Lancaster University
16 June 2017
Call for Papers:
Trespassing Time and Space: The Postcolonial Encounter in the Francophone World
SFPS PG Study Day
Keynote Speaker: Dr Berny Sèbe (University of Birmingham)
Professional Development Workshop: Dr Nicola Frith (University of Edinburgh)
Roundtable: Dr Charlotte Baker, Dr Delphine Grass, Dr Lindsey Moore, Dr John Strachan
(Lancaster University)
The Yves Hervouet Research Fund at Lancaster University is generously providing a limited number of travel bursaries for postgraduate presenters. See below for details on how to apply.
The Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies Postgraduate Study Day will explore issues that result from the encounter of people and cultures across the francophone world in colonial/postcolonial contexts. The study day aims to bring together postgraduate researchers, both at MA and PhD level, and to showcase their current research in a supportive and friendly environment. Its purpose is to stimulate reflection, discussion and debate among postgraduate students working on francophone postcolonial studies and related fields.
The word ‘encounter’ begins with uncertainty, but opens up a host of possibilities, collaborations, discourses, meanings and expressions. In this sense, an encounter is a synonym of change, radical power shifts, and cultural convergence that moves beyond/ transgresses the strict limits of time and space, facilitating dialogue not only between the past and the present but also across geographical boundaries. Francophone postcolonial studies have always favoured this dialogue sans frontières as the colonial enterprise was a form of encounter with far-reaching consequences. These colonial encounters were not only marked by violent confrontations but also by hybrid romantic unions (by ‘tense and tender ties’, to take up Ann Laura Stoler’s phrase) and often included effervescent reaffirmations of cultural difference and identity. The contemporary processes of globalization have necessitated a renewal of the forms and terms of this encounter that translates as an ethics of alterity and non-universalist conceptions of political activism.
Possible topics might include, but are not limited to: identity – social, political, religious, and other forms; historical encounters; gender and sexuality; migration and mobility; exilic encounters; borderlands ; transnational and transcultural formations; encounters in digital/online space; urban encounters; revolutionary encounters; artistic expression – literature, film, media.
Please send abstracts of up to 300 words, with paper title, name, and university affiliation to: sfpspg2017@gmail.com by 16 April 2017
Confirmation of acceptance by 3 May 2017
Travel bursaries: We have a limited number of bursaries available to cover transport costs for presenters. This funding is generously provided by the Yves Hervouet fund at Lancaster University. If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please send us the following documents with your abstract by 16 April 2017:
- A brief application letter stating why you would like to apply for the bursary (this can be a paragraph). Please also include specific details of travel costs and state the website you used to find the prices.
- A short statement of support from your supervisor.
We hope to hear from you soon!
Organising committee: Foara Adhikari (Lancaster), Kirsty Bennett (Lancaster), Nicola Pearson (Bristol)
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Twitter: @sfpspg2017
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