We are delighted to welcome Dr Siobhán Shilton from the University of Bristol on April 26th. Her paper is entitled: Representing the Unrepresentable: France and Islam in performance art, graffiti and digital media ‘This paper addresses distinctively visual means of presenting ‘Islam’ – particularly the practice of veiling – in ways that resist singular readings. … Continue reading
8/3/2012, Dr Nicki Hitchcott (University of Nottingham), ‘Benjamin Sehene vs. Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka: the Fictional Trial of a Genocide Priest’
We are pleased to welcome Dr Nicki Hitchcott from the University of Nottingham on Thursday March 8th, 5pm (seminar room F30, Hicks Building), who will speak on the work of the Rwandan writer Benjamin Sehene. Benjamin Sehene vs. Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka: the Fictional Trial of a Genocide Priest The first francophone Rwandan novel published since … Continue reading
22/3/2012, Dr Tom Baldwin (University of Kent), ‘On Barthes on Proust’
We are pleased to welcome Dr Tom Baldwin from the University of Kent on March 22nd 2012, 5pm, Hicks Building, University of Sheffield. ‘Barthes on Proust’ For many, Marcel Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu represents the ne plus ultra of aesthetic power and complexity. Embodying a vast range of analytical, compositional and expressive … Continue reading
28/2/2012, Dr Véronique Desnain (University of Edinburgh): ‘”Oedipus Redux”: contemporary French Crime fiction and tragedy’
Dr Véronique Desnain will present a research paper entitled: ‘”Oedipus Redux”: contemporary French Crime fiction and tragedy’ Tuesday February 28th, 5pm Seminar Room 3, Jessop West, University of Sheffield A number of critics and practitioners have noted that crime writing performs a similar social function in the modern world to that of tragedy in the … Continue reading
5/3/2012: Dr Helen Abbott (University of Sheffield), ‘The Politics of Performance’
Dr Helen Abbott, who joined the Department of French at the University of Sheffield in January 2012, will speak on: “The Politics of Performance: Baudelaire, Debussy, Charpentier” WHEN: Mon 5 March, 5pm WHERE: Ensemble Room 1 (G.03), Department of Music, Jessop Building, 34 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield, S3 7RD. For a location map, click here.
9/2/2012: Dr Isabelle Vanderschelden (MMU), ‘Le scénario comme enjeu du cinéma français’
We are pleased to host a research paper by: DR ISABELLE VANDERSCHELDEN MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY ‘Le scénario comme enjeu du cinéma français’ Le statut du scénariste et la place du scénario ont régulièrement été source de discussion à différentes périodes de l’histoire du cinéma français, par exemple au moment de la Nouvelle Vague ou dans … Continue reading
