The University of Cambridge 5th Annual French Graduate Conference
A one day symposium to be held on Thursday April 5th 2001 at Newnham
College, Cambridge
POSSESSIONS
Ownership and exchange
Appropriation and dispossession
Mastery and domination
Spiritual possession
Self possession
Possessive relations between author, text and reader
Unpossessable excess
The Cambridge French Graduate Conference aims to bring together graduate
students from all universities into a lively forum for discussion and
debate. Previous conference proceedings have been published by Peter
Lang. Guest speakers at this years conference will be Colin Davis (Oxford),
Sue Harris (QMW), Jim SImpson (Glasgow) and Valerie Worth-Stylianou
(Oxford Brookes).
Abstracts (approx 400 words) for twenty minute papers to be sent to the
address below by 10th February 2001. We welcome proposals concerning any
period of French studies, and any area (literature, art, film etc).
To register to attend the conference, please send a cheque for £15/£10 (postgrad)
with your name, address and institution to the address below.
CONTACTS: Lynsey Russell-Watts
Newnham College
Cambridge
CB3 9DF
Email:
Lynsey Russell-Watts ljr26@cam.ac.uk or Julia Horn jrh55@cam.ac.uk
CFP