Education	Presentations
Awards	Teaching experience
Publications (authored)	Professional service
Publications (translated)	Professional memberships

CONTACT INFORMATION

Department of Humanities
319 Walker Arts and Humanities Center
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931–1295

e-mail hlbostic [at] mtu [dot] edu
telephone (906) 487–2376
fax (906) 487–3559

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Interim Chair, Department of Humanities, Michigan Technological University, since July 2008

Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Gender Studies, Michigan Technological University, since 2006

Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Gender Studies, Michigan Technological University, 2000−06

Full-time Instructor of French, Concordia College (MN), 1999–2000

EDUCATION

Purdue University, Ph.D. in French, 2000

École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France, D.E.A. (Diplôme d’Études Approfondies) en Sciences du langage, avec mention très bien, 1996

Purdue University, M.A. in French, 1994

University of Nebraska at Omaha, B.A. in French, Summa Cum Laude, 1993

AWARDS

PUBLICATIONS

Single-Authored Book
“The Fiction of Enlightenment: Women of Reason in the French Eighteenth Century,” under contract to be published with the University of Delaware Press

Refereed Journal Articles
“Sexual Education as Enlightenment in Riccoboni’s Lettres de Mistriss Fanni Butlerd à Mylord Charles Alfred and
Histoire du Marquis de Cressy,” Women in French Studies 12 (2004): 32−44.

“‘Que faire pour être raisonnable?’:  La Réunion du bon sens et de l’esprit de Françoise de
Graffigny,” SVEC:  Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century 12 (2004): 337−44.

“Reading in Translation: Luce Irigaray’s The Way of Love,” Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented
Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy 49 (2003):  44–64.

"The Light of Reason in Graffigny’s Lettres d’une Péruvienne," Dalhousie French Studies 63 (2003):  3–11.

"Luce Irigaray and Love," Cultural Studies 16.5 (2002): 603–610.

"Reading and Rethinking the Subject in Luce Irigaray’s Recent Work," Paragraph: A Journal of Modern Critical Theory 25 (2002):  22–31.

Journal Article Under Review
"The Difference She Makes: Staging Gender Identity in Graffigny's Phaza" (21 pages)

Encyclopedia Articles
“Jacques Fontanille” in Semiotics Encyclopedia Online, Victoria University, ed. Paul Boussiac, 2007
    http://www.semioticon.com/seo/F/fontanille.html

“Algirdas Julien Greimas” in The Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought, ed. Christopher
 Murray.  New York:  Fitzroy Dearborn-Taylor & Francis, 2004.  273–75.
 
“Luce Irigaray” in The Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought, ed. Christopher Murray.  New
 York:  Fitzroy Dearborn-Taylor & Francis, 2004.  348–50.

“Ferdinand de Saussure” in The Encyclopedia of Modern French Thought, ed. Christopher
 Murray.  New York:  Fitzroy Dearborn-Taylor & Francis, 2004.  574–76.

Proceedings Articles
“From Convention to Performance: The Woman of Reason in Letters of Mistress Henley Published by her Friend” in Belle van Zuylen / Isabelle de Charrière: Education, création, réception. Ed. Suzan van Dijk, Valérie Cossy, Monique Moser-Verrey, and Madeleine van Strien-Chardonneau. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2006. 175−86.

“Gender and the Subject of Narrative Semiotics” in Semiotics 2001, ed. Scott Simpkins and John
Deely.  Ottawa:  Legas Press, 2002.  82–91.

"Formalism Meets Feminism: The Semiotics of Passions as a Tool for Literary Analysis" in Semiotics 2000: Sebeok’s Century, ed. Scott Simpkins and John Deely. Ottawa: Legas Press, 2001. 79–93.

Interview
"Thinking Life as Relation: An Interview with Luce Irigaray." (with Stephen Pluhacek) Man and World 29 (1996): 343–60. Reprinted in Why Different? A Culture of Two Subjects, ed. Luce Irigaray and Sylvère Lotringer. New York: Semiotext(e), 2000. 145–67. Reprint in Conversations, ed. Luce Irigaray. London: Continuum, 2008: 1–19.

Book Reviews
Françoise de Graffigny, Correspondance de Madame de Graffigny, vol. 11, ed. J.A. Dainard et al. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2007. Eighteenth-Century Studies 14.1 (2008): 175−77.

Colette Cazenobe, Au Malheur des dames: Le roman féminin au XVIII siècle. Paris: Champion, 2006. The French Review 82.1 (2008): 156−57.

Arcangela Tarabotti, Paternal Tyranny. Ed. and trans. Letizia Panizza. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2004. Women and Language 27.2 (2005): 61−62.

Luce Irigaray, Le partage de la parole.  Oxford:  European Humanities Research Centre, 2001.  French Review 77.1 (2003):  184–85.

“Parisian and Peruvian Lives in Letters: Works by Françoise de Graffigny,” J.A. Dainard, ed., Correspondance de Madame de Graffigny, vol. 7. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2002; Jonathan Mallinson, ed., Françoise de Graffigny: Lettres d’une Péruvienne. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2002; English Showalter, ed. Françoise de Graffigny: Choix de lettres. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, 2001. Eighteenth-Century Studies 36.4 (2003):  586–89.

Françoise Collin, Je partirais d’un mot: Le champ symbolique. Paris: Fus Art, 1999. French Review, 76.6 (2003):  1249–50.

Henriette Walter, French Inside Out: The Worldwide Development of the French Language in the Past, Present and the Future. Translated by Peter Fawcett. London: Routledge, 1994. Études Francophones 10.1 (1996): 168–70.

Other Authored Publications
"Gender and Society in Eighteenth-Century France" in Teaching the Eighteenth Century, published online by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies,
<http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/bostic.html>

Book Translations
Jacques Fontanille, Sémiotique du discours, 2nd ed.  Limoges, France: Presses universitaires de Limoges,
    2003, as The Semiotics of Discourse, series Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics. New York:
    Peter Lang, 2006.

Luce Irigaray, La voie de l’amour as The Way of Love (with Stephen Pluhacek). London: Continuum, 2002.
    (this edition is the book's first publication in any language)

Article Translations
Luce Irigaray, "D’anciennes et de nouvelles tables" as "On Old and New Tablets" in Religion in French Feminist Thought, ed. Morny Joy, Kathleen O’Grady and Judith Poxon. London: Routledge, 2003.  1–9.

Luce Irigaray, "A deux, nous avons combien d’yeux?" as "Being Two, How Many Eyes Have We?" (with Luce Irigaray et al.), Paragraph: A Journal of Modern Critical Theory 25.3, 2002:  143–151.

Luce Irigaray, "De l’Oubli et l’air à Être deux" as "From The Forgetting of Air to To Be Two" (with Stephen Pluhacek) in Feminist Interpretations of Martin Heidegger, ed. Nancy Holland and Patricia Huntington. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2001. 309–15.

Calvin O. Schrag, "The Recovery of the Phenomenological Subject" as "La Récupération du sujet phénoménologique." Analecta Husserliana 50 (1997): 183–92.

Carter Heyward, The Redemption of God: A Theory of Mutual Relation. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1982 (excerpts) as "Au commencement, est la relation" (with Stephen Pluhacek) in Le Souffle des femmes, ed. Luce Irigaray. Paris: ACGF, 1996. 165–81.

PRESENTATIONS

Invited Presentations
International Conferences
“Isabelle de Charrière, Novelist and Woman of Reason,” Belle de Zuylen / Isabelle de Charrière:
    Education & création, Congrès international à l’occasion du bicentenaire 1805–2005,
    Utrecht, Netherlands (April 2005).

“Reading and Rethinking the Subject in Luce Irigaray’s Recent Work,” International, Intercultural,
    Intergenerational Dialogues about the Works of and with Luce Irigaray, Centre for Cultural
    Analysis, Theory and History, Leeds, England (June 2001).

University Lectures
“Sex and Gender: Enlightenment Perspectives,” Women’s History Month lecture, Creighton
    University, Omaha, NE (March 2007)
“El amor, la razón y las pasiones en la obra reciente de Luce Irigaray,” at the Centro de Estudios de
    Género y Cultura en América Latina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
    (December  2004).

Course Lectures
 “It’s Always Been about Love: Introducing the Work of Luce Irigaray,” seminar on “Ethics and
    Communication: The Consequences of Sharing” of Ramsey Eric Ramsey, Arizona State
    University West, Phoenix, AZ (June 2002).

“Women in Eighteenth-Century France,” seminar on “Friendship as a Philosophical Model for a
Communicative Ethics” of Ramsey Eric Ramsey, Arizona State University West, Phoenix,
AZ (June 1998).

 “L’identité en sémiotique narrative: Analyse du sujet féminin,” seminar on “Linguistique
    variationniste” of Pierre Encrevé and Michel de Fornel, École des Hautes Études en
Sciences Sociales, Paris, France (June 1996).

Refereed Conference Presentations
“The Other Graffigny,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Portland, OR (March 2008).

“Narrative Semiotics and the Work of Jacques Fontanille: Past, Present, Future,” Semiotic Society
    of America, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (September 2006).

“Raison and coquetterie or, How to Be a Good Woman,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century
    Studies, Montreal, Canada (April 2006).

“Luce Irigaray, Reason, and the Passions,” International Women in French Conference, Scripps
    College, Claremont, CA (April 2004).

“Scripting the Father: Graffigny as Playwright and Philosophe,” American Society for Eighteenth-
    Century Studies, Boston, MA (March 2004).

Women’s Caucus Roundtable, “Women in Eighteenth-Century Studies: The On-going Challenge,”
    American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Boston, MA (March 2004).

“Reasonable Women in Eighteenth-Century France: Graffigny’s ‘Reunion of Good Sense and Wit,’”
    Midwest American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Chicago, IL (November 2003).

“Luce Irigaray, Language, and the Relation Between Two,” Society for Phenomenology and
    Existential Philosophy, Loyola University, Chicago, IL (October 2002).

“Les femmes peuvent-elles raisonner?  Françoise de Graffigny et la vie intellectuelle au dix-
huitième siècle,” Françoise de Graffigny: Nouvelles Approches, Trinity College, University
of Oxford, Oxford, England (September 2002).

“Enlightenment as Sex Ed: Representing Men in Riccoboni’s Fanni Butlerd and Marquis de Cressy,”
    American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Colorado Springs, CO (April 2002).

“Gendered Declarations in French Revolutionary Culture,” American Society for Eighteenth-
Century Studies, Colorado Springs, CO (April 2002).

 “The Subject in Paris Semiotics,” Semiotic Society of America, University of Toronto, Toronto,
Canada (October 2001).

“Charrière’s Mistress Henley: Prisoner of Reason?,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century
Studies, New Orleans, LA (April 2001).

“The Semiotics of Passions: A Bridge between Formalism and Feminism,” Semiotic Society of
America, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (September 2000).

“Women and Reason in Late Eighteenth-Century France: Isabelle de Charrière’s Social
Critique,” Woman in the Eighteenth Century, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
(January 2000).

“The Rhetoric of Reason and Sentiment in Two Rediscovered Eighteenth-Century Novels,”
Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (October 1999).

“French Women in the Age of Reason: A Literary Case Study,” Midwest American Society for
    Eighteenth-Century Studies, Mackinaw City, MI (October 1998).

“The Representation of Female Subjectivity in Lettres d’une Péruvienne,” Midwest American Society
    for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Chicago, IL (October 1997).

“Authors and Faux-monnayeurs,” Twentieth Century Literature Conference, University of
    Louisville, Louisville, KY (February 1995).

“Les espaces scéniques de Fin de partie: à partir du texte de Beckett et de trois mises en scène,”
    Missouri Romance Languages and Literatures Conference, University of Missouri,
Columbia, MO (March 1994).


Community Lecture
“Québécois in the Keweenaw: Local Landmarks and their Links to French-Canadian Cultural Heritage,” Michigan’s Copper Country: History, People, and Place, Houghton, MI (July 2004).

Conference Sessions Chaired
“Women Writers: Understanding the Underread,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies,
    Portland, OR (March 2008)

“Forgotten Epistolary Friendships,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Montreal,
    Canada (April 2006).

“Women and Enlightenment: From Margin to Center,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century
    Studies, Boston, MA (March 2004).

“Social Commentary in Early America,” Midwest American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies,
Chicago, IL (November 2003).

“Women and Reason in the Long Eighteenth Century,” American Society for Eighteenth-Century
    Studies, Colorado Springs, CO (April 2002).

 “A Theology for All,” Midwest American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Mackinaw
City, MI (October 1998).

OTHER CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Global Studies Conference (31^st annual), University of Nebraska-Omaha (October 2008)

Journée d’étude in eighteenth-century studies sponsored by the Centre d’Étude de la Langue et de la
    Littérature Française des 17e et 18e siècles (Paris-Sorbonne) and the Centre
    Interuniversitaire d’Étude sur la République des Lettres (Université Laval, Québec).
    Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, France, April 23, 2007.

J.P. Sartre: Una filosofía del compromiso. Fenomenología, crítica y dialéctica, Universidad ARCIS,
    Santiago, Chile (August 2004).

Inheriting the Future: Ethical Reflections in Dark Times, Arizona State University West, Phoenix,
    AZ (June 2002).

International Colloquium on International Engineering Education, University of Rhode Island,
    Providence, RI (November 2001).

Ethics in the Age of Globalization, Arizona State University West, Phoenix, AZ (July 2000).
Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages and Culture Annual Conference, University of
    Minnesota-Morris, Morris, MN (October 1999).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Michigan Technological University

Graduate Seminar: The Rhetoric of Gender: Reason in Western Thought (spring 2006)
Graduate Seminar:  Communication in Cultural Contexts–Narrative Identity (fall 2003)
Graduate Seminar:  Feminist Critiques and Constructions of the Subject (fall 2001)

Modern Language Seminar II in French:  The Individual and Society (spring 2002)
Modern Language Seminar III in French:  Technology in Literature and Film (spring 2003)

Business French  (fall 2000, fall 2002, fall 2006)
French and Francophone Cultures (spring 2001)
French Literature (fall 2001, fall 2005, fall 2007)

Level II-A French Language and Culture (fall 2002, fall 2007)
Level II-B French Language and Culture (spring 2002, spring 2003, spring 2004, spring 2006)
Level II French Composition and Conversation (fall 2005, spring 2008)

Transitional Level I French Language and Culture  (fall 2000, spring 2001)
Level I-A French Language and Culture (fall 2003, fall 2006)
Level I-B French Language and Culture (spring 2004)

Transitional Level I Spanish Language and Culture (summer 2004, summer 2005, fall 2007)

Universidad de Talca (Chile)
Identidad de las mujeres a través de la literatura [Women's Identity through Literature]
Cultura y sociedad de los Estados Unidos [United States Culture and Society]

Concordia College (MN)
First- and Second-year French language and culture, Introduction to Women’s Studies

Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Literature Seminar on French Women Writers, Introduction to Women’s Studies

Purdue University
Graduate French for Reading course, First- and Second-year French language and culture
 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

International
Fulbright Commission Chile
    Presentation to Directors of International Programs at Chilean Universities about
    Fostering Positive Working Relationships with U.S. Fulbright Scholars, Santiago, Chile
    (October 2004).

    Panel to select recipients of Fulbright-CONICYT [Comisión Nacional de Investigación
    Científica y Tecnológica] Doctoral Fellowships for Study at U.S. Universities in 2005,
    Santiago, Chile, Member (August 2004).

National
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
    Innovative Course Design Evaluation Committee, Member (2002–2003)

Purdue University Press Book Series in Communication/Philosophy
    Reviewer (since 2004)

Journal Communication Theory
    Reviewer (since 2003)

University-Level
Michigan Technological University
Task Force on International Research, Teaching and Service (May 2007−present)

Provost Search Committee (spring 2005–2006)

Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School Search Committee, Member (fall 2003)

Dean of the Graduate School Search Committee, Member (spring 2001)

World Cultures Committee, Member (May 2002–present)

Graduate Dean Search Committee, Member (March–May 2001)

French Club, Faculty Advisor (November 2002–present)

Phi Delta Chi Sorority, Faculty Advisor (April 2001–present)

Michigan Technological University Department of Humanities

Promotion and Tenure Committee, Elected member (August 2007−present)

Graduate Program Steering Committee, Member (August 2001–May 2003; August 2005–present)

Graduate Student Professional Development Seminars, Coordinator (August 2000–May 2002)

Graduate Faculty Council, Alternate (September 2001–May 2002)

Search Committee for Faculty Positions in Technical Communication, Member (February–May 2002)

Modern Languages Director (August 2006−present)

Modern Languages Sub-Committee, Member (August 2000–present)

Modern Languages Steering Committee, Member (August 2001–May 2002)

Modern Languages Placement Coordinator (June 2003–present)

Literature Sub-Committee, Member (August 2000–present)

Concordia College
French Club Faculty Advisor (1999–2000)

Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Women’s Center Director (1998–99)

Women’s Studies Committee, Member (1998–99)
 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Association of Teachers of French

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies

Modern Language Association

National Women's Studies Association

Société Internationale pour l’étude des femmes de l’Ancien Régime

Society for Eighteenth-Century French Studies

Women in French