8th meeting of the Transfopress network: "Paris, a polyphonic metropolis", March 9-11

8th meeting of the Transfopress network, transnational network for the study of the press in foreign languages organized by the Centre de recherche Europes-Eurasie-CREE (Inalco), the Centre d'histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines-CHCSC (Université Paris-Saclay), the Bibliothèque nationale de France-BnF, the Identités, Cultures, Territoires-ICT laboratory (University of Paris), the Laboratoire de recherches sur les cultures anglophones-LARCA (University of Paris-CNRS) and La Contemporaine, in partnership with the BULAC.

From Wednesday March 9, 2022 to Friday March 11, 2022 - Auditorium
Inalco, PLC (65, rue des Grands Moulins) - Paris 13ème

Practical information

Schedules:
Wednesday March 9: 14:00-19:00
Thursday, March 10: 09:00-18:30
Friday, March 11: 09:30-18:30
To attend the event in person:
- Registration closed

To see:
Exhibition Ces journaux des diasporas qui ont fait la presse parisienne presented by BULAC - from February 10 to April 1, 2022 - Rez de jardin / Galerie du PLC

Paris, polyphonic metropolis: pour une histoire de la presse parisienne en langue étrangère (XIXe-XXIe siècle)

8th Meeting of the Transfopress Network

Argumentary
Paris, like other European and global megacities, has been built over time by a succession of internal migrations, to which several waves of immigration have been added. A republic of the arts and letters, a place of refuge, creation and legitimization, nicknamed the "Babel of modern times", the City of Light has been a favored destination for various types of population movement over the past two centuries. Under the July Monarchy, the Second Empire and right up to the Third Republic, students and artists of all origins lived in Paris alongside political refugees and workers from many different backgrounds, as well as visitors and wealthy residents. People moved to Paris to escape repression or political persecution, to take advantage of the city's cultural and scientific offerings, or in the hope of finding a livelihood. Since the Second World War, the Cold War, decolonization, the multiplication of civil wars and regional confrontations from the 1990s onwards, victims of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes and conflicts have rubbed shoulders with artists attracted by the cultural creativity of the French capital, while dissidents and political exiles have joined migrants in search of a better future. People from a wide variety of geographical backgrounds made up Parisian society and contributed to the making of a cosmopolitan, polyphonic metropolis.

Within this mosaic of great linguistic diversity, newspapers and periodicals aimed at a public with little or no command of the French language saw the light of day.

The aim of this symposium is to highlight how the press published in the Paris region, in languages other than French, contributes to a better understanding of its topography, its sociology and the evolution of its socio-cultural landscape. The study of newspapers and periodicals founded by or for different linguistic communities should shed light on this blind spot in the history of the Parisian press, and pave the way for a polyphonic history of the press published in Paris and its direct surroundings.

From this perspective, the aim is to identify the various places linked to the production and circulation of these newspapers, to identify the actors who initiated, nurtured and brought them to life, and to list the languages and forms of their writing and publication. This press was produced in printing works, circulated through distribution networks, introduced or reproduced editorial and graphic models, reached a readership and also stimulated a specific economic and cultural life, thanks in particular to the advertisements it hosted for companies or associations reflecting the activity of different linguistic communities.

This colloquium brings together researchers working on the history of the press, the history of immigration, the history of exile, expatriation and "tourism", and the history of Paris and its neighborhoods, in particular, on the one hand, and on the other, library professionals working to record, preserve and promote these collections.

Organization
Diana Cooper-Richet (CHCSC/Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines)
Nicolas Pitsos (BULAC, CREE/Inalco)
Isabelle Richet (LARCA UMR 8225/Université de Paris)

Contact: nicolas.pitsos@inalco.fr