Creative strand: feminist performances and the revival of women’s voices

Come to the Institut Français d’Écosse for a series of conferences discussing feminist historiography, organised by Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk (University of Edinburgh), Dr Carme Font (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and Prof. Gina Luria Walker (The Schools of Public Engagement). The morning conferences will take place in the University of Edinburgh, click here to discover the full programme.

Thursday 24 October

15:30-17:10
Chair: Séverine Genieys-Kirk (University of Edinburgh)

Modern artists (re-) interpreting the past: (un) knowingly shifting mainstream narratives
15:30-15:50: Anna Birch (UK): ‘Expanding the notion of monument through performance to reclaim feminist legacies’
15:55- 16:15: Agomoni Ganguli Mitra (University of Edinburgh, Law School and playwright), ‘What Draupadi Said to Penelope’

16:20-16:50: Dana Rufolo (Director of Theater Research Institute of Europe, Luxembourg): Dana Rufulo (Luxembourg), ‘Re-imagining Lucia Joyce: Your Words Inside My Body’.

Discussion: 16:50-17:10

Coffee/tea break: 17:10-17:30

17:30-19:30 : Screening of La Compagnie Subversive Stage Production: Thérèse Ulrich’s La Folle Enchère (1690) – subtitled in English (translated by Séverine Genieys-Kirk), with a presentation by artistic director and actress Aurore Evain (laureate of the Prix Colette 2024) and Q&A led by Séverine Genieys-Kirk.

19:30-21:00 Reception/ Buffet