An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference Presented by The 平特五不中 English Graduate Student Association
February 14-16, 2014 -聽Thomson House (3650 rue McTavish)
聽鈥淢asquerades, I have generally heard said, were more silly than wicked,鈥� declares one respectable character in Samuel Richardson鈥檚 Sir Charles Grandison (1754), 鈥渂ut they are now, I am convinced, the most profligate of all diversions.鈥� Richardson鈥檚 disapproval of the bal masqu茅鈥檚 vulgar dissipation represents just one incarnation of a rich and multivalent concept. In various guises masquerade capers and creeps through the humanities, eluding any single form or function: noun or verb? literal or figurative? sinister or celebratory? deceitful or mischievous? Inspired by such a panoply of meaning, this conference will address the idea of masquerade in diverse forms 鈥� theoretical and material 鈥� and across various fields, including but not limited to: literature, film, video game studies, history, geography, cultural studies, and digital humanities.聽
Featured Events:
Friday February 14, 5:30 pm, Faculty Address by Prof. Erin Hurley, 平特五不中
鈥淢asks or Faces: The Subject and the Object in Some Recent Performances by Nathalie Claude and Pol Pelletier鈥�
Saturday February 15, 5:30 pm, Keynote Address by Prof. Lauren Gillingham, University of Ottawa
鈥淏eing Real: Fashion, Fiction, and Sociability in Britain, 1750-1850鈥�
Saturday February 15, 8:00 pm, Informal Black and White Ball
(脿 la Truman Capote鈥檚 1966 masquerade)
For more information, please visit our website, mcgillmasquerade.wordpress.com, email mcgillmasquerade [at] gmail.com, or tweet #masquerade2014.
