Dr. Mark Orme

Principal Lecturer

School of Languages and International Studies

Fylde Building, FY 112

+ 44 (0)1772 893144

MPOrme@uclan.ac.uk

Dr. Mark Orme (BA (Hons), PGCE TESOL, PhD, FHEA) is a member of the Executive Team of the School of Languages and International Studies and oversees the School’s Research and Equality and Diversity Profiles. He has an extensive publications record and teaches a range of modules at a variety of levels in French Language and aspects of Contemporary French Society and Culture.

I have been at UCLan since September 1996. I have also taught French Language and aspects of Contemporary French Society and Culture at Lancaster University (1992-1996). At UCLan, I have been Course Leader for both the School’s part-time language-learning programme (the University Graduate Diploma in Foreign Languages – ‘UGDFL’) and the full-time flagship BA (Hons) Modern Languages degree. For five years, I was the School’s Postgraduate and Research Degrees Tutor and coordinated the School’s undergraduate programmes in Modern Foreign Languages.

I have been a member of Quality Assurance Committees at both School and Faculty levels and I have also played an active role in the University-wide initiative of promoting Academic Advice and Study Skills in the mainstream curriculum. I am a member of the School Management Team and, for four years, coordinated the School’s Quality Assurance processes, overseeing a Periodic Course Review. As Director of Research, I currently manage research activity within the School of Languages and International Studies and chair the School’s Research Committee. I am also the School’s Equality and Diversity Lead and the Course Leader of the popular University Certificate and Elective in Applied Languages, the operation of which is key to the School’s response to the University’s Internationalisation Strategy. For three years, I chaired the Faculty’s Marketing Group and was also a member of the Faculty’s Research and Knowledge Transfer Committee. I have also held the role of Subject Leader for French and Business French in the School of Languages and International Studies. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and am a member of the Executive Committee of the Society for French Studies.

Membership of professional and learned bodies

Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
Member of the Executive Committee of the Society for French Studies

Research

My research interests embrace trends in the teaching and learning of languages; Twentieth-Century French Literature and Thought, with special reference to Existentialism: Sartre, Camus, Simone de Beauvoir; French Cinema; and European Cultural Identity. I am the author of The Development of Albert Camus’s Concern for Social and Political Justice: ‘Justice pour un juste’ (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2007); co-editor of Albert Camus in the 21st Century: A Reassessment of his Thinking at the Dawn of the New Millennium (Rodopi, 2008); and co-editor of La passion du théâtre: Camus à la scène (Rodopi, 2011). I am currently completing further research projects on Camus and other aspects of Contemporary Society and Culture. I also supervise postgraduate research students (notably in relation to the work of Camus) and am a regular reviewer for the journals French Studies, Modern & Contemporary France and Modern Language Review, among others.

Publications

A. Single-Authored Book

The Development of Albert Camus’s Concern for Social and Political Justice: ‘Justice pour un juste’ (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2007)

B. Co-Edited Books

Albert Camus in the 21st Century: A Reassessment of his Thinking at the Dawn of the New Millennium[with Christine Margerrison and Lissa Lincoln] (Rodopi, 2008)

La passion du théâtre: Camus à la scène [with Sophie Bastien and Geraldine F. Montgomery] (Rodopi, 2011)

C. Refereed Articles

“Interpreting the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR): applying the global to the local” [with Christian Jones and Daniel Waller], in Improving Student Learning: Global Theories and Local Practices: Institutional, Disciplinary and Cultural Variations, edited by C. Rust (Oxford, The Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, 2011), pp. 215-23.

‘Up where he belongs: Camus à l’affiche in Paris’, French Studies Bulletin, 54 (1995), 17-19

‘The Theme of Révolte in Albert Camus’s écrits de jeunesse’, French Studies Bulletin, 65 (1997), 5-7

‘“L’enfance dont il n’avait jamais guéri”? The Perception of Injustice in the Formative Years of Albert Camus’, Australian Journal of French Studies, 37 (2000), 72-90

‘Realising “la vraie justice”: A Note on Albert Camus’s Moral Transparency’, French Studies Bulletin, 81 (2001), 9-11

‘Justice and the Quest for Origins: Sensitivity to Suffering as a Social Phenomenon in Albert Camus’s écrits de jeunesse’, Essays in French Literature, 38 (2001), 111-28

‘Retour aux sources: Crisis and Reappraisal in Albert Camus’s Final Pronouncements on Justice’, Modern & Contemporary France, 11 (2003), 463-74

D. Refereed Book Chapters

‘L’Homme révolté: vers une justification éthique de la justice’, in Albert Camus, 19: ‘L’Homme révolté’: cinquante ans après. Textes réunis par Raymond Gay-Crosier (Paris, Livres Modernes Minard, 2001), pp. 91-122

‘Imprisoned Freedoms: Space and Identity in Subway and Nikita’, in Susan Hayward and Phil Powrie, eds., The Films of Luc Besson: Master of Spectacle (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2006), pp. 121-34

‘Camus et les défis de la démocratie au XXIe siècle’, in Mark Orme, Christine Margerrison and Lissa Lincoln, eds., Albert Camus in the 21st Century: A Reassessment of his Thinking at the Dawn of the New Millennium (Amsterdam, Rodopi, 2008), pp. 245-58

‘Camus à la scène au Royaume-Uni: toujours à l’affiche?’, in Mark Orme, Sophie Bastien and Geraldine F. Montgomery , eds., La passion du théâtre: Camus à la scène (Rodopi, 2011), pp. 195-206

‘Interpreting the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Applying the Global to the Local’ (with Christian Jones and Daniel Waller), Conference Proceedings of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), ‘Global Theories and Local Practices: Institutional, Disciplinary and Cultural Variations’, 2011

E. Book Reviews/Review Articles

Albert Camus, Le Premier Homme, Modern & Contemporary France, 3 n.s. (1995), 330-31

Jeanyves Guérin, Albert Camus: Portrait de l’artiste en citoyen, French Studies, 49 (1995), 360-61

Edward J. Hughes, Albert Camus: ‘Le Premier Homme’ / ‘La Peste’, Modern Language Review, 92 (1997), 739

‘Inside the Outsider: Albert Camus, une vie, by Olivier Todd’, London Magazine, 36 (1997), 118-20

‘The Stranger who’s come in from the cold’, Modern & Contemporary France, 6 (1998), 538-40

Ray Davison, Camus: The Challenge of Dostoevsky, French Studies, 54 (2000), 111-12

Raymond Gay-Crosier, ed., Albert Camus, 18: la réception de l’œuvre de Camus en U.R.S.S. et en R.D.A., French Studies, 55 (2001), 428-29

Alain Vircondelet, Albert Camus: Vérité et légendes, Modern & Contemporary France, 9 (2001), 259

Christian Morzewski, ed., Le Premier Homme d’Albert Camus, Roman 20 – 50 (No. 27, June 1999), Modern & Contemporary France, 9 (2001), 252-53

Albert Camus. Europe 77 (No. 846, October 1999), Modern Language Review, 96 (2001), 201

Azzedine Haddour, Colonial Myths: History and Narrative, Modern & Contemporary France, 10 (2002), 259-60

James S. Williams, Camus: ‘La Peste’, Modern Language Review, 97 (2002), 723

Yves Marc Ajchenbaum, ed., Albert Camus, Pascal Pia: Correspondance 1939 – 1947, Modern Language Review, 97 (2002), 200-01

Christiane Chaulet-Achour, Albert Camus, Alger: ‘L’Étranger’ et autres récits, Modern & Contemporary France, 10 (2002), 124-25

Jeannine Hayat, Jules Roy: ombre et présence d’Albert Camus, French Studies, 56 (2002), 122-23

Edward J. Hughes, Writing Marginality in Modern French Literature: from Loti to Genet, Lingua Romana
(Internet Publication, available at http://linguaromana.byu.edu/orme.html)

Jacqueline Baishanski, L’Orient dans la pensée du jeune Camus: ‘L’Étranger’, un nouvel évangile?, Modern Language Review, 99 (2004), 207-08

Raymond Gay-Crosier, ed., Albert Camus, 20: 'Le Premier Homme' en perspective, Modern Language Review, 100 (2005), 832-33

‘Dirty Hands, Clean Feet: Ronald Aronson, Camus and Sartre: The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It’, Review of Politics, 67 (2005), 359-61

James W. Brown, ‘Sensing’, ‘Seeing’, ‘Saying’ in Camus’ ‘Noces’: A Meditative Essay, French Studies, 59 (2005), 121-22

Jacqueline Lévi-Valensi, ed., Albert Camus et le mensonge: actes du colloque organisé par la Bpi les 29 et 30 décembre 2002, Modern & Contemporary France, 14 (2006), 243-44

Albert Camus, Notebooks: 1951-1959, H France Review, vol. 10, no. 86 (June 2010), 387-90 [on-line publication available at: http://www.h-france.net/vol10reviews/vol10no86orme.pdf]

‘Albert Camus’, in Gregory Claeys, ed., Encylopedia of Modern Political Thought (CQ Press, forthcoming)

F. Conference Papers

‘Back to the Future: Retrospection and Redemption in Albert Camus’s Le Premier Homme’, University of Central Lancashire, Department of Languages and International Studies Research Seminar, November 1997

‘“The Childhood from which he never recovered”? The Perception of Injustice in the Formative Years of Albert Camus’, University of Central Lancashire, Department of Languages and International Studies Staff-Student Seminar, November 1999

‘A Tale of Two Childhoods: A Comparative Reading of Sartre’s Les Mots and Camus’s Le Premier Homme’, Paper delivered at UCLan Conference (co-organized by myself), ‘Existentialism, France and Autobiography’, March 2000

‘Retour aux sources: Crisis and Reappraisal in Albert Camus’s Final Pronouncements on Justice’, Invited Paper, The Burn Conference, Edzell, Scotland, October 2002

‘“Un effort pour comprendre mon temps”: Camus’s L’Homme révolté as Personal Testimony’, Invited Paper, Conference ‘Camus and Revolt’, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Northern Ireland, September 2002

‘Imprisoned Freedoms: Space and Identity in Luc Besson’s Subway and Nikita’, University of Central Lancashire, Department of Languages and International Studies Staff-Student Seminar, February 2002

‘Camus et les défis de la démocratie au 21e siècle’, Paper delivered at conference co-organized by myself and colleagues from Lancaster University and The American University of Paris, ‘Albert Camus in the 21st Century’, The American University of Paris, France, September 2004

‘From Despair to Resistance: Albert Camus’s Response to the Second World War’, Invited Paper, Conference ‘Intellectuals and War from Verdun to Baghdad’, Institut Français du Royaume-Uni, London, October 2005

‘From Resistance to Revolution: The Challenges Facing Albert Camus’s Concern for Justice from the années noires to the après guerre', 'Discourses, Texts, Contexts: Research in French Studies’, Invited Paper, University of Leeds, December 2006

‘Morality and the Challenge of History: The Case of Albert Camus’, Invited Paper, Lessius University College, Antwerp, Belgium, March 2007

‘Gone but not Forgotten: The Legacy of Albert Camus in the 21st Century’, Offered Paper, Department of Languages Staff-Student Research Seminar, University of Central Lancashire, February 2007

‘Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: The Legacy of Albert Camus in the 21st Century’, Offered Paper, Department of Languages and International Studies Research Carousel, University of Central Lancashire, July 2008

‘Camus on stage in the United Kingdom: toujours à l’affiche?, Offered Paper, Conference co-organized by myself and colleagues in France and Canada, ‘Camus à la scène / Camus On Stage’, Royal Military College of Canada, May 2009

‘Camus in Canada’, Offered Paper, School of Languages and International Studies Research Seminar, University of Central Lancashire, March 2010

‘From Pacifism to Resistance: The Case of Albert Camus’, Invited Paper, Society for French Studies 51st Annual Conference, Swansea University, July 2010

‘Revisiting the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages’ (with Daniel Waller), School of Languages and International Studies Research Seminar, University of Central Lancashire, February 2010

‘Interpreting the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Applying the Global to the Local’ (with Christian Jones and Daniel Waller), Conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL), ‘Global Theories and Local Practices: Institutional, Disciplinary and Cultural Variations’, Liverpool, October 2010

Teaching

I currently teach French Language and aspects of Contemporary French Society and Culture, as well as supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students working in areas of French Studies and Continental Philosophy. I am currently teaching the following modules:

FR 1000 Introduction to French Studies;
AL 2301 Advanced French;
ML 2016 Intercultural Representations in Cinema (French and Arabic); and
ML 3014 North African Influences in Thought and Literature.

Other

I am involved in a number of cross-institutional projects in the North West of England promoting the cause of language learning. Most notably, these include the Community and Lesser Taught Languages (COLT) and North West University Languages Alliance (NWULA) initiatives, working in conjunction with other institutions in the region. I am also involved in external examining duties in French at other institutions in the UK (Leeds Metropolitan University, 2006-10; University of Hertfordshire, 2011-15).