Institute of Research in European Languages and Literatures (ILLE)
The Institute of Research in European Languages and Literatures (ILLE) is a university research laboratory based in Mulhouse, within the University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), directed by Ms. Régine Battiston.
The ILLE Mulhouse laboratory adopts an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach, combining literary studies, cultural studies, and linguistics to analyze the dynamics of languages and societies in Europe.
It therefore strengthens synergy, scientific exchange, and collaboration with other humanities research laboratories at UHA.
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25 June 2026 
FLSH, Salle Gandjavi 
07 October 2026
Université de Haute-Alsace
01 November 2026
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CALL FOR PAPER – “Les 50 visages de l’autofiction (1977-2027) : genèse, mutations, devenirs”
Fifty years ago, Serge Doubrovsky published the first self-aware autofiction. With Fils (Galilée, 1977), the writer-professor responded to an article […]
Blancandin and “L’Orgueilleuse d’Amour” and their audiences: textual circulation, linguistic transfer and genre contact.
“Blancandin et l’Orgueilleuse d’Amour”, an anonymous verse novel written in the langue d’oïl during the early decades of the 13th […]
ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE de L’ILLE
Unsichtbares sichtbar machen. Gertrud Leuteneggers Schreiben zwischen Religion, Mythos, Traumbildern und Sprache
Retranslation in popular culture: constraints and practices
Part of the international project ‘Fabriques de la traduction’ (CRPM, University of Paris Nanterre) and organised in collaboration with FICLIT […]
The circulation of textile designs, patterns, skills and representations in early modern Europe
Doctoral seminar
Autofiction and feminism in Europe
This conference, organized by the ILLE laboratory (University of Haute-Alsace in Mulhouse) in collaboration with the REIGENN laboratory (Sorbonne University), […]
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Research Themes – Scientific Areas of ILLE
In the pursuit of an interdisciplinary dialectic, the two fields of specialization (literature, culture, and language sciences and linguistics) are organized around shared concepts such as European identity, cultural and literary transfers within Europe, their modes of expression and transmission, as well as aesthetic and poetic issues.
The points of contact between the two fields enable researchers to collaborate across both areas.
ILLE’s researches are divided into two programs: “European Identities and Exchanges” (IEE) and “Multilingualism in Europe” (PLE), each comprising three focus areas.
