Institute of Modern Languages Research Sketching/Scripting Women: Dominique Goblet on her graphic novels Dominique Goblet Since the mid-1990s, female artists have become an increasingly visible presence in the bande dessinée (the French-language graphic novel), an art form with which women were previously rarely associated. Belgian artist Dominique Goblet began her career during this industry evolution and in this seminar will discuss her oeuvre, in English, including the recent...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Sketching/Scripting Women: Dominique Goblet on her graphic novels Dominique Goblet Since the mid-1990s, female artists have become an increasingly visible presence in the bande dessinée (the French-language graphic novel), an art form with which women were previously rarely associated. Belgian artist Dominique Goblet began her career during this industry evolution and in this seminar will discuss her oeuvre, in English, including the recent...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Motherhood in Literature and Culture This event celebrated the launch of Motherhood in Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Europe (Routledge). Dealing with a range of topics including pregnancy and birth, affect and ambivalence, and family and legacy, this book – edited by Gill Rye, Victoria Browne, Adalgisa Giorgio, Emily Jeremiah, and Abigail Lee Six – provokes discussion and debate about that most crucial of human activities,...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Motherhood in Literature and Culture This event celebrated the launch of Motherhood in Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Europe (Routledge). Dealing with a range of topics including pregnancy and birth, affect and ambivalence, and family and legacy, this book – edited by Gill Rye, Victoria Browne, Adalgisa Giorgio, Emily Jeremiah, and Abigail Lee Six – provokes discussion and debate about that most crucial of human activities,...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age Narrating the Feminine Self(ie) Hannah Westley (American University of Paris) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an identity both on- and off-line? How have new technologies been incorporated into women’s literary production? What interactions emerge in...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age Narrating the Feminine Self(ie) Hannah Westley (American University of Paris) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an identity both on- and off-line? How have new technologies been incorporated into women’s literary production? What interactions emerge in...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age Hitchhiking or Hijacking (M)others' Stories? Negotiations of Co-Tellership Roles and Rights in Multi-Semiotic, Multi-Participatory and Morphible Accounts of Motherhood Mikka Lene Pers Højjholt (King's College London) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age Hitchhiking or Hijacking (M)others' Stories? Negotiations of Co-Tellership Roles and Rights in Multi-Semiotic, Multi-Participatory and Morphible Accounts of Motherhood Mikka Lene Pers Højjholt (King's College London) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age Digital Painting: Rethinking the Gendered Self after Abstract Expressionism Aline Guillermet (King's College, Cambridge) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an identity both on- and off-line? How have new technologies been incorporated into women’s literary...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age Digital Painting: Rethinking the Gendered Self after Abstract Expressionism Aline Guillermet (King's College, Cambridge) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an identity both on- and off-line? How have new technologies been incorporated into women’s literary...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age Looking for Marie NDiaye: Autofictional Fragments from Autoportrait en vert (2005) to Cheffe, roman d'une cuisinière (2016) Shirley Jordan (Queen Mary, University of London) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an identity both on- and off-line? How have new...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age Looking for Marie NDiaye: Autofictional Fragments from Autoportrait en vert (2005) to Cheffe, roman d'une cuisinière (2016) Shirley Jordan (Queen Mary, University of London) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an identity both on- and off-line? How have new...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age The Figure of the Women writer in the 21st Century: Autofiction by Elena Ferrante and Amélie Nothomb Kate Willman (IMLR, London) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an identity both on- and off-line? How have new technologies been incorporated into women’s...

Institute of Modern Languages Research Women's Self-Representation in the Digital Age The Figure of the Women writer in the 21st Century: Autofiction by Elena Ferrante and Amélie Nothomb Kate Willman (IMLR, London) This event will examine women’s self-representation in the 21st century. How have women narrated their real-life experiences, experimented with new forms of testimony, and constructed an identity both on- and off-line? How have new technologies been incorporated into women’s...

Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women's Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Motherhood and Memory Chair: Alison Rice, French, Notre Dame Federica Kaufmann Clementi (Jewish Studies, South Carolina): Remember What Amalek Did to Her: Daughters Inscribing the (Forgotten) Mother into the Jewish Story Katie Stone (German, Cambridge): History, Memory and Making Sense of...

24/26-10-13 Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women's Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Keynote (Chair: Gail Lewis, Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck) Gayle Letherby (Sociology, Plymouth): ‘To Be or Not To Be’ (A Mother): Thinking about Mothers and Others through Literature and Social Science About the Project The Network is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research...

24/26-10-13 Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women's Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Keynote (Chair: Gail Lewis, Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck) Gayle Letherby (Sociology, Plymouth): ‘To Be or Not To Be’ (A Mother): Thinking about Mothers and Others through Literature and Social Science About the Project The Network is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research...

Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women's Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Motherhood and Memory Chair: Alison Rice, French, Notre Dame Federica Kaufmann Clementi (Jewish Studies, South Carolina): Remember What Amalek Did to Her: Daughters Inscribing the (Forgotten) Mother into the Jewish Story Katie Stone (German, Cambridge): History, Memory and Making Sense of...

Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women’s Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Keynote (Chair: Alicia Kent, Comparative Literature, KCL) Christine Battersby (Philosophy, Warwick): Natality, Materiality, Maternity: The Sublime and the Grotesque in Contemporary Sculpture About the Project The Network is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (UK) and is based...

Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women’s Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Keynote (Chair: Alicia Kent, Comparative Literature, KCL) Christine Battersby (Philosophy, Warwick): Natality, Materiality, Maternity: The Sublime and the Grotesque in Contemporary Sculpture About the Project The Network is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (UK) and is based...

Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women’s Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Epigenetics and New Perspectives of Inheritance (Chair: Gill Rye, French, IMLR) Clare Hanson (English, Southampton): Reconfiguring Inheritance: Red Dust Road as a Post-Genomic Text Gabriele Griffin (Women’s Studies, York): Identity Matters: Donor Offsprings’ Narratives of Self and their...

Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women’s Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Epigenetics and New Perspectives of Inheritance (Chair: Gill Rye, French, IMLR) Clare Hanson (English, Southampton): Reconfiguring Inheritance: Red Dust Road as a Post-Genomic Text Gabriele Griffin (Women’s Studies, York): Identity Matters: Donor Offsprings’ Narratives of Self and their...

Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women's Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Maternal Subjectivities and Becomings (Chair: Clare Hanson, English, Southampton) Katarina Carlshamre (French, Stockholm): The Use of Non-mothers in the Reinvention of Mothering: Examples from Two Recent Swedish Mother-Narrative Novels Alice Podkolinski (Comparative Literature, University...

24/26-10-13 Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women's Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Keynote (Chair: Claire Williams, Portuguese, St Peters, Cambridge) Ana Luísa Amaral (Poet/Comparative Literature, Porto): Last Will and Testament: Potatoes and Poetry About the Project The Network is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (UK) and is based at the Centre...

24/26-10-13 Institute of Modern Languages Research & Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Motherhood in post-1968 European Women's Writing Cross-Cultural and Interdisciplinary Dialogues Keynote (Chair: Claire Williams, Portuguese, St Peters, Cambridge) Ana Luísa Amaral (Poet/Comparative Literature, Porto): Last Will and Testament: Potatoes and Poetry About the Project The Network is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (UK) and is based at the Centre...