Crossing Boundaries: French and Francophone Women in Literature & Science, Culture & the Arts

2012 Women in French Annual Conference


This event is supported by: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Institute for Humanities Research
International Letters and Cultures
College of LIberal Arts and Sciences
Women in French
Location: Memorial Union 2nd floor
Campus: Tempe           
Cost: $135.00

The French language program in the School of International Letters and Cultures at ASU will host the 2012 Women in French conference, to be held on the second floor of the Memorial Union on ASU's Tempe campus. The conference theme, "Crossing Boundaries: French and Francophone Women in Literature and Science, Culture and the Arts," is intended to showcase the influence representation, presence and achievement of French and Francophone women from the Middle Ages through the 21st century.
 
The keynote speaker for the conference will be Martine Reid, Professor of French at the Université de Lille 3. She is the author of books and articles on French Literature of the 19th century and has edited texts by Stendhal, Balzac, Sand and Daudet. Her presentation will address the way in which questions concerning the sex of literature were formulated by women authors of the 18th and 19th centuries, and by the critics who read and commented on their works.

Plan to attend

Register: http://asu.edu/clas/silc/wif/registration1.htm

For more information
E-mail: gruzinska@asu.edu
Website: 2012 Women in French Conference
Phone: 480-965-3873

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