Meet the team

Our team is made up of researchers and practitioners in the performing arts, theatre, literature, sociology, museology and digital humanities, with a shared interest in the ways that water participates in artistic creation.

Anne-Laure Fortin-Tournès

Professor of British Literature, Le Mans University

Barbara Albasio

Artistic Director, Aquamour

Anna Street

Lecturer in Theater & Performance Studies, Le Mans University

Alison Jeffers

Senior Lecturer in Applied Theatre and Contemporary Performance, University of Manchester

Fabienne Kervarec

Sociology Consultant, D'une rive à l'autre

Helen Gilbert

Professor of Environmental Arts, Royal Holloway

Éliane Beaufils

Professor of theater and performance studies, Paris 8 University

Felicity Picken

Lecturer in Sociology, Western Sydney University

Béné Meillon

Professor of American Literature, University of Angers

Kamila Mamadna-Zarbekova

PhD Candidate, Sorbonne University

Anne Baillot

Professor of Digital Humanities & German Studies, Le Mans University

Valérie Morisson

Professor of British and Irish Culture, Montpellier 3 University

Ramona Mosse

Head of Theatre, Zurich University of the Arts

Isla Borrell

Postdoctoral researcher, Le Mans University