Nathalie Robert-Jurado
Nathalie is a certified teacher at the Lycée Pierre du Terrail in Pontcharra where she teaches advanced learning English ‘LLCER’. She studied and graduated from Stendhal University, Grenoble (UGA), and holds a DEA in languages, literatures and civilizations of the English-speaking world, a triple degree in LLCER English-Spanish-Humanities and holds a master's degree unit about “Imaginary worlds and Imagination” in humanities. She is interested in 16th to 20th British literature as well as drama studies. Her early research and writing focused on poetic experience through the study of John Milton’s Paradise Lost, and its correspondence with the engravings of William Blake. She also completed a didactic research dissertation focused on the acquisition of cultural knowledge through literature as a vector of cultural and civilizational knowledge in high school classes. As a state certified English teacher, she is currently teaching at Lycée Pierre du Terrail Highschool in Pontcharra - Isère - where she mainly teaches advanced learning in literary and aesthetics studies and cultures, including literature, drama, architecture, cinema, civilization, painting and visual arts in English speaking countries. She has also been a phd student for three years and is supervised by Estelle Arnaud-Rivier, University Professor at UGA Grenoble and is supported by ILCEA4 laboratory of UGA. Her current research aims at exploring the potential today of the texts written by William Shakespeare in the 16th century through the study of some key plays, which constitute the heritage of Elizabethan theater on the one hand, but also of British and European theaters to a much broader extent. The objective is to analyze the way in which younger generations of directors and spectators can contribute to changing the face of Shakespeare in France, that is to say, to transforming early modern texts into post-modern texts and to confront the Shakespearean myth and its sometimes impressive repertoire with the younger generation and public like high school students.
Finally, she is associated with PROJET NUIT 2024-26, directed by Estelle ARNAUD-Rivier, UGA Grenoble, https://nuitdesrois.wordpress.com/projet/ on the creation of an adaptation of Shakepeare’s Twelfth Night or What you for immersive theater, in collaboration with stage director Léonard Matton, EmmersionProd, https://shakespeare.edel.univ-poitiers.fr/index.php?id=3147
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Could you please tell us a bit more about your scholarship/exchange programme?
I have been awarded a mobility grant through the partnership between Grenoble Alpes University (UGA) and Oxford University MaCi-GATES Project. This collaboration with Maison Française d’Oxford and Oxford University will enable me to provide a more international aspect to my research, by collaborating with other researchers and confronting points of view. It will enable me to dynamise my research within a stimulating environment and acquire a more comparative approach. On a professional level, this could facilitate my opening to other fields of research, and it would enable me to also expand my professional network, by exchanging with other researchers, working on modern history or staging for instance. This would lead me to complete further my research based on the stage as a space to perform meaning and to convey aesthetic comprehension. This mobility project is an amazing opportunity to have access to some fruitful essential documents and books, to have access to drama texts and references that can be found at Maison d’Oxford library or at the Weston and old Bodleian libraries. I may also be granted the opportunity to participate in a range of academic events, seminars, and workshops across Oxford.
First impressions of Oxford/the University?
Oxford has proved both an exciting and substantial experience so far. On arriving, I could not help but be struck by the majestic and impressive architecture and buildings, which seem to tell centuries of stories and knowledge. The unique academic atmosphere of this city can be noticed as we walk through the city centre but not just. Moreover, I have felt warmly welcome at Maison Française d’Oxford by the different researchers and administrators who interacted immediately with me and helped me around. The atmosphere at the MFO library, the Weston and the old Bodleian libraries is highly stimulating and the precious documents and manuscripts I have been able to read are greatly enriching. It feels both magical and unrealistic to be able to read such old books, some of them dating from the 17th century! Although the pace of work is intense as my stay is a short one, I find it easy and smooth to find the right work balance between reading and writing and interacting with other researchers. In a nutshell, my first impressions as a student at Oxford are extremely positive. As an experienced state teacher, I had not experienced academic research and studies in such a rich and cultural nest for many years. I am excited to see what the coming days have to offer and to continue growing and learning in this exceptional environment.
