International Conference to Explore Risk in 20th ⁣and 21st Century Literature

TURIN, Italy (April 30, 2025) – ‍An international conference ⁣focusing on the concept of ⁢risk in French-language literature from the 20th and ⁢21st centuries will be held⁤ Nov. 19-21, 2025, at the University of ⁣turin.

Organized by the Department of Studi Umanistici at the University of⁤ Turin, in collaboration with the University of Bergamo,⁤ the University of Naples Federico II, CSAM (centro ‍studi Arti Della Modernità Torino), and several French universities including Bordeaux montaigne,⁢ Picardie Jules‍ verne, University Grenoble-Alpes, and Sorbonne university, the conference aims to delve into the complexities‍ of ‍risk as portrayed in literary works.

The conference is part of the larger Research Project “Declination ⁣of ⁣Risk: for ⁣an archeology of ‍the ⁢literary imagination of the 20th and 21st centuries” ⁢(PRIN 2022), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. This project seeks to understand ⁤how risk, often‍ studied in the sciences, manifests as an intrinsic uncertainty within creative literary endeavors.

Exploring Literary Risk: Uncertainty and Prospect

Rather than viewing⁤ risk solely as a threat, the conference will explore its potential as⁣ a catalyst for reflection and experimentation. Organizers⁣ believe that examining the ⁢management of literary risk can offer new⁤ perspectives on our relationship with the future, fostering innovative approaches to thought, action, and global awareness.

Through discussions bridging literary texts and ⁤risk theories, the conference will analyze how risk is ‍integrated into‍ literary and artistic practices, challenging deterministic⁤ views of reality.

Conference Themes

The conference will address several⁣ key themes, including:

• representations of risk ⁤in ⁢European avant-garde and contemporary literary and artistic⁢ works.
• Meta-literary reflections on the⁤ aesthetic and ethical ⁤dimensions of risk in contemporary literature.
• Theoretical analyses of literary and‍ artistic works that thematize risk.
• Literary explorations of “risk society,” ⁤as defined by sociologist Ulrich Beck.
• The request of‍ theories from ideology, ⁣science, sociology, anthropology, and linguistics‍ to understand risk in literature.
• The role of translation, ⁣literary prizes, and reception in shaping perceptions of risk in French and French-speaking‍ contexts.

Call for Proposals

The ⁣organizing ⁢committee is accepting dialog proposals of approximately 250 words until June 15, 2025.⁣ submissions⁤ should be sent to conference⁣ address2025@gmail.com and include a brief bio-bibliographical profile. Accepted speakers will be notified ⁤by June 30, 2025.Presentations are limited to 20 minutes. The conference languages are English, Spanish, French, and⁢ Italian.

Publication Opportunity

Selected contributions to ‍the conference will‍ be published in the International Review with Reading⁣ Committee: Cosmo. Comparative Studies in Modernism (ISSN 2281-6658),⁤ slated for June ⁢2027 publication. More details can be found at⁤ http://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/COSMO.

Organizing Committees

The steering committee includes Carlotta Ariano, Franca Bruera, Chiara Elefante, ⁣Franca⁤ Franchi, Roberto Gilodi, Alessandro Grosso, ⁢Shannon⁢ Magri, Valeria Marino, Benoît Monginot, Francesca Pagani,‍ Adelaide Pagano, Nunzia ‍Palmieri, Francesca Quey, Giacomo ⁢Raccis, Valeria ⁤Sperti, and Lorenza Valsania.

The scientific committee comprises Margherita Amatulli, Alessandro Bertinetto, Elisa Bricco, franca Bruera,⁣ Alberto Cevolini, Maxime Decout, Andrea del Lungo, Laurent devances, anne Duprat, Chiara Elefante, Alesshaster ferraro, Azi, Nefano, northwest with ⁢France rabati, Municipanical Paglio, is the formolop of Bagholic, Lady ExpertSs.

selected Bibliography

The conference organizers provided a selected bibliography, including:

• Anders, G. (2006 [1981]), The nuclear threat, Paris, the ⁢snake with feathers.
• Anders, G.(2008), ⁣Hiroshima is everywhere, Paris, Seuil.
• Augé, M. (2012), Les Nouvelles‍ Feurs,‍ Paris, Payot.
• Bauman, Z. (2007), Modus Vivendi. Hell and utopia of the liquid world, Rome-Bari, Laterza.
• Bauman, Z. (2008), Liquid fear, Rome-Bari, Laterza.
• Beck,U. (1986), Risk Society, Frankfurt am⁣ Main, Suhrkamp Verlag. [La società del rischio. Verso una seconda modernità (2008). Roma, Carocci.]
• BECK,‍ U.⁣ (2000 [1994]), ⁢The risks of freedom. ⁣The individual in the era of globalization, Bologna, Il Mulino.
• BECK, U. (2008b), Living in World Risk Society, Torino, Giappichelli.
• BECK, U. (2008 [2007]), Condio Humana. The risk in the global⁤ age. Rome-Bari, Laterza.
• Benedetti, C. (2021), Literature will save us from extinction, Turin, Einaudi.
• BERTINETTO, A.; RUTA, M. (2021), The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Improvisation‍ in the Arts, London, Routledge.
• Bertinetto, a.; monginot, B. (2023),Declinations of risk ‍aesthetics,in aesthetics.Studies and research, the Mulino, 3/2023.
• Bertrand, D. (2014), Think the risk of the⁢ classical age, Clermont-Ferrand, Presses Universitaires Blaise Pascal.
• BOSTROM, N.; ĆIRKOVIĆ M. M. (2008),⁤ global Catastrophic Risk, Oxford, Oxford University Press
• BECTERA, ⁤f.; Duprat, a.; Franchi f.;; Mcintosh-Varjabedia, F. ⁣(2023), Dereslinazons and the restroom: For an archeology of‍ the literary imaginaries of the⁤ 20th and 20th centuries, in Cahiers ⁤of French literature, classics Garnier, n. 22.
• Bruera F.; Mancini L. ⁤(2024), Dossier Declinations of the⁤ Risk, in Il ⁢Castello di Elsinore, page editions, n. 89.
• BUELL, L. (2005), The Future of Environmental Criticism, Malden, Wiley–Blackwell.
• Citton, Y., Rasmi, J. (2020),‍ Collapsonauts generations: navigate in collapse time, Paris, Seuil.
• DAVIS H., TURPIN E.⁤ (2015), Art in⁤ the Anthropocene, London, ⁢Open ⁤Humanities Press.
• DE CRISTOFARO, D.(2020),The Contemporary Post-Apocalyptic Novel. ⁣Critical Temporalities and the End Times, london: Blomsbury Academic.
• Di ⁣Martino, E. (2019 [1977]), The end of the world. Contribution to the analysis of ⁤cultural apocalypses,Turin: Einaudi.
• Donnarumma, ‍R. (2014), ⁢Hypermodernity. Where⁢ the contemporary fiction, Bologna, the mill⁢ goes.
• DOUGLAS, ⁣M.; WILDAVSKY, ⁢A. (1982), Risk and Culture, Berkeley, University of california Press.
• Dupuy, J.-P. (2002), for an enlightened catastrophism, Paris, Seuil.
• Dupuy, ‍J.-P. (2005), small metaphysics of tsunamis, Paris, Seuil.
• ENGÉLIBERT, J.-P.(2019), fabulous the end of the world. ‍The critical ⁣power of the fictions of Apocalypse, Paris, Revelation, 2019.
• ENGÉLIBERT, J.-P. (2013), apocalypses without kingdom. Fiction policy of the ‍end of the world (20th -XXI centuries), Paris, Classics Garnier.
• Crossed, f.; Glaudes, P. (under the direction of, 2019), scare: at the limits⁣ of the visible, Cinisello Balsamo, Editorial Silvana.
• Fressoz, J.-B. (2012), The joyful apocalypse. A history of ⁢technological risk, Paris, Seuil.
• FREEDGOOD, E. (2000), Victorian Writing about Risk,⁢ Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
• GIDDENS, A. (1990), The Consequences of Modernity, Cambridge, Polity Press.
• Godard, O., Henry C., Lagadec P., Michel-kerjan E. (2002),Treaty of⁢ New Risks,Paris,Paris,Gallimard.
• HARAWAY, D. (2016), Staying with the Trouble, Durham, Duke University Press.
• HOYDIS, J. (2019), Risk and the English⁣ Novel, Berlin, De Gruyter.
• Kermisch,C. (2010),⁤ the concept of risk. From ⁣epistemology to ethics, Paris, Tec & Doc.
• Kermisch,C. (2010), The paradigms of ‍risk perception, Paris, Tec & ⁢Doc.
• Latour, B. (2015), Faced with Gaïa. Eight conferences on the new climate regime, Paris, La Découverte.
• Le Breton, D. (2000), Passions of‍ risk, Paris, ⁤Métailié.
• Lino,M.‍ (2015), The postmodern apocalypse between literature and cinema, Florence, the letters.
• Luhmann,N. (1991), Sociology of Risk, Berlin, de Gruyter.
• MAFTEI, MM (2023), The postthumain’s accounts, Presses Universitaires du Septentrion.
• Mercier-Faivre A.-M., ⁤Thomas⁣ C. (2008), The invention of disaster in the 18th century, Geneva, Droz.
• Moroni, MF (2012), ⁢The catastrophe in Western thought. The philosophy of the irimadable. Milan: the knowledge.
• Nancy,J.-L. (2012), The ⁣equivalence of disasters, Paris, Galilée.
• Petitclerc, M. (2012), for a history of risk, Rennes, Presses Universitaires de Rennes.
• Pievani, T. (2012), The end of the world, Bologna, Il mulino.
• Pradier, P. (2006), ‍The‍ concept of risk in economics, Paris, La Découverte.
• PUSKAR,J.R. ⁢(2012),Accident Society. Fiction, Collectivity, and the Production of Chance, Stanford University Press.
• Scaffai, N. (2017), Literature and ecology.Forms and themes of⁢ a narrative‍ relationship, Rome, Carocci.
• Schoentjes, P. (2020), Literature and ecology. The wall of bees,Paris,Corti.
• SCHWERDTNER, K. (2018), The (beautiful) may‍ write. Literary interviews, ‍Paris, Note.
• Servigne, P.,⁢ Stevens, R. (2015),how⁣ everything⁤ can⁤ coll