Please note there are 2 linguistic strands... DulcieEngel ******************************** Society for French Studies Annual Conference Bristol, 1-3 July, 2002 CALL FOR PAPERS The Society's next conference will be held at the University of Bristol, 1-3 July, 2002. We invite proposals for papers (in English or French) for sectional workshops on the topics listed below. The suggested topics may be interpreted widely and are intended to encompass as broad a historical range as may be applicable. In addition to proposals under the headings listed, all subjects will be considered. Proposals should be accompanied by a short abstract, and be framed with a view to addressing an audience made up of both specialists and non-specialists. Suggested topics for workshops Courtly culture: continuity and change Was there a French Renaissance? Francophonies The making of heroes and heroines Dialogues and interviews French vocabulary: patterns and innovations French music Trials in literature/literature on trial French political thought Clothes/uniform/disguise Theatricality French theatre today Versification Literature and technology France and the Mediterranean Metamorphosis in medieval literature Short centuries / long centuries Please send proposals and abstracts by 15 September, 2001 to: Dr Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Department of French, University of Cambridge, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge CB3 9DA, Great Britain. Fax: (+44) 01223 335062. email: [log in to unmask] For information about the Society for French Studies, visit our website http://www.sfs.ac.uk