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DIRE

La Reunion

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Movement, Identity, Viewpoints, Writings

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Corinne DUBOIN | Director

corinne.duboin@univ-reunion.fr

University of Reunion Island 15 Avenue René Cassin - CS 92003 97744 SAINT-DENIS CEDEX 9

https://dire.univ-reunion.fr/

research domains
DIRE is a multidisciplinary body covering several different themes and
geographic areas (Indian Ocean, Europe, Americas, Caribbean) : French and
relative themes literature, foreign literature, cultures and civilisations,
linguistics, language-learning methods social sciences (sociology and
anthropology). There are 4 research areas :
- Theme 1 Imaginary, travel and utopia
- Theme 2 Images, perspectives and bodies in motion
- Theme 3 Plural contexts in contact
- Theme 4 Thoughts, knowledge, (re)writing and (counter-) discourses
- and a cross-cutting theme : Actions combining themes to compare
  viewpoints through a broader approach or a global and comparative
  approach. There are also specific cross-cutting activities linked to the OSOI
  (Observatory of Indian Ocean Societies) Federation and in partnership
  with other OSOI federation members.
Areas of expertise
-Languages (French, English, German, Spanish), texts, arts and cultures, Literature, Cinema

-Language teaching and learning methods, as well as multilingualism in a multicultural
environment

-Social norms, institutions and behaviour (sociological, anthropological/ethnological)

-Post-colonial societies
key research projects

“ECOTONES” INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME : ENCOUNTERS, CROSSINGS,
COMMUNITIES”
2015 – 2020

“OCEANIC HUMANITIES FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH” INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
Andrew Mellon Foundation, the South African National Research Foundation,
National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), WiSER,
University of Witwatersrand (South Africa),
2018 – 2020

“DIASPORA, CULTURES OF MOBILITIES AND ‘RACE” LONG-TERM INTERNATIONAL
PROJECT
2012 – 2016

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP PROJECT – CRITICAL EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE
2014-2020

PATREC (INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE AND EXCHANGES PROGRAMME )
2014-2016
Main scientific collaborations

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN STUDIES /
INTERNATIONAL REACH
IISA has adopted a thematic approach to Asian studies, promoting
research that transcends disciplinary and regional boundaries.
Visibility and development of international partnerships.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF ASIA SCHOLARS /
INTERNATIONAL REACH
The organisation aims to promote interdisciplinary and
intercultural exchanges in Asian studies and to foster international
collaboration.
Visibility and development of international partnerships.

LIBRARY OF GLISSANT STUDIES / REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL REACH
Glissant studies : creation of an online library, university
networking (researcher-lecturers, PhD students).
An open-access, international collaborative project.
Main research facilities and databases
- BTCR/Transversal Bureau for Symposia, Research and publications
- The shared resource service (law-literature library, University of
  Reunion Island) manages online databases (JStor, etc.), as well
  as a collection of online reviews and inter-library loans (EA DIRE
  budget managed directly by the shared resource service)
- HAL, University of Reunion Island portal (managed by the University shared resource service) : open-access archive
  https : //hal.univ-reunion.fr/DIRE

DIRE is a multidisciplinary body covering several different themes and
geographic areas (Indian Ocean, Europe, Americas, Caribbean) : French and
relative themes literature, foreign literature, cultures and civilisations,
linguistics, language-learning methods social sciences (sociology and
anthropology). There are 4 research areas :

Theme 1 Imaginary, travel and utopia
Theme 2 Images, perspectives and bodies in motion
Theme 3 Plural contexts in contact
Theme 4 Thoughts, knowledge, (re)writing and (counter-) discourses
and a cross-cutting theme : Actions combining themes to compare
viewpoints through a broader approach or a global and comparative
approach. There are also specific cross-cutting activities linked to the OSOI
(Observatory of Indian Ocean Societies) Federation and in partnership
with other OSOI federation members.

Areas of expertise
-Languages (French, English, German, Spanish), texts, arts and cultures, Literature, Cinema

-Language teaching and learning methods, as well as multilingualism in a multicultural
environment

-Social norms, institutions and behaviour (sociological, anthropological/ethnological)

-Post-colonial societies

“ECOTONES” INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME : ENCOUNTERS, CROSSINGS,
COMMUNITIES”
2015 – 2020

“OCEANIC HUMANITIES FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH” INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
Andrew Mellon Foundation, the South African National Research Foundation,
National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), WiSER,
University of Witwatersrand (South Africa),
2018 – 2020

“DIASPORA, CULTURES OF MOBILITIES AND ‘RACE” LONG-TERM INTERNATIONAL
PROJECT
2012 – 2016

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP PROJECT – CRITICAL EDITION OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF BERNARDIN DE SAINT-PIERRE
2014-2020

PATREC (INTERNATIONAL HERITAGE AND EXCHANGES PROGRAMME )
2014-2016

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ASIAN STUDIES /
INTERNATIONAL REACH
IISA has adopted a thematic approach to Asian studies, promoting
research that transcends disciplinary and regional boundaries.
Visibility and development of international partnerships.

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF ASIA SCHOLARS /
INTERNATIONAL REACH
The organisation aims to promote interdisciplinary and
intercultural exchanges in Asian studies and to foster international
collaboration.
Visibility and development of international partnerships.

LIBRARY OF GLISSANT STUDIES / REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL REACH
Glissant studies : creation of an online library, university
networking (researcher-lecturers, PhD students).
An open-access, international collaborative project.

BTCR/Transversal Bureau for Symposia, Research and publications
The shared resource service (law-literature library, University of
Reunion Island) manages online databases (JStor, etc.), as well
as a collection of online reviews and inter-library loans (EA DIRE
budget managed directly by the shared resource service)
HAL, University of Reunion Island portal (managed by the University shared resource service) : open-access archive
https : //hal.univ-reunion.fr/DIRE

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