Society of Dix-neuviémistes
Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference
Craft and Industry / Artisanat et industrie
University of Dundee, 14-16th April 2027
We invite proposals for papers and panels treating the conference theme in relation to French and Francophone cultures, history, literatures, music, art history and sciences in the long nineteenth century. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:
- The world of work/ Le monde du travail
- The factory/ L’usine
- The industrial revolution/ La révolution industrielle
- Domestic work/ Le travail domestique
- Saint-Simonianism / Le Saint-Simonisme
- Manual work/ Le travail manuel
- Sex work/Le travail du sexe
- Bosses and masters / Les patron·ne·s et les maîtres
- Unfree labour/ Le travail forcé
- The black market/Le marché noir
- The cooperative model/ Le modèle coopératif
- Customers and commerce/ Les client·e·s et le commerce
- The fruits of industry/ Les fruits de l’industrie
- Pollution, noise, smoke / La pollution, le bruit, la fumée
- Fuel, coal, steam / Le combustible, le charbon, la vapeur
- The industrial sublime / Le sublime industriel
- Crafted objects/ Les objets artisanaux
- Tools of the trade/ Les outils du métier
- Workers’ rights/ Les droits des travailleurs et des travailleuses
- Industrial art/ L’art industriel
- Artistic work/ Le travail esthétique
- Arts and crafts/ Arts et métiers
- Art and mechanical reproduction/ L’art et la reproduction mécanique Industrial architecture / L’architecture industrielle
- Rail networks / Les réseaux ferroviaires
In addition to papers and panels linked to the conference theme, we invite submissions for panels or roundtables on the challenges and/or opportunities encountered in research OR teaching OR public-facing work in the area of French/ francophone nineteenth-century studies. Work-in-progress or ten-minute papers are warmly welcomed for these panels.
200-word proposals in English or French (for both 20-minute individual papers and for entire panels) should be submitted by 1st December 2026 at: https://uksdn.co.uk/submit-an-abstract/
Please indicate your academic situation (doctoral student, independent researcher, lecturer…) on your proposal. If you are a doctoral student, please give the name and email address of your thesis supervisor.