Khalid Lyamlahy
@khalidlym.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in French & Francophone Studies at UChicago | Scholar | Writer | Literary Critic | Author: "Nostalgic Rebels" (2025); "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" (2023); "Un roman étranger" (2017); | Coeditor : "Abdelkébir Khatibi" (2020)
Just received a copy of the Romanian #translation of my novel "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise", first published by #PrésenceAfricaine in 2023. The blurb is by my friend Senegalese writer @diamacoune.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the translator Alexandra Ionel & the publisher Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă.
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Just received a copy of the Romanian #translation of my novel "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise", first published by #PrésenceAfricaine in 2023. The blurb is by my friend Senegalese writer @diamacoune.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the translator Alexandra Ionel & the publisher Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă.
Forthcoming in December: "Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe's Edges" by Debarati Sanyal @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @fordhampress.bsky.social fordhampress.com/arts-of-the-... #migration #migrants #borders #border
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Forthcoming in December: "Arts of the Border: Fugitive Bodies at Europe's Edges" by Debarati Sanyal @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @fordhampress.bsky.social fordhampress.com/arts-of-the-... #migration #migrants #borders #border
📢Job Alert: The Dept of Modern Languages & Literatures @univmiami.bsky.social invites applications for an open rank, tenure-track or tenure-eligible position in French and/or Spanish with a specialization in the Digital Humanities careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1... #teachingjobs #digitalhumanities
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
📢Job Alert: The Dept of Modern Languages & Literatures @univmiami.bsky.social invites applications for an open rank, tenure-track or tenure-eligible position in French and/or Spanish with a specialization in the Digital Humanities careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1... #teachingjobs #digitalhumanities
My book "Nostalgic Rebels: Politics, Aesthetics, and Selfhood in Postcolonial Morocco" @livunipress.bsky.social has made it to @theul.bsky.social! Many thanks to my friend, the brilliant scholar of North African Studies & fellow of @pembroke1347.bsky.social, @kaoutarghi.bsky.social, for the photo!
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
My book "Nostalgic Rebels: Politics, Aesthetics, and Selfhood in Postcolonial Morocco" @livunipress.bsky.social has made it to @theul.bsky.social! Many thanks to my friend, the brilliant scholar of North African Studies & fellow of @pembroke1347.bsky.social, @kaoutarghi.bsky.social, for the photo!
À paraître en Janvier 2026 : "L'Afrique taboue : critique littéraire, autocensure et impérialisme culturel" de Jean-Fernand Bédia aux Presses de l'Université de Montréal
leslibraires.ca/livres/l-afr... #AhmadouKourouma #CheikhHamidouKane #WilliamsSassine #TiernoMonénembo #MongoBéti #Afrique
leslibraires.ca/livres/l-afr... #AhmadouKourouma #CheikhHamidouKane #WilliamsSassine #TiernoMonénembo #MongoBéti #Afrique
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
À paraître en Janvier 2026 : "L'Afrique taboue : critique littéraire, autocensure et impérialisme culturel" de Jean-Fernand Bédia aux Presses de l'Université de Montréal
leslibraires.ca/livres/l-afr... #AhmadouKourouma #CheikhHamidouKane #WilliamsSassine #TiernoMonénembo #MongoBéti #Afrique
leslibraires.ca/livres/l-afr... #AhmadouKourouma #CheikhHamidouKane #WilliamsSassine #TiernoMonénembo #MongoBéti #Afrique
📢Job Alert: The Committee on Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS) at the University of Chicago invites applications for a position as part-time Lecturer in Dance. Deadline: December 1. EOE/Vet/Disability apply.interfolio.com/176920 #teachingjobs #dance #dancestudies #dancehistory #dancepractice
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📢Job Alert: The Committee on Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS) at the University of Chicago invites applications for a position as part-time Lecturer in Dance. Deadline: December 1. EOE/Vet/Disability apply.interfolio.com/176920 #teachingjobs #dance #dancestudies #dancehistory #dancepractice
📢Job Alert: The Committee on Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS) at the University of Chicago invites applications for a position as part-time Lecturer in Theater (Acting, Directing and/or Theater History). Deadline: December 1. EOE/Vet/Disability apply.interfolio.com/176919 #teachingjobs #theater
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📢Job Alert: The Committee on Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS) at the University of Chicago invites applications for a position as part-time Lecturer in Theater (Acting, Directing and/or Theater History). Deadline: December 1. EOE/Vet/Disability apply.interfolio.com/176919 #teachingjobs #theater
Moroccan writer Driss Chraïbi's novel "Une enquête au pays", first published by @editionsduseuil.bsky.social in 1981 has now been translated into Spanish by Beatriz Cámara & published by Amarillo Editora in Madrid www.amarilloeditora.com/2025/10/02/u... #DrissChraïbi #translation #Moroccanliterature
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Moroccan writer Driss Chraïbi's novel "Une enquête au pays", first published by @editionsduseuil.bsky.social in 1981 has now been translated into Spanish by Beatriz Cámara & published by Amarillo Editora in Madrid www.amarilloeditora.com/2025/10/02/u... #DrissChraïbi #translation #Moroccanliterature
Au Carrefour des Cultures Africaines à Lyon, des événements du 6 au 9 Novembre en hommage à la dramaturge martiniquaise Ina Césaire (1942-2025) - Détails : www.billetweb.fr/pro/cca - Avec la participation de l'écrivain Daniel Maximin & de la chercheuse Vanessa Lee #InaCésaire #théâtre #dramaturge
November 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Au Carrefour des Cultures Africaines à Lyon, des événements du 6 au 9 Novembre en hommage à la dramaturge martiniquaise Ina Césaire (1942-2025) - Détails : www.billetweb.fr/pro/cca - Avec la participation de l'écrivain Daniel Maximin & de la chercheuse Vanessa Lee #InaCésaire #théâtre #dramaturge
The English translation by Judith G. Miller of Sylvie Chalaye's "Race et théâtre: un impensé politique", first published by Actes Sud in 2020, now out with @livunipress.bsky.social liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... - In 2021, I reviewed the French original: nonfiction.fr/article-1087...
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The English translation by Judith G. Miller of Sylvie Chalaye's "Race et théâtre: un impensé politique", first published by Actes Sud in 2020, now out with @livunipress.bsky.social liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... - In 2021, I reviewed the French original: nonfiction.fr/article-1087...
📢Job Alert: The Department of French at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social invites applications for a TT Assistant Professor of French or a tenured Associate Professor of French, focusing on Francophone African literature/film and/or culture. Deadline: November 20 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05137
October 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
📢Job Alert: The Department of French at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social invites applications for a TT Assistant Professor of French or a tenured Associate Professor of French, focusing on Francophone African literature/film and/or culture. Deadline: November 20 aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05137
"Peut-on dissocier l'oeuvre de l'auteur ?", ouvrage de @giselesapiro.bsky.social paru en 2020 (édition augmentée en 2024) vient d'être traduit en arabe par le chercheur et traducteur marocain Driss Elkhadraoui. La traduction est publiée par Dar Al-Kitab Al-Jadid à Beyrouth #GisèleSapiro #traduction
October 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Peut-on dissocier l'oeuvre de l'auteur ?", ouvrage de @giselesapiro.bsky.social paru en 2020 (édition augmentée en 2024) vient d'être traduit en arabe par le chercheur et traducteur marocain Driss Elkhadraoui. La traduction est publiée par Dar Al-Kitab Al-Jadid à Beyrouth #GisèleSapiro #traduction
A major figure of Moroccan cinema & theater, actor Abdelkader Moutaa, passed away yesterday. Born in 1940 in Casablanca. Performed alongside other pioneering figures in the 1960s. Renowned for his imposing voice. Here, he appears in Hamid Bénani’s landmark film "Wechma" (1970) #actor #Moroccancinema
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A major figure of Moroccan cinema & theater, actor Abdelkader Moutaa, passed away yesterday. Born in 1940 in Casablanca. Performed alongside other pioneering figures in the 1960s. Renowned for his imposing voice. Here, he appears in Hamid Bénani’s landmark film "Wechma" (1970) #actor #Moroccancinema
The book by my friend, the literary scholar & photographer Rym Khene, has made it to the UChicago library. It offers an insightful analysis of the literary and photographic representations of Algiers in the 1990s @honorechampion.bsky.social bit.ly/4nkWn5r #Algiers #Alger #photography #literature
October 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The book by my friend, the literary scholar & photographer Rym Khene, has made it to the UChicago library. It offers an insightful analysis of the literary and photographic representations of Algiers in the 1990s @honorechampion.bsky.social bit.ly/4nkWn5r #Algiers #Alger #photography #literature
"Surely, the Seine was red that day; at night, you couldn't tell. When Algerians were pulled from the water, their hands and feet were tied. It took time to do that. I don't understand" (p. 45) #LeïlaSebbar #17octobre1961 #17october1961
@iupress.bsky.social iupress.org/978025322023...
@iupress.bsky.social iupress.org/978025322023...
October 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Surely, the Seine was red that day; at night, you couldn't tell. When Algerians were pulled from the water, their hands and feet were tied. It took time to do that. I don't understand" (p. 45) #LeïlaSebbar #17octobre1961 #17october1961
@iupress.bsky.social iupress.org/978025322023...
@iupress.bsky.social iupress.org/978025322023...
📢Job Alert: The Department of French & Francophone Studies @carleton.edu invites applications for an advanced assistant professor or associate professor position in French, specialized in the literatures and cultures of sub-Saharan Africa bit.ly/47ptEHT #FrancophoneStudies #Africanliterature
October 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📢Job Alert: The Department of French & Francophone Studies @carleton.edu invites applications for an advanced assistant professor or associate professor position in French, specialized in the literatures and cultures of sub-Saharan Africa bit.ly/47ptEHT #FrancophoneStudies #Africanliterature
Forthcoming in February 2026: "Leaping Decolonization: North Africa in the Global 1960s and 1970s" by Idriss Jebari
@tcddublin.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org bit.ly/3KUncQr #NorthAfrica #decolonization #NorthAfricanStudies #Morocco #Algeria #Tunisia
@tcddublin.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org bit.ly/3KUncQr #NorthAfrica #decolonization #NorthAfricanStudies #Morocco #Algeria #Tunisia
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Forthcoming in February 2026: "Leaping Decolonization: North Africa in the Global 1960s and 1970s" by Idriss Jebari
@tcddublin.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org bit.ly/3KUncQr #NorthAfrica #decolonization #NorthAfricanStudies #Morocco #Algeria #Tunisia
@tcddublin.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org bit.ly/3KUncQr #NorthAfrica #decolonization #NorthAfricanStudies #Morocco #Algeria #Tunisia
📢Job Alert: The Department of French Studies in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences at @lsu.bsky.social is seeking applications for a TT Assistant Professor of Francophone Caribbean Studies. Closing date: March 31, 2026. Details: bit.ly/42Ip7xF #CaribbeanStudies #FrancophoneStudies
October 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
📢Job Alert: The Department of French Studies in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences at @lsu.bsky.social is seeking applications for a TT Assistant Professor of Francophone Caribbean Studies. Closing date: March 31, 2026. Details: bit.ly/42Ip7xF #CaribbeanStudies #FrancophoneStudies
Un grand merci à la librairie Eyrolles à Paris 5ème d'accueillir mes deux romans "Un roman étranger" (2017) et "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" (2023), publiés chez Présence Africaine #librairie #roman #PrésenceAfricaine #LibrairieEyrolles
October 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Un grand merci à la librairie Eyrolles à Paris 5ème d'accueillir mes deux romans "Un roman étranger" (2017) et "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" (2023), publiés chez Présence Africaine #librairie #roman #PrésenceAfricaine #LibrairieEyrolles
Thrilled to share that the Romanian translation of my novel "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" (Présence Africaine, 2023) is now out with Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă in Cluj. Huge thanks to the translator Alexandra Ionel for her work! casacartii.ro/editura/cart... #translation #Romanian #novel #memorial
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thrilled to share that the Romanian translation of my novel "Évocation d'un mémorial à Venise" (Présence Africaine, 2023) is now out with Casa Cărţii de Ştiinţă in Cluj. Huge thanks to the translator Alexandra Ionel for her work! casacartii.ro/editura/cart... #translation #Romanian #novel #memorial
The next issue 207 of the journal #PrésenceAfricaine is dedicated to Frantz Fanon. If you're in Paris, a launch event with Boniface Mongo-Mboussa, Seloua Luste Boulbina and
@amzatboukari.bsky.social is scheduled for Tuesday 14 October 5pm local time at @quaibranly.bsky.social #FrantzFanon
@amzatboukari.bsky.social is scheduled for Tuesday 14 October 5pm local time at @quaibranly.bsky.social #FrantzFanon
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The next issue 207 of the journal #PrésenceAfricaine is dedicated to Frantz Fanon. If you're in Paris, a launch event with Boniface Mongo-Mboussa, Seloua Luste Boulbina and
@amzatboukari.bsky.social is scheduled for Tuesday 14 October 5pm local time at @quaibranly.bsky.social #FrantzFanon
@amzatboukari.bsky.social is scheduled for Tuesday 14 October 5pm local time at @quaibranly.bsky.social #FrantzFanon
New book: "Exile and Return in African and Caribbean Literature" by Patoimbasba Nikiema @univmiami.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social - Includes chapters on #KhadiHane #MalikaMokeddem #DanyLaferrière #AlainMabanckou bit.ly/3IWT6uW #exile #Africanliterature #Caribbeanliterature #afrotopia
October 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New book: "Exile and Return in African and Caribbean Literature" by Patoimbasba Nikiema @univmiami.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social - Includes chapters on #KhadiHane #MalikaMokeddem #DanyLaferrière #AlainMabanckou bit.ly/3IWT6uW #exile #Africanliterature #Caribbeanliterature #afrotopia
Passed away today: Algerian writer & scholar Lamine Benallou. Born in Oran in 1958. Moved to Granada, Spain in 1994. Taught Spanish linguistics/literature in Spain & Algeria. Published on Andalusian heritage & interculturality. Finalist for the Orange Book Prize in Africa (2023) #Algerianliterature
October 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Passed away today: Algerian writer & scholar Lamine Benallou. Born in Oran in 1958. Moved to Granada, Spain in 1994. Taught Spanish linguistics/literature in Spain & Algeria. Published on Andalusian heritage & interculturality. Finalist for the Orange Book Prize in Africa (2023) #Algerianliterature
📢Research Fellowship in African Film & Visual History @brightonuni.bsky.social to join the international team responsible for the new research project "The Uganda Film Unit Archive: Digitisation, Research and Restitution", funded by the AHRC. Details: jobs.brighton.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
📢Research Fellowship in African Film & Visual History @brightonuni.bsky.social to join the international team responsible for the new research project "The Uganda Film Unit Archive: Digitisation, Research and Restitution", funded by the AHRC. Details: jobs.brighton.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
📢Job Alert: The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures at UChicago invites applications for a part-time Lecturer in Haitian Kreyòl during the 2025-26 academic year. Details > apply.interfolio.com/169461 #Kreyòl #HaitianKreyol #Haiti #languageteaching #HaitianCreole #Creole EOE/Vet/Disability
September 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📢Job Alert: The Department of Romance Languages & Literatures at UChicago invites applications for a part-time Lecturer in Haitian Kreyòl during the 2025-26 academic year. Details > apply.interfolio.com/169461 #Kreyòl #HaitianKreyol #Haiti #languageteaching #HaitianCreole #Creole EOE/Vet/Disability