Victorian Persistence

Sep 25, 2024 | Seminars

The present-day globalization of Victorian writing can be traced back to the extraordinary plasticity of its textual and visual forms, as it travels from place to place and media to media. Such temporal, geographical, cultural and intermedial persistence is the subject of this seminar which considers the different modes of resistance of literature within the nineteenth-century as well as its survival and rebirth in later times. Three texts from the following domains are chosen for each session:

  • theory/philosophy
  • academic criticism
  • literature/journalism.

 

They are made available on our blog before each session. The idea of the seminar is to allow speakers to discuss their area of research with others through a study of the three texts and chosen images, and thus open out the subject to other corpora, centuries, disciplines.

Seminar website:

For more information on the Victorian Persistence seminar, including the schedule for the current and previous years, please visit our website: https://victorianpersistence.wordpress.com/.

Supervised by:

This seminar is supervised by Professor Sara Thornton and Estelle Murail

It is part of the Boundaries of Literature pathway within the LARCA research group (UMR 8225 du CNRS).

Related Axis and Seminar

Programm 2022-2023

 
– 23 November 2022: Richard W. Hayes (Architectural Historian, New York and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge): ‘”Healthy Furniture”: Interior Design and Hygiene in Victorian Britain.’ Respondent: Roisin Quinn Lautrefin (Lycée Blomet).
– 28 March 2023 : Xavier Giudicelli (Université de Reims). “Résonances victoriennes dans l’oeuvre d’Alan Hollinghurst: poésie, peinture, architecture.” Respondent : Pr.Georges Letissier (Université de Nantes). (avec le séminaire Frontières du Littéraire) (Salle 830)
 
– 30 May 2023, 3pm-7pm: Jane Eyre study day. With Céline Prest (Lycée Blomet), Roisin Quinn-Lautrefin (Lycée Blomet), Dunlaith Bird (Université Paris 13), and Sara Thornton (LARCA, Université Paris Cité)

Programm 2021-2022

  • 17 novembre 2021: Dr. Charlotte Arnautou (Paris Dauphine – PSL): “Chesterton penseur critique de la culture de masse ?” (ODG, salle 202). Respondent: Pr. Sara Thornton (Université de Paris – LARCA)
  • 25 January 2022: Pr. Susan Zieger (University of California, Riverside): “Artificial Life: The Cold Chain and Dracula’s Logistical Network.”
  • 15 February 2022: Dr. Jolene Zigarovich (University of Northern Iowa): “Missing, Abandoned, and in Legal Limbo: Victorian Presumption of Death Laws and the Novel.” Respondent: Dr. Stéphanie Prévost (Université de Paris – LARCA)
  • 14 Avril 2022: Dr. Emilie Dardenne (Université de Bretagne Occidentale): « Animal Studies de l’ère victorienne à nos jours : histoire des idées, études critiques, épistémologie ». Avec la traverse Humanités Environnementales.
  • 19 April 2022: Dr. Jolene Zigarovich (University of Northern Iowa): “Missing, Abandoned, and in Legal Limbo: Victorian Presumption of Death Laws and the Novel.” Respondent: Dr. Stéphanie Prévost (Université de Paris – LARCA)
  • 25 May 2022: Pr. Susan Zieger (University of California, Riverside): “Artificial Life: The Cold Chain and Dracula’s Logistical Network.”
  • 14 June 2022: Timothy Gao (Bristol University) will present his recent book Virtual Play and the Victorian Novel. Respondent: Clémence Follea (Université de Paris – LARCA)

Contact

For further information, contact Róisín Quinn-Lautrefin (roisinql@hotmail.fr), Estelle Murail (estelle_murail@yahoo.fr), Clémence Folléa (clemence.follea@gmail.com), or Sandeep Bakshi, (Sandeep.Bakshi@univ-paris-diderot.fr).

The seminar usually takes place at Université de Paris once a month at 5.30 pm at the following address:

Bâtiment “Olympe-de-Gouges”, salle 347, 8 place Paul-Ricoeur, 75013, métro/RER Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand.

 

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