Dear all,
For anyone who's interested (and near the South-East of England this
Autumn): another conference where themes of space, place and landscape are
inflected through the perspectives of various humanities disciplines... an
intriguing and growing trend, and one where the IGRS is quite prominent.
David
'Space, Place and Landscape: Women and Environments in Contemporary French
Culture', Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, London, 26-28 October
2006
Women's identities have always been intimately linked with a sense of
place. The history of feminism in the last century is strewn with examples
of the re-appropriation and the re-imagining of space by women.
This conference brings into focus the contemporary face of ongoing debates
about women and space and draws out the most salient aspects of theories
and practices of reconfiguring within a broad, interdisciplinary
framework. Major French practitioners from the fields of literature,
cinema and the visual arts will participate. We are delighted that Agnès
Varda, Marie Darrieussecq and Valérie Mréjen will join us for a series of
screenings and discussions. The conference also contains contributions
from scholars working in literature, cinema, art, photography,
anthropology, architecture and feminist theory.
Further details, including how to register, can be found on the conference
webpages: http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/events/conf_cwwf1.htm
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