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RSA: Madeleine de l'Aubespine: Then and Now
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2024 - 17:07

The Renaissance Society of America

March 20-22, 2025

Boston, Massachusetts

Madeleine de l'Aubespine: Then and Now

We invite papers that address the growing importance of Madeleine de l’Aubespine (1546-96), author, patron, book collector, and Ronsard’s fille d’alliance. She wrote in French and Latin, in prose and verse (including erotica and lesbian sonnets), translated parts of Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and Ovid’s Heroides, engaged and co-wrote with her male contemporaries including Ronsard, Desportes and d’Aubigné as an equal participant in the ambitious project of forging a national literature.  

During l’Aubespine’s life, her poems circulated in manuscript and print. As part of The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe series, Anna Kłosowska edited her French verse and translations (2007). L’Aubespine’s newly attributed 800-line Latin poem Cantilupum, printed in Paris in 1587 and 1588, was edited by Matthieu Dejean and Perrine Galand-Willemen (2022). Colette Winn also attributed to her the Cabinet des saines affections, a Stoical text (2001). The Morgan Library and Museum (NYC) hosted Poetry & Patronage: The Laubespine-Villeroy Library Rediscovered, an exhibit curated by Isabelle de Conihout, which was accompanied by a beautiful catalog (2020). 

By shining a spotlight on this remarkable author, our panel seeks to return l’Aubespine to the rightful position she occupied among her contemporaries: at the center of cultural and artistic production during the second half of the sixteenth century. We welcome contributions focusing on all aspects of her life, work, and reception, including patronage and salons, manuscript and print, book collecting and bindings, portraits and sculpture, architecture and gardens, family and circle, collaborators and tutors, her place in the canon and in the avant-garde. Participants are encouraged to highlight her contributions to diverse fields including Stoicism, Petrarchism, anti-Petrarchism, petrarchismo femminile, translation, ecocriticism, trans, queer, and gender studies, Neo-Latin poetry, and Classical reception.

Please send 250 word abstracts to panel organizers Jessica DeVos (jessica.erin.devos@gmail.com) and Anna Kłosowska (roberta2@miamioh.edu) by June 30, 2024.

Link to conference home page: https://www.rsa.org/page/rsaboston2025

Madeleine de l'Aubespine: Then and Now
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2024 - 12:31

We invite papers that address the growing importance of Madeleine de l’Aubespine (1546-96), author, patron, book collector, and Ronsard’s fille d’alliance. She wrote in French and Latin, in prose and verse (including erotica and lesbian sonnets), translated parts of Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and Ovid’s Heroides, engaged and co-wrote with her male contemporaries including Ronsard, Desportes and d’Aubigné as an equal participant in the ambitious project of forging a national literature.  

During l’Aubespine’s life, her poems circulated in manuscript and print. As part of The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe series, Anna Kłosowska edited her French verse and translations (2007). L’Aubespine’s newly attributed 800-line Latin poem Cantilupum, printed in Paris in 1587 and 1588, was edited by Matthieu Dejean and Perrine Galand-Willemen (2022). Colette Winn also attributed to her the Cabinet des saines affections, a Stoical text (2001). The Morgan Library and Museum (NYC) hosted Poetry & Patronage: The Laubespine-Villeroy Library Rediscovered, an exhibit curated by Isabelle de Conihout, which was accompanied by a beautiful catalog (2020). 

By shining a spotlight on this remarkable author, our panel seeks to return l’Aubespine to the rightful position she occupied among her contemporaries: at the center of cultural and artistic production during the second half of the sixteenth century. We welcome contributions focusing on all aspects of her life, work, and reception, including patronage and salons, manuscript and print, book collecting and bindings, portraits and sculpture, architecture and gardens, family and circle, collaborators and tutors, her place in the canon and in the avant-garde. Participants are encouraged to highlight her contributions to diverse fields including Stoicism, Petrarchism, anti-Petrarchism, petrarchismo femminile, translation, ecocriticism, trans, queer, and gender studies, Neo-Latin poetry, and Classical reception.

Please send 250 word abstracts to panel organizers Jessica DeVos (jessica.erin.devos@gmail.com) and Anna Kłosowska (roberta2@miamioh.edu) by June 30, 2024.

Link to conference home page: https://www.rsa.org/page/rsaboston2025

Collaborators for Digital Project -- "Generative Waters"
Posted: Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 14:52

“Generative Waters” is an investigation of Palissy's Lost Grotto co-lead by Luis Rodríguez-Rincón (Assistant Professor of Spanish at Haverford College), and Kelley O'Brien (Assistant Professor of New Media at UNC Greensboro). Together we are working on a multi-phase project to recreate Bernard Palissy’s sixteenth-century ceramic grotto, as described in his text Architecture et Ordonnance de la grotto rustique (La Rochelle, 1563), as an immersive 3D environment to complement the translation into English of this description for the first time.

We have already translated his written description of the Grotto from French to English and are working to construct a 3D digital model of the space. Our hope is that this digital model will then take the form of a digital interactive space, specifically a webpage devoted to the translation and a navigable version of the model. Additionally we want to explore the use of Virtual Reality/VR headsets as an immersive animated experience of the model and a specifically designed directional soundtrack.

As part of this work, we are aiming to gather a group of humanist specialists (both art historians, literary scholars, and historians of Early Modern France) to help us brainstorm possible frameworks for bringing our immersive digital project to as wide a public and specialist audience as possible. In working towards this massive project, we are soliciting a multi-stage grant from the NEH to help support this work. One of the goals of the first stage would be to convene humanist scholars of the Renaissance together to discuss ways to best align our project with the needs and insights of specialists in the field. Can our model be made into a useful tool for Renaissance scholarship and pedagogy today? How can we ensure our website and model reflects the most up-to-date insights of specialists in the field? These are just some of the questions we hope to answer to help guide the realization of the project.

Our full Call for Collaborators can be found at in this google doc

Please email your qualifications, interests and questions to Kelley O’Brien at kaobrien@uncg.edu

Appel à contribution pour Albineana 37 (2025), dirigé par Mathilde Bernard, Nadine Kuperty-Tsur et Alicia Viaud
Posted: Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 14:50

Le rapport d’Agrippa d’Aubigné aux femmes n’est pas simple ; l’enfant aegre partus ne doit sa vie qu’à la mort de l’une d’entre elles, ce qui peut expliquer une tendance à la mise à distance. De nombreuses femmes sont ainsi présentées comme des incarnations d’une altérité radicale : la mère, cette figure qui, pour absente qu’elle soit, hante l’entièreté de l’œuvre, sous des dehors la plupart du temps peu rassurants, mais néanmoins ambivalents[i] ; l’amante, qui revêt des habits pétrarquistes aux chatoiements inquiétants et qui, jeunesse éclatante a son double dans les vieilles repoussantes du Printemps[ii] ; les femmes « détestées », qui sont présentées comme des symboles de débauche[iii] ; les reines qui deviennent sorcières sous sa plume[iv] ; les parangons bibliques de l’impiété – Jézabel[v] et autres Athalie – ; ou les femmes mythiques venues du monde gréco‑romain pour faire du poète une proie, Diane la chasseresse[vi], qui bien sûr se cache dans la belle Salviati, autre menace de mort.

À côté de ces femmes si diverses en possibilité d’anéantissement du corps et de l’âme de l’écrivain – car ces figures sont avant tout littéraires –, Agrippa d’Aubigné offre aux lecteurs de nombreux exemples de femmes admirables, qui dans leur grandeur n’en sont pas moins pour la plupart également mises à distance. Au rang de ces femmes viennent en premier lieu les martyres : les sœurs Foucaude – des enfants –, Jane Gray, jeune, reine, vertueuse et pieuse[vii]… Puis les reines protestantes qui ont su gouverner en homme, éloge équivoque s’il en est : Elizabeth, Jeanne d’Albret[viii], figurant de nouvelles Deborah.

Enfin viennent d’autres femmes, plus accessibles sans doute, celles qui se sacrifient pour leur parti, comme Catherine de Bourbon[ix], nouvelle Esther, des femmes poètes et salonnières comme les dames des Roches[x] ou, plus proches encore du peuple, ces figures de la dévotion, jeune fille allaitant le vieillard et à l’inverse femme âgée (aux mamelles taries) allaitant un nourrisson. Quelques‑unes enfin, bien réelles celles‑là, tissées à la vie d’Agrippa d’Aubigné et présentes en ses écrits : ses femmes, ses filles.

Comment dès lors concilier ce mélange d’attirance et de répulsion dont le Printemps se fait l’écho, d’admiration pour des femmes qui sont le lieu et la preuve de la grâce suprême de Dieu, n’agissant jamais tant que lorsqu’elle élève la faiblesse, et de mépris horrifié pour la putain et la sorcière, de connivence[xi] et de hiérarchisation des rapports[xii] ? Comment comprendre que la femme soit le plus souvent tenue à distance respectable : faut‑il en chercher les raisons dans les structures patriarcales d’une société qui n’assigne pas aux femmes un rôle de même importance qu’aux hommes, dans la vie d’un enfant à qui a manqué une présence féminine, d’un amant éconduit, d’un veuf éploré, d’un sujet méfiant d’une souveraine aux finesses italiennes ? Quel est le sens de la parole ou du silence des femmes dans l’œuvre d’Agrippa d’Aubigné ? Comment les voix féminines et les voix de l’énonciateur se mêlent‑elles et dans quelle optique[xiii] ? Quelle possibilité les femmes protestantes ont‑elles de se faire entendre[xiv] ? Peut‑on, avec Catharina Randall Coats[xv], penser un « parler mystique » de la femme albinéenne, qui l’élèverait à un statut équivalent à celui de l’énonciateur de la fin des Tragiques, « extatique », « au giron de son Dieu » ?

Les articles s’intéresseront aux différents aspects de la présence des femmes dans la vie et dans l’œuvre d’Agrippa d’Aubigné. Ils pourront adopter un angle biographique, interrogeant le rôle des amants, des épouses et des filles dans l’existence de l’écrivain, et croiser cette approche avec une analyse des représentations des figures féminines dans l’œuvre. On pourra également axer sa réflexion sur la dimension symbolique et mythique de la représentation des femmes admirées ou honnies, sur la trace, l’inflexion féminines de l’écriture ; considérer la question politique, la résistance, le zèle des femmes ; voir comment en elles réside paradoxalement la plus grande fiance d’Agrippa (les plus zélés sont pour beaucoup des femmes) et son plus grand effroi (les plus machiavéliques sont sans doute des femmes). Les articles se demanderont comment concilier les rapports de l’homme avec les personnes et les rapports de l’écrivain avec les êtres de papier, afin de rendre compte d’une vision des femmes plus riche que les passages canoniques offrant à les voir victimes ou démons nous laissent augurer. Le volume s’ouvrira à des articles présentant la place particulière de la femme protestante à cette époque, ainsi qu’à des réflexions plus larges sur la représentation des femmes à la Renaissance.

Les propositions de contribution, de quelques lignes, sont à rendre avant le 31 mai 2024 aux adresses suivantes : bernardm@parisnanterre.fralicia.viaud@umontreal.cakuperty@tauex.tau.ac.il.

Après acceptation de la proposition de contribution, les articles d’environ 30 000 signes, en français ou en anglais, seront à rendre pour le 1er mars 2025.

[i] Voir Jean‑Raymond Fanlo, Tracés, ruptures. La composition instable des Tragiques, Paris, Champion, 1990, chap. I, 3.2, « Les figures ambivalentes de la mère », p. 83‑87.

[ii] Voir Véronique Ferrer, L’Amoureuse rage. Agrippa d’Aubigné poète profane, Genève, Droz, 2022 et Le Printemps, Julien Goeury (éd.), Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2023.

[iii] Voir Éliane Viennot, « Agrippa d’Aubigné, Marguerite de Valois et le Divorce satyrique », Albineana, 7, 1996, p. 87-111.

[iv] Voir Jean‑Raymond Fanlo, « Catherine de Médicis, monstre femelle. Agrippa d’Aubigné, Les Tragiques, livre I », dans Régis Bertrand et Anne Carol (dir.), Le « Monstre » humain : Imaginaire et société [en ligne], Aix-en-Provence, Presses universitaires de Provence, 2005.

[v] Voir Gisèle Matthieu‑Castellani, Agrippa d’Aubigné. Le Corps de Jézabel, Paris, Presses universitaires de France, 1991.

[vi] Voir Jean‑Raymond Fanlo et Marie‑Dominique Legrand (dir.), Le Mythe de Diane en France au XVIe siècle, Albineana, 14, 2002.

[vii] Voir Antoinette Gimaret, « “Ses gants et son livret pour faire testament”. Le récit de la mort de Jane Grey dans l’Histoire des Martyrs de Jean Crespin et les Tragiques d’Agrippa d’Aubigné », dans Line Cottegnies, Anne‑Marie Miller‑Blaise et Christine Sukic (dir.), Objets et anatomie du corps héroïque dans l’Europe de la première modernité, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2019, p. 25‑45.

[viii] Voir Marie‑Madeleine Fragonard, « L’éloge d’Elisabeth », dans François Charpentier (dir.), Les Tragiques d’Agrippa d’Aubigné. Actes de la journée d’étude Agrippa d’Aubigné, 9 nov. 1990, Cahiers Textuel, 9, 19 1, p. 39-52 ; Cécile Huchard, « Jeanne d’Albret, Élisabeth d’Angleterre, reines, et héroïnes protestantes ? », dans Gilbert Schrenck, Anne-Elisabeth Spica, Pascale Thouvenin (dir.), Héroïsme féminin et femmes illustres (XVIe‑XVIIe siècles). Une représentation sans fiction, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2019, p. 91‑105.

[ix] Voir le Traitté des douceurs de l’affliction, Gilbert Schrenck (éd), dans Œuvres, t. III, Paris, Garnier, 2014.

[x] Voir Madeleine Lazard, « Deux féministes poitevines au XVIe siècle : Les dames des Roches », Albineana, 3, 1990, p. 143‑153.

[xi] Cette connivence et cette proximité confiante furent semblent‑ils au fondement des liens conjugaux qui unissait Agrippa d’Aubigné tant à Suzanne de Lezay qu’à Renée Burlamacchi (voir Gilbert Schrenck, notices en ligne sur les femmes d’Agrippa d’Aubigné dans le Grand Dictionnaire des Femmes de l’Ancien Régime, 2005 : Aubigné (Michèle), Burlamacchi (Renée), L’Estang (Catherine de), Lezay (Suzanne de), Limur (Anne de), Salviati (Diane)). Elle marque aussi la couleur de la relation qu’il a entretenue avec Catherine de Bourbon, mélange de respect, d’admiration et d’amitié (outre son introduction de l’édition du Traitté des douceurs de l’affliction, on pourra consulter l’article suivant de Gilbert Schrenck : « Rhétorique de l’affliction : Catherine de Bourbon, Agrippa d’Aubigné et la Conférence de Nancy (1600) », dans Claude La Charité et Roxanne Roy (dir.), Femmes, rhétorique et éloquence sous l’Ancien Régime, Saint-Étienne, Publications de l’université de Saint-Étienne, 2012, p. 299‑310).

[xii] Rare sont les femmes qui peuvent gouverner et il semble clair par ailleurs qu’Agrippa d’Aubigné n’assigne pas le même rôle aux femmes qu’aux hommes, comme en témoigne la Lettre à ses filles.

[xiii] Voir Samuel Junod, « Voix féminines dans l’œuvre d’Aubigné », Women in French Studies, 11, 2003, p. 25‑37.

[xiv] Catharina Randall Coats, « Shouting Down Abraham: How Sixteenth Century Huguenot Women Found Their Voice », Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 50, 2, 1997, p. 411‑442?

[xv] Catharina Randall Coats, « La femme : un prétexte silencieux dans l’œuvre d’Agrippa d’Aubigné », Albineana, 7, 1996, p. 76.

Palissy's Lost Grotto NEH Digital Projects for the Public
Posted: Sunday, March 17, 2024 - 10:32

Generative Waters” is an investigation of Palissy's Lost Grotto co-lead by Luis Rodríguez-Rincón (Assistant Professor of Spanish at Haverford College), and Kelley O'Brien (Assistant Professor of New Media at UNC Greensboro). Together we are working on a multi-phase project to recreate Bernard Palissy’s sixteenth-century ceramic grotto, as described in his text Architecture et Ordonnance de la grotto rustique (La Rochelle, 1563), as an immersive 3D environment to complement the translation into English of this description for the first time.

We have already translated his written description of the Grotto from French to English and are working to construct a 3D digital model of the space. Our hope is that this digital model will then take the form of a digital interactive space, specifically a webpage devoted to the translation and a navigable version of the model. Additionally we want to explore the use of Virtual Reality/VR headsets as an immersive animated experience of the model and a specifically designed directional soundtrack.

As part of this work, we are aiming to gather a group of humanist specialists (both art historians, literary scholars, and historians of Early Modern France) to help us brainstorm possible frameworks for bringing our immersive digital project to as wide a public and specialist audience as possible. In working towards this massive project, we are soliciting a multi-stage grant from the NEH to help support this work. One of the goals of the first stage would be to convene humanist scholars of the Renaissance together to discuss ways to best align our project with the needs and insights of specialists in the field. Can our model be made into a useful tool for Renaissance scholarship and pedagogy today? How can we ensure our website and model reflects the most up-to-date insights of specialists in the field? These are just some of the questions we hope to answer to help guide the realization of the project.

Our full Call for Collaborators can be found at in this google doc

Please email your qualifications, interests and questions to Kelley O’Brien at kaobrien@uncg.edu

Grants

Research fellowships, Paris Institute for Advanced Study

Posted 27 Feb 2018 - 13:21

The Paris Institute for Advanced Study is launching two calls for applications for research fellowships in 2019-2020, open to researchers of all nationalities:

- one call for 5 or 10-month fellowships in the "Blue Sky Research" program, open to all disciplines and themes in the humanities and social sciences. - one call for 5 or 10-month fellowships in the “Brain, Culture and Society” program. This call is for researchers willing to conduct a project at the interface between neuroscience, cognitive science and the humanities and social sciences.

Deadline for applications: Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018, 3:00pm (Paris, France time)

More informations on https://www.paris-iea.fr/en/

Source: H-France/C. zum Kolk

Society for French Studies: Visiting International Fellowship

Posted 18 Jan 2018 - 10:15

The Society for French Studies is pleased to accept applications for the 2018 Visiting International Fellowship scheme. The deadline for this round is 1 April 2018. The scheme is intended to support an annual visiting fellowship, tenable in any UK or Irish university, or institution of higher education in the UK or Ireland, to allow outstanding academics in the French Studies field based in overseas universities to spend time at UK or Irish higher education institutions. 

 

In order to extend the global reach of the scheme, the Society has increased the maximum value of the award to £5,000 and extended the maximum length of the Fellowship to eight weeks. It strongly encourages applications to support visits from scholars in all parts of the world, including Africa, Australasia and the Caribbean. The key objective of the Fellowship grant is to encourage the internationalization of French Studies in the UK and Ireland through engagement with those active in the field elsewhere. It is also intended that the Fellow will use the occasion to further their own academic interests, and to visit more than one UK institution. Visits should be of no more than eight weeks’ duration, although an extended period may be appropriate if additional funding is available from institutional sources.

 

Full details of how to apply are on the Society’s website: www.sfs.ac.uk/funding-visiting-fellowships/.

 

 
To access information on our new Prize Research Fellowships scheme, click here. To access information on our Research Support scheme, click here

Applications must be completed by an academic member of staff in the UK or Irish host institution. The UK or Irish host applicant is also expected to organise, direct and take academic and organisational responsibility of the fellowship. Host applicants must be members of or associated Higher Education departments of French (or departments which teach French) in the UK and Ireland. Main applicants must also be members of the Society for French Studies. No more than one application may be submitted by any institution in one academic year (this applies to collegiate and non-collegiate universities alike, and includes joint applications from two or institutions).

 

The Society will offer a grant of up to £5,000 to support travel, accommodation, subsistence and other expenses; up to an additional £500 is also available to cover the costs of visiting other institutions in the UK or Ireland. Personal expenditure on items such as visa costs, car hire and health insurance are not eligible, and it is expected that host institutions will offer support for these. Application for this award will be competitive, and it cannot be made retrospectively. Informal enquiries can be directed to Professor Edward Welch, University of Aberdeen,edward.welch@abdn.ac.uk

 

SFHS research awards and fellowships

Posted 13 Dec 2017 - 00:45

The Society for French Historical Studies solicits applications for the following fellowships (application deadline, 15 February 2018).

 

1. Research Travel Award, jointly awarded by the SFHS and the Western Society for French History

Eligibility:

Scholars from the US and Canada, awarded PhD since January 2013, for research conducted outside of North America on any aspect of French history

 

2. Farrar Memorial Awards, two awards will be made

Eligibility:

Graduate students enrolled in program in US or Canada, with preference given to scholars interested in relating the history of France to another part of Europe or the world

 

3. Institut Français d’Amérique Fund Research Fellowship (Harmon Chadbourn Rorison Fellowship)

Eligibility:

Doctoral students or scholars awarded PhD since January 2015, conducting research in France for at least one month on any topic in French historical and cultural studies (travel to and France may not be supported by this fellowship)

 

4. Institut Français d’Amérique Fund Research Fellowship (Catherine Maley)

Eligibility:

Doctoral students or scholars awarded PhD since January 2015, conducting research in France for at least one month on any topic in French historical and cultural studies, with preference given to projects in cultural history, art history, or literary studies, broadly-defined (travel to and France may not be supported by this fellowship)

 

 

For more information on these and other awards and prizes, please see:

https://www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net/prizes/

 

The committee entrusted with deciding these awards is:

 

Stéphane Gerson, Chair (2018)

Institute of French Studies New York University 15 Washington Mews New York, New York 10003 (USA) stephane.gerson@nyu.edu

 

Jeffrey Burson (2019)

Department of History Georgia Southern University PO Box 8054 Statesboro, GA 30460-8054 (USA) jburson@georgiasouthern.edu

 

Jennifer Boittin (2020, Western Society for French History representative)

Department of French and Francophone Studies Pennsylvania State University 326 Burrowes Building University Park, PA 16802 (USA) Jab808@psu.edu

 

Tamara Chaplin (2020)

Department of History University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 309 Gregory Hall MC 466 810 South Wright Street Urbana, Illinois 61801 (USA) tchaplin@illinois.edu

 

 

RSA 2018 Research Fellowships

Posted 15 Oct 2017 - 01:36

The Renaissance Society of America is pleased to announce that our 2018 Research Fellowships competition is now open. For the 2018 cycle, the RSA will award up to thirty-three (33) individual fellowships to scholars working in the field of Renaissance studies (1300–1700). Fellowships are made possible by donations and bequests from RSA members, and grants from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. A link to the application site and details about the application process, eligibility, residential fellowships, non-residential fellowships, and publication subventions are available on the RSA Fellowships webpage. The deadline for applying is 9 November 2017. Model proposalsa recorded webinar, and statistics about previous fellowship cycles are intended to provide additional information about the application process. The stipend varies between $3,000 and $4,000 depending on the fellowship. During the past five years, the RSA has awarded fellowships to more than 100 scholars working on topics from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century; a list of previous award winners is posted on the RSA website. Our Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) scholarship competition is also open. DHSI scholarship applications are due 17 October 2017. Best of luck to all applicants. The Renaissance Society of America

Franklin Research Grants

Posted 15 Sep 2017 - 03:00

Scope

Since 1933, the American Philosophical Society has awarded small grants to scholars in order to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. In 2016–2017 the Franklin Research Grants program awarded $470,000 to 89 scholars, and the Society expects to make a similar number of awards in this year’s competition. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.

Franklin grants are made for noncommercial research. They are not intended to meet the expenses of attending conferences or the costs of publication. The Society does not pay overhead or indirect costs to any institution, and grant funds are not to be used to pay income tax on the award. Grants will not be made to replace salary during a leave of absence or earnings from summer teaching; pay living expenses while working at home; cover the costs of consultants or research assistants; or purchase permanent equipment such as computers, cameras, tape recorders, or laboratory apparatus.

Special Programs Within the Franklin Research Grants

APS/British Academy Fellowship for Research in London In collaboration with the British Academy, the APS offers an exchange postdoctoral fellowship for a minimum of one and a maximum of two months’ research in the archives and libraries of London during 2018. This award includes travel expenses between the United States and the United Kingdom and a monthly subsistence paid by the APS. Candidates should specify that they are asking for the British Academy Fellowship and apply by October 2; applicants not selected for the British Academy Fellowship will be considered for a Franklin Research Grant.

APS/Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Fellowship for Research in Edinburgh In collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh, the APS offers a visiting fellowship of between two and four months for research in Edinburgh in the calendar year 2018 in any aspect of the humanities and social sciences. To maximize the benefits of the fellowship, applicants are strongly encouraged to schedule their visit to overlap with one of the two main teaching semesters (January–March and September–December). This award includes travel expenses between the United States and the United Kingdom, a private office, library and research facilities at the IASH, and a monthly subsistence paid by the APS. Travel expenses and the monthly subsistence amount will not exceed a maximum of $6,000. Candidates should specify that they are asking for the IASH Fellowship and apply by October 2; applicants not selected for the IASH Fellowship will be considered for a Franklin Research Grant. Further information about the IASH, including current research themes, is available at http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/.

Eligibility

Applicants are expected to have a doctorate or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. Ph.D. candidates are not eligible to apply, but the Society is particularly interested in supporting the work of young scholars who have recently received the doctorate. Independent scholars and faculty members at all four-year and two-year research and non-research institutions are welcome to apply provided that all eligibility guidelines are met. American citizens and residents of the United States may use their Franklin awards at home or abroad. Foreign nationals not affiliated with a U.S. institution must use their Franklin awards for research in the United States. Applicants who have previously received a Franklin grant may reapply after an interval of two years.

Awards

Funding is offered up to a maximum of $6,000. Grants are not retroactive.

Grants are payable to the individual applicant. Franklin grants are taxable income, but the Society is not required to report payments. It is recommended that grant recipients discuss their reporting obligations with their tax advisors.

Letters of Support

Note that letters of support must directly address the project outlined in the proposal. Submission of letters through Interfolio is discouraged as these letters are often too long (and may be truncated at the point at which they reach limit of allowable space) and not related to the project at hand.

Deadlines

For applications and two letters of support:

October 2, for a January 2018 decision for work in February 2018 through January 2019 December 1, for a March 2018 decision for work in April 2018 through January 2019

It is the applicant’s responsibility to verify that all materials, including the required two letters of support, reached the Society on time; contact Linda Musumeci, Director of Grants and Fellowships, at LMusumeci@amphilsoc.org or 215-440-3429.

Requirements

Project and financial reports are due one month after completion of the funded portion of the work, per the time frame indicated on the proposal. Instructions will be provided with notification of an award.

Application

Click here to apply online 

https://amphilsoc.org/grants/franklin

Source: RSA

Jobs

Visiting Assistant Professor of French at the University of Rochester
Posted 3 Feb 2025 - 11:50

The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC) at the University of Rochester is seeking applicants for the position of Visiting Assistant Professor of French for a two-year, non-renewable term. The candidate’s area(s) of specialization should cover any period(s) of French literature and culture from the Renaissance through the 18th century.

Teaching load is 2/2. Candidates must have a PhD in hand or expected by the time of appointment (July 1, 2025) and must possess native or near-native proficiency in French. If ABD, a dissertation defense date must be provided.  Any candidate with a defense date after July 1, 2025 would be hired as an Instructor rather than as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Applicants must also have a track record of excellence in innovative pedagogy and creative teaching methodologies.

The successful candidate will teach one advanced (fourth semester) French language course, survey courses on French literature and culture, as well as courses in their areas of specialization.

Salary range: $54,000-$65,000. The referenced pay range represents the full base range of pay for this job. Individual salaries will be determined within the job’s salary range and established based on market data, experience and expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, and three letters of recommendation. Writing sample and syllabi will be requested if the candidate is interviewed. The cover letter should include a description of your research and a brief teaching statement. In a separate document, please describe how you will add to the University's core values of Meliora (“Ever better”), discussing the ways in which your experiences will shape your pursuits as a member of our faculty (see Vision and Values statement here: https://www.rochester.edu/college/odos/meliora-vision-values/index.html).

For full consideration, please submit application materials by March 1, 2025 on Interfolio : https://apply.interfolio.com/162415

Please address questions to Prof. Robert Doran, French Search Chair: robert.doran@rochester.edu

The University of Rochester is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, and actively encourages applications from candidates from groups underrepresented in higher education.

 

Lecturer in Pre-1800 French and Francophone Studies at Harvard University
Posted 19 Dec 2024 - 15:49

Position Description:  The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures seeks applications for a lecturer in pre-1800 French and Francophone Studies (medieval and/or early modern). The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2025. The lecturer will be responsible for teaching four courses in French in the academic year, two per semester, at the 70, 80, and 100 levels (i.e. introductory literature and culture courses to advanced seminars) and advising students as is appropriate. While no particular area of specialization is sought, intersections with any of the French section’s existing strengths in material culture, gender and sexuality, environmental humanities, and postcolonial studies are desirable.

 

The position is for one year (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026).

 

Basic Qualifications:  Doctorate in French or related discipline required by the time the appointment begins.

 

Additional Qualifications:  Demonstrated strong commitment to teaching is desired.

 

Special Instructions:  Please submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal (https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14534). Applications must be submitted no later than Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 11:59 PM EST, recommendation letters must be submitted no later than Friday, February 7, 2025, 11:59 PM EST for the application to be given full consideration.

 

          1. Cover letter, including a description of the candidate’s teaching/advising philosophy and practices as well as their approach to creating a learning environment in which every student is encouraged to ask questions and share their ideas.

          2.  Curriculum Vitae.

          3. Teaching evaluations, if available.

          4. Names and contact information of three referees, who will be asked by a system-generated email to upload a letter of recommendation once the candidate’s application has been submitted. Three letters of recommendation are required, and the application is considered complete only when at least three letters have been received.

 

The health of our community is a priority for Harvard University. With that in mind, we strongly encourage all employees to be up-to-date on CDC-recommended vaccines.

Harvard is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, protected veteran status, disability, genetic information, military service, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or other protected status.

 

Contact Information: 

Annabel L. Kim, Chair

annabel_kim@fas.harvard.edu

 
 
Assistant Professor of Early Modern French Theater and Performance (1500-1800) at Yale University
Posted 19 Sep 2024 - 14:55

The Yale University Department of French intends to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in Early Modern  French Theater and Performance (1500-1800) to begin on July 1, 2025. Applicants will be affiliated with the Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) Program, although the position would be fully in the French Department.

Beyond traditional text-based approaches, the candidate must be able to think at the intersection of disciplines. Their research will be situated within the framework of an archaeology of media and of visual culture(s), underscoring the link of theater with other forms of performance (such as dance, ballet, mime and opera), and emphasizing political, anthropological, sociological, economical, philosophical or gender/identity issues. Feminist, queer, and decolonial approaches are welcome. Fields of research may also include the history of performance criticism, the material conditions of performance and its impact on the spectator's body and mind, or methodological questions.

Applicants should have strong potential for excellence and achievement in scholarship and in undergraduate and graduate teaching. They must have expertise in canonical texts as well as lesser-known ones, which radically renew the canon. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in their area of specialty and in broader areas (like history of theater), meeting the needs of the Program and the Department. Applicants should have native or near-native fluency in French.

We welcome applications from scholars who already hold teaching positions, as well as recent PhDs and those who expect their PhD or equivalent degree by the time of appointment.

All applicants should submit a letter of application, C.V., a research statement, a teaching statement, three confidential letters of reference, and a chapter-length writing sample prepared for anonymous reading via http://apply.interfolio.com/153121).

To ensure full consideration, please submit all materials by November 15, 2024. For questions regarding this position, please email Agnes Bolton, administrative coordinator, at agnes.bolton@yale.edu.

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Yale values diversity among its students, staff, and faculty and strongly welcomes applications from women, persons with disabilities, protected veterans, and underrepresented minorities.

Assistant Professor of French at the University of Miami
Posted 29 Mar 2024 - 11:33

University of Miami, Michele Bowman Underwood Department of Modern Languages and Literatures is seeking applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, beginning August 15, 2024. This Assistant Professor is expected to contribute to the department’s intellectual life by maintaining an active research and publication agenda focusing on French literature and/or language, teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, directing dissertations, and serving on departmental, college, and/or university committees. We seek candidates whose teaching and research intersect with the work of other faculty in Modern Languages and Literatures and elsewhere in the College of Arts and Sciences. The teaching assignment is two courses per semester.

Minimum requirements include a Ph.D. in French or a closely related field.

Applications consisting of a curriculum vitae (CV), cover letter, and list of recommenders should be submitted through the UM website [see link below]. Review of applications will begin April 20 and will continue until the position is filled. Three letters of recommendation, a statement of teaching philosophy, and a writing sample will be required of all candidates chosen for remote interviews. 

Inquiries may be addressed to the Department Chair, Dr. Logan Connors,  logan.connors@miami.edu .

To apply, see the advertisement on Workday for the University of Miami:

https://umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMFaculty/jobs/details/Assistant-Professor-of-French_R100075740-1?q=R100075740

 

Scholarships Available

Fellowship / Bourse: The Newberry Library
Posted: 13 Oct 2016 - 10:25

The Newberry  is now accepting fellowship applications for the 2017-18 academic year.

The Newberry Library's long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship. In addition to the Library's collections, fellows are supported by a collegial interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. An array of scholarly and public programs also contributes to an engaging intellectual environment.

We invite interested individuals who wish to utilize the Newberry's collection to apply for our many fellowship opportunities:

Long-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars for continuous residence at the Newberry for periods of 4 to 12 months; the stipend is $4,200 per month. Applicants must hold a PhD by the application deadline in order to be eligible. Long-Term Fellowships are intended to support individual scholarly research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the fellowship program. The deadline for longterm fellowships is November 15, 2016.

Short-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, and those who hold other terminal degrees. Short-Term Fellowships are generally awarded for 1 to 2 months; unless otherwise noted the stipend is $2,500 per month. These fellowships support individual scholarly research for those who have a specific need for the Newberry's collection and are mainly restricted to individuals who live and work outside of the Chicago metropolitan area. The deadline for shortterm opportunities is December 15, 2016.

Many of the Newberry's fellowship opportunities have specific eligibility requirements; in order to learn more about these requisites, as well as application guidelines, please visit our website.

Questions should be addressed to research@newberry.org.

Résidences à la Fondation Camargo (Cassis, France)
Posted: 4 Oct 2016 - 16:42

La Fondation Camargo, située à Cassis, a été créée par l’artiste et philanthrope Jerome Hill depuis 40 ans. Il s’agit d’un lieu de résidence dédié à l’art et aux sciences humaines et sociales. Elle offre un environnement de qualité pour penser, créer et échanger.

Le programme de résidence Camargo propose des résidences de 6, 8 ou 11 semaines pour les chercheurs et penseurs travaillant sur les cultures françaises/francophones, y compris l’influence des cultures méditerranéennes ainsi que les artistes de toute discipline. Les périodes de résidences sont à l’automne 2017 (8 semaines) et au printemps 2018 (6, 8 ou 11 semaines).

Une bourse mensuelle de 1000 USD est disponible ainsi qu’une prise en charge du voyage. Les conjoints et enfants de plus de 6 ans sont bienvenus.

Date limite de postulation: 24 novembre 2016
Plus d’informations sur l’application : http://camargofoundation.org
RESPONSABLE : Julie Chénot
URL DE RÉFÉRENCE : http://camargofoundation.org

IMLR Visiting Fellowships and Scholarships Program. Due date: 1 March 2016
Posted: 12 Feb 2016 - 09:49
Closing date for applications/references: 1 March 2016
 
INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH University of London School of Advanced Study
Visiting Fellowships and Scholarships Programme 2016-17
The Institute of Modern Languages Research now invites applications for Visiting Fellowships and Visiting Scholarships for the academic year 2016-17. Applicants, with or without funding, may conduct research into any field relevant to the work of the IMLR.
Up to ten Visiting Fellowships and five Visiting Scholarships are available annually on a non-stipendiary basis, tenable at the Institute or within one of the IMLR's research centres: Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing Centre for the Study of Cultural Memory Ingeborg Bachmann Centre for Austrian Literature Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies Centre for Quebec and French-Canadian Studies Centre for Ernst Bloch Studies (NEW from January 2016 - website under construction)
Visiting Fellowships and Scholarships are open to applicants from the UK and overseas. Candidates applying for Fellowships should have completed their doctorate and have a strong publications record. Doctoral students may apply for Visiting Scholarships.
Closing date for receipt of applications and references: 1 March 2016
Brown University Postdocs - due date: 10 Feb 2016
Posted: 14 Jan 2016 - 11:29

Brown University: DOF: University Wide

Brown University Presidential Diversity Postdoctoral Fellowships

Location: Providence, RI

Closes: Feb 10, 2016 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (GMT-5 hours)

Brown University invites applications for one- to two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships to support the development of early career scholars from diverse backgrounds (with particular attention to historically underrepresented groups in the academy) who show promise as innovative scholars in the following integrative scholarship areas:

• Creating Peaceful, Just, and Prosperous Societies | Economic, political and cultural development are as important as defense and diplomacy in establishing peaceful and just societies. This area invites rigorous scholarship in international studies, promotes active engagement in the world of international affairs, and supports scholarship that promotes social justice and economic prosperity domestically and internationally.

• Exploring Human Experience | Brown has a long and distinguished record of innovation in the humanities. Learning from the historical record, analyzing present conditions, and comprehending our future possibilities are fundamental to the University’s mission and its contributions to society.  This area seeks to develop a robust environment for the study of human experience in all its diversity throughout history and around the world. 

• Cultivating Creative Expression | Creative expression is used to explore human values and communicate new ideas, to challenge societies, and to draw disparate groups together. At Brown, the creative arts are tightly integrated into the liberal arts. This area focuses on scholarship that can foster an environment in which artists are operating at the highest levels of their crafts and learn from and inform scholars in disciplines across the campus. 

• Understanding the Human Brain | This area focuses on efforts to understand functions of the brain that distinguish us as humans, discover treatments for disorders that diminish our capacities, and create technologies to improve lives. 

• Sustaining Life on Earth | Environmental change can threaten global supplies of food and water, harm human health, and undermine the stability of societies around the world. This area focuses on the relationship of the environment to human societies combining the efforts of natural, physical, and social scientists, together with humanists, to understand the determinants of environmental change, alter norms of human behavior, consider ethical issues related to sustainability, and develop sound environmental policies. 

• Using Science and Technology to Improve Lives | The development of new technology is critical to human progress, and Brown is at the forefront of discovery in areas such as computing, nanoscience and bioengineering. We recognize that the benefits of new technologies hinge on how well they ultimately align with societal needs. This area emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to innovation, grounded in a broad understanding of local and global needs and concerns.

• Deciphering Disease and Improving Population Health | Improving human health requires an integrated approach to understanding the causes of disease and translating that knowledge into new modes of diagnosis, treatment, and ultimately prevention – from bench to bedside to population.

The successful candidate will teach one course per year as part of the appointment and will participate in activities related to the President’s Diversity Postdoctoral Fellows Program. Scholars with a Ph.D. in the humanities, social sciences, sciences or engineering will be considered.  The candidate’s dissertation must be complete by July 1, 2016  

These one- to two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships are not renewable.   Candidates should submit a letter of application that describes how the candidate’s scholarship fits into one or more integrative area, and describes the candidate’s interest in and plans for impacting the ethnic, gender, and/or racial diversity of the campus. Please also indicate clearly your desired departmental affiliation.  In addition, a curriculum vitae and three letters of reference are required.

 

Deadline for applications is February 10, 2016.

The appointment will be effective July 1, 2016.  

 

To apply go to Interfolio at the following link:

http://apply.interfolio.com/33351

Doctoral Study at Royal Holloway, University of London - Studentships
Posted: 14 Jan 2016 - 11:18

Funding for Doctoral Study at Royal Holloway

AHRC and College Postgraduate Studentships

School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway University of London.

French, German, Hispanic Studies and Italian and

Comparative Literature and Culture

 

The School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway is pleased to invite applications to its PhD programmes in French, German, Hispanic Studies and Italian and Comparative Literature and Culture. You can find out more about the research environment and range of expertise we offer on our research pages.

https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/mllc/research/home.aspx.

Royal Holloway is the lead member of the TECHNE London and South-East Doctoral Training Partnership, which offers Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) awards for those commencing postgraduate study in September 2016. TECHNE (http://www.techne.ac.uk) comprises seven universities and is one of the 11 AHRC Doctoral Training Partnerships. TECHNE's vision is to produce scholars who are highly motivated and prepared for academic, public or professional life. Its students will benefit from a diverse range of training workshops and opportunities to engage with partners in the arts and cultural sector.

Students may apply to TECHNE for a doctoral award by submitting a TECHNE application through Royal Holloway.  If you are interested in applying for a TECHNE award, the first step is to speak to a prospective supervisor or the Director of Graduate Studies (sarah.wright@rhul.ac.uk). It is not possible to submit an application directly to TECHNE: you must apply through one of the member universities. Overseas students are not eligible for AHRC awards (although they may be considered for other College awards), and EU students are eligible for fees only.

There are around 50 awards per annum for students who are applying to undertake PhD study. Students who apply for a TECHNE award will be considered automatically for a College Scholarship.

How to apply

Prospective doctoral students who are interested in applying for a studentship should contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr Sarah Wright. The deadline for applications is 7 February 2016 (note that all references must also be received by this deadline).

Students whose research falls within the remit of Freedom and Rights of the Individual in the Digital Age may be considered for an alternative stream of funding (deadline 20th January 2016).

 

Masters by Research Fee Waivers: We are pleased to announce that we are currently offeringfee waivers for Masters by Research, available in all areas of the School's research interests. Fee waivers are allocated on a competitive basis by the School. Eligibility conditions apply. Please note that only candidates who have been offered, and who have accepted, a place to study at Royal Holloway will be considered for any available funding opportunities. You should therefore apply for an MA program as soon as possible.  Deadline 29th February 2016.

 For more information on any of these awards, or for postgraduate study more generally at Royal Holloway, write to the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr Sarah Wright (sarah.wright@rhul.ac.uk).

 Dr Ruth Cruickshank

Director of Comparative Literature and Culture Senior Lecturer in French School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures Royal Holloway, University of London TW20 0EX

+44 (0)1784 44 3252 Room IN112 ruth.cruickshank@rhul.ac.uk

New Publications

Peindre à Paris à l'aube du Grand Siècle (1590–1620) – Vladimir Nestorov
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 - 05:49

Vladimir Nestorov, Peindre à Paris à l'aube du Grand Siècle (1590–1620), Paris, Arthena, 2025.

 

Entre le raffinement de l'école de Fontainebleau et le grand goût de Richelieu, la peinture française des années 1590-1620 fut longtemps mal comprise par l'histoire de l'art. Jugée archaïque par son attachement au maniérisme, perçue comme étrangère car sensible aux talents venus d'Europe du Nord, elle fut souvent considérée comme un intermède laborieux à l'aube du Grand Siècle.

L'ouvrage de Vladimir Nestorov remet en cause cette vision et révèle la richesse artistique de la capitale française en pleine effervescence sous le règne d'Henri IV et la régence de Marie de Médicis. En parcourant les rues, en pénétrant dans les échoppes des peintres, sur les étals des foires, dans les petites églises paroissiales ou dans la grande cathédrale Notre-Dame, il nous fait entrevoir, à la lumière des découvertes récentes, les somptueux décors des palais du Louvre et des Tuileries ainsi qu'un monde d'une extraordinaire diversité, jaloux de ses traditions mais creuset d'innovations, où se croisent des artistes venus de toute l'Europe.

Un dictionnaire des quelque trois cents peintres actifs à Paris durant cette période de foisonnement complète cette étude et fait émerger, auprès des plus réputés (Dubreuil, Fréminet, Pourbus ou Varin), les artistes de moindre renom de cette abondante production.

Préface par Alain Mérot, Professeur émérite à Sorbonne-Université.

Plus d'informations sur le site de l'éditeur.

Les Catholiques et leur Roi. Pierre Matthieu et la fin des guerres de religion (1585-1595) - Lorenzo COMENSOLI ANTONINI
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 - 05:43

Lorenzo COMENSOLI ANTONINI, Les Catholiques et leur Roi. Pierre Matthieu et la fin des guerres de religion (1585-1595), Genève, Droz, 2025.

 

Longtemps réduit à l’image d’un ligueur marginal, Pierre Matthieu (1563-1621), juriste, historien et dramaturge franc-comtois, apparaît comme l’un des représentants les plus éloquents du catholicisme exclusiviste, majoritaire en France durant toute la période des guerres de religion, et trop souvent confondu, à tort, avec la Ligue. L’examen de ses œuvres, de sa culture et de son ancrage lyonnais permet une relecture d’ensemble de son engagement et, à travers lui, de la culture politique des catholiques français dans la seconde moitié du xvie siècle. Il met en lumière l’existence d’un catholicisme militant, non nécessairement ligueur, de portée transnationale et forgé dans l’esprit de la Contre-Réforme, qui œuvre activement à la confessionnalisation du royaume. Dans cette perspective, la fin des guerres de religion n’apparaît plus comme le triomphe d’une autonomisation du politique, mais comme l’aboutissement d’un projet de restauration religieuse porté par la majorité des catholiques.

Plus d'informations sur le site de l'éditeur.

 

The Jesuit "Relations". A Biography: The story of the Jesuit Relations from New France, from conception to reception - Micah True
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 - 05:35

Micah True, The Jesuit "Relations". A Biography: The story of the Jesuit Relations from New France, from conception to reception, McGill-Queens University Press, 2025.

 

The Jesuit Relations, a series of annual reports produced between 1632 and 1673 detailing the experiences of Society of Jesus missionaries in what is now Eastern Canada, have long been an influential source on the history of New France and encounters between European settlers and Indigenous Peoples. The question of what exactly the Relations are, and who had a hand in composing the versions that circulated, has been given far less attention.

The Jesuit "Relations" challenges conventional descriptions of these annual reports as narratives crafted solely by Jesuit missionaries. Micah True demonstrates that they were in fact shaped by a diverse array of contributors, including Indigenous people, lay settlers, nuns, editors in Paris, and readers in France. The Relations were also the product of contextual factors, he explains, such as the longstanding Jesuit epistolary tradition, the annual rhythms of the shipping schedule, and the Parisian book trade, and he details the connections between the published Relations and other texts written at the time. Tracing the history of readers' encounters with the Relations, True analyzes the three major editions that have appeared since the mid-nineteenth century, showing how each of them presents the reports differently, and how these differences have influenced scholars' understanding of the texts.

Shining a new light on the Jesuit Relations, True reveals a richer and more complex picture of a primary source that has played a major role in public understanding of the colonial history of North America.

Plus d'information ici.

Françoise d’Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, Dramatic Proverbs - trans. Paige Tierney, intro and ed. Theresa Varney Kennedy
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 - 05:29

Madame de Maintenon’s Dramatic Proverbs, transl. Paige Tierney, intro and ed. Theresa Varney Kennedy, The University of Chicago Press, 2025.

– a witty and engaging English translation of the short proverb plays composed for Maintenon’s students at Saint-Cyr. 

This volume, part of "The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series" (Vol. 111), features a spirited English translation by Paige Tierney, with annotations and an introduction by Theresa Varney Kennedy.

We're honored to have an endorsement from the late Perry Gethner. 

Now available from Iter Press.

La Beaumelle contre Voltaire - éd. Hubert Bost
Posted: 11 Dec 2025 - 05:22

La Beaumelle contre Voltaire, éd. Hubert Bost, Paris, H. Champion, 2025.

 

"Il manque un tome à la Voltairomanie". Édition par Hubert Bost et Claude Lauriol

La Beaumelle (1726-1773), admirateur critique du grand poète Voltaire dès son adolescence, a été un adversaire d’autant plus redouté que sa plume acérée puisait ses arguments dans une vaste érudition. Malgré les menées de Voltaire qui pendant vingt ans le dénonce aux autorités pour le faire taire, ce polémiste-né ne s’en est jamais laissé compter : « En colère, de sang-froid, vous me trouverez toujours sur vos pas ».


Cette édition, qui rassemble les écrits que La Beaumelle a consacrés à la personne et aux œuvres de Voltaire, permet de contrebalancer la caricature que celui-ci a réussi à imposer de son jeune et intrépide adversaire décédé quelques années avant lui.

On trouvera dans le tome I :
– les notes critiques de La Beaumelle sur le Siècle de Louis XIV (1753) et sa cinglante Réponse au Supplément du Siècle de Louis XIV (1754) ;
– le texte du manuscrit inédit « Voltaire à Berlin », rédigé en 1753-1754 ;
– Les Lettres de M. de La Beaumelle à M. de Voltaire (1763), refonte largement augmentée de sa Réponse et les brouillons de lettres inédites de 1767 à Voltaire sur un projet d’édition critique de ses œuvres.

On trouvera dans le tome II :
– la Lettre de M. de La Beaumelle à MM. Philibert et Chirol (1770) ;
– l’édition annotée de la Henriade par La Beaumelle dans ses deux versions : La Henriade avec des remarques (1769- 1770) et le Commentaire sur la Henriade (1775) posthume ;
– un choix de notes volantes manuscrites prises par La Beaumelle en vue d’une édition annotée des œuvres de Voltaire ;
– l’index général.

Plus d'infomations ici.

Conferences and Colloquia

Using Transkribus for your Research
Posted: 28 Apr 2023 - 09:56

Call for Participants

Research Methods Workshop

Using Transkribus for your Research

with Dr Janée Allsman, UCD

Saturday, May 13th 2023

Marsh’s Library, St Patrick’s Close, Dublin 8

10.30 a.m. and 2.30 pm

This event will consist of an hour-long demonstration of how to 
use Transkribus for humanities research, followed by a hands-on workshop 
where participants will work on transcribing a document of their own.

Transkribus is an AI-powered platform providing text recognition and layout 
analysis for historical documents. Using Transkribus, researchers can 
digitally transcribe, tag, and search manuscript and printed texts 
individually or collaboratively. To accelerate the transcription of 
manuscript documents, Transkribus offers a range of publicly accessible 
Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) models, as well as the option of training 
your own public or private HTR model tailored to your collection of 
documents.

Scholars and colleagues working on any kind of manuscript or 
archival materials who would like to participate and investigate the 
potential of this software for their research are invited to contact Dr 
Janée Allsman (janee.allsman@ucd.ie)  and Dr Derval Conroy 
(derval.conroy@ucd.ie) to reserve a place by May 5. 

Places in each session are limited to 10. Priority may be given to 
postdoctoral and early career researchers, depending on demand. Participants 
should indicate which session they would like to attend. Flexibility 
would be appreciated.

For post-docs or early career researchers traveling from abroad, a 
contribution to travel costs may be available. In this case, please indicate 
in your email the nature of your research and how the workshop would assist 
you.

No prior experience with Transkribus or other transcription software is 
required. 

Participation is free, but participants must create a 
free Transkribus account and upload scans of their documents in advance of 
the workshop. For further information 
on Transkribus see: https://readcoop.eu/transkribus/ [1]

This event is orgnanised by the UCD College of Arts and Humanities Research 
Strand, 'Thresholds of Knowledge'.

Online Book Talk: Rori Bloom in Conversation with Anne Duggan
Posted: 1 Apr 2023 - 12:03

Dear Colleagues,

Please join us for our SECFS conversations online series showcasing recent books about eighteenth-century France.

At our meeting on Friday, April 14 at 3pm EST, Rori Bloom of the University of Florida will present her book — Making the Marvelous: Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, Henriette-Julie de Murat, and the Literary Representation of the Decorative Arts (University of Nebraska Press, 2022) — in conversation with Anne Duggan of Wayne State University. After their conversation, there will be time for further questions from the audience.

To register, please use this link, which you may forward to interested colleagues and students:

https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlfumupzIqHNIjddkUFFvH9cHEa_uFYfbR

We look forward to seeing you soon,

Yann Robert, SECFS president (yrobert@uic.edu)

Fayçal Falaky, SECFS vice-president (ffalaky@tulane.edu)

Masano Yamashita, SECFS executive secretary (Masano.Yamashita@colorado.edu)

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Chers/Chères Collègues,

Vous êtes invité.e.s à la prochaine rencontre de la série des Conversations en visioconférence qui tout au long des prochains mois permettront de découvrir des ouvrages publiés récemment sur la France du XVIIIe siècle.

Rori Bloom (University of Florida) présentera son ouvrage — Making the Marvelous: Marie-Catherine d’Aulnoy, Henriette-Julie de Murat, and the Literary Representation of the Decorative Arts (University of Nebraska Press, 2022) — en conversation avec Anne Duggan (Wayne State University), le vendredi 14 avril à 15h (EST). L'intervention sera suivie d'une séance de questions et réponses.

Pour s'inscrire :   https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlfumupzIqHNIjddkUFFvH9cHEa_uFYfbR

Le lien sera communiqué après inscription.

Au plaisir de vous y voir bientôt,

Yann Robert, président de la SECFS (yrobert@uic.edu)

Fayçal Falaky, vice-président de la SECFS (ffalaky@tulane.edu)

Masano Yamashita, secrétaire de la SECFS (Masano.Yamashita@colorado.edu)

Digital Conference by C. Schuwey — Digital Interfaces and the Politics of Literature
Posted: 12 Mar 2023 - 18:59

Christophe Schuwey, Université de Bretagne Sud, will discuss the contributions of digital humanities to literature, taking French seventeenth-century literature as a case study. He will do so by articulating this question with the issue of “literature”: how the very idea of literature, “text,” “canon” shaped, and continue to shape the way digital humanities are seen and done. He will argue that digital humanities are a way out for literary studies, a chance to ask critical new questions and to challenge notions of "work" and internal, textual interpretations. 

Join online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/prof-christophe-schuwey-digital-interfaces-the-politics-of-li...

A pen of one’s own:  The legacy of Women Letter-Writers in 17th-century France (2 March 2023)
Posted: 31 Jan 2023 - 12:55

Please join us for the fourth event of University College Dublin's 2022-2023 Crossing Cultures UCD@SLCL Seminar Series:                                                                                                                                                

A pen of one’s own: The legacy of Women Letter-Writers in 17th-century France

2 March 2023 @ 6:00 pm GMT/1:00 pm EST

Zoom link: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/65261392555?pwd=eUpGWVNQOU82WDA0SU1kd3J3OWcwQT09

featuring

Dr. Nathalie Freidel (Wilfrid Laurier University) 

and

Emma Gauthier-Mamaril (Université de Montréal)

followed by a Q &A conversation moderated by Dr. Janée Allsman (University College Dublin)

This event is free and open to all. The event will be conducted primarily in English, with interventions in French also welcome.

Dr. Freidel will discuss her recent book, Le Temps des “écriveuses". L'œuvre pionnière des épistolières au XVIIe siècle, which explores how through letter-writing, seventeenth-century women gained access to and influenced the cultural and literary scene that they were excluded from. It also examines how and to what ends these écriveuses constructed and extended their communication networks of family, friends, and wider circles of sociability.

Emma Gauthier-Mamaril and Dr. Freidel will also demonstrate their SSHRC-funded Épistolières-17 database of 17th-century women letter writers and answer questions about this exciting ongoing project.

Organised by: Janée Allsman, Katherine Calvert, Sara Delmedico,

Serena Laiena, Laëtitia Saint-Loubert, and Valeria Taddei

With special thanks to: The Irish Research Council, Marsh's Library, and University College Dublin's School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics

Derval Conroy Seminar on Le Moyne's La Gallerie de femmes fortes (7 December - on Zoom)
Posted: 29 Nov 2022 - 11:59

Dr Williams’s Trust & Library, London

Assoc. Professor Derval Conroy (University College Dublin:  School of Languages, Culture and Linguistics)

Changing places: paratexts and gender in translations of Le Moyne's

“La Gallerie de Femmes Fortes” (1647)

 

DATE:   Wednesday 7th December 2022     TIME:   5.30 pm - 7.00 pm GMT

By ZOOM:   Meeting ID:   853 5419 0446   Pass: 377656

For further information contact: daniel.rafiqi@kcl.ac.uk

This seminar is one of a forthcoming occasional series highlighting the riches and diversity of collections held by the Dr Williams’s Trust in London. The Trust’s sizable early modern French print holdings, numbering over 1000 texts, covers a range of topics including prose literature, rhetoric and travel writing.

The focus of this evening’s talk will be on themes of gender and power, a field well represented in the collections.   The Dr Williams’s collections contain funeral sermons written for aristocratic women, panegyrics and works concerned with modelling female virtue. 

The author of Ruling Women, Vol 1 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), Prof Conroy’s talk will focus on Pierre Le Moyne’s La Gallerie de femmes fortes (1647), particularly on the translation of paratextual elements in the text in the Spanish language edition of Le Moyne’s text.   In addition to the broad themes of gender and power, she will touch upon the history of printing as well as the theorisation of paratexts, text and images. 

 

Mary Queen of Scots from Le Moyne: La Gallerie… (Coll. Dr Williams’s Trust)

Member News Briefs

Geoffrey Turnovsky - article in the Romanic Review
University of Washington

Congratulations are also in order for Geoffrey Turnovsky, whose piece “Crying into Print: Sentimental Reading, Spiritual Exaltation, and Typographic Standardization” has been published in the current issue of the Romanic Review (107.1–4 January–November 2016 A Tribute to Gita May (1929–2016).

https://french.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/Romanic107_1-4_TOC.pdf

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Ronald Tobin - article in Romanic Review
University of California Santa Barbara

Please join me in congratulating Ronald Tobin for the publication of his article “Britannicus or The Secrets of Space” in the current issue of the Romanic Review (107.1–4 January–November 2016 A Tribute to Gita May (1929–2016).

You can access the article here.

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Tristan Alonge - Parution ouvrage
Université de la Réunion

Félicitations à Tristan Alonge pour la parution de son nouveau livre, Racine et Euripe : La révolution trahie (Genève : Droz, 2017). Veuillez trouver ci-dessous un précis :

Helléniste remarquable, Jean Racine se distingue de tous ses contemporains, et de Corneille en particulier, par le retour incessant à la tragédie grecque. C'est en traduisant Aristote, en annotant les pièces athéniennes et en adaptant Euripide sur scène, qu'il retrouve le secret du « héros tragique », ni tout à fait coupable ni tout à fait innocent. En bousculant les codes dramaturgiques de l'époque, Racine fera de sa découverte le symbole d'une « révolution » dans l'art de fabriquer des tragédies. L'ouvrage se propose de reconstruire l'évolution de cette « révolution racinienne », en explorant son origine grecque et ses manifestations les plus explicites, à savoir les quatre pièces inspirées d'Euripide : La Thébaïde, Andromaque, Iphigénie et Phèdre. La lecture croisée de l'ensemble des sources permet de décoder le palimpseste racinien en laissant émerger le rôle crucial joué par le texte euripidéen sous-jacent. Pourtant, en véritable caméléon, Jean Racine n'hésitera pas à sacrifier son souffleur athénien et sa propre révolution sur l'autel du succès. http://www.droz.org/france/fr/6509-9782600057974.html
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Katherine Ibbett - new book
Trinity College

Congratuations to Katherine Ibbett, whose book Compassion's Edge has just appeared with The University of Pennsylvania UP. Please find further details below.

Compassion's Edge: Fellow-Feeling and Its Limits in Early Modern France (Pennsylvania, 2017) Katherine Ibbett

Compassion's Edge examines the language of fellow-feeling—pity, compassion, and charitable care—that flourished in France in the period from the Edict of Nantes in 1598, which established some degree of religious toleration, to the official breakdown of that toleration with the Revocation of the Edict in 1685. This is not, however, a story about compassion overcoming difference but one of compassion reinforcing division. Early modern fellow-feeling drew distinctions, policed its borders, and far from reaching out to others, kept the other at arm's length. This book ranges widely over genres, contexts, and geographies, taking up major figures such as D'Aubigné, Montaigne, Lafayette, Corneille, and Racine, as well as less familiar Jesuit theologians, Huguenot ministers, and nuns from a Montreal hospital. Investigating the affective undertow of religious toleration, Compassion's Edge provides a robust corrective to today's hope that fellow-feeling draws us inexorably and usefully together.

Full Description, Table of Contents, and More: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15747.html

 

304 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 illus.  Hardcover | ISBN 978-0-8122-4970-5 | $79.95s | £66.00  Ebook | ISBN 978-0-8122-9456-9 | $79.95s | £52.00  A volume in the Haney Foundation Series: http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/series/HFS.html

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Article de Francis Assaf
The University of Georgia (Emeritus)

Congratulations to Francis Assaf, whose article "Le Page disgracié: l’Histoire ou une histoire?" has been published in the most recent volume of Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature (XLIV, 86 (2017): 7-18).

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