Scholars@Duke
Helen Solterer

Helen Solterer

Professor of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
hsolt@duke.edu
Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
217B Language Center, Durham, NC 27708
Office hours Wednesdays, 5-6 pm.
& by appt.  

Academic Honors

Guggenheim Fellowship

National John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation · April 2020 More about this honor

Ordre des Palmes Académiques

International Government of France · April 2017

Center of Excellence Grant

International Embassy of France · March 2017

Center of Excellence Grant

International Embassy of France · 2016 A multi-project grant, awarded since 2013.

Center of Excellence Grant

International Embassy of France · 2015

Center of Excellence Grant

International Embassy of France · 2014

Book Grant

National Florence Gould Foundation · 2009

National Humanities Center Fellow

National National Humanities Center · 2002

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies

National Modern Language Association · 1995

NEH Fellowships for University Teachers

National National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) · 1994

News Items

Published December 14, 2022
2022 in Review: Duke Expertise in the Opinion Pages
Published February 16, 2022
When James Joyce's Lingua Franca Is a Family Affair
Published April 27, 2020
Duke Guggenheim Fellow Helen Solterer on What Makes Literature Feel Timely
Published February 7, 2020
Helen Solterer Dug Through Family Archives. She Found a Close Link to James Joyce
Published May 22, 2018
Romance Studies Celebrates Gift For First Endowed Professorship In French & Francophone Studies
Published December 9, 2016
New Program Connects Duke Community with Global Citizen Journalists
Published January 27, 2015
After Charlie Hebdo: Faculty Discuss the Challenge to Freedom of Expression
Published January 12, 2015
Raleigh protesters show solidarity with France
Published November 14, 2014
Centennial Poppies: Duke Scholars Recall the Legacy of World War I
Published October 10, 2014
'Fugitive Places': Helen Solterer on the Literature of Patrick Modiano
Published September 25, 2014
Same-Sex Marriage: A Comparative Look at North Carolina and France
Published April 18, 2014
A Personal Donation to Duke Libraries from the Tunisian Uprising
Published September 27, 2013
Dodging Bullets in the Lebanese Civil War