Pascale Cohen-Avenel is full professor at Paris Nanterre university where she co-directs the CRPM, Centre de Recherches Pluridisciplinaires Multilingues. Her research focuses on national stereotypes in popular culture and globalization as well as on representations of violence in the Franco-German wars. Lucia Quaquarelli is associated professor at Paris Nanterre university, where she co-directs the CRPM, Centre de Recherches Pluridisciplinaires Multilingues. Her research focuses on the transformations of contemporary narrative and the cultural and political impact of translation.