Dr Marie Kawthar Daouda
lecturer in French language and literature, Oriel College, University of Oxford; author, L’Anti-Salomé

Marie teaches French language and literature at Oriel College, Oxford. Marie grew up in Morocco and studied in Paris and Oxford. Marie’s research focuses on the reception of antiquity in modern times, on the artistic representations of good and evil, and on 19th-21st century political crises in France.

Marie is particularly interested in the history of ideas and heir evolution, what particular cultural and political climates would cause marginal ideas to become generally accepted, and vice versa. Marie has published several academic articles dealing with he representations of femininity, with heroism and sacrifice, and with the use of Catholic dogma and aesthetics in literature. She is author of  L’Anti-Salomé, représentations de la féminité bienveillante au temps de la Décadence (1850-1910).

She has contributed to UnHerd, the Telegraph and the Critic on issues like post-colonialism, Jewish Moroccan identity and French current affairs. Marie’s main influences are Charles Baudelaire, Joseph de Maistre, René Girard, Philippe Murray, Hélène Cixous, and Edith Stein.

Follow Marie on Twitter: @m_k_daouda

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