Staff
Dr Sylvie Gambaudo, DEUG, BA, MA, PhD
(email at sylvie.gambaudo@durham.ac.uk)
Biography
I have been a member of the Philosophy department since 2003. I was awarded my PhD at Durham in 2004 on 'Subjectivity in the Work of Julia Kristeva : The crisis of Identity in Contemporary Society'. My interest in Kristeva's work on subjectivity is still strong but I have also since turned my attention to issues of gender, madness and narrative. I am currently focusing on the work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, in particular her use of citation and melancholia in narratives of self. In 2010 I founded the Gender and Sexuality Research Network at Durham and I coordinated its activities until the end of 2011 when the Network gained Research Centre status. Since October 2011, I have been the deputy Director of the Research Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities (CSGS). I am an enthusiastic horse owner and enjoy most things equestrian. I am also a keen student in stained glass window making, Tai Chi and Bowen technique.
Research Supervision
I would especially welcome enquiries from students wishing to pursue research in:
- Gender, theories of sexual difference, narcissism (especially primary narcissism)
- Narratives of madness, melancholia
- Subjectivity in the work of Julia Kristeva
- The work of writer Janet Frame
Postgraduate Modules
- Gender Theory and Feminist Philosophy
Undergraduate modules
- Theory, Literature and Society
- Gender, Film and Society
- Dissertations
Administrative Duties
- Deputy Director, Research Centre for Sex, Gender and Sexualities (CSGS)
- First Year Tutor
- Library Representative, departmental Library
- Diversity, Harassment Officer
- Liaison English Language Centre
Research Groups
- Applied Phenomenology
- Ethics
Selected Publications
- (Submitted). Intimacy in Janet Frame’s Autobiographical Work.
- (Submitted). Janet Frame’s Autobiography: The Narrative and Lived Experience of a Dead Past. under review
Articles: magazine
- (2011). Teaching Gender Studies. Feminism and Women Studies Association Newsletter August 2011.
Books: authored
- Gambaudo, SA. (2007). Kristeva, Psychoanalysis and Culture Subjectivity in Crisis. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Books: reviews
- Gambaudo, S. (2009). Review of ‘Jane M Ussher: Managing the Monstrous Feminine: Regulating the Reproductive Body. Feminism and Psychology 19(3).
Essays in edited volumes
- Gambaudo, S (2012). 'Citation and Intimacy in Janet Frame's Autobiographical Work'. In Not Normal. Cooke, J Continuum.
Journal papers: academic
- Gambaudo, Sylvie (2012). ‘From Scopophilic Pleasure to the Jouissance of the Madonna: The Mother’s Maternal Gaze in Three Photographic Examples'. Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 41(7): 781-804.
- Gambaudo, S (2012). 'Julia Kristeva, "woman's primary homosexuality" and Homophobia'. European Journal of Women's Studies 20(1): 8-20.
- Gambaudo, S (2012). 'Melancholia in Janet Frame's Faces in the Water'. Journal of Literature and Medicine 30(1): 42-60.
- (2011). ‘We Need to Talk About Eva: The Demise of the Phallic Mother in We Need to Talk About Kevin’. Janus Head 12(1): 155-68.
- Gambaudo, S. (2009). Elizabeth Badinter’s Dead End Feminism. Feminism and Psychology 19(1).
- Gambaudo, S.A. (2007). French Feminism vs Anglo-American Feminism A Reconstruction. European Journal of Women's Studies 14(2): 93-108.
