“Viens, sois ma lumière”: A celebration of the re-opening of the cathedral of Notre-Dame

A conference celebrating the re-opening of the cathedral of Notre-Dame, organised by the Department of French in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies.

For further details about the event, please contact Sarah Alyn Stacey, FTCD; salynsta@tcd.ie

Programme
10.30 a.m. Welcome by the French Embassy in Ireland and Sarah Alyn Stacey
10.50 a.m. Hilary Davies (Co-editor of Poetry Salzburg; Editorial Board of Temenos Academy Review): ‘ “Emmanuel, Great Bell, Sounding Save and Farewell” ’
11.30 a.m. James Harpur (Trinity Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, TCD): ‘ “The Mystic Ark”: Notre-Dame, Sacred Space and the Poetic Imagination’
12.15 p.m. Ségolène Le Men (University of Nanterre): ‘The Restored Cathedral of Paris: the Viollet-le-Duc Moment’
1.00 p.m.-1.45 p.m. Lunch
1.45 p.m. Peter Read (University of Kent): ‘Notre-Dame in French Painting and  Poetry from the 15th Century to the Modern Age’
2.30 p.m. Sarah Alyn Stacey, FTCD (French Department, TCD): ‘ “Ô mondaine inconstance!”: Joachim Du Bellay, Notre-Dame and Les Antiquitez de Rome (1558)’
3.15 p.m. End of conference

Please indicate if you have any access requirements, such as ISL/English interpreting, so that we can facilitate you in attending this event. Contact: salynsta@tcd.ie