Symposium in Honour of Judith Still

This one-day symposium will be held in honour of Professor Judith Still to mark the fifth anniversary of her retirement. Judith, currently Vice-President (Humanities) of the British Academy, has been a major figure in French and Francophone Studies in the UK, with significant leadership roles notably in Nottingham, where she held a Chair for much of her career, and in London, where she served as Director of the Institute for Romance Studies, a forerunner of the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies itself. Her work is an important reference point in a diverse range of research specialisms, especially in the 18th century and in different aspects of contemporary critical theory. Judith has been a stimulating interlocutor for all invited speakers who will address particular areas in their presentations. The intention is to edit the papers subsequently, hopefully to form a special issue of one of the journals in which Judith played a long-lasting editorial role, such as Nottingham French Studies. 

PROGRAMME

11:00    Coffee/Tea

11:30    Welcome
Diana Knight: ‘Judith Still’
Jeremy Lane: ‘Theorising the Aesthetic Community, from the De Mans to Rancière’
Kevin Inston: ‘'The Politics of the Copossession of the World'

13:00    Lunch

14:00
Michèle Le Doeuff: ‘Ces Sacrées Lumières’
Ann Lewis: ‘Feminine Economies in Eighteenth-century Paris' 

15:30
Paul Hegarty: 'Urgency and Hospitality'
Mairéad Hanrahan: ‘Proust’s Vice (versa)’

16:40    Wine reception

Supported by the Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies, the Society for French Studies of the UK and Ireland and Nottingham French Studies

All are welcome to join this event held in person only. Please register in advance by clicking Book Now at the top of the page.

A dinner will take place following the event (in Tas restaurant, 22 Bloomsbury St, London WC1B 3QJ), at people’s own expense. If you would like to attend, please email Mairéad Hanrahan at [email protected] to reserve a place.