Dr. Aurélia Mouzet holds a Ph.D. in Francophone Studies from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Western Paris. Her research explores the intersections of myth, religion, and politics within the literature, theater, and cinema of the Black Atlantic. Dr. Mouzet's first monograph, published by Classiques Garnier in 2023, examines the flows of transatlantic cultural exchange between Africa and its diasporas, as illuminated by the "becoming-myth" of Moses. Through concepts of the Black Atlantic and Literary Atlantic, she advocates for creating a Literary Black Atlantic library. Based on a corpus of Francophone, Anglophone, and Hispanophone novels, her book demonstrates how reinterpretations of the biblical Moses myth enable writers to interrogate its liberatory potential and the power of literature concerning Black experiences.
Currently, Dr. Mouzet is working on a documentary film exploring the impact of racism on Black Atlantic communities. She is also the founding director of Talk-it-OUT!, a forum theater program aimed at enhancing learning, fostering classroom engagement, promoting dialogue on contemporary social, political, and cultural issues, and building bridges between communities by producing audacious work from - and for - a diversity of voices.