Siham Bouamer , PHD

My research focuses on the cultural legacies of French imperialism, migration in contemporary France, and queer practices of memory in Francophone and transnational contexts. Drawing on affect theory, postcolonial and queer studies, my work examines how cultural forms—including literature, film, and popular media—produce and contest narratives of belonging. My research also engages in broad comparative dialogue with Arabic studies, gender, and sexuality studies. I have published articles in journals such as Contemporary French Civilization, French Studies, Études Francophones, Intertexts, and Expressions Maghrébines, addressing questions of migration, gender, affect, and cultural representation. My publications include several edited volumes, including Diversity and Decolonization in French Studies (Palgrave), Taking Up Space: Women at Work in Contemporary France (WUP), Abdellah Taïa’s Queer Migrations (Lexington), and Queer Realms of Memory (LUP). My current book project extend this work by examining Moroccan cultural production and the affective circulation of global visibility.

My scholarship also extends to pedagogy, including critical analyses of language textbooks and the representations of learners and target cultures they construct, as well as affective approaches to language learning that foreground questions of power, identity, and inclusion. I regularly teach undergraduate and graduate courses on the Maghreb and contemporary France (Plural Maghreb, Franco-Arabic Literature & Film, Queer Arab Cinema, Contesting the National Narrative) that examine colonial and postcolonial histories, cultural production, and questions of race, gender, and sexuality across literature, cinema, and media. These courses emphasize transnational perspectives to Francophone and Arabic cultural contexts.

In addition to my publications, I am actively engaged in editorial work in the field. I serve as editor-in-chief of Passages Francophones, a journal for undergraduate research, and as associate editor of CFC Intersections. I have also held editorial roles with Contemporary French Civilization and book series with Liverpool University Press. I am also deeply engaged in service to the profession. I am a co-founder of the Diversity, Decolonization, and the French Curriculum (DDFC) scholarly collective, through which I have organized international conferences and contributed to ongoing conversations about equity, decolonial pedagogy, and structural change in French and Francophone studies. In addition, I have served in leadership and elected roles in professional organizations, including the Modern Language Association and Women in French. 




 

Ph.D. : Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO, 2016 (French Language and Literature)

MA: Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO, 2009 (French)

BA: Université de Haute-Alsace Mulhouse, France, 2007 (English)

Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO, 2016 (Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)

2016 -2017 Visiting Assistant Professor, Francophone studies, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

2017 -2022 Assistant Professor, Francophone studies, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX

2022 -2024 Assistant Professor, Global French, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2024 - Associate Professor, Global French, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Grant: #French in Higher Education Investigators:Bouamer, Siham 09-01-2025 -08-31-2028 villa-albertine Undergraduate Research Journal and Internship Program in Francophone Global Studies Role:PI 14000.00 Hold Level:Non Profit

Peer Reviewed Publications

Siham Bouamer (2020. ) "Aïcha la rebelle, Aïcha la nomade: Résistance au féminin sous l’occupation coloniale espagnole au Maroc” .Transitions: Journal of Franco-Iberian Studies, , 13 ,69-96

Siham Bouamer (2020. ) “Integration à tout prix: Islam, Islamism, and the Hijab, in Yamina Benguigui’s Aïcha” .French Studies, , 75 (1 ) ,85-100

Siham Bouamer (2020. ) “Du néoréalisme italien au néoréalisme marseillais: Entretien avec Jean-Bernard Marlin sur son film Shéhérazade (2018),” .Francosphères, , 9 (2 ) ,193-202

Siham Bouamer (2020. ) “Parcours initiatique musical dans Infidèles de Abdellah Taïa” .Expressions Maghrébines, , 19 ,107-124

Siham Bouamer (2019. ) “Monstrous Moroccan Women in French Women’s Travel Narratives during the Protectorate” .INTERTEXTS: a Journal of Comparative and Theoretical Reflection, , 23 (1 ) ,65-90

Siham Bouamer (2019. ) “Souvenirs du Maroc et nostalgie du pré-protectorat dans Ce Monde disparu. Souvenirs de Madeleine Saint-René Taillandier” .Études Francophones, , 30 ,116-135

Yazan, B., Uzum, B., Zahrawi, S., Bouamer, S., & Malakaj, E. (2021. ) “A Comparative Analysis of Cultural Representations in Collegiate World Language Textbooks (Arabic, French, and German)” .Linguistics and Education, , 61 ,

Siham Bouamer (2022. ) Humor, Love, and Universalism: “Happy Ending” for Undocumented Migrants in Samba (2014)? .Contemporary French Civilization, , 47 (4 ) ,443-466.

Siham Bouamer & Denis M. Provencher (2022. ) Introducing CFC Intersections .CFC Intersections, , 1 (1 ) ,1-12

Other Publications

Siham Bouamer (2021. ) “On Accessibility and Relevance: Recentering Colonial History and Racism in French Textbooks” .H-France Salon: Special Issue on Race, Racism and the Study of France and the Francophone World, 13 (18 ) , H-France

“Race, Racism, and the Study of France and the Francophone World, Part III”

Published Books

Denis M. Provencher and Siham Bouamer (2021. ) Abdellah Taïa’s Queer Migrations: Non-Places, Affect, Temporalities .Lexington Books (Co-Editor)

Abdellah Taïa’s Queer Migrations: Non-Places, Affect, Temporalities

Siham Bouamer and Loic Bourdeau (2022. ) Diversity and Decolonization in French Studies: New Approaches to Teaching .Palgrave (Co-Editor)

Diversity and Decolonization in French Studies: New Approaches to Teaching

Siham Bouamer and Sonja Stojanovic (2022. ) ‘Taking up Space’: Women at Work in Contemporary France .University of Wales Press (Co-Editor)

‘Taking up Space’: Women at Work in Contemporary France

Siham Bouamer, Denis M. Provencher, Ryan Schroth (2025. ) Queer Realms of Memory: LGBTQ Sexualities and Identities in the French National Narrative .Liverpool University Press (Co-Editor)

Siham Bouamer Mapping Imperial Anxieties: French Women’s Guidebooks on Morocco (in progress) . (Author)

Siham Bouamer Feeling Moroccanness: Global Cultural Visibility and Affective Circulation .

Book Chapter

Siham Bouamer (2022 ) “‘Be Proud of all the Fatimas’: From Alienation of Labor to Poetic Consciousness in Philippe Faucon’s Fatima.” Taking up Space’: Women at Work in Contemporary France .University of Wales Press (Author)

Siham Bouamer (2021 ) “He Loves me/He Loves me not: Cruel Optimism in Abdellah Taïa’s L’armée du salut” Abdellah Taïa’s Queer Migrations: Non-Places, Affect, Temporalities .(pp. 113-126).Lexington Books (Author)

Siham Bouamer (2015 ) “Lettres Parisiennes: De l’exil à la migrance” Les écritures migrantes: de l’exil à la migrance littéraire dans le roman francophone .(pp. 211-234).L'Harmattan (Author)

Siham Bouamer Fatima Daas’s La Petite Dernière (2020): A fugitive lieux de mémoire for the undercommons (forthcoming) Queer Realms of Memory: An Archive of LGBTQ Sites and Symbols in the French National .

Modern Language Association (LLC Francophone Executive Committee ) Elected Member Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 2020 -2025

Women in French (Regional Representative ) Elected Member Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:Regional 2021 -2022

Liverpool University Press (Book Series: Studies in Modern and Contemporary France ) Associate Editor Type:Editorial Service Level:International 2021

CFC Intersections Associate Editor Type:Editorial Service Level:International 2021

Contemporary French Civilization (Book Review Editor ) Type:Editorial Service Level:International

Diversity, Decolonization, and the French Curriculum Collective Co-Chair Type:Service to Professional Associations Level:International 2019