He specializes in 20th and 21st century French literature, with an emphasis on the French Pacific. Bousquet is a part of the Oceania Ensemble initiative, a project that aims to increase the dialog between Hawaiian, Ma’ohi, and Kanak scholars and artists. He is currently writing on the transcendent aspects of courtly love and its fading influence on modern French literature, and more precisely, in Michel Houellebecq’s work.