The Members of the Jury and the Presidents of the Prix Recherche au présent are happy to announce that the Laureate for 2015 is doctoral candidate Emma Monroy (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), for her paper « Creating Space. Zeina Abirached’s Mourir partir revenir : Le jeu des hirondelles ».

We congratulate Emma Monroy for her work on a French-language graphic novel, and hope that many of you will join us as we present her with the Prix Recherche au présent on Thursday, February 26th, during the Welcoming Reception (Welcoming Reception, 7:00 – 9:00), and that you will also come to hear the Laureate Saturday, February 28th, during the panel « War in Word and Images » (Chair : Patricia Geesey ; 3:30 – 5:30, Paramount Room ).