INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH
School of Advanced Study * University of London
Tuesday 12 February 2019, 19:00 - 21:00
The Arts of Decadence
The Chancellors Hall, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
You are invited to an evening of Decadent literature, visual art and music in the Chancellor's Hall at the prestigious Senate House building, in the heart of Bloomsbury. Featuring short talks by distinguished speakers, including Helen Abbott (University of Birmingham) about the background to the Decadent movement and its influence on British writers and artists, the evening will also present superb poetry by Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Stéphane Mallarmé, which will be read by the accomplished translators, Martin Sorrell and Peter Manson. French song settings of poems will be performed by professional classical singers from the National Opera Studio. Refreshments will be served.
All are welcome to attend this free event. Places are limited so please register in advance at:
https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/16226
Supported by the AHRC-funded 'Decadence and Translation' Network<https://dandtnetwork.glasgow.ac.uk/>, the event is being held in partnership with the Rimbaud and Verlaine Foundation<https://www.rimbaudverlaine.org/en/>
Institute of Modern Languages Research
School of Advanced Study | University of London
Room 239 | Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK
http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk
The School of Advanced Study at the University of London is the UK's national centre for the facilitation and promotion of research in the humanities and social sciences.
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