Occupation and Resistance, Crime Fiction and Memory A day symposium in honour of Margaret Atack

Organisers: Professors Diana Holmes and Max Silverman, University of Leeds

This symposium will honour the life and work of Professor Margaret Atack who died last year. Margaret was one of the leading scholars on French fiction about the Occupation of France in the Second World War and on French post-war feminisms. Her book Literature and the French Resistance: Cultural Politics and Narrative Forms 1940–1950  (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989) is still a major reference point for scholars of resistance and occupation in France, including French specialists in the field. Three co-edited books and numerous articles and chapters on French post-war feminism are evidence of her work and reputation in this field too. Invited speakers at the  symposium have all been influenced by Margaret’s work and will address particular areas in their presentations. We then hope to edit the papers for a special issue of a journal.

​Programme:

11:15   Arrival and reception

11:30 - 13:00   Session 1
Michael Kelly (University of Southampton)
Hilary Foottit (University of London)

13:00 - 14:00   Lunch

14:00 - 15:30   Session 2
Claire Gorrara (University of Cardiff) 
Debra Kelly (Westminster)

15:30 - 17:00   Session 3
Ruth Cruickshank (RHUL)
David Platten (University of Leeds)

17:00   Drinks reception

Download programme and Abstracts (pdf)

This event is generously supported by the University of London’s Cassal Fund and the Society for French Studies.