Please see below for the complete list of events:
(13:00 Lunch for speakers and JRS editorial board)
14:00-15:30 Panel 1: Showcasing research excellence
Judith Still (University of Nottingham): ‘Slavery in Enlightenment America – Crèvecoeur’s Bilingual Approach’
Abigail Lee Six (Royal Holloway University of London): ‘The Vamp Rehabilitated: Carmen de Burgos’s mujer fría in the light of Antonio de Hoyos y Vinent’s señorita Vampiro’
Bernard McGuirk (University of Nottingham): ‘A Meditation on Fernando Pessoa’
15:30-16:00 Tea/coffee break
16:00-17:00 Panel 2: Showcasing research projects
Adalgisa Giorgio (University of Bath): ‘Matrixial Creativity and the Wit(h)nessing of Trauma: Reconnecting Mothers and Daughters in Marosia Castaldi’s Novel Dentro le mie mani le tue: Tetralogia di Nightwater’
Simon Gaunt (King’s College London): ‘The Values of French Literature and Language in the European Middle Ages’
17:00 Break
17:15 Keynote – Jo Labanyi (New York University) ‘Beyond Modern Languages?’
18:00 Presentation by Liverpool University Press and Reception
Contact: Cathy Collins at Cathy.Collins@sas.ac.uk.
All are welcome to attend this free symposium.