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"Lieux de mémoire: Revisiting the Past in Contemporary French Culture" (NeMLA 2018, Pittsburgh)

Publié le par Vincent Ferré (Source : Kelsey Madsen)

Northeast Modern Language (NeMLA) Association Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), April 12-15, 2018. 

Panel: "Lieux de mémoire: Revisiting the Past in Contemporary French Culture" 

Chair: Kelsey Madsen, University of Oklahoma

Considering the preoccupation with questions of memory and national identity since the 1980s, as demonstrated by the publication of Pierre Nora's Lieux de mémoire and Henry Rousso's Le Syndrome de Vichy, how have contemporary literary works, films, or other cultural productions (art, monuments, etc.) from the 1980s to the present recreated the past, particularly the traumatic past? How have they memorialized people or events? Alternatively, panelists might consider the cultural impact of works depicting the past. Have the works themselves become cultural touchstones or influenced public memory in a perceptible way?

Additional information and the online submission form can be found here:  Please use the online form to submit abstracts in French or English (250-300 words) by 30 Sept. 2017. While you will be prompted to create an account to submit the form, current membership in the NeMLA is not required at the time of submission.