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Independent Spirit: Dissonant Voices in Scottish Politics and Culture
Publié le 11 janvier 2023
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Mis à jour le 11 septembre 2023
Following the Strange Country conference on contemporary Irish politics and culture which took place at Université Paris Nanterre in May 2021, the research group “Observatoire de l’aire britannique” continues its work on peripheral/liminal spaces within the British Isles. The international conference “Independent Spirit: Dissonant Voices in Scottish politics and culture” will be focused on the peripheral uniqueness of Scotland, be it literal or ironical, through the notion of dissonance, a jarring effect being registered, that forces pause or notice.
Date(s)
du 11 mai 2023 au 12 mai 2023
Lieu(x)
Bâtiment Max Weber (W)
Le colloque Independent Spirit: Dissonant Voices in Scottish Politics and Culture, propose d’examiner l’identité écossaise à travers la notion de dissonance: le jeu, le décalage, un effet de liminalité ou d’étrangeté, une perturbation qui se fait sentir. Cette dissonance peut être perçue littéralement ou de façon ironique; elle exprime une relation à la notion de centre/conformisme/norme que l’on retrouve dans différents champs d’expérience — politique, littéraire, artistique, religieux — et dont la profondeur historique devra être examinée. La question des voix dissonantes constitue un point d’entrée pour une réflexion plus large sur la (re-)définition de l’identité écossaise dans ses dimensions historique, géographique, politique, culturelle et linguistique.
Following the Strange Country conference on contemporary Irish politics and culture which took place at Université Paris Nanterre in May 2021, the research group “Observatoire de l’aire britannique” continues its work on peripheral/liminal spaces within the British Isles. The international conference “Independent Spirit: Dissonant Voices in Scottish politics and culture” will be focused on the peripheral uniqueness of Scotland, be it literal or ironical, through the notion of dissonance, a jarring effect being registered, that forces pause or notice. We aim to discuss how dissonant voices contribute to Scottish identity in relation to its northernness, (supposed) peripherality/fringe qualities in territorial, political, cultural and linguistic terms.
The conference will chart these questions across a historical period ranging from the late 17th century to the present time and the post-independence referendum/post-Brexit context.
THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
9.00 - 9.30 - Registration and welcome
9.15 - Welcome speech - Françoise Kral, director, CREA.
9.30 - Panel 1 - Chair: Myriam-Isabelle Ducrocq, Université Paris Nanterre
9.30-10.00
Lucien Grillet, Université de Rouen
“William Cleland (v. 1661-1689) and the Cameronians. A political and military culture at the core of Scottish Identity?”
10.00-10.30
Nicolas Bourgès, Université Paris Nanterre
“The Church Patronage (Scotland) Act of 1711 and its consequences: 18th- and 19th-century dissenting voices”
10.30-10.50
Q&A
10.50-11.05
Coffee break
11.05 - Panel 2 - Chair: Agnès Trouillet, Université Paris Nanterre
11.05-11.35
Florence Petroff, Université de La Rochelle
“The Popular party in the Church of Scotland: a different approach to the American controversy”
11.35-12.05
Géraldine Vaughan, Université de Rouen
“A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Rev. John Dunmore Lang and the Colonization of Australia (1830s-1870s)”
12.05-12.25
Q&A
12.25-2pm
Lunch break
2pm - Keynote lecture - Chair: Clotilde Prunier, Université Paris Nanterre
2.00-3.00pm
Murray Pittock, University of Glasgow
‘Scotland’s Changing Union’
3.00 - 3.20pm
Q&A
3.20-3.35pm
Coffee break
3.35pm - Panel 3 - Chair: Laurence Dubois, Université Paris Nanterre
3.35-4.05pm
Edwige Camp-Piétrain, Université de Valenciennes
“Republican ideas in Scotland: dissonant voices in the mainstream independence movement?”
4.05-4.35pm
Céline Sabiron, Université de Lorraine (Nancy)
“James David Forbes and the power of dissenting editorial choices”
4.35-4.55
Q&A
FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
9.30 - Panel 4 - Chair: Flore Coulouma, Université Paris Nanterre
9.30-10.00
Yann Tholoniat, Université de Lorraine, Metz
“Robert Burns and the Critique of the Parrhesiastes’ Dialectic”
10.00-10.30
Robert McColl Millar, University of Aberdeen
“Politicising the Scots language? Elite, counter-elite and popular attitudes towards, and uses of, a national vernacular in polarised times”
10.30-10.50
Q&A
10.50-11.05
Coffee break
11.05 - Plenary lecture - Chair: Thierry Labica, Université Paris Nanterre
11.05-12.05
Scott Hames, University of Stirling
“Wounded Attachments: Scottish Nationalism and Literary Criticism”
12.05-12.25
Q&A
12.25-2pm Lunch at university restaurant
2pm - Panel 6 - Chair: Benoît Tadié, Université Paris Nanterre
2.00-2.30pm
Charlotte Gould, Université Paris Nanterre
“Workers City (1988-1993): contesting the narrative of the new post-industrial city supporting Glasgow European City of Culture”
2.30-3.00pm
Jean-François Baillon, Université Bordeaux Montaigne
“Poetics / Politics of Insularity in Scottish Cinema: Ben Sharrock’s
Limbo (2020)”
3.00-3.20pm
Q&A
3.20-3.35pm
Coffee break
3.35pm - Panel 7 - Chair: Charlotte Gould, Université Paris Nanterre
3.35-4.05pm
Shane Strachan, University of Aberdeen
“DREEPIN: the (in)visibility of oil and workers’ voices in Aberdeen”
4.05-4.25pm
Q&A
4.25pm - End of conference
Following the Strange Country conference on contemporary Irish politics and culture which took place at Université Paris Nanterre in May 2021, the research group “Observatoire de l’aire britannique” continues its work on peripheral/liminal spaces within the British Isles. The international conference “Independent Spirit: Dissonant Voices in Scottish politics and culture” will be focused on the peripheral uniqueness of Scotland, be it literal or ironical, through the notion of dissonance, a jarring effect being registered, that forces pause or notice. We aim to discuss how dissonant voices contribute to Scottish identity in relation to its northernness, (supposed) peripherality/fringe qualities in territorial, political, cultural and linguistic terms.
The conference will chart these questions across a historical period ranging from the late 17th century to the present time and the post-independence referendum/post-Brexit context.
Programme
THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
9.00 - 9.30 - Registration and welcome
9.15 - Welcome speech - Françoise Kral, director, CREA.
9.30 - Panel 1 - Chair: Myriam-Isabelle Ducrocq, Université Paris Nanterre
9.30-10.00
Lucien Grillet, Université de Rouen
“William Cleland (v. 1661-1689) and the Cameronians. A political and military culture at the core of Scottish Identity?”
10.00-10.30
Nicolas Bourgès, Université Paris Nanterre
“The Church Patronage (Scotland) Act of 1711 and its consequences: 18th- and 19th-century dissenting voices”
10.30-10.50
Q&A
10.50-11.05
Coffee break
11.05 - Panel 2 - Chair: Agnès Trouillet, Université Paris Nanterre
11.05-11.35
Florence Petroff, Université de La Rochelle
“The Popular party in the Church of Scotland: a different approach to the American controversy”
11.35-12.05
Géraldine Vaughan, Université de Rouen
“A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Rev. John Dunmore Lang and the Colonization of Australia (1830s-1870s)”
12.05-12.25
Q&A
12.25-2pm
Lunch break
2pm - Keynote lecture - Chair: Clotilde Prunier, Université Paris Nanterre
2.00-3.00pm
Murray Pittock, University of Glasgow
‘Scotland’s Changing Union’
3.00 - 3.20pm
Q&A
3.20-3.35pm
Coffee break
3.35pm - Panel 3 - Chair: Laurence Dubois, Université Paris Nanterre
3.35-4.05pm
Edwige Camp-Piétrain, Université de Valenciennes
“Republican ideas in Scotland: dissonant voices in the mainstream independence movement?”
4.05-4.35pm
Céline Sabiron, Université de Lorraine (Nancy)
“James David Forbes and the power of dissenting editorial choices”
4.35-4.55
Q&A
FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
9.30 - Panel 4 - Chair: Flore Coulouma, Université Paris Nanterre
9.30-10.00
Yann Tholoniat, Université de Lorraine, Metz
“Robert Burns and the Critique of the Parrhesiastes’ Dialectic”
10.00-10.30
Robert McColl Millar, University of Aberdeen
“Politicising the Scots language? Elite, counter-elite and popular attitudes towards, and uses of, a national vernacular in polarised times”
10.30-10.50
Q&A
10.50-11.05
Coffee break
11.05 - Plenary lecture - Chair: Thierry Labica, Université Paris Nanterre
11.05-12.05
Scott Hames, University of Stirling
“Wounded Attachments: Scottish Nationalism and Literary Criticism”
12.05-12.25
Q&A
12.25-2pm Lunch at university restaurant
2pm - Panel 6 - Chair: Benoît Tadié, Université Paris Nanterre
2.00-2.30pm
Charlotte Gould, Université Paris Nanterre
“Workers City (1988-1993): contesting the narrative of the new post-industrial city supporting Glasgow European City of Culture”
2.30-3.00pm
Jean-François Baillon, Université Bordeaux Montaigne
“Poetics / Politics of Insularity in Scottish Cinema: Ben Sharrock’s
Limbo (2020)”
3.00-3.20pm
Q&A
3.20-3.35pm
Coffee break
3.35pm - Panel 7 - Chair: Charlotte Gould, Université Paris Nanterre
3.35-4.05pm
Shane Strachan, University of Aberdeen
“DREEPIN: the (in)visibility of oil and workers’ voices in Aberdeen”
4.05-4.25pm
Q&A
4.25pm - End of conference
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Mis à jour le 11 septembre 2023
Fichier joint
- Programme PDF, 57 Ko
- book of abstracts PDF, 139 Ko
- Speakers' bios PDF, 185 Ko
Comité d'organisation
Flore Coulouma, flore.coulouma@parisnanterre.fr
Clotilde Prunier, cprunier@parisnanterre.fr
Agnès Trouillet, atrouillet@parisnanterre.fr
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