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The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing hosted a one-day conference organised by the European Network on the Theory and Practice of Biography, on 20-21 April 2012. The conference theme is 'Life-Writing in Europe: Private Lives, Public Spheres and Biographical Interpretations.'
Please note that while this conference was hosted by OCLW, we are not responsible for its administration. Please contact roy [dot] foster [at] hertford [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk (Professor Roy Foster )for any queries regarding the event.
Programme
Friday 20 April
9.30. Welcome Address: Hermione Lee. Director of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing and President of Wolfson College.
10.00-11.00. Opening Lecture. Lucy Riall (Birkbeck College. University of London): “Warriors, Apostles and Martyrs: Biography and The Making of Modern Italy”.
11.00-11.30 Coffee Break
11.30-13.00 1st Session. Chair: Roy Foster (Hertford College. University of Oxford)
Santos Juliá (UNED-Madrid): “Biography vs Stereotypes: The case of Manuel Azaña”
Robert Gerwarth (University College. Dublin): “Cold Empathy: Challenges in writing a life of Reinhard Heydrich”.
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 2nd Session. Chair: Santos Juliá (UNED-Madrid)
Isabel Burdiel: “The Queen’s Two Bodies: Beyond private and public in the biography of Isabel II of Spain”. -
Javier Moreno (Universidad Complutense de Madrid): “The Crown and the Nation: Studying Alfonso XIII of Spain”.
15.30-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.30 3rd Session. Chair: Giovanni Levi (University of Venice)
Maarit Leskelä-Karki (Institute for Advanced Studies. University of Turku, Finland): “Figures from the Shadow: On the Tradition of Women’s Biographical Writing in Finland”
Juan Pan-Montojo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): “The Spanish Basque Domingo Ordoñana: Progress, Civilization and Order in 19th Century Uruguay”
Saturday 21 April
9.30-11.00 4th Session. Chair: Mónica Bolufer (University of Valencia)
Birgitte Possing (Copenhagen University): “Bodil Koch: In Search of the Keys to a Biographical Analysis".
Mónica Burguera (University de Valencia): “Performing Middle-Class Womanhood in 19th-Century Spain: The Memoirs of Juana de Vega, countess of Espoz y Mina”.
11.00-11.30: Coffee Break
11.30-13.00 5th Session. Chair: James Amelang (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Fernando Molina (Universidad del País Vasco): “Writing the self into the Nation: Autobiography, Nationalism and National Identity”
Roy Foster (Hertford College. University of Oxford): “Privates Lives and Posthumous Reputations: Love and affection among the Irish revolutionary generation, 1890-1916”
