UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF VISUAL AND LITERARY CULTURES IN FRANCE
SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th March 2006
Artists and writers on the arts: manifestos and treatises in France from 1800
CALL FOR PAPERS
Manifestos and treatises have played a central role in the arts of modern France. Within a range from combative invective to dispassionate commentary, they have aimed both to publicise the arts and to influence their evolution. They have addressed topical disputes and wide issues of history and theory. This conference will examine specific examples of such manifestos and treatises, and will consider their broad significance as a cultural phenomenon. Texts from diverse socio-political contexts will be investigated in relation to individual practitioners of the arts and to groups or movements.
Their status will be compared to that of criticism and of general theory. Issues of medium will be raised, including how verbal tracts have benefited or clouded understanding of non-verbal art forms.
PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS (250 words approx)
should be sent by 31st October 2005 to:
Richard Hobbs
Department of French
University of Bristol
19 Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1TE
UK
Or by e-mail to
R.Hobbs@bristol.ac.uk
The conference will take place at the Burwalls Conference Centre in Leigh Woods, located next to the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Details of fees and registration will be circulated later in the autumn.