Provisional Programme
Here is the provisional programme of our Conference. You can also download it here.
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Organised by X. Lachazette (3LAM, Le Mans Université), J. Chemmachery (VALE, Sorbonne Université) and N. Cloarec (Université de Rennes, ACE)
Wednesday 12 March
18:00 Stroll along the Gallo-Roman Wall on the Way to the Restaurant
19:00 Informal Dinner
Thursday 13 March
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9:00 Registration & Refreshments
9:30 Welcome Address & General Information
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10:00 Panel #1: Maugham and Colonial Issues
10:00-10:20
Shashank B. MANE (Shivaji University, Kolhapur): Colonial Perspectives: Analysing Moral Decline, Power Dynamics, and Cultural Displacement in Maugham’s Selected Short Stories
10:20-10:40
Wen-Shan SHIEH (Shih Chien University): The View from a Hotel: Lying and Moral Choice in W. Somerset Maugham’s Crime Stories set in Singapore and Other Parts of British Malaya
10:40-11:00 DISCUSSION
11:00-11:20
Paola Irene GALLI MASTRODONATO (Tuscia University): How Terrifying Are Malaysian Vendettas? Emilio Salgari Confronts W. Somerset Maugham
11:20-11:40
Ning XING (Ritsumeikan University): The Nowhere Past: Disillusion of “Retrotopia” in Maugham’s South Pacific Short Stories
11:40-12:00 DISCUSSION
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Lunch
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13:30 Panel #2: Maugham and Europe
13:30-13:50
Emilie GEORGES (Université Paris Nanterre) [online]: Maugham: A Francophone Writer?
13:50-14:10
Fernando APOLINAR-RODRIGUEZ (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela): W. Somerset Maugham and Spanish Golden-Century Art
14:10-14:30
Fernando COPELLO (Le Mans Université): Don Guillermo Somerset Maugham et son amour de l’Espagne classique : à propos de la mise en scène de Don Fernando (1935, révisé en 1950)
14:30-14:50 DISCUSSION
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14:50-15:10 Refreshments
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15:10 Panel #3: Maugham’s Popularity in Asia
15:10-15:30
Akira KAIHO (Japan Maugham Society): W. Somerset Maugham’s Reception in Japan
15:30-15:50
Makiko OTOGURO (Nihon University): Reception of W. Somerset Maugham in Japan: Buddhism as an Intercultural Conversation
15:50-16:10
Xavier LACHAZETTE (Le Mans Université): From Spy to Symbol: Maugham in Tan Twan Eng’s The House of Doors (2023)
16:10-16:30 DISCUSSION
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16:30 General Information (about dinner and tomorrow)
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19:00 Conference Dinner
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Friday 14 March
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9:00-10:00 Keynote Speech
Tim YOUNGS (Nottingham Trent University)
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10:00-10:20 Refreshments
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10:20 Panel #4: Literary Perspectives on Maugham
10:20-10:40
Elodie RAIMBAULT (Université Grenoble Alpes): Neutrality and Detachment: Spatiality in W. Somerset Maugham’s Spy Stories (Ashenden, 1928)
10:40-11:00
Prabhanjan MANE (Shivaji University, Kolhapur): The Theme of Morality as a Constraint and Existential Self-Realization in W. Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Bondage
11:00-11:20 DISCUSSION
11:20-11:40
Areti DOUKA (Université d’Angers / University of Athens) [online]: The East in Short Cuts: A Comparative Study through Forms
11:40-12:00
Eva ESCANDON (Toronto Metropolitan University) [online]: Who Controls the Story? Gender Bias and Biographical Ethics in Cakes and Ale
12:00-12:20 DISCUSSION
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12:20-12:40 Concluding and Prospective Remarks
12:40-13:30 Lunch
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