28
May
2009
Abstracts (200 words) are invited for 20-minute papers in English or in French on topics concerning women in any area of French Studies. Offers of papers on teaching issues and non-literary topics (translation, politics, history, media) are very welcome. Please send abstracts (and queries) to the organisers Elizabeth Macknight (e.macknight@abdn.ac.uk) and Clémence O’Connor (clemence.oconnor@googlemail.com) by June 10th, 2009.
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9
February
2009
WOMEN IN FRENCH IN SCOTLAND
A one-day conference to be held at the University of Aberdeen
on Saturday 17 October 2009
Old Senate Room, King’s College
Wine reception with poetry reading and presentation of visual-verbal dialogues from 6p.m. on Friday 16 October 2009
Linklater Rooms, King’s College
featuring
Béatrice Bonhomme and Geneviève Guétemme
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
http://wifis.edublogs.org/
Abstracts (200 words) are invited for 20-minute papers in English or in French on topics concerning women in any area of French Studies. Offers of papers on teaching issues and non-literary topics (translation, politics, history, media) are very welcome. Please send abstracts (and queries) to the organisers Elizabeth Macknight (e.macknight@abdn.ac.uk) and Clémence O’Connor (clemence.oconnor@googlemail.com) by May 31st, 2009.
Further details
WIFIS conferences are warm, stimulating, interdisciplinary events. This year the venue will be at the heart of the 14th-century campus of King’s College, Old Aberdeen, a green and charming location, only a 15-minute walk from the North Sea and a coastal nature reserve. A postgraduate / low wage fee will be available.
Accommodation
King’s Hall www.abdn.ac.uk/kingshall
King’s College, Aberdeen
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 273444
The Jays Guest House www.jaysguesthouse.co.uk
422 King Street, Aberdeen
Tel: +44 (0)1224 638 295
Lillian Cottage www.lilliancottage.com
442 King Street, Aberdeen
Tel: +44 (0)1224 636947
Professeure Béatrice Bonhomme (Université de Nice) is a prolific poet and critic. She will give a talk on ‘Marie-Claire Bancquart: l’exil comme genèse de l’œuvre’ and will read a selection of her own poems.
For a bibliography, see her page on Poezibao:
http://poezibao.typepad.com/poezibao/2006/10/batrice_bonhomm.html
She is also the editor of Nu(e):
http://www.revue-nue.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=3
Dr Geneviève Guétemme is a Cambridge-based French artist whose productions often respond to the works of contemporary poets, including Heather Dohollau and André Vargaftig. She will be presenting her work on poems by Béatrice Bonhomme for the first time.
Please see http://www.abdn.ac.uk/openday/map.shtml for a map of the conference venue. The conference will be held in the Old Senate Room (no.33 on the map) and Friday evening’s wine reception will be held in the Linklater Rooms (no. 30 on the map)
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31
October
2008
L’Association des Amis de Lucie-Delarue Mardrus possède désormais son site amisldm.org. Elle se donne pour vocation de faire découvrir l’œuvre de cette grande figure littéraire et artistique de la Belle Epoque et des années folles. Musicienne, peintre, sculpteur, écrivain, également scénariste et diariste, cette femme aux multiples talents et aux nombreuses facettes fascine encore aujourd ’hui.
Née à Honfleur en 1874, Lucie Delarue-Mardrus se maria fastueusement avec le traducteur des Mille et une nuits, le célèbre docteur Mardrus. Ce dernier lui ouvrit les portes du monde littéraire qu’elle séduisit rapidement avec des recueils poétiques fameux, Occident, Ferveur, Par vents et marées… Devenue célèbre et même adulée par le monde littéraire parisien, elle diversifie sa production littéraire, écrit des contes, des critiques littéraires et des romans, Le roman des six petites filles, L’Ex voto, Graine au vent… Plus tard, après son divorce, elle peint, sculpte, compose des partitions musicales et des paroles de chansons. Elle meurt en 1945 à Château-Gontier en Mayenne.
Toutes les contributions pour alimenter le site sont les bienvenues. Elles peuvent aborder aussi bien l’écriture de l’auteure que ses nombreux domaines de production. Elles peuvent également explorer de ses relations avec d’autres éminentes figures littéraires et artistiques féminines et masculines de l’époque. Celles-ci sont à adresser à assoldm@yahoo.fr.
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25
October
2007
The WIFIS 2007 conference was a great success and we would like to thank everyone for their enthusiastic participation and enlightening contributions. Special thanks to the Glasgow Women’s Library Team for their behind-the-scenes work, fantastic support on the day and documentation of the event…Compromising pictures will soon be posted on the blog. If you wish to get a copy of the pictures taken on the day, e-mail me: caroline.verdier@strath.ac.uk
Thanks again to everyone
Vive WIFIS!
Caroline & Joy
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