Dr Elise Hugueny-Léger, from the Department of French, School of Modern Languages, University of St Andrews, in collaboration with visual artist Susan Diab (Honorary Fellow, University of Brighton) and Dr Fabien Arribert-Narce (University of Edinburgh), has received £5,000 from the University’s Impact and Innovation fund for a project entitled ‘Palimpself: a sculptural investigation into materiality in the works of Annie Ernaux’. The project will draw on expertise on the works of Annie Ernaux to create new artwork exploring the relationship between language, memory and materiality. It will be displayed at the Byre Theatre in October 2024, to coincide with the first English-speaking conference on Ernaux’s works and with the School’s Festival of Languages.

Image: ‘Palimpself: a sculptural investigation into materiality in the works of Annie Ernaux’, ©Susan Diab 2024