Belinda Jack
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St John's College, Oxford (DPhil)
Belinda Jack | |
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| Alma mater | University of Kent (BA) St John's College, Oxford (DPhil) |
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| Fields | French Literature Literary theory Medieval French literature Francophone literature 19th-century French literature 20th-century French literature |
| Institutions | Christ Church, Oxford Gresham College Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford |
Belinda Jack is Fellow and Tutor in French literature and Language at Christ Church, Oxford at the University of Oxford,[1] Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College[2] and the author of books such as The Woman Reader and George Sand: A Woman's Life Writ Large.
After a period living in Paris and studying at the Sorbonne,[3] Belinda Jack obtained a bachelor's degree in French with African and Caribbean Studies from the University of Kent. She then obtained her Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil) in Négritude and Literary Criticism at St John's College, Oxford at the University of Oxford in 1989.[2]
After completing her doctorate, Jack stayed on at the University of Oxford where she worked as a lecturer at a number of different Colleges before being awarded a Fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford. She continues to tutor at Christ Church, in French Literature and Language.[3] Jack is an 'Official Student' at Christ Church, Oxford making her a Fellow and a Member of the Governing Body at the college.[2] Jack currently teaches an Advanced Translation course at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford.,[3] and she is currently Director of the University of Oxford Undergraduate studies for Modern Languages.[1]
In 2013, Belinda Jack was appointed as the 47th Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, following Richard J. Evans.[2] In this role she delivers a series of free public lectures within the City of London. Her first series was on The Mysteries of Reading,[4] and this was followed by The Mysteries of Writing Novels and Poems.[5]
In September 2023 Jack was awarded a Title of Distinction of Professor of French and Literary Studies by the University of Oxford.[6]
