Dr Conor Trainor, University of Warwick (Chair: Prof Zahra Newby)

“Were the Romans good for the Economy? A View from Greece”

For any further information and a link to join the online seminar, please contact the organisers:

Lucrezia Sperindio: Lucrezia.Sperindio@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window

Jacqui Butler: J.Butler.4@warwick.ac.ukLink opens in a new window

As part of our Summer Term programme of online research seminars in Translation and Transcultural Studies at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (University of Warwick)Link opens in a new window, we are delighted to announce our forthcoming seminar who may be of interest for both colleagues and students:

• Dr Wine Tesseur (Belgian NGO Trias) on Wednesday 11 May 2022, 4-5pm (UK time): 'Translation as social justice: translation policies and practices in NGOsLink opens in a new window'

• The event takes place on MS Teams. We would kindly ask you to register in advance by completing the short registration formLink opens in a new window by Monday 9th May midnight (UK time). You will be provided with the relevant link Teams invite prior to the talk.

Elizabeth Benjamin (Coventry)

Lieux oubliés et pas perdus: mapping the monuments of Paris that never were

This seminar will present new archival research at the collections and archives of the Musée Carnavalet, targeting documentation of monuments, memorials and museums that never came to be, for example the failed proposal to construct a memorial museum of the French Revolution at the 1889 centenary. The paper will explore the politics of the planning, commissioning and financing of a selection of the city’s monuments from the Revolution to the present, mapping an ephemeral network of lost and fading interactions with French history. The paper will discuss the historical planning of monuments, and the present development of cultural policies and politiques de mémoire. The evolution of the monumental landscape will be analysed to assess whether the development of these landmarks has become less elitist or simply inclusion-washed in new narratives that come with no concrete improvements for concerned communities. The work feeds into my new project ‘Mediating Memory through the Monuments of Paris’, which will address issues in accessibility and representation in monuments and memorials. The project will propose increased and improved cultural policies and practices surrounding the construction and maintenance of urban sites of collective memory.

To join the seminar on Teams click here.