News and Events
June 2010
North To North: Launch Event, Friday 4 June
Join us on Friday 4 June at Cornerhouse, Manchester, as we mark the beginning of John Perivolaris's journey south to Algeria via London, Dover and France. John will talk about the aims of the North To North project, and about the ways in which you can get involved. The event will start at 5pm and will last an hour, after which we will drink to John's trip, and send him on his way. If you can't make it to Manchester this Friday, don't forget that you can follow John's progress and contribute to his journey via the North To North blog.
February 2010
North To North: A Journey in Postcards from Manchester to the Maghreb
As part of our exhibition at the Cornerhouse in April-May 2011, we have commissioned John Perivolaris to undertake a journey between Manchester and Algeria later this year. Lasting one month between 5 June and 5 July, the journey will take Perivolaris from the UK, through France to Algeria, and will result in an installation in the exhibition entitled North To North. Structured around a series of encounters with people connected personally to both France and Algeria, and via visits to key sites of memory that underpin the display of the Franco-Algerian relationship in the public sphere today, North to North will comprise walks and interviews with participants. The project will also endeavour to triangulate the Franco-Algerian relationship by exploring the signs and traces of the less obvious, but no less complex, ties between the UK and a country that France has historically assumed to be its own ‘back yard’. In doing so, it will raise questions about the contemporary relationship between notions of the “North” and “South” in an increasingly globalised world. During his journey, John wil be posting images and updates on the North To North blog. He welcomes contributions and suggestions for places to visit on his journey. Visit the blog to find out more and get in touch.
War and the Body Conference, Imperial War Museum, June 2010
We will be presenting a paper in June entitled 'Paris, 17 October 1961: corporeality, grievability and visual culture' at 'War and the Body', a one-day international conference organised by the University of Portsmouth and the War and Media Network. The conference will take place on 11 June at the Imperial War Museum, London. Further details of the conference can be found here.
October 2009
Workshop Programme Confirmed
The programme for our workshop on 'Visualising the Franco-Algerian Relationship since 1954' has now been confirmed. The workshop is being held in order to prepare for a special issue of Modern and Contemporary France, due for publication in 2011. The workshop takes place on 7 January 2010 at the University of Manchester from 9.30 to 5.30. For programme and registration details, go here. Abstracts of papers can be found here.
New Blog Launched
We have launched a blog in which we will be discussing some of the work in progress related to the project. Contributions and comments welcome! The blog can be found here.
September 2009
ASMCF Conference, Portsmouth
We will be presenting a paper in September on 'Crossings: Negotiating Identities between France and Algeria', at the annual conference of the Association for the Study of Modern and Contemporary France. The conference will take place on 3-5 September at the University of Portsmouth. Further details on the conference can be found at www.asmcf.org.
June 2009
Workshop Announcement
A workshop will take place at The University of Manchester on Thursday 7 January 2010 on 'Visualising the Franco-Algerian Relationship since 1954' to prepare for a special issue of Modern and Contemporary France due to be published in May 2011 as part of the project. Contributors will be presenting and discussing their proposed articles, and exploring the links between them. Further details and abstracts of papers can be found here.
