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Germaine de Stael Today: Currents and Cross-Currents
| Location: | Missouri, United States |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2008-11-15 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2008-10-04 |
| Announcement ID: |
164391 |
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Submissions may address topics such as: transatlantic crossings; Staël’s Anglo-Saxon and American followers and critics; known and unknown literary/intellectual relations; salon sociability; private correspondences; dissemination of knowledge; cultural studies; travel literature; ambiguities of places/spaces; national literatures and languages; colonial intersections; translation practice and theory; language as a socio-political system; language and performativity; improvisation; women’s publishing and censorship, Staël and women’s Romanticism; Staël as novelist, playwright, and theoretician; literature and other arts; political/social thought; Staël as historian; the French Revolution and the Terror; Staël and revolutionary aesthetics; reception theory; feminist and masculinist readings; Staël’s critical practice; critical cross-currents; teaching Corinne today; cinematographic interpretations; Staël in the age of digital humanities; electronic journals and bibliographies; new biographies….
Proposals written in French or English must be received by November 15, 2008. In addition to the traditional format of presentation (20-minute papers) more innovative formats are encouraged (i.e. round table discussions or performances). The participation of scholars both from abroad and from diverse fields promises a conference of exceptional scope. The event will take place on the Washington University campus, and participants will be lodged at the Knight Center because of its convenient campus location and proximity to the Saint Louis’s rich French heritage.
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