Conference 2022 [Archives]The first conference was held in Geneva from 5 to 7 May 2022. You will find below a description of the main themes of this first conference, as well as the list of speakers and their papers. Areas of research
From the 1480s onwards, small, inexpensive brochures left the press of western printers; among them, a significant portion dealt with current events. These occasional reports related coronations and earthquakes, military victories and comets. Later on, these were expanded to include brief news stories. During the 16th and 17th centuries, these news reports grew increasingly varied, and came to be grouped in periodicals – first weekly, then daily issues. How were political, military, and religious news reported in cheap prints? What place was given to natural phenomena, to “faits divers”? Was this news reported for the sake of reporting, or did it serve as a means of convincing? Was it analysed, or even commented on? What portion of it was pure invention, and how did reality and fiction interact?
Charlemagne, Fierabras, Edmond Dantès, or even the Atala of Châteaubriand are only some examples among countless other literary characters, themes, and motifs that crossed geographical and linguistic boundaries in the form of ephemera, and which manifested differently according to the time and place of printing. There are also numerous examples of historical events, more or less faithfully conveyed, which saw substantial transnational fame. In this panel, we look forward to contributions that highlight the circulation, translation, and adaptation of literary motifs and historical themes, in order to answer the following questions: what can be said of the mobility of texts (genre, materiality, readings, etc.)? What kind of information crossed borders? Is it possible to speak of cultural specificity in terms of the country, region, and religious landscape in which ephemera were published? What can be learned from the circulation of the images illustrating these prints? When it comes to translations, what omissions, additions, or modifications are made to the texts, and how can these be explained?
Since the first studies into ephemera over half a century ago, individual and group research into this topic has multiplied. Previously believed not to be worth saving, we now recognise the literary, documentary, and material value of these publications; several books have been dedicated to the topic, and endeavours made to digitalise large sets of prints. However, the most of these works are the result of individual, local, and often short-lived efforts, creating a constellation of centres with different approaches and varied content, which impedes the development of a broader vision and global dialogue. As such, it is necessary to adopt a wider perspective: both for the study of the phenomenon, as well as for the analysis of the texts and illustrations that constitute it. Papers within this line of inquiry will assess the state of the research, describe current studies, their goals, their methodology, the issues faced, and how to address them. Each research project will be illustrated by an A0 poster which will be exhibited throughout the duration of the conference; a separate poster-session will also be organised. Speakers and communications- AGUILERA Lucas - Universidad Católica de Valencia - « The Woodcuts Collection of Agustín Laborda: A New Light - ARANDA GARCIA Nuria - École normale supérieure de Lyon - « La réécriture de Cervantes dans la littérature de colportage espagnole : l’exemple de “L’Espagnole anglaise” et “Les deux jeunes filles” » - BARDENHEUER Markus - Université de Bâle - « Media of Everyday Conflict in Early Modern Switzerland » - BLOM Helwi - Radboud Universiteit - « The European Dissemination of Pierre de Provence: A Case-Study in Popular Print Culture (c.1470-c.1800) » - BONET PONCE Clara - Universidad Católica de Valencia - « Théâtre et littérature “de cordel” en Espagne: la popularité - BOTREL Jean-François - Université de Rennes-II - « Appropriations et usages de l’éphémère (XIXe-XXe siècle) » - BUCCHI Gabriele - Université de Lausanne - « Triomphe et mort de Carnaval dans les imprimés italiens de large circulation à la Renaissance (1490-1620 env.) » - DIAZ LAGE Santiago - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia -« Du théâtre au pliego suelto, du pliego suelto au théâtre » - ESCALANTE VARONA Alberto - Universidad La Rioja - « Encomiastic Literature in Early Modern Spain: Printed Publications for the Celebrations in September 1783 » - ESPEJO-CALA Carmen - Universidad de Sevilla - « Más allá de lo popular. Relaciones de sucesos españolas sobre el terremoto de Lisboa de 1755 » - GARCIA-CERVIGON DEL REY Inmaculada - Universidad Complutense de Madrid - « Impresos para la salvación: las indulgencias de la Cofradía del Corpus Christi de Torrijos » - GIROTTO Alberto - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 - « Ephemera italiens dans les collections françaises: circulation et usage » - GODERNIAUX Alexandre - Université de Liège - « Narrer le prodigieux pour plaider le zèle. La production de canards durant les guerres de Rohan (1621-1629) et son instrumentalisation par les catholiques zélés » - GOMIS Juan - Universidad Católica de Valencia - « The Woodcuts Collection of Agustín Laborda: A New Light upon the “literatura de cordel” » ; « Mapping Pliegos » - LANGENBRUCH Beate - École normale supérieure de Lyon - « Les mouvances de Fierabras (France, Suisse, Espagne, Portugal, Brésil) : l’éphémère et le pérenne » - LECLERC Marie-Dominique - Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne (CRIMEL) - « Considérations météorologiques et usages privés d’almanachs aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles » - MANCHEVA Dora - Université de Genève - « A continuar… las novelas por entregas publicadas en el semanal sefardí El Eco Ĵudaico en los albores del siglo XX » - MARAZZI Elisa - Università degli Studi di Milano/Newcastle University - « Children and Transnational Cheap Print in Europe (1700-1900) » - MARÍAS Clara - Universidad de Sevilla - « “La verdad padece pero no lo parece”: the Pamphlet Desengaño contra las falsedades publicadas e impresas en España en vituperio de la armada inglesa » - MARTINEZ TORRES Cristina - Université de Genève - « Réécriture et légende: sainte Geneviève et Robert le Diable entre la France et l’Espagne » - MELLET Paul Alexis - Université de Genève, Institut d’Histoire de la Réformation - « La vérité du discours. Les « discours véritables » à la fin du XVIe siècle » - MIRALLES Eulàlia - Universitat de València. IIFV - «L’éphémère et la mort ou la mort de l’éphémère» - MISSFELDER Jan-Friedrich - Université de Bâle - « Vocal Power. The Vocality of Early Modern Media » - MORI Sara - Università degli Studi di Firenze - « How to Teach a Political and Civic Way of Life. Italian Broadsides during Risorgimento Movement » - NIETO Philippe - Bibliothèque historique des Archives nationales à Paris - « De l’assassinat considéré comme l’un des “beaux canards” » - POUSPIN Marion - CRH (Grihl), EHESS - « “Des nouvelles de par desca”. L’écriture de l’actualité dans les occasionnels des guerres d’Italie » - RUFIO OLIVARES Manuel - Universidad de Sevilla - « Una ventana andaluza al Pacífico: las relaciones de sucesos - SALMAN Jeroen - Utrecht University - « Criminal Heroes in Eighteenth-Century Ephemeral Literature » ; « European dimensions of Popular Print Culture (2016-2018) » - SANZ JULIÁN María - Universidad de Zaragoza - « Almanachs et calendriers dans les premières années de l’imprimerie allemande » - STEFFEN Sara - Université de Bâle - « “Von der Eydgnoschafft will ichs heben an […]”. Printed Ballads and Confederate Politics in Sixteenth-century Switzerland » - WURGLER Andreas - Université de Genève - « Tell in Print: The Multimedia Career of a Legendary Narrative (William Tell, 1507-1800) » - ZALIN Mackenzie - Johns Hopkins University - « Making it Last: The New Collection of Comedias Sueltas at Johns Hopkins University » |
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