Sankey, Margaret

BA (Sydney) 1964; Diploma in Education (Sydney) 1965; PhD (Sydney) 1978; Officier (Palmes académiques); Emeritus Professor

Biographical data collected from E/P Sankey's University site at http://sydney.edu.au/arts/french/staff/profiles/margaret.sankey.php?apcode=ACADPROFILE300808 accessed on 19/6/2018:

My research career in French Studies has been devoted to the study of the history of ideas and mentalités in France, with particular reference to the early modern period and the scientific revolution. I have published extensively in my key areas of interest: Cyrano de Bergerac’s novels and the transmission of his texts; French notions of Terra australis, in particular, research on the writing of Abbé Paulmier (1663-4), to the end of the eighteenth century; the Baudin Expedition to Australia (1800 to 1804). I have edited or co-edited several books, and co-translated into English The Anthropological Structures of the Imaginary by Gilbert Durand. My experience in the field of editing has led me to theorise on the nature of editing and to break new ground in the conceptualisation of the editorial process. Research interests : Early French voyages to Australia French narrative and cultural history from the 17th century to the 20th century  Cyrano de Bergerac.

Associations:
    Member of the editorial boards of the Australian Journal of French Studies and the Australian Universities Modern Languages Association
    Chair of European Cultures Electoral Panel of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
    Honorary Researcher at the CELLF 17-18 (Centre d’études sur la littérature et langue françaises du dix-septième et du dix-huitième siecles), Paris IV
    Honorary Researcher at the CRLV (Centre de recherches sur la littérature des voyages), Paris IV
    Australian Correspondent with the Centre de recherches sur l’imaginaire, Université de Chambéry
    ARC Assessor, International