Institute of European Cultural Identity Studies: Research Seminars

2009/10 -0 Semester 2

The organiser is Dr Gustavo San Román

The meetings are held at 4pm in Buchanan room 216

2 March  with School of International Relations, & the Centre for French History and Culture
Prof Olivier Laügt (Institut des Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication, Université de Bordeaux)
(La rénovation de l'Université française: un chantier en cours)
The Reform of the Universities of France: a Work in Progress
NB: Held in School VI United College at 5.15pm

23 April  with Dept of Spanish Research Seminars
Prof Daniel Chamberlain (Queen's University Canada, Mundus Visiting Scholar 2010)
El Corrido: Identity, Narrative and  Memory Places

Few forms of cultural expression are more quickly associated with
Mexican identity than /corridos/, or ballads, such as /La cucaracha,  La
Adelita,/ or Benito /Canales/. Daniel Chamberlain examines the character
and structure of oral narrative compositions like the corrido in
relation to the character and structure of identity development as
proposed by Paul Ricoeur. By approaching the question of identity from a
phenomenological perspective, Chamberlain suggests that, in spite of
differences, similarities between the qualities of this narrative form
and identity development in general give the ballad a privileged
position in Mexicans’ sense of identity.

28 April
Prof Daniel Chamberlain (Queen's University Canada, Mundus Visiting Scholar 2010)
Literary History and the "Offence" of oral literature

2009/10 - Semester 1

Dr Stephen Kolsky (University of Melbourne), 2009 Master Mundus visiting scholar at St Andrews
Representation of men and women (14th-17th centuries) in theoretical writings concerned with famous women
14 October 2009

Dr Lindsey Cordery (Universidad de la República, Montevideo)
Conchillas: A Scottish Company Town
4 December 2009
In association with the Department of Spanish and part of the British Academy-funded seminar on Scottish¿Uruguayan perspectives on place and belonging based at Edinburgh University.

Dr Séan Allan (University of Warwick)
Art and the Artist. Gender and national identity in East German Cinema of the 1970s
9 December 2009