Amy is a specialist in Francophone autobiographies of exile and trauma. She is author of Remembering French Algeria: Pieds-Noirs, Identity and Exile (U of Nebraska P, 2015), and A la recherche d'un emploi: Business French in a Communicative Context (Hackett, 2017) and co-editor of "Distance/Proximité" (Australian Journal of French Studies, 2016 with Dr Joe Hardwick), "Self and Stuff: Accumulation in Francophone Literature and Art" (Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-first Century Literatures, 2014), The Unspeakable: Representations of Trauma in Francophone Literature and Art (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013), and Textual and Visual Selves: Photography, Film and Comic Art in French Autobiography (U of Nebraska P, 2011). She is currently working on her new project, "Hoarding Memory: Covering the Wounds of the Algerian War" and a translation of the trauma testimony in the film La Valise ou le cercueil (the Suitcase or the Coffin) with her students.
My current research focusses on how traumas from war, migration and terrorism are articulated in Francophone literature and art. In many instances the artists and authors who speak out about their own and their community's suffering have accumulated numerous fragments from what they have endured. In their attempts to preserve and share the trauma memory, repeating and layering occurs, often resulting in the reverse effect of covering over what they set out to lay bare. If these stories are not shared and received, healing for the individual and for the community cannot be completely achieved.
Journal Article: Shifting positions: amputation, prosthesis, and the embodied memory of Algeria
Hubbell, Amy L. (2019) Shifting positions: amputation, prosthesis, and the embodied memory of Algeria. Auto/Biography Studies, . doi:10.1080/08989575.2019.1592366
Journal Article: Scandalous memory: terrorism testimonial from the Algerian war
Hubbell, Amy L. (2018) Scandalous memory: terrorism testimonial from the Algerian war. Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, 22 1: 49-57. doi:10.1080/17409292.2018.1452822
Journal Article: Layering Over the Wounds of Algeria in Contemporary Pied-Noir Art
Hubbell, Amy (2018) Layering Over the Wounds of Algeria in Contemporary Pied-Noir Art. EuropeNow: Journal for the Council for European Studies, .
Hoarded Memory in Le¿la Sebbar's Life Writing
(2013) UQ Early Career Researcher
Contemporary Literary Works Depicting Japanese Internment within Australia during WW2.
Doctor Philosophy
"But new connections begin, new traps arise and new pains": Visions of transculturation in recent Indian sub-continental English novels
Doctor Philosophy
Feminist Voice and the Aesthetics of 'the Woman' in Contemporary Ghanaian Cinema
Doctor Philosophy
Remembering French Algeria: Pieds-Noirs, identity and exile
Hubbell, Amy Remembering French Algeria: Pieds-Noirs, identity and exile. Nebraska, United States: University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
The Unspeakable Representations of Trauma in Francophone Literature and Art
The Unspeakable Representations of Trauma in Francophone Literature and Art. Edited by Nevine El Nossery and Amy Hubbell Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
Textual and visual selves: Photography, film and comic art in French autobiography
Textual and visual selves: Photography, film and comic art in French autobiography. Edited by Natalie Edwards, Amy L. Hubbell and Ann Miller Lincoln, NE, United States: University of Nebraska Press, 2011.
À la recherche d’un emploi: Business French in a communicative context
Hubbell, Amy L. À la recherche d’un emploi: Business French in a communicative context. Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.: Focus Publishing; R. Pullins, 2011.
Accumulating Algeria: Recurrent images in Pied-Noir visual works
Hubbell, Amy (2015). Accumulating Algeria: Recurrent images in Pied-Noir visual works. In Natalie Edwards, Ben McCann and Peter Poiana (Ed.), Framing French Culture (pp. 209-227) Adelaide, South Australia: University of Adelaide Press.
Separation and return in the intellectual work of the Pieds-Noirs
Hubbell, Amy (2013). Separation and return in the intellectual work of the Pieds-Noirs. In Christopher Hogarth and Natalie Edwards (Ed.), The Contemporary Francophone African Intellectual (pp. 71-92) Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
The words that say it: Pied-Noir women confronting Algerian memory
Hubbell, Amy L. (2013). The words that say it: Pied-Noir women confronting Algerian memory. In Anna Rocca and Kenneth Reeds (Ed.), Women Taking Risks in Contemporary Autobiographical Narratives (pp. 103-116) Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Transmitting the unspeakable through literature and art
El Nossery, Névine and Hubbell, Amy (2013). Transmitting the unspeakable through literature and art. In Névine El Nossery and Amy L. Hubbell (Ed.), The Unspeakable: Representations of Trauma in Francophone Literature and Art (pp. 1-20) Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Unspoken Algeria: Transmitting traumatic memories of the Algerian war
Hubbell, Amy (2013). Unspoken Algeria: Transmitting traumatic memories of the Algerian war. In Nevine El Nossery and Amy L. Hubbell (Ed.), The Unspeakable: Representations of Trauma in Francophone Literature and Art (pp. 305-324) Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Introduction: Textual visual selves
Edwards, Natalie, Hubbell, Amy L. and Miller, Ann (2011). Introduction: Textual visual selves. In Natalie Edwards, Amy L. Hubbell and Amy Miller (Ed.), Textual and visual selves: Photography, film and comic art in French autobiography (pp. 1-15) Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
L'Algerie recurrente et l'Algerie errante dans l'ecriture des Francaises d'Algerie
Hubbell, Amy L. (2011). L'Algerie recurrente et l'Algerie errante dans l'ecriture des Francaises d'Algerie. In Anna Rocca and Névine El Nossery (Ed.), Frictions et devenirs dans les écritures migrantes au féminin: Enracinements et renégociations (pp. 29-47) Saarbrücken, Germany: Éditions Universitaires Européennes.
Viewing the past through a ‘nostalgeric’ lens: Pied-Noir photo-documentaries
Hubbell, Amy L. (2011). Viewing the past through a ‘nostalgeric’ lens: Pied-Noir photo-documentaries. In Natalie Edwards, Amy L. Hubbell and Amy Miller (Ed.), Textual and visual selves: Photography, film and comic art in French autobiography (pp. 167-187) Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
Dual, Divided, and Doubled Selves: Three Women Writing between France and Algeria
Hubbell, Amy (2010). Dual, Divided, and Doubled Selves: Three Women Writing between France and Algeria. In Natalie Edwards and Christopher Hogarth (Ed.), This 'self' which is not one : Women's life writing in French (pp. 35-46) Newcastle, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Hubbell, Amy (2009). Returning to the Baobab fou: (Dis)integrating roots in Ken Bugul’s and Marie Cardinal’s autobiographies. In Ada Uzoamaka Azodo and Jeanne-Sarah de Larquier (Ed.), Emerging perspectives on Ken Bugul: From alternative choices to oppositional practices (pp. 81-99) Trenton, N. J.: Africa World Press.
Slipping home in Marie Cardinal's Ecoutez la mer
Hubbell, Amy (2008). Slipping home in Marie Cardinal's Ecoutez la mer. In Natalie Edwards and Christopher Hogarth (Ed.), Gender and Displacement: "Home" in Contemporary Francophone Women's Autobiography (pp. 34-45) Newcastle, U.K.: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Shifting positions: amputation, prosthesis, and the embodied memory of Algeria
Hubbell, Amy L. (2019) Shifting positions: amputation, prosthesis, and the embodied memory of Algeria. Auto/Biography Studies, . doi:10.1080/08989575.2019.1592366
Scandalous memory: terrorism testimonial from the Algerian war
Hubbell, Amy L. (2018) Scandalous memory: terrorism testimonial from the Algerian war. Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, 22 1: 49-57. doi:10.1080/17409292.2018.1452822
Layering Over the Wounds of Algeria in Contemporary Pied-Noir Art
Hubbell, Amy (2018) Layering Over the Wounds of Algeria in Contemporary Pied-Noir Art. EuropeNow: Journal for the Council for European Studies, .
Hubbell, Amy L. (2018) Nos années rouges. The Journal of North African Studies, 23 3: 548-549. doi:10.1080/13629387.2018.1432016
Made in Algeria: mapping layers of colonial memory into contemporary visual art
Hubbell, Amy (2018) Made in Algeria: mapping layers of colonial memory into contemporary visual art. French Cultural Studies, 29 1: 8-18. doi:10.1177/0957155817739751
Hubbell, Amy (2017) "Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar Germany and France: Comparative Perspectives" Edited by M. Borutta and J. Jansen. EuropeNow, 6: 1-2.
Hardwick, Joe and Hubbell, Amy (2016) Tyrannies of Distance, Perils of Proximity: Time, Space and Virtuality in the French and Francophone World. Australian Journal of French Studies, 53 1-2: 3-18. doi:10.3828/AJFS.2016.01
Filling in the Void: Leila Sebbar's Collective Archaeology of Origins
Hubbell, Amy L. (2015) Filling in the Void: Leila Sebbar's Collective Archaeology of Origins. Expressions Maghrebines, 14 1: 41-54.
Accumulated testimony: layering French girls' diaries on the Algerian exodus
Hubbell, Amy L. (2014) Accumulated testimony: layering French girls' diaries on the Algerian exodus. Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature, 38 2: 1-16. doi:10.4148/2334-4415.1011
Self and stuff: accumulation in Francophone literature and art
Edwards, Natalie and Hubbell, Amy L. (2014) Self and stuff: accumulation in Francophone literature and art. Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature, 38 2: 2.1-2.5. doi:10.4148/2334-4415.1813
(In)edible Algeria: transmitting Pied-Noir nostalgia through food
Hubbell, Amy (2013) (In)edible Algeria: transmitting Pied-Noir nostalgia through food. Portal: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, 10 2: 1-18.
Reeck, Laura. Writerly identities in Beur fiction and beyond
Hubbell, Amy L. (2013) Reeck, Laura. Writerly identities in Beur fiction and beyond. French Review, 86 5: 1040-1041.
The past is present: Pied-Noir returns to Algeria
Hubbell, Amy L. (2012) The past is present: Pied-Noir returns to Algeria. Nottingham French Studies, 51 1: 66-77. doi:10.3366/nfs.2012.0007
(Re)turning to ruins: Pied-Noir visual returns to Algeria
Hubbell, Amy L. (2011) (Re)turning to ruins: Pied-Noir visual returns to Algeria. Modern and Contemporary France, 19 2: 147-161. doi:10.1080/09639489.2011.565162
Introduction – Women’s self-narrative across the Francophone world
Edwards, Natalie, Hogarth, Christopher and Hubbell, Amy (2011) Introduction – Women’s self-narrative across the Francophone world. Women in French Studies, Special Issue 11-13.
Hubbell, Amy (2011) Weber-Fève, Stacey. Re-hybridizing transnational domesticity and femininity: Women’s contemporary filmmaking and lifewriting in France, Algeria, and Tunisia. The French Review, 85 2: .
Redouane, Najib, et Yvette Benayoun-Szmidt, ed., Assia Djebar
Hubbell, Amy L. (2010) Redouane, Najib, et Yvette Benayoun-Szmidt, ed., Assia Djebar. The French Review, 83 5: 1070-1071.
Hubbell, Amy (2009) Graebner, Seth. History's Place: Nostalgia and the City in French Algerian Literature. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2007. The French Review, 82 4: 836-837.
Ireland, Susan and Patrice Proulx, eds. Textualizing the Immigrant Experience in Contemporary Quebec
Hubbell, Amy (2009) Ireland, Susan and Patrice Proulx, eds. Textualizing the Immigrant Experience in Contemporary Quebec. Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature, 33 2: 391-393. doi:10.4148/2334-4415.1707
Powell, Douglas A., Hubbell, Amy L., Chapman, Benjamin and Jacob, Casey, J. (2009) New media for food safety. Food Technology Magazine, 63 1: 38-43.
Newmedia for communicating food safety
Powell, Douglas A., Hubbell, Amy L., Chapman, Benjamin and Jacob, Casey J. (2009) Newmedia for communicating food safety. Food Technology, 63 1: 38-43.
"La valise ou le cercueil": un aller-retour dans la memoire des Pieds-Noirs
Hubbell, Amy L. (2008) "La valise ou le cercueil": un aller-retour dans la memoire des Pieds-Noirs. Revue Diasporas: histoire et sociétés, 12 199-207.
Genre Trouble in Nicole Brossard’s un livre
Hubbell, Amy (2008) Genre Trouble in Nicole Brossard’s un livre. Women in French Studies, 116-123.
An amputated elsewhere: Sustaining and relieving the phantom limb of Algeria
Hubbell, Amy L. (2007) An amputated elsewhere: Sustaining and relieving the phantom limb of Algeria. Life Writing, 4 2: 247-262. doi:10.1080/14484520701559810
Hubbell, Amy (2007) Kelly, Debra. Autobiography and Independence: Selfhood and Creativity in North African Postcolonial Writing in French. Liverpool: Liverpool UP, 2005. The French Review, 80 3: 669-669.
The wounds of Algeria in Pied-Noir autobiography
Hubbell, Amy (2007) The wounds of Algeria in Pied-Noir autobiography. Dalhousie French Studies, 81 59-68.
Van Cauwelaert, Didier. One Way: A Novel. Trans. Mark Polizzotti
Hubbell, Amy (2007) Van Cauwelaert, Didier. One Way: A Novel. Trans. Mark Polizzotti. Studies in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature, 31 2: 478-480.
Looking back: Deconstructing postcolonial blindness in nostalgérie
Hubbell, Amy (2004) Looking back: Deconstructing postcolonial blindness in nostalgérie. CELAAN: Centre Etudes Litteratures Arts Afrique Nord, 3 1-2: 85-95.
The other other: Women as seen in Chocolat and Outremer
Hubbell, Amy (2000) The other other: Women as seen in Chocolat and Outremer. Ellipsis, 2 62-71.
Hoarded Memory in Le¿la Sebbar's Life Writing
(2013) UQ Early Career Researcher
Contemporary Literary Works Depicting Japanese Internment within Australia during WW2.
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
"But new connections begin, new traps arise and new pains": Visions of transculturation in recent Indian sub-continental English novels
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Feminist Voice and the Aesthetics of 'the Woman' in Contemporary Ghanaian Cinema
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: