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Entre femmes — Regards de femmes de l’Ancien Régime sur leurs contemporaines
Posted: Thursday, July 4, 2024 - 09:10

Colloque international à l’occasion des 25 ans de la SIEFAR

 16 et 17 mai 2025, Reid Hall (Paris)

La SIEFAR a 25 ans !

Cet anniversaire est l’occasion de rendre femmage aux fondatrices de la Société internationale pour l’étude des femmes de l’Ancien Régime, et d’effectuer un bilan scientifique, qui mette en lumière la façon dont le travail collectif a rendu visibles les femmes d’Ancien Régime, et transformé le regard sur elles. Des centaines de femmes sont apparues, dont beaucoup étaient inconnues, oubliées, dont l’œuvre était ignorée, méprisée, minorée. Nous avons montré, de multiples façons, comment elles ont vécu, créé, régné, pensé, parlé, etc. Quand il était jusqu’à présent surtout « parlé d’elles », on a mieux vu à quel point les femmes ont parlé d’elles-mêmes, individuellement et collectivement. C’est sur ce dernier point que le colloque voudrait inviter à réfléchir, en concentrant le propos sur le regard de contemporaine à contemporaine(s).

Regards de femmes sur leurs contemporaines

Face à la « maltraitance historiographique »[1] dont les femmes d’Ancien Régime ont été victimes, nous voulons ainsi donner plus de visibilité à ce que les femmes ont pensé et dit elles-mêmes de celles qui vivaient à la même époque qu’elles, à leurs côtés, ou au contraire loin d’elles socialement et/ou géographiquement, qu’elles les appréhendent individuellement ou par groupes, qu’elles les connaissent directement, de visu, ou indirectement à travers des récits, des relations, voire des on-dit.

En 2019, une journée d’études organisée à l’université de Nantes par Anne Boiron, Caroline Biron et Nathalie Grande était consacrée aux « regards de femmes au XVIIe et au XVIIIe siècle »[2]. L’argumentaire privilégiait le regard des femmes sur les hommes, afin de « faire changer l’altérité de camp ». Il ne suffit cependant pas d’inverser le regard pour déjouer les représentations stéréotypées et les biais de genre[3]. Le point de vue créateur féminin n’est pas de facto libéré du poids des normes et des discriminations genrées, d’autant que la difficile reconnaissance de leur rôle de créatrices et d’intellectuelles fait obstacle à l’expression des idées et des sensibilités[4].

Tout en tenant compte de ce cadre restrictif, nous pouvons nous demander si le fait de porter leur regard sur d’autres femmes autorise les créatrices de l’Ancien Régime à minimiser la dépendance à l’homme, à repenser les rapports hommes/femmes, à valoriser un champ d’expérience féminin, à changer la vision des femmes en les observant dans tous leurs états, ou encore à faire la démonstration de leur rôle social, à l'instar de Christine de Pizan dans la Cité des Dames.

Corpus et méthodologie

Tous les genres peuvent être abordés, et pas seulement ceux de l’intime : biographies, traités et discours savants, harangues, portraits picturaux et littéraires, correspondances, mémoires, chroniques, œuvres fictionnelles à clef, épîtres dédicatoires, dialogues, relations de voyages, chansons, scènes de genre, etc.

On exclura les personnages fictionnels ainsi que les œuvres anonymes quand on ne peut savoir si c’est un homme ou une femme qui tient la plume ou le pinceau (pas de ventriloquie !), pour ne retenir que les seuls textes ou œuvres de femmes, sans doute possible, portant sur les femmes de leur temps.

On accueillera, en revanche, toutes les méthodes critiques, tous les champs disciplinaires qui permettront d’interroger la variété des thèmes que les femmes abordent entre elles : famille et éducation, mais aussi médecine, corps, politique, actualité, économie, civilité, arts, spiritualité, philosophie, société, science, langage, etc.

On ne négligera pas la dimension interculturelle : comment les Françaises perçoivent-elles leurs voisines européennes ou américaines ? On pourra s’intéresser notamment au regard porté par des femmes sur d’autres femmes racisées, colonisées ou altérisées.

Pourra être pris en considération ce qui vient modeler ces regards de femmes : statut social, appartenances (familiales, claniques, sociales, nationales, etc.), âges de la vie, cadres de la pensée (caractérologie fixiste par ex.), stéréotypes de genre, préjugés misogynes ou rhétorique de la supériorité des femmes, etc. Dans quelle mesure cet ensemble de déterminations construit-il (ou non) un regard spécifique de femmes sur d’autres femmes ?

Il sera aussi possible d’examiner les scènes et les modalités d’énonciation, les espaces et les formes de la publication (manuscrite ou imprimée, à destination privée ou publique), les genres littéraires ou picturaux dans lesquels ces représentations se formulent et l’influence sur elles des règles et de la hiérarchie de ces genres.

Limiter le corpus aux regards sur les contemporaines permettra enfin de considérer les effets pragmatiques immédiats de ces discours de femmes sur d’autres femmes ou à d’autres femmes, en termes de savoirs, de pouvoir, de construction des réputations, mais aussi de dialogue, de solidarité ou d’exclusion.

« C’est une femme qui parle » (Marie de Gournay). De la parole à l’écoute

 Les enjeux actuels du sujet ne sauraient en effet échapper. Si les femmes ont toujours dit, on ne les a pas écoutées, pas entendues. Mais elles-mêmes se sont-elles davantage entendues et comprises ? Quelle valeur donc est accordée (ou non) à l’époque à ces regards, à ces paroles de femmes sur les femmes ? De quelle autorité usent celles qui s’expriment sur ce sujet ? Envisagent-elles leur parole comme légitime ?

En privilégiant le regard des femmes sur les femmes, sans « tiers masculin », fait-on apparaître une autre histoire des femmes, des créatrices ? Ces regards font-ils mieux voir, ou sous un angle inédit, l’expérience des femmes ?

Dans quelle mesure enfin le partage de cette expérience fait-il naître ou renforce-t-il le sentiment d’une communauté de condition ? Favorise-t-il une prise de conscience collective, voire une pensée de l’égalité (désirable ou non) des femmes avec les hommes, mais aussi des femmes entre elles ? Quel rôle ces regards jouent-ils dans l’émergence du ou de féminisme(s) « avant la lettre » ?

Les propositions de communication (un titre et une page environ) sont à envoyer avant le 31 octobre 2024, à l’adresse suivante : colloquesiefar2025@gmail.com

L’acceptation sera notifiée fin 2024, après examen par le comité scientifique.

La SIEFAR, dans l’état actuel du financement du colloque, ne prend en charge que les repas de midi. En cas de non prise en charge des autres frais (déplacement, séjour) par les centres de recherche, prendre contact avec le comité organisateur.

Les actes du colloque feront l’objet d’une publication.

Comité scientifique : Catherine Bourdieu, Michèle Clément, Stéphanie Genand, Nathalie Grande, Anne Piejus.

Comité d’organisation :

Marianne Closson, Yohann Deguin, Myriam Dufour-Maître, Nathalie Freidel, Dominique Picco.

 

[1] Nathalie Grande, « La maltraitance historiographique : l’exemple des autrices du XVIIe siècle (Lafayette, Scudery, Sévigné, Villedieu) ». Voix de femmes dans le monde, édité par Frédérique Le Nan et al., Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2018, https://doi.org/10.4000/books.pur.87425.

[2] Nathalie Grande, Anne Boiron et Caroline Biron, Regards de femmes aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, http://siefar.org/en/regards-de-femmes-aux-xviie-et-xviiie-siecles/. Voir aussi Nathalie Grande et Mathilde Labbé (dir.), Regards de femmes sur l’histoire littéraire, RHLF, n°4, 2023

[3] Iris Brey, Le regard féminin. Une révolution à l’écran, Paris, Éditions de l’Olivier, 2020.

[4] Martine Reid (dir.), Les femmes dans la critique et l’histoire littéraire, Paris, Honoré Champion, 2011.

Colloque international « Racine et ses actrices » / pour le 15 février 2025
Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 04:23

Colloque international « Racine et ses actrices »

Auditorium du château de Versailles, 20-21 novembre 2025

Ce colloque est organisé par l’université Paris-Sorbonne et l’université de Rouen en collaboration avec le Centre de recherche du château de Versailles, le Centre international Jean Racine et la société des Amis de Port-Royal.

« Racine et ses actrices » : en 2024-2025, l’expression a bien sûr une valeur délibérément provocante. Le colloque n’a pas pour but de réduire les comédiennes de Racine à de simples possessions, propriétés d’un dramaturge Pygmalion qui les contrôlerait et les modèlerait à son gré, jusqu’au-delà du tombeau. C’est au contraire l’agentivité et la liberté des actrices raciniennes que cette manifestation se propose d’interroger, la façon dont elles se sont approprié les rôles, les ont façonnés, jusqu’à les construire en mythes littéraires. La carrière de Racine est inséparable des comédiennes qui créèrent ses grandes figures de femmes, comme la carrière des grandes tragédiennes des siècles ultérieurs est inséparable du répertoire racinien qu’elles ont ressuscité. Depuis leur création, les héroïnes imaginées par Jean Racine n’existent qu’à la faveur d’incarnations féminines qui seules en déploient l’intensité passionnelle et le verbe enchanteur, mais qui aussi les interprètent au sens le plus fort du terme, comme un musicien fait de la partition d’un maître. De Mademoiselle Du Parc et Mademoiselle Champmeslé à Sarah Bernhardt, Marie Casarès, Sylvia Montfort, Anne Delbée, ou Dominique Blanc, en passant par les Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr, c’est tout un choeur féminin courant sur quatre siècles qui a donné corps, chair, et voix au verbe tragique composé par l’enfant de Port-Royal. Sont-elles des femmes sous influence ? Bien plutôt, les actrices de Racine n’ont cessé de déterminer les conditions de réception de ses vers. Porteuses de la Parole, elles sont celles par qui advient sur scène le mystère incandescent de la poésie racinienne. C’est leur talent, leur individualité, leur mérite qui seront l’objet de nos interrogations au cours de ces deux journées.

L’enjeu du colloque sera d’interroger, à travers le possessif « ses », le degré d’appartenance, de dépendance ou au contraire d’émancipation entre un poète et celles qui l’incarnent et lui donnent voix, selon le lien bilatéral qui les unit. Racine aurait-il écrit ses pièces sans La Du Parc et La Champmeslé ? Dominique Blanc aurait elle eu la même carrière sans Phèdre ? Dans quelle mesure Racine a-t-il créé ses actrices, ou au contraire les comédiennes, au fil des siècles, contribuent-elles à le créer comme dramaturge ? Est-ce le rôle de Bérénice qui a permis à Marie Desmares de devenir La Champmeslé, ou au contraire la perfection de son jeu a-t-elle assuré le triomphe de la pièce, « succès de larmes » ? Quelle influence exerça sur le dramaturge la vision d’une Du Parc jouant Elvire et Arsinoé, au point qu’il la débaucha pour lui faire ensuite incarner Andromaque ? Comment une Mademoiselle Des Œillets passa de Sophonisbe à Hermione puis Agrippine ? Quelle signification eut pour ces comédiennes la rencontre avec Racine ? Peut-on imputer à la performance inattendue des actrices les deux versions d’Andromaque ? La vie amoureuse de Racine trouve-t-elle des échos ou non dans ses pièces ? Que sait-on finalement de la mort de la Du Parc plus de trois cents ans après ? Quelle est la part de responsabilité de Racine dans la diction prétendument chantante de la Champmeslé ? Est-ce un hasard s’il arrête sa carrière de dramaturge précisément au moment de son mariage ? Comment Racine, historiographe et père de famille, appréhenda-t-il le travail avec les jeunes actrices amateurs de Saint-Cyr et que signifie cette écriture spécifiquement pensée pour elles ?

Et à l’inverse, qu’ont apporté à l’interprétation de Racine les diverses incarnations de ses grands rôles féminins à travers les siècles ? Quelle incidence le théâtre de Racine eut-il sur les modes de travail et de jeu des comédiennes au XVIIe et dans les siècles suivants ? Existe-t-il une spécificité de la diction racinienne, en particulier féminine ? Dans quelle mesure les grands rôles tragiques de Racine déterminèrent-ils, à l’exemple des rôles comiques de Molière, la structuration des emplois dramatiques féminins au XVIIIe siècle ? Comment Racine a-t-il fait ou défait des carrières de femmes depuis le XVIIe siècle ? Est-ce de la faute de Racine si Adrienne Lecouvreur ne put jamais jouer de comédie comme elle l’aurait souhaité ? Que signifiait ce répertoire pour une comédienne hier et que signifie-t-il encore aujourd’hui ? Comment certains rôles oubliés furent redécouverts à la faveur de la volonté d’une actrice ? Comment toutes ces femmes se sont-elles inspirées les unes les autres ?...

Autant de questions que ce colloque se propose de poser et auxquelles il espère apporter des éléments de réponse. Il s’agira d’éclairer cette relation entre le verbe d’un poète et les femmes qui lui prêtèrent voix et corps.

Au prisme de diverses perspectives herméneutiques (historique, biographique, psychanalytique, dramaturgique, d’études de genre, politique, d’études théâtrales, etc.) :

il s’agira de faire le point sur ce que l’on sait exactement de ces comédiennes, de leurs carrières et de leurs rapports avec Racine et son travail de dramaturge, afin entre autres de se donner les moyens d’évaluer la pertinence des lectures biographiques des pièces raciniennes. Dans la lignée des travaux de Ch. Mauron, on ne s’interdira pas d’interroger à nouveau frais la potentielle fantasmagorie racinienne sur des actrices qu’il avait vu jouer, ou imaginé dans de nouveaux rôles et pu aimer ;

on pourra se demander si les rôles créés puis joués par une même comédienne, dans la mesure où on peut en établir la liste, ont des points communs. On pourra se demander s’ils peuvent ou non témoigner de la construction d’un imaginaire commun, d’effets de réseaux, au sein du répertoire racinien lui-même d’abord, mais aussi entre dramaturges ayant connu et fait jouer la même comédienne, ainsi entre Corneille et Racine, entre Molière et Racine, comme entre des auteurs moins connus et Racine.

la réflexion pourra également se translater dans les siècles suivants, pour réfléchir aux effets induits par la pratique du « répertoire », et également se décliner du point de vue de la réception. On pourra étudier les diverses interprétations des personnages féminins raciniens proposées au cours des siècles, s’interroger sur l’importance et l’influence du répertoire racinien dans la structuration des carrières féminines et des pratiques théâtrales depuis le XVIIe. On pourra à cette occasion valoriser l’apport des bases de données numériques sur la pratique des spectacles depuis l’Ancien Régime (CESAR, Archives numériques de la Comédie française, etc.).

Comité d’organisation

Organisateurs : Constance Cagnat (Paris-Sorbonne, CELLF 16-18) et Tony Gheeraert (université de Rouen Normandie, CEREdI UR 3229)

Comité organisateur : Servane L’Hopital, Victoire Malenfer, Caroline Labrune

Comité scientifique : Gilles Declercq, Laurence Plazenet, Jean Rohou, Philippe Sellier, Jean-Philippe Grosperrin, Laurent Thirouin, Bénédicte Louvat, Céline Candiard, Julia Gros de Gasquet

Organismes partenaires : CELLF 16-18, CÉRÉdI (UR 3229), Centre de recherche du château de Versailles, Centre international Jean Racine, Société des Amis de Port-Royal

Modalités de soumission

Ce colloque est proposé dans le cadre d’un programme d’études raciniennes (Bérénice en 2020, Bajazet et Mithridate en 2022, « Port-Royal et le théâtre » en 2023, Iphigénie en 2024, « Racine et Shakespeare » en 2026) dont les activités sont présentées sur le carnet Hypothèses du programme.

Les propositions de communication (environ 300 mots) devront parvenir, accompagnées d’un bref CV et avant le 15 février 2025 à l’adresse mail : anniversaires_raciniens@googlegroups.com

RSA: Madeleine de l'Aubespine: Then and Now
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2024 - 17:07

The Renaissance Society of America

March 20-22, 2025

Boston, Massachusetts

Madeleine de l'Aubespine: Then and Now

We invite papers that address the growing importance of Madeleine de l’Aubespine (1546-96), author, patron, book collector, and Ronsard’s fille d’alliance. She wrote in French and Latin, in prose and verse (including erotica and lesbian sonnets), translated parts of Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and Ovid’s Heroides, engaged and co-wrote with her male contemporaries including Ronsard, Desportes and d’Aubigné as an equal participant in the ambitious project of forging a national literature.  

During l’Aubespine’s life, her poems circulated in manuscript and print. As part of The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe series, Anna Kłosowska edited her French verse and translations (2007). L’Aubespine’s newly attributed 800-line Latin poem Cantilupum, printed in Paris in 1587 and 1588, was edited by Matthieu Dejean and Perrine Galand-Willemen (2022). Colette Winn also attributed to her the Cabinet des saines affections, a Stoical text (2001). The Morgan Library and Museum (NYC) hosted Poetry & Patronage: The Laubespine-Villeroy Library Rediscovered, an exhibit curated by Isabelle de Conihout, which was accompanied by a beautiful catalog (2020). 

By shining a spotlight on this remarkable author, our panel seeks to return l’Aubespine to the rightful position she occupied among her contemporaries: at the center of cultural and artistic production during the second half of the sixteenth century. We welcome contributions focusing on all aspects of her life, work, and reception, including patronage and salons, manuscript and print, book collecting and bindings, portraits and sculpture, architecture and gardens, family and circle, collaborators and tutors, her place in the canon and in the avant-garde. Participants are encouraged to highlight her contributions to diverse fields including Stoicism, Petrarchism, anti-Petrarchism, petrarchismo femminile, translation, ecocriticism, trans, queer, and gender studies, Neo-Latin poetry, and Classical reception.

Please send 250 word abstracts to panel organizers Jessica DeVos (jessica.erin.devos@gmail.com) and Anna Kłosowska (roberta2@miamioh.edu) by June 30, 2024.

Link to conference home page: https://www.rsa.org/page/rsaboston2025

Madeleine de l'Aubespine: Then and Now
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2024 - 12:31

We invite papers that address the growing importance of Madeleine de l’Aubespine (1546-96), author, patron, book collector, and Ronsard’s fille d’alliance. She wrote in French and Latin, in prose and verse (including erotica and lesbian sonnets), translated parts of Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and Ovid’s Heroides, engaged and co-wrote with her male contemporaries including Ronsard, Desportes and d’Aubigné as an equal participant in the ambitious project of forging a national literature.  

During l’Aubespine’s life, her poems circulated in manuscript and print. As part of The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe series, Anna Kłosowska edited her French verse and translations (2007). L’Aubespine’s newly attributed 800-line Latin poem Cantilupum, printed in Paris in 1587 and 1588, was edited by Matthieu Dejean and Perrine Galand-Willemen (2022). Colette Winn also attributed to her the Cabinet des saines affections, a Stoical text (2001). The Morgan Library and Museum (NYC) hosted Poetry & Patronage: The Laubespine-Villeroy Library Rediscovered, an exhibit curated by Isabelle de Conihout, which was accompanied by a beautiful catalog (2020). 

By shining a spotlight on this remarkable author, our panel seeks to return l’Aubespine to the rightful position she occupied among her contemporaries: at the center of cultural and artistic production during the second half of the sixteenth century. We welcome contributions focusing on all aspects of her life, work, and reception, including patronage and salons, manuscript and print, book collecting and bindings, portraits and sculpture, architecture and gardens, family and circle, collaborators and tutors, her place in the canon and in the avant-garde. Participants are encouraged to highlight her contributions to diverse fields including Stoicism, Petrarchism, anti-Petrarchism, petrarchismo femminile, translation, ecocriticism, trans, queer, and gender studies, Neo-Latin poetry, and Classical reception.

Please send 250 word abstracts to panel organizers Jessica DeVos (jessica.erin.devos@gmail.com) and Anna Kłosowska (roberta2@miamioh.edu) by June 30, 2024.

Link to conference home page: https://www.rsa.org/page/rsaboston2025

Collaborators for Digital Project -- "Generative Waters"
Posted: Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 14:52

“Generative Waters” is an investigation of Palissy's Lost Grotto co-lead by Luis Rodríguez-Rincón (Assistant Professor of Spanish at Haverford College), and Kelley O'Brien (Assistant Professor of New Media at UNC Greensboro). Together we are working on a multi-phase project to recreate Bernard Palissy’s sixteenth-century ceramic grotto, as described in his text Architecture et Ordonnance de la grotto rustique (La Rochelle, 1563), as an immersive 3D environment to complement the translation into English of this description for the first time.

We have already translated his written description of the Grotto from French to English and are working to construct a 3D digital model of the space. Our hope is that this digital model will then take the form of a digital interactive space, specifically a webpage devoted to the translation and a navigable version of the model. Additionally we want to explore the use of Virtual Reality/VR headsets as an immersive animated experience of the model and a specifically designed directional soundtrack.

As part of this work, we are aiming to gather a group of humanist specialists (both art historians, literary scholars, and historians of Early Modern France) to help us brainstorm possible frameworks for bringing our immersive digital project to as wide a public and specialist audience as possible. In working towards this massive project, we are soliciting a multi-stage grant from the NEH to help support this work. One of the goals of the first stage would be to convene humanist scholars of the Renaissance together to discuss ways to best align our project with the needs and insights of specialists in the field. Can our model be made into a useful tool for Renaissance scholarship and pedagogy today? How can we ensure our website and model reflects the most up-to-date insights of specialists in the field? These are just some of the questions we hope to answer to help guide the realization of the project.

Our full Call for Collaborators can be found at in this google doc

Please email your qualifications, interests and questions to Kelley O’Brien at kaobrien@uncg.edu

Grants

Research fellowships, Paris Institute for Advanced Study

Posted 27 Feb 2018 - 13:21

The Paris Institute for Advanced Study is launching two calls for applications for research fellowships in 2019-2020, open to researchers of all nationalities:

- one call for 5 or 10-month fellowships in the "Blue Sky Research" program, open to all disciplines and themes in the humanities and social sciences. - one call for 5 or 10-month fellowships in the “Brain, Culture and Society” program. This call is for researchers willing to conduct a project at the interface between neuroscience, cognitive science and the humanities and social sciences.

Deadline for applications: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018, 3:00pm (Paris, France time)

More informations on https://www.paris-iea.fr/en/

Source: H-France/C. zum Kolk

Society for French Studies: Visiting International Fellowship

Posted 18 Jan 2018 - 10:15

The Society for French Studies is pleased to accept applications for the 2018 Visiting International Fellowship scheme. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2018. The scheme is intended to support an annual visiting fellowship, tenable in any UK or Irish university, or institution of higher education in the UK or Ireland, to allow outstanding academics in the French Studies field based in overseas universities to spend time at UK or Irish higher education institutions. 

 

In order to extend the global reach of the scheme, the Society has increased the maximum value of the award to £5,000 and extended the maximum length of the Fellowship to eight weeks. It strongly encourages applications to support visits from scholars in all parts of the world, including Africa, Australasia and the Caribbean. The key objective of the Fellowship grant is to encourage the internationalization of French Studies in the UK and Ireland through engagement with those active in the field elsewhere. It is also intended that the Fellow will use the occasion to further their own academic interests, and to visit more than one UK institution. Visits should be of no more than eight weeks’ duration, although an extended period may be appropriate if additional funding is available from institutional sources.

 

Full details of how to apply are on the Society’s website: www.sfs.ac.uk/funding-visiting-fellowships/.

 

 
To access information on our new Prize Research Fellowships scheme, click here. To access information on our Research Support scheme, click here

Applications must be completed by an academic member of staff in the UK or Irish host institution. The UK or Irish host applicant is also expected to organise, direct and take academic and organisational responsibility of the fellowship. Host applicants must be members of or associated Higher Education departments of French (or departments which teach French) in the UK and Ireland. Main applicants must also be members of the Society for French Studies. No more than one application may be submitted by any institution in one academic year (this applies to collegiate and non-collegiate universities alike, and includes joint applications from two or institutions).

 

The Society will offer a grant of up to £5,000 to support travel, accommodation, subsistence and other expenses; up to an additional £500 is also available to cover the costs of visiting other institutions in the UK or Ireland. Personal expenditure on items such as visa costs, car hire and health insurance are not eligible, and it is expected that host institutions will offer support for these. Application for this award will be competitive, and it cannot be made retrospectively. Informal enquiries can be directed to Professor Edward Welch, University of Aberdeen,edward.welch@abdn.ac.uk. 

 

SFHS research awards and fellowships

Posted 13 Dec 2017 - 00:45

The Society for French Historical Studies solicits applications for the following fellowships (application deadline, 15 February 2018).

 

1. Research Travel Award, jointly awarded by the SFHS and the Western Society for French History

Eligibility:

Scholars from the US and Canada, awarded PhD since January 2013, for research conducted outside of North America on any aspect of French history

 

2. Farrar Memorial Awards, two awards will be made

Eligibility:

Graduate students enrolled in program in US or Canada, with preference given to scholars interested in relating the history of France to another part of Europe or the world

 

3. Institut Français d’Amérique Fund Research Fellowship (Harmon Chadbourn Rorison Fellowship)

Eligibility:

Doctoral students or scholars awarded PhD since January 2015, conducting research in France for at least one month on any topic in French historical and cultural studies (travel to and France may not be supported by this fellowship)

 

4. Institut Français d’Amérique Fund Research Fellowship (Catherine Maley)

Eligibility:

Doctoral students or scholars awarded PhD since January 2015, conducting research in France for at least one month on any topic in French historical and cultural studies, with preference given to projects in cultural history, art history, or literary studies, broadly-defined (travel to and France may not be supported by this fellowship)

 

 

For more information on these and other awards and prizes, please see:

https://www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net/prizes/

 

The committee entrusted with deciding these awards is:

 

Stéphane Gerson, Chair (2018)

Institute of French Studies New York University 15 Washington Mews New York, New York 10003 (USA) stephane.gerson@nyu.edu

 

Jeffrey Burson (2019)

Department of History Georgia Southern University PO Box 8054 Statesboro, GA 30460-8054 (USA) jburson@georgiasouthern.edu

 

Jennifer Boittin (2020, Western Society for French History representative)

Department of French and Francophone Studies Pennsylvania State University 326 Burrowes Building University Park, PA 16802 (USA) Jab808@psu.edu

 

Tamara Chaplin (2020)

Department of History University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 309 Gregory Hall MC 466 810 South Wright Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 (USA) tchaplin@illinois.edu

 

 

RSA 2018 Research Fellowships

Posted 15 Oct 2017 - 01:36

The Renaissance Society of America is pleased to announce that our 2018 Research Fellowships competition is now open. For the 2018 cycle, the RSA will award up to thirty-three (33) individual fellowships to scholars working in the field of Renaissance studies (1300–1700). Fellowships are made possible by donations and bequests from RSA members, and grants from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. A link to the application site and details about the application process, eligibility, residential fellowships, non-residential fellowships, and publication subventions are available on the RSA Fellowships webpage. The deadline for applying is 9 November 2017. Model proposals, a recorded webinar, and statistics about previous fellowship cycles are intended to provide additional information about the application process. The stipend varies between $3,000 and $4,000 depending on the fellowship. During the past five years, the RSA has awarded fellowships to more than 100 scholars working on topics from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century; a list of previous award winners is posted on the RSA website. Our Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) scholarship competition is also open. DHSI scholarship applications are due 17 October 2017. Best of luck to all applicants. The Renaissance Society of America

Franklin Research Grants

Posted 15 Sep 2017 - 03:00

Scope

Since 1933, the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2016–2017 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded $470,000 to 89 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.

Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution, and grant funds are not to be used to pay income tax on the award. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape recorders, or laboratory apparatus.

Special Programs Within the Franklin Research Grants

APS/British Academy Fellowship for Research in London In collaboration with the British Academy, the APS offers an exchange postdoctoral fellowship for a minimum of one and a maximum of two months’ research in the archives and libraries of London during 2018. This award includes travel expenses between the United States and the United Kingdom and a monthly subsistence paid by the APS. Candidates should specify that they are asking for the British Academy Fellowship and apply by October 2; applicants not selected for the British Academy Fellowship will be considered for a Franklin Research Grant.

APS/Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Fellowship for Research in Edinburgh In collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, the APS offers a visiting fellowship of between two and four months for research in Edinburgh in the calendar year 2018 in any aspect of the humanities and social sciences. To maximize the benefits of the fellowship, applicants are strongly encouraged to schedule their visit to overlap with one of the two main teaching semesters (January–March and September–December). This award includes travel expenses between the United States and the United Kingdom, a private office, library and research facilities at the IASH, and a monthly subsistence paid by the APS. Travel expenses and the monthly subsistence amount will not exceed a maximum of $6,000. Candidates should specify that they are asking for the IASH Fellowship and apply by October 2; applicants not selected for the IASH Fellowship will be considered for a Franklin Research Grant. Further information about the IASH, including current research themes, is available at http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/.

Eligibility

Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Ph.D. candidates are not eligible to apply, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received the doctorate. Independent scholars and faculty members at all four-year and two-year research and non-research institutions are welcome to apply provided that all eligibility guidelines are met. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals not affiliated with a U.S. institution must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have previously received a Franklin grant may reapply after an interval of two years.

Awards

Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,000. Grants are not retroactive.

Grants are payable to the individual applicant. Franklin grants are taxable income, but the Society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that grant recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors.

Letters of Support

Note that letters of support must directly address the project outlined in the proposal. Submission of letters through Interfolio is discouraged as these letters are often too long (and may be truncated at the point at which they reach limit of allowable space) and not related to the project at hand.

Deadlines

For applications and two letters of support:

October 2, for a January 2018 decision for work in February 2018 through January 2019 December 1, for a March 2018 decision for work in April 2018 through January 2019

It is the applicant’s responsibility to verify that all materials, including the required two letters of support, reached the Society on time; contact Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants and Fellowships, at LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org or 215-440-3429.

Requirements

Project and financial reports are due one month after completion of the funded portion of the work, per the time frame indicated on the proposal. Instructions will be provided with notification of an award.

Application

Click here to apply online 

https://amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin

Source: RSA

Jobs

Visiting Assistant Professor of French at Allegheny College
Posted 9 May 2025 - 15:57

 

The Department of World Languages & Cultures at Allegheny College (Pennsylvania, USA) invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of French for a two-year position, beginning in Fall 2025.

 

We seek a dynamic teacher-scholar with experience teaching French at all undergraduate levels. The successful candidate will support and sustain our French minor program and collaborate closely with a native-language assistant to develop engaging co-curricular programming. Area of specialization is open.

 

  • MA required; PhD or ABD preferred
  • Native or near-native fluency in French and English
  • 3/3 teaching load
  • Strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and inclusive pedagogy

 

To apply, please submit a CV and letter of interest to: employment@allegheny.edu or by post: Office of Human Resources, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main Street, Meadville, PA 16335, USA.   Letters of recommendation (one addressing teaching) will be requested at a later stage. Review of applications is ongoing.

 

Allegheny College is a selective liberal arts institution featured in Colleges That Change Lives and recognized for excellence in undergraduate teaching. We are committed to building an inclusive community and strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups.

 

More information: www.allegheny.edu

 

 

Early Career Lecturer in Early Modern French (St. John's College UK)
Posted 11 Mar 2025 - 16:59

St. John’s College invites applications for a fixed-term 1.0 FTE Early Career Lectureship in Early Modern French. The aim of this post is to offer the individual postholder career development and integration with the academic life of the subject in College and in Oxford. The appointment is available for the period 1st October 2025 – 30th September 2029 and will not be extended or renewed.

St John’s admits around five to seven undergraduates in French each year to read the four-year Modern Languages course, including joint schools involving Classics, Modern History, English, Philosophy and Middle Eastern Languages.

The successful candidate will join a vigorous Modern Languages team in the College including Official Fellows in French (Prof. Nikolaj Lübecker) and German (Professor Barry Murnane), Specialist Language Teachers in French and German, College Lecturers in French Linguistics, Russian, Spanish, Italian and German. The post offers the opportunity to develop skills in research, teaching and academic administration in a supportive environment.

The successful candidate will be required: to provide up to an average of 8 hours of teaching (tutorials and classes) during each week of full term, as directed by the Senior Tutor and Tutor in French. Candidates must be able to teach the Early Modern Literature (1530-1800) paper (Paper VII) and the pre-nineteenth century part of the Modern Literature (1715 to the present) paper (Paper VIII) together with appropriate Prescribed Authors (Paper X). They will also be expected to teach the pre-nineteenth century part of the first-year literature syllabus and French to English translation (see prelims and FHS handbooks).

The salary will be 1.0 FTE paid at the equivalent of University grade 7.1 currently £38,674 per annum including a pensionable Oxford University Weighting payment which will be paid in equal monthly instalments and pro-rated for part time appointments.

There is a teaching and research allowance of £1500 P.A during the period of appointment. There is also an annual entertainment allowance of £358.

For further details on this post and application procedure please see here.

Both applications and references should reach the College no later than 10am on 27th March 2025. Late applications will not be accepted.

Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies at Williams College
Posted 3 Feb 2025 - 11:58

The Department of Romance Languages at Williams College seeks to fill a year-long visiting faculty position in French and Francophone Studies for 2025-2026 to teach 5 courses; 2 sections of intermediate French in Fall 2025 (French 103), and then 2 sections of the next level of intermediate French (French 104), as well as 1 advanced literature/culture course (in the candidate’s specialty) in Spring 2026. Specialization open, but preference given to pre-19th century. Ph.D. is preferred; native or near-native proficiency in French is required. A passion for teaching both language and literature/culture is essential, as is a desire to work effectively with a broadly diverse student population. The successful candidate must have significant previous intermediate-level language teaching experience and innovative ideas for an advanced-level literature/culture course (in the candidate’s specialty) in French. 

Our program is founded on close student-faculty interaction. We provide visiting faculty with mentoring in teaching, including participation in the college’s professional development program for new faculty (First3) and support through the Rice Center for Teaching. Application deadline: February 15, 2025. Applications should include: CV, cover letter, and three reference letters. In your cover letter, please include: a discussion of your experience teaching intermediate-level French; 3 ideas for an advanced literature/culture course in your specialty or field; and a statement regarding your commitment to working with a broadly diverse student population. All materials should be addressed to Leyla Rouhi, Chair, Department of Romance Languages, and must be submitted through Interfolio. Email applications will not be accepted.  All queries should be directed to lrouhi@williams.edu. We welcome applications from members of groups traditionally underrepresented in the field.  All offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a background check.  Further information is available here:  http://dean-faculty.williams.edu/prospective-faculty/background-check-policy/.

Position Begins

July 1, 2025

Application Deadline

February 15 2025

Apply Online

http://apply.interfolio.com/157970

Williams College is a liberal arts institution located in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts.  The college has built its reputation on outstanding teaching and scholarship and on the academic excellence of its approximately 2,000 students.  Please visit the Williams College website (http://www.williams.edu).  Beyond meeting fully its legal obligations for non-discrimination, Williams College is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community where members from all backgrounds can live, learn, and thrive.  

 

Visiting Assistant Professor of French at the University of Rochester
Posted 3 Feb 2025 - 11:50

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC) at the University of Rochester is seeking applicants for the position of Visiting Assistant Professor of French for a two-year, non-renewable term. The candidate’s area(s) of specialization should cover any period(s) of French literature and culture from the Renaissance through the 18th century.

Teaching load is 2/2. Candidates must have a PhD in hand or expected by the time of appointment (July 1, 2025) and must possess native or near-native proficiency in French. If ABD, a dissertation defense date must be provided.  Any candidate with a defense date after July 1, 2025 would be hired as an Instructor rather than as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Applicants must also have a track record of excellence in innovative pedagogy and creative teaching methodologies.

The successful candidate will teach one advanced (fourth semester) French language course, survey courses on French literature and culture, as well as courses in their areas of specialization.

Salary range: $54,000-$65,000. The referenced pay range represents the full base range of pay for this job. Individual salaries will be determined within the job’s salary range and established based on market data, experience and expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, and three letters of recommendation. Writing sample and syllabi will be requested if the candidate is interviewed. The cover letter should include a description of your research and a brief teaching statement. In a separate document, please describe how you will add to the University's core values of Meliora (“Ever better”), discussing the ways in which your experiences will shape your pursuits as a member of our faculty (see Vision and Values statement here: https://www.rochester.edu/college/odos/meliora-vision-values/index.html).

For full consideration, please submit application materials by March 1, 2025 on Interfolio : https://apply.interfolio.com/162415

Please address questions to Prof. Robert Doran, French Search Chair: robert.doran@rochester.edu

The University of Rochester is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, and actively encourages applications from candidates from groups underrepresented in higher education.

 

Lecturer in Pre-1800 French and Francophone Studies at Harvard University
Posted 19 Dec 2024 - 15:49

Position Description:  The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures seeks applications for a lecturer in pre-1800 French and Francophone Studies (medieval and/or early modern). The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2025. The lecturer will be responsible for teaching four courses in French in the academic year, two per semester, at the 70, 80, and 100 levels (i.e. introductory literature and culture courses to advanced seminars) and advising students as is appropriate. While no particular area of specialization is sought, intersections with any of the French section’s existing strengths in material culture, gender and sexuality, environmental humanities, and postcolonial studies are desirable.

 

The position is for one year (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026).

 

Basic Qualifications:  Doctorate in French or related discipline required by the time the appointment begins.

 

Additional Qualifications:  Demonstrated strong commitment to teaching is desired.

 

Special Instructions:  Please submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal (https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14534). Applications must be submitted no later than Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 11:59 PM EST, recommendation letters must be submitted no later than Friday, February 7, 2025, 11:59 PM EST for the application to be given full consideration.

 

          1. Cover letter, including a description of the candidate’s teaching/advising philosophy and practices as well as their approach to creating a learning environment in which every student is encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas.

          2.  Curriculum Vitae.

          3. Teaching evaluations, if available.

          4. Names and contact information of three 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.

 

The health of our community is a priority for Harvard University. With that in mind, we strongly encourage all employees to be up-to-date on CDC-recommended vaccines.

Harvard is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, protected veteran status, disability, genetic information, military service, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or other protected status.

 

Contact Information: 

Annabel L. Kim, Chair

annabel_kim@fas.harvard.edu

 
 

Scholarships Available

Fellowship / Bourse: The Newberry Library
Posted: 13 Oct 2016 - 10:25

The Newberry  is now accepting fellowship applications for the 2017-18 academic year.

The Newberry Library's long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship. In addition to the Library's collections, fellows are supported by a collegial interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. An array of scholarly and public programs also contributes to an engaging intellectual environment.

We invite interested individuals who wish to utilize the Newberry's collection to apply for our many fellowship opportunities:

Long-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars for continuous residence at the Newberry for periods of 4 to 12 months; the stipend is $4,200 per month. Applicants must hold a PhD by the application deadline in order to be eligible. Long-Term Fellowships are intended to support individual scholarly research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the fellowship program. The deadline for longterm fellowships is November 15, 2016.

Short-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, and those who hold other terminal degrees. Short-Term Fellowships are generally awarded for 1 to 2 months; unless otherwise noted the stipend is $2,500 per month. These fellowships support individual scholarly research for those who have a specific need for the Newberry's collection and are mainly restricted to individuals who live and work outside of the Chicago metropolitan area. The deadline for shortterm opportunities is December 15, 2016.

Many of the Newberry's fellowship opportunities have specific eligibility requirements; in order to learn more about these requisites, as well as application guidelines, please visit our website.

Questions should be addressed to research@newberry.org.

Résidences à la Fondation Camargo (Cassis, France)
Posted: 4 Oct 2016 - 16:42

La Fondation Camargo, située à Cassis, a été créée par l’artiste et philanthrope Jerome Hill depuis 40 ans. Il s’agit d’un lieu de résidence dédié à l’art et aux sciences humaines et sociales. Elle offre un environnement de qualité pour penser, créer et échanger.

Le programme de résidence Camargo propose des résidences de 6, 8 ou 11 semaines pour les chercheurs et penseurs travaillant sur les cultures françaises/francophones, y compris l’influence des cultures méditerranéennes ainsi que les artistes de toute discipline. Les périodes de résidences sont à l’automne 2017 (8 semaines) et au printemps 2018 (6, 8 ou 11 semaines).

Une bourse mensuelle de 1000 USD est disponible ainsi qu’une prise en charge du voyage. Les conjoints et enfants de plus de 6 ans sont bienvenus.

Date limite de postulation: 24 novembre 2016
Plus d’informations sur l’application : http://camargofoundation.org
RESPONSABLE : Julie Chénot
URL DE RÉFÉRENCE : http://camargofoundation.org

IMLR Visiting Fellowships and Scholarships Program. Due date: 1 March 2016
Posted: 12 Feb 2016 - 09:49
Closing date for applications/references: 1 March 2016
 
INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH University of London School of Advanced Study
Visiting Fellowships and Scholarships Programme 2016-17
The Institute of Modern Languages Research now invites applications for Visiting Fellowships and Visiting Scholarships for the academic year 2016-17. Applicants, with or without funding, may conduct research into any field relevant to the work of the IMLR.
Up to ten Visiting Fellowships and five Visiting Scholarships are available annually on a non-stipendiary basis, tenable at the Institute or within one of the IMLR's research centres: Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies Centre for Quebec and French-Canadian Studies Centre for Ernst Bloch Studies (NEW from January 2016 - website under construction)
Visiting Fellowships and Scholarships are open to applicants from the UK and overseas. Candidates applying for Fellowships should have completed their doctorate and have a strong publications record. Doctoral students may apply for Visiting Scholarships.
Closing date for receipt of applications and references: 1 March 2016
Brown University Postdocs - due date: 10 Feb 2016
Posted: 14 Jan 2016 - 11:29

Brown University: DOF: University Wide

Brown University Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowships

Location: Providence, RI

Closes: Feb 10, 2016 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (GMT-5 hours)

Brown University invites applications for one- to two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships to support the development of early career scholars from diverse backgrounds (with particular attention to historically underrepresented groups in the academy) who show promise as innovative scholars in the following integrative scholarship areas:

• Creating Peaceful, Just, and Prosperous Societies | Economic, political and cultural development are as important as defense and diplomacy in establishing peaceful and just societies. This area invites rigorous scholarship in international studies, promotes active engagement in the world of international affairs, and supports scholarship that promotes social justice and economic prosperity domestically and internationally.

• Exploring Human Experience | Brown has a long and distinguished record of innovation in the humanities. Learning from the historical record, analyzing present conditions, and comprehending our future possibilities are fundamental to the University’s mission and its contributions to society.  This area seeks to develop a robust environment for the study of human experience in all its diversity throughout history and around the world. 

• Cultivating Creative Expression | Creative expression is used to explore human values and communicate new ideas, to challenge societies, and to draw disparate groups together. At Brown, the creative arts are tightly integrated into the liberal arts. This area focuses on scholarship that can foster an environment in which artists are operating at the highest levels of their crafts and learn from and inform scholars in disciplines across the campus. 

• Understanding the Human Brain | This area focuses on efforts to understand functions of the brain that distinguish us as humans, discover treatments for disorders that diminish our capacities, and create technologies to improve lives. 

• Sustaining Life on Earth | Environmental change can threaten global supplies of food and water, harm human health, and undermine the stability of societies around the world. This area focuses on the relationship of the environment to human societies combining the efforts of natural, physical, and social scientists, together with humanists, to understand the determinants of environmental change, alter norms of human behavior, consider ethical issues related to sustainability, and develop sound environmental policies. 

• Using Science and Technology to Improve Lives | The development of new technology is critical to human progress, and Brown is at the forefront of discovery in areas such as computing, nanoscience and bioengineering. We recognize that the benefits of new technologies hinge on how well they ultimately align with societal needs. This area emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to innovation, grounded in a broad understanding of local and global needs and concerns.

• Deciphering Disease and Improving Population Health | Improving human health requires an integrated approach to understanding the causes of disease and translating that knowledge into new modes of diagnosis, treatment, and ultimately prevention – from bench to bedside to population.

The successful candidate will teach one course per year as part of the appointment and will participate in activities related to the President’s Diversity Postdoctoral Fellows Program. Scholars with a Ph.D. in the humanities, social sciences, sciences or engineering will be considered.  The candidate’s dissertation must be complete by July 1, 2016  

These one- to two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships are not renewable.   Candidates should submit a letter of application that describes how the candidate’s scholarship fits into one or more integrative area, and describes the candidate’s interest in and plans for impacting the ethnic, gender, and/or racial diversity of the campus. Please also indicate clearly your desired departmental affiliation.  In addition, a curriculum vitae and three letters of reference are required.

 

Deadline for applications is February 10, 2016.

The appointment will be effective July 1, 2016.  

 

To apply go to Interfolio at the following link:

http://apply.interfolio.com/33351

Doctoral Study at Royal Holloway, University of London - Studentships
Posted: 14 Jan 2016 - 11:18

Funding for Doctoral Study at Royal Holloway

AHRC and College Postgraduate Studentships

School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway University of London.

French, German, Hispanic Studies and Italian and

Comparative Literature and Culture

 

The School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway is pleased to invite applications to its PhD programmes in French, German, Hispanic Studies and Italian and Comparative Literature and Culture. You can find out more about the research environment and range of expertise we offer on our research pages.

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mllc/research/home.aspx.

Royal Holloway is the lead member of the TECHNE London and South-East Doctoral Training Partnership, which offers Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) awards for those commencing postgraduate study in September 2016. TECHNE (http://www.techne.ac.uk) comprises seven universities and is one of the 11 AHRC Doctoral Training Partnerships. TECHNE's vision is to produce scholars who are highly motivated and prepared for academic, public or professional life. Its students will benefit from a diverse range of training workshops and opportunities to engage with partners in the arts and cultural sector.

Students may apply to TECHNE for a doctoral award by submitting a TECHNE application through Royal Holloway.  If you are interested in applying for a TECHNE award, the first step is to speak to a prospective supervisor or the Director of Graduate Studies (sarah.wright@rhul.ac.uk). It is not possible to submit an application directly to TECHNE: you must apply through one of the member universities. Overseas students are not eligible for AHRC awards (although they may be considered for other College awards), and EU students are eligible for fees only.

There are around 50 awards per annum for students who are applying to undertake PhD study. Students who apply for a TECHNE award will be considered automatically for a College Scholarship.

How to apply

Prospective doctoral students who are interested in applying for a studentship should contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr Sarah Wright. The deadline for applications is 7 February 2016 (note that all references must also be received by this deadline).

Students whose research falls within the remit of Freedom and Rights of the Individual in the Digital Age may be considered for an alternative stream of funding (deadline 20th January 2016).

 

Masters by Research Fee Waivers: We are pleased to announce that we are currently offeringfee waivers for Masters by Research, available in all areas of the School's research interests. Fee waivers are allocated on a competitive basis by the School. Eligibility conditions apply. Please note that only candidates who have been offered, and who have accepted, a place to study at Royal Holloway will be considered for any available funding opportunities. You should therefore apply for an MA program as soon as possible.  Deadline 29th February 2016.

 For more information on any of these awards, or for postgraduate study more generally at Royal Holloway, write to the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr Sarah Wright (sarah.wright@rhul.ac.uk).

 Dr Ruth Cruickshank

Director of Comparative Literature and Culture Senior Lecturer in French School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures Royal Holloway, University of London TW20 0EX

+44 (0)1784 44 3252 Room IN112 ruth.cruickshank@rhul.ac.uk

New Publications

Racine’s Late Greek Tragedies. Essays on ‘Iphigénie’ and ‘Phèdre’ - ed. Nicholas Hammond , Paul Hammond , and Joseph Harris
Posted: 28 Jan 2026 - 11:46

 Racine’s Late Greek Tragedies. Essays on ‘Iphigénie’ and ‘Phèdre’, ed.  Nicholas Hammond, Paul Hammond , and Joseph Harris, Brill, 2026.

Following three volumes devoted to Jean Racine’s earlier theatre, this volume examines his two late tragedies inspired by Greek myth, Iphigénie (1674) and Phèdre (1677). This international collection of essays by experts in the field covers a wide range of themes and approaches, including mythological, literary and environmental contexts, interpretation of the characters, staging, performance, reception, adaptation, and translation. With Phèdre traditionally having garnered more attention than Iphigénie, this sustained consideration of the two works in tandem with each other throws exciting new light upon a dramatist at the height of his theatrical powers.

More info here. 

H-France Forum - Volume 20 (2025), Issue 7
Posted: 28 Jan 2026 - 11:42

H-France Forum

Volume 20 (2025), Issue 7

Issue Editor, David Harrison, Grinnell College

Dan Edelstein, The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin.  Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2025.  viii+419 pp.  Illustrations, notes, bibliography, and index. $35.00 (cl) ISBN: 978-0-691-2318-3. $24.50 (eb) ISBN 978-0-691-2318-46.

Review Essays by:

Craige B. Champion, Syracuse University

Anne Simonin, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

Emma Planinc, University of Notre Dame 

Author’s Response by Dan Edelstein, Stanford University

Read here.

How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid. The Lessons of the Sun King’s War Termination - Dylan Motin
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 - 06:00

Dylan Motin, How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid. The Lessons of the Sun King’s War Termination, Anthem Press, 2025.

 

The international relations field grew around stories of great powers vying for hegemony and ultimately failing. However, France’s Louis XIV stands out among modern aspiring hegemons as the only one to leave his country intact, even larger than he found it. This book argues that Louis XIV’s war-ending strategy explains this outlying case. Like other potential hegemons, Louis fought general wars he failed to win decisively. But Louis would often negotiate peace from a position of strength while other aspiring hegemons generally fought to the finish, thus solidifying uncompromising balancing coalitions. This eagerness to pursue peace from a strong position mollified opposing coalitions and allowed France to extract some gains, however limited. First, the work presents Louis’s strategy of major wartime concessions from a position of strength. Second, it shows how he used this strategy to exit his three general wars. Third, it describes his foreign policy background and beliefs to unpack the origins of this war-ending strategy. Fourth, the book compares France with other hegemonic pretenders to control for possible explanations and shows that Louis’s strategy was unique. Finally, it discusses in turn the research’s implications for the international security field and U.S. decision-makers concerned by the possibility of war with China and Russia. Hence, this book matters to policymakers, international relations theorists, and historians of modern Europe.

More info here.

 

Alchimie et paracelsisme en France 1567-1625) - Didier KAHN (3e édition)
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 - 05:56

Didier KAHN, Alchimie et paracelsisme en France 1567-1625), Troisième édition corrigée, Genève, Droz, 2025.

Azogue Book Of The Year Award
Prix monseigneur Marcel de l'Académie française

 

Derrière l’imagerie populaire de l’alchimiste assis au secret de son fourneau, il y eut jadis des êtres de chair. Qui étaient ces hommes? Comment vivaient-ils? Quelle place tinrent-ils dans la société et dans le monde intellectuel d’alors? Cette étude de la réception de l’alchimie et des doctrines de Paracelse en France s’attache à la production du livre alchimique et paracelsien et à l’histoire des nombreuses querelles que ce dernier provoque. On établit chemin faisant la biographie de plusieurs alchimistes, tel Joseph Du Chesne ou Etienne de Clave, et l’on ruine la légende selon laquelle Descartes, de retour d’Allemagne, aurait été suspecté de rosicrucianisme. L’ouvrage s’achève sur la grande crise des années 1620, où une alchimie inclinant tantôt au matérialisme, tantôt au panthéisme, est englobée par les apologètes chrétiens dans leur condamnation du mouvement libertin. Alchimie et paracelsisme est le premier d’une série de trois volumes, où seront successivement étudiés les cercles alchimiques français et le mécénat princier qui les favorisa, ainsi que les rapports entre science, religion et littérature dans la France alchimique de la fin de la Renaissance.

 

Plus d'informations sur le site de l'éditeur.

Le pinceau de lumière. Charles Perrault poète du temps présent- Delphine Reguig
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 - 05:53

Delphine Reguig, Le pinceau de lumière. Charles Perrault poète du temps présent, Genève, Droz, 2025.

 

« Il n’y a rien que le temps ne perfectionne tous les jours », affirme Charles Perrault (1628-1703) dans la préface du deuxième tome du Parallèle des Anciens et des Modernes. Sa contribution fondamentale à l’imaginaire de l’absolutisme passe par une attention soutenue à la temporalité, étudiée ici, dans toutes ses implications et ses paradoxes, par Delphine Reguig. Témoin d’une crise du temps que la célèbre Querelle des Anciens et des Modernes cristallise de façon aussi tardive qu’éclatante, l’œuvre du polygraphe participe des efforts de Louis XIV pour régner sur les imaginations et les attacher au présent dont il modèle la valeur. S’y manifeste une foi singulière dans les pouvoirs représentatifs de l’écriture dont cet ouvrage tente de traduire l’ambition.

Plus d'informations sur le site de l'éditeur.

Conferences and Colloquia

Using Transkribus for your Research
Posted: 28 Apr 2023 - 09:56

Call for Participants

Research Methods Workshop

Using Transkribus for your Research

with Dr Janée Allsman, UCD

Saturday, May 13th 2023

Marsh’s Library, St Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8

10.30 a.m. and 2.30 pm

This event will consist of an hour-long demonstration of how to 
use Transkribus for humanities research, followed by a hands-on workshop 
where participants will work on transcribing a document of their own.

Transkribus is an AI-powered platform providing text recognition and layout 
analysis for historical documents. Using Transkribus, researchers can 
digitally transcribe, tag, and search manuscript and printed texts 
individually or collaboratively. To accelerate the transcription of 
manuscript documents, Transkribus offers a range of publicly accessible 
Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) models, as well as the option of training 
your own public or private HTR model tailored to your collection of 
documents.

Scholars and colleagues working on any kind of manuscript or 
archival materials who would like to participate and investigate the 
potential of this software for their research are invited to contact Dr 
Janée Allsman (janee.allsman@ucd.ie)  and Dr Derval Conroy 
(derval.conroy@ucd.ie) to reserve a place by May 5. 

Places in each session are limited to 10. Priority may be given to 
postdoctoral and early career researchers, depending on demand. Participants 
should indicate which session they would like to attend. Flexibility 
would be appreciated.

For post-docs or early career researchers traveling from abroad, a 
contribution to travel costs may be available. In this case, please indicate 
in your email the nature of your research and how the workshop would assist 
you.

No prior experience with Transkribus or other transcription software is 
required. 

Participation is free, but participants must create a 
free Transkribus account and upload scans of their documents in advance of 
the workshop. For further information 
on Transkribus see: https://readcoop.eu/transkribus/ [1]

This event is orgnanised by the UCD College of Arts and Humanities Research 
Strand, 'Thresholds of Knowledge'.

Online Book Talk: Rori Bloom in Conversation with Anne Duggan
Posted: 1 Apr 2023 - 12:03

Dear Colleagues,

Please join us for our SECFS conversations online series showcasing recent books about eighteenth-century France.

At our meeting on Friday, April 14 at 3pm EST, Rori Bloom of the University of Florida will present her book — Making the Marvelous: Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, Henriette-Julie de Murat, and the Literary Representation of the Decorative Arts (University of Nebraska Press, 2022) — in conversation with Anne Duggan of Wayne State University. After their conversation, there will be time for further questions from the audience.

To register, please use this link, which you may forward to interested colleagues and students:

https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlfumupzIqHNIjddkUFFvH9cHEa_uFYfbR

We look forward to seeing you soon,

Yann Robert, SECFS president (yrobert@uic.edu)

Fayçal Falaky, SECFS vice-president (ffalaky@tulane.edu)

Masano Yamashita, SECFS executive secretary (Masano.Yamashita@colorado.edu)

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Chers/Chères Collègues,

Vous êtes invité.e.s à la prochaine rencontre de la série des Conversations en visioconférence qui tout au long des prochains mois permettront de découvrir des ouvrages publiés récemment sur la France du XVIIIe siècle.

Rori Bloom (University of Florida) présentera son ouvrage — Making the Marvelous: Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, Henriette-Julie de Murat, and the Literary Representation of the Decorative Arts (University of Nebraska Press, 2022) — en conversation avec Anne Duggan (Wayne State University), le vendredi 14 avril à 15h (EST). L'intervention sera suivie d'une séance de questions et réponses.

Pour s'inscrire :   https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlfumupzIqHNIjddkUFFvH9cHEa_uFYfbR

Le lien sera communiqué après inscription.

Au plaisir de vous y voir bientôt,

Yann Robert, président de la SECFS (yrobert@uic.edu)

Fayçal Falaky, vice-président de la SECFS (ffalaky@tulane.edu)

Masano Yamashita, secrétaire de la SECFS (Masano.Yamashita@colorado.edu)

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)

Member News Briefs

Geoffrey Turnovsky - article in the Romanic Review
University of Washington

Congratulations are also in order for Geoffrey Turnovsky, whose piece “Crying into Print: Sentimental Reading, Spiritual Exaltation, and Typographic Standardization” has been published in the current issue of the Romanic Review (107.1–4 January–November 2016 A Tribute to Gita May (1929–2016).

https://french.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Romanic107_1-4_TOC.pdf

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Ronald Tobin - article in Romanic Review
University of California Santa Barbara

Please join me in congratulating Ronald Tobin for the publication of his article “Britannicus or The Secrets of Space” in the current issue of the Romanic Review (107.1–4 January–November 2016 A Tribute to Gita May (1929–2016).

You can access the article here.

Post date: 8 years 9 months ago
Tristan Alonge - Parution ouvrage
Université de la Réunion

Félicitations à Tristan Alonge pour la parution de son nouveau livre, Racine et Euripe : La révolution trahie (Genève : Droz, 2017). Veuillez trouver ci-dessous un précis :

Helléniste remarquable, Jean Racine se distingue de tous ses contemporains, et de Corneille en particulier, par le retour incessant à la tragédie grecque. C'est en traduisant Aristote, en annotant les pièces athéniennes et en adaptant Euripide sur scène, qu'il retrouve le secret du « héros tragique », ni tout à fait coupable ni tout à fait innocent. En bousculant les codes dramaturgiques de l'époque, Racine fera de sa découverte le symbole d'une « révolution » dans l'art de fabriquer des tragédies. L'ouvrage se propose de reconstruire l'évolution de cette « révolution racinienne », en explorant son origine grecque et ses manifestations les plus explicites, à savoir les quatre pièces inspirées d'Euripide : La Thébaïde, Andromaque, Iphigénie et Phèdre. La lecture croisée de l'ensemble des sources permet de décoder le palimpseste racinien en laissant émerger le rôle crucial joué par le texte euripidéen sous-jacent. Pourtant, en véritable caméléon, Jean Racine n'hésitera pas à sacrifier son souffleur athénien et sa propre révolution sur l'autel du succès. http://www.droz.org/france/fr/6509-9782600057974.html
Post date: 8 years 10 months ago
Katherine Ibbett - new book
Trinity College

Congratuations to Katherine Ibbett, whose book Compassion's Edge has just appeared with The University of Pennsylvania UP. Please find further details below.

Compassion's Edge: Fellow-Feeling and Its Limits in Early Modern France (Pennsylvania, 2017) Katherine Ibbett

Compassion's Edge examines the language of fellow-feeling—pity, compassion, and charitable care—that flourished in France in the period from the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which established some degree of religious toleration, to the official breakdown of that toleration with the Revocation of the Edict in 1685. This is not, however, a story about compassion overcoming difference but one of compassion reinforcing division. Early modern fellow-feeling drew distinctions, policed its borders, and far from reaching out to others, kept the other at arm's length. This book ranges widely over genres, contexts, and geographies, taking up major figures such as D'Aubigné, Montaigne, Lafayette, Corneille, and Racine, as well as less familiar Jesuit theologians, Huguenot ministers, and nuns from a Montreal hospital. Investigating the affective undertow of religious toleration, Compassion's Edge provides a robust corrective to today's hope that fellow-feeling draws us inexorably and usefully together.

Full Description, Table of Contents, and More: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15747.html

 

304 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus.  Hardcover | ISBN 978-0-8122-4970-5 | $79.95s | £66.00  Ebook | ISBN 978-0-8122-9456-9 | $79.95s | £52.00  A volume in the Haney Foundation Series: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/series/HFS.html

Post date: 8 years 10 months ago
Article de Francis Assaf
The University of Georgia (Emeritus)

Congratulations to Francis Assaf, whose article "Le Page disgracié: l’Histoire ou une histoire?" has been published in the most recent volume of Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature (XLIV, 86 (2017): 7-18).

Post date: 9 years 3 weeks ago