Dr Mark Orme
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Mark is a member of the School’s Executive Team and, as Principal Lecturer, is Academic Lead for Modern Languages. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has research interests in Modern French Literature and Thought. He teaches a range of modules at a variety of levels in French Language and Culture and also supervises postgraduate projects on aspects of language and identity.
As Academic Lead for Modern Languages, Mark oversees the work of a team of colleagues working across a wide range of language disciplines. His teaching and research interests embrace aspects of Contemporary France, with particular reference to French Existentialist Thought and Literature and French Cinema, as well as the Psychology of Teaching and Learning. He is the author of The Development of Albert Camus’s Concern for Social and Political Justice: ‘Justice pour un juste’ (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2007); co-editor of Albert Camus in the 21st Century: A Reassessment of his Thinking at the Dawn of the New Millennium (Rodopi, 2008); co-editor of La passion du théâtre: Camus à la scène (Rodopi, 2011); and editor of Supporting Internationalisation through Languages and Culture in the Twenty-First-Century University (Peter Lang, 2015). In addition, Mark has contributed to an edited collection on The Health Humanities and Camus’s ‘The Plague’ (Kent State University Press, 2019) and Brill’s Companion to Camus: Camus among the Philosophers (Brill, 2020).
Mark has been at The University of Central Lancashire since 1996 and he has also worked at Lancaster University (1992-1996). Mark has held a number of roles and responsibilities at the University. He has been Course Leader for both the School's part-time language-learning programme (the University Graduate Diploma in Foreign Languages) and the full-time flagship BA (Hons) Modern Languages degree. For five years, he was the School's Postgraduate and Research Degrees Tutor and coordinated the School's undergraduate programmes in Modern Foreign Languages. Mark has been a member of Quality Assurance Committees at both School and Faculty levels and has also played an active role in the University-wide initiative of promoting academic advice and study skills in the mainstream curriculum. For four years, he coordinated the School's Quality Assurance processes, overseeing a number of successful Periodic Course reviews. For six years, he was Director of Research for his School, chairing the School's Research Committee. He has also assumed the role of his School's Equality and Diversity Lead, successfully completing, with Distinction, a University Certificate in Equality and Diversity at the Workplace in 2010. Between 2007 and 2013, Mark was also Course Leader of the popular, institution-wide University Certificate and Elective in Applied Languages, the operation of which is key to the School's response to the University's internationalisation strategy. For three years, he chaired the Faculty's marketing group and has also been a member of Research and Knowledge Transfer Committees at Faculty and University levels. Mark has also held the roles of Acting Head of School and Subject Leader for French and Business French.
- Academic Lead
- PhD French Studies, Lancaster University, 2000
- PGCE TESOL and Modern Languages, University of Leicester School of Education, 1992
- BA (Hons), First Class, French Studies, Lancaster University, 1991
- 'We Heart You' Award, 2017
- French Literature and Thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
- French Cinema
- European Cultural Identity
- Member of The Society for French Studies and Executive Committee Membership of The Society for French Studies (2010-16)
- Member of The Association for the Study of Modern & Contemporary France
- Representative of The University of Central Lancashire on the University Council of Modern Languages
- Representative of The University of Central Lancashire on the Consortium Routes into Languages North West
- External Examinerships in French: Leeds Metropolitan University (2008-12); University of Hertfordshire (2011-15); University of Chester (2013-17); and Manchester Metropolitan University (2018-21)
- Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
Mark's research interests come into particularly sharp focus in relation to French literature and thought of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with particular reference to existentialism (Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Albert Camus). In addition, he pursues research in relation to French Cinema and European Cultural Identity and is also interested in the teaching and learning of languages. Publications (selected highlights): A. Single-Authored Book Orme. M. (2007). The Development of Albert Camus's Concern for Social and Political Justice: 'Justice pour un juste'. Madison / Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press B. Co-Edited books Orme, M. (Ed.) (2015). Supporting Internationalisation through Languages and Culture in the Twenty-First-Century University. Bern: Peter Lang Bastien, S., Montgomery, G. & Orme, M. (Eds.) (2011), La passion du théâtre: Camus à la scène. Amsterdam: Rodopi Margerrison, C., Orme, M. & Lincoln, L. (Eds.) (2008), Albert Camus in the 21st Century: A Reassessment of his Thinking at the Dawn of the New Millennium. Amsterdam: Rodopi C. Refereed Book Chapters Orme, M. (2020). “Camus, Justice and the Challenges of History”. In Sharpe, M., Kałuża, M. & Francev, P. (Eds.), Brill’s Companion to Camus: Camus among the Philosophers (pp. 366-85). Leiden: Brill Orme, M. (2019). “The Plague’s Diverse Templates for Health Professionals, Volunteers, and Patients”. In Nash, W. (Ed.), The Health Humanities and Camus’s “The Plague” (pp. 73-86). Kent, OH.: The Kent State University Press Orme, M. (2015). “The ‘Business Case’ for Internationalisation”. In Orme, M. (Ed.) (2015). Supporting Internationalisation through Languages and Culture in the Twenty-First-Century University (pp. 1-9). Bern: Peter Lang Orme, M. (2006) "Imprisoned Freedoms: Space and Identity in Subway and Nikita", in Hayward, S. & Powrie, P. (Eds.), The Films of Luc Besson: Master of Spectacle (pp. 121-24). Manchester: Manchester University Press D. Refereed Articles Orme, M. (2013). "Camus: Still the Outsider?", French Studies Bulletin, 34 (129) (pp. 85-87) Orme, M. “Albert Camus” (2013). “Albert Camus”, in Claeys, G. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Modern Political Thought. Washington DC: CQ Press (pp. 110-11)
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- Literature and Cultures
- Research Unit for Speech and Language
- The University of Central Lancashire Research Centre for Migration, Diaspora and Exile
- Contribution to World Poetry Day, The University of Central Lancashire Confucius Institute, 2019
- “Albert Camus and the Quest for Justice: Reflections on a Lifelong Moral Concern”, One Day Conference of the World Literatures and Cinemas Research Group, The University of Central Lancashire, 2018
- “Learning the Lessons of Albert Camus’s The Plague: Some Reflections on the Novel’s Diverse Templates for Patients and Health Professionals”, World Literatures Symposium, The University of Central Lancashire, 2016
- “Writing an Academic CV”, Session for Postgraduate Students at the Society for French Studies 56th Annual Conference, Cardiff University, 2015
- “Living in the ‘Global Village’: The Business Case for Internationalisation”, Languages, Cultures and Linguistics Research Seminar, The University of Central Lancashire, 2015
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