Education
Current Position
2017-2019 Postdoctoral fellowship in Canadian literature (SSHRC, CLC)
Canadian Literature Centre
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Supervisor: Dr. Marie Carrière
Education
Ph.D. in Literature, option in Comparative literature (FRQSC, 2011-2016)
Title: “Geographies of Care and Posthuman Relationality in North American Fiction by Women” (Supervisor: Dr. Amaryll Chanady)
Université de Montréal, Montréal
Graduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching (3rd cycle, 2010-2013)
Faculty of Education, University of Sherbrooke (U de S), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
M.A. in Comparative Canadian Literature (2007-2011)
Title: “Fictional Struggle and Everyday Living Spaces in Works by Gabrielle Roy, Helen Potrebenko, Isabel Vaillancourt and Heater O’Neill”(Supervisor: Dr. Roxanne Rimstead)
University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Publications
Peer reviewed articles
“ ‘All I ever wanted was to keep them safe’: Geographies of Care in Comparative Canadian Fiction. ” Emerging Scholars. Special issue of Canadian Literature 226 (Fall 2015): 36- 53.
Hétu, Dominique et Maïté Snauwaert, eds. Les imaginaires du care. Journal section in Temps zéro. Fall 2017. [in preparation]
“‘Nous cessons ici d’errer’: Vulnérabilités géoémotionnelles dans Le ciel de Bay City et La maison d’une autre.” temps zéro (fall 2017): 15 p. [submitted]
“‘For All Works of Man Will Be as Words Written on Water’: Geographies of Care andPosthuman Ethics in Canadian Fiction by Women.” Comparative Literature for the New Century. Joseph Pivato et Giulia de Gasperi, eds. Montréal: McGill-Queen’s, 2016. 25 p. [accepted, book manuscript under review]
“Of Wonder and Encounter: Textures of Human and Nonhuman Relationality in Two Novels.” Mosaic 48.3 (Sept. 2015): 159-74.
“ ‘The wanderers will find a way home’ : Les géographies du care dans deux romans américains. ” Transverse Journal 14b (2014-15): 80-95.
“Reconnaissance de soi et revendication de l’autre : éthique du care et identité trans dans Laurence Anyways et Le sexe des étoiles.” Nouvelles vues 17 (winter 2016). Web.
“Seeking Home and Spatializing Daily Struggle: Strategies for Survival.” Xenophile, a Journal of Comparative Literature 1.1 (March 2013). Web.
“Neither Public nor Private: Spaces of Exclusion and Confinement in Lullabies for Little Criminals and Les enfants Beaudet.”Actes du colloque Écriture et pauvreté: une voix et une place pour les exclus dans la chanson et la littérature actuelles. 11-12 Nov. 2010. Web.
Goin, Linda, Dominique Hétu, and Roxanne Rimstead. “Life Writing and Testimonies by and about Women in Need, Women on the Streets, and Women in Service.” Culture from Below. Roxanne Rimstead, ed. n.p. Web. 10 Sept. 2010. http://pages.usherbrooke.ca/crsh
Hétu, Dominique. Review of Being a Prostitute: Prostitute Women and Prostitute Men, by Roberta Perkins and Garry Bennett. “Book Reviews.” Culture from Below. Roxanne Rimstead, ed. n.p. Web. 10 Sep. 2010. http://pages.usherbrooke.ca/crsh
Hétu, Dominique. Review of Transnational Prostitution: Changing Patterns in a Global Context. Culture from Below. Roxanne Rimstead, ed. n.p. Web. 10 Sept. 2010. http://pages.usherbrooke.ca/crsh
Conference proceedings
Hétu, Dominique, et Nicholas Giguère, eds. Action radicale, sujet radical : Racines, Représentations, Symboles et Créations / Radical Action, Radical Subject : Roots, Representations, Symbols and Creations. Sherbrooke : Éditions de l’Université de Sherbrooke, 2015. Web.
Dutil, Sarah-Jane, Dominique Hétu, and Michael Labarre, eds. Les défis de la littérature comparée/The Challenges of Comparative Literature. Fall 2010. Web.
Conference papers
“ ‘Both of us have to be there’: Géographies du care et relationnalité précaire dans deux romans américains.” Repenser le politique à travers des imaginaires dispersés. International conference organized by the Département de littératures et de langues du monde, Université de Montréal/ Département de Littérature comparée, Université Babes-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca. Montreal, 18-19 Sept. 2015.
“ ‘Beware of words. Be careful what you write. Leave no trails.’: Geographies of Care and Posthuman Ethics in Atwood’s The Year of the Flood.” The Posthuman and 21st Century Women’s Writing in Canada, ACQL conference, Congress 2015, U. Ottawa. May 30- June 2.
“‘Nous cessons ici d’errer’ : Vulnérabilités frontalières dans Le ciel de Bay City et La maison d’une autre.” Parcourir, cartographier, habiter : les lieux en littérature. 1st edition of the Graduate Student Conference in French Literatures at Université de Montréal. Jan. 22-23, 2015.
“Les géographies du care dans certaines œuvres littéraires contemporaines.” La tribune des étudiants et étudiantes, 1st edition: “Occuper les espaces de la littérature comparée. ” Université de Montréal and Université de Toronto. 16 Jan. 2015, in Montreal.
“Of Wonder and Encounter: Textures of Human and Nonhuman Relationality in Two Novels.” A Matter of Lifedeath, International interdisciplinary conference presented by Mosaic, October 1-4 2014, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
“The Occurrence of Joy: Relatedness, Perpetual Breaches and What Matters in Home and Lullabies for Little Criminals.” JOY/La joie Conference. Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, Feb. 27th – Mar. 1st 2014.
“Corps bouleversés: honte et embodiment dans Room d’Emma Donoghue et Sous Béton de Karoline Georges.” Affect and Women’s Writing in Canada and Québec Today, international conference. November 15-17, 2013. Université de Montréal.
“Espaces habités et luttes quotidiennes : Situer les frontières du chez-soi féminin dans quatre récits de pauvreté.” International Conference Espace, classe et genre dans les textes littéraires et médiatiques. ACFAS, May 13th, 2011. Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke.
“Neither Public nor Private: Spaces of Exclusion and Confinement in Lullabies for Little Criminals and Les enfants Beaudet.” International Conference Écriture et pauvreté : une voix et une place pour les exclus dans la chanson et la littérature actuelles. Sherbrooke, Novembre 2010.
“Problematic Spaces of Home in Bonheur d’occasion and Lullabies for Little Criminals.” International Conference Contested Spaces/Espaces contestés. 9 May 2009. U de S, Sherbrooke
Conferences and conference cycles
Co-organiser. One-day conference “Langage du souci et éthique du care dans la littérature et les arts contemporains/Language and Ethics of Care in Contemporary Texts and Arts.” In collaboration with Prof. Maïté Snauwaert, from Campus Saint-Jean, UAlberta. Event held at Université de Montréal, in Montréal, 31 October 2014.
Co-organiser, International Conference “Action radicale, sujet radical: racines représentations, symboles et créations / Radical Action, Radical Subject : Roots, Representations, Symbols and Creations.” In collaboration with Nicholas Giguère and VERSUS research group. 24-25 January 2013
Organiser, “Radical Instances” Conference Cycle, Department of Literatures and Languages of the World, Université de Montréal. The three conferences are available online, at http://littco.umontreal.ca/recherche/conferences/
Assistant organiser, International Conference Espace, classe et genre dans les textes littéraires et médiatiques. ACFAS 2011. https://versustransculturallaboratory.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/programme-espace1.pdf
Coordinator of 10th Graduate Student Conference in Comparative Canadian Literature at l’Université de Sherbrooke (19 May 2011). Title: Espace et pouvoir : Lutte, appartenance et liminalité dans la littérature canadienne et québécoise/Space and Power: Struggle, Belonging, and Liminality in Canadian and Québécois Literature
Co-organiser of the 9th Graduate Student Conference in Comparative Canadian Literature of Université de Sherbrooke (26 mars 2009). Title : Les défis de la littérature comparée : Transformer et redéfinir les paysages littéraires et culturels/The Challenges of Comparative Literature : Transforming and Redefining Literary and Cultural Landscapes
