Anthony Nicolas Radoiu

Visiting Assistant Professor of French

About

Anthony Nicolas Radoiu teaches undergraduate French language, literature, and culture courses at Western Washington University. He previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned a Maîtrise in French Language and Linguistics from the Université Paris-Sorbonne IV and a double B.A. in French and International Studies from Virginia Tech. He was also previously a language assistant with the Teaching Assistant Program in France (TAPIF) in the Orléans-Tours region and with the Université Paris-Sorbonne IV. His research focuses on French poetry composed in prison during the middle ages and beyond, examining the relationship between confinement or marginalization and poetic creativity and production.

Research Interests

  • Medieval and Early Modern literature and history
  • French poetry
  • prison writing
  • marginalized writing
  • strategies of resistance

Current Courses

Fall 2023: French 201, French 201, French 340

Winter 2024: French 341, French 331, French 460

Spring 2024: French 203, French 203