The Chevalier d’Eon and his Worlds:
Gender, Espionage and Politics in the Eighteenth Century
Programme
20 -22 April 2006, University of LeedsDraft PROGRAMME Thursday 20 April 2006*12.00 Registration (Parkinson Forecourt) 13.30 Welcome and Introduction Simon Burrows, School of History, University of Leeds Griselda Pollock, AHRC Centre for Cultural Analysis, Theory and History, University of Leeds Raymond Hardy, Mayor of Tonnerre 14.00 Plenary Lecture, Gary Kates, Department of History, Pomona College TBC Chair: Simon Burrows, School of History, University of Leeds 15.00 Session 1: The Origins of the Chevalier/Chevalière Chair: Alexandre Stroev, Université de Bretagne Occidentale Paper 1: Elisabeth Chaussin, Tonnerre au XVIIIe siècle Paper 2: Francine-Dominique Liechtenhan, Centre R. Mousnier/ Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, Le chevalier d'Eon et le secret du Roi 16.30 Tea/Coffee 17.00 Session 2: D’Eon and Beaumarchais Chair: Russell Goulbourne, Department of French, University of Leeds Paper 1: Donald Spinelli, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University, Beaumarchais and d'Eon Paper 2: James Lander, TASIS American School, Surrey, A Tale of Two Hoaxes: ‘The Strange Case of the Chevalier d’Eon’ and John Wilkes’ Plan to Abort the American Revolution 18.30 Opening of D’Eon Exhibition in the Brotherton Library Chris Sheppard, Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, TBC This will be followed by a reception sponsored by the makers of the highly regarded CHEVALIER D'EON wine. Friday 21 April 2006*09.00 Registration 09.30 Plenary Lecture: Anna Clark, Department of History, University of Minnesota TBC Chair: Griselda Pollock, AHRC Centre for Cultural Analysis, Theory and History, University of Leeds 10.30 Tea/Coffee 11.00 Session 3: D’Eon and Gender Identities Chair: Anna Clarke, Department of History, University of Minnesota Paper 1: Julie Peakman, Fellow at the Welcome Institute for the History of Medicine, "The Strength to Wear a Dress"; A Question of Sexual Identity: A Comparison between Two Cross-Dressers, Chevaliers D'Eon and de Choisy Paper 2: Marilyn Morris, Department of History, University of North Texas, The Chevalière’s Good Company: Gender Outlaws of the Eighteenth Century 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Session 4: Cross-Dressers in Autobiography and Literature Chair: Donald Spinelli, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University Paper 1: Simon Davies, French Studies, University of Ulster, Belfast, Louvet’s Les Amours de Faublas: sexual and political imbroglios Paper 2: Anne-Marie Mercier-Faivre, Autour de la Vie militaire et politique de Mlle Eon de Beaumont (1779): Le Récit de Vie Comme Arme de Propagande 15.00 Tea/Coffee 15.30 Session 5: Costume, Image and Ambiguity Chair: Griselda Pollock, AHRC Centre for Cultural Analysis, Theory and History, University of Leeds Paper 1: Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Art Division, The Huntington Library, Dressing d’Eon Paper 2: Valerie Mainz, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds, Emasculation, Equivocation and Glory: Images of the Military and the Chevalier d’Eon 17.00 Session 6: D’Eon and the Stage: Personal Reflections Chair: Russell Goulbourne, Department of French, University of Leeds Paper 1: Hilary Wright, Master of Fine Arts, Dramatic License: Representing d’Eon on Stage 17.45 Reading of the play Masked Balls: A Story of Sex, Lies and Measuring Tape by Hilary Wright 19.30 Conference Dinner at the Aagrah Indian restaurant, 1 St Peter’s Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds LS9 8AH. Saturday 22 April 2006*09.00 Registration 09.30 Plenary Lecture, Alexandre Stroev TBC Chair: Mainz, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds 10.30 Tea/Coffee 11.00 Session 7: D’Eon, the Media, and Contemporary Perceptions Chair: Jonathan G.W. Conlin, Faculty of History / Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge Paper 1: Simon Burrows, School of History, University of Leeds, The Chevalier d’Eon: Media Star. News Manipulation, Cultural Politics and the Making of an Eighteenth-Century Celebrity Paper 2: Stephen Brogan, Birkbeck College, University of London, A ‘Monster of Metamorphosis’: Some Contemporary British Perceptions of the Chevalier/Chevalière d’Eon Affair. 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Session 8: D’Eon and British Politics Chair: Simon Burrows, School of History, University of Leeds Paper 1: Rachel Hammersley, School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle, An Eighteenth-Century French Commonwealthman? The Chevalier d’Eon and Marchamont Nedham’s The Excellency of a Free State Paper 2: Jonathan G.W. Conlin, Faculty of History/Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, "Faire le Wilkes": The Chevalier D'Eon and the Wilkites, 1762-1775 15.00 Tonnerre Session The delegation from the municipality of Tonnerre will discuss their project of setting up a permanent D’Eon exhibition and a study centre. 16.00 Tea/Coffee 16.30 Final Roundtable Discussion This discussion will summarise and round up everything that has been discussed during the conference. Chair: Griselda Pollock, AHRC Centre for Cultural Analysis, Theory and History, University of Leeds Panellists include: Simon Burrows, Gary Kates, Alexandre Stroev and Anna Clarke. 17.15 Close *All plenary lectures and sessions will take place in the Parkinson Building Room 1.08 |
