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International Bande Dessinée Society Conference Londres 07

International Bande Dessinée Society Conference Londres 07

Publié le par Alexandre Gefen (Source : Laurence Grove)

INTERNATIONAL BANDE DESSINÉE SOCIETY
LONDON 2007 CONFERENCE
THE INNOVATIVE FORM

The French Institute, Queensbury Place, South Kensington, London, England.

Co-hosted by the University of Chichester and the French Institute, with additional support from the University of Glasgow and the Alliance Française de Glasgow.

FRIDAY 13 APRIL 2007

A: INTRODUCTION
9.30-10.00: Registration at the French Institute, London. 10.00-10.10: Introductory Welcome
Hervé Ferrage (French Cultural Attaché, London); Marie Bonnel (French Audio-Visual Attaché, London); Hugo Frey (University of Chichester) and Sue Morgan, (Head of Cultural Studies, University of Chichester); Laurence Grove (University of Glasgow). 10.10-1100: Keynote Paper
• Jan Baetens (K.U. Leuven): 'North and South'

11.00-11.30: Coffee
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B: CROSSING BOUNDARIES

11.30-13.00: Crossing Boundaries: Time
• Laurence Grove (University of Glasgow): 'Why were there no BDs in the Seventeenth Century?'
• Lance Rickman (University of Essex): 'Bande Dessinée and the Cinematograph: Visual Narrative in 1895'
• Benoît Majerus (University of Oxford): 'The First World War in BD'

13.00-14.00: Lunch

14.00-15.30: Crossing Boundaries: Form
• Rudi De Vries (University of Groningen): 'Joost Swarte's Clear Line: How an Artist Transgresses Borders and Remains Authentic'
• Olivier Cadic (BD Script-Writer and Publisher): 'Making La Reine Margot for a BD readership'
• Martha Kuhlman (Bryant University, Rhode Island): 'From Chris Ware to the Web: Non-linear Comics'

15.30-16.00: Coffee

16.00-17.30: Crossing Boundaries: Place
• Fabrice Leroy (University of Louisiana): 'Bec Doux et ses amis: Représenter la cadienneté en BD'
• Mark McKinney (Miami University, Ohio): 'Photography's other territories, in Séra's L'eau et la terre'
• Paul Gravett (Independent Scholar): 'The Influence of BD on British Graphic Novels of the 1970s'
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17.30-18.30: IBDS General Meeting
Launch of European Comic Art sponsored by Liverpool University Press

19.00: Dinner Delegates free to dine in local cafes, pubs or wine bars.

20.00: Film Event: Cinema Screening of Enki Bilal's Immortel (Ad Vitam) (2005)


SATURDAY 14 APRIL 2007

C: SOCIAL AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES

9.00-10.30: Social and Sexual and Identities: Fabrice Neaud
• Michael Johnson (St John Fisher College, Rochester): 'Autobiographical Face Work: Fabrice Neaud's Refusal'
• Lawrence R. Schehr (University of Illinois): 'Neaud's Devotions'
• Philippe Chavasse (Rochester Institute of Technology): 'Fabrice Neaud: Autobiocomic Writer, and Camusian Dandy?'

10.30-11.00: Coffee

11.00-12.00: Social and Sexual and Identities: Struggles in Society
• Ann Miller (University of Leicester): 'Bodily Hexis and Masculinity: BD Characters Engage in Symbolic Struggle'
• Clare Tufts (Duke University): 'Proximity and Distance: Etienne Davodeau's Reportage of Reality in Les mauvaises gens'

12.00-13.00: Lunch
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D: AESTHETICS AND APPROACHES

13.00-14.30: The Cross-Roads of Aesthetics
• Catherine Labio (Yale University): 'The House of Comics'
• Thomas Amos (University of Heidelberg): 'La Méta-BD: Remarques sur un genre post-moderne'
• Karl R Kegler (Aix-la-Chapelle): 'Backward Advance: Cityscape and Innovation in Fantastic Bande Dessinée'

14.30-15.00: Coffee

15.00-16.00: Approaches to Representation
• Mathew Screech (Manchester Metropolitan University): 'Autobiographical Innovations: Edmond Baudoin's Eloge de la poussière (1995)'
• Michelle Scatton-Tessier (University of North Carolina): 'Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Storyboard: At the Junction of BD and Moving Images'

16.00-16.15: Coffee

16.15-17.15: Interdisciplinary Approaches
• Henry Tyne (University of Southampton): 'Sociolinguistic Awareness in Titeuf'
• Catherine Simon (Royal Holloway, London): 'From BD to Philosophy: Why Corto Matters?'

17.15-17.30: Coffee
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E: CONCLUSIONS

17.30-18.15: Système de la bande dessinée
• Thierry Groensteen will present the new translation of his Système (Mississippi University Press) and situate it within his wider opus on bande dessinée.

20.00: Conference Dinner at a café on the South Bank.



PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Conference Fees

Full registration on the morning of 13 April: £40.00 (full) £20.00 (student)

A daily rate of £20.00 (full) or £10.00 (student) will also be available. This will include coffee, lunch and a ticket to the film showing. Could delegates wishing to attend please register their interest with Hugo Frey by 2 April 2007. Delegates wishing to attend and book a hotel place should contact Dr Frey by 10 March.
Accommodation Many colleagues will be staying at the following hotel:
The Grange Strathmore,
41, Queensgate Gardens,
London SW7 5NB
http://www.grangehotels.com/grange_strathmore_hotel/index.htm
Tube stop: Gloucester Road or South Kensington.

The hotel is just a short walk from the conference venue:
The French Institute,
Queensbury Place,
London SW7 2DT
http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/
Tube stop: South Kensington:

The institute is a fantastic place with a rich library and its own cinema. It is situated at the heart of the 'French community' of West London and there are several French bookshops and coffee houses nearby.


Exhibition

For the duration of the conference the Institute's Library will house an exhibition of BD-related material.


Travel Information

A good website for all visitors to London is the main travel route planner: http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/ A general tube map to help plan journeys is to be found: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/maps/

Information pertaining to travel to and from Heathrow is provided on: http://www.heathrowairport.com

The above site contains the following fundamental information on moving from Heathrow to central London: Heathrow Express: Fast, frequent trains operate from Heathrow to London Paddington. The journey time is 15 minutes and the trains run every 15 minutes. A single fare is £14.50 and it is £28 for a return
Underground: Tube trains operate every five minutes into central London with a journey time of approximately 50-60 minutes. Cost is around £5.
National Express coach: Frequent services throughout the day with journey times of between 45 and 85 min. Feltham Railair connection: The 285 local bus service links Heathrow to Feltham rail station. From Feltham there are frequent trains to London Waterloo. The combined journey time of the bus and train is one hour and 40 minutes. The cost is under £5.
Taxi: London taxis are available outside each terminal. The cost to central London is £45-£50 and the journey time is approximately one hour.

Delegates arriving at Gatwick are recommended to visit a similar website: http://www.gatwickairport.com


What's On In London?

For full information and practical help concerning your stay, see the site of the London tourist board: http://www.visitlondon.com/

In addition, the site of the national tourist board, Enjoy England, may usefully be consulted:
http://www.enjoyengland.com/

The following is a brief selection of galleries just a short walk or tube journey from the conference and hotel:

The Science Museum, South Kensington. Open 10.00-1800, everyday except 24-26 December: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/

The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), South Kensington: besides the permanent collection there are the following special exhibits this Spring: 'On the Threshold: The Changing Face of Housing'; 'Kylie: The Exhibition' and 'Uncomfortable Truths: The Shadow of Slave Trading on Contemporary Art and Design.' Open daily: 10.00 to 17.45; 10.00 to 22.00 Fridays (selected galleries remain open after 18.00). See: http://www.vam.ac.uk/

Tate Modern, including currently 'Gilbert and George Retrospective': http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
It is situated a little further away from South Kensington but can be reached by tube or bus. Visitors might be advised to book online for tickets to major events.


Conference Organization

Hugo Frey (University of Chichester, H.Frey@chi.ac.uk), with Laurence Grove (University of Glasgow, B.Grove@french.arts.gla.ac.uk), Paul Gravett and Dominique Le Duc.