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• 07 nov 2019

  08 nov 2019

  Tempe

  Conference, symposium - Early modern

  Gendered Species: Colette, Gender and Sexual Identities

  Espèces genrées : Colette, le genre et les identités sexuées

  Although French woman writer Colette was indifferent to and even critical of the feminist movement of the early 1900s, in the way she lived her life as in her fiction, she exemplified financial and social independence and shame-free sexuality, or what would be call today “gender fluidity”. This international conference will show how Colette represents a vibrant and radical expression of feminism in tune with the #MeToo spirit in today's society

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• 31 jan 2020

  Winston-Salem

  Call for papers - Modern

  “Marine Feet and Vesuvian Eyes”: The Volcanic Aesthetics of Maria Orsini Natale

  Edited Collection

  This volume intends to fill a gap in the critical reception of a remarkable Southern Italian woman writer. A journalist, a poet and a writer, Maria Orsini Natale (1928-2010) lived and worked at the foot of Vesuvius, and began writing at age 69, receiving several literary recognitions. Her novel, initially written as Ottocento Vesuviano, then entitled Francesca and Nunziata, and published for the first time in 1995, was also made into a 2001 film directed by Lina Wertmüller, starring Sophia Loren and Giancarlo Giannini. The book earned her a semifinalist’s place in the Strega Prize, the most prestigious Italian literary award, and features a family from Amalfi, dedicated for generations to the white art of pasta making. More than fiction, it illustrates what in Neapolitan is called a ‘cunto’, part historical account and part allegorical tale, derived from a reservoir of collective as well as personal memories.

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• 31 jui 2019

  Montreal

  Call for papers - History

  "Toujours debouttes!" The perspectives for the feminist revival in Quebec

  Ce colloque vise à revisiter, cinquante ans après l’émergence du Front de libération des femmes du Québec, l’héritage de cette frange des mouvements féministes en (ré)examinant les discours, les publications, les créations, les revendications et les mobilisations – mais aussi les limites et les absences.

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• 05 déc 2016

  Montreal

  Call for papers - Representation

  Forms and issues of transmission in contemporary teen fiction

  Depuis les années 1980-1990, de nombreuses fictions (littéraires, télévisuelles et cinématographiques) représentent des univers juvéniles dont les personnages principaux sont des adolescents·e·s. Elles rendent compte de la complexité du « moment adolescent » et de la diversité de ses manifestations enmettant notamment en scène les relations plus ou moins harmonieuses avec la famille, les adultes (les enseignant·e·s, par exemple) et les pairs. Bien que de nombreux travaux aient été menés sur les fictions pour dolescents·e·s, qu’elles soient littéraires,  cinématographiques ou télévisuelles, la question de la transmission (ses formes, ses enjeux, ses objets) envisagée conjointement dans les fictions littéraires, télévisées et cinématographiques demeure inexplorée.

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