Pierre-Luc Landry
Position
Contact
Credentials
Postdoctoral fellowship (University of Ottawa), Ph.D. (Université Laval), M.A. (Université Laval), B.A. (Université Laval)
Area of expertise
Cultural studies; Québécois and French literature and culture; Indigenous literature and culture; Creative writing; Research-creation; Queer theories; Children’s literature; Contemporary Cultural, Social and Political Thought
Pronouns
He/they (in English)
Il/iel (en français)
Before joining the Department of French and Francophone Studies at UVic in July of 2019, Pierre-Luc Landry taught at the Cégep de l’Outaouais, at the Université Laval, at the University of Ottawa and at the Royal Military College of Canada. His research focuses on contemporary literature of various geographical areas (mostly Québec, Canada and France), and on Indigenous literature written in French. He specializes in research-creation—understood as an “undisciplined” methodology—and on queer theories and cultural studies. Trained in the field of narratology, he expanded his theoretical standpoint to include feminist and cultural critics in his toolbox to explore and examine art and literature, and their relationship with society. He is also a writer, a publisher, and a queer activist. His work was shortlisted for many prizes and received different national accolades.
As a white settler born on Abenaki territory, in southeastern Québec, he is humbled and thankful to have the opportunity to teach, write, and think on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and WSÁNEĆ peoples.
Visit Pierre-Luc Landry’s website for more information.
Specializations
- Cultural Studies
- Québécois and French literature and culture
- Indigenous literature and culture
- Creative writing
- Research-creation
- Queer theories
- Children's literature
- Contemporary Cultural, Social and Political Thought
Current Research Affiliations
- Director: Colonialisme, culture & critique / Colonialism, Culture & Critique
- Director: Groupe de travail et d’expérimentation sur l’indiscipline
- Regular Member: Esthétique et politique de l’image cinématographique / Esthetics and Politics of the Image of Cinema (EPIC)
- Regular Member: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Researchers at the University of Victoria
- Associate Member: Équipe de recherches en études queer au Québec (ÉRÉQQ)
Published books
- La guerre est dans les mots et il faut les crier, with Florian Grandena, Montréal: Triptyque, « Queer », 2022.
- Se faire éclaté·e. Expériences marginales et écriture de soi, with Nicholas Dawson and Karianne Trudeau Beaunoyer (eds.), Montréal: Nota bene, « Indiscipline », 2021.
- QuébeQueer. Le queer dans les productions littéraires, artistiques et médiatiques québécoises, with Isabelle Boisclair and Guillaume Poirier Girard (eds.), Montréal: Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal, « Nouvelles études québécoises », 2020.
- Silence-décomposition. À l’écoute d’une ville, with Stefania Becheanu, Montréal: Nota bene, « Indiscipline », 2017.
- Listening for Jupiter, translated from the French by Arielle Aaronson and Madeleine Stratford, Montréal: Quebec Fiction, 2017.
- Cartographies II : Couronne Nord (ed.), Montréal: La Mèche, 2017.
- Cartographies I : Couronne Sud (ed.), Montréal: La Mèche, 2016.
- Les corps extraterrestres, Montréal: Druide, « Écarts », 2015.
- L’équation du temps, Montréal: Druide, « Écarts », 2013.
For a complete list of publications, please see Pierre-Luc Landry’s CV
Courses taught
- FRAN 180 – Intensive French IV
- FRAN 265 – Global French Connections
- FRAN 378 – Creative Writing in French
- FRAN 394 – Children’s and Young Adult Literature in French
- FRAN 418 – Québec Literature and Culture of the Extrême Contemporain
- FRAN 426 – Indigenous Literatures of Canada or the Francophone World
- FRAN 500A – Introduction to Research Methods
- FRAN 500B – Application of Research Methods
- FRAN 515 – Studies in Québec or French-Canadian Literatures
- FRAN 590 – Directed Studies: Research-Creation, Conceptual Poetry, and Disability Writing