As part of its research mandate, Prospero Research Group hosts a number of seminars, beginning in Winter 2011, during which some novels of the corpus are discussed.
Primary researchers Francois-Emmanuel Boucher (Royal Military College of Canada), Stephane Inkel (Queen’s University) and collaborator Audrey Camus (RMC) facilitate these seminars; other professors from Queen's University (Johann Bénard) & RMC (Soundouss El-Kettani, Michel Nareau) participate, as well as doctoral students or future students (Sarah Jacoba, Annie Riel, Patrick Saint-Amand, and Kyle Stepa from Queen’s; Diego Aguilar-Beauregard from RMC).
Seminar calendar
Winter 2011, every other week
14 Feb : Presentation of the Research Project
28 Feb : Pierre Michon, Les onze
Discussion leaders : Kyle Stepa and Stéphane Inkel
14 Mar : Annie Ernaux, Les années
Discussion leaders : Patrick Saint-Amand and Michel Nareau
28 mars : Antoine Volodine, Des anges mineurs
Discussion leaders : Sarah Jacoba and Audrey Camus
11 avril : Michel Houellebecq, Les particules élémentaires
Discussion leaders : Annie Riel and François-Emmanuël Boucher
2011-2012, monthly meetings
27 September : Marie Darrieussecq, Truismes (Sarah Jacoba)
18 October : François Bon, Daewoo (Patrick Saint-Amand)
29 November : Éric Chevillard, Choir (Stéphane Inkel & Audrey Camus)
13 December : Jean-François Lyotard et Jacques Rancière (Diego Aguilar-Beauregard & Michel Nareau)
17 January : Pierre Bergounioux, La maison rose (Kyle Stepa)
14 February : Olivier Rolin, Tigre en papier (François-Emmanuël Boucher)
13 March : Christian Prigent, Demain je meurs (Soundouss El Kettani)
10 April : Marie Cosnay, Entre chagrin et néant – Audiences d’étrangers (Johanne Bénard & Annie Riel)
mid-may: ONE-DAY CONFERENCE
