Beverly Evans
Distinguished Teaching Professor & Chair
Welles 213
(585)245-5247
evans@geneseo.edu
Beverly Evans has been a member of the µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍø faculty since 1985.

Office Hours
- Tuesdays: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
- Thursdays: 11:20am-12:20pm. Also by appointment.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., French Literature, University of Pennsylvania.
M.A., French Literature, Bryn Mawr College.
A.B., French, Cornell University.
Affiliations
Executive Director Emerita, Pi Delta Phi, The National French Honor Society
Women in French
International Courtly Literature Society
American Association of Teachers of French
Publications
“Revisiting la féminité génétique in Thirteenth-Century French Polyphony: Whose Voice Is It Anyway?”Women in French Studies. Forthcoming.
Book chapter œMarie Laurencin: From ˜Apollinaire and His Friends™ to the Ballets Russes.� Creative Women of the Lost Generation: Women in the Arts in the Wake of the Great War: Professional Trajectories in Times of Crisis. Eds. Kimberly Francis and Margot Irvine. New York and London: Routledge, 2023.
œThe Life and Afterlife of French WW I Songs: National Identity Then and Now,� French Cultural Studies 28.2 (2017).
œCourtly Literature: ˜Yesterday™ is Today.� The Legacy of Courtly Literature: from Medieval to Contemporary Culture. Eds. Rouben Cholakian and Deborah Nelson-Campbell. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
œMichel Tremblay™s Les Belles-Soeurs.� The Literary Encyclopedia, 2015.
œVendredi, ou les limbes du Pacifique,� The Literary Encyclopedia, 2011.
œAlfred Jeanroy� and œGustave Reese.� Handbook of Medieval Studies. Ed. Albrecht Classen. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2010.
œSeeking ˜Woman™ in Medieval French Woman™s Song, or ˜Lonc tans a que ne vi m™ami.’� Dalhousie French Studies 82.1 (Spring 2008).
œSongs of the Women Trouvères: Just the Same Old Refrains?� Neophilologus 90.1 (2006).
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Research Interests
- Medieval French poetry and music
- WW I literature, music and culture
- 20th-Century French literature
- Literature and culture of Québec
Other Interests
- Travel
- Music
- Documentaries
- Cats