Année : 2012

A one-day conference to be held at the Institut français d’Écosse on Saturday, 15th September 2012The conference is organised by women academics in French Departments ofthe Scottish Universities, and has two 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 cognate areasAbstracts (200 words) are invited for papers (20 minute slots) by or about women in any area of French Studies, and should be sent to the conference organisers, Dr Susan Bainbrigge and Dr Véronique...

Proposed Session at Sixteenth Century Studies Conference, October 25-28, 2012, in Cincinnati, Ohio, TO BE SPONSORED BY SSEMWOrganizer: Cynthia Stollhans, Saint Louis UniversityCourtesans (or geishas or any other name) are women who receive money and/or gifts for sexual favors, entertainment, friendship, and, at times, intellectual conversation. For this session, I am seeking abstracts for papers to be included in a session that has as its primary focus a courtesan or courtesans and their involvement with any of the arts’including music, visual arts, literature, theatre, or other. The...

Envoyer les propositions avant le 15 janvier 2012, et les textes définitifs, si la proposition est acceptée, pour le 15 mars 2012.« C’est mon bébé « – nous l’entendons souvent dire à propos d’oeuvres créatives ou entrepreneuses. Si » dieu » fait chair de ses paroles, c’est bien avant lui que des femmes cheminent entre parole et chair pour chanter et mettre au monde. A quoi ressemble une maternité non essentialiste « Comment les autrices s’interrogent-elles sur la maternité, cette vache sacrée du patriarcat, afin de mettre bas des évidences, révéler des...