Annelle Curulla,
Academic History
- Ph.D., M.A., Columbia University, French and Romance Philology, 2012, 2004
- M.A., Middlebury College, French Language and Civilization, 2001
- B.A., Connecticut College, English and French, 1999
Academic Focus
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature and culture, with an emphasis on gender and theater and drama studies.
Courses Taught
Core I: Histories of the Present. Truth (2019-2021)
Seminars:
- Banned in France
- Comedy in the Age of Louis XIV
- Theater and Revolution
- Introduction to French and Francophone Studies
Language Courses:
- Intermediate French
- Advanced French: French Food Cultures
Selected Research and Publications
Monograph
Publics and Counterpublics in Eighteenth-Century French Theater. Manuscript in progress.
Gender and Religious Life in French Revolutionary Drama, Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment (formerly SVEC) (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2018), ISBN 0435-2866.
Special Journal Issue
Guest Co-Editor, "Replaying the Francophone Early Modern in the Twenty-First Century," L鈥橢sprit Cr茅ateur 62.2 (Summer 2022).
Articles and Book Chapters
"Rosalie de Constant鈥檚 Botanical Networks." Article in preparation.
Voltaire鈥檚 Fanaticisms, Then and Now." Cultural Transmission and the French Enlightenment: Repurposing the Past, eds. Hanna Roman and Olivia Sabee. Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment (formerly SVEC) (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press) August 2025.
鈥淩eplaying the Early Modern Francophone,鈥� Introduction for Special Issue on "Replaying the Francophone Early Modern in the Twenty First Century" L鈥橢sprit Cr茅ateur 62.2 (Summer 2022)
"Between Play and Ritual: Profane Masquerade in the French Revolution." Modes of Play in Eighteenth-Century France, ed. Fay莽al Falaky and Reginald McGinnis (Rutgers University Press, 2021), ISBN 9781684483419.
"The Stage Against the Scaffold: French Adaptations of George Lillo鈥檚 The London Merchant." Early Modern French Studies 42.2 (Winter 2020).
"False Frocks: Charles IX and the Debate on Catholic Costume in French Revolutionary Theater." Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Theatre Research, vol. 29, issue 1 (Summer 2014).
Book Reviews and Interview
Interview with Lucie Tiberghien (with Michael Meere), 鈥淢oli猫re in the Park,鈥� for "Replaying the Francophone Early Modern in the Twenty-First Century, " L鈥橢sprit Cr茅ateur 62.2 (Summer 2022).
Solicited review of Logan Connors, The Emergence of a Theatrical Science of Man in France, 1660鈥�1740. Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment (Liverpool, Liverpool University Press, 2020), Research in Eighteenth-Century and Restoration Theater, vol. 34 (2022).
Solicited review of Julia Douthwaite, Antionette Sol, and Catriona Seth, eds. Approaches to Teaching the French Revolution (Modern Language Association, 2019), Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Issue 50, no. 3-4 (Spring-Summer 2022).
Solicited review of Yann Robert, Dramatic Justice. Trial by Theater in the Age of the French Revolution (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018) Theatre Journal (Spring 2021).
Solicited review of Lauren Clay, Stagestruck: The Business of Theatre in Eighteenth-Century France and Its Colonies (Cornell University Press, 2013). Theatre Survey, vol. 56, issue 3 (Summer 2015).
CONFERENCES
Presentations at Professional Association Meetings
"Rosalie Constant鈥檚 Botanical Networks." Western Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (WSECS), Santa Maria, California, February 2026.
"Voltaire鈥檚 Fanaticisms." American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (ASECS) Annual Meeting, April 2024.
Co-Presenter, "Romantic Toxicities." International Conference on Romanticism, Santa Barbara, California, October 2022.
Co-Presenter, 鈥淩evealing Practices: Early Modern Replays in Contemporary Performance and Scholarship,鈥� Association des 脡tudes fran莽aises et francophones d鈥橧rlande, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland (Online Panel), October 2021.
Co-Presenter, "Repurposing the Wars of Religion: Voltaire鈥檚 鈥楩anaticism,鈥� Then and Now," Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, (ACLA), Online conference, April 2021.
"Anticlerical Masquerade in the French Revolution." Annual Meeting of the Southern Humanities Council, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, January 2020.
Panelist, "State of the Discipline: Eighteenth-Century French and Francophone Theatre Studies/ E虂tat des lieux: e虂tudes the虂a虃trales du dix-huitie虁me sie虁cle (espaces francophones)." Annual ASECS, Orlando, Florida, March 2018.
"Expecting the Unexpected in Sentimental Drama." Annual Meeting of the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, Lexington, KY, April 2016.
Panelist, "History Through Literary Eyes." Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association (MLA), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 2015.
"'What History Forgets or Disdains:' Women in the Biographical Dramas of Mercier and His Circle." Annual Meeting of ASECS, Williamsburg, Virginia, March 2014.
"Theorizing Performance in the Age of Revolution." Annual Meeting of the East-Central Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2013.
"Diderot鈥檚 Double Scenes." Annual Meeting of the Southeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Charleston, South Carolina, February 2013.
"F茅nelon's Good Deed: The Perils of Anecdote in Revolutionary Theater." Annual Meeting of ASECS, San Antonio, Texas, March 2012.
"Useful Knowledge?' Banned Books, Collections, and the Enlightenment Survey Course." Annual Meeting of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Buffalo, New York, October 2010.
"Reviving M茅lanie: Jean-Fran莽ois de La Harpe and His Critics, 1801鈥�02." Annual Meeting of ASECS, Richmond, Virginia, March 2009 (read in absentia).
"Vocational Hazards: Convent Plays in the Literary History of the French Revolution." Annual Meeting of the MLA, Chicago, Illinois, December 2007.
"'The True Model of Apostolic Eloquence:' Jean-Jacques Bridaine's Saint-Sulpice Exordium." Annual Meeting of ASECS, Atlanta, Georgia, March 2007.
"Clair-obscur: Stage Lighting and Dramatic Tableau, 1760鈥�1790." Annual Conference of the French Graduate Student Association, Columbia University, New York, New York, April 2005.
Special Seminars and Invited Presentations (since 2015)
鈥淏anned in France? Reenacting a 1789 Censorship Debate,鈥� American Association of Liberal Arts Colleges (AALAC), Grinnell College, February 2025.
Faculty Author, 鈥淔anaticism in Voltaire鈥檚 Grand si猫cle,鈥� European History and Culture Faculty Workshop, October 2023.
Moderator/Discussant for Book Talk, The Emergence of a Theatrical Science of Man in Eighteenth-Century France by Logan Connors, Society for Eighteenth-Century French Studies Online Conversation Series, March 2021.
"Finding Religion in the Registers." Early Modern Theatre Practices and the Digital Archive: The Com茅die-Fran莽aise Registers Project," Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Harvard University, May 2016.
"Real and Virtual Collaboration: Moli猫re in Performance." Alliance for the Advancement of the Liberal Arts Conference Workshop, 鈥淏lended Learning Approaches to Teaching Early Modern France in a Liberal Arts Context," Wellesley College, October 2015.
"After Terror and Pity: Awful Discoveries in Eighteenth-Century French Drama." International Seminar for Early Career Eighteenth-Century Scholars, Amsterdam, Holland, July 2015.
Guest Seminar Leader, "Diderot and the Erotic Literature of the Enlightenment," Wesleyan University, May 2015.
Guest Seminar Leader, "Claustral Phobias in Diderot鈥檚 La Religieuse," College of Charleston, South Carolina (presented remotely), February 2015.
"Radical Rewording? Olympe de Gouges's Declaration of the Rights of Women." Radical Words Lecture Series, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, October 2014.
"Church, State, and Theater in Eighteenth-Century France." Faculty Seminar Series, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, December 2009.
"Les Murs du couvent dans le th茅芒tre de la R茅volution." Universit茅 Blaise-Pascal/Mus茅e de la R茅volution fran莽aise, "Entre sc猫ne et foyer: d茅cors, costumes et accessoires dans le th茅芒tre de la R茅volution et de l'Empire" Vizille, France, June 2007.
Panelist, "Les Echanges franco-am茅ricains," radio broadcast, "La Fabrique d'histoire" series, Radio France Culture, Paris, France, June 2004.
Panels Organized and Chaired (since 2017)
"Romantic Toxicities," Panel Co-Chair, with Lauren Ravalico. International Conference on Romanticism, Santa Barbara, California, October 2022.
"Changing Identities in Revolutionary and Post-revolutionary France,鈥� Panel Chair, International Congress on the Enlightenment, International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2019.
"How Brains Work," 18th-Century French Forum Panel Chair, Annual Meeting of the MLA, Chicago, IL, January 2019.
"Fake News in the Eighteenth Century," 18th-Century French Forum Panel Chair, Annual Meeting of the MLA, New York, New York, January 2018.
"In Debt: Credit, Indebtedness, and Financial Injury," 18th-Century French Forum Panel Chair, Annual Meeting of the MLA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2017.
"Disaster and Its Aftermath," Panel Co-Chair, with Lauren Ravalico. Annual Meeting of ASECS, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 2016.
"Secular Ritual in Eighteenth-Century France," Panel Chair, Annual Meeting of ASECS, Los Angeles, California, March 2015.
"Revolutionary Theater in a Global Context," Panel Co-Chair, with Tingting Zhao. Annual Meeting of the ACLA, Seattle, Washington, March 2015.
"English Literature Post-1700 (Gothic Fiction)," Panel Chair, Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Claremont, California, November 2008.
"Traces, Fragments, Memory," Panel Chair, Annual Conference of the French Graduate Student Association (FGSA), Columbia University, February 2006.
"Marking Loss: Reading and Writing Erasure in French and Francophone Literature," Conference Co-organizer, Annual Conference of the FGSA, Columbia University, February 2006.
Awards and Honors
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARD
The Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation Center on International Education, fall 2025 residency fellowship
Professional Development Network Grant for French and Francophone Studies, AY 2023-2024
Mary W. Johnson Faculty Achievement Award for Research for AY 2018-2019
The Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity, Course Development Grant, F 2020
International Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies Early Career Fellowship, Amsterdam, NL, summer 2015
Participant, Mellon School for Theater and Performance Studies, Harvard University, summer 2014
Whiting Foundation Fellowship, for travel to France, Columbia University, 2007鈥�2008
Pensionnaire 茅trang猫re / Research affiliate, 脡cole normale sup茅rieure, Paris, 2005鈥�2007
Otis Fellows Fellowship, Columbia University, 2005鈥�2006
Chateaubriand Fellow, French Cultural Embassy of the U.S., for travel and sponsored study in France, (director: Prof. Christian Biet, 2005鈥�2006)