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1624-2024 : Qu’est-ce qu’un événement littéraire ? La querelle des Lettres de Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac
Posted: Friday, December 1, 2023 - 09:04

1624-2024 : Qu’est-ce qu’un événement littéraire ? La querelle des Lettres de Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

Colloque international, Paris, 21-22 novembre 2024

Organisation : Delphine Amstutz (Delphine.Amstutz@sorbonne-universite.fr), Mathilde Bombart (mathilde.bombart@univ-lyon2.fr) et Suzanne Duval (suzanne.duval@univ-eiffel.fr).

Envoi des propositions avant le 15 mars 2024

Que s’est-il passé en 1624 ? pour l’histoire littéraire, c’est la date de parution du premier volume d’un auteur, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (Angoulême, 1597-1652) appelé à une grande postérité pour à peu près deux siècles ; c’est également le début de la polémique que ce recueil, les Lettres, allait susciter, avec une trentaine de pamphlets publiés jusqu’en 1630[1]. Qu’est-ce que la « querelle des Lettres », selon l’expression consacrée par laquelle l’histoire littéraire la désigne ? Au-delà même des Lettres, quels sont l’importance et les enjeux de l'œuvre de Balzac dans son ensemble  ?

À partir du cas Balzac, cette réflexion vise à un double questionnement. D’une part, il s’agit d’interroger les opérations intellectuelles et discursives à l’œuvre dans les récits, les projections, les constructions temporelles de l’histoire littéraire : ses modes de découpage du temps et des réalités du passé ; sa manière de construire ses objets et de leur donner des contextes, souvent très parcellaires. D’autre part, il s’agit de se demander quelle est l’existence de ces scansions et de ces ruptures, dans d’autres contextes et à d’autres échelles que ceux de la seule histoire de la littérature. Par exemple, à quelle échelle et dans quels mondes sociaux les polémiques autour de Balzac existent-elles ? Pour quels acteurs sont-elles intéressantes, ou, simplement, perceptibles, en leur temps, et ensuite ? Dans quelle histoire sont-elles des faits marquants ? Après la querelle même, l'œuvre de Balzac a rapidement été érigée en modèle ou en repoussoir : quelles scansions permet-elle de marquer dans les discours contemporains ou rétrospectifs sur les belles-lettres ?

La « querelle des Lettres » en elle-même est difficile à cerner parce que la dynamique du conflit déplace les enjeux des débats et en produit de nouveaux. Balzac n’a cessé d’y revenir, d’une manière toujours oblique. Il y a plusieurs manières de « raconter » ces épisodes : récit de la lutte d’une conception ancienne de la parole publique, ancrée dans les pratiques réglées de corps politiques, contre le désordre qu’y amène une pratique nouvelle de l’éloquence (déplacée dans l’imprimé et détachée de toute fonction publique) qui valut à Balzac le surnom d’unico eloquente auprès de ses laudateurs et le sobriquet de « Narcisse » chez ses détracteurs ; récit de l’avènement de la littérature, comme rapport à l’écrit tourné vers le plaisir de la réussite esthétique, contre une vision religieuse et morale de la création ; récit encore de la victoire d’une prose française moderne, polie, claire et bien rythmée, revendiquant sa solidarité avec l’espace socio-politique de « la cour », contre les archaïsmes et les lourdeurs des styles d’un autre temps. François Ogier défend ainsi l’éloquence « sublime » de Balzac dans son Apologie (1627) et Marc Fumaroli affirme que Balzac est le « premier grand écrivain français[2] ». Célébré comme l’un des Hommes Illustres par Charles Perrault, Balzac aurait tâché, avec son premier recueil de Lettres, de « s’élever au-dessus de la noble simplicité des Anciens » : un « applaudissement incroyable », « l’empressement du public » auraient immédiatement salué « la jeune vigueur d’un grand génie » moderne[3].

Or, plusieurs de ces manières de donner du sens à « l’événement Balzac » correspondent à une vision promue à tel ou tel moment de la production ou de la réception de son œuvre par tel ou tel de leurs acteurs, en fonction de la position qu’il affirme défendre, ou en fonction d’intérêts variés. On pourra se demander comment les écrits publiés dans ces différents moments en fabriquent la conjoncture et les contextes : quel sens peut-on donner, par exemple, à la localisation du privilège du pamphlet anti-balzacien du Tombeau de l’orateur (1628) « au camp de La Rochelle » ?  

La constitution de la querelle, puis de l’œuvre de Balzac, en événement, sert de surface de projection à l’écriture de l’histoire de la littérature, et rendent compte de la construction d’un rapport interne au temps, un temps lettré, doté de catégories historiographiques et d’une historicité propre. Qu’est-ce qu’un événement littéraire ? Quelles sont ses temporalités spécifiques ? Qui en déclare l’existence ?

Il s’agira donc, à partir du cas de Balzac, de se demander quelle histoire on écrit quand on écrit l’histoire de la littérature et peut-être, d’une manière plus prospective, comment une telle histoire pourrait devenir un outil de connaissance des mondes passés.

On pourra s’intéresser par exemple aux questions suivantes :

- la querelle des Lettres et son historiographie : les temporalités de l’événement littéraire ;

- les discours de polarisation que suscite l’œuvre de Balzac ;

- pratiques et imaginaires de la langue de Balzac dans la définition et l’histoire de la langue littéraire : histoire de la langue et histoire de la littérature ;

- intersection entre l’œuvre de Balzac et d’autres débats contemporains : querelle dite « des femmes », procès de Théophile de Viau, crises politiques dans le contexte des guerres de religion et des débats sur le gallicanisme, écrits de controverse ;

- approches genrées de la querelle des Lettres et de l'œuvre de Balzac. On pourra se pencher, en particulier, sur la disqualification de Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac comme écrivain efféminé ou « estrange male[4] ». On pourra aussi se demander si, comme le suggère Janet Gurkin Altman[5], les femmes ont délibérément été exclues de la production épistolaire autorisée et publiée à partir des années 1620, et interroger la relation que Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac entretient avec les femmes de lettres de son temps (Marie de Gournay, Marie Bruneau des Loges…) ;

- logiques éditoriales sur un temps court et long : le marché éditorial des années 1620 ; la dynamique de l’imprimé et du manuscrit ; la diffusion des éditions des Lettres dans différents espaces géographiques, du xviie siècle à nos jours ; comparaison des différents exemplaires annotés des Lettres ; approches bibliophiliques. 

Les propositions de communication, d’une longueur maximale de 500 mots et accompagnée d’une courte bio-bibliographie, sont à adresser avant le 15 mars 2024 à Delphine Amstutz (Delphine.Amstutz@sorbonne-universite.fr), Mathilde Bombart (mathilde.bombart@univ-lyon2.fr) et Suzanne Duval (suzanne.duval@univ-eiffel.fr).

Bibliographie indicative :

Édition de référence des Lettres (1ère édition 1624) : Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Les Premières Lettres, éd. H. Bibas et K.-T. Butler, STFM, Paris, Droz, 1933-1934, 2 vol. (accessibles sur Gallica : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1222t.image).

Amstutz, Delphine, édition et introduction de Aristippe ou de la cour (1658), Paris, STFM, 2021.

Beugnot, Bernard (éd.), Fortunes de Guez de Balzac, numéro thématique de la revue Littératures classiques, n° 33, printemps 1998.

Beugnot, Bernard et Zuber, Roger (éd.), Guez de Balzac : critique et création littéraire, numéro thématique de la revue xviie siècle, n° 168, juillet-août 1990.

Bombart, Mathilde, Guez de Balzac et la querelle des « Lettres » : écriture, polémique et critique dans la France du premier xviie siècle, Paris, H. Champion, 2007.

Duval, Suzanne, « Le style hyperbolique de Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, ou l’autodérision dans les lettres », dans M. Charrier-Vozel (dir.), Le rire des épistoliers (xvie-xviiie siècle), Paris, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2021, p. 209-220.

Gilby, Emma, « Where to Draw the Line? Longinus, Goulu, and Balzac's Lettres », Lias, 43-2, 2016.

Hache, Sophie, La Langue du ciel. Le sublime en France au xviie siècle, Paris, H. Champion, 2000.

Jehasse, Jean, Guez de Balzac et le génie romain, 1597-1654, Saint-Étienne, Publications de l’Université de Saint-Étienne, 1977.

Jouhaud, Christian, Les Pouvoirs de la littérature : histoire d’un paradoxe, Paris, Gallimard, 2000, en particulier le chap. v, « Politiques de Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac », p. 321-365.

Méchoulan, Éric, Le livre avalé. De la littérature entre mémoire et culture (xvie-xviiie siècle), Montréal, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2004, en particulier le chap. v : « le don des mots : éloges du Prince de Guez de Balzac et souveraineté de la langue », p. 181-214.

Merlin-Kajman, Hélène, L’Excentricité académique : littérature, institution, société, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2001, en particulier p. 57-68.

Merlin-Kajman, Hélène, Public et littérature en France au xviie siècle, Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1994, en particulier p. 131-141 ; p. 142-151 ; p. 189-193.

Schapira, Nicolas, Un professionnel des lettres au xviie siècle : Valentin Conrart, une histoire sociale, Seyssel, Champ Vallon, 2003, p. 188-194.

Viala, Alain, « La genèse des formes épistolaires en français et leurs sources latines et européennes. Essai de chronologie distinctive (xvie-xviie siècles) », Revue de littérature comparée, n° 55, 1981, p. 168-183.

Watine, Marie-Albane, Yocaris, Ilias (dir.), Le Style comme événement, Cahiers de narratologie, n°35 [paru en ligne].

 

[1] Les Premières Lettres de Guez de Balzac, éd. H. Bibas et K.-T. Butler, Paris, E. Droz, 1933-1934, 2 vol., rééd., Paris, STFM, 2013. Selon les deux éditrices scientifiques « les premières lettres de Guez de Balzac ont fait date dans l’histoire littéraire ». Cependant, on ne trouve pas la date de 1624 dans la New History of French Literature (Cambridge, Harvard UP, 1998) de Denis Hollier (classée par date) (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674615663&content=toc ).

[2] Marc Fumaroli, « Sous le signe de Protée », dans Jean Mesnard (dir.), Précis de littérature française du XVIIe siècle, Paris, PUF, 1990, p. 19-108, citation p. 88.

[3] Charles Perrault, Les Hommes illustres qui ont paru en France pendant ce siècle…, éd. D. J. Culpin, Tübingen, Gunther Narr, 2003, p. 185-186.

[4] La citation est extraite d’une lettre de Théophile de Viau à Balzac, datée de la fin de l’année 1625 ou du début de l’année 1626. Elle est publiée pour la première fois par Javerzac : Recueil curieux touchant l’eloquence francoise, Paris, 1628, p. 58-61. On en trouve la citation dans Frédéric Lachèvre, Le Procès de Théophile de Viau, t. 2, p. 185. Voir Mathilde Bombart, « When writers gossip : authorial reputation in the literary polemics of the French 1620s », Renaissance Studies, vol. 30, 2016/1, p. 137-151.

[5] Janet Gurkin Altman, « Espace public, espace privé : la politique de la publication de lettres sous l’Ancien régime », Revue belge de Philologie et d’Histoire, 70/3, 1992, p. 607-623, en particulier p. 619-620.

Les mazarinades et l’international — 26-28 mars 2025 — Fribourg
Posted: Saturday, November 11, 2023 - 05:21

Les mazarinades et l’international

Organisé par le Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaire sur les Mazarinades (GRIM)

26-28 mars 2025


Appel à communication —Français
**English below**


Les 6 000 libelles parus sous la Fronde ont fait l’objet au cours de ces dernières années de nouvelles approches qui démontrent que les mazarinades dépassent de loin le cadre des affrontements politiques des années 1648-1653 en France ; elles nous conduisent aussi vers d’autres espaces historiques ou politiques, mobilisent des types de discours, des modes langagiers, des genres littéraires, des formes poétiques ou théâtrales, des topiques culturelles contemporaines, dans un processus à double sens : éclairant, en contexte, certains aspects de leur composition et donnant à voir leur instrumentalisation en situation polémique. L’élargissement du questionnement doit beaucoup à l’apport des humanités numériques qui a permis d’élaborer de nouveaux protocoles d’investigation de volumineux corpus. 
Raison pour laquelle, après les colloques de Paris (2015), Tokyo (2016), Rouen (2022), le regard se tourne cette fois vers la question de l’internationalité des mazarinades :

Les mazarinades, un horizon transnational – 
De nombreux travaux ont permis de formuler des observations et de susciter des interrogations sur les collections de mazarinades à l’échelle internationale. La dispersion des fonds en Europe et au-delà (notamment au Japon, en Russie et aux États-Unis) ne cesse de stimuler le questionnement sur les modalités de leur circulation. Comment s’organise leur diffusion à l’étranger ? Quels sont les milieux et les réseaux par lesquels se met en place leur circulation ? Quels échos ces textes, destinés à un public local, ont-ils pu rencontrer à l’extérieur de la France ? Comment le lectorat étranger les percevait-il ? 

Les mazarinades et l’étranger – 
On pourra également s’interroger sur la perception de l’international (actualité, étrangers, acteurs, systèmes politiques), qui se révèle au travers des mazarinades. Si celles-ci regorgent de commentaires sur les étrangers présents en France — les cas de Mazarin et d’Anne d’Autriche, protagonistes directs du conflit, sont bien documentés — qu’en est-il des autres individus ou groupes ? Comment ces derniers sont-ils représentés ? Le discours des mazarinades sur les réalités extérieures à l’espace national offre également un grand potentiel d’interrogation : comment ces textes, pourtant très ancrés dans un conflit local, saisissent-ils les événements, proches ou lointains, contemporains de la Fronde ? Quelle influence le contexte des troubles français exerce-t-il sur la narration des conflits qui se déroulent entre pays voisins ou au sein de ceux-ci  ? À l’inverse, on pourra également se demander comment la Fronde et les mazarinades sont perçues dans la presse étrangère et dans les correspondances officielles ou privées. De quelle manière les libelles publiés par centaines sont-ils identifiés, collectionnés et commentés ? Vues de l’étranger, les mazarinades sont-elles considérées comme des sources d’information crédible ? Ou bien ne sont-elles que des productions pamphlétaires appréciées pour leurs qualités littéraires ?

Mazarinades et frontières intellectuelles – 
La périodisation habituelle suggère souvent un moment de rupture autour de 1650, en se fondant sur la chronologie de la Fronde, les dates de la Révolution anglaise et la fin de la guerre de Trente Ans. À cette frontière temporelle s’en ajoutent d’autres, imposées par les concepts de l’analyse esthétique, à l’instar de celle qu’on a voulu établir entre baroque et classicisme. En outre, les séparations établies entre les disciplines et les pratiques épistémologiques bornent l’étude des mazarinades, en négligeant souvent le fait que l’objet outrepasse ces limitations. Les collaborations ayant cours depuis une quinzaine d’années impliquent surtout des spécialistes en histoire, en littérature, en linguistique et en gestion documentaire. Cet appel tente aussi d’encourager les spécialistes d’autres disciplines à enrichir l’étude des mazarinades de l’apport de leur champ d’expertise.

Le colloque se tiendra à l’Université de Fribourg (Suisse), du 26 au 28 mars 2025. Les communications pourront être présentées en français, en anglais, en allemand ou en italien.  

Les propositions de communication d’une vingtaine de lignes (titre, résumé, brève présentation bibliographique) sont à envoyer à l’adresse suivante, avant le 31 janvier 2024 : mazarinades2025@gmail.com
 

Comité organisateur :
Prof. Claude Bourqui (Dépt. Français, UNIFR, Suisse)
Prof. Claire Gantet (Dépt. Histoire, UNIFR, Suisse)
Prof. Stéphane Haffemayer (Dépt. Histoire, Univ. de Rouen, France)
Mcf Christophe Schuwey (Dépt. Ingénierie du document, Lab. HCTI, Univ. Bretagne Sud, France)
Dr Céline Graillat-Mansuy, (Dépt. Français, UNIFR, Suisse)
Virginie Cogné, doctorante (Dépt. Histoire, UQAM, Canada)
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Call for papers - English


In recent years, new scholarship about the 6,000 libels published during the Fronde have shown that the mazarinades engage with much more than the sole French political crisis of 1648-1653. These numerous and diverse pamphlets open to other historical or political spaces. They also call for a history of types of discourse, language modes, literary genres, poetic or theatrical forms, and they intervene in contemporary cultural topics in a two-way process: through the study of their composition process in context, and through their instrumentalization in polemical situations. Digital humanities have also brought new questions by enabling the investigation of voluminous corpora. Building on such findings, the conference held in Rouen in September 2022, after the one in Paris (2015) and Tokyo (2016), moved to study the international range of the mazarinades:

Mazarinades as a Transnational Phenomenon -
Many recent studies have allowed us to observe and study the mazarinade collections on an international scale anew. Collections stored in Europe and beyond (especially in Japan, Russia and the United States) fosters new inquiry about documents printed during the Fronde. How were they distributed and disseminated abroad? What circles and networks were involved? What resonance did these texts, intended for a local audience, have outside France? How did foreign readers perceive them?

Mazarinades, Foreign Spaces and Foreigners -
What perception of international matters (current events, foreigners, actors, political systems) do the mazarinades construct? Although the representation of foreigners in France are well-studied — Mazarin and Anne of Austria — what about the representation of other individuals or groups? Mazarinades’ approach to realities outside the French national space also offers great potential for interrogation: how do these texts, despite being rooted in a local conflict, account for events contemporary with the Fronde, near or far from France? What influence does the context of the French troubles exert on the narration of conflicts taking place between or within neighboring countries? Conversely, how was the Fronde perceived in the foreign press, or described in private correspondence? How were these hundreds of libels identified, collected and commented on by foreign readers? Do readers abroad consider Mazarinades a credible source of information, or are they seen as low-value, disposable libels?

Mazarinades Beyond Intellectual Boundaries -
Because of the chronology of the Fronde, the English Revolution and the end of the Thirty Years' War, scholarship tends to set 1650 as an essential turning point in historiography. In addition to this temporal boundary, other concepts, such as aesthetic distinction between Baroque era and Classical era, have assigned the Mazarinades to a specific period instead of acknowledging their importance for the whole second seventeenth century. Finally, disciplinary and epistemological boundaries also confined the study of mazarinades to specific fields, whereas the object itself calls for a multidisciplinary approach. Since collaborations over the past fifteen years have mainly involved specialists in history, literature, linguistics and document management, we very much hope this conference would bring contributions from other fields of expertise.

The conference will be held at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), from March 26 to 28, 2025. The papers — approximately 30 minutes each — may be presented in French, English, German or Italian.

Submission of approximately 400 words (title, abstract, brief bio-bibliographical presentation)
should be sent to the following address by January 31, 2024: mazarinades2025@gmail.com.

Bibliographie/bibliography : 

Carrier, Hubert, La presse de la Fronde (1648-1653) : les mazarinades. La conquête de l’opinion, t. 1, coll. « Histoire et civilisation du livre », Genève : Droz, 1989.
—, La presse de la Fronde (1648-1653) : les mazarinades. Les hommes du livre, t. 2, coll. « Histoire et civilisation du livre », Genève : Droz, 1991.
—, Le Labyrinthe de l’État. Essais sur le débat politique en France au temps de la Fronde (1648-1653), Paris : Honoré Champion, 2004.
—, Les Muses guerrières. Les Mazarinades et la vie littéraire au milieu du XVIIème siècle, coll. « Mélanges de la bibliothèque de la Sorbonne », Paris : Klincksieck, 1996.
Deroux, Maximilien, Les mazarinades dans les collections du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères. Présentation et catalogue, coll. “Archives diplomatiques/Bibliothèque”, ed. Centre des Archives diplomatiques de la Courneuve, 2019.
Duchêne, Roger, Ronzeaud,, Pierre, La Fronde en questions. Actes du dix-huitième colloque du centre méridional de rencontres sur le XVIIème siècle. Marseille 28-29, Cassis 30-31 janvier 1988, Aix-en-Provence : Publications de l’Université de Provence (UP), 1989.
Haffemayer, Stéphane, Rebollar, Patrick, Sordet, Yann (dir.), Histoire et civilisation du livre XII : Mazarinades, nouvelles approches, Genève : Droz, 2016. 
Ichimaru, Tadako (éd.), L’Exploration des mazarinades/ マザリナード探求, Tokyo : Projet Mazarinades, 2021. 
Jouhaud, Christian, Mazarinades. La Fronde des mots, coll. « Historique », Paris : Aubier-Flammarion, [1985] 2009.
Labadie, Ernest, Nouveau supplément à la bibliographie des mazarinades, Paris : Henri Leclerc, 1904.
Lecestre, Léon, Les mazarinades : conférence faite à l’Institut Catholique de Paris le 3 mars 1913, Paris : Plon, 1913.
Moreau, Célestin, Bibliographie des mazarinades, t.1, A-F, Paris : Jules Renouard, 1850.
—, Bibliographie des mazarinades, t.2, G-Q, Paris : Jules Renouard, 1850.
—, Bibliographie des mazarinades, t.3, R-Z, Paris : Jules Renouard, 1851.
—, « Supplément à la bibliographie des mazarinades », in Bulletin du bibliophile et du bibliothécaire, Paris : J.Techener, 1862, p.786-829.
—, « Supplément à la bibliographie des mazarinades » in Bulletin du bibliophile et du bibliothécaire, Paris : Léon Techener fils, 1869. 
Socard, Émile, Supplément à la bibliographie des mazarinades, Paris : Menu, 1876.
Van der Haeghen, Philippe, « Notes biographiques sur les mazarinades », in Bulletin du bibliophile belge, Bruxelles : F.Heussner, librairie ancienne et moderne, 1859.
Walsh, James E., Mazarinades: a catalogue of the collection of 17th century civil war tracts in the Houghton Libraray Harvard University, Boston : G.K. Hall&Co, 1976.
 

La Dramaturgie du visible (1500–1800) - pour le 30 nov. 2023
Posted: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 11:31

La Dramaturgie du visible (1500–1800)

Scénographie, costumes et mouvement sur la scène de l’Époque moderne

Visual Dramaturgies (1500-1800).

Scenography, Costumes and Movement on Early Modern Stages

1-2-3 juillet 2024

Paris & Versailles

Centre de musique baroque de Versailles & Sorbonne Université (Théâtre Molière Sorbonne/Cellf)

Forgé par le chercheur Knut Ove Arntzen pour le théâtre post-moderne, le concept de « dramaturgie visuelle » se transpose utilement aux procédés visuels théâtraux de l’Époque moderne, période encadrée d'un côté, par l'émergence de nouvelles formes spectaculaires à la Renaissance, et par le bouleversement des réformes du XVIIIe siècle de l’autre. La peinture scénographique plaçait le public dans une atmosphère adaptée à l'intrigue, se renouvelant sans cesse par des changements à vue ; l’éclairage à la bougie pouvait renforcer l’intensité dramatique d’une scène ; les costumes permettaient quant à eux de dépeindre finement les caractères des protagonistes. En outre, le geste et le mouvement jouaient un rôle dramatique fondamental, en caractérisant les personnages, en définissant les relations qui se tissaient entre eux, en mettant en valeur leurs paroles et en colorant l’ambiance d'une scène. Loin de se réduire à une fonction d’ornement ou de simple divertissement, la danse pouvait marquer une étape indispensable de la narration et contribuer à la construction de tensions dramatiques. Ainsi, le dramaturge et le librettiste précisaient parfois des éléments visuels (décors, costumes ou attitudes) choisis plus pour leur potentiel dramatique que pour leur effet pittoresque, preuve que ceux-ci étaient considérés comme indissociables de l’écriture d’une pièce. C’est ce que Pierre Frantz a appelé avec justesse la dramaturgie du visible. Comme le suggèrent ces exemples, l’impact visuel théâtral découle de l’interaction subtile de matériaux et de corps animés, et l'étude de leur fabrication et de leurs techniques est donc essentielle à notre compréhension du théâtre du passé.

L'intérêt des chercheur.e.s pour les aspects visuels et matériels du théâtre de l’Époque moderne s'est accru au cours de la dernière décennie. En plus de l’histoire de la scénographie et de la danse, un nombre croissant de publications touchant aux costumes, à l'éclairage et à l'interprétation historique a émergé, comprenant des études plus techniques qui s'intéressent à leur production et à leur ré-activation sur la scène d’aujourd’hui (voir bibliographie ci-dessous).

Ce colloque vise à aborder ces questions de façon transdisciplinaire en réunissant chercheur.e.s et praticien.ne.s intéressé.e.s par les arts du spectacle en Occident (opéra, danse, théâtre) du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle, afin de partager leurs dernières recherches, de comparer les pratiques de différentes périodes, nations et formes théâtrales, de rechercher des convergences et peut-être même de démystifier certaines idées reçues sur ces aspects du théâtre.

Nous sollicitons des contributions, en anglais et en français, sous forme de communications avec ou sans démonstrations pratiques, qui mettent l'accent sur les aspects visuels du spectacle et leur relation à la dramaturgie et à la poétique. Les propositions peuvent aborder les sujets suivants, sans nécessairement s’y limiter :

  • Les interactions esthétiques, dramatiques et pratiques de la scénographie et de la machinerie ;
  • Les fonctions dramaturgiques, les effets poétiques et les solutions techniques de l’éclairage de scène ;
  • Les costumes, masques et les accessoires comme amplificateurs du mouvement scénique ou véhicules de l’identité des personnages ;
  • Le geste et la danse comme générateurs de sens et d'affects ;
  • La disposition des interprètes sur des scènes plus ou moins étroites, leurs placements et déplacements, pour créer des effets de foule ou des huis clos, pompeux ou intimistes ;
  • Les enjeux culturels du regard selon les époques : perception visuelle et symbolique des formes et des couleurs.

Veuillez nous transmettre un résumé de votre proposition (350 mots) ainsi qu’une courte biographie (150 mots) avant le 30 novembre 2023 sur CETTE PLATEFORME.

Organisation:

Petra Dotlačilová (Stockholm University, CESR-CMBV)
Mickaël Bouffard (Sorbonne Université/Théâtre Molière Sorbonne, CELLF)

Comité scientifique:

Renaud Bret-Vitoz (CELLF / Sorbonne Université)
Georges Forestier (CELLF / Sorbonne Université)
Rebecca Harris-Warrick (Cornell University)
Ulla Kallenbach (Bergen University)
Bénédicte Louvat (CELLF / Sorbonne Université)
Raphaël Masson (Château de Versailles)
Barbara Nestola (CMBV)
Martina Papiro (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis)
Françoise Rubellin (Université de Nantes)
Magnus Tessing Schneider (Aarhus University)
Hanna Walsdorf (Universität Basel)
Jed Wentz (Leiden University)

URL: https://cmbv.fr/fr/evenements/la-dramaturgie-du-visible-1500-1800

The term “visual dramaturgies” was coined by the scholar Knut Ove Arntzen as one of the concepts and methods of post-modern theatre. However, the visual aspect was already an integral part of theatrical narratives in the Early Modern era, from the emergence of new theatrical forms during the Renaissance to the disruptive reforms of the eighteenth century. Painted scenography put the audience in an atmosphere suitable to the plot and it changed accordingly, the candlelight could intensify the dramatic situation, and the costumes portrayed cleverly the protagonist’s nature. The movement and gestures played important dramatic roles, fashioning characters and weaving relations between them, enhancing their utterances, and setting the mood of a scene. Far from being reduced to ornament or simple entertainment, dance could be an essential part of the narrative, helping to build dramatic tension. Consequently, both playwright and librettist sometimes specified visual elements (sets, costumes or attitudes), chosen more for their dramatic potential than for their picturesque effect, proving that these elements were considered inseparable from the act of writing. This is what Pierre Frantz aptly calls the “dramaturgie du visible”. As these examples suggest, the visual effect in the theatre is always produced by subtle interplays of materials and bodies, therefore the study of their practical creation is crucial to our understanding of its history.

The interest of researchers in the visual – and material – aspects of Early modern theatre has increased in the last decade. In addition to the rather developed histories of scenography and dance, an increasing number of publications on the topic of costume, lighting and historical acting have appeared, including more technical studies interested in their production and re-production (see bibliography below).

The conference aims to support this trend from a transdisciplinary point of view and to reunite researchers and practitioners interested in Western performing arts (music theatre, dance, drama) of the period between the sixteenth and the eighteenth century in order to share the latest research, compare practices in various periods, countries and theatrical forms, search for convergences and perhaps even debunk some misconceptions about these aspects of theatre.

We invite contributions in English or in French in the form of papers with or without practical demonstrations, that focus on the visual aspects of the performance in relation to dramaturgy and poetics. The topics can include, but don’t need to be limited to the following:

  • The aesthetic, dramaturgical and practical interplays of scenography and machinery;
  • Dramatic functions, poetic effects and technical solutions of lighting on stage;
  • Costumes, masks and props as co-creators (together with author and actor) of the characters’ identity and as amplifiers of stage movements;
  • Gestures and dance as generators of meaning and affect;
  • The positioning of performers on more or less narrow stages, their placement and movements, to create crowd effects or closed-door settings, pompous or intimate;
  • The “period eye”: visual perception and symbolism of shapes and colours.

Please send your abstract submission (350 words) and a short bio (150 words) by 30 November 2023 through THIS FORM.

Contact: visualdramaturgies@gmail.com

Organisation:

Petra Dotlačilová (Stockholm University, CESR-CMBV)
Mickaël Bouffard (Sorbonne Université/Théâtre Molière Sorbonne, CELLF)

Comité scientifique

Renaud Bret-Vitoz (CELLF / Sorbonne Université)
Georges Forestier (CELLF / Sorbonne Université)
Rebecca Harris-Warrick (Cornell University)
Ulla Kallenbach (Bergen University)
Bénédicte Louvat (CELLF / Sorbonne Université)
Raphaël Masson (Château de Versailles)
Barbara Nestola (CMBV)
Martina Papiro (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis)
Françoise Rubellin (Université de Nantes)
Magnus Tessing Schneider (Aarhus University)
Hanna Walsdorf (Universität Basel)
Jed Wentz (Leiden University)

URL: https://cmbv.fr/fr/evenements/la-dramaturgie-du-visible-1500-1800

Society for Early Modern French Studies 46th Annual Conference, 24-26 June 2024, University of Exeter ‘Ways of Knowing’ « Modes de savoir »
Posted: Monday, October 9, 2023 - 17:58

The Society for Early Modern French Studies will hold its annual conference at the University of Exeter, 24-26 June 2024. Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers or alternative formats* on the topic of Ways of Knowing in Early Modern France.

 

This might include but is not limited to: practices of education; learned circles / communities; institutions and/of knowledge; methodologies; translation; forms and genres of knowledge; indigenous knowledge; bodily knowledge; gender and knowledge; knowledge and the self; history of disciplines; ways of not knowing or knowing imperfectly; mysticism and the occult.

 

*we welcome shorter papers of 10 minutes that relate to pedagogy or serve as a theoretical intervention or an informal workshop.

We shall offer, as usual, postgraduate facilitation bursaries from the Amy Wygant Fund. Details of this scheme will be sent separately.

Proposals for papers (250-300 words: please indicate the length / format of the paper) should be sent by 1 December 2023 to the Secretary, Emma Herdman (eh58@st-andrews.ac.uk). Please note that only current subscribing members of the Society may present a paper at the conference: http://www.semfs.org.uk/join/

Speakers are requested to provide translations from languages other than English or French. 

 

 

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Le colloque annuel de la Société d’étude de la première modernité française (SEMFS) se tiendra du 24 au 26 juin 2024 à l’université d’Exeter. Thème retenu : « Modes de savoir », conçu sous toutes ses formes, par exemple : les pratiques de l’éducation ; les communautés / cercles savants ; les institutions du savoir / de la science ; les méthodologies ; la traduction ; les formes et genres du savoir ; les savoirs indigènes ; la connaissance corporelle ; le savoir et le gender ; la connaissance de soi ; l’histoire des disciplines ; les moyens de ne pas savoir ou de savoir imparfaitement ; le mysticisme et l’occulte.

 

Nous proposerons aux doctorant.e.s, selon notre habitude, des bourses de facilitation provenant du fonds Amy Wygant. Ce programme fera l’objet d’une communication ultérieure de notre part.

 

Veuillez adresser, avant le 1 décembre 2023, une proposition de communication* (250-300 mots : veuillez indiquer la longueur / le format de votre communication) à la secrétaire de la Société, Emma Herdman (eh58@st-andrews.ac.uk).  Nous vous rappelons que seuls les sociétaires à jour de leur cotisation auront le droit d’intervenir lors du colloque : http://www.semfs.org.uk/join/

 

* nous invitons des propositions soit de communications traditionnelles de 20 minutes, soit d’interventions sous formes alternatives : une communication de 10 minutes ; une intervention théorique ou pédagogique ; un atelier informel.

 

Les intervenants sont priés de fournir une traduction de toute langue autre que l’anglais ou le français.

 

Dr Adam Horsley
Lecturer in French, University of Exeter 
Deputy Senior Tutor and Transition & Inductions Officer, Department of LCVS
Web and Publicity Officer, Society for Early Modern French Studies (SEMFS)
http://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/modernlanguages/staff/ahorsley/

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Renaissance Society of America - Gendered Genealogies of Power and Authority, 1300–1700
Posted: Monday, July 24, 2023 - 13:05

Medieval and early modern women were no stranger to positions of power, prestige, or authority: from philosophy, religion, and medical science to politics and civil life, examples of women who gained prominence in their respective field(s) pinpoint a significant counter-narrative to the male-centric outlook that was predominant for centuries. But how did these women achieve, maintain, and justify their positions within societies that, largely, still regarded them as subaltern to men?

Some thirty years ago, the philosophy group Diotima questioned the complicated genealogies of women’s political modalities, between power and authority (Oltre l’uguaglianza. Le radici femminili dell’autorità, 1995). While power (from Lat. potestas) implies a non-consensual dominion within unequal relationships, authority (from Lat. augēre) etymologically grows out of a shared relationship that does not suppress uneven differences. This panel welcomes submissions that interrogate genealogies of power and/or authority, in which late medieval and early modern women were able to excel and distinguish themselves, by delineating strategies—rhetorical or pragmatic—that were used to account for their exceptionality. From family ties and professional connections to ideal genealogies writ large, we welcome contributions that add new perspectives to the debate on the dialectic positioning of late medieval and early modern women in their societies.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
gender-biased tensions in political/professional/social spaces
construction of familial vs. authoritative genealogies
counter-narratives to canon formation
scientific and medical embodiments of power/ authority
literary and rhetorical strategies of power/authority
socio-economic power and/or authority
women mystics and authoritative spaces in religious life

Proposals should include a title (max. 15 words), paper abstract (max. 200 words), 1-2 page CV indicating PhD or other terminal degree completion date (past or expected). Please send proposals to Fabio Battista (University of Alabama, fbattista@ua.edu) and Matteo Pace (Connecticut College, mpace1@conncoll.edu) by July 31, 2023. 

Grants

Aide à l'édition – Société d'étude du XVIIe siècle

Posted 15 Apr 2021 - 20:15

La Société d’étude du XVIIe siècle propose chaque année une aide à l’édition.

Celle-ci concerne des ouvrages de toute discipline, en langue française, portant sur la période 1580-1720.

Trois ouvrages, dont au moins une thèse, peuvent être subventionnés chaque année. Une préférence sera accordée aux ouvrages signés par un seul auteur.

Le montant maximum de l’aide accordée est de deux mille euros par titre.

Les modalités de soumission du dossier sont disponibles sur le site de la Société d’étude du XVIIe siècle.

Délai de candidature : 30 juin 2021.

Responsable : 

Jean-Robert Armogathe

RSA 2021 Research Fellowships

Posted 13 Aug 2020 - 18:40

The Renaissance Society of America is pleased to announce that our 2021 Research Fellowships competition is now open. For the 2021 cycle, the RSA will award fellowships of $2,000 to scholars working in the field of Renaissance studies (1300–1700). Fellowships are made possible by donations and bequests from RSA members and by grants from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

We recognize that travel to archives and libraries will be difficult in the foreseeable future. To that end, we are defining a “short-term research fellowship” more broadly in 2021—to include expenses related to research that are not explicitly travel. These expenses might include (but are not limited to) copy-editing, access fees to online archives, digital images and permissions, and publication subventions. The deadline to apply is 15 September 2020.

A link to the application site and details about the application process, eligibility, residential fellowship (where available in the current cycle), non-residential fellowships, and publication subventions are available on the RSA Fellowships webpage: https://www.rsa.org/page/fellowships. To submit an application, you must be a current RSA member. If you are not a current member, please renew your membership before applying for a fellowship: https://www.rsa.org/Login.aspx.

Model proposals and statistics about previous fellowship cycles available on the RSA Fellowships webpage provide additional information about the application process.

Current and past Fellowships Chairs Surekha Davies and Christopher Carlsmith will host a webinar on the RSA Fellowships on Thursday, August 20th at 12pm EDT: https://www.rsa.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1410753 In the 60-minute session they’ll explain changes to the RSA’s fellowships program, share what the best proposals do, and answer questions from participants. A recording of the session will be available one week after the webinar.

During the past five years, the RSA has awarded fellowships to more than 100 scholars at all career stages, working on topics from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century in many different fields. A list of previous award winners is posted on the RSA website: https://www.rsa.org/page/RSAGrantwinnerslist

Best of luck to all applicants.

Surekha Davies, Research Fellowships Chair

 

 

MLA Bibliography Fellowships

Posted 14 Mar 2020 - 20:42

The MLA International Bibliography is accepting applications for three-year field-bibliography fellowships. MLA field bibliographers examine scholarly materials and submit bibliographic and indexing information for citations in the Bibliography. Open to all MLA members, including graduate students, the 2020 fellowships will run from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023.

Field bibliographers perform a valuable service for the profession and receive institutional recognition while deepening their knowledge of the field as well as their research skills. The MLA provides materials and training and waives registration fees for fellows attending training sessions at the MLA convention. On completion of the fellowship, fellows receive a $500 stipend and a certificate presented at the convention awards ceremony.

For more information and to submit an application, please visit: https://www.mla.org/Publications/MLA-International-Bibliography/About-the-MLA-International-Bibliography/MLA-Field-Bibliographers/MLA-Bibliography-Fellowships

Applications are due 1 April 2020.

Mellon Institute in French Paleography at the Newberry, July 2020

Posted 6 Feb 2020 - 13:16

The Newberry's Center for Renaissance Studies is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2020 Mellon Summer Institute in French Paleography, to be held at the Newberry from July 6 to July 31, 2020. The institute will be led by Marc Smith, École Nationale des Chartes, Paris.

This course will examine French manuscripts and archival materials from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century. The institute will provide a summary outline of the history of handwriting in France, followed by intensive training in reading from facsimiles, both in class and at home. Students will become familiar with the development of handwriting as well as further aspects of written communication in the late medieval and early modern period.

The institute will enroll 15 participants. First consideration will be given to advanced graduate students and junior faculty at U.S. colleges and universities, but applications are also accepted from advanced graduate students and junior faculty at Canadian institutions, from professional staff of U.S. and Canadian libraries and museums, and from qualified independent scholars. This graduate-level course is taught entirely in French; advanced language skills are required.

All successful applicants will receive a stipend, and non-local participants will receive additional funds to help defray the costs of travel, housing, and food. There are no fees associated with the institute.

For more information about the Institute and instructions for applying, visit the Institute calendar page here: https://www.newberry.org/07062020-2020-mellon-summer-institute-french-pa...

The application deadline is Monday, March 2, 2020.

Short-term Visiting Scholar Research Grant French, Political Economy, Stanford Libraries

Posted 30 Jan 2020 - 14:50

Stanford University Libraries is accepting applications for a short-term research fellowship for scholars wishing to use the Gustave Gimon Collection on French Political Economy, held in the Libraries' Special Collections department. The Libraries annually awards stipends of $3000-$5000 (depending on the length of visit, expected to last from 2 to 4 weeks) in support of research in the collections. The funds can be used to defray the costs for travel, lodging, food, and other expenses associated with the recipient's research trip. This fellowship program is funded by a grant from the Flora Family Foundation.

The current application deadline is March 15, 2020. The fellowship can be used September 2020 to August 2021. The scholar should plan on visiting while the university is in session so that he or she can meet with Stanford faculty and students.

Scholars working on serious projects about French political economy may apply, including advanced graduate students at the dissertation phase of their study. Selection criteria include the relevance of Gimon Collection to the candidate's project, the contribution that the finished work will make to our understanding of French political economy, and the applicant's qualifications. The library encourages potential applicants to contact the curator, Sarah Sussman, for more information about the scope and contents of the collection.

There is no application form. Interested researchers are encouraged to send in a detailed project proposal of no more than 1000 words clearly stating why materials in the Gimon Collection are essential to carrying out the research project, two letters of recommendation from scholars in the field, and a CV.

Proposals are to be sent by April 1, 2020 to the curator Sarah Sussman ssussman@stanford.edu

About the Gimon Collection on French Political Economy

The Gustave Gimon Collection on French Political Economy contains approximately 1000 titles that concentrate broadly on the evolution of French economics and politics from the late sixteenth to the mid nineteenth century. Because the Gimon Collection embodies a broad definition of political economy and because its materials span the three centuries from 1550-1850, scholars working in fields as varied as History, Literature, Art History, Economics, and Philosophy are invited to apply for an opportunity to work in the collection. The collection is particularly strong in material from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Topics of focus include Physiocracy, nineteenth century utopian thought (Saint-Simonianism and Fourierism), workers' rights, and how economic, social, and political thought was applied to issues as varied as religious freedom, political sovereignty, taxation and trade policies, colonial issues, agriculture, and transportation. The scholar will also be able to use other materials held in Stanford Libraries, which contain rich holdings of French historical works. 

Bibliography of the Collection 

For more information about Stanford University Libraries:  http://library.stanford.edu/

For more information contact: Sarah Sussman ssussman@stanford.edu  650-723-9481

Jobs

Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies (pre-1900) at Middlebury College
Posted 22 Sep 2022 - 16:55

Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies, Middlebury College, MIDDLEBURY, VT -- The Lois '51 and J. Harvey Watson Department of French and Francophone Studies invites applicants for a full-time tenure track position in the field of pre-1900 literature and culture beginning fall 2023. The successful candidate's research and teaching should situate French and Francophone culture in a transnational framework and address colonization. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in digital humanities and visual culture. Candidates with a focus on ecocriticism or gender studies are also encouraged to apply. Ideal candidates will be interested in working in a collaborative environment in a small liberal arts college setting. Applicants must have native or near native command of French (this includes all its varieties: European, Caribbean, North American, African, etc.) and should have completed all Ph.D. requirements by August 2023. Candidates must show evidence and/or promise of excellence in teaching students from diverse backgrounds and have an active research agenda. We are seeking outstanding teachers with demonstrated experience in teaching French language at all levels in an immersive environment. The successful candidate will be expected to teach elementary and intermediate language courses, as well as upper-level content-oriented courses, and contribute regularly to the college-wide curriculum, including the first-year seminar program and winter term curriculum. Ability to teach in English and interest in cross-departmental collaboration in Middlebury's Black Studies Program is also highly desirable.

Middlebury College is a top-tier liberal arts college with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in faculty teaching and research and where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The College is committed to hiring a diverse faculty as we work to foster innovation in our curriculum and to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body.To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Middlebury College uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Email and paper applications will not be accepted. At Middlebury, we strive to make our campus a respectful, engaged community that embraces difference, with the all the complexity and individuality each person brings. With your application materials provide a separate, one-page statement on inclusion that addresses how your teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and/or community service demonstrate a commitment to and/or evidence of engaging with issues of diversity and inclusion. Through Interfolio submit: a letter of application addressed to Julien Weber the search committee chair; a curriculum vitae; undergraduate and graduate transcripts; a statement of teaching and research plans; and three current letters of recommendation, at least two of which must speak to teaching ability/promise. More information is available at http://apply.interfolio.com/108113 and https://www.middlebury.edu/college/academics/french. The application deadline is November 1st, 2022.
Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information on our background check policy can be found here: http://go.middlebury.edu/backgroundchecks

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Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged.

Assistant Professor in French and Francophone Studies at the University of Notre Dame
Posted 22 Sep 2022 - 16:53

Assistant Professor in French and Francophone Studies

http://romancelanguages.nd.edu/

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor in any period or field of French and Francophone literature and culture to begin August 2023. The successful candidate will demonstrate scholarly excellence as evidenced by a strong publication record, and a commitment to both graduate and undergraduate teaching. Research and teaching in the program in French and Francophone Studies at Notre Dame range from the Middle Ages to the present and colleagues are expected to contribute across the curriculum.

Notre Dame offers highly competitive salary and benefits, generous research support, and excellent opportunities for professional development. Please submit the following documents: a letter of application, CV, representative publication or writing sample (approximately 20 pages), teaching dossier and/or teaching evaluations, and three letters of recommendation by October 14, 2022 to this link:http://apply.interfolio.com/111585

Qualifications:
The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor in any period or field of French and Francophone literature and culture to begin August 2023. The successful candidate will demonstrate scholarly excellence as evidenced by a strong publication record, and a commitment to both graduate and undergraduate teaching. Research and teaching in the program in French and Francophone Studies at Notre Dame range from the Middle Ages to the present and colleagues are expected to contribute across the curriculum.

To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/111585

This appointment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Applicants will be asked to identify all felony convictions and/or pending felony charges. Felony convictions do not automatically bar an individual from employment. Each case will be examined separately to determine the appropriateness of employment in the particular position. Failure to be forthcoming or dishonesty with respect to felony disclosures can result in the disqualification of a candidate. The full procedure can be viewed at https://facultyhandbook.nd.edu/?id=link-73597.

Equal Opportunity Employment Statement
The University of Notre Dame seeks to attract, develop, and retain the highest quality faculty, staff and administration. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace. We strongly encourage applications from female and minority candidates and those candidates attracted to a university with a Catholic identity. Moreover, Notre Dame prohibits discrimination against veterans or disabled qualified individuals, and requires affirmative action by covered contractors to employ and advance veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a).

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The University of Notre Dame, an international Catholic research university, is an equal opportunity employer.

Assistant Professor of French at St. Olaf College
Posted 22 Sep 2022 - 16:51

The Department of Romance Languages at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in French at the level of Assistant Professor. The position offers to a candidate committed to undergraduate liberal arts education the opportunity to teach in a content-based curriculum enhanced by a January term abroad, a languages-across-the-curriculum program, and interdisciplinary studies. Teaching responsibilities include all levels of French language and major-level courses in the literatures and cultures of the French-speaking world. We seek candidates with expertise in pre-1900 literatures and cultures. We are particularly interested in candidates who focus on France in its global context, with approaches such as critical race studies, gender studies, Atlantic or Mediterranean studies, and visual culture.

Qualifications:

Demonstrated experience with second language acquisition (SLA) enhanced by innovative uses of new technologies is required. The person hired is expected to pursue high quality scholarly activity and contribute to the life of the department and the college.

Required qualifications: Ph.D. in French completed by September 1, 2023; native or near-native fluency in French; evidence or clear promise of scholarship and potential for excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level; commitment to equity and inclusion; interest in teaching off-campus courses.

About the Department:

French at St. Olaf is a dynamic program focused on content-based learning and French as a global language at all levels. This commitment is evident in faculty members' involvement in study abroad and interdisciplinary student research. Many of our courses center non-European Francophone voices and issues of race and gender. For more information about the department, visit https://wp.stolaf.edu/french/.

Diversity:

At St. Olaf, we are committed to equity and inclusion. We strive to be a campus of welcome where students, faculty, and staff thrive by bringing their full humanity—gender identity, sexuality, race, ethnicity, national origin, socioeconomic class, disability, religion, spirituality, and age—to the Hill each day. Our goal is to generate conversations and processes that over time create greater clarity, transparency, trust, cooperation, consensus, respect, and measurable outcomes. Practices that support this goal include listening, cultivating a growth mindset, respecting those with different views, being informed by data, and understanding that the work is ongoing, collaborative, organic, and ever evolving. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategic Plan to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts.

How to Apply:

A complete application includes:
1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Diversity statement (200-500 word limit)
4. Statement of teaching philosophy: Describe your conception of teaching and learning and how your approach is exemplified in the classroom, in other contact with students, and in curricular considerations. (1000 word limit)
5. Statement of research and interest: Describe your current and anticipated research program including the potential for undergraduate involvement and publication. (1000 word limit)
6. The contact information for three professional references who can speak to your abilities in teaching and scholarship (St. Olaf solicits letters directly after an initial round of screening.)

Review of applications will begin on November 4, 2022, and will continue until the position is filled. Applications received by that date will receive fullest consideration. Finalist interviews are expected in February 2023.

Questions about the position, department, or College may be directed to Maria Vendetti, Search Committee Chair, at tt2023french@stolaf.edu.

Who We Are:

Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff employees. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.

The college offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee's health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee's children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.

St. Olaf College requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (medical and religious exemptions may apply). To be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, you need to have received the COVID-19 vaccination dose(s), plus a COVID-19 booster shot before your start date, or within two weeks of eligibility for a booster.

A link to our DEI page: https://wp.stolaf.edu/equity-inclusion/

A virtual campus tour: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483

An overview of Northfield: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/

An overview of the Twin Cities: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/

For Staff Application Assistance:
employment@stolaf.edu
507-786-3068

For Faculty Application Assistance:
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Title IX Contact Information:
Kari Hohn, Director of Title IX and Equal Opportunity
1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Tomson Hall 144
Northfield, MN 55057
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khohn@stolaf.edu

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A liberal arts college affiliated with the Lutheran Church (ELCA), St. Olaf College is an equal opportunity and voluntary affirmative action employer and actively seeks diversity in its students, faculty and staff.

We are especially interested in candidates who will support and further the mission of our diverse community. The College is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our community.

With regard to its hiring and employment practices, the College prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment based upon an individual’s legally protected status including race, color, creed, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance.

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Tenure-Track Professor of French in the 17th and 18th Centuries at Harvard University
Posted 22 Sep 2022 - 16:46

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures seeks to appoint a tenure-track professor of French in the 17th and 18th centuries. The successful candidate will have knowledge of French literature, philosophy and culture in a period extending from the Grand Siècle to the aftermath of the French Revolution. Candidates should also have a capacious view of the culture of this period that extends beyond the traditional canon. We especially seek candidates who have command of contemporary theories and expertise in other fields.

Basic Qualifications

The Department will consider candidates with a PhD from disciplines other than French Studies, but fluency in French required. Doctorate required by the time the appointment begins on July 1, 2023. The tenure-track professor will be responsible for teaching four courses a year at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Demonstrated strong commitment to advising is crucial.

Special Instructions

Please submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal (https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/11584). Applications must be submitted no later than October 21, 2022, 23h59 EDT.

1. Cover letter

2. Curriculum Vitae

3. Teaching/advising statement (describing teaching philosophy and practices)

4. Research statement

5. Statement describing efforts to encourage diversity, inclusion, and belonging, including past, current, and anticipated future contributions in these areas.

6. Names and contact information of 3-5 referees, who will be asked by a system-generated email to upload a letter of recommendation once the candidate's application has been submitted. Three letters of recommendation are required, and the application is considered complete only when at least three letters have been received. At least one letter must come from someone who has not served as the candidate's undergraduate thesis advisor, chair of the dissertation committee, or primary advisor in a postdoctoral fellowship. Letters are due by November 1, 2022, 23h59 EDT.

7. Publications or copies of creative works, if applicable.

Contact Information

Tom Conley, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University. Email: Jaronica Fuller, Department Administrator, jcfuller@fas.harvard.edu

Contact Email: jcfuller@fas.harvard.edu

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.

Minimum Number of References Required: 3

Maximum Number of References Allowed: 5

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Assistant Professor of French (pre-1800) at Vassar College
Posted 22 Sep 2022 - 16:45

The Department of French and Francophone Studies at Vassar College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning Fall 2023.

We are seeking candidates who specialize in periods prior to the nineteenth century, with a preferred emphasis on performance studies; other subfields will also be considered. The successful candidate will teach French language courses at all levels as well as courses in pre-1800 French and Francophone literature and culture. Excellence in teaching language, literature, and culture courses at all levels in a liberal-arts environment is essential and must be clearly illustrated in the candidate's materials. Candidates must possess native or near-native fluency in French. Vassar College values individuals with experience in developing and implementing an inclusive curriculum as well as previous success or demonstrated interest in working with a diverse population of students. In addition to contributing to the departmental curriculum, this position will include teaching in English in one or more multidisciplinary programs on campus, such as Environmental Studies, Medieval/Renaissance Studies, Africana Studies, or Migration and Displacement Studies, as well as the possibility of teaching a First-Year Writing Seminar (in English) and directing our program in Paris. The teaching load in the first year is four courses followed by four courses annually and an intensely mentored experience in subsequent years. Candidates must also demonstrate a record of scholarship and a promising research agenda; individuals with a scholarly interest in areas related to diversity are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates must have a PhD in hand by June 2023.

How to Apply
Candidates should submit:

A letter of application

CV

Graduate school transcript (an unofficial copy is acceptable for initial application)

Personal statement

Diversity statement

Teaching statement with sample lesson plan

Three letters of recommendation

To apply, please visit https://employment.vassar.edu/postings/2807 to link to the posting for this position. For inquiries, email ffsjob@vassar.edu. Applications received by October 14, 2022 will receive full consideration. There is no guarantee that applications received after this date will be reviewed.

Special Instructions to Applicants

To Apply
All applicants must apply online at: https://employment.vassar.edu/postings/2825.

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Vassar College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community. Applications from members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

Scholarships Available

Franco-American Summer School on the History of Early Modern France
Posted: 8 Jan 2019 - 17:15

Applications are now being accepted for the first annual Franco-American Summer School on the History of Early Modern France, which will be held at Princeton University from July 14 to July 21, 2019.

The Summer School aims to bring together roughly ten graduate students from North American and French universities working in the area of early modern French history (1500-1800) for an intensive week of reading and discussion, under the direction of David Bell (Princeton), Rafe Blaufarb (Florida State), and Clyde Plumauzille (Sorbonne-CNRS). Students will spend the week discussing both classic and recent works on the period, and examining key notions such as “Enlightenment,” “revolution” and “modernity.” Students will also have the chance to present their own research. While students from all years of doctoral programs are welcome, we especially encourage applications from first, second and third year students.

While students will be expected to apply to their home universities for support, the Summer School will cover all expenses (lodging, food, domestic travel for North American participants, international travel for French participants) that the home universities cannot. Housing will be available at the university.

Participants will receive a packet of readings during the spring, and will be expected to have completed these readings by the start of the Summer School. 

Applicants should be currently enrolled in doctoral programs in early modern French history, and should have fluent reading ability in both French and English. They should submit a one-page statement of interest and a current c.v. to dabell@princeton.edu. They should also ask their advisor to send a letter of recommendation to the same e-mail address. The deadline for application is February 15, 2019.

 

 

La première édition de l’école d’été franco-américaine consacrée à l’Histoire de la France moderne accepte dès à présent les candidatures. Elle se tiendra à l’Université de Princeton du 14 au 21 juillet 2019.

Cette école d’été souhaite réunir une dizaine de doctorants et de doctorantes, issus d’universités nord-américaines et françaises et dont les recherches portent sur l’histoire moderne de la France (1500-1800), pour une semaine de lectures et de discussions intensives animée par David Bell (Princeton), Rafe Blaufarb (Florida State) et Clyde Plumauzille (Sorbonne-CNRS).

Les doctorants seront amenés à discuter des travaux de référence sur leur période, des ouvrages classiques aux plus récents, ils pourront questionner les principaux concepts de cette littérature à travers des notions telles que « Lumières », « Révolution » ou encore « Modernité », enfin, ils auront l’opportunité de présenter leurs projets de recherche et d’échanger sur ces derniers. Toutes les candidatures de doctorants sont acceptées, mais nous encourageons particulièrement celles des doctorants de 1re, 2e et 3e année.

Il est attendu des doctorants qu’ils fassent les demandes nécessaires auprès de leur université pour obtenir un financement. Ceci dit, l’école d’été couvrira toutes les dépenses restantes que les universités ne pourront pas assurer (logement, nourriture, transport, y compris transport international pour les participants français). L’hébergement sera assuré à l’université de Princeton.

Les doctorants sélectionnés recevront un dossier de lectures au cours du printemps qu’ils devront avoir lu d’ici le 14 juillet.

Les candidats doivent être inscrits en thèse, en histoire moderne de la France. Ils doivent pouvoir lire couramment le français et l’anglais. Leur dossier de candidature doit comprendre une lettre de motivation d’une page et un curriculum vitae à adresser à dabell@princeton.edu. Ils doivent également solliciter une lettre de recommandation de leurs directeurs et de leurs directrices de thèses à soumettre à la même adresse. La date limite de soumission est le 15 février 2019.

Bourse(s) Centre de recherche du château de Versailles (jeunes chercheurs, y compris étrangers)
Posted: 31 Aug 2018 - 15:49

Comme l’an dernier, le Centre de recherche du château de Versailles se propose d’octroyer une ou plusieurs bourses de recherche d’un montant de 7500 euros. Les candidatures sont à adresser avant le 30 septembre 2018. Toutes les informations sont disponible ici : http://chateauversailles-recherche.fr/francais/recherche/aides-a-la-recherche/bourses-de-recherche.html

 
Call for applications, international doctoral workshop: What Place for Minorities: Spaces, Norms, and Representations (Europe and Mediterranean, 14th–19th centuries)
Posted: 14 Mar 2018 - 17:34

Rome, École française de Rome, 11–15 June 2018

At a time when Europe is constantly confronting the question of what place can and should be made for extremely diverse minorities (national, ethnic, religious, longstanding or newly arrived, etc.), it seems necessary to reflect critically today on the place of minorities over the long term. That means, first, a critical reflection on the concept of “minority”, too commonly accepted without examination. That concept will be at the heart of this five-day workshop, which will examine the place of minorities in different spaces and times.

Of course, one single term cannot apply in the same way across a broad range of realities and experiences, depending on whether one considers medieval societies, often thought of (even at the time) as organic and homogeneous, or modern societies, considered more open and at least more diverse. We must also consider the differences between (pre- )national spaces, subject to a strong unifying design, and other political spaces, which we can provisionally define as imperial, more likely to be able to cope with diversity, or know how to organise it.

The “place” of minorities will be considered first in a literal and therefore spatial sense (the minorities are “present”: where, in which places, in which neighbourhoods or regions, in which relations with the majority and/or the other minorities?). But the workshop will also examine their place in the intellectual system, whether legal, theological, cultural or political, in order to understand better what made it possible for a minority to be present in any given society and what did or did not constitute a minority in that context. We will reflect on the settlement strategies and relations between the minorities and the often hostile majorities that have accepted them, and on the complexity of the phenomena of inclusion/exclusion and tolerance/discrimination.

The geographical area covered, Europe and the Mediterranean, is to be understood in the broadest sense, from the West to the Slavic, Balkan and Arab-Muslim worlds. Candidates should consider openness, connection and comparison in the presentation of their research. All applicants are encouraged to propose research that benefits of this comparative approach and of the opportunity to broaden their perspectives by adopting an interdisciplinary method.

The doctoral workshop will begin on Monday, 11 June 2018 at 5:00pm with an inaugural conference by Professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Collège de France-UCLA). The following days (12–15 June) will feature lessons with instructors from the working group, seminars focused on the PhD students’ presentations, in-depth discussions and a series of workshop visits (archives, museums and neighbourhoods of Rome). Conferences, presentations and discussions will be held in either Italian, French or English.

The École Française de Rome is providing 12 scholarships for PhD students of any nationality and university working on the central topics of the workshop. The scholarships will cover the costs of staying in Rome exclusively (accommodation, food and use of the residence’s community kitchen); individual participants are responsible for travel expenses. Applications should be sent by email no later than 31 March 2018 to Ms. Grazia Perrino: secrma@efrome.it. The application must include:

  • an application letter
  • a short cv, including the applicant’s language skills and a list of publications
  • a summary of the applicant’s doctoral project (two pages, 6,000 characters, maximum)
  • a cover letter

Candidates from universities unable to cover travel expenses with their funding are urged to advise us of the problem in a further letter and to provide a documented estimate of expected costs. The Scientific Committee will select applicants based on the presented projects. Selected candidates will be informed of the scholarship decision by 15 April 2018 and will then send a basic text of 10 pages (30,000 characters) in one of the working languages (French, Italian or English) by 15 May 2018.

Each project will be introduced prior to the general discussion by another doctoral student, designated by the Scientific Committee. The best papers will be recommended for publication in the Mélanges de l’École Française de Rome (http://journals.openedition.org/mefrm). Candidates accepted to the seminar are required to participate in all the scheduled initiatives.

Organization and Scientific Committee: Serena Di Nepi (Sapienza Università di Roma), Fabrice Jesné (École française de Rome), Pierre Savy (École française de Rome). Inaugural Conference Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Collège de France-UCLA). Speakers Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby (Ben-Gurion University), Serena Di Nepi (Sapienza Università di Roma), Mathieu Grenet (Institut national universitaire Jean-François Champollion-Albi), Fabrice Jesné (École française de Rome), Pierre Savy (École française de Rome), Claire Soussen-Max (Université de Cergy-Pontoise).

Contact: École française de Rome Pierre Savy, directeur des études (Moyen Âge), dirma@efrome.it Grazia Perrino, assistante scientifique de la section Moyen Âge, secrma@efrome.it

Piazza Farnese, 67 I – 00186 Roma Tel. (+39) 06 68 60 12 48

Source: RSA

 

Malcolm Bowie Prize 2017
Posted: 13 Dec 2017 - 00:31

The Society for French Studies is now accepting entries for the 2017 Malcolm Bowie Prize. Eligibility conditions and details of how to apply may be found below, as well as at the Society’s website (www.sfs.ac.uk). 

 

Society for French Studies: Malcolm Bowie Prize 2017

 

Malcolm Bowie, who died in January 2007, was not only the most eminent and inspirational Anglophone scholar of French literature and theory of his generation; he was a towering figure in the field because of his tireless devotion to the scholarly community both in the UK and abroad. His service to the Society for French Studies is exemplary in this respect: he was President of the Society (1994-96), as well as General Editor of French Studies (1980-87). In his honour, a prize will be awarded for the best article published in the preceding year by an early-career researcher in the broader discipline of French Studies.

 

The award includes:

*  a cash prize of £1000; 

*  expenses-paid travel to the next annual conference of the Society for French Studies;

*  mention in the French Studies Bulletin and on the Society for French Studies website.   

 

Conditions of entry 

 

The Society invites nominations of articles published in 2017 from editors of learned journals, editors or publishers of collected volumes, and heads of university departments. Authors may not self-nominate (though they may ask editors, publishers, or university departments to consider nominating them). To be eligible for nomination, authors must be within five years of obtaining their PhD when their article is published (in this instance anyone who received his or her PhD in or after 2012 but before the end of 2017). In addition, they must either have been registered for their PhD or worked since then in a Department of French/Modern Languages, or equivalent. Articles may be published anywhere in the world, but must be written in French or English.  

 

Nominations should be submitted by email to Professor Judith Still (judith.still@nottingham.ac.uk), together with a statement which includes full publication details of the article concerned and an indication of how the candidate satisfies the two criteria for eligibility specified above. Nominations should be accompanied by a PDF file of the article as it appears in print. Nominations not accompanied by a PDF file will not be valid.  

 

The deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2017 Prize (including the article itself) is 27 January 2018. Entries may be submitted immediately.

LAURENCE WYLIE PRIZE IN FRENCH CULTURAL STUDIES
Posted: 30 Nov 2017 - 10:34

Created in 1995 to honor the memory of Laurence Wylie, Professor of French Civilization at Harvard University, the Laurence Wylie Prize in French Cultural Studies is awarded every second year to the best book in French cultural or social studies. Since 2017, the Prize has been administered by the faculty of NYU’s Institute of French Studies.

 

This year, nominated books must have been published in 2016 or 2017. Eligibility:

 

·       Nominated books must be scholarly essays dealing with French society or culture concerning any historical period. France is conceived in broad geographic terms, including the Caribbean, Africa, the Maghreb, the Indian Ocean, South and Southeast Asia, etc. 

·       Books may be written in English or French, and book authors may be of any nationality, but the author must reside in North America.

 

·       While fiction and literary criticism are excluded, nominated books may combine literature with other disciplines.

 

·       Authors at any stage of their career may submit books. All things being equal, however, the Prize Committee will give preference to an author’s first significant book.

 

·       Essay or source collections, reeditions, etc. are not eligible.

 

The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2018. The prize will be announced in the spring of 2018 and awarded at NYU the following fall. Presses may submit more than one book. For further inquiries, please contact the committee chair, Stéphane Gerson (stephane.gerson@nyu.edu). 

 

 

The 2014-2015 Wylie Prize was awarded to Charly Coleman (History, Columbia) for his book The Virtues of Abandon: An Anti-Individualist History of the French Enlightenment (Stanford, 2014).

 

Please send a copy of each nominated book to the members of the Prize Committee by January 31, 2018 (total of four copies): 

 

Charly Coleman

Institute for Advanced Study 

1 Einstein Drive

Princeton, NJ  08540

 

Tom Conley

Faculty Dean, Kirkland House

Harvard University

85 Dunster Street

Cambridge, MA 02138

 

Stéphane Gerson 

Director, Institute of French Studies

NYU

15 Washington Mews

New York, NY 10003

 

Camille Robcis

Director of French Studies

Cornell University

McGraw Hall 450

Ithaca, NY 14853

New Publications

Charles du Bos, un homme sans oeuvre ? (Louis Pailloux)
Posted: 7 Mar 2024 - 11:36

Louis Pailloux, Charles du Bos, un homme sans oeuvre ?, Paris, H. Champion, 2024.

Ultime porte-voix d’un humanisme européen polyglotte autant qu’intensément cosmopolite, Charles Du Bos (1882-1939) a produit une « œuvre », très partiellement publiée, qui prend le parti de la mémoire longue et sans tapages de la transmission contre tout présentisme et tout formalisme. Une éthique de la responsabilité en acte l’emporte chez lui sur les jeux de l’esthétique pure. Cet ouvrage s’efforce de déterminer, d’une part, ce qu’a été « l’œuvre » dubosienne dans sa totalité problématique et, d’autre part, quel homme aura été ce Charles Du Bos, aussi profond que difficile et méconnu, qui attend posthumément (c’était là un pari dubosien) que nous lui conférions une véritable existence.

Plus d'informations ici.

Rousseau studies 8, "Rousseau : la force"
Posted: 7 Mar 2024 - 11:31

Rousseau studies, "Rousseau : la force", n°8, déc. 2023.

Qui s’aventure dans les écrits de Rousseau a tôt fait de lire ses développements sur la force qui ne fait pas droit et sur l’injonction du Contrat social concernant le citoyen qu’on « forcera à être libre ». Il peut alors se contenter de dévider les banalités que lui offre la pensée dominante ou aller plus loin. Il lira peut-être cette appréciation de Rousseau valable de tout temps : « Quand on a la force en main, et qu’on ne veut pas être juste, on laisse dire et l’on va son train », ou bien cette explication qui clarifie la situation : « J’appelle tyran l’usurpateur de l’autorité royale, et despote l’usurpateur du pouvoir souverain. Le tyran est celui qui s’ingère contre les lois à gouverner selon les lois ; le despote est celui qui se met au-dessus des lois-mêmes. Ainsi le tyran peut n’être pas despote, mais le despote est toujours tyran », avec laquelle il pourra faire quelque prolongement contemporain. Le thème de la force dans la pensée de Rousseau a cependant été peu traité et il a peu de chance d’être inscrit dans un colloque au moment où les nations du monde entier nous menacent d’offensive nucléaire. Le thème est pourtant important et sous-jacent en de nombreuses pages de Rousseau, qu’il soit à l’origine de sa réflexion sur l’inégalité de condition de l’homme moderne, ou dans son idéal de société régénérée selon le modèle spartiate. Le goût du philosophe pour la solitude et la rêverie est aussi un moyen de se garantir des hommes et de leur oppression, ressentie toute sa vie et concrétisée par les condamnations prononcées par plusieurs États contre lui. Rousseau n’a pas cédé et a donné aux générations futures ce « lait des forts » dont Nerval a parlé dans Les filles du feu. Il ne nous reste qu’à en retrouver le goût. Facile à dire, pas facile à faire.

Plus d'informations ici.

Le Fer ou le Feu. Penser la douleur après Descartes (Raphaële Andrault)
Posted: 7 Mar 2024 - 11:25

Raphaële Andrault, Le Fer ou le Feu. Penser la douleur après Descartes, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2024.

Fondé sur un vaste ensemble de textes du xviie siècle, cet ouvrage s’attache à un moment important et méconnu dans l’histoire de la douleur. Il renouvelle l’analyse du « dualisme cartésien » et contribue à la réflexion contemporaine sur la nature de notre sensibilité et de nos émotions.

Plus d'informations ici

Dans la fabrique des contes de Perrault (Pierre-Emmanuel Moog)
Posted: 7 Mar 2024 - 11:18

Pierre-Emmanuel Moog, Dans la fabrique des contes de Perrault, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2024.

Les contes de Perrault comportent peu de surnaturel mais sont parsemés d’invraisemblances apparentes. Cet essai prête attention aux moindres anomalies stylistiques et narratives, en prenant en compte les mœurs du temps, pour mieux dégager les procédés de fabrication des contes et certains de leurs enjeux.

Plus d'informations ici

 

Angélique Arnaud, Œuvres complètes. Tome II. Relation autobiographique, entretiens et textes divers - éd. Carr (Thomas M.), Lesaulnier (Jean), Pouge-Bellais (Françoise), Volongo (Anne-Claire)
Posted: 7 Mar 2024 - 11:13

Angélique Arnaud, Œuvres complètes. Tome II. Relation autobiographique, entretiens et textes divers - éd. Carr (Thomas M.), Lesaulnier (Jean), Pouge-Bellais (Françoise), Volongo (Anne-Claire), Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2023.

Plus d'informations ici

Conferences and Colloquia

Digital Conference by C. Schuwey — Digital Interfaces and the Politics of Literature
Posted: 12 Mar 2023 - 18:59

Christophe Schuwey, Université de Bretagne Sud, will discuss the contributions of digital humanities to literature, taking French seventeenth-century literature as a case study. He will do so by articulating this question with the issue of “literature”: how the very idea of literature, “text,” “canon” shaped, and continue to shape the way digital humanities are seen and done. He will argue that digital humanities are a way out for literary studies, a chance to ask critical new questions and to challenge notions of "work" and internal, textual interpretations. 

Join online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prof-christophe-schuwey-digital-interfaces-the-politics-of-li...

A pen of one’s own:  The legacy of Women Letter-Writers in 17th-century France (2 March 2023)
Posted: 31 Jan 2023 - 12:55

Please join us for the fourth event of University College Dublin's 2022-2023 Crossing Cultures UCD@SLCL Seminar Series:                                                                                                                                                

A pen of one’s own: The legacy of Women Letter-Writers in 17th-century France

2 March 2023 @ 6:00 pm GMT/1:00 pm EST

Zoom link: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/65261392555?pwd=eUpGWVNQOU82WDA0SU1kd3J3OWcwQT09

featuring

Dr. Nathalie Freidel (Wilfrid Laurier University) 

and

Emma Gauthier-Mamaril (Université de Montréal)

followed by a Q &A conversation moderated by Dr. Janée Allsman (University College Dublin)

This event is free and open to all. The event will be conducted primarily in English, with interventions in French also welcome.

Dr. Freidel will discuss her recent book, Le Temps des “écriveuses". L'œuvre pionnière des épistolières au XVIIe siècle, which explores how through letter-writing, seventeenth-century women gained access to and influenced the cultural and literary scene that they were excluded from. It also examines how and to what ends these écriveuses constructed and extended their communication networks of family, friends, and wider circles of sociability.

Emma Gauthier-Mamaril and Dr. Freidel will also demonstrate their SSHRC-funded Épistolières-17 database of 17th-century women letter writers and answer questions about this exciting ongoing project.

Organised by: Janée Allsman, Katherine Calvert, Sara Delmedico,

Serena Laiena, Laëtitia Saint-Loubert, and Valeria Taddei

With special thanks to: The Irish Research Council, Marsh's Library, and University College Dublin's School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

Derval Conroy Seminar on Le Moyne's La Gallerie de femmes fortes (7 December - on Zoom)
Posted: 29 Nov 2022 - 11:59

Dr Williams’s Trust & Library, London

Assoc. Professor Derval Conroy (University College Dublin:  School of Languages, Culture and Linguistics)

Changing places: paratexts and gender in translations of Le Moyne's

“La Gallerie de Femmes Fortes” (1647)

 

DATE:   Wednesday 7th December 2022     TIME:   5.30 pm - 7.00 pm GMT

By ZOOM:   Meeting ID:   853 5419 0446   Pass: 377656

For further information contact: daniel.rafiqi@kcl.ac.uk

This seminar is one of a forthcoming occasional series highlighting the riches and diversity of collections held by the Dr Williams’s Trust in London. The Trust’s sizable early modern French print holdings, numbering over 1000 texts, covers a range of topics including prose literature, rhetoric and travel writing.

The focus of this evening’s talk will be on themes of gender and power, a field well represented in the collections.   The Dr Williams’s collections contain funeral sermons written for aristocratic women, panegyrics and works concerned with modelling female virtue. 

The author of Ruling Women, Vol 1 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), Prof Conroy’s talk will focus on Pierre Le Moyne’s La Gallerie de femmes fortes (1647), particularly on the translation of paratextual elements in the text in the Spanish language edition of Le Moyne’s text.   In addition to the broad themes of gender and power, she will touch upon the history of printing as well as the theorisation of paratexts, text and images. 

 

Mary Queen of Scots from Le Moyne: La Gallerie… (Coll. Dr Williams’s Trust)

Revendications des gens de théâtre (interprètes et techniciens) jeudi 20 octobre
Posted: 3 Oct 2022 - 14:42

Journée d'études
Revendications des gens de théâtre (interprètes et techniciens)

jeudi 20 octobre de 10h à 18h

dans le cadre du programme de recherche ThéPARis. Les Théâtres Parisiens sous l'Ancien Régime
Université Paris Sorbonne, Salle des Actes 17 rue de la Sorbonne
L'entrée est libre sur réservation (nécessaire pour accéder aux locaux de l'université) : theparis.seminaire@gmail.com

Lien vers le webinaire: https://cmbv.fr/fr/evenements/revendications-des-gens-de-theatre-interpr...

Programme

10h-13h

Emanuele De Luca (Université Côte d'Azur), Barbara Nestola (CESR-CMBV), Jennifer Ruimi (Université Montpellier 3)
Femmes de théâtre et revendications : en guise d'introduction

Modératrice
Bénédicte Louvat (Sorbonne Université)

Intervenantes :

Françoise Rubellin (Université de Nantes)
Revendications des joueurs de marionnettes : suppliques, procès et fictionnalisation

Marion Danlos (Université de Nantes)
L’affaire Ferrari : les revendications du tailleur de la Comédie-Italienne

Charline Granger (ENS Lyon)
« Pour des bouts de chandelles ». Les revendications des décorateurs de la Comédie-Française aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles

14h30-18h

Modérateurs
Renaud Bret-Vitoz (Sorbonne Université)
Sophie Marchand (Sorbonne Université)

Intervenantes :

Petra Dotlačilová (Stockholm University/CMBV)
Revendiquer les mains invisibles : les voix et les porte-paroles des ouvriers de costume à l’Opéra et à la cour

Suzanne Rochefort (Université Gustave Eiffel)
Marché du travail, circulations et revendications des comédiens et des comédiennes (Paris, seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle)

Lola Salem (University of Oxford)
L’emploi en tant qu’objet de revendications légales entre actrices rivales

Colloque Racine en musique 29, 30 septembre et 1er octobre 2022
Posted: 30 Sep 2022 - 23:54

Colloque Racine en musique
29, 30 septembre et 1er octobre 2022

La Cité de la Voix – Centre national d’art vocal
4 rue de l'Hôpital – 89450 Vézelay
Avec le soutien de la Cité de la Voix – Centre national d’art vocal, de l’EUR Translitterae / Paris Sciences & Lettres et de l’Institut des textes et manuscrits modernes (ITEM – UMR 8132 CNRS / ENS).

Jeudi 29 septembre
14h Ouverture du colloque
François Delagoutte (dir. Cité de la Voix), Caroline Mounier-Vehier (Translitterae / PSL, ENS)
14h30 Thomas Leconte (Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles)
Racine, la musique et les musiciens
Session 1 : Inspirations raciniennes dans l’Europe du XVIIIe siècle
Modération : Thomas Leconte (Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles)
16h François Lévy (IHRIM)
Andromaque à Florence : l'Astianatte d'Antonio Salvi pour le Teatro del Pratolino en 1701
16h30 Jean-Philippe Grosperrin (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès)
Racine à Berlin (1748-1751). Sur la dramaturgie des opéras Ifigenia in Aulide, Mitridate et Britannico de Leopoldo de Villati et Carl Heinrich Graun


Vendredi 30 septembre
Session 2 : Représentations et réinterprétations d’Esther et Athalie
Modération : Julia Gros de Gasquet (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3)
10h Violaine Anger (Université d’Evry / CERCC)
Racine et le récit : le cas du récit d’Athalie et son influence possible à l’opéra
10h30 Yseult Martinez (Université d’Angers)
Les héroïnes raciniennes, Haendel et la naissance de l’oratorio anglais
11h Charline Granger (ENS de Lyon)
Athalia de Mendelssohn, ou ce que l’oratorio allemand a fait à la tragédie française
Session 3 : D’une Bérénice à l’autre
Modération : Aude Ameille (Université de Lille)
14h30 Georges Zaragoza (Université de Bourgogne)
La Bérénice de Magnard : un choix difficile entre Racine et Wagner
15h Julia Gros de Gasquet (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3)
Bérénice de Michael Jarrell (Opéra de Paris, 2018) : une réécriture à la lettre
Session 4 : Voix et visages de Phèdre
Modération : Violaine Anger (Université d’Evry)
16h Caroline Mounier-Vehier (Translitterae, PSL / ENS)
Trajectoires de Phèdre sur la scène lyrique européenne du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours
16h30 Aude Ameille (Université de Lille)
Racine sur la scène opératique après 1945
17h Ariane Issartel (Université de Strasbourg)
« Qui chante son mal finit par l’enchanter » : à propos de Trézène Mélodies

Samedi 1er octobre
10h30 Interpréter Haendel aujourd’hui
Rencontre avec Paolo Zanzu et les élèves de la master class
11h30 Atelier de pratique artistique :
Julia Gros de Gasquet
Dire et jouer l’alexandrin de Racine aujourd’hui
15h Concert de fin de master class
avec Paolo Zanzu et les élèves de la master class

Pour l'atelier et le concert du samedi, accès libre sur réservation au 03 86 94 84 30.

Organisatrice: Caroline Mounier-Vehier
https://www.lacitedelavoix.net/agenda/colloque_racine_en_musique/

Member News Briefs

Jennifer Tamas sur France Culture
Rutgers - New Brunswick

Félicitations à Jennifer Tamas ​​​​​​qui a récemment parlé sur France Culture de son livre Le Silence trahi : Racine ou la déclaration tragique. 

Vous pouvez accéder à l'entretien avec Jennifer (et les autres invités de la "Nuit Racine") via le lien ci-dessous :​

https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/les-nuits-de-france-culture/nuit-...

"Entretien avec Jennifer Tamas, auteure d’un essai brillant : "Le Silence trahi : Racine ou la déclaration tragique", c'est avec cette spécialiste que nous débutons la nuit Racine 1/2."

 

Post date: 4 years 7 months ago
Issue of French Historical Studies (co-ed Turknovsky, featuring pieces by Turnovsky and Zanger)

Please join me in congratulating Geoff Turnovsky (co-editor, contributor) and Abby Zanger (contributor) for the recent publication of a forum published with French Historical Studies entitled:

LOOKING FOR READERS IN EARLY MODERN FRANCE, 1500–1800

The full list of contributions is copied below and can be accessed via the following link: https://read.dukeupress.edu/french-historical-studies/issue/41/3

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Introduction: Reading Practices and the Materiality of Texts, Roger Chartier

Making Books to Form Readers: Denis Janot's Recycled Images and the Materiality of Reading in Sixteenth-Century France, Abby E. Zanger

Literary History Meets the History of Reading: The Case of La Princesse de Clèves and Its (Non)readers, Geoffrey Turnovsky

What Made Reading Dangerous in Eighteenth-Century France?, Lisa Jane Graham

Readers and Reading in Cafés, 1660–1800, Thierry Rigogne

 

Post date: 4 years 7 months ago
Parution - Actes du colloque Creation, Re-creation, and Entertainment
University of Central Florida and Rollins College

Félicitations à Charlotte Trinquet du Lys et à Benjamin Bajak (eds.) ainsi qu'à tous les contributeurs au volume suivant, qui vient de paraître :

Creation, Re-creation, and Entertainment: Early Modernity and Postmodernity : Selected Essays from the 46th Annual Conference of the North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature 

 

Orlando, Florida, may be one of the best places to discuss the subject of creation and re-creation of entertainment: the city lives under the shadow of Disney corporation, whose most celebrated re-creations are based on French texts from the 17th century French literature, and in particular Perrault’s fairy tales. From this perspective, whether we speak of fireworks behind a prince’s castle, a morality tale to entertain children and parents alike, or even a theatrical representation that seems to appear from magic, the three hundred years that separate Orlando and Versailles seem to disappear: the parallels between the 17th and 21st centuries are founded on the same drive to enliven and enlighten one‘s world. With the help of our Editorial committee, we are proud to present a collection of articles on the theme: Creation, Re-creation, and Entertainment: Early Modernity and Postmodernity.

ISBN 978-3-8233-8297-3 

eISBN 978-3-8233-9297-2 

 

Post date: 5 years 1 month ago
Jean-Vincent Blanchard Named Associate Provost
Swarthmore College

Let's extend our very warm congratulations to Jean-Vincent Blanchard, the next Associate Provost of Academic Programs at Swarthmore College. Félicitations, Jean-Vincent !

Further details are available here: https://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/french-professor-jean-vincent-blanchard-named-associate-provost

Post date: 5 years 2 months ago
communication de Marc Court

La communication de Marc Court -- "Former des saints: la diffusion des habitus de sainteté dans les collèges jésuites via la congrégation, la culture miraculaire et l’image" -- vient de trouver une nouvelle vie numérique: vous pouvez regarder sa communication ici. Pour les détails sur le colloque sur Le Nobletz, veuillez consulter le site web suivant: https://diocese-quimper.fr/fr/story/4200/retour-sur-le-colloque-de-michel-le-nobletz

Félicitations, Marc !

 

 

Post date: 5 years 8 months ago