CALL FOR PAPERS
Women in the Wake of May 68: An Interdisciplinary Approach
A one-day postgraduate conference
16 May 2018
King’s College London
Keynotes: Professor Margaret Atack (Leeds) & Dr. Rakhee Balaram (SUNY Albany)
Organised by Marion Hallet & Elizabeth Miller (King’s College London, Film Studies)
One of the largest mass movements in French history, May 68 represented the culmination of a rejection of the established moral order. This period of civil unrest is often considered the cultural,
social, and moral turning point in postmodern society. While the events of May 68 have garnered much academic attention, there has been little discussion of how the event affected the status of French women in the years directly following, especially how this
is represented in the culture-at-large in film, literature and the arts.
This one-day event will coincide with the 50th anniversary of May 68 and bring together Arts & Humanities postgraduate students from a variety of disciplines to share and discuss their
research. Professor Margaret Atack, author of May 68 in French Fiction and Film: Rethinking Representation, Rethinking Society, and
Dr. Rakhee Balaram, whose forthcoming book Counterpractice: Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Art of ‘French Feminism’ examines art in post-May 68 France, will be the keynote speakers.
We invite postgraduate students researching topics related to the history or representation of French women in the aftermath of May 68 to apply, including those from Art,
Art History, Cultural Studies, Fashion, Film, French, History, Literature, Philosophy and Women & Gender Studies departments.