Anne Simpson joined the Department of French Hispanic and Italian Studies as a lecturer in 2009. Her doctoral thesis, Jeanne d’Arc au Front de 14: le nationalisme fin-de-siècle (on the Third Republic and right-wing nationalism), reflects her broader interests in the history of ideas and cultural history.

As a former Sessional in the Department of Language and Literacy Education (Faculty of Education, UBC), she has worked in teacher-training, as well as on Curriculum development and on-line course design (Gramligne Project — UBC, B.C. Ministry of Education).

At the The Nineteenth-Century Music Research Center directed by prof H. Robert Cohen, she served as an Editorial Assistant for La Critique musicale Berlioz. She is interested in editorial work and processes.

UBC Killam Teaching Award (2009)