Cécile Chantraine Braillon is Professor of Hispanic Studies at La Rochelle Université since 2018, and her research focuses on Spanish-American theater and performing arts, as well as the computerization of research on the performing arts (Digital Humanities). She has held a doctorate in Hispanic Studies from the Université de Lille Nord de France since 2007 and a habilitation to direct research (HDR) since 2017.
She works on contemporary and ultra-contemporary Hispano-American theater, more specifically from the Rio de la Plata (Uruguay and Argentina). Her analyses combines several critical methods (philological, semiological, genetic, archival and computer-based) and her post-doctoral research (Filosofía del Teatro, Performance studies). She has since directed several complementary programs in the field of digitization of research in the Performing Arts: VISUAL STAGING (CPER Hauts de France, 2016-2023), ESNA (École du Spectateur de Nouvelle Aquitaine – 2021-24) and the Working-Group THEATRALIA (DARIAH, 2024-2025).