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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

Appel à contribution pour Albineana 37 (2025), dirigé par Mathilde Bernard, Nadine Kuperty-Tsur et Alicia Viaud
Posted: Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 14:50

Le rapport d’Agrippa d’Aubigné aux femmes n’est pas simple ; l’enfant aegre partus ne doit sa vie qu’à la mort de l’une d’entre elles, ce qui peut expliquer une tendance à la mise à distance. De nombreuses femmes sont ainsi présentées comme des incarnations d’une altérité radicale : la mère, cette figure qui, pour absente qu’elle soit, hante l’entièreté de l’œuvre, sous des dehors la plupart du temps peu rassurants, mais néanmoins ambivalents[i] ; l’amante, qui revêt des habits pétrarquistes aux chatoiements inquiétants et qui, jeunesse éclatante a son double dans les vieilles repoussantes du Printemps[ii] ; les femmes « détestées », qui sont présentées comme des symboles de débauche[iii] ; les reines qui deviennent sorcières sous sa plume[iv] ; les parangons bibliques de l’impiété – Jézabel[v] et autres Athalie – ; ou les femmes mythiques venues du monde gréco‑romain pour faire du poète une proie, Diane la chasseresse[vi], qui bien sûr se cache dans la belle Salviati, autre menace de mort.

À côté de ces femmes si diverses en possibilité d’anéantissement du corps et de l’âme de l’écrivain – car ces figures sont avant tout littéraires –, Agrippa d’Aubigné offre aux lecteurs de nombreux exemples de femmes admirables, qui dans leur grandeur n’en sont pas moins pour la plupart également mises à distance. Au rang de ces femmes viennent en premier lieu les martyres : les sœurs Foucaude – des enfants –, Jane Gray, jeune, reine, vertueuse et pieuse[vii]… Puis les reines protestantes qui ont su gouverner en homme, éloge équivoque s’il en est : Elizabeth, Jeanne d’Albret[viii], figurant de nouvelles Deborah.

Enfin viennent d’autres femmes, plus accessibles sans doute, celles qui se sacrifient pour leur parti, comme Catherine de Bourbon[ix], nouvelle Esther, des femmes poètes et salonnières comme les dames des Roches[x] ou, plus proches encore du peuple, ces figures de la dévotion, jeune fille allaitant le vieillard et à l’inverse femme âgée (aux mamelles taries) allaitant un nourrisson. Quelques‑unes enfin, bien réelles celles‑là, tissées à la vie d’Agrippa d’Aubigné et présentes en ses écrits : ses femmes, ses filles.

Comment dès lors concilier ce mélange d’attirance et de répulsion dont le Printemps se fait l’écho, d’admiration pour des femmes qui sont le lieu et la preuve de la grâce suprême de Dieu, n’agissant jamais tant que lorsqu’elle élève la faiblesse, et de mépris horrifié pour la putain et la sorcière, de connivence[xi] et de hiérarchisation des rapports[xii] ? Comment comprendre que la femme soit le plus souvent tenue à distance respectable : faut‑il en chercher les raisons dans les structures patriarcales d’une société qui n’assigne pas aux femmes un rôle de même importance qu’aux hommes, dans la vie d’un enfant à qui a manqué une présence féminine, d’un amant éconduit, d’un veuf éploré, d’un sujet méfiant d’une souveraine aux finesses italiennes ? Quel est le sens de la parole ou du silence des femmes dans l’œuvre d’Agrippa d’Aubigné ? Comment les voix féminines et les voix de l’énonciateur se mêlent‑elles et dans quelle optique[xiii] ? Quelle possibilité les femmes protestantes ont‑elles de se faire entendre[xiv] ? Peut‑on, avec Catharina Randall Coats[xv], penser un « parler mystique » de la femme albinéenne, qui l’élèverait à un statut équivalent à celui de l’énonciateur de la fin des Tragiques, « extatique », « au giron de son Dieu » ?

Les articles s’intéresseront aux différents aspects de la présence des femmes dans la vie et dans l’œuvre d’Agrippa d’Aubigné. Ils pourront adopter un angle biographique, interrogeant le rôle des amants, des épouses et des filles dans l’existence de l’écrivain, et croiser cette approche avec une analyse des représentations des figures féminines dans l’œuvre. On pourra également axer sa réflexion sur la dimension symbolique et mythique de la représentation des femmes admirées ou honnies, sur la trace, l’inflexion féminines de l’écriture ; considérer la question politique, la résistance, le zèle des femmes ; voir comment en elles réside paradoxalement la plus grande fiance d’Agrippa (les plus zélés sont pour beaucoup des femmes) et son plus grand effroi (les plus machiavéliques sont sans doute des femmes). Les articles se demanderont comment concilier les rapports de l’homme avec les personnes et les rapports de l’écrivain avec les êtres de papier, afin de rendre compte d’une vision des femmes plus riche que les passages canoniques offrant à les voir victimes ou démons nous laissent augurer. Le volume s’ouvrira à des articles présentant la place particulière de la femme protestante à cette époque, ainsi qu’à des réflexions plus larges sur la représentation des femmes à la Renaissance.

Les propositions de contribution, de quelques lignes, sont à rendre avant le 31 mai 2024 aux adresses suivantes : bernardm@parisnanterre.fr, alicia.viaud@umontreal.ca, kuperty@tauex.tau.ac.il.

Après acceptation de la proposition de contribution, les articles d’environ 30 000 signes, en français ou en anglais, seront à rendre pour le 1er mars 2025.

[i] Voir Jean‑Raymond Fanlo, Tracés, ruptures. La composition instable des Tragiques, Paris, Champion, 1990, chap. I, 3.2, « Les figures ambivalentes de la mère », p. 83‑87.

[ii] Voir Véronique Ferrer, L’Amoureuse rage. Agrippa d’Aubigné poète profane, Genève, Droz, 2022 et Le Printemps, Julien Goeury (éd.), Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2023.

[iii] Voir Éliane Viennot, « Agrippa d’Aubigné, Marguerite de Valois et le Divorce satyrique », Albineana, 7, 1996, p. 87-111.

[iv] Voir Jean‑Raymond Fanlo, « Catherine de Médicis, monstre femelle. Agrippa d’Aubigné, Les Tragiques, livre I », dans Régis Bertrand et Anne Carol (dir.), Le « Monstre » humain : Imaginaire et société [en ligne], Aix-en-Provence, Presses universitaires de Provence, 2005.

[v] Voir Gisèle Matthieu‑Castellani, Agrippa d’Aubigné. Le Corps de Jézabel, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1991.

[vi] Voir Jean‑Raymond Fanlo et Marie‑Dominique Legrand (dir.), Le Mythe de Diane en France au XVIe siècle, Albineana, 14, 2002.

[vii] Voir Antoinette Gimaret, « “Ses gants et son livret pour faire testament”. Le récit de la mort de Jane Grey dans l’Histoire des Martyrs de Jean Crespin et les Tragiques d’Agrippa d’Aubigné », dans Line Cottegnies, Anne‑Marie Miller‑Blaise et Christine Sukic (dir.), Objets et anatomie du corps héroïque dans l’Europe de la première modernité, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2019, p. 25‑45.

[viii] Voir Marie‑Madeleine Fragonard, « L’éloge d’Elisabeth », dans François Charpentier (dir.), Les Tragiques d’Agrippa d’Aubigné. Actes de la journée d’étude Agrippa d’Aubigné, 9 nov. 1990, Cahiers Textuel, 9, 19 1, p. 39-52 ; Cécile Huchard, « Jeanne d’Albret, Élisabeth d’Angleterre, reines, et héroïnes protestantes ? », dans Gilbert Schrenck, Anne-Elisabeth Spica, Pascale Thouvenin (dir.), Héroïsme féminin et femmes illustres (XVIe‑XVIIe siècles). Une représentation sans fiction, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2019, p. 91‑105.

[ix] Voir le Traitté des douceurs de l’affliction, Gilbert Schrenck (éd), dans Œuvres, t. III, Paris, Garnier, 2014.

[x] Voir Madeleine Lazard, « Deux féministes poitevines au XVIe siècle : Les dames des Roches », Albineana, 3, 1990, p. 143‑153.

[xi] Cette connivence et cette proximité confiante furent semblent‑ils au fondement des liens conjugaux qui unissait Agrippa d’Aubigné tant à Suzanne de Lezay qu’à Renée Burlamacchi (voir Gilbert Schrenck, notices en ligne sur les femmes d’Agrippa d’Aubigné dans le Grand Dictionnaire des Femmes de l’Ancien Régime, 2005 : Aubigné (Michèle), Burlamacchi (Renée), L’Estang (Catherine de), Lezay (Suzanne de), Limur (Anne de), Salviati (Diane)). Elle marque aussi la couleur de la relation qu’il a entretenue avec Catherine de Bourbon, mélange de respect, d’admiration et d’amitié (outre son introduction de l’édition du Traitté des douceurs de l’affliction, on pourra consulter l’article suivant de Gilbert Schrenck : « Rhétorique de l’affliction : Catherine de Bourbon, Agrippa d’Aubigné et la Conférence de Nancy (1600) », dans Claude La Charité et Roxanne Roy (dir.), Femmes, rhétorique et éloquence sous l’Ancien Régime, Saint-Étienne, Publications de l’université de Saint-Étienne, 2012, p. 299‑310).

[xii] Rare sont les femmes qui peuvent gouverner et il semble clair par ailleurs qu’Agrippa d’Aubigné n’assigne pas le même rôle aux femmes qu’aux hommes, comme en témoigne la Lettre à ses filles.

[xiii] Voir Samuel Junod, « Voix féminines dans l’œuvre d’Aubigné », Women in French Studies, 11, 2003, p. 25‑37.

[xiv] Catharina Randall Coats, « Shouting Down Abraham: How Sixteenth Century Huguenot Women Found Their Voice », Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 50, 2, 1997, p. 411‑442?

[xv] Catharina Randall Coats, « La femme : un prétexte silencieux dans l’œuvre d’Agrippa d’Aubigné », Albineana, 7, 1996, p. 76.

Palissy's Lost Grotto NEH Digital Projects for the Public
Posted: Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 10:32

“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

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Prix XVIIe Siècle 2020 attribué à Alexandre Maral et Valérie Carpentier-Vanhaverbeke pour Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720). Le sculpteur du Grand Siècle

Posted 7 Jul 2021 - 08:20

Le Prix XVIIe siècle 2020 de la Société d’Etude du XVIIe siècle a été attribué à

Alexandre Maral et Valérie Carpentier-Vanhaverbeke

pour leur ouvrage

Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720). Le sculpteur du Grand Siècle, Avant-propos de Laurent Salomé, Préface de Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Paris, Arthena, 2020.

Le Prix leur sera remis le samedi 25 septembre 2021 à Paris. Le Prix 2019 décerné à Yann Rodier pour Les Raisons de la haine, dont la célébration a été repoussée en raison de la pandémie, sera remis au même moment.

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Présentation de l’ouvrage :

D’origine lyonnaise, Antoine Coysevox (1640-1720) s’installe à Paris en 1657 et commence alors un brillant parcours académique : professeur-adjoint dès 1676, il sera le premier sculpteur à diriger l’Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture en 1703.

De Versailles – avec la décoration du salon de la Guerre, le bosquet de la Colonnade ou le parterre d’Eau –, à Marly, avec les célèbres statues équestres de la Renommée du roi, Coysevox construit sa carrière officielle sur un solide réseau relationnel, avec le soutien de Le Brun, Colbert et Hardouin-Mansart. Sa sculpture se met au service du roi pour des effigies qui, à Paris (son émouvant Louis XIV agenouillé de Notre-Dame), Rennes ou Dijon, diffusent l’image d’un nouvel Alexandre.

Sculpteur des ducs et pairs par ses nombreux monuments funéraires (dont l’illustre tombeau de Mazarin à l’Institut de France), il est aussi le portraitiste de la famille royale, d’artistes réputés (Coypel, Hardouin-Mansart, Le Brun) ou d’amis. Qualifié de « Rigaud de la sculpture », il est reconnu de son vivant comme un génie en la matière. La virtuosité des boucles des perruques, la grande sensibilité du rendu des marques de l’âge et l’expression du caractère de chaque modèle : tout concourt à des portraits d’un grand naturel et pourtant intemporels.

Compléments sur le site de l'éditeur

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Depuis 1984, la Société d’Etude du XVIIe siècle décerne, chaque année, un Prix XVIIe siècle assorti d’une somme de 2000 euros. Ayant pour but d’encourager la diffusion d’un savoir rigoureux auprès du plus large public, ce Prix récompense, sans exclusive de discipline, un ouvrage traitant du XVIIe siècle, paru l’année précédente.

Lauréats précédents :

2019 – Yann Rodier, Les Raisons de la haine. Histoire d'une passion dans la France du premier XVIIe siècle (1610-1659), préface de Denis Crouzet, Ceyzérieu, Champ Vallon, coll. "Époques", 2019.

2018 – Dictionnaire des Pays Bas au Siècle d’Or dirigé par Catherine Secrétan et Willem  Frijhoff, Paris, CNRS Editions, 2018.

2017 – François Friche, Entre Terre et Ciel. Romans comiques et mystère de l’Incarnation (1620-1660), Paris, Hermann, 2017.

2016 – Ariane James-Sarazin, Hyacinthe Rigaud. Le catalogue raisonné, Dijon, Editions Faton, 2016.

2015 (deux lauréats) – Aude Volpilhac, « Le secret de bien lire ». Lecture et herméneutique de soi en France au XVIIe siècle, Paris, Honoré Champion, 2015

– Yannick Nexon, Le chancelier Séguier (1588-1672), ministre, dévot et mécène au Grand Siècle, Paris, Champ Vallon, 2015.

2014 – Nathalie Lecomte, Entre cours et jardins d’illusions. Le ballet en Europe (1515-1715), Paris, Centre National de la Danse, 2014.

2013 – Sophie Vergnes, Les Frondeuses : une révolte au féminin (1643-1661), Seyssel, Champ Vallon, 2013.

2012 – Isabelle Landy, Entre Philologie et linguistique : approches de la langue classique, Paris, Garnier, 2012.

2011 – Bartholomé Benassar, Vélasquez, Paris, De Fallois, 2011.

2010 – Gilles Siouffi, Le Génie de la langue française. Études sur les structures imaginaires de la description linguistique à l’Âge classique, Paris, Honoré Champion, 2010.

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.

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Assistant Professor of French (Tenure-Track) at Washington College
Posted 30 Nov 2022 - 13:28

The Department of World Languages and Cultures at Washington College is seeking a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor of French beginning in fall 2023. The area of specialization is open, and we particularly welcome candidates with interdisciplinary interests, including, but not limited to race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, environmental issues, media studies, or business. The teaching load is 3/3.

The successful candidate will hold a doctorate in French Studies (or related field) and must have demonstrated effectiveness in and commitment to undergraduate teaching, innovation in curriculum development, and native or near-native proficiency in French and English. They will be expected to teach courses in French and on Francophone culture at all levels of the program; perform curricular and administrative work of the French program; support program-related co-curricular activities; and participate in college-wide service obligations. Our department is a creative and dynamic program that engages in a critical way with nearly every student on campus. 

Founded in 1782, Washington College is a selective liberal arts institution of about 1,000 students that emphasizes excellence in teaching and a commitment to scholarly research. It is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, about 1.5 hours from Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. For more information, please consult the college's (http://www.washcoll.edu) and the department's website (https://www.washcoll.edu/academic_departments/world_languages_cultures/).

How to Apply

Please upload a letter of application that addresses your contributions to research, teaching, and promoting diversity, a CV, a teaching and research statement that includes a description of your contributions to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion through your teaching, mentoring, and/or outreach (no more than 3 pages), names and contact information for three professional references, and an unofficial transcript to our online portal: https://www.washcoll.edu/people_departments/offices/human-resources/employment/index.php. Review of applications will begin on December 15th and continue until the position is filled. Initial interviews will be conducted via Zoom. Please direct any inquiries about the position to Nicole Grewling, search chair (ngrewling2@washcoll.edu). For assistance accessing our portal, contact hr@washcoll.edu.

EEO Statement & Title IX

Washington College values diversity within our students, faculty, and staff, and strives to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people. Washington College does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state and/or local laws. We particularly encourage members of historically underrepresented groups, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community to apply for this position. For information on Washington College's Title IX compliance, please visit https://www.washcoll.edu/title-ix/

Other Information

Employment is contingent upon completion of a successful background check and establishment of identity and verification of employment eligibility as required by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. It is the policy of Washington College to provide reasonable accommodations. If you require any accommodations to participate in any part of the hiring process, please contact hr@washcoll.edu

Washington College is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse cultural environment and encourages applications from women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Cambridge - Drapers Professorship of French
Posted 19 Oct 2022 - 16:00

The University of Cambridge invites applications for the Drapers Professorship of French (closing date 14 November 2022). This post will fall vacant on 30 September 2023 upon the retirement of Professor Michael Moriarty FBA, the current occupant. The Drapers Chair is one of the flagship established chairs of the university’s School of Arts and Humanities and one of the pre-eminent chairs in French in the UK. The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics seeks a world-class academic with t​he ability to engage in ground-breaking research and to inspire the next generation of students and colleagues.
 
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/listing/311225/drapers-professorship-of-french-/

Assistant Professor of French (Rollins College)
Posted 14 Oct 2022 - 14:41

The Department of Global Languages and Cultures at Rollins College, a private liberal arts college in central Florida, invites applications for a tenure-track position to teach French courses at all levels and other topic courses, beginning Fall 2023. The position is open to a generalist, preferably those with knowledge of transatlantic studies and/or Francophone African studies.

The position also involves a significant educational leadership role that includes, among other things, academic planning, curriculum and program development, and innovation. Other responsibilities may include: student advising, recruitment and placement, course coordination, and service on administrative committees.

The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to teaching and curriculum development, and show promise of pedagogical innovation and educational leadership. They will be expected to participate in departmental events and initiatives, to maintain an excellent record of teaching and service. The successful candidate must also be able to contribute to a diverse and inclusive learning and working environment at Rollins College. We view differences (e.g., nationality, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, physical ability, perspectives) as rich opportunities for understanding, learning, and growth.

The successful candidate should:

Ph.D degree in French, Applied linguistics, Linguistics, Second Language acquisition, at the time of the appointment.

Commitment to undergraduate teaching excellence and to our liberal arts mission.

Native or near-native fluency in French and English.

Demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence in the liberal arts.

Ability to contribute to, help foster, and sustain a diverse and inclusive. learning and working environment at Rollins.

The teaching load is 3/3.

Founded in 1885, Rollins is Florida's oldest recognized college. Rollins is an independent, comprehensive, residential liberal arts college. The campus, noted for its lakefront beauty and for its unique location, is set in the residential community of Winter Park, just 15 minutes from one of the nation's most dynamic urban centers, Orlando. For the last 10 years, U.S. News & World Report ranked Rollins No. 1 or No. 2 among southern regional universities. Rollins is one of only 36 Ashoka U Changemaker Campuses in the world. For additional information, please visit the College website at www.rollins.edu.

Minimum Qualifications and Education:

Ph.D degree in French, Applied linguistics, Linguistics, Second Language acquisition, at the time of the appointment.

Commitment to undergraduate teaching excellence and to our liberal arts mission.

Native or near-native fluency in French and English.

Demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence in the liberal arts.

Ability to contribute to, help foster, and sustain a diverse and inclusive. learning and working environment at Rollins.

Instructions to Applicants:

Interested applicants must apply online via the College's employment website and upload the following materials as follows:

Letter of Application

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Statement

Provide three reference names and email addresses on application

**Preference will be given to candidates who apply by November 21st, 2022. Position is open until filled.**

Inquiries can be directed to:
Sana Alaya Seghair
French Coordinator, Global Languages and Cultures Department
sseghair@rollins.edu

To apply, visit https://jobs.rollins.edu/en-us/job/493378/assistant-professor-frenchjeid-5d2ca73eaceeb54a9... 6b0674ce

Assistant Professor of French (Western Washington University)
Posted 14 Oct 2022 - 14:38

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Western Washington University is inviting applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning September 2023. We seek a generalist in French with a specialization in pre-19th century French literature to teach a broad spectrum of French language and content courses in the undergraduate curriculum.

Responsibilities include: Standard quarter-system teaching assignment (2-2-2); exemplary teaching; active program of scholarly activity; service to the French section and to the Department through a range of activities. The successful candidate will be expected to fulfill teaching and mentoring responsibilities in ways that provide equitable and inclusive learning environments for all students. 

Required Qualifications:

PhD at time of application or ABD at time of application with a specialization in French literature in any period from the Middle Ages up to and including the 18th century. If ABD, all degree requirements must be completed by June 15, 2024.

Ability to teach French language at all levels of the curriculum (including grammar and composition) as well as content courses in literature and culture

Native or near-native French and English proficiency

Demonstrated excellence in teaching

Demonstrated commitment to excellence in scholarship and a dynamic research agenda

Ability to work effectively with diverse students and colleagues, including a demonstrated ability and commitment to cultivate learning environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds

Application Instructions: Application materials must be submitted via WWU’s electronic application system (PageUp) at https://hr.wwu.edu/careers-faculty. Candidates must upload (1) a letter of application that describes their teaching philosophy and research plans and that addresses the required qualifications; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) graduate school transcripts; (4) a sampling of teaching evaluations; and (5) a separate statement that addresses the ability to work effectively with diverse students and colleagues, and a commitment to fulfill teaching and mentoring responsibilities in ways that provide equitable and inclusive learning environments for all students (max. length one page). As part of the online application process, candidates will be asked to provide contact information for three references. Three recommendation letters are required, and these will be automatically requested, upon submission of the application, from the references provided.

Closing Date Notes: Position closes on November 1; applications must be received by this date. Screening interviews are anticipated to take place via Zoom in early December. Finalist interviews are anticipated to be conducted in January 2023.

Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained faculty and staff. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.

Assistant Professor in French and Francophone Studies (California State University, Long Beach)
Posted 14 Oct 2022 - 14:34

Job Number: 519118

Position: Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies

Effective Date: August 17, 2023 (Fall Semester)

Salary Range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Application Deadline: Review of applications to begin November 1, 2022. Position opened until filled (or recruitment canceled).                                     

College of Liberal Arts

Department of Romance, German, Russian Languages and Literatures

Required Qualifications:       

Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies, with specialization in any area of Medieval, Renaissance, 17th and/or 18th century French Studies. Degree at time of application or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2023.

Ability to teach at undergraduate and graduate levels in French

Demonstrated potential or evidence of effective teaching at the college level

Demonstrated potential or evidence of successful research and publication

Commitment to and/or expertise in educating an ethnically, culturally, academically, and economically diverse student population through inclusive teaching practices

Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population          

Preferred Qualifications:                  

Evidence of academic training in one or more of the following specializations: transnational studies; intersectional approaches to race, gender and/or ethnicity; ecocriticism and environmental studies; literature and politics; material culture; cultural studies, migration studies; performance studies; Atlantic studies; digital humanities; or other cognate fields.

Evidence of ability to effectively teach one or more current University course offerings in French language, literature and culture at the undergraduate level (e.g., survey courses, GE courses) and graduate seminars in research methods, on a century, author or theme

Evidence of ability to develop new and creative course offerings in French and Francophone Studies that engage issues of diversity

Commitment to student recruitment and program development

Evidence of support for and/or experience related to the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of its diverse student body

Evidence of ability to engage in research leading to conference participation and peer-reviewed publication

Evidence of interest in or experience with department, college, university, or community service

We invite applications from candidates whose teaching finds dynamic ways of translating these fields of study to undergraduate students. The successful candidate will be able to teach classes at all levels in French. We seek flexible teacher-scholars willing to work across disciplines, innovate and update curricula in collaboration with faculty from other language areas in the department. The ideal candidate will mentor students and build our program through outreach and excellence in teaching. Our search prioritizes applicants who will contribute to a climate that values diversity in all its forms.

Duties:                                    

Teach and develop courses in French and Francophone Studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels. [Mode of instruction may include in-person, hybrid, online, and/or any combination thereof].

Advise and mentor students, including the supervision of Master’s students taking comprehensive exams

Engage in research leading to conference participation and peer-reviewed publications

Participate in faculty governance

Participate in service to the department, college, university, and community

CSULB seeks to recruit faculty who enthusiastically support the University’s strong commitment to the academic success of all of our students, including students of color, students with disabilities, students who are first generation to college, veterans, students with diverse socio-economic backgrounds, and students of diverse sexual orientations and gender expressions. CSULB seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the People of California, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students a rich variety of expertise, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

Information on excellent benefits package available to CSULB faculty is located here: https://www2.calstate.edu/csu-system/careers/benefits/Documents/employee-benefits-summary.pdf

How to Apply - Required Documentation:                          

An Equity and Diversity Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single-spaced). For further information and guidelines, please visit: http://www.csulb.edu/EquityDiversityStatement

Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications

CV

Three references (to be contacted for confidential letters of recommendation finalist stage)

Writing sample related to the candidate’s area of research (in French or English)

Evidence of effective teaching, if applicable (i.e. student evaluations)

Finalists should be prepared to submit an official transcript (e-transcript preferred, if available)

How to Apply: Click Apply Now icon to complete the CSULB online application

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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

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Faire et défaire les savoirs. Frontières épistémiques sur le métier (XVIe-XVIIe siècles) - dir. Yasmine ATLAS, Adrien MANGILI, Dorine ROUILLER
Posted: 17 Apr 2025 - 10:24

Faire et défaire les savoirs. Frontières épistémiques sur le métier (XVIe-XVIIe siècles), dir. Yasmine ATLAS, Adrien MANGILI, Dorine ROUILLER, Genève, Droz, 2023.

Pour qui s’intéresse à la constitution des savoirs, la production intellectuelle de la première modernité représente un terrain d’investigation stimulant, tant elle résiste à une réduction stricte aux catégories scientifiques actuelles. Or, constater la perméabilité des domaines du savoir comme les affinités des savants avec ce qui semble aujourd’hui relever de la croyance, sinon de la superstition, ne revient pas à affirmer l’absence de toute délimitation ni de toute logique. Entre l’abandon progressif des pratiques culturelles propres à l’encyclopédisme humaniste et les configurations nouvelles qu’institutionnalisent les sociétés savantes dans le second XVIIe siècle, le partage des savoirs fait l’objet d’incessantes négociations. Ce volume explore les dynamiques à l’œuvre dans les lieux, livresques comme institutionnels, où se font et se défont les frontières épistémiques. Choix éditoriaux, rhétorique des textes ou des images, inventaires de bibliothèque et catalogues de libraire renouvelleront ici notre regard sur les facteurs qui ont pu, dans leur diversité de nature et d’échelle, intervenir dans la (re)configuration des catégories du savoir.

Plus d'informations ici.

L'empreinte des lointains. Traduire les savoirs sur le monde en France au XVIe siècle - Oury GOLDMAN
Posted: 17 Apr 2025 - 10:18

Oury GOLDMAN, L'empreinte des lointains. Traduire les savoirs sur le monde en France au XVIe siècle, Genève, Droz, 2024.

Au XVIe siècle, le mouvement d'expansion européenne dans le monde, accompagné d'un accroissement des circulations de biens et d'individus à des échelles jusqu'alors inédites, a modifié le rapport que les Européens entretenaient avec le globe et suscité la production d'une série d'écrits consacrés aux espaces lointains, imprimés dans diverses langues européennes. Ce livre examine la traduction et la publication en français de plusieurs ouvrages italiens, espagnols et portugais, imprimés à Paris et à Lyon au milieu du XVIe siècle, traitant aussi bien de l'Amérique que des Indes orientales ou de l'Afrique. Il s’agit de réévaluer l’empreinte matérielle et culturelle laissée par ces lointains dans une France souvent décrite comme étant peu intéressée par les territoires extra-européens, au moment où le royaume bascule dans les guerres de religion. L'étude de ces traductions fournit un éclairage neuf sur la construction du récit des « grandes découvertes » à la Renaissance et explore l’impact qu’ont eu ces ouvrages sur les sociétés qui les produisent, les manipulent et se les approprient.

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La Coquette Naissance et fortune d’un type sociolittéraire (xviie-xviiie siècles) - Laurence Sieuzac
Posted: 17 Apr 2025 - 10:15

Laurence Sieuzac, La Coquette Naissance et fortune d’un type sociolittéraire (xviie-xviiie siècles), Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2024.

Le type de la coquette émergeant au xviie siècle connaît une fortune inégalable au xviiie siècle à la faveur de la culture des apparences. Cette étude montre son règne sur les tréteaux de théâtre, décline les nuances de coquettes, questionne la coquetterie et analyse la coquette chez Marivaux.

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Fénelon, pasteur et écrivain - Morimoto Norihiro
Posted: 17 Apr 2025 - 10:13

Fénelon, pasteur et écrivain, préface de Gérard Ferreyrolles, Morimoto Norihiro, Paris, H. Champion, 2024.

Les rapports entre les deux figures de Fénelon (1651-1715) comme pasteur et écrivain sont complexes. Les fonctions assumées par lui-même, le prédicateur, le précepteur, l’écrivain spirituel et l’archevêque, traversent divers champs comme la rhétorique, la pédagogie, la spiritualité et la théologie. Ces fonctions, qui ne s’excluent pas mais se superposent, permettent de comprendre la dynamique des pratiques d’écriture et de publication de Fénelon.

Celui-ci apparaît comme un cas singulier du clergé de France qui connaît les mutations dans l’usage de l’imprimé tout au long du XVIIe siècle. Dès la révocation de l’édit de Nantes, il élabore dans ses ouvrages une méthode originale d’instruction catéchétique et de controverse, tant sur le plan argumentatif que sur le plan stylistique. Sa nomination comme précepteur du duc de Bourgogne le conduit d’une part à poursuivre la réforme du monde à travers la formation d’un prince chrétien, et d’autre part à s’ériger en écrivain spirituel à la cour. C’est pour défendre sa dignité de pasteur que Fénelon multiplie ses manuscrits au moment des conférences d’Issy et ses imprimés lors de la querelle du quiétisme. Ces expériences polémiques, facilitées aussi par le statut particulier de l’archevêque de Cambrai, servent de matrice à sa lutte contre le jansénisme au début du XVIIIe siècle. Son utilisation de la littérature pastorale marque un tournant décisif dans l’histoire du catholicisme, en ce que les enjeux philosophiques et apologétiques y occupent une place de premier plan.

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Descartes et la culture des esprits. Du bon sens au sens commun - Louis ROUQUAYROL
Posted: 17 Apr 2025 - 10:09

Louis ROUQUAYROL, Descartes et la culture des esprits. Du bon sens au sens commun, Paris, H. Champion, 2024.

On peut décrire la philosophie de Descartes comme poursuivant deux objectifs : le premier, procéder à une culture de l’esprit grâce à la méthode ; le second, parvenir à un accord entre les esprits sur la nouvelle image scientifique du monde grâce à la méta physique. Passer d’un bon sens naïf – « chose du monde la mieux partagée », s’incarnant dans certaines manières ordinaires de penser, de sentir et d’agir (chez l’artisan ou le paysan, par exemple) – à un bon sens cultivé – cette disposition acquise au moyen de laquelle un sujet devient maître de ses pensées et apte à résoudre des questions de tout ordre – tel sera donc le premier objectif. Procéder à une critique de l’image naïve, préscientifique, du monde, pour fabriquer un nouveau sens commun qui reconnaisse les conquêtes de la science nouvelle, tel sera donc le second objectif. Par où la raison cartésienne, sans rien épargner de nos préjugés et sans, pour autant, jamais dédaigner l’étude des pratiques intellectuelles les plus communes, s’adresse à tous les esprits. Sa tâche historique est donc claire : faire emprunter au sens commun le chemin de la modernité.

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Conferences and Colloquia

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MSU Medieval and Early Modern Seminar — Ainan Liu (Princeton University)
Posted: 5 Jan 2024 - 15:07

Please join MSU's Medieval & Early Modern Studies Seminar for our first talk of the spring semester: Doctoral Candidate Ainan Liu (Princeton University), will be presenting his research in a presentation entitled, "A Chinese Princess in Paris: Racial and Religious Self-Fashioning in Seventeenth-Century France." Wednesday, January 24 at 2:30pm In person (SBUS 214) or over Zoom (register here): http://tinyurl.com/24tt3syp

Ainan Liu is a Ph.D. candidate in French and Italian at Princeton University, where he specializes in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French theater. His recent papers include “Imagining Inverted Worlds in Marivaux’s Experimental Theater” and “A Chinese Princess in Paris: Performing the Exotic to a Willing Audience,” on which his talk at MEMS is based. His research interests lie in interdisciplinary approaches to French theater, in particular the application of social science concepts to literary analysis. His dissertation proposes an anthropological interpretation of early modern French tragedy, and is tentatively titled Barbaric Acts in French Classical Theater (ca. 1635-1755).

CAHSA Online Lecture — Owen Stanwood
Posted: 1 Dec 2023 - 05:41

As part of its biannual online lecture series, the Collectif d’Anthropologie et d’Histoire du Spirituel et des Affects (CAHSA) is pleased to present a talk by Dr. Owen Stanwood, Associate Professor of History, Boston College (Massachusetts). The talk (in English) will last 30-40 minutes, followed by 20-30 minutes for discussion (in French and English). CAHSA’s Annual Meeting for 2023 will take place immediately after the lecture using the same Zoom link.

CAHSA Online Speaker Series

Presents

Dr. Owen Stanwood
Boston College (Massachusetts)

11 December 2023 

12h ET

(9h PT/ 10h MT / 11h CT / 18h CET)

Via Zoom

Please register to receive the Zoom link:

https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtdOmvpzkqHtGrhTG_WHSpZgPXoZIUpI0r

We also invite you to consider becoming a member of CAHSA at www.cahsa.net ($15 CAD/year).

“Eden and Empire: A Huguenot's Global Journey at the End of the Seventeenth Century”

During the last part of the 1600s nearly 150,000 French Protestants fled France in the wake of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, settling around Europe and, in some cases, around the world. This talk will examine the making of this diaspora through the eyes of one migrant, Jacques de la Case, who left his home in southwestern France in 1683 and ended up visiting four continents and crossing two oceans in a twenty-year odyssey that ended with his death in a refugee community in Virginia in 1708. La Case's travels demonstrate the way that religion and geopolitics combined to transform the lives of individual people in early modern Europe. Like many Huguenots, he began his years of exile searching for Eden. He signed up on a venture to a mysterious island in the Indian Ocean described as the "Île d'Eden," where the refugees could set up their own independent republic. But instead of locating Eden, La Case found himself in a Dutch imperial outpost, where he was suspected of being a French operative and eventually tried for treason. After being acquitted and returning to Europe, La Case signed up on a new expedition, this time to set up a bountiful colony on North America's Gulf Coast. This plan too ended in failure, and as a consolation prize La Case was sent to Virginia, where he joined other refugees intended as a buffer on a frontier that was exposed to Native and French attacks. In the end, La Case's global journey showed that dreams of Eden could draw religious refugees to new worlds, but that the designs of empire often had greater impact on their destinies.

Author Bio:

Owen Stanwood is professor of history at Boston College. He is a historian of colonial America, the Atlantic world, and, more generally, of European overseas endeavors during the early modern era. He has a number of interests within this vast field, including the development of the British and French empires, the diffusion of Christianity, intercultural contact and interaction, and the history of exploration. He is the author of two books. The first, The Empire Reformed: English America in the Age of the Glorious Revolution (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011), examined how fears of Catholicism galvanized and transformed Anglo-American political culture during the last decades of the seventeenth century. His newest book, The Global Refuge: Huguenots in the Age of Empire (Oxford University Press, 2020), focuses on the global diaspora of French Protestant refugees, who scattered around the world after Louis XIV revoked their right to freedom of worship in 1685, settling in communities stretching from New England to the Indian Ocean and playing a leading role in the development of the British and Dutch empires.
 

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Chers et chères collègues,

Dans le cadre de sa série semestrielle de conférences en ligne, le Collectif d’Anthropologie et d’Histoire du Spirituel et des Affects (CAHSA) a le plaisir de proposer une conférence d’Owen Stanwood, professeur au département d’histoire du Boston College (Massachusetts). La conférence (en anglais) durera 30-40 minutes et sera suivie de 20-30 minutes de discussion (en anglais et en français). L’Assemblée Générale 2023 du CAHSA se tiendra immédiatement après la conférence en utilisant le même lien Zoom.

Les E-conférences du CAHSA

présentent

Owen Stanwood
Boston College (Massachusetts)

11 décembre 2023 

12h heure normale de l’Est

(9h heure normale du Pacifique / 10h heure normale des Rocheuses / 11h heure normale du Centre / 18h heure Europe centrale)

Via Zoom

Veuillez vous inscrire pour recevoir le lien Zoom :

https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtdOmvpzkqHtGrhTG_WHSpZgPXoZIUpI0r

Nous vous invitons également de considérer la possibilité d’adhérer au CAHSA à www.cahsa.net ($15 CAD/an, payable en ligne).

“L’Éden et l’empire : le voyage à travers le monde d’un huguenot à la fin du dix-septième siècle”

À la fin du XVIIe siècle, près de 150 000 protestants français fuient la France à la suite de la révocation de l'Édit de Nantes, s'installant en Europe et ailleurs dans le monde. Cette conférence examinera les enjeux de cette diaspora à travers les yeux d'un migrant, Jacques de La Case. Parti de sa Guyenne natale en 1683, ce dernier visite quatre continents et traverse deux océans au cours d'une odyssée de vingt ans qui s’achève en 1708 par son décès, survenu dans une communauté de réfugiés en Virginie. Les voyages de La Case illustrent la façon dont la religion et la géopolitique transforment conjointement la vie des individus au début de l'Europe moderne. Comme beaucoup de huguenots, La Case commence ses années d'exil à la recherche de l'Éden. Il part à l’aventure sur une île mystérieuse de l'océan Indien, décrite comme « l’Île d'Eden », où les réfugiés pourraient fonder leur propre république indépendante. Or, au lieu d’arriver à destination, La Case se retrouve dans un avant-poste impérial néerlandais, où il est soupçonné d'être un agent français. Jugé pour trahison, il est acquitté et rentre en Europe avant de s’engager dans une nouvelle expédition, cette fois pour établir une colonie prospère sur la côte du Golfe de l'Amérique du Nord. Ce plan se solde également par un échec. La Case est alors envoyé en Virginie, où il rejoint d'autres réfugiés destinés à servir de « tampon » sur une frontière exposée aux attaques des autochtones et des Français. En fin de compte, le périple de La Case à travers le monde montre que le rêve d'Éden pouvait attirer des réfugiés religieux vers de nouveaux mondes, mais que les intérêts politiques avaient souvent une influence plus importante sur leur destin.

Notice biographique :

Owen Stanwood est professeur d’histoire au Boston College. Il est un historien de l’Amérique coloniale, du monde atlantique et, plus généralement, des entreprises européennes outre-mer au début de l'ère moderne. Il s'intéresse en particulier au développement des empires britannique et français, à la diffusion du christianisme, aux relations interculturelles et à l'histoire de l'exploration. Il est l'auteur de deux livres. Le premier, The Empire Reformed: English America in the Age of the Glorious Revolution (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011), examine comment la peur du catholicisme galvanise et transforme la culture politique anglo-américaine au cours des dernières décennies du XVIIe siècle. Son dernier ouvrage, The Global Refuge : Huguenots in the Age of Empire (Oxford University Press, 2020), porte sur la diaspora mondiale des réfugiés protestants français qui, après la révocation de l’Edit de Nantes (1685), s’installent dans des communautés s'étendant de la Nouvelle-Angleterre à l'océan Indien et jouant un rôle de premier plan dans le développement des empires britannique et hollandais.

The 6th Randolph Vigne Memorial Lecture, 2023
Posted: 4 Nov 2023 - 08:04

Smuggling, Stealing, Selling & Shooting the books of  Dr Élie Bouhéreau

Dear colleagues,

You are cordially invited to attend the 6th Randolph Vigne Memorial Lecture,

Smuggling, Stealing, Selling & Shooting the books of Dr Élie Bouhéreau

A public lecture by Dr Jason McElligott, Director of Marsh’s Library in Dublin.

The important book collection of the Huguenot refugee Élie Bouhéreau arrived in Dublin in 1697. Visitors to Marsh’s Library are often told that the personal library of our first Keeper of the Library survives intact in its original form on the shelves. This is not quite true. Certainly, there are over 2,200 items in the collection, and they remain in the room in which they were originally placed when the library first opened to the public. Yet, perhaps as much as 10% of the original collection has gone missing through a mixture of theft, war damage, and a sale of ‘duplicates’ in 1833. This paper will examine what is missing from Dr. Bouhéreau’s library and what these lost items tell us about the nature and scope of the original collection.

Time & date: 6.00 pm on Tuesday 14 November 2023

Location: The Medical Society of London, Lettsom House, Chandos Street, London W1G 9EB.

Randolph Vigne (1928-2016) was a very courageous anti-Apartheid activist in South Africa, as well as a scholar of Huguenot history. This is the 6th annual memorial lecture organised in his honour by the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Free entry.

All welcome.

Colloque-festival international : “Théâtre de femmes du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle : archive, édition, dramaturgie"
Posted: 29 Oct 2023 - 17:28

Lyon 15-17 novembre 2023

Il y a trente ans paraissait la première anthologie du théâtre de femmes à l’initiative de Perry Gethner : Femmes dramaturges en France (1650-1750), 1993. Depuis, l’entreprise éditoriale n’a cessé de s’étendre autour de cette anthologie fondatrice et la recherche sur la littérature française d’Ancien Régime s’est orientée, dans une proportion significative, vers la découverte ou la relecture d’œuvres dramatiques écrites et publiées par des femmes. Celles-ci sont également remises à l’honneur sur la scène théâtrale depuis le début des années 2000 avec plusieurs types de performances : lectures, mises en scène, scènes filmées, etc.

Le colloque « Théâtre de femmes du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle : archive, édition, dramaturgie » (Lyon, 15-17 novembre 2023) s’inscrit dans cette dynamique, et entend mettre en lumière des aspects de ce théâtre qui excèdent, tout en le fondant, son contenu textuel. Son ambition est d’interroger les modalités de diffusion et de conservation des traces matérielles de ce théâtre (archives, imprimés) ainsi que les dynamiques actuelles visant à lui donner une visibilité nouvelle (ressources numériques, éditions modernes, mises en scène). L’étude de la dramaturgie des œuvres d’autrices de théâtre à l’époque moderne et des créations contemporaines qu’elles ont inspirées se trouve également au cœur des enjeux du colloque-festival.

En cohérence avec cette attention portée aux conditions de vie et de survie des œuvres dramatiques écrites par des femmes du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle, le colloque accueille trois représentations théâtrales :

– Le Mallade (v. 1535) de Marguerite de Navarre par la compagnie Oghma sous la direction de Charles di Meglio – mercredi 15 novembre, Lyon 3, Amphithéâtre de l’IUT, 19h

– La Folle Enchère (1691) de Madame Ulrich, dans la mise en scène d’Aurore Evain avec la compagnie « La Subversive » – jeudi 16 novembre, ENS de Lyon, Théâtre Kantor, 20h

– L’Amoureux extravagant (1657) de Françoise Pascal, mise en scène par le collectif Les Herbes Folles – vendredi 17 novembre, Lyon 2, Grand amphithéâtre, 12h 

Informations pratiques :

Mercredi 15 novembre, 13h-19h : Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Amphithéâtre Huvelin – 15 quai Claude Bernard, 69007 Lyon.
Jeudi 16 novembre, 9h-17h30 : ENS de Lyon, salle Desanti (D2.034) – 15 parvis Descartes, 69007 Lyon.
Vendredi 17 novembre, 9h-17h30 : Université Lumière Lyon 2, Grand amphithéâtre – 16 quai Claude Bernard, 69007 Lyon.

Entrée libre 

Comité organisateur : Isabelle Garnier (Lyon 3, IHRIM), Edwige Keller-Rahbé (Lyon 2, IHRIM), Emily Lombardero (UPCité, CERILAC), Justine Mangeant (LabEx COMOD, IHRIM), Isabelle Moreau (ENS de Lyon, IHRIM), Michèle Rosellini (IHRIM)

URL de référence : https://ihrim.ens-lyon.fr/evenement/colloque-festival-international-theatre-de-femmes-du-xvie-au-xviiie-siecle

Association des historiens — cycle de conférences
Posted: 9 Oct 2023 - 13:22

L’Association des Historiens vous invite à ses cycles de conférences 2023/2024 les lundis et mardis, à l'université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. Chaque conférence est accessible au grand public. 

Voir le programme des lundis : Anatomie de l'Europe moderne. Le XVIIe siècle, civilisation de l'Europe classique. 

Voir le programme des mardis : Anatomie de l'art européen au XVIIe siècle.

Member News Briefs

Roland Racevskis named Associate Dean
The University of Iowa

Please join me in congratulating our colleague Roland Racevskis, who has just been named Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities at The University of Iowa College of Arts and Sciences. Féliciations ! 

"Professor of French and Italian Roland Racevskis has been appointed as Associate Dean for the Arts and Humanities. Racevskis joined the UI faculty in 1998, and has served as chair of the Department of French and Italian; chair of the Department of German; and associate director of the Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures."

https://clas.uiowa.edu/news/racevskis-sanders-tomova-appointed-associate...

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Bernard Bourque (parution d'un nouveau livre)
University of New England (Australia)

Félicitations à Bernard Bourque pour la parution de son livre

Jean Chapelain et la querelle de La Pucelle.

Veuillez trouver ci-dessous un précis et les détails bibliographiques :

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Bernard J. Bourque 

Jean Chapelain et la querelle de La Pucelle

Textes choisis et édités par Bernard J. Bourque

Biblio 17, Vol. 220 2019, 296 Seiten €[D] 68,00 ISBN 978-3-8233-8370-3 eISBN 978-3-8233-9370-2

Ce travail est la première édition critique de l’ensemble des écrits principaux qui constituent ce que nous appelons « la querelle de La Pucelle ». La valeur historique de ces textes est incontestable. Le libelle de François Payot de Lignières et celui d’Hyppolite-Jules Pilet de la Mesnardière contre le poème épique – tant attendu - de Chapelain soulignèrent l’écart entre le battage orchestré avant la publication de La Pucelle et la véritable valeur de l’œuvre. Ces écrits n’ont jamais été republiés depuis leur première parution, jusqu’à maintenant. Cela est également vrai pour la réponse de Jean de Montigny au libelle de Lignières. Les seuls exemplaires connus de la réponse de Chapelain au sieur du Rivage (La Mesnardière) et de la Lettre de M Cha- pelain à M. de La Mesnardière n’existent que sous forme de manuscrits conservés à la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Ces documents n’ont jamais été intégralement publiés jusqu’à présent. Les extraits des Satires de Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, que nous présentons dans notre volume, sont tirés des éditions originales. La parodie Chapelain décoiffé d’Antoine Furetière est tirée des Œuvres de Nicolas Boileau-Des- préaux (1729), éditées par Bernard Picart. Notre livre a pour but de rendre ces écrits plus facilement accessibles a n que tous les lecteurs, qu’ils soient amateurs ou spécialistes de la littérature française, puissent juger de leur valeur historique et littéraire. L’édition comporte une introduction et plus de mille notes. 

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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."

 

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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

 

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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 

 

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