Cary Hollinshead-strick
Associate Professor
- Department: 91Ž«Ăœ Literature, English, and Creative Writing

Professor Hollinshead-Strick came to Paris after teaching in Penang, Providence, and Philadelphia. Having spent a year at UniversitĂ© Paris 7, Denis Diderot, she made her way to The American University of Paris, joining the faculty in 2009. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century literature and media, with particular attention paid to the relationship between the theater and the press in France.Ìę
Popular culture, especially as it relates to the history of material texts, interests her more generally, as do the uses of publicity in society. The city of Paris also plays an essential role in Hollinshead-Strickâs research and teaching. Its libraries and archives house rare documents that often inform her publications and conference papers, while its streets and museums occasionally serve as classrooms for courses she teaches on Paris through its Books and Paris as a Stage for Revolution.
Education/Degrees
- Ph.D., 91Ž«Ăœ Literature, University of Pennsylvania, 2008.
- Awarded through a cotutelle arrangement with LâUniversitĂ© Paris IV, La Sorbonne. Mention trĂšs honorable avec fĂ©licitations.
- Title: Performing Publicity: The Press on Stage in in the Feuilleton, 1836-1848.
- Certificate in Womenâs Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
- M.A., 91Ž«Ăœ Literature, University of Pennsylvania, 2001
- B.A., 91Ž«Ăœ Literature, Princeton University, 1996.
Ìę
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
-
Associate Professor, The American University of Paris, Department of 91Ž«Ăœ Literature and English, 2017-present.
-
Assistant Professor, The American University of Paris, Department of 91Ž«Ăœ Literature and English, 2009-2017.
- Writing Program Administrator, The American University of Paris, 2013 -2019.
- Lecturer, The American University of Paris, Department of 91Ž«Ăœ Literature and English, Spring 2007, 2008-2009.
- Exchange Teaching Fellow, Université Paris 7, Denis Diderot, UFR de Lettres, arts et cinéma, 2004-2005.
- Instructor of record for false-beginner and intermediate French language courses, University of Pennsylvania, 2003-2004.
- Visiting Teaching Fellow at the Center for Language and Translation, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 1996-1997.
Publications
- The Fourth Estate at the Fourth Wall: Newspapers on Stage in July Monarchy France. Northwestern UP, 2019.
- âText PurĂ©ed or in Patches: Alimentary Metaphors for Press Practices.â Romanic Review, edited by Masha Belenky, Carolyn Betensky, and Susan Hiner, September 2021.
- âGautierâs Modern Spin on Fashion.â Fashion, Modernity, and Materiality in France: From Rousseau to Art Deco, edited by Heidi Brevik-Zender, SUNY Press, 2018.
- âReview of Popular Theatre and Political Utopia in France, 1870-1940: Active Citizens, by Jessica Wardhaugh.â H-France Review Vol. 18 (December 2018), No. 230.
- âTeaching Les MisĂ©rables in Paris Through its Books.â Approaches to Teaching Victor Hugoâs Les MisĂ©rables, edited by Michal P. Ginsburg and Bradley Stephens, Modern Language Association of America, 2018.
- âThe Emancipated Spectator and Modernism.â Understanding RanciĂšre, Understanding Modernism, edited by Patrick Bray, Bloomsbury, 2017.
- âConte dâun Faust des annĂ©es 1830 - LâAmour et le Grimoire.â Cahiers d'Ă©tudes nodiĂ©ristes, edited by Caroline Raulet-Marcel and Georges Zaragoza, June 2017.
- Le boulevard du crime sĂ©lectionne son jury : La presse judiciaire sur scĂšne sous la Monarchie de Juillet.â First issue of European Drama and Performance Studies : Spectacles, commerce et culture matĂ©rielle (1715-1860). Ed. Sabine Chaouche et Roxane Martin, Classiques Garnier, 2013.
- âLa Mise en page et le passage Ă la postĂ©ritĂ© dans Les Belles femmes de Paris et Les GuĂȘpes dâAlphonse Karr.â LâĂcrit Ă lâĂ©preuve des mĂ©dias, Ed. Greta Komur-Thilloy et Anne RĂ©ach-Ngo, Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2012.
- âLa PublicitĂ© nĂ©gative et lâĂpoque au théùtre.â Dossier 2. Presse et scĂšne au XIXe siĂšcle, Ed. Olivier Bara et Marie-Ăve ThĂ©renty.
- âUsing La Presse to stage La VĂ©ritĂ© in Delphine de Girardinâs Ăcole des journalistes.â Dix-Neuf. Vol 7. October 2006.
Conferences & Lectures
- âTheatrical Scraps and ClichĂ©d Chestnuts: July Monarchy Locavores.â NCFS, (Nineteenth Century French Studies) Colloquium. Raleigh, NC, October 2012.
- âLa presse anglaise, un modĂšle de prostitution ambitieuse.â Presse, prostitution, bas-fonds dans lâespace mĂ©diatique francophone, 1830-1930. Quebec City, June 2012.
- âBeyblades, Inception, and Tops as Communicative Objects.â AUP/Eugene Lang Seminar Series on Communicative Objects. Paris, March 2012.
- âLe Boulevard du Crime Selects a Jury.â NCFS (Nineteenth Century French Studies) Colloquium. Philadelphia, PA, October 2011.Ìę
- âLa Mise en page et le passage Ă la postĂ©ritĂ© dans Les Belles femmes de Paris et Les GuĂȘpes dâAlphonse Karr.â La mĂ©diatisation de lâĂ©crit, de la naissance de lâimprimĂ© Ă lâĂšre Ă©lectronique.Ìę lâUniversitĂ© de la Haute-Alsace, Mulhouse, October 2010.
- âExperiencing Racine with Nanny: Matching Methodology with Theories of Spectacle.â NCFS, (Nineteenth Century French Studies) Colloquium. New Haven, CT, October 2010.
- âLa PublicitĂ© nĂ©gative et lâĂpoque au théùtre.â Presse et ScĂšne au XIXe siĂšcle. Montpellier, France, June 2010.
- âCopying lâĂpoque: Testing Social Legibility on the Vaudeville Stage.â NCFS, (Nineteenth Century French Studies) Colloquium. Salt Lake City, UT, October 2009.
- âPersonifying the Press: Newspapers on Stage After 1830â MLA. Chicago, IL, 2007. (Nineteenth-Century French Division Panel)
- âPerforming for an Alternative Archive in July Monarchy Franceâ MLA. Philadelphia, PA, 2006. (Drama Division Panel)
- âThe Typesetter as the Scapegoat of Industrial Literature.â MLA. Philadelphia, PA, 2006. (Rhetoric and Composition Division Panel)
- âĂmile de Girardin, metteur en scĂšne de la publicitĂ©.â De la rĂ©clame Ă la pub, Dramaturgies et mises en scĂšne de la publicitĂ©. Le PhĂ©nix - ScĂšne nationale de Valenciennes, September 2006.
- âUsing La Presse to stage La VĂ©ritĂ© in Delphine de Girardinâs Ăcole des journalistes.â NCFS (Nineteenth Century French Studies) Colloquium. Austin, TX, October 2005.
- âIf the Theater is a Brothel, What is the Critic?: The Role of Journalism in Nana and Sister Carrie.â AIZEN Conference on Ămile Zola and Naturalism. Philadelphia, PA, October 2001.
Affiliations
MLA, NCFS
Research Areas
- Nineteenth-century French literature and media
- History of material texts
- Popular theater, especially vaudeville
Awards, Fellowships and Grants
- The American University of Parisâs Board of Trustees Award for Outstanding Research and Publications, 2020.
- Elected to a five-year term on the executive committee of the Modern Language Associationâs LLC 19th-Century French forum, beginning 2021.