Dr Dany Breelle

Dany was born in France and educated in Paris. She taught history and geography for 11 years within French National Education. She completed a PhD at Flinders University in 2003.

Dany’s research interests relate to historical and cultural geography. Currently she is Associate Researcher in the School of Humanities at Flinders University.

Her recent research interests focus on the scientific and geographical aspects of Matthew Flinders’ voyage in the Investigator, as well as geographical aspects and the broader national culture, polity and society behind the French voyages of discovery to Terra Australis/Australia.

Another of Dany’s research interests focuses on the ways the conceptions and methodologies of French geographers informed the development of their work in French Indochina.

She has several publications on these various projects.