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• 10 nov 2015

  Lyon

  Call for papers - History

  Defining and defying the concept of deviance and degeneration in the British Isles and North America in the 19th century

  This one-day conference aims at exploring the definition(s) and contours of deviance and degeneration as it was conceived in the British Isles and North America in the 19^th century. PhD students, postgraduate students and junior scholars whose research pertains to the study of deviant groups, whether self-defined or not, are particularly welcome to participate. Speakers will be invited to focus on the processes of definition of the standards of normality – whether religious, social, political, legal, medicalor sexual – as well as what those processes entailed for those who were labelled ‘deviants’. The role of scientists, doctors but also political authorities is of considerable interest in this respect, as are the ways in which normative standards were circumvented and challenged.

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• 16 déc 2013

  Call for papers - America

  Science fiction in the Iberian worlds

  Meditations, experimentation, and social change

  Lors de cette journée, nous examinerons les processus anamorphotiques (Bozzetto, Soriano) contenus dans les productions SF de la péninsule ibérique et du continent américain. Comment le statut marginal de la SF dans le champ culturel lui permet-elle de développer des fictions faisant émerger des cultures et des perspectives minoritaires ? La visée spéculative de ces œuvres peut-t-elle être rapprochée, paradoxalement, de la démarche propre au roman expérimental (Jameson) ? Quelles sont les constructions littéraires complexes que permet de dégager une analyse narratologique approfondie de la SF ? La journée d'étude portera principalement sur des œuvres littéraires mais les propositions concernant d'autres types de production (cinéma, comics, arts plastiques...) sont également bienvenues.

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