Come to the Institut Français d’Écosse for a series of conferences discussing feminist historiography, organised by Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk (University of Edinburgh), Dr Carme Font (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and Prof. Gina Luria Walker (The Schools of Public Engagement).
The morning conferences will take place in the University of Edinburgh, click here to discover the full programme.
AFTERNOON SESSIONS: French Institute: 14:00- 18:00
14:00-15:00
Panel 1: Researching the lives and works of women: challenges and approaches
Chair: Emanuela Patti (University of Edinburgh)
14:00-14:25: Catriona Seth : Researching the life and works of a travelling eighteenth-century Scottish woman artist, Catherine Read.
14:30-15:00: Aziza Ouardani (Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur): Researching the life and works of an eighteenth-century Italian Marquise, Margherita Sparapani. [Margherita Gentili Sparapani Boccapaduli (1735-1820)]
15:00-15:10 Discussion
15:10-17:00
Panel 2: Expanding the canon for a more inclusive, transnational history Chair: Norman Ajari (University of Edinburgh)
15:10-15:30 Christine Jones (University of Maryland, US) : Americana Lost & Found in Sidonie de la Houssaye’s Fiction
15:30-15:50: Laura Gimeno Pahissa (Universitat Autònoma, Barcelona): “Can you Blame me if I’ve Learned to Think”: Frances E.W. Harper's Intellectual Legacy to African American Women's Writing
15:50-16:00: Discussion
16:00- 16:30 Tea/coffee break
16:30-18:00
Panel 3: Women’s Cultural Legacies: a Philosophical perspective/ Matrimoine et
philosophie
This session will be in French, with Q&A in French and English
Chair: Sarah Hutton (University of York)
16:30- 17:00 Sandrine Bergès (British Academy Global Professor): Comment philosopher la révolution en tant que femme : Sophie de Grouchy et Olympe de Gouges ?
17:00- 18:00 Elodie Pinel (Philosopher, Author and Teacher) on her her latest publication, ‘Moi aussi, je pense donc je suis: Quand les femmes réinventent la philosophie’ (I too think, therefore I am: when women reinvent philosophy) - in conversation with Sandrine Bergès and Sarah Hutton,
Q&A and book signing
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