{"id":1140,"date":"2016-10-06T16:18:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T15:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2016-11-18T13:35:18","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T13:35:18","slug":"conference-francophone-postcolonial-studies-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francophone.port.ac.uk\/?p=1140","title":{"rendered":"CONFERENCE. “Francophone Postcolonial Studies in the 21st Century”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Francophone Postcolonial Studies in the 21st<\/sup> Century<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 18 & Saturday 19 November 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies, in association with Liverpool University Press <\/em><\/p>\n

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Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU<\/p>\n

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Keynote speakers: Nicholas Harrison and Louise Hardwick<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Friday 18 November 2016<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

9.30-10:15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Registration, Coffee\/Tea<\/strong><\/p>\n

10.15-10.30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welcome Address: <\/strong>Charlotte Baker (SFPS President)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

10.30-12.00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 1: Parallel Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panel 1a: <\/strong>Neocolonial Interventions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Robinet (Universit\u00e9 de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines), \u2018Mali, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Centrafrique: quelle(s) critique(s) des interventions fran\u00e7aises en Afrique au d\u00e9but du XXI\u00e8me si\u00e8cle\u00a0?\u2019<\/p>\n

Sophie Watt (University of Sheffield), \u2018French \u201cHumanitarian\u201d Interventions: Haiti, Mali, Central African Republic: Towards a Definition of \u201cNeo-imperialism\u201d within a Francophone Context\u2019<\/p>\n

Oana Panait\u00e9 (Indiana University-Bloomington), \u2018Paracolonial Aesthetics or the Long Memory of Colonialism\u2019<\/p>\n

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Panel 1b:<\/strong> Urban Space<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marion Tricoire (Emory University), \u2018Urbains, Postcoloniaux, Textuels: Les Bars Litt\u00e9raires de Patrice Nganang et Alain Mabanckou\u2019<\/p>\n

Nadia Kiwan (University of Aberdeen), \u2018\u201cKidnapping Culture\u201d: Complexity, co-existence and urban space in the work of street artist Combo\u2019<\/p>\n

Rania Said (State University of New York, Binghamton), \u2018-Z-: Flamingoes, Francophonie and the Arts of Urban Dissent in Tunisia\u2019<\/p>\n

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12.00-2.00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch\/AGM<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2.00-3.30<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 2: Parallel Sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panel 2a: <\/strong>Art and Contemporary Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vanessa Lee (University of Oxford), \u2018Art and Politics in Contemporary French Caribbean Theatre: The (Re)presentation of Guadeloupe\u2019s 2009 General Strike in Gerty Dambury\u2019s Les Atlantiques amers<\/em> and Des doutes et des errances<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

John Patrick Walsh (University of Pittsburgh), \u2018Francophone Haitian Literature in the Age of the Anthropocene\u2019<\/p>\n

Sonia Alba (University of Leceister), ‘A Tunisian girl and Nadia from Tunis –<\/em> blog-writing and the fight for women’s emancipation in Tunisia’<\/p>\n

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Panel 2b: <\/strong>Francophone Jewish Postcolonial Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Patricia Llorens (Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Amsterdam), \u2018La Pr\u00e9paration de la vie<\/em>, quand l\u2019histoire se lit dans la rue\u2019<\/p>\n

Ieme Van der Poel (Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Amsterdam), \u2018L\u2019\u00e9criture m\u00e9morielle en temps de crise: t\u00e9moignages sur la vie juive disparue du Maroc\u2019<\/p>\n

Zoe Roth (Durham University), \u2018Towards a Jewish Francophone Postcolonial Studies: Humanism, Universalism, and the Intellectual in Denis Gu\u00e9non\u2019s Un S\u00e9mite<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

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3.30-4.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coffee\/Tea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4.00-5.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Panel 3: Parallel Sessions <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panel 3a: <\/strong>The Haitian Earthquake<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Douglas (University of Glasgow), \u2018Writing the Haitian Earthquake and Creating Archives\u2019<\/p>\n

Charlotte Hammond (Cardiff University), \u2018Stitching Time: Slow Fashion and Alternative Artisanal Practices in Haiti\u2019<\/p>\n

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Panel 3b: <\/strong>The Banlieue in the 21st<\/sup> Century<\/strong><\/p>\n

C\u00e9line Kodia (McGill University), \u2018R\u00e9volte(s) chez Insa San\u00e9\u2019<\/p>\n

Rebecca Blanchard (University of Toronto), \u2018Recent Literary Trends from the French Banlieues<\/em>: Dystopian Fiction and the Roman d\u2019anticipation<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

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5.00-6.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Plenary Session: Louise Hardwick <\/strong>(University of Birmingham)<\/p>\n

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6.00-7.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vin d\u2019Honneur <\/strong>(sponsored by LUP)<\/p>\n

7.30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Conference dinner <\/strong>(at own expense)<\/p>\n

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Saturday 19 November 2016<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

9.30-11.30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 4: Parallel Sessions <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panel 4a: <\/strong>21st<\/sup> Century Francophone Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n

Markus Arnold (\u00c9cole sup\u00e9rieure d\u2019Art de La R\u00e9union), \u2018From the island to Paris and back, with a detour via the world, or What does the<\/em> francophone Mauritian novel of the 21st<\/sup> Century look like?\u2019<\/p>\n

Adlai Murdoch (Tufts University), \u2018Forging New Frameworks: Francophone Postcolonial Studies and the 21st<\/sup> Century Caribbean\u2019<\/p>\n

Yao Louis Konan (Universit\u00e9 Alassane Ouattara de Bouak\u00e9), \u2018Circulation et fragilit\u00e9: \u00e9l\u00e9ments de lecture du postcolonialisme dans le roman africain francophone\u2019<\/p>\n

Katelyn Knox (University of Central Arkansas), \u2018Beyond the Page: Intermediality, Transmedia Storytelling, Interactive Fiction and New Modes of Francophone Authorship in the 21st<\/sup> Century\u2019<\/p>\n

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Panel 4b: <\/strong>Francophone Algerian Literature in the 21st<\/sup> Century <\/strong><\/p>\n

Joseph Ford (University of Leeds), \u2018Who reads francophone Algerian literature? The literary scene in contemporary Algeria\u2019<\/p>\n

Amar Guendouzi (Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou), \u2018Contemporary Algerian Francophone Literature and the \u201cWar of Memories\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

Jane Hiddleston (University of Oxford), \u2018Pourquoi \u00e9crire<\/em>? Literature, democracy and doubt in 21st<\/sup> Century Francophone Algerian Writing\u2019<\/p>\n

Souryana Yassine (Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou), \u2018Issues of Contemporary Francophone Algerian Literature\u2019s Reception: The Case of Kamel Daoud\u2019s Meursault, Contre-Enqu\u00eate\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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11.30-12.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coffee\/Tea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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12.00-1.00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 5: Parallel Sessions <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panel 5a: <\/strong>Countering Violence and Terrorism<\/strong><\/p>\n

Caroline Williamson (University College Cork), \u2018Silence on meurt\u2019<\/em>: The Role of Translation in Understanding 21st<\/sup> Century African Conflicts\u2019<\/p>\n

Maria Flood (Keele University), \u2018A Child of the Ruins: Youthful Disaffection and the \u201cMaking Of\u201d the Terrorist\u2019<\/p>\n

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Panel 5b: <\/strong>Gender and Sexuality<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maria Tomlinson (Universities of Reading and Bristol), \u2018Challenging Attitudes towards the Menopause in 21st<\/sup> Century Literature: Ma\u00efssa Bey\u2019s Bleu blanc vert<\/em> and Hizya<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

Amanda Rico (University of Texas A&M), \u2018Speculative Sexuality: Framing \u201cThe Space In Between the Legs\u201d in Jean-Pierre Bekolo\u2019s Les Saignantes\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

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1.00-2.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch <\/strong><\/p>\n

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2.00-3.30 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 6: Parallel Sessions <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panel 6a: <\/strong>Memory and the 21st<\/sup> Century<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nanar Khamo (UCLA), \u2018Violence and Multidirectional Memory in the Francophone Indian Ocean: Natacha Appanah\u2019s Le dernier fr\u00e8re <\/em>and Les Rochers de Poudre d\u2019Or<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

Nicki Hitchcott (University of St Andrews), \u2018\u201cCe n\u2019est pas qu\u2019un pays de g\u00e9nocide\u201d: Rwandans Writing about Rwanda in the 21st<\/sup> Century\u2019<\/p>\n

Rebekah Vince (University of Warwick), \u2018Beyond Cosmopolitan Memory: Traumatic Past and Dialogic Present?\u2019<\/p>\n

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Panel 6b: <\/strong>Mobilities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Silvia Baage (McDaniel College), \u2018The Case of France\u2019s 5th<\/sup> Overseas Department in the Indian Ocean\u2019<\/p>\n

Sophie Fuggle (Nottingham Trent University), \u2018Walking through the ruins of history: Penal Tourism in France\u2019s Outre-mer\u2019<\/p>\n

Laura Reeck (Allegheny College) & Kathryn Kleppinger (George Washington University), \u2018The Post-Migratory Moment in Postcolonial France and its implications for Francophone Postcolonial Studies\u2019<\/p>\n

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3.30-4.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Coffee\/Tea<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4.00-5.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dorothy Blair Memorial Lecture, Professor Nicholas Harrison<\/strong> (KCL)<\/p>\n

\u2018Teaching in a time of crisis\u2019<\/p>\n

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