Kathrina LaPorta

Kathrina A. LaPorta received a Ph.D. in French Literature from New York University in 2014. Katie's research investigates the intersections between literature and politics in the ancien régime, with a particular interest in pamphlet literature. She is currently preparing a book manuscript on the pamphlets that denounced Louis XIV's absolutist regime, using the concept of performativity as a point of entry to understand how the transformation of the king into a spectacle challenges the monarchy’s monopoly over the performance of sovereignty. Portions of this work have appeared in Early Modern French Studies and French Studies Bulletin. With Christophe Schuwey, Katie is preparing an web-based critical edition for anti-absolutist pamphlets.
Katie has taught courses in French language and literature at Dartmouth College, Barnard College, and New York University, where she is currently a Postdoctoral Lecturer in French.