Upcoming events
- MFO and library closed(12 jours)
- "A force de rire : discours féminin et violence physique ans les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles"(38 jours)
- Chemistry in the Low Countries in the 19th and 20th centuries(40 jours)
- "Une 'lumière faible et vacillante': the vilification of Condillac in the 1790s"(40 jours)
- "Hôtel du Nord" (1938, 95 min.) (45 jours)
- "'Intencion de l'aucteur' et éthique littéraire dans la littérature allégorique édifiante (14ème-15ème siècle)"(52 jours)
- Chemistry and pharmacy in the colonial world(53 jours)
- "Novel Feelings: Lafayette, Villedieu and the Problem of Pity"(54 jours)
- "Le Quai des Brumes" (1938, 91 min) (59 jours)
Modernities
The research programme "Modernities" sets out to examine the construction of European modernisms in their varied cultural guises. Different branches of research examine the evolution of what has been called the “first modernityâ€. The concept is not defined a priori; instead, the programme sets out to explore ways of constructing modernity by testing its margins and borders, by fully integrating colonial history into European history, and by opening up new fields of inquiry (notably law).
The programme “Modernities" is made up of several projects :
Frontiers of Modernity
This programme on European modernity (focusing on France and Great Britain) from the sixteenth through to the eighteenth century is an interdisciplinary initiative. The researchers brought together under its umbrella share interests in the history of ideas and knowledge, in philosophy and literature, and in common questions relating to the “first modernityâ€. Starting from case studies, the project seeks to understand the processes through which modernity is constructed, working principally from a comparison between France and Great Britain but also remaining alive to broader perspectives. Read more.
Law and Literature: Law in Literature
The “Law and Literature†movement exploded onto the scene in the United States during the second half of the 1970s. Immediately identifying itself with literary modernism, it took up position in a tradition symbolized by the names of Camus, Kafka, Melville and Dostoyevsky. The rapid establishment of the movement in American law faculties was demonstrated by the convening of numerous courses on the works of these four authors, which in turn consolidated the idea that “Law and Literature†was inseparable from a particular type of literary modernism. Read more
European History
After the relative failure of attempts made in this direction to date, European history must turn its back on the problem of European identity. The vast majority of attempts to write European history take up the tools of writing national history, changing nothing but the scale of inquiry. This programme sets out to implement instead a process-based approach, positing no stable definition of Europe a priori and recognizing that political and cultural Europeanization is both a recent and gradual phenomenon. If the outlines of specific attributes are to be drawn, they must be sought in the domain of the unique processes of modernization that are at work in this region. Read more
