University of Orléans   Graduate School, Division of Foreign Language   English and Spanish

- 1993

University of New Orleans   Faculty of Foreign Language   English and Spanish

- 1992

Kyoto University   Department of English   Part time Lecturer

2015.9 - 2016.3

Kansai University   Faculty of Letters, Department of American and British Cultural Studies   Professor

2015.4

Kansai University   Entrance Exam Committee   Chief Editor (Team Member)

2013.4 - 2015.3

Journal of the American Literature Society of Japan   Editorial Board Member

2012.4 - 2016.3

Kyoto University   Department of English   Part time Lecturer

2012.4 - 2013.3

Kansai University   Faculty of Letters, Department of American and British Cultural Studies   Associate Professor

2011.4 - 2015.4

University of Tsukuba   Department of Literature and Linguistics   Part time Lecturer

2011.4 - 2012.3

Seijo University   Department of English   Part time Lecturer

2010.3 - 2011

Saint Louis University, United States   African American Review (on Richard Wright’s Native Son)   Guest Reviewer

2008.11

Keio University   Department of English   Part time Lecturer

2008.3 - 2010

Stanford University   Faculty Adviser for American Language and Culture Program. Cultural Activities (Meeting with Pr. Clayborne Carson at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project; Margaret Jenkins Dance Company’s rehearsal for A Slipping Glimpse); film screenings (Mississip   Volunteers in Asia (VIA)

2007.8

Tsuda College   Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat”: Analysis

2005.12

Tsuda College   How to Analyze Film / A Case Study: Devil in a Blue Dress

2005.10

Stanford University   Faculty Adviser for American Language and Culture Program. Cultural Activities (Meeting with Pr. Clayborne Carson at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project; Margaret Jenkins Dance Company’s rehearsal for A Slipping Glimpse); film screenings (Mississip   Volunteers in Asia (VIA)

2005.8

13th French Film Festival of Yokohama   Talk Back Session Moderator with film directors Alain Corneau (Les mots bleus / Words in Blue), Radu Mihaileanu (Va, vis et deviens / Live and Become) and Jérôme Bonnell (Les yeux clairs / Pale Eyes)

2005.6

University of Tsukuba   Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Literature and Linguistics   Assistant Professor

2005 - 2011

Yokohama Museum Lecture Hall   A Tribute to François Truffaut. Seminar on The Wild Child (1970). Themes: Truffaut and Family, Truffaut and his actors, Truffaut the activist + Performance by French actors Manuel Weber and Julia Desgasquet on Truffaut’s letters

2004.10

Keio University   Department of English   Part time Lecturer

2004.9 - 2005.4

International Christian University   Department of English   Part time Lecturer

2004.9 - 2005.3

12th French Film Festival of Yokohama   “Café Rencontre”: Talk Back Session Moderator with director and actors of blockbuster comedy Mariages!

2004.6

Tsuda College   Department of English   Part time Lecturer

2004.4 - 2005.3

Franco-Japanese Institute, Yokohama   Instructor

2003.4 - 2005.3

University of Orléans   One-Year Assistant Professorship (Maître de Langue)

2002.9 - 2003.8

4th Annual French Film Festival at UWM Union Theater   Introduction of Movies to Audiences and Talkbacks Moderator

2002.3

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra   “Picturing Carmen Through its Musical Language”   “Dîner Carmen” Opening night dinner

2001.9

Alliance Française of Milwaukee, United States   Instructor

2001.6 - 2001.7

Milwaukee, Wisconsin   Les Causeries du Samedi: Analysis of René Clair’s A nous la liberté

2001.3

the Center for International Education, UW-Milwaukee   Graduate and Undergraduate Credential Assistant Evaluator

2001 - 2002

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee   The Cream City Review   Assistant Fiction Editor

2000 - 2001

France Langue, Paris, France   Instructor

1999.7 - 1999.8

Milwaukee, Wisconsin   Les Causeries du Samedi: Panel discussion on four films: Marius et Jeannette, Neigera-t-il à Noël? Western, Un air de famille

1999.3

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee   Department of English   Part time Lecturer

1998.8 - 2002.6

France Langue, Paris, France   Instructor

1997.7 - 1997.8

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee   French language   Part Time Lecturer

1996.8 - 1998.6

France Langue, Paris, France   Instructor

1996.7 - 1996.8

University of Orléans   Department of English   Instructor

1996.4

France Langue, Paris, France   Instructor

1995.7 - 1995.8

Alliance Française of Nairobi, Kenya   Instructor

1994.8

Educational and Linguistic Cooperation Bureau, Nairobi, Kenya   Internship for MA in French as a Foreign Language

1994.4

Theatre: Winner of the Nationals for School Drama Festival in French, Nairobi, Kenya   Co-organized by Kenyan Ministry of Education and French Embassy, Play translated and adapted from Austrian composer Christopher Willibald Gluck’s The Outwitted Cadi (1761)

1994.3

Player Theatre, Nakuru, Kenya   Singer/performer: A Tribute to Song and Dance

1994.2

Nairobi Theatre Academy   Drama Workshop

1993.11

Menengai High School, Nakuru, Kenya   French Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Cooperation Program in Kenya   Instructor

1993.9 - 1994.7

The Japanese Association for American Studies

“Mark Twain Studies: The Japanese Contribution to the World of Twain”

Raphaël LAMBERT

Japanese Journal of the Japan Mark Twain Society   15   82 - 85   2016

“Political Principles and Ideologies in Charles Johnson’s Middle Passage” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Transatlantica: American Studies Journal   Issue 1   2015

“The Slave Trade as Memory and History: James A. Emanuel’s ‘The Middle Passage Blues’ and Robert Hayden’s ‘Middle Passage’” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

African American Review   47-2/3   327 - 338   2014.8

“It Is Not Easy to Talk About the Middle Passage: Issues of Representation” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Review of American Literature – Tsukuba American Literary Society   24 ( 24 )   31 - 39   2014

“Ah Bartleby! Ah Humanities”

Raphaël LAMBERT

Studies in American Literature. Special Issue: 50th Anniversary, Forum of Studies in American Literature: The Past, Present and Future of American Literary Scholarship in Japan   50   44 - 45   2013

“The Strange Career of Tamango: From Prosper Mérimée’s 1829 Novella to Its 1958 Film Adaptation” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Film International   2011.2

“Visual Narrative and Impressionist Dispositions in Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Review of American Literature – Tsukuba American Literary Society   22   1 - 17   2011

“Race and the Tragic Mode in Ernest J. Gaines’s A Gathering of Old Men” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Southern Literary Journal   42 ( 2 )   106 - 125   2010

“Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress: The Reforming Spirit of Neo-Noir.” Detective Fiction in a Postcolonial and Transnational World. Reviewed

Raphael LAMBERT

Pearson, Nels and Marc Singer, eds. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Press   181-194   2009.11

“Alice Walker’s The Color Purple: Womanist Folk Tale and Capitalist Fairy Tale.” Dialogue 5: Alice Walker’s The Color Purple. Lagrone, Kheven, ed. Reviewed

Raphael LAMBERT

Rodopi Press (Amsterdam/New York)   43-57   2009.2

“Negotiating Black Identity: Percival Everett’s Erasure” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

The Journal of the American Literature Society of Japan   7   32 - 50   2008.3

“From Page to Screen: a Comparative Study of Richard Wright’s Native Son and Its Two Film Adaptations.” Dialogue 2: Richard Wright’s Native Son. Ana María Fraile, ed. Reviewed

Raphael LAMBERT

Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi Press   187-202   2007.10

“Englishness, Christianity and Mammonism: A Topology of Olaudah Equiano’s Discursive Strategies” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Review of American Literature – Tsukuba American Literary Society   20   70 - 89   2007

“Reopening the Mississippi Burning File: Can Hollywood Teach Us History?” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Kokujin Kenkyû (Journal of Black Studies in Japan)   75   37 - 45   2006.3

“Going to Meet the Mind: A Psychoanalytic Reading of James Baldwin’s Going to Meet the Man” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Tsuda Review   49   1 - 20   2004

“Oral Communication and Musicality in Ernest J. Gaines’s A Gathering of Old Men” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

The Griot   22 ( 2 )   78 - 87   2003

“The Construction of the Other and the Self in André Gide’s Travels in the Congo and Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks” Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Studies in Twentieth Century Literature   27 ( 2 )   253 - 272   2003

“Revisiting the Myth of Carmen: Jean-Luc Godard’s First Name: Carmen”

Raphaël LAMBERT

Occasional Paper Series: The Center for International Education at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee   2 - 7   2002

African American Novels Onscreen From the 1950s to the Present (Dissertation) Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States   2001.5

“From Opéra Comique’s to MTV’s Carmen: A Mediascopy” Resounding Pasts: Essays in Literature, Popular Music, and Cultural Memory Drago Momcilovic, ed.

Raphaël LAMBERT（ Role： Joint author）

Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing  2011.12 

“Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress: The Reforming Spirit of Neo-Noir” Detective Fiction in a Postcolonial and Transnational World Pearson, Nels and Marc Singer, eds.

Raphaël LAMBERT（ Role： Joint author）

Burlington, VT: Ashgate Press  2009.11 

“Guy Debord and Avant-garde Cinema” (François Albéra) Against Cinema—Guy Debord

Raphael,LAMBERT（ Role： Sole author）

Guy Debord Retrospective at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival  2009.10 

“Guy Debord and Avant-garde Cinema” (François Albéra) Against Cinema—Guy Debord Retrospective at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival,46-49頁

Raphael,LAMBERT（ Role： Sole author）

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival  2009.10 

“Alice Walker’s The Color Purple: Womanist Folk Tale and Capitalist Fairy Tale” Dialogue 5: Alice Walker’s The Color Purple Lagrone, Kheven, ed.

Raphaël LAMBERT（ Role： Joint author）

Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi Press  2009.2 

“From Page to Screen: a Comparative Study of Richard Wright’s Native Son and Its Two Film Adaptations” Dialogue 2: Richard Wright’s Native Son Ana María Fraile, ed.

Raphaël LAMBERT（ Role： Joint author）

Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi Press  2007.11 

Book review: Leaving Disneyland, Alexander Parsons, 2001.

Raphael,LAMBERT（ Role： Sole author）

The Cream City Review, 28.1  2004.3 

Book review:Stormy Weather: A Charlotte Justice Novel, Paula L. Wood, 2001.

Raphael,LAMBERT（ Role： Sole author）

The Cream City Review, 26.2  2002.9 

Tokyo Bid Committee for the 2016 Olympics Invited Reviewed

Raphaël LAMBERT

Uniting Our World, Newsletters   6   2009.3

Guest Reviewer for African American Review. Topic: Richard Wright's Native Son

Raphael LAMBERT

2008.11

Francis Poulenc autour des poètes surréalistes / Conférence-Concert II. Association des études sur la musique française（筑波市）

Raphael LAMBERT

2007.10

Book Review: Leaving Disneyland, Alexander Parsons, 2001

Raphaël LAMBERT

The Cream City Review   28 ( 1 )   155 - 157   2004

Book review: Stormy Weather: A Charlotte Justice Novel, Paula L. Wood, 2001

Raphaël LAMBERT

The Cream City Review   26 ( 2 )   172 - 173   2002

“Interview with African American writer Ernest J. Gaines.”

Raphael LAMBERT

Sources, Vol.2   55-70   1997.4

“Heterotopia in Charles Johnson’s Middle Passage” Invited International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

CAPC Research Group (Cuidad, Arquitectura y Patrimonio Contemporáneo) School of Architecture, Sevilla  2017.6 

“Édouard Glissant’s ‘Poetics of Relation’: Rethinking the Slave Trade / Rethinking Community” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) Euro-American Conference for Academic Disciplines Prague, Czech Republic  2016.11 

“Demythologizing the Allmuseri Tribe in Charles Johnson’s Middle Passage” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Collegium for African American Research (CAAR) Mobilizing Memory: Creating African Atlantic Identities. 11th Biennial CAAR Conference, Liverpool, United Kingdom  2015.6 

“Tamango and Roots Onscreen: The Politics of Race Consciousness” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference Montreal, Canada  2015.3 

“Political Principles and Ideologies in Charles Johnson’s Middle Passage” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

American Literature Society of Japan, Kansai Chapter Kyoto, Japan  2012.10 

“From Opéra Comique’s to MTV’s Carmen: A Mediascopy” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Carmen and Her Others Conference University College of London, Mellon Programme London, United Kingdom  2011.2 

“The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Theories of Community” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

American Literature Society of Japan, Tokyo Chapter Tokyo, Japan  2011.1 

“The Middle Passage: Film Posters and the Meaning They Create” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference Los Angeles, CA, United States  2010.3 

“Re-drawing the Slave Trade: François Bourgeon’s Les passagers du vent,” Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society: (Not) Checking the Box: Opening Up Spaces through Discourses

Raphael,LAMBERT

Modern Language Association  2008.12 

“Re-drawing the Slave Trade: François Bourgeon’s Les passagers du vent” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society: (Not) Checking the Box: Opening Up Spaces through Discourses Modern Language Association, 124th Annual Convention San Francisco, CA, United States  2008.12 

“Men of the Middle Passage and Middle Passage Men: Transatlantic Slave Trade and Poetic Imagination” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

47th American Literature Society of Japan Conference Fukuoka, Japan  2008.10 

“The Strange Career of Tamango: From Prosper Mérimée’s 1829 Novella to Its 1958 Film Adaptation” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference Philadelphia, PA, United States  2008.3 

“Adapting the Middle Passage: Médiagénie and Ideology” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Theorizing Adaptation II: Ideology and the Medium, Division on Literature and the Other Arts Modern Language Association, 123d Annual Convention Chicago, IL, United States  2007.12 

“Adapting the Middle Passage: Médiagénie and Ideology,” Theorizing Adaptation II: Ideology and the Medium, Division on Literature and the Other Arts

Raphael,LAMBERT

Modern Language Association, 123d Annual Convention  2007.12 

“The Middle-Passage Narrative On Page and On Screen” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

American Literature Society of Japan, Tokyo Chapter Tokyo, Japan  2007.3 

“Representation of the Middle Passage: Unshowable, Unsayable, and Transcendence” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference Chicago, IL, United States  2007.3 

“Negotiating Black Identity in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and Percival Everett’s Erasure” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

78th English Literary Society of Japan Conference Nagoya, Japan  2006.5 

“Alan Parker’s Mississippi Burning and the Stakes of Pop History” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

PCA/ACA (Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association) National Conference Atlanta, GA, United States  2006.4 

“How to Analyze Film / A Case Study: Devil in a Blue Dress”（津田塾大学）

Raphael,LAMBERT

2005.12 

“Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat”: Analysis”（津田塾大学）

Raphael,LAMBERT

2005.10 

“The Devil Wears Blue but It’s All in Black and White: Race Relationships in Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress and Its Film Adaptation” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

The Japanese Association for American Studies, 39th Conference, Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan  2005.6 

“The Devil Wears Blue but It’s All in Black and White:Race Relationships in Walter Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress and Its Film Adaptation”

Raphael,LAMBERT

2005.6 

A Tribute to François Truffaut: Seminar on The Wild Child (1970) 横浜市美術館

Raphael,LAMBERT

2004.10 

“‘Alice in Spielbergland’ and ‘Steven in Walkerland’: Reassessing the Film Adaptation of The Color Purple” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

43rd Annual Conference of the American Literature Society of Japan, Konan University, Kobe, Japan  2004.10 

“Jean-Luc Godard’s Prénom: Carmen and MTV’s Hip Hopera: Two Conceptions of Carmen” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Society for Cinema Studies Annual Conference Denver, CO, United States  2002.5 

“ ‘Bigger Thomas, c’est moi!’ Reflections on Two Film Adaptations of Richard Wright’s Native Son”

Raphael,LAMBERT

Midwestern Conference on Film, Language, and Literature  2000.3 

“‘Bigger Thomas, c’est moi!’ Reflections on Two Film Adaptations of Richard Wright’s Native Son” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

Midwestern Conference on Film, Language, and Literature, Northern Illinois University De Kalb, IL, United States  2000.3 

“From Ernest J. Gaines’s A Gathering of Old Men to Volker Schlöndorff’s Murder on the Bayou: Limits and License of a Film Adaptation”

Raphael,LAMBERT

Twenty-Fourth Annual Colloquium on Modern Literature and Film  1999.9 

“From Ernest J. Gaines’s A Gathering of Old Men to Volker Schlöndorff’s Murder on the Bayou: Limits and License of a Film Adaptation” International conference

Raphaël LAMBERT

West Virginia University-Morgantown, Twenty-Fourth Annual Colloquium on Modern Literature and Film Morgantown, WV, United States  1999.9