “Vision(s) of the South in the podcast S-Town”, PopMeC Conference : The US Representation in Popular Media and Culture (postponed due to COVID-19, Universidad Alcala de Henares, ES).

      • « S-Town, roman audio non-fictionnel : le podcast comme nouvel objet littéraire ? », Journée d’étude des doctorants du LARCA (April 2019, Université de Paris).

      • « Le roman non-fictionnel, aux frontières du fait et de la fiction », Séminaire des doctorants de l’École Doctorale 131 (March 2019, Université de Paris).

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