Dear all,
Please find below the definitive (?) programme of our conference on VS
Naipaul, at Montpellier University, France, as well as the registration
form.
You may also want to know that another event around him is organised at
Aix-en-Provence (150 km from Montpellier) from November 7th to 10th, and
that VS Naipaul himself will give a talk, probably on the Friday and/or
Saturday. The details are not out yet, but the address is the following:

Cité du Livre
8 rue des allumettes
13090 Aix-en-Provence
Tel. 00 33 4 42 26 16 85

Best regards,
Judith Misrahi-Barak


" A World in tension : the work of V. S. Naipaul "

15-16 November 2002
Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III

Cerpanac

(room C020 : ëSalles des Colloquesí)

Programme

Friday 15th November
9h30 Registration
10h00-10h45 Dr Beena Anand (University of Nancy I) : " Entrapment and
Release in The House for Mr Biswas "
10h45-11h30 Dr Hedi Ben Abbes (University of Franche-Comté) : " The
Creative Tension of Emptiness in V.S.Naipaul's The Mimic Men "

Coffee break

11h45-12h30 Dr Jesús Varela-Zapata (University of Santiago de
Compostela, Spain) : " Not part of the gang : Naipaulís hostile portayal
of non-Indian characters "

Buffet lunch

14h30-15h15 Dr Rita Christian (University of North London, Caribbean
Studies Department) : " ëCoolieí Come Lately : the making of The
Suffrage of Elvira "
15h15-16h00 Dr Florence Labaune-Demeule (University of Lyon III) : "
V.S.Naipaul's Half a Life: Moving Away from Tension? "
Coffee break
16h15-17h00 Dr Bénédicte Ledent (University of Liège) : " The same, yet
different: Caryl Phillips's screen adaptation of V.S. Naipaul's The
Mystic Masseur "

Dinner in town

Saturday 16th November
9h30-10h15 Dr JP Engélibert (University of Poitiers) : " Líécriture hors
líhistoire ou les histoires non écrites "
10h15-11h Dr Florence DíSouza (University of Lille III) : "A Turn in the
South : Playing Devilís Advocate or a step towards a more inclusive
serenity?"
Coffee break
11h30-12h15 Pr Alexis Tadié (University of Paris VII) : " VS Naipaul :
the writer as anthropologist "


Registration form

There are no registration fees but please, for a better organisation, do
send this form by 30 October 2002 to :

Judith MISRAHI-BARAK,
email : <[log in to unmask]>

SURNAME :
First NAME :

Address :
Telephone :
E-mail :
Institution :

Meals

Friday 15 :   Buffet lunch ó to be paid for individually and on the spot
(around 12 euros).
Dinner in town (about 22 euros; offered to people delivering a paper).

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Accomodation :

Hotels can be found on the website <michelin-travel.com> It is best to
choose a hotel in the city centre so as to be able to take the tram to
go to the university and to the restaurant on Friday night (the website
<mappy.fr> will give you the location of hotels).