Disability and Care in Medieval and Early Modern France

With origins in the 1970s and 1980s, the flourishing of disability-focused research in Anglophone literature and culture has established rich fields of inquiry that now span the humanities. Scholars of France and Francophone literature and culture have turned more recently to exploring the experiential and affective dimensions of disability.  Deeply entwined with questions of embodiment and feeling is the matter of care—tending and being tended to, care for oneself, and care for others. Gathering an interdisciplinary group of scholars who work transculturally and transhistorically, this conference aims to offer a capacious exploration of premodern embodiment, disability, affect, and care in Francophone literature, history, medicine, art history, disability studies, and critical theory. 

Funding provided by The Dibner Research Fellow & Exhibition Endowment.

Key Details

• Conference registration covers both days and includes general admission to The Huntington.
• Lunch reservations close on April 27 at noon. A limited number of lunch tickets will be available for purchase at the conference.
• Doors to the conference hall open 30 minutes before registration. 

For questions about this event, email researchconference@huntington.org or call (626) 405-3432.

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