Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies
LightNews LightNews
banner
sfps.bsky.social
Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies
@sfps.bsky.social
950 followers 210 following 63 posts
The Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies promotes research on the Francophone world. Links & RTs ≠ endorsements.

Website: https://sfps.org.uk/

Upcoming Conference "Fanon at 100: Revolutionary Afterlives": https://sfps.org.uk/forthcoming-events/
Posts Replies Media Videos
sfps.bsky.social
Our theme is “Fanon at 100: Revolutionary Afterlives” and we’re hoping for a broad range of submissions: engaging with Fanon’s legacy directly, as well as broad intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches to the central themes in his work
A red, blue, orange, and yellow background with the words “Fanon at 100: Revolutionary afterlives” in the middle
December 16, 2024 at 5:46 PM
sfps.bsky.social
And for our third paper on this panel, we have the topic of "Césaire's chosification" discussed by Philippe LeGoff

#SFPS2024
Presenter sitting behind a desk, gesturing to a PowerPoint with the title of the presentation displayed on it
November 16, 2024 at 3:39 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Next up is Jennifer Boum Make, who is presenting on ‘Colonized Caring in Marie-Célie Agnant’s Le Livre d’Emma and Pathways toward Decolonial Care’

#SFPS2024
Speaker seated behind a desk, in front of an audience
November 16, 2024 at 3:08 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Time for the last round of panels for today: Endings in and Beyond the Plantationocene.

The first presentation is by Jacqueline Couti, and is called "Famn Debout et émergence d’un féminisme décolonial dans la Martinique d’après guerre"

#SFPS2024
The presenter is seated behind a desk, in front of a PowerPoint displaying the presentation title
November 16, 2024 at 2:42 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Rounding off the first panel of the day is Rosa Beunel-Fogarty, with a presentation on francophone literary prizes in Indian Ocean archipelagos

#SFPS2024
Presenter standing behind a lectern, with a power point entitled ‘And the winner is? Francophone Literary Prizes in Indian Ocean Archipelagos’
November 16, 2024 at 9:59 AM
sfps.bsky.social
This morning's panel on publishing and the "end(s) of empire" continues with Chris Hogarth's paper: ‘Decolonising Publishing Practices in Francophone African literature? The case of Senegal and translingual texts’

#SFPS2024
Presenter standing in front of a lectern, with a power point displaying pictures of two books
November 16, 2024 at 9:40 AM
sfps.bsky.social
We're off and running for a second day of panels and papers! Starting the morning with Clara Défachel discussing publishing, coédition, and translation.

#SFPS2024
A presenter standing behind a lectern in front of a power point ‘The End(s) of the French Publishing Empire? Cultural diplomacy, co-edition and literary translation ‘entre les deux rives’’
November 16, 2024 at 9:14 AM
sfps.bsky.social
Closing out the day with a Roundtable: ASCALF + SFPS 35 Years On

#SFPS2024
November 15, 2024 at 5:29 PM
sfps.bsky.social
We’ve got a packed house for @jenwhy.bsky.social’s keynote address: “The Endings of Empire: Reading for the (Colonial) Plot”

#SFPS2024
Room of people seated and listening to speaker addressing audience
November 15, 2024 at 4:13 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Leslie Barnes presents on “Empires Loved and Lost: Michel Houellebecq’s Plateforme”

#SFPS2024
Seated speaker in front of screen
November 15, 2024 at 2:06 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Afternoon panels have begun! Excited to hear our conference organizer Laura Kennedy speak about “Transcending Colonial Legacies: Afrofuturism in Contemporary French Caribbean Literature”

#SFPS2024
Panelist standing behind podium pointing to PowerPoint with paper title
November 15, 2024 at 1:40 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Next up is Rebekah Vince, speaking on the topic of “‘Juivarabe’” as Postcolonial Pariah”
Presenter behind a podium next to a screen with the talk title on it
November 15, 2024 at 10:31 AM
sfps.bsky.social
Our first set of presentations on the panel “North Africa 1: Text, Poetics, Property” kicks off today with a presentation by Gaëlle de l’Estoille on “Les stratégies littéraires pour lutter contre l’aliénation culturelle impérialiste”

#sfps2024
November 15, 2024 at 10:21 AM
sfps.bsky.social
Opening remarks #SFPS2024
A speaker at a podium
November 15, 2024 at 9:58 AM
sfps.bsky.social
Greetings from the @ilcs.bsky.social Senate House, where we’re about to kick off our 2024 conference: The End(s) of Empire. Excited for two days of stimulating panels and talks!

Follow along here and with the hashtag #SFPS2024
Senate house, London
November 15, 2024 at 9:48 AM
sfps.bsky.social
Very excited for our second and closing keynote from Amina Zarzi, entitled 'The Sahara as a site of cross-cultural exchange: the “seer” and the “seen” in French and Algerian desert literature'!
November 18, 2023 at 4:39 PM
sfps.bsky.social
We're now onto our screening of Baloji's Omen (2023, Aya Films), introduced by Jennifer Boum Make and to be followed by comments from Jen and Chris Hogarth
November 18, 2023 at 2:09 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Panel 5A - Violent Journeys and Marginalised Lives - with Audrey Small and Helen McKelvey
November 18, 2023 at 12:11 PM
sfps.bsky.social
On to our first keynote: Sophie Fuggle on 'Seed journeys: dispersal, invasion, and flow across empire' 🙌🙌🙌
November 17, 2023 at 5:25 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Panel 2A - Time Travel in the Archives - with Alison Clare, Heather Williams, & Joanne Brueton
November 17, 2023 at 1:40 PM
sfps.bsky.social
Kicking off panel 1A on women's travel writing with Hannah Grayson and Ashwiny O. Kistnareddy. Panel 1B sees Erin Twohig, Rebekah Vince, Pankhuri Blatt, and Amirpasha Tavakkoli discuss new worlds and global mobility!
November 17, 2023 at 10:39 AM
sfps.bsky.social
Kicking off our 2023 annual conference with a word of welcome from our acting president, Prof Claire Griffiths!
November 17, 2023 at 10:28 AM