French Graduate Seminar: ‘Doing things with light: the soirée as a luxotope (1841-1913)’ | « Le “demi-jour”, l’Allemagne et le fantastique. À propos d’une remarque de Gautier sur Hoffmann »

24th January 2023, 5:15 pm - 6:30 pm

The French Graduate Seminar takes places fortnightly and is convened by Hannah Scheithauer (hannah.scheithauer@queens.ox.ac.uk) and Roger Navas i Solé (roger.navas@trinity.ox.ac.uk).

This week, our speakers will be:

Joanna Beaufoy (University of Copenhagen): ‘Doing things with light: the soirée as a luxotope (1841-1913)’

Arthur Houplain (Université Rennes 2 / Université de Bâle): « Le “demi-jour”, l’Allemagne et le fantastique. À propos d’une remarque de Gautier sur Hoffmann » / ‘“Half-light”, Germany, and the fantastic. About a remark on Hoffmann by Gautier’

All welcome!

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