6
March
2009
Colloque international et interdisciplinaire
GENRE ARTS SOCIETE : 1900-1945
22-23 janvier 2010
Reid Hall, 4 rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris
http://www.reidhall.com
Appel à contribution
GENRE ARTS SOCIETE : 1900-1945 est un colloque international, interdisciplinaire et bilingue (français-anglais) qui se déroulera à Paris, Reid Hall, les 22 et 23 janvier 2010, 4 rue de Chevreuse, 75006.
L’organisation est soutenue par le BARNARD CLUB de Paris, l’association des amis de Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, l’association des amis d’Axieros, le Centre d’études féminines et d’études de genre de Paris 8, l’École Doctorale “Pratiques et Théories du Sens” de Paris 8, le CRESSPPA- UMR CNRS 7217.
Ce colloque a pour ambition d’aborder la problématique des oeuvres et des écrits féminins dans leur spécificité générique et sociologique et de les mettre en perspective avec la production masculine contemporaine pour souligner, le cas échéant, leur originalité.
Les arts concernés sont bien sûr la littérature mais également la peinture, la sculpture et le cinéma. Les problématiques trans-génériques englobant notamment littérature et cinéma ou littérature et peinture sont bienvenues. Les perspectives sociologiques, concernant par exemple les théories de l’écriture entre 1900 et 1945, nous paraissent également indispensables.
Quelles femmes écrivains et/ou artistes ont crée des œuvres remarquables dans les 45 premières années du vingtième siècle ? Quels liens ont-elles entretenus avec la société ? Avec l’institution littéraire ? Avec leurs homologues ? Avec les hommes, artistes ou non ? Quelles représentations ont-elles contribué à créer ? Comment l’institution littéraire et/ou artistique les ont-elles accueillies ? Etaient-elles solidaires, féministes ? Ont-elles créé des mouvements, des écoles ? Ont-elles participé à des mouvements déjà institués ? Si oui, dans quelles mesures ? Comment la postérité les a-t-elles considérées ?
Telles sont quelques-unes des questions auxquelles ce colloque voudrait tenter de répondre, dans le double objectif de faire progresser les connaissances sur les femmes écrivains et artistes de la première moitié du siècle dernier et de faire régresser les idées reçues sur la difficile créativité des femmes ou leur manque d’originalité.
Le point d’origine de ce colloque c’est Lucie Delarue-Mardrus (1874-1945), une femme écrivain et artiste très connue à la Belle Epoque, à la fois poète, romancière, essayiste, musicienne, compositrice, sculpteure, peintre, scénariste et diariste (voir le site http://www.amisldm.org). Cette créatrice exceptionnelle aux multiples talents incarne bien les capacités et l’ambition de certaines femmes des années 1900-1945 que ce colloque voudrait mettre en lumière.
Les contributions se focaliseront sur l’œuvre de ces femmes en relation avec le contexte dans lequel elles sont apparues et notamment la réception masculine.
Les domaines d’investigation retenus sont les suivants : thématique, critique, sociologique, monographique et génétique. Les contributions s’attacheront à faire comprendre les enjeux sociaux et intellectuels de ces productions.
Les contributions peuvent notamment aborder :
· Une œuvre de femme spécifique singulière (approche disciplinaire et monographique)
· Une œuvre pluridisciplinaire ou trans-disciplinaire
· Plusieurs œuvres de femmes dans une vision synchronique (approche comparatiste)
· Plusieurs œuvres de femmes dans une approche diachronique
· La dimension sociologique des productions de femmes (littérature, peinture, cinéma…)
· La réception de ces œuvres
· Les problématiques du genre (en relation avec la production masculine contemporaine)
Les contributions de 25 minutes maximum seront faites en français ou en anglais et enregistrées.
La participation des doctorant(e)s est particulièrement bienvenue.
Une publication est envisagée pour les articles retenus par le comité scientifique du colloque.
Les propositions, de 300 signes maximum, devront présenter le sujet et la problématique proposés, préciser l’état de la recherche dans le domaine et les sources utilisées. Elles seront accompagnées d’une courte notice biobibliographique.
Chacune doit être adressée avant le 30 juin 2009, à l’adresse suivante : assoldm@yahoo.fr avec comme objet « Colloque : Genre arts société ».
Comité d’organisation : Anne-Marie Van Bockstaele, Patricia Izquierdo.
Comité scientifique (en cours de constitution) : Anne-Marie Van Bockstaele, Patricia Izquierdo, Nelly Sanchez.
URL de référence : http://www.amisldm.org
Posted: Calls for Papers
5
September
2008
Call for Papers
Women in French One-Day Conference
‘Women at play / Les femmes s’amusent’
Aston University, Birmingham, UK
9 May 2009
Whereas issues concerning women at work, both professional and domestic, have been widely studied and documented in recent years, the question of women’s free or in particular leisure time has not been explored to the same extent.
Leisure is understood as social time which is used for individual or collective self-expression, and is commonly perceived as playing an increasing role in women’s lives since the introduction of the 35-hour week in France in 2000. The aim of this interdisciplinary one-day conference is to generate discussion on
how French and Francophone women express themselves when ‘at play’ in the broadest sense of the term. What role is played by leisure in the lives of women today? What types of leisure activities are women choosing to experience, ordinary or extraordinary, conventional or transgressive? How are such
experiences represented in a variety of media?
This one-day conference aims to bring together female scholars with an interest in any area of French and Francophone studies. Papers are sought from areas including literature, cultural studies, film/media studies, history, sociology, politics and economics. Issues that papers at this conference might address
include:
• women and cultural activities
• women and the creative arts / hobbies
• performing women (e.g. theatre, music, dance, comedy)
• women and consumption / new technologies (e.g. shopping, gambling, cyberspace)
• women and holidays / tourism
• women and sport
• women and socialising
• women and community life
Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes in length and can be delivered in English or French. Abstracts for individual papers (300 words) should be sent to the organisers, Dr. Kathryn Jones and Dr. Nathalie Morello, at k.n.jones@swan.ac.uk and n.morello@swan.ac.uk by December 15 2008.
Posted: Calls for Papers
12
May
2008
11-12 June 2009, IGRS (Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies), London
The fact that 2008 marks the centenary of Simone de Beauvoir’s birth allows us to reflect on the place of women intellectuals in contemporary French society. Even if the last twenty years haven’t seen the rise of a Beauvoir-like figurehead who typifies the qualities of the intellectual, nevertheless, women have become increasingly involved in many different areas of intellectual life. Women have intervened in a range of domains: politics, culture, journalism, art, literature in a context which shows the growing interaction between the public and the private.
This conference seeks to establish a picture of the different types of women’s interventions since Beauvoir’s death; it will also evaluate the role of French and French speaking women intellectuals in France and beyond. Throughout the course of this conference, we will look at the reasons why women intervene in the public arena and by what methods, for example, through the means of political/militant associations, academia as well as more formal politics. We hope, through this conference, to reappraise the link between engagement and women intellectuals and to consider the role played, and indeed, the role still to be played by women intellectuals in the sphere of culture, art, science, society and politics.
Though the focus of the conference will be mainly on the two decades since Beauvoir’s death, papers that draw comparisons with historical exempla and thus allow us to extend the historical and/or geographical parameters in order to trace and compare the trajectories and characteristics of French and French speaking women intellectuals throughout the ages will also be welcomed.
Proposals may include, but are not limited to, the following themes:
-women and engagement-the concept of the intellectual in France, the evolution of the definition of the intellectual
-women intellectuals and the French speaking world
-women and the ‘death of French culture’
-journalism, new technologies and engagement
-literature and engagement-philosophy and intellectual life
-feminism today in France
-the heritage of women intellectuals
-the impact of feminism on women today and the future of feminism
-women intellectuals and political parties
-the debates on parité and laïcité
-the role of associations in engagement (Chiennes de gardes, Ni putes ni soumises…)
-engagement in art (plastic arts, cinema, music)
-French feminists and transnational links
Abstracts for papers (in English or in French) of 300 words approx should be sent to the conference organisers: Elise Hugueny-Léger and Imogen Long, before 30th June 2008. We expect to publish the conference proceedings.
Elise Hugueny-Léger, St Andrews University (esmh@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Imogen Long, Leeds University (i.j.t.long00@leeds.ac.uk)
Posted: Calls for Papers
10
February
2008
WOMEN IN FRENCH IN SCOTLAND 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS
A one-day conference to be held at the Mitchell Library (Glasgow) on Saturday 18 October 2008 The annual Women in French in Scotland conference is organised by women academics in French departments at Scottish Universities and has two broad aims:
- to promote scholarly exchange based on research in French Studies by or about women
- to maintain a network of contacts amongst women teaching and researching in French Studies
Abstracts (200 words) are invited for 20-minute papers in English or in French on topics concerning women in any area of French Studies. This year two French historians from Marseilles, who will be visiting Scotland to celebrate the twinning with Glasgow, will be speaking at the conference,
so other papers on women in French history are particularly welcomed. We are also very interested in receiving offers of papers on teaching issues and non-literary topics (translation, politics, media). Please send abstracts (and queries) to the organisers by 31 May 2008: Elisabeth Campbell (Elisabeth.Campbell@uws.ac.uk ), Joy Charnley (j.charnley@strath.ac.uk) and Caroline Verdier
(caroline.verdier@strath.ac.uk ).
The conference will start around 10.00 and will include a series of papers as well as a discussion of professional matters concerning women in French Studies. It will provide a valuable opportunity to meet and discuss with female colleagues from other institutions. It is also hoped that it may be
possible to organise an introduction to the Mitchell Library’s extensive collections.
The Mitchell Library, the biggest municipal library in Europe, is situated in central Glasgow, at Charing Cross, and can be reached by train (Charing Cross Station) or bus (nos 44 and 57 amongst others pass nearby)
Conference organised with the support of the School of Media, Language and Music at the University of the West of Scotland and the French Division at the University of Strathclyde
Posted: Calls for Papers
3
February
2007
A one-day conference to be held at the University of Strathclyde on Saturday 13 October 2007
The annual Women in French in Scotland conference is organised by women academics in French departments at Scottish Universities and has two broad aims:
- to promote scholarly exchange based on research in French Studies by or about women
- to maintain a network of contacts amongst women teaching and researching in French
Studies Abstracts (200 words) are invited for 20-minute papers in English or in French by or about women in any area of French Studies. Papers on teaching issues are also welcome and papers on non-literary topics (translation, politics, media) are particularly encouraged. Please send abstracts (and queries) to the organisers by 31 May 2007:
Joy Charnley (j.charnley@strath.ac.uk) and Caroline Verdier (caroline.verdier@strath.ac.uk).
The conference will start around 10.00 and will include a series of papers as well as a discussion of professional matters concerning women in French Studies. It will provide a valuable opportunity to meet and discuss with female colleagues from other institutions.
Conference fee: £16/£10
The University of Strathclyde is in central Glasgow, within walking distance of railway stations (Central and Queens Street) and Buchanan Bus Station.
Conference organised with the support of the Department of Modern Languages and the French Division at the University of Strathclyde
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