The Society of Dix-Neuviémistes



		Information for Postgraduates Postgraduate members of the Society benefit from reduced membership and conference fees. Membership includes access to the Society's online journal Dix-neuf. For a copy of the membership form, see the Society's Membership pages. The Society actively encourages involvement by postgraduates, both at the Society's Conferences and at Symposia. The Society's Postgraduate Representative is Ewa Szypula ewa.szypula@kcl.ac.uk Postgraduate Conferences The call for papers for the 2012 postgraduate conference is available here. The aim of the society's postgraduate conferences is to provide a relaxed environment for lively discussion and debate between the next generation of nineteenth-century French scholars. Each conference concentrates on a particular theme, and takes the format of panel sessions comprising of 15-minute papers given by postgraduates, a keynote talk by an invited speaker, and a concluding round-table discussion. Postgraduate Prize The SDN Postgraduate Prize is awarded for the best postgraduate conference paper submitted for the Society's Annual Conference. Postgraduates whose papers are accepted for the conference are strongly encouraged to submit their paper for consideration for the Prize. Entries are to be received at least two weeks prior to the start of the conference. Entries may be written in English or in French, and should not exceed 3,000 words. Entries should be typed, and should include full references and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. Each entry is to be accompanied by a cover note from the candidate's supervisor confirming the candidate's status as a postgraduate, and that the paper is the candidate's own work. A 'postgraduate' is considered to be a student registered for a higher degree (e.g. Masters' or PhD), and who has not yet been awarded a PhD qualification. The Prize carries an award of £100. The winner will also be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for consideration by Dix-Neuf, the society's peer-reviewed journal. The Prize-winner will be announced at the Conference Dinner. Past winners 2004: Rachel Chrastil (Yale University): 'Military preparation in peacetime: training societies, 1871-92' (published in Dix-Neuf, April 2005). 2005-2006: Deirdre McAnally (Pennsylvania State University): 'Taking a bite out of crime: Narration and Criminality in Hugo and Zola'. 2007: Andrew Counter (Cambridge University): '"Sain d'esprit": The notary as analyst in the fiction of Guy de Maupassant' (published in Dix-Neuf, October 2007). 2008: Anne O'Neill-Henry (Duke University): 'Nouveaux Tableaux de Paris, Nouvelles Mémoires de la Ville: Documenting and Re-writing the 19th Century City'. 2009: Claire White (Cambridge University): 'The Eternal Return of Work: Émile Zola and the Limits of Leisure' and Greg Kerr (Trinity College, Dublin): 'Rimbaud’s "Villes" and the "multiplicateur de progrès"'. 2010: Sam Bootle (Birkbeck College, London): 'Jules Laforgue and the Illusion of Spontaneity'.
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