Lesley Lelourec
Département LEA (Langues Etrangères Appliquées)
Université de Rennes 2
Place du recteur Henri Le Moal
CS 24307
35 043 Rennes cedex
+33 (0)2 99 14 16 90
Senior Lecturer in English and Irish Studies, Department of Applied Languages and Business ( LEA )
Member of the ACE research unit
Institutional Coordinator for the EMERGE European alliance project
Coordinator for student exchanges to Canada and Australia (bilateral agreements)
Previous responsibilities and activities at Rennes 2 University:
Vice President for International Relations / Internationalisation, (2015-2023)
President of the Centre de Mobilité Internationale (CMI) de Rennes (2017-2023)
Member of the Board, Institut Confucius de Bretagne (2017-)
Vice President for International Relations, Université Rennes 2 (2015-2019)
Member of the Conseil d'Administration (2015-2019)
Coordinator for International Relations, Language faculty (2011-2014)
Member of the Commission des Affaires Internationales (2011-2014)
International Coordinator of international student exchanges, LEA (2009-2014)
Member of the Language Faculty Board (2013-2015)
Director of the Centre d'Études Irlandaises (CEI) (2013-15)
In charge of monthly seminar programming, CEI (2011-2014)
Member of the Board for Validation des Acquis d’Experience (2009-2013)
President of the Exam Board L3, LEA (2009-2012)
CIEP (now France Education) Correspondent for the French language assistant programme (2009-15) Member of the commission for recruitment of lecturers in English, (2011-15)
Member of the CAPES de Breton exam jury.
Education and Qualifications :
PhD: "La Perception anglaise de la question d'Irlande : enquête auprès de 39 habitants de Nottingham" (The English perception of the Irish Question: a survey of 39 Nottingham residents), supervised by Jean Brihault and Monica Charlot, UR2, 16 June 2006.
DEA (Master 2) in Contemporary British Politics, Society and Economics: Dissertation: « La Perception anglaise de la question d’Irlande », Université Paris 3. Supervised by Monica Charlot, 2000.
Agrégation d'anglais as well as the Capes d'anglais (French national teaching qualifications), 1990.
Maîtrise (Master 1) in British and Northern American Studies; Dissertation: « Kill or Cure? The neo-liberal critique of the National Health Service 1979-1989 », Université de Strasbourg, 1989.
B.A. (Hons) European Studies, University of Bath, GB, 1986.
A Levels: French, Mathematics, Economics, Bilborough Sixth Form College, Nottingham, UK, 1982.
Research topics :
Anglo-Irish relations, representations of Ireland and the Irish in Great Britain, Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, Conflict transformation and peace studies
Organisation of international conferences and events:
September 2010 : "Ireland and Victims : recognition, reparation, reconciliation ?"
September 2011 : " 30 years on : Assessing the impact and legacy of the Republican hungerstrikes "
September 2015 : "Ireland : shared futures ?"
Conference papers
Lelourec, Lesley, 2007. “« British public opinion and the Northern Irish peace process”, Colloque “Reviewing the Good Friday Agreement: Effects, Impacts and Prospects”, PSAI, University of Wolverhampton, GB, 27 - 28 juin 2007.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2008. “English media representations of Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness”, Rennes 2, 2008, 30 avril. Journée d’étude CEI « Irlande, identité séparée, identités multiples ».
Lelourec, Lesley, 2008. « The Bad and the Ugly : Good guys after all ? The rehabilitation of Paisley and McGuinness and British media representations”, 48ème Congrès SAES, “La Résurgence”, Atelier Etudes Irlandaises, Université d’Orléans, 16 - 18 mai 2007.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2008. « The Bad and the Ugly : Good guys after all ? Representations of Paisley and McGuinness in the English press”, congrès annuel international PSAI, « The politics of peace and conflict », University of Galway, Irlande, 17-19 octobre 2008.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2009. “Making space for Ireland in the English classroom : the case of the Ireland in Schools forum”, Journée d’Etudes, “Ireland: the new diaspora space”, CEI-CRBC, Université Rennes 2, 6 février 2009.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2009. “Recognizing Ireland and the Irish”, congrès annuel international, “British-Irish Relations”, congrès annuel international PSAI, Liverpool Hope University, GB, 9 - 11 octobre 2009.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2010. "Understanding the significance of the British Government's reaction to the Saville report on Bloody Sunday", Journée d'Etude, IT Tallaght, Dublin, 8 octobre 2010.
Lelourec, lesley, 2011. "Warrington, after the bombing : the civic response to an incomprehensible tragedy", colloque EFACIS, University of Salford, GB, 1-4 septembre 2011.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2012. "'Responding to the IRA bombing campaign in mainland Britain : The case of Warrington", The Troubles in Britain conference, University of Brighton, GB, 11-13 juillet 2012.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2013. Reappraising past mistakes and accepting responsibility for State violence and collusion ? From Widgery to de Silva, [colloque AFIS, Outside the Frame: Challenging Representations of France and Ireland], Université Rennes 2, 23-4 mai 2013.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2013. "Responding to the IRA bombing campaign in mainland Britain : the case of Warrington", congrès annuel international PSAI, Trinity College Dublin, 18-20 octobre 2013.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2014. "L’attentat de l’IRA à Warrington (Angleterre) en 1993 : Mémoire et réaction « constructive » des citoyens", Journée d'études : Mémoire du Crime Politique, ERIMIT, Université Rennes 2, 6 avril 2014.
Lelourec, Lesley, 2014. Conférencière invitée, "Coming to terms with a tragedy: The community response to the Warrington bombing": Symposium The Brighton Grand Hotel bombing: History, memory and Political Theatre; University of Brighton (GB), 15-16 octobre 2014.