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Dans le cadre du centenaire de la parution de A Room of One’s Own<\/em> (1929), Anne-Laure Rigeade et Val\u00e9rie Favre pr\u00e9parent un volume collectif en langue anglaise pour lequel vous retrouverez, en anglais puis en fran\u00e7ais, l’appel \u00e0 contributions ci-dessous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To mark the upcoming centenary of Virginia Woolf\u2019s A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em>, we intend to publish a collective volume bringing together contributions that aim to measure and analyze the many facets of the essay\u2019s legacy around the world. This call for contributions is part of the research project led by Val\u00e9rie Favre and Anne-Laure Rigeade since 2023, \u201cA Room of One’s Own<\/em>: Echoes and Circulations\u201d (https:\/\/room.hypotheses.org\/<\/a>), and follows three series of seminars on the influence of Virginia Woolf’s essay in different disciplines (2023\/2024) and its reception in Europe (2024-2025) and around the globe (2025-2026). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The countless appropriations of A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> across decades and continents show how much this text represents a turning point in the discourse on women, gender, and literature. But the diversity of its legacy also highlights that Woolf\u2019s text is full of possibilities which exceed its primary topic. Indeed, the essay has resonated in literary theory and history, in activist circles and feminist struggles, lesbian and queer cultures, artistic and museum practices, as well as in popular culture and among countless common readers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past few decades, numerous works have been devoted to the global reception of Woolf\u2019s work, as evidenced by The Reception of Virginia Woolf in Europe<\/em> (edited by Nicola Luckhurst and Mary Ann Caws, 2002), Woolf Across Cultures<\/em> (edited by Natalya Reinhold, 2004), The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature <\/em>(edited by Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj\u0105k, Catherine W. Hollis, Celiese Lypka and Vara Neverow, 2021), The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Transnational Perspectives<\/em> (edited by Elisa Bolchi, Maria Rita Drumond Viana, Alice Davis Keane, Monica Latham, Sayaka Okumura and Mine \u00d6zyurt Kili\u00e7, 2025). Other publications have examined specific aspects of Woolf\u2019s legacy, such as Recycling Virginia Woolf in Contemporary Arts and Literature<\/em> (edited by Monica Latham, Caroline Marie and Anne-Laure Rigeade, 2021), Odd Affinities: Virginia Woolf\u2019s Shadow Genealogies<\/em> (Elizabeth Abel, 2024), and the special issue n\u00b099 of the Virginia Woolf Miscellany<\/em>, \u201cPortmanteau Woolf\u201d (edited by Shilo McGiff and Val\u00e9rie Favre, 2022). While the legacy of A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> in the United Kingdom and in North America has been the subject of a monograph in French, Virginia Woolf et ses petites s\u0153urs : <\/em>Un lieu \u00e0 soi et sa post\u00e9rit\u00e9<\/em> (Val\u00e9rie Favre, forthcoming in March 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a comprehensive volume focusing exclusively on the reception of A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> around the world has yet to be offered to the vast landscape that is Woolf studies. The ambition of such a study is not only transnational but also methodological and cross-disciplinary, and goes beyond the purview of literary history. In the specific case of A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em>\u2019s reception, we can attempt to answer the following questions: which specific translations of A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> have marked the history of national receptions? How was the essay received in the press? What afterlives has A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> encountered on the stage, in graphic novels, in museums, in fan fiction, or on social media? How has A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> been a tool for women\u2019s emancipation, and for which women, in various cultural and political contexts? How can we trace the reception of the essay among ordinary readers? Are \u201cmisinterpretations\u201d of the essay also productive, and if so what do they teach us about A Room of One\u2019s Own <\/em>in particular and reception in general? How do derivative products contribute to the essay\u2019s reception? What kind of objections and re-visions has the essay generated and how do they inform its reception?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contributions may focus on the following topics, among others: 
– specific translations of AROO that have marked the history of the essay\u2019s reception
– editions of AROO, book history and material culture
– analysis of a rewriting or adaptation of AROO that has received little attention
– afterlives in the arts and popular culture (iconization, commodification)
– reception and circulation of AROO in newspapers, media, or social networks
– AROO and common readers (reading circles, book clubs, bookstores)
– appropriations and re-visions of AROO by feminists, and lesbian and queer cultures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To respond to this call for papers, please send a title and an abstract of 1,000 to 1,500 words, accompanied by a provisional bibliography and a short bio-bibliographical note, by May 15, 2026, to: woolfianroom@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note that submission does not guarantee acceptance, we will inform you of your proposal\u2019s acceptance by June 15, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full chapters (7,000 words, including the work cited section) should be sent by September 15, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feel free to contact us at woolfianroom@gmail.com<\/a> if you have any questions about the volume and\/or a possible submission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Val\u00e9rie Favre (Universit\u00e9 Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne) & Anne-Laure Rigeade (Universit\u00e9 Paris Est Cr\u00e9teil)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More information on this year’s seminar and on our research programme can be found on our website: https:\/\/room.hypotheses.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pour marquer le centenaire \u00e0 venir de A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em>, nous souhaitons publier un volume collectif r\u00e9unissant des contributions visant \u00e0 mesurer et analyser les multiples facettes de l\u2019h\u00e9ritage de ce texte autour du monde. Cet appel \u00e0 contributions s\u2019inscrit dans le cadre du projet de recherche men\u00e9 depuis 2023 par Val\u00e9rie Favre et Anne-Laure Rigeade, \u00ab A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> : \u00c9chos et circulations \u00bb (https:\/\/room.hypotheses.org\/<\/a>), et dans la lign\u00e9e de trois cycles de s\u00e9minaires portant sur l\u2019influence qu\u2019a exerc\u00e9e cet essai de Virginia Woolf dans diff\u00e9rentes disciplines (2023\/2024), et sur sa r\u00e9ception en Europe (2024-2025) et  autour du globe (2025-2026). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les innombrables r\u00e9appropriations dont A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> a fait l\u2019objet \u00e0 travers les d\u00e9cennies et les continents montrent \u00e0 quel point ce texte marque un v\u00e9ritable tournant dans nombre de discours sur les femmes, le genre et la litt\u00e9rature. Mais la diversit\u00e9 de son h\u00e9ritage souligne \u00e9galement que cet essai est charg\u00e9 de possibles au-del\u00e0 m\u00eame de ce sur quoi il porte explicitement. En effet, l\u2019essai a r\u00e9sonn\u00e9 dans la th\u00e9orie et l\u2019histoire litt\u00e9raire, mais aussi dans les cercles militants et les luttes f\u00e9ministes, les cultures lesbiennes et queer<\/em>, dans les pratiques artistiques et mus\u00e9ales, ainsi que dans la culture populaire et aupr\u00e8s du commun des lecteur\u00b7rices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au cours des derni\u00e8res d\u00e9cennies, de nombreux travaux ont \u00e9t\u00e9 consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 la r\u00e9ception mondiale de l\u2019\u0153uvre woolfienne, comme en t\u00e9moignent The Reception of Virginia Woolf in Europe <\/em>(dirig\u00e9 par Nicola Luckhurst et Mary Ann Caws, 2002), Woolf Across Cultures <\/em>(dirig\u00e9 par Natalya Reinhold, 2004), The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and Contemporary Global Literature <\/em>(dirig\u00e9 par Jeanne Dubino, Paulina Paj\u0105k, Catherine W. Hollis, Celiese Lypka, Vara Neverow, 2021), The Edinburgh Companion to<\/em> Virginia Woolf and Transnational Perspectives <\/em>(dirig\u00e9 par Elisa Bolchi, Maria Rita Drumond Viana, Alice Davis Keane, Monica Latham, Sayaka Okumura, Mine \u00d6zyurt Kili\u00e7, 2025). D\u2019autres publications se sont pench\u00e9es sur certaines des modalit\u00e9s sp\u00e9cifiques de l\u2019h\u00e9ritage woolfien, comme Recycling Virginia Woolf<\/em>  (dirig\u00e9 par Monica Latham, Caroline Marie, Anne-Laure Rigeade, 2021), Odd Affinities: Virginia Woolf\u2019s Shadow Genealogies <\/em>(Elizabeth Abel, 2024) ou encore le num\u00e9ro sp\u00e9cial n\u00b099 du Virginia Woolf Miscellany<\/em>, \u00ab Portmanteau Woolf \u00bb (dirig\u00e9 par Shilo McGiff & Val\u00e9rie Favre, 2022). Tandis que la post\u00e9rit\u00e9 d\u2019A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> dans l\u2019espace atlantique anglophone a donn\u00e9 lieu \u00e0 une monographie en langue fran\u00e7aise, Virginia Woolf et ses petites s\u0153urs : <\/em>Un lieu \u00e0 soi et sa post\u00e9rit\u00e9<\/em> (Val\u00e9rie Favre, \u00e0 para\u00eetre en mars 2026). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

N\u00e9anmoins, un ouvrage synth\u00e9tique centr\u00e9 exclusivement sur la r\u00e9ception d\u2019A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> autour du monde manque encore dans le paysage des \u00e9tudes woolfiennes. L\u2019ambition d\u2019une telle \u00e9tude n\u2019est pas seulement transnationale mais aussi m\u00e9thodologique et interdisciplinaire, et d\u00e9borde largement la seule perspective de l\u2019histoire litt\u00e9raire. Dans le cas sp\u00e9cifique de la r\u00e9ception d\u2019A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em>, on pourra notamment t\u00e2cher de r\u00e9pondre aux questions suivantes : quelles traductions sp\u00e9cifiques de A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> ont marqu\u00e9 l\u2019histoire des r\u00e9ceptions nationales ? Comment l\u2019essai a-t-il \u00e9t\u00e9 re\u00e7u dans la presse ? Quelles afterlives<\/em> A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> a-t-il rencontr\u00e9es sur les planches de th\u00e9\u00e2tre, dans les romans graphiques, au mus\u00e9e, dans la fan fiction<\/em> ou sur les r\u00e9seaux sociaux ? En quoi A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> a-t-il \u00e9t\u00e9 un outil d\u2019\u00e9mancipation pour les femmes, et pour quelles femmes, dans diff\u00e9rents contextes culturels et politiques ? Comment peut-on retracer la r\u00e9ception de l\u2019essai dans les cercles de lecteur\u00b7rices ordinaires ? Les m\u00e9sinterpr\u00e9tations de l\u2019essai n\u2019ont-elles pas aussi leur productivit\u00e9, et si oui que nous apprennent-elles sur A Room of One\u2019s Own<\/em> en particulier, et sur la r\u00e9ception en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral ? Les produits d\u00e9riv\u00e9s ne t\u00e9moignent-il pas aussi d\u2019une r\u00e9ception de l\u2019\u0153uvre et si oui, de quelle mani\u00e8re ? Quelles objections et r\u00e9-visions cet essai a-t-il suscit\u00e9es et comment ont-elles influenc\u00e9 sa r\u00e9ception ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les axes dans lesquels pourront s\u2019inscrire les contributions incluent, mais ne se limitent pas, aux enjeux suivants :  
– traductions sp\u00e9cifiques de AROO ayant marqu\u00e9 l\u2019histoire de la r\u00e9ception de l\u2019essai
– \u00e9ditions de AROO, histoire du livre, culture mat\u00e9rielle
– analyse d\u2019une r\u00e9\u00e9criture ou d\u2019une adaptation de AROO peu comment\u00e9e jusqu\u2019\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent
– afterlives<\/em> dans les arts et la culture populaire (iconisation, marchandisation)
– r\u00e9ception et circulation d\u2019AROO dans les journaux, les m\u00e9dias ou les r\u00e9seaux sociaux
– AROO et le commun des lecteur\u00b7rices (cercles de lecture, books clubs, librairies)
– appropriations et r\u00e9visions d\u2019AROO par les f\u00e9minismes et les cultures lesbiennes et queer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 cet appel, merci d\u2019envoyer un titre et un r\u00e9sum\u00e9 de 1000 \u00e0 1500 mots, accompagn\u00e9s d\u2019une bibliographie critique et d\u2019une courte note bio-bibliographique, d\u2019ici 15 mai 2026, \u00e0 l\u2019adresse : woolfianroom@gmail.com<\/a>
R\u00e9ponse d\u2019ici le 15 juin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article de 7000 mots (bibliographie comprise) \u00e0 renvoyer pour le 15 septembre 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

N’h\u00e9sitez pas \u00e0 nous contacter \u00e0 l’adresse woolfianroom@gmail.com<\/a> si vous avez des questions concernant le volume et\/ou une \u00e9ventuelle soumission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Val\u00e9rie Favre (Universit\u00e9 Paris 1 Panth\u00e9on-Sorbonne) & Anne-Laure Rigeade (Universit\u00e9 Paris Est Cr\u00e9teil)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vous trouverez plus d’informations sur le s\u00e9minaire de cette ann\u00e9e et sur notre programme de recherche sur notre site web : https:\/\/room.hypotheses.org\/<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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