French Graduate Seminar 

Tuesdays, 5-6.30pm, All Souls' College (Hovenden Room)

Co-convenors: Olivia Madin (Wadham) and Gemma Tidman (Wolfson)

In conjunction with the IMLR, and with the support of Dr Dominic Glynn (IMLR), Dr Jessica Goodman (St Catherine's) and Professor Catriona Seth (All Souls')

All Welcome! 

Hilary Term 

9^th February (4th Week) - in conjunction with the IMLR

Adina Stroida, KCL: 'Points de repère: Paternal Hauntings in Marie Nimier’s Works’

Sarah Jones, Oriel: ‘The Body of Ourika: The Doctor, the Patient, and the Text’

23^rd February (6^th Week)

Jon Templeman, St John’s: ‘Textbook Structure and the Framing of Descartes’ Arguments’

8^th March (8^th Week)

Vanessa Lee, SHE: ‘Performing and Exploring Gender in the Plays of French Caribbean Women Writers’

Amy Steinepreis, Merton: ‘The (dis)appearance of nothing in Beckett’s L’Innommable’

Trinity Term

26^th April (1^st Week) – in conjunction with the IMLR

Oliver Kenny, QMUL: ‘Questions of Duration and Ethics in New Extreme Cinema’

Ruggero Sciuto, Merton: ‘Does Madness Represent a Threat in a Deterministic Universe? Diderot and d’Holbach answer’

10^th May (3^rd Week)

Rodney Mearns, St Cross: ‘The Interface Between Literature and History in the Late Writing of Marguerite Yourcenar’

Sophie Turner, Worcester: ‘Errant Friendships in Libertine Literature’

24^th May (5^th Week)

Cédric Ploix, St Hugh’s: ‘The Dramatic Quality of Verse in Translations of Molière’s Comedies’

Jordan Phillips, Oriel: ‘Ça craint, ça fait trop retour aux sources’: Immigrant Writers and the (Impossible?) Quest for Origins’