BU Romance Studies at the 19th Century French Studies Conference
BU Romance Studies was well represented at the Nineteenth-Century French Studies Conference, hosted by Duke University Sept 18-20. The theme of the conference was, “Producing and Receiving the 19th Century.” Prof. Rachel Mesch organized a panel on “Producing Colonial Spaces” and gave a talk entitled, “Gender Play: Orientalism at Home at the Fin de Siècle.”
Three RS PhD students also presented, on topics related to their dissertations. Haleigh Burgon spoke on “Producing the Modern Woman : Stealth Feminism in Colette Yver and Daniel Lesueur.” Kellie Giordano presented “Emma Bovary’s ‘Girl Dinner’ : Producing and Reproducing the “Influenceuse” of the Nineteenth-Century,” and Eleonora Mancuso spoke on “Producing Disability in Madame Bovary and Le Colonel Chabert.”