Harantxa Jean is a Ph.D. student in French and at the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society (ICLS) at Columbia University. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Development Studies and French Literature as Valedictorian from McGill University, and holds a certificate in Social Sciences and Humanities from Sciences Po Paris.
Research Interests:
20th and 21st-century French and Francophone literatures, Haitian literature and history, Quebec’s language debates, Postcolonial studies, Pan-Americanism and Pan-Africanism, Migration and Diaspora studies, Comparative literature, Film and media studies, Transnationalism, Multiculturalism and Globalization, Black feminist theory, Art history, The intersection of politics, identity, and the literary, Autofiction.
Previous Degrees
B.A. in Honours International Development Studies and French Literature, McGill University (2026)
