Biography and role of the Vice-Dean Research
Lucie Hotte is an expert in the theory of reading and in Canadian francophone literature. She completed her studies at the University of Ottawa, where she defended her doctoral thesis under the supervision of Jean-Louis Major, in 1996. Her essay titled L'inscription de la lecture. Lecture du roman, romans de la lecture (2001), which was drawn from her thesis, won the Prix Gabrielle-Roy, a prize that honours the best work of literary criticism dealing with Canadian literature in either English or French. During her postdoctoral fellowship, she studied the reception of minority-language literatures—especially Franco-Ontarian literature—outside their native communities. The research she conducted at that time spawned a large-scale research program that she pursues to this day.
In 1998, she joined the University of Ottawa's Département de français to teach the unit's course offerings in Franco-Ontarian literature, as well as courses in Quebec literature and in French-language literature in America. When the University of Ottawa established the Research Chairs in Canadian Francophonie in 2004, she was appointed holder of the Chaire de recherche sur les cultures et les littératures francophones du Canada.
An energetic researcher, Lucie Hotte has published a critical edition of the letters of Jacques Ferronand André Major, as well as eight collective works, three of which were launched very recently: Habiter la distance, études en marge de La distance habitée (2009), which she co-directed with Guy Poirier of the University of Waterloo (the work is a compilation of essays inspired by concepts put forward by François Paré, a renowned expert in "littératures de l'exiguïté"); Introduction à la littérature franco-ontarienne (2010), which she co-directed with Johanne Melançon of Laurentian University and which is the very first brief history of Franco-Ontarian literature; and (Se) Raconter des histoires. Histoire et histoires dans les littératures francophones du Canada (Dec. 2010), a compendium of 33 articles by researchers from around the world. She has also organized some 20 symposiums and published roughly 50 articles and book chapters.
Her current research revolves around the epistemological foundations of literary criticism in minority-language contexts.
Role:
The vice-dean research assists the dean in the administration of the Faculty. He or she is a member of the Executive Committee of the Faculty and of Faculty Council.
More specifically, the vice-dean research is responsible for:
- promoting research in the Faculty of Arts and enhancing the quality of research and its dissemination;
- supporting researchers in the development of research facilities, research centres and research chairs;
- informing Faculty staff of new and existing financing initiatives;
- helping researchers to submit grant applications by providing information and logistical support;
- proposing the nomination of teaching staff for internal and external competitions and awards;
- chairing the Faculty's Research and Publications Committee;
- strengthening relations between the Faculty and learned societies;
- serving as a liaison officer between the Faculty and the Office of the Vice-President, Research;
- serving as an ex-officio member of the University of Ottawa Research Commission;
- advising the dean on all matters concerning research activities;
- supporting the development of international research;
- carrying out all other duties assigned to him or her by the dean.
