Of some interest, I trust. Felicity Callard
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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 20:08:16 +0100
From: Bernard Dieterle <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: CFP: The Memory of Cities (9/15/01; 5/2/02-5/4/02)
The Memories of Cities
The Engraving of History in Urban Spaces from Romanticism to nowadays
University of Saint-Etienne, France
Comparative Studies Center
2-4 May 2002
We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on the following topic.
By engraving, we mean all signs bequeathed by history : visible traces,
monuments, architecture, ruins of any kind but also onomastics (streets
or square names, underground stations, SPQR and all kinds of acronyms).
This heritage tells us about the past, it makes up a urban memory,
historical records for the one trying to decipher the various signs
displayed before him — either he is a stroller, a tourist, an historian
or an artist taking the city as the setting or the main character of his
work. We intend to study artistic representation of the city at the
crossroads of history and geography, as a chronotope turning it into a
high place of historical memory.
This conference includes literature (novel, poetry, travel writing,
essay), visual arts (painting, cinema, photography) as well as
architecture (with the basic question of restoration), city planning
and, why not, tourism. Diverse approaches (national, transcultural or
comparative studies) focusing on the 19th and the 20th century are
encouraged. French and English-language representations of native or
foreign cities are equally welcomed.
Proposals in English or French should reach the conference co-ordinator
by 15 september 2001. The paper proposal must include an abstract,
specifying the works and authors used.
Selected conference papers will be published by St-Etienne University Press.
Please send submissions to:
Professor Bernard Dieterle
Université Jean Monnet
C.E.L.E.C.
35, rue du Onze-Novembre
F 42023 Saint-Etienne cédex 2
Fax 00 33 (0)4 77 42 13 30
Email: [log in to unmask]
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