Nicholas Bartlett
Research Area
Education
M.A. in French Linguistics, University of British Columbia
B.A. in French Language and Literature, University of British Columbia
B.A. in Music Performance, Wilfrid Laurier University
About
Nick was born and raised in southwestern Ontario on the traditional territories of the Anishnawbe, Haudenosaunee, Attawandaron, and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples, and has been living, working and studying in Vancouver on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations since 2010. He is currently a fourth-year doctoral candidate: his research focuses on the intersections between medieval travel writing and queer theory, with the goal of using this queered perspective as a tool to interpret and reassess non-heteronormative bodies and cultural phenomena in such texts, and as a means of re-examining heterocentric assumptions in their interpretations.
When he’s not studying or teaching, Nick is most likely to be hanging out with his dog, Moira, or in his kitchen, trying to create the perfect croissant.
Research
Interests
- Romance philology
- Queer theory
- Travel writing
- Jean de Mandeville
- Linguistics
Publications
Awards
- FHIS Teaching Assistant Award (2021-2022)
- FHIS Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (2021)
- Ximena Osegueda Prize (2020)
Graduate Supervision
Graduate Supervisor: Dr. Anne Salamon
Conferences
“Learning Aids in the University Classroom: Multimodal Approches” (FHIS End-of-Term Gathering + Workshop – April 2023)
“Queer Philology and Medieval French Travel Manuscripts: Cultures and Bodies Outside the Heteronormative in Jean de Mandeville’s Le livre des merveilles du monde” (57th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University (online) – May 2022)
“Deconstructing the Norm: Medieval Travel Literature through the Lens of Queer Theory” (FHIS Graduate Student Symposium, University of British Columbia – May 2022)
“Queer Re-imagination: Queer Theory & the Study of Jean de Mandeville’s Livre des merveilles du monde” (FHIS Graduate Student Symposium, University of British Columbia – October 2021)
“Editing the Unedited: Philological Considerations for Gonnot’s La Mort le roi Artu” (FHIS Graduate Student Symposium, University of British Columbia – April 2021)
“Fostering Understandings of Culture in French Teacher Education through Technology” (Investigating Our Practices (IOP) Conference, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia – May 2019)