1974-2024 - Annie Ernaux's Years: A Global Perspective In briefDates - 3 to 5 October 2024Venues - French Institute, University of Edinburgh and University of St AndrewsTitle - 1974-2024: Annie Ernaux’s Years – A Global PerspectiveKeynote speaker - Professor Barbara Havercroft (University of Toronto)About the eventThe University of St Andrews and the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh were delighted to co-host the first international, English-speaking conference focusing on the work of acclaimed French writer, Annie Ernaux. This event explored the legacy and universal appeal of Ernaux's writings, locating them in an international context outwith her native France.The conference took place in Edinburgh and St Andrews across three days, preceded by an opening film screening of The Super 8 Years (2022, dir. by Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot) the evening before. It thereafter consisted of a keynote lecture from Professor Barbara Havercroft (University of Toronto), a series of parallel and plenary sessions, two creative responses, and an online conversation with Annie Ernaux herself. Session themes included travels, gender, post-1945 socio-political and cultural changes in France and beyond, fame, ageing, genre hybridity, and questions of adaptation.About the conference organisersDr Fabien Arribert-Narce is Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Photobiographies: pour une écriture de notation de la vie (Barthes, Roche, Ernaux) (Champion, 2014), and editor of L’Autobiographie entre autres (Peter Lang, 2013), The Pleasure in/of the Text (Peter Lang, 2021), and Intermedial Encounters Between Image, Music and Text (Peter Lang, 2023). His recent publications include articles on Ernaux’s ‘photojournal’ in Écrire la vie and uses of photography in Mémoire de fille.Dr Elise Hugueny-Léger is a Senior Lecturer in French at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on contemporary life-writing and the creative writing process – she recently published Projections de soi: identités et images en mouvement dans l’autofiction (Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2022). She is the author of Annie Ernaux, une poétique de la transgression (Peter Lang, 2009) and co-created the Annie Ernaux bilingual website. In recent years, her work on Ernaux has focused on the reception of her books, including internationally, as well as on Ernaux’s creative process.ProgrammeThe conference ran from 3 to 5 October 2024, with an opening evening on 2 October. It consisted of one keynote lecture, three plenary sessions, twelve parallel sessions, a film screening, two creative responses and was followed by a drinks reception and launch of the exhibition “Palimpself: A Sculptural Exploration into Materiality in the Works of Annie Ernaux” with artist Susan Diab. You can find the full programme for all three days on the Annie Ernaux website.Read the full programmeHow to attendThis event was open to all, and costed. It consisted of three days of separate events (and a preceding opening evening event), each with separate booking links. Attendees could find all booking information on the Annie Ernaux website.Conference support and sponsorsAmbassade de France au Royaume-UniInstitut Francais d’Ecosse, EdinburghSELF – Société d’étude de la littérature de langue française du XXe et du XXIe sièclesThe Society for French StudiesThe University of St Andrews Impact and Innovation fundSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh – Impact fundWIF (Women in French)-UK-IrelandPhoto Catherine Hélie/©Gallimard Oct 03 2024 - Oct 05 2024 1974-2024 - Annie Ernaux's Years: A Global Perspective A three-day in-person conference, co-organised by the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews, that explored the universal dimension of Annie Ernaux’s books and her influence beyond France in the first international, English-speaking conference focusing on her work. University of Edinburgh and University of St Andrews This article was published on Tuesday 13 August 2024
1974-2024 - Annie Ernaux's Years: A Global Perspective In briefDates - 3 to 5 October 2024Venues - French Institute, University of Edinburgh and University of St AndrewsTitle - 1974-2024: Annie Ernaux’s Years – A Global PerspectiveKeynote speaker - Professor Barbara Havercroft (University of Toronto)About the eventThe University of St Andrews and the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh were delighted to co-host the first international, English-speaking conference focusing on the work of acclaimed French writer, Annie Ernaux. This event explored the legacy and universal appeal of Ernaux's writings, locating them in an international context outwith her native France.The conference took place in Edinburgh and St Andrews across three days, preceded by an opening film screening of The Super 8 Years (2022, dir. by Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot) the evening before. It thereafter consisted of a keynote lecture from Professor Barbara Havercroft (University of Toronto), a series of parallel and plenary sessions, two creative responses, and an online conversation with Annie Ernaux herself. Session themes included travels, gender, post-1945 socio-political and cultural changes in France and beyond, fame, ageing, genre hybridity, and questions of adaptation.About the conference organisersDr Fabien Arribert-Narce is Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of Photobiographies: pour une écriture de notation de la vie (Barthes, Roche, Ernaux) (Champion, 2014), and editor of L’Autobiographie entre autres (Peter Lang, 2013), The Pleasure in/of the Text (Peter Lang, 2021), and Intermedial Encounters Between Image, Music and Text (Peter Lang, 2023). His recent publications include articles on Ernaux’s ‘photojournal’ in Écrire la vie and uses of photography in Mémoire de fille.Dr Elise Hugueny-Léger is a Senior Lecturer in French at the University of St Andrews. Her research focuses on contemporary life-writing and the creative writing process – she recently published Projections de soi: identités et images en mouvement dans l’autofiction (Presses Universitaires de Lyon, 2022). She is the author of Annie Ernaux, une poétique de la transgression (Peter Lang, 2009) and co-created the Annie Ernaux bilingual website. In recent years, her work on Ernaux has focused on the reception of her books, including internationally, as well as on Ernaux’s creative process.ProgrammeThe conference ran from 3 to 5 October 2024, with an opening evening on 2 October. It consisted of one keynote lecture, three plenary sessions, twelve parallel sessions, a film screening, two creative responses and was followed by a drinks reception and launch of the exhibition “Palimpself: A Sculptural Exploration into Materiality in the Works of Annie Ernaux” with artist Susan Diab. You can find the full programme for all three days on the Annie Ernaux website.Read the full programmeHow to attendThis event was open to all, and costed. It consisted of three days of separate events (and a preceding opening evening event), each with separate booking links. Attendees could find all booking information on the Annie Ernaux website.Conference support and sponsorsAmbassade de France au Royaume-UniInstitut Francais d’Ecosse, EdinburghSELF – Société d’étude de la littérature de langue française du XXe et du XXIe sièclesThe Society for French StudiesThe University of St Andrews Impact and Innovation fundSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh – Impact fundWIF (Women in French)-UK-IrelandPhoto Catherine Hélie/©Gallimard Oct 03 2024 - Oct 05 2024 1974-2024 - Annie Ernaux's Years: A Global Perspective A three-day in-person conference, co-organised by the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews, that explored the universal dimension of Annie Ernaux’s books and her influence beyond France in the first international, English-speaking conference focusing on her work. University of Edinburgh and University of St Andrews This article was published on Tuesday 13 August 2024
Oct 03 2024 - Oct 05 2024 1974-2024 - Annie Ernaux's Years: A Global Perspective A three-day in-person conference, co-organised by the University of Edinburgh and the University of St Andrews, that explored the universal dimension of Annie Ernaux’s books and her influence beyond France in the first international, English-speaking conference focusing on her work.
