UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 7, Page 2
October 12, 1995
University to host colloquium on 19th-century France

     Movements and Movement: The Dynamics of 19th-Century France," the
21st annual 19th-Century French Studies (NCFS) Colloquium, will be
hosted in Delaware Oct. 19-22 by the Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures.
     Chaired by Mary Donaldson-Evans, foreign languages and
literatures, who also chairs the NCSF national committee, the
colloquium will be held in Arsht Hall on the Wilmington Campus on
Friday and Saturday and at the Holiday Inn Downtown in Wilmington on
Thursday and Sunday.
     This is the first time UD has served as host for the colloquium,
which has been held in the past at Northwestern, Harvard and Duke
universities and the University of Michigan, among others.
     The colloquium will present an overview of French culture in the
19th century from discussions of the works of such literary figures as
Baudelaire, Balzac and George Sand to such topics as the early French
cinema, medicine, the women's movement, fashions, politics and art.
The conference theme was inspired by events in France 100 years ago
when Madagascar was colonized, two French touring clubs were founded
and the first public showing of a cinematic film by the Freres Lumiere
took place, Donaldson-Evans said.
     An important interdisciplinary conference for those involved in
19th-century French culture, Donaldson-Evans said, the colloquium will
feature more than 200 presentations on 19th-century France by a
distinguished group of scholars from the United States, France,
Canada, England, Australia, Belgium and Switzerland.
     The luncheon speakers will be Naomi Schor of Harvard University,
who will talk about "Romancing the Dead" on Oct. 20, and Griselda
Pollock of the University of Leeds, speaking on "A Tale of Three
Women: Seeing Double, at Least, or Seeing in the Dark" on Oct. 21.
     Other activities include an after-hours tour of Hagley Museum and
gardens, followed by a cash-bar and buffet at Brantwyn on Oct. 19. A
banquet on Oct. 21 will feature a recital of 19th-century French music
with soprano Melanie DeMent and baritone Patrick Evans, accompanied by
pianist Julie Nishimura, all from the UD Department of Music.
     Other UD faculty participating in the colloquium include John
Hurt, history, who is chairing talks on "Michelet"; Nina Kallmyer, art
history, who is chairing "Instances of Modernism"; Mark Miller,
political science and international relations, who is chairing "Moving
with the Times: Art and Politics I"; Deborah Steinberger, foreign
languages and literatures, who is chairing "Baudelaire I"; Bruno
Thibault, foreign languages and literatures, who is chairing "Travel
with Jules (Verne)"; and Philip Walsh, art history, who is chairing
"Word and Image." Donaldson-Evans will chair presentations on "The
Discourse of Medicine."
     The colloquium has received support from the College of Arts and
Science, Conference Services, the Office of International Programs and
Special Sessions, the departments of Foreign Languages and
Literatures, History and Art History at the University and the Hagley
Foundation and Les Services culturels de l'Ambassade de France.
     Registration, which does not include meals and ancillary
activities, is $25 for University of Delaware faculty and $15 for
students. For information, call Laura Pugh at Arsht Hall, telephone
573-4462.
                                                   -Sue Swyers Moncure