Christene d'Anca

Graduate Student

Office Location: 

Phelps Hall 6333

Specialization: 

Comparative Literature

Education: 

  • B.A. in English Literature at UCLA
  • M.A. in English Literature at California State University, Northridge.

Bio: 

Christene d'Anca is a Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature, specializing in medieval studies, with other special interests in modern Eastern European literature.

Research: 

Christene’s recent work has focused on female patronage in 12th and 13th century France, culminating in a conference presentation at MLA and a field examination exploring patronage in the mortuary arts. Christene has also been active in Eastern European scholarship and has worked in translation studies with her native language, Romanian.

Publications: 

  • “Cultural Hermeneutics: Andrei Codrescu as ‘The Romanian who translated himself into an American.’” Transnational Narratives of Englishness in Exile. Catalina Florescu and Sheng-Mei Ma, eds. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017. (Forthcoming in November).