Hannah Thompson
Invited Researcher of DEA Programme Stay in France: from February 28th to April 9th, 2022


Published at 10 March 2022
Hannah Thompson (PhD Cantab) is Professor of French and Critical Disability Studies at Royal Holloway University of London. She is a specialist in nineteenth- and twentieth-century French fiction, particularly the novel. At Royal Holloway she teaches French translation, French and Comparative Literature and translation theory. Her current research looks at how audio description (the verbal provision of visual information for blind people) can help us understand literary depictions of paintings in nineteenth-century France as well as how these descriptions might inform audio description practices in UK and French museums and galleries.
Title: Blindness Gain and the Inclusive Museum
Keywords: French literature; blindness; disability studies; art; inclusion; access; museums; nineteenth-century visual culture; translation
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