BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:347@1718.ucla.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210923T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210925T130000 DTSTAMP:20210916T212358Z URL:https://1718.ucla.edu/events/thrale/ SUMMARY:Celebrating Hester Thrale Piozzi (1741–1821) DESCRIPTION:–Organized by Sophie Coulombeau (University of York) and Feli city Nussbaum (UCLA)\n\nCo-sponsored by the University of York Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies\n\nOnline Event via Zoom\nRegister online: http s://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rbS-hbbqToOWAuYxPaWXnQ \n\nThis conf erence celebrates the life and writings of Hester Lynch Salusbury Thrale P iozzi upon the bicentenary of her death. The conference will contribute to the ongoing reassessment of her much-neglected and seriously underestimat ed writings\; illuminate her relationships with the Bluestockings\; and ex plore how she bridged private and public spheres by translating informal c onversation\, improvisational dialogue\, and performative sociability into text. As well as scholarly papers\, the conference will feature the debut reading of Witty Woman\, a new play about Hester Thrale Piozzi’s life\, written by Felicity Nussbaum (UCLA) and directed by directed by Michael H ackett\, Head of Directing Program in the Department of Theater at UCLA Sc hool of Theater\, Film and Television.\n\nSpeakers\n\nLisa Berglund\, Buff alo State College\nSophie Coulombeau\, University of York\nElizabeth Edwar ds\, University of Wales Trinity St. David\nEmily C. Friedman\, Auburn Uni versity\nMascha Hansen\, University of Greifswald\nDevoney Looser\, Arizon a State University\nKathleen Lubey\, St. John’s University\nJon Mee\, Un iversity of York\nGillian Russell\, University of York\nLindsay Rose Russe ll\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\nCassandra Ulph\, Universi ty of Manchester\n\n\n\nProgram Schedule\n(All times listed are Pacific Da ylight Time)\n\nThursday\, September 23\, 2021\n\n9:00 a.m.\nBronwen Wilso n\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nWelcome\n\nSophie Coulombeau\, University of York and Felicity Nussbaum\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nOpening Remarks\n\n9:15 a.m.         \nSession I\nModera tor: Helen Deutsch\, University of California\, Los Angeles\n \nJon Mee\, University of York\n“Impossible Friendship?: Hester\, Samuel\, and Jame s too!”\n\n9:50 a.m.        \nLisa Berglund\, Buffalo State Coll ege\n“The Paratextual Persistence of Hester Lynch Piozzi”\n\n10:25 a.m .\nDiscussion\n\n10:45 a.m.\nBreak\n\n10:50 a.m.\nSession II\nModerator: F elicity Nussbaum\, University of California\, Los Angeles\n\nLindsay Rose Russell\, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\n“Piozzi’s Parlor -Window Lexicography”\n\n11:20 a.m.\nEmily C. Friedman\, Auburn Universi ty\n“Unpublished\, Uncensored: Hester Thrale Piozzi’s Manuscripts”\n \n11:55 a.m.       \nElizabeth Edwards\, University of Wales\, Trini ty St. David\n“‘Made to Observe’: Hester Piozzi’s Home Tourism”\ n\n12:30 p.m.\nDiscussion\n\n1:00 p.m.\nProgram adjourns\n\nFriday\, Septe mber 24\, 2021\n\n9:00 a.m.\nSession III  \nModerator: Mary Fairclough\, University of York\n\nGillian Russell\, University of York\n“’Frightfu l hand-bills’: Political Ephemera in Hester Thrale’s Letters”\n\n9:3 5 a.m.\nMascha Hansen\, University of Greifswald\n"’Who is to keep Ameri ca?’: History in the Poetry of Hester Thrale Piozzi"\n\n10:10 a.m.\nDisc ussion\n\n10:30 a.m.\nBreak\n\n10:35 a.m.\nSession IV\nModerator: Sarah Ti ndal Kareem\, University of California\, Los Angeles\n\nSophie Coulombeau\ , University of York and Elizabeth Edwards\, University of Wales\, Trinity St. David\n“Brief Remarks on Recent Discoveries”\n\n11:20 a.m.\nDevon ey Looser\, Arizona State University\n“Advanced Style Piozzi: The Later Works”\n\n11:55 a.m.\nCassandra Ulph\, The University of Manchester\n"Ge nder\, Genre and Memory: Genre Crossings in Hester Piozzi's Later Work"\n\ n12:30 p.m.\nDiscussion\n\n1:00 p.m.\nProgram adjourns\n\nSaturday\, Septe mber 25\, 2021\n\n9:00 a.m.\nSession V\nFelicity Nussbaum\, University of California\, Los Angeles\nIntroductory Remarks\n\n“Witty Woman: A Two-Ac t Play” by Felicity Nussbaum\nA dramatic reading by UCLA MFA graduates\n Directed by Michael Hackett\, Head of Directing Program in the Department of Theater at UCLA School of Theater\, Film and Television\nProgram PDF\n\ nMichael Hackett \nClosing Remarks\n\n11:05 a.m.\nBreak\n\n11:15 a.m.\nSes sion VI\nModerator: Helen Smith\, University of York\n\nKathleen Lubey\, S t. John's University\n“Hester Piozzi’s Feminist Use of the Book”\n\n 11:50 a.m.\nSophie Coulombeau\, University of York\n“The Death Writing o f Hester Thrale Piozzi”\n\n12:25 p.m.\nDiscussion\n\n12:45 p.m.\nClosing Conversation: What’s next for Thrale Piozzi studies?\nModerators: Sophi e Coulombeau\, University of York and Felicity Nussbaum\, University of Ca lifornia\, Los Angeles\n\n1:15 p.m.\nConference adjourns\n\n\n\nImage:\nJo shua Reynolds (British\, 1723–1792)\nMrs. Thrale and her Daughter Hester (Queeney)\, 1781\nOil on canvas\n140.3 x 148.6 cm\nGift of Lord Beaverbro ok\nBeaverbrook Art Gallery\, accession number 1959.178 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://1718.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04 /thrale-_website.jpg CATEGORIES:Conferences END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR