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Register now to attend the ‘French Studies and the Medical Humanities: Critical Intersectionalities’ conference taking place in- person at Senate House, London on the 3 & 4 September 2024. Join us for this conference where we will showcase the ramifications of innovative approaches in a French cultural and critical context for the broader development of the medical humanities as an interdisciplinary field. Non-presenters fee applies; £40 to include lunch, tea/Coffee/reception. Registration closes 18 August 2024 - book now to secure you place.

French Studies and the Medical Humanities: Critical Intersectionalities As part of strategic attempts to ‘de-centre’ the medical humanities from its longstanding focus on anglophone cultural contexts, research in Modern Languages has foregrounded the importance of linguistic and cultural sensitivity in analyses of the factors that condition the operation and implica...

The last ‘Grupo de Lectura Mujeres escritoras’ of the term will take place online on 22 July. If you are interested in attending please email Ana Gordon at [email protected] in order to gain online access to this reading group.

Grupo de Lectura Mujeres escritoras This reading group is held in Spanish and looks at Spanish and Latin-American Contemporary Women Writers. The Group has been meeting since 2009 when it started as part of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing (CCWW) Spanish Seminars at the University of London. Texts to be discuss...

Social Media Communication and Right-Wing Populisms in Latin America and Beyond
Deadline: 31 July 2024
Conference: 10 -11 December 2024 (in person and online)

CfP: Social Media Communication and Right-Wing Populisms in Latin America and Beyond Conference: 10-11 December 2024 (in person and online) CfP deadline: 31 July 2024 Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and Javier Milei in Argentina are just a few paradigmatic cases which represent, to different degrees, the rise of populism, the advances of right-wing radicalism a...

Join us online on the 5 July from 2.30pm-3.30pm for ‘Donna Stonecipher – Der Rausch des Übersetzens’ where poet and translator Donna Stonecipher will read from and discuss her translations of Mayröcker’s études (2013), one of Mayröcker’s late works and part of a trilogy of book-length texts which includes cahier (2014) and fleurs (2016). Stonecipher will talk about her encounter with the late Friederike Mayröcker and reflect on the specific demands of translating this richly allusive diary-like sequence of poems, as well as on questions of affinity and kinship with the poetic voice and its author.

Donna Stonecipher – Der Rausch des Übersetzens 26 - 28 Jun 2024 Fifth Biennial Conference of the Iberian Theater and Performance Network (ITPN): Performing Without Limits

Friederike Mayröcker, generally considered to be one of the greatest German-language poets of her generation, is comparatively little researched. She has also written (poetic) prose, radio-plays, children’s books and produced a wealth of drawings. Her legacy is a large body of work, about a hundred publications over a long writing life of nearly eighty years. Mayröcker’s texts are tricky to translate and resist interpretation: they challenge us instead to reflect on what interpretation can achieve. ‘'ich lebe ich schreibe'. Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021)’ will take place on 4th & 5th July online. Advanced registration required.
Register now to join this online conference, jointly organised by Andrea Capovilla (Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature & Culture at the ILCS) and Nicola Thomas (Lancaster University), as they engage with Mayröcker’s fascinating and difficult body of work from a variety of angles, such as her close engagement with music, visual arts and post-structuralist theory, her nature-writing, and questions of voice, intertextuality, translation and translatability.

'ich lebe ich schreibe'. Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021) 26 - 28 Jun 2024 Fifth Biennial Conference of the Iberian Theater and Performance Network (ITPN): Performing Without Limits

The UCFL Summer Plenary, will take place on 5 July at Senate House, London and online via zoom. Attendees must be members of paid-up UCFL member institutions. If you are unsure whether your institution is currently a member, you can enquire with your institution or with the UCFL Membership Secretary. Visit the webpage for more details and to register.

UCFL Summer Plenary 26 - 28 Jun 2024 Fifth Biennial Conference of the Iberian Theater and Performance Network (ITPN): Performing Without Limits

Join this roundtable discussion ‘Brittany, Scotland, Berlin: Multilingualism in Literature and Theatre’ taking place on 2 July from 5:30pm - 7:00pm, in -person at Senate House, London. Advance online registration required – book your place now.

Brittany, Scotland, Berlin: Multilingualism in Literature and Theatre Celebrating the publication of Contested Communities: Small, Minority and Minor Literatures in Europe (Legenda, 2023), this event showcases bi- and multilingual literature and theatre from three European locations. A Turkish-German author from Berlin, a poet writing in Scottish Gaelic, and a theatre...

Still time to submit: Call for Papers for the ASMI Annual Conference - 'Italy and its environments'
Deadline: 1 July 2024
Conference: 29 & 30 November, at Senate House, London

CFP: ASMI Annual Conference - 'Italy and its environments' This conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners across different research areas to discuss the transdisciplinary topic of ‘Italy and its environments’ in modern and contemporary times.

The next Grupo de Lectura Mujeres escritoras will take place online on Monday 24th June - 6pm UK time, where
Francine Cronin will introduce "También Ésto Pasará" by Milena Tusquets (Spain -1972). If you are interested in attending please email Ana Gordon at [email protected] in order to gain online access to this reading group.

Grupo de Lectura Mujeres escritoras This reading group is held in Spanish and looks at Spanish and Latin-American Contemporary Women Writers. The Group has been meeting since 2009 when it started as part of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing (CCWW) Spanish Seminars at the University of London. Texts to be discuss...

Register to attend ‘In Conversation with Colombe Schneck and Lauren Elkin’ taking place on 27 June from 7-8pm at the
Institut français du Royaume-Uni, London. This event is part of a series of talks entitled ‘Feminist Francophone Perspectives on Empathy and Care’ curated by Dr Adina Stroia (Queen’s University Belfast) and Dr Joseph Ford (ILCS). Supported by the Cassal Endowment Fund at the University of London.

In Conversation with Colombe Schneck and Lauren Elkin French author Colombe Schneck and Franco-American writer Lauren Elkin will discuss their latest UK publications, Swimming in Paris: A Life in Three Stories (Simon & Schuster) and Scaffolding (Penguin Random House). Swimming in Paris, written by Colombe Schneck and translated by Lauren Elkin, narrate...

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Call for Papers: French Studies and the Medical Humanities: Critical Intersectionalities
CFP Deadline: 24 June 2024
Conference Dates: 3-4 September 2024

French Studies and the Medical Humanities: Critical Intersectionalities Keynote Speaker: Anna Elsner, Associate Professor of French Studies & Medical Humanities, St Gallen University, and PI on ERC Project ‘Assisted Dying in European Writing and Visual Culture: Reciprocal Interactions between Law, Medicine and the Arts since 2000’

Book now to attend ‘Critical & Creative Digital Dynamics: A Symposium on AI & Digital Innovations for Inter-art Chamber Music Practices’ taking place on 24 June from 10am – 6pm at Senate House, London. This one-day symposium centred around AI, digital innovation, and the fusion of art forms in performance practices will dive into a world where artistic mediums transcend boundaries, combining live music-making with dynamic elements such as animated paintings, electronic literature, moving images, and more. This synergy of inter-art expressions can be further enhanced using today’s cutting-edge AI and interactive technologies, bringing new dimensions of immersion and audience engagement. Our goal is to challenge the traditional perceptions of classical chamber music as ‘elitist’, transforming it into an inclusive experience that resonates with our rapidly evolving digital society.

Critical & Creative Digital Dynamics: A Symposium on AI & Digital Innovations for Inter-art Chamber Music Practices This event transforms classical chamber music experience into an exploration of AI technology & business creativity across artistic mediums. We are pleased to announce a one-day symposium centred around AI, digital innovation, and the fusion of art forms in performance practices. We will dive into a...