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As part of a two-day conference on representations of the human face in Japanese and Western European literature and theatre from the Early Modern period to the present, Professor Nobuko Akiyama delivers this keynote address, which will focus on the play Un Homme trop facile by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, based on Molière’s Le Misanthrope.
About the Speaker:
Nobuko Akiyama is a Professor of French Literature at Aoyama Gakuin Universityin Tokyo. She is an internationally recognised specialist in 17th-century French theatre and has translated the complete works of Molière in Japanese (Rinsen Shoten publisher, 2001-2003; Prize for literary translation, Konishi Foundation, 2003).
About the Conference:
The aim of this two-day conference is to compare representations of the human face in Japanese and Western European literature and theatre from the Early Modern period to the present. In the literary traditions of Japan and Europe, the face is the source of one of the biggest paradoxes: on the one hand, it is universally presumed to have a meaning –– and to be readable ––, while on the other, the evidence of such readability has always been disputed. This conflicting nature of the face, vital to human communication, has been explored ardently by writers and playwrights from Europe and Japan, probing the effectiveness of physiognomic approaches and questioning the conventions of portraiture in a variety of genres, forms and styles. What have been the similarities and differences in the treatment of the face in these two cultural areas? Which main characteristics and mutual influences can be identified? The conference will endeavour to explain the role of the human face in ‘modernity’ in its broadest sense, with presentation and discussion from specialists on Japanese and Western European art and cultures.
Event details:
Keynote Address – Behind the Masks:
Representations of the Face in Japanese and Western European Literature and Theatre from the Early Modern Period to the Present
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 4.30 - 6pm
Talk in FRENCH | FREE
Institut français d'Ecosse
Médiathèque Sir Patrick Geddes (First floor)
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RF
Access Details
The Institut français d'Ecosse and the Médiathèque Sir Patrick Geddes are fully accessible with step-free access available at West Parliament Square and George IV Bridge.
Advanced booking recommended ONLINE via our extranet, at 0131 285 60 30, or at info ifecosse.org.uk
This keynote address is delivered as a collaboration between the Institut français d'Ecosse, the University of Edinburgh, and the DAIWA Anglo-Japanese Foundation.
Image: Acteurs masqués du Théâtre de l'Eventail (d'Orléans), jouant La Jalousie du Barbouillé et Le Médecin volant de Molière
Credit: La Dépêche du Midi, 2009
Following the award ceremony for the 2018 concours d'écriture créative, this exposition highlights the winning texts in posters created by Edinburgh Napier University graphic design students.
The creative writing competition and related poster exhibition were co-organised by Edinburgh Napier University, the University of Edinburgh, the Franco-Scottish Society, the Goethe-Institut Glasgow and the Institut français d'Écosse.
Event details:
Poster Exhibition: Concours d'écriture créative 2018
Saturday, 1 December 2018 - Friday, 21 December 2018
Open Monday - Saturday, 10.00am to 6.00pm
Texts in French and German | FREE
No advanced booking required
Institut français d'Ecosse
Espace Projet Jacques Tati (Ground floor)
West Parliament Square
Edinburgh EH1 1RF
Access Details
The Institut français d'Ecosse and the Espace Projet Jacques Tati are fully accessible with step-free access available at its main entrances on West Parliament Square and George IV Bridge.
