Hi,

My name is Helline Havet [elin.ave]. I am currently associate professor (准教授) in the Department of French literature in Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo (Aoyama campus). I teach linguistics and French.

I wrote a doctoral thesis called "Expressions containing a numeral and a classifier in Japanese: a study of their morphophonological alternations" which I defended in septembre 2024.

I am interested in language change and particularly variationist approaches.

I am also a jazz lover, beer connoisseur, yoga enthusiast and, for now, very humbly level 30 at Elden Ring.

Timeline

2018 — Start my PhD in Bordeaux Montaigne University

2019 to 2020 — Temporary Research and Teaching Attaché in the Department of linguistics at Bordeaux Montaigne University

2021 to 2022 — Obtain a funding from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science to pursue my research in Kobe University

2022 to 2023 — Temporary Research and Teaching Attaché in the Department of Japanese studies at Toulouse Jean Jaurès University

04.2024 — Start teaching in the Department of French literature Aoyama Gakuin University

09.2024 — Obtain a doctorate degree in linguistics

Image: View from the east side of the Mori tower, Roppongi, Tokyo. 03.2026. (credits: Helline Havet)