http://wifis.edublogs.org Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:13:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are the directions to the Mitchell Library where the WIFIS Conference will take place this year. The following link opens a document with a map and instructions to reach the conference venue as well as a list of accommodation for those wishing to stay overnight: directions-to-mitchell-library-accommodation-suggestions4     http://wifis.edublogs.org/2008/08/14/directions-to-the-wifis-2008-venue-accommodation-suggestions/ Please click on the following link to download the registration form for the 2008 WIFIS conference: registration-form-wifis-2008 http://wifis.edublogs.org/2008/06/29/wifis-2008-fiche-dinscription/ Women in French in Scotland 18 October 2008 The Mitchell Library, Glasgow   Provisional Programme   9.30    Tea/Coffee, Registration and Welcome     10.00 – 11.30                   Parallel sessions 1 & 2 Session 1                                                                            Magalie Wagner (Université de Haute-Alsace) Quand la femme prend les armes… : Renversement et travestissement  dans les Œuvres poétiques de Louise Labé (1555)   Katariina Närä (University of Sheffield) ‘Tout ce ... http://wifis.edublogs.org/2008/06/29/wifis-2008-programme-provisoire/     http://wifis.edublogs.org/2008/06/29/wifis-2008-poster/ 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 ... http://wifis.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/femmes-engagees-women-intellectuals-in-france-1986-to-present/ 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 ... http://wifis.edublogs.org/2008/02/10/wifis-2008-call-for-papers/ Click on the following link to see the poster of the event which will take place Thursday 31 January at the Institut Français d'Ecosse in Edinburgh revisedaffiche-ext-de-beauvoir-1.doc http://wifis.edublogs.org/2008/01/15/52/   We are pleased to inform you that Oxford Journals has published Joy Charnley’s article entitled Ni ennemie, ni rivale: Female friendship in works by Alice Rivaz, Anne-Lise Grobéty and Noëlle Revaz in Forum for Modern Language Studies.       Abstract  This article studies the theme of female friendship in work by three women ... http://wifis.edublogs.org/2007/12/30/new-article-ni-ennemie-ni-rivale-female-friendship-in-works-by-alice-rivaz-anne-lise-grobety-and-noelle-revaz/ The 2008 WIFIS conference will take place on Saturday 18 October, very likely in the Mitchell Library and will be organised by Elisabeth Campbell, Joy Charnley and Caroline Verdier. The 2009 event will be held at the University of Aberdeen and will be organised by Elizabeth Macknight and Clemence O'Connor. http://wifis.edublogs.org/2007/12/30/wifis-conference-2008-and-2009/ To mark the centenary of Simone de Beauvoir’s birth  *‘The Legacies of Simone de Beauvoir’*  University of Northumbria  Newcastle upon Tyne, UK  13th -15th June 2008  Keynote Speakers: Professor Elizabeth Fallaize, Oxford University, UK and Sonia Kruks, Danforth Professor of Politics, Oberlin College, USA.  CALL FOR PAPERS  This international conference aims to re-evaluate Simone de Beauvoir’s contribution ... http://wifis.edublogs.org/2007/10/29/call-for-papers-simone-de-beauvoir-society-16th-international-conference/