Talk, Kaliane Ung, ‘The First Days of Maternity in Contemporary French Literature’

January 26, 2021 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm

 

Talks on Pregnancy and Childbirth

Guest Chair: Amaleena Damlé (Durham)
Laura Lazzari (Catholic University of America; Franklin University Switzerland): ‘How to Achieve a Positive Birth Experience? Female Agency and Childbirth in Swiss-Italian Literature’

Priyanka Tripathi and Soumya Kashyap (Indian Institute of Technology Patna): ‘Practising the Humanities: Female Fertility, Artificial Reproductive Technology and Contemporary Indian Women’s Writing’

Kaliane Ung (Pittsburgh): ‘The First Days of Maternity in Contemporary French Literature’

Series: Contemporary Women's Writing and the Medical Humanities, CCWW PGR/ECR online seminar series

Organisers: Benjamin Dalton (Paris Nanterre) and Becky Rosenberg (KCL)

All are invited to attend the Centre’s second PGR/ECR online seminar series entitled 'Women’s Writing and the Medical Humanities'. This series examines engagements with healthcare, medical innovation, and ethics in contemporary women’s writing. It spotlights how a diverse range of contemporary women’s writing (spanning fiction, philosophy, life-writing, and many other genres) is engaging with central questions concerning public health at the intersections of the humanities and medical science and practice.  

You will need to register in advance to receive the online event joining link:

https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/23120

Location and Address

On-line event.