Call for Papers:
Literary, Cultural, Historical and Political Celebrations across and beyond the British
« Decentering Commemorations » Isles
Friday 20th October 2017
Campus LSH, Nancy and Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy
The year 2017-2018 marks multiple anniversaries that will be commemorated transnationally: the deaths of Mme de Staël and Jane Austen, the birth of Stanley Kubrick, the release of The Beatles album “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, the end of World War One and the subsequent creation of new nation states, the Russian Revolution and the signing of the Maastricht Treaty. Why and how will these literary figures, cultural productions and historical events be remembered/celebrated in individual countries and across Europe? In what ways and to what extent are these commemorations transferred from one cultural space to another across and beyond the British Isles? At a time of crisis concerning Europe’s identity and ideals, commemorations are not only intended as a nation-building process, they can also be appropriated by social or political groups. There is, indeed, a variety of actors at national, regional, and local levels, such as cultural institutions, museums, political parties and social media. The increasing mobility and instability in today’s world triggers off the opposite tendency of going back to one’s past, roots and heritage. Governments and lobbies/corporations (such as Google) use landmarks to impose their readings of literary, cultural, and political history, while grassroots and communities gather together to organize their own celebrations or to celebrate differently and sometimes more informally and spontaneously (like Halloween, Woman’s Day, National Day, Labour Day, Earth Day).
Papers discussing the following topics from a theoretical or practical perspective are welcome:
-forms and modes of commemorating
-commemoration as an expression of soft power or a means of empowerment -commemoration and technology (the choice imposed by search engines, social networks,
e- media etc.)
-commemoration and cultural policies (celebrations through tourism, bilateral agreements, literary festivals etc.)
-commemoration and hyphenated/conflicting identities (bi-nationals, and “European nationals”) in the British Isles due to Devolution and Brexit
-posterity and literary canon (celebration of national and foreign authors)
-literary and visual adaptations
-publishing policies (book series, collected works, news items etc.)
Invited speakers (to be confirmed)
Prof. Joachim Frenk (Université de Sarrebruck, Allemagne)
Dr. Stefano Dominioni (Directeur de l’Institut Européen, Luxembourg)
Submission information:
Proposals should not exceed 300 words (references excluded; 3 to 5 keywords and a short biography)
and be submitted to [log in to unmask] by July, 31st 2017.
Organising Committee:
Antonella Braida-Laplace [log in to unmask]
Céline Sabiron [log in to unmask]
Roseline Théron [log in to unmask]
Jeremy Tranmer [log in to unmask]
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