‘ZOLA AND THE PARIS HE LIVED IN’
Saturday 27 February 2010 2-6pm
An afternoon of talks and discussions followed by an optional informal dinner.The French Institute, 17 Queensberry Place, SW7
Exploring the exciting worlds of the French capital during the Second Empire, the Commune and the beginnings of the Third Republic, Zola and other writers – chroniclers of the city, its politics, its vices and virtues, its modernity.
Paris has always had a mythic status : Commercial and Artistic Capital – the vibrant centre of the French State. Conscious of its past and witness to the newest developments – Les Halles, the Grands Boulevards, the Railways, the Department Stores – Paris, the engine of progress and corruption, temptation and ambition, a vast machine where individuals are pitted against the anonymous masses of the great city.
Speakers:
Russell Cousins, Susan Harrow, Jeremy Jennings, Hannah Thompson.
Organizing Committee:
Valerie Minogue, Chantal Morel, Patrick Pollard.
Cost:
Members of the Émile Zola Society : free.
Members of the French Institute : free entry, with a contribution for refreshments (£3).
Other : £10 (full), £5 (concessions).
Please indicate if you would like to come to the optional informal dinner (cost to be announced).
For Booking and/or Membership, please contact Chantal Morel
(chantalouifru@yahoo.co.uk OR at 67 Cranbrook Road, Chiswick, London W4 2LJ)
Programme of Talks
Conferences at the Institut Français
Year 2009 - 2010
• 4 October: 'Pélerinage de Médan': Members will meet at St
Lazare Station around 9.45am, to catch a train for Villennes, then
walk to Médan and have a lunch by the River Seine, followed by
the 'Pélerinage' at 3pm at Emile Zola's House.
• Friday 2 December: AGM, followed by a talk and drinks. This year, on December 11, Martine Le Blond Zola will give an illustrated talk on her great grand-father Emile Zola, his family and friends.
• Friday 22 January 2010, 6pm, at the French Institute, a talk by Dr Russell Cousins (University of Birmingham),, "Zola's soundtracks: an examination of the uses of sound in selected novels".
• Saturday 27 February 2010, 2-6pm, at the French Institute: A Seminar on Zola and his contemporaries (more details later, please check the website).
• In April (sometimes early May, depending on the Easter Holiday): our annual dinner, ‘Avec Zola à table’ makes a highly enjoyable climax to our year.
• At the end of June/early July: an outing in the footsteps of Zola (Crystal Palace, Henley, Hatfield, etc.) or a lecture.
Join the Emile Zola Society
Download the 2009-2010 registration form [.pdf]
THE EMILE ZOLA SOCIETY c/o Dr Chantal Morel,
67 Cranbrook Road, Chiswick, London W4 2LJ
Tel. 020 8994 8760
Mail: chantalsmorel@googlemail.com or chantelouifru@yahoo.co.uk