Sandrine Sim茅on, PhD

Faculty - Undergraduate
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Assistant Dean of Global Citizenship
Director of the Language and Culture Program
Associate Professor of French Language and Culture
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Originally from Paris, I completed my undergraduate studies at the university of Paris III, the Sorbonne Nouvelle. I then pursued a master鈥檚 degree in film at Concordia University in Montr茅al, and worked in the film industry. Returning to my academic endeavors, I obtained additional degrees in French and Francophone Studies from Penn State University, where I wrote a doctoral dissertation on the filming of live theater.

My research continues to focus on 鈥渇ilm-th茅芒tre鈥 and the teaching methods of theater through film. The practice of filming theater for digital distribution and archival preservation has expanded in recent years; venues to broadcast these recordings have proliferated, and audiences welcome the mediation of the screens enabling them opportunity to remotely attend theatrical productions. Yet, to date, a monograph has yet to be published on the aesthetics of filming theater, its theoretical relevance and its applicability in academia. My book-length study, Film-Theater: Ethics and Aesthetics of Filming Theater, intends to address this gap.

  • Pennsylvania State University鈥揚hD in French and Francophone Studies 
  • Pennsylvania State University鈥揗A in French and Francophone Studies 
  • Universit茅 Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III鈥揗A Cinema Studies
  • First-year French I
  • Second-year French II
  • Advanced French Composition
  • Advanced French Conversation
  • Intermediate French Conversation for Study Abroad
  • Culture History of the French-Speaking World
  • Women, Space and the Image in Francophone Contexts
  • Adaptation: page, stage, screen
  • Culture History of French Cinema
  • French literature (course on Love)
  • The Art of Filming Theater
  • Film Theory
  • Filming theater
  • French theater and literature
  • Film aesthetics
  • Early modern French literature

Edited volume:

  • 芦 脌 vos 茅crans : la sc猫ne Anglophone en 2D 禄 Sim茅on, Sandrine & Agathe Torti-Alcayaga, eds. Coup de Th茅芒tre 31, RADAC, 2017.
  • Les marges du Soleil. Sim茅on, Sandrine & Agathe Torti-Alcayaga, eds. (forthcoming, L鈥橦armattan June 2023).

Articles:

  • 芦 Le film-th茅芒tre, 芦 vrai film de cin茅ma 禄 ou film hors-norme ? 禄 Les marges du Soleil, Sim茅on, Sandrine & Agathe Torti-Alcayaga, eds. (forthcoming June 2023).
  • 鈥淚s it Live? Liveness as Lure, or the (Live)cast Illusion.鈥 Intermedialit茅s/Intermediality, n潞 37-38, 2021, p. 1-20.   
  • 芦 Rostand au prisme du film-th茅芒tre. Deux regards sur la mise en sc猫ne de Cyrano de Bergerac par Denis Podalyd猫s 禄 European Drama and Performance Studies. Ed. Gomez, Fran莽oise et Daniel Loayza. Paris : Classiques Garnier, 2021-1, n潞16. 231-247.   
  • 芦 Film-th茅芒tre, interm茅dialit茅 et nouveaux enjeux esth茅tiques 禄 Intermedialit茅s/Intermediality, n潞33, 2019.   
  • 芦 Enregistrer et diffuser le r茅pertoire th茅芒tral. Retour sur les relations d鈥檌nterd茅pendance entre la Com茅die-Fran莽aise et les 茅crans 禄 Revue d鈥橦istoire du Th茅芒tre. Ed. L茅onor Delaunay. Paris : Soci茅t茅 d鈥檋istoire du th茅芒tre, 2019-3, vol. 1. 161-175.   
  • 鈥淔ilm-Theater as an Intermedial Occurrence of Theater: Recycling Ionesco鈥檚 Bald Soprano鈥 Romance Studies. 35.4 (2018): 248-259.   
  • 芦 鈥楨ffets de pr茅sence鈥 : quels proc茅d茅s pour le 芦 film-th茅芒tre ? 禄 Brasilian Journal on Presence Studies. 7.3 (2017) (translated in Portuguese).
  • 芦 Dominique Thiel filme Douze hommes en col猫re 禄 Coup de Th茅芒tre 31. Ed. Sandrine Sim茅on & Agathe Torti Alcayaga. Paris : Radac, 2017. 169-184.
  • 芦 L鈥檌mpossible document : Le Dernier Caravans茅rail d鈥橝riane Mnouchkine, un monument ? 禄 European Drama and Performance Studies. Ed. Folco, Alice et Jean-Yves Vialleton. Paris : Classiques Garnier, 2014-2, n潞3. 265-276. Nominated for the Malcolm Bowie Prize.   
  • 芦 Le film-th茅芒tre, un troisi猫me temps du th茅芒tre ? 禄 Th茅芒tre, levain du cin茅ma ; th茅芒tre, destin du cin茅ma. Ed. Torti-Alcayaga, Agathe et Kiehl, Christine. Paris : Le Manuscrit, 2013. 169-183.   
  • 芦 Une imposture peut en cacher une autre : le frontispice de Tartuffe d茅masqu茅 禄 Cahiers du dix-septi猫me. XIII, 2 (2011) : 160-183. Co-authored with Sophia Khadraoui.   
  • 芦 L鈥檈sth茅tique spatiale du Lancelot de Bresson 禄 Sites. 15. 4 (Sept. 2011) : 433-441.   
  • 芦 Allotopie: vers une probl茅matisation de l鈥檈space sc茅nique film茅 禄 Lexique commun/Lexique sp茅cialis茅. Centre de Recherche sur la Th茅orie et la Pratique Discursives. (2010) : 275-278.

Research in progress:

  • Le film-th茅芒tre. 脡thique et esth茅tique du filmage de la sc猫ne. Book project.

Conferences and Presentations:

  • 芦 Le roi Lear. Shakespeare, Andr茅 Engel et Don Kent. Film-th茅芒tre et interm茅dialit茅 禄, Th茅芒tre et Interm茅dialit茅, Universit茅 Grenoble Alpes, France, November 2022 (invited talk).   
  • 芦 Les d茅clinaisons de la raison spectaculaire dans Le Bourgeois gentilhomme 禄, Universit茅 Sorbonne Nouvelle, Villeneuve-l猫s-Avignon, France, July 2022.   
  • 芦 Le film-th茅芒tre d鈥橝riane Mnouchkine : 茅loge d鈥檜n film en marge du cin茅ma 禄. 10th International Women in French Conference, Iowa State University, May 2022 (panel organizer and presenter).   
  • 芦 Il n鈥檡 a pas de bons professeurs qui ne soient aussi en train d鈥檃pprendre 禄. The Pennsylvania State University, State College, April 2021 (invited talk).   
  • 鈥溾楨vents Cinema鈥: Not a Lesser Film, Rather the Best Seat in the House!鈥 International Screen Studies Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2019.   
  • 鈥淭he Gleaners and I: gleaning 鈥榚n abyme鈥, a reflexive cinematic writing of the authorial self.鈥 NeMLA (North-east Modern Language Association), Pittsburgh, USA, April 2018.   
  • 芦 Complicit茅s conceptuelles et hybridit茅 du film-th茅芒tre 禄. APFUCC (Association des Professeur.e.s de Fran莽ais des Universit茅s et Coll猫ges Canadiens), Toronto, CA, May 2017.   
  • 鈥淭heatre in 2D: The Rhetoric of the NT Live Films.鈥 SCMS (Society for Cinema and Media Studies), Atlanta, USA, April 2016.   
  • 鈥淚ntermedial Embodiments in Ionesco鈥檚 La Cantatrice chauve.鈥 Romance Studies Colloquium, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, July 2015.   
  • 芦 La Haine : une chronique d鈥櫭﹎eutes annonc茅es ? 禄 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium, Baton Rouge, USA, March 2015.   
  • 芦 Plaire pour instruire ou instruire pour plaire ? Un texte et son contexte : le film-th茅芒tre revisite Ph猫dre de Racine. 禄 Shippensburg University Fifth Biennial Modern Languages Conference, Shippensburg, USA, May 2014.   
  • 鈥淔ilming the Stage: A New Rhetoric for a New Kind of Film.鈥 Presenter and Panel Chair. North Eastern Modern Language Association Convention, Harrisburg, USA, April 2014.   
  • 芦 Validations et invalidations : le 鈥渇ilm-th茅芒tre鈥, une herm茅neutique des formes th茅芒trales textuelles et sc茅niques. 禄 Modern Language Association Convention, Chicago, USA, January 2014.   
  • 芦 Le film-th茅芒tre : entre th茅芒tre et cin茅ma. 禄 Laboratoires CRIDAF de Paris 13 and New York University, Paris, France, March 2012.
  • 芦 Entre film et th茅芒tre : l鈥檈space fronti猫re de la rampe. 禄 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium, Long Beach, USA, March 2012.   
  • 芦 Filmer le th茅芒tre: plaidoyer pour une forme d鈥檃rt autonome. 禄 Soci茅t茅 qu茅b茅coise d鈥櫭﹖udes th茅芒trales, Montr茅al, Canada, June 2011.
  • 芦 Le th茅芒tre 脿 l鈥櫭ヽran ou le 鈥渢roisi猫me temps鈥 du th茅芒tre. 禄 Conseil International d鈥橢tudes Francophones, Montr茅al, Canada, July 2010.   
  • 芦 Le Lancelot de Bresson, une esth茅tique spatiale. 禄 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium, Toronto, Canada, March 2010.
  • 芦 Signe d鈥檜ne imposture ou imposture du signe : s茅mio-analyse du frontispice de Tartuffe. 禄 Soci茅t茅 d鈥橢tudes pluridisciplinaires du XVIIe si猫cle, Saskatoon, Canada, October 2008.

Interviews

  • Sim茅on, Sandrine. Interview of Flo Buckeridge, NT Live General Manager (January 2016). Coup de th茅芒tre. 31. (2017).

Papers

  • 鈥溾楨vents Cinema鈥: Not a Lesser Film, Rather the Best Seat in the House!鈥 Screen Studies Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2019.
  • 鈥淭he Gleaners and I: gleaning 鈥榚n abyme鈥, a reflexive cinematic writing of the authorial self鈥. NeMLA (North-east Modern Language Association), Pittsburgh, USA, April 2018.
  • Complicit茅s conceptuelles et hybridit茅 du film-th茅芒tre. APFUCC (Association des Professeur.e.s de Fran莽ais des Universit茅s et Coll猫ges Canadiens), Toronto, CA, May 2017.
  • 鈥淭heatre in 2D: The Rhetoric of the NT Live Films.鈥 SCMS (Society for Cinema and Media Studies), Atlanta, USA, April 2016.
  • 鈥淚ntermedial Embodiments in Ionesco鈥檚 La Cantatrice chauve.鈥 Romance Studies Colloquium, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, July 2015.
  • La Haine: une chronique d鈥櫭﹎eutes annonc茅es? 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium, Baton Rouge, USA, March 2015.
  • Plaire pour instruire ou instruire pour plaire ? Un texte et son contexte: le film-th茅芒tre revisite Ph猫dre de Racine. Shippensburg University Fifth Biennial Modern Languages Conference, Shippensburg, USA, May 2014.
  • 鈥淔ilming the Stage: A New Rhetoric for a New Kind of Film.鈥 Presenter and Panel Chair. North Eastern Modern Language Association Convention, Harrisburg, USA, April 2014.
  • Validations et invalidations: le film-th茅芒tre, une herm茅neutique des formes th茅芒trales textuelles et sc茅niques. Modern Language Association Convention, Chicago, USA, January 2014.
  • Le film-th茅芒tre: entre th茅芒tre et cin茅ma. Laboratoires CRIDAF de Paris 13 and New York University, Paris, France, March 2012.
  • Entre film et th茅芒tre: l鈥檈space fronti猫re de la rampe. 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium, Long Beach, USA, March 2012.
  • Filmer le th茅芒tre: plaidoyer pour une forme d鈥檃rt autonome. Soci茅t茅 qu茅b茅coise d鈥櫭﹖udes th茅芒trales, Montr茅al, Canada, June 2011.
  • Le th茅芒tre 脿 l鈥櫭ヽran ou le 鈥渢roisi猫me temps鈥 du th茅芒tre. Conseil International d鈥櫭塼udes Francophones, Montr茅al, Canada, July 2010.
  • Le Lancelot de Bresson, une esth茅tique spatiale. 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium, Toronto, Canada, March 2010.
  • Signe d鈥檜ne imposture ou imposture du signe: s茅mio-analyse du frontispice de Tartuffe. Soci茅t茅 d鈥櫭塼udes pluridisciplinaires du XVIIe si猫cle, Saskatoon, Canada, October 2008.
  • 2018-present, Assistant Professor of French Language and Culture, 博鱼体育 of America
  • 2016-2018, 博鱼体育ing Assistant Professor, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster PA
  • 2013-2016, Assistant Professor, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
  • 2007-2013, Instructor/Grad. assistant, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 
  • Merit Award. $2500. 博鱼体育 of America (Spring 2022). This award honors faculty who have published in top-tier academic presses and journals, and recognizes their activities in the academy.
  • Teaching Innovation Grant. $1200. This grant served to implement TalkAbroad, a platform that connects language students with conversation partners across the world, in FRN 311 and 202. 博鱼体育 of America (Spring 2020).    
  • OCG Resource Fund. $2500 awarded. This fund was granted to faculty members for scholarly projects. It enabled me to conduct research for a chapter for my book on the Com茅die-Fan莽aise and its relations with French television (Summer 2017).    
  • Academic Innovation Fund Award. $150 awarded. This fund serves to underwrite innovations in teaching, course development or curricular design that show promise of having a significant and positive impact on the academic environment at Franklin & Marshall College. These funds served to rent a 35mm film for my course, 鈥淟e cin茅ma francophone au f茅minin.鈥 (Fall 2016).    
  • Malcolm Bowie Prize Nomination. My article 芦 L鈥檌mpossible document : Le Dernier Caravans茅rail d鈥橝riane Mnouchkine, un monument ? 禄 was nominated as best article published in 2014 by an early-career researcher in the broader discipline of French Studies.    
  • Tourn茅es Festival Grant. $4400 awarded. This grant helps fund Susquehanna University鈥檚 French Program Film Festival. French American Cultural Exchange (Spring 2015; Spring 2016).    
  • Weber Chair in the Humanities. $6000 awarded. This fund, established by the Women's Auxiliary of Susquehanna University and the National Endowment for the Humanities, supports an outstanding new teacher/scholar in a humanities discipline. Susquehanna University (2013-2015).    
  • Faculty Research Mini-Grant. $2000 awarded. Susquehanna University (2014; 2015).    
  • Alumni Association Dissertation Award Nomination. Nominated as a full-time doctoral student who has passed her comprehensive exams, has received approval of the dissertation topic and is within her final year. Department of French and Francophone Studies, The Pennsylvania State University (2012).    
  • Faculty recognition. Nominated as a faculty member who has been instrumental to the academic achievement of first year students at Penn State. The Pennsylvania State University (2010).