Lisa Signori, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of French | Affiliate Faculty - Women's and Gender Studies

Education

Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia 

Research Interests

French Literature from the 19th century to the present, narrative reflexivity in the work of Belgian author Amélie Nothomb, and Pilgrimage Studies, with a focus on the Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle / Camino de Santiago (the Way of St. James).

Courses Taught

  • FREN 499: Bachelor’s Essay
  • FREN 498: Independent Study
  • FREN 496: Directed Reading
  • HONS 381: The Art of the Pilgrimage: Cultural Heritage on the Way of St. James
  • HONS 381: The Art of Pilgrimage: Transformative Travel on the Way of St. James
  • FREN 314: French Conversation and Composition
  • FYET 129: No (S)pain No Gain: Walking the Camino de Santiago
  • FYSE 116: On The Road Again: Modern Journeys on Ancient Pathways
  • FREN 202: Intermediate French Through Culture II
  • FREN 102: Beginning French Through Culture II

Selected Publications

“Marian Pilgrimage: Background, History, and Socio-Religious Unfolding.” Cultural Heritage in Unsettled Landscapes: Issues, Solutions, and New Directions, edited by E. Moore Quinn (College of Charleston). A special issue of the International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage ( IJRTP). Forthcoming, 2025. (9300 words)

“All you Need is Faith: Sainte Foy, Furta Sacra, and Saint Mary Magdalene.” Women and Pilgrimage, edited by E. Moore Quinn (College of Charleston) and Alison T. Smith (The Citadel). CABI. Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Series. Wallingford, UK. March, 2022. pp. 61-77.

“Whose Camino Is It? (Re)defining Europe on the Camino de Santiago.” Co-author with Steven Gardner and Carl Mentley. The Camino de Santiago in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Global Views, edited by Annie Hesp (Virginia Tech) and Samuel Sanchez (Davidson College). Routledge: 2016. pp. 57-77.

“The (W)hole in the Text. A Hermeneutic reading of Marguerite Duras’s La Pluie d’été.” M. Rector (Ed.). Romance Notes, 53.1 pp. 3-10. Chapel Hill, NC: U of NC P, 2013.

“Social Commentary in Coline Serreau’s Saint-Jacques...La Mecque.” Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature, 46.4 (2013): 21-36.

“Mirrors in the Text: Amélie Nothomb’s Mercure.” S. Sauter (Ed.). Studies in 20th& 21st Century Literature, 37.1 pp. 75-91. Manhattan, KS: Kansas State, 2013.