Université de Haute-Alsace

Campus Illberg, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences humaines, Salle Gandjavi

Colloque International

International Conference

"GHOSTS"

22-23 mai 2025

Organisation : Sämi Ludwig (Ille-UHA) & Régine Battiston (Ille-UHA)

Contact : samuel.ludwig@uha.fr

Tentative Program :

Thursday, 22nd May 2025 (FLSH, salle Ganjavi)

13h arrival, registration
14h Welcome and Introduction

Sa ?mi Ludwig, UHA Mulhouse

samuel.ludwig@uha.fr

William James and the Unreal
14h30 session 1 : British Ghosts (and Scottish and Female)

Chair : Tahmineh Hosseinzadehkhabir, UHA Mulhouse

Camille Rivoire, Lyon 3

camille.riv2509@gmail.com

Belief, Rationality, and the (Un)real : The Controversial Figure of the Ghost in the
Victorian Era
Marta Parrondo Gonza ?lez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
marparro@ucm.es

Gendered Ghosts : a representation of the female vindictive other in Anne
Bannerman’s poetry
Andreea Moise, University of Bucharest
andreeagmoise@gmail.com

“A Blue Like No One Else’s” : Mourning and Sapphic Ghost in Ali Smith’s Artful
16h coffee break

16h30 session2 : Ghosts in Religion and Mythology
Chair : Jennifer K. Dick, UHA Mulhouse
Myriam Ackermann-Sommer, Sorbonne, Paris
kaylasommer@gmail.com

Ghost Stories form the Talmud : Exploring and Redefining Liminality

Tahmineh Hosseinzadehkhabir, UHA Mulhouse

tahmineh.hosseinzadehkhabir@uha.fr

Div in Persian Mythology : the ghost of an enemy ?

Zainabu Jallo, University of Basel

zainabu.jallo@unibas.ch

The E ?gun Sect and Apparitions of Ilha de Itaparica, Bahia
19h conference dinner in town (Winstub Factory, 5 place de la Victoire, Mulhouse)

https://winstub-factory.fr/de/startseite/ 03 89 464784

Friday, 23rd May 2025 (FLSH, salle Ganjavi)

9h session 3 : Irish Haunts and the Sea
Chair : Noe ?lle Cuny, UHA Mulhouse
Luca Sarti, University of Naples “L’Orientale”
luca.sarti@unior.it
Otherworldly Encounters : Le Fanu’s “The Child that Went With the Fairies”
Felicity Smith, University of Granada
felicityjosmith@gmail.com
A Hauntological-Communitarian Approach to Literary Criticism : deconstructing
communities, conversing with specters and unearthing crypts

10h coffee break
10h30 session 4 : American Ghosts

Chair : Marwa Selmi, UHA Mulhouse

Nicoleta Alexoae-Zagni, Paris 8

nicoleta.alexoae-zagni@univ-paris8.fr

“I was here to name all my ghosts and learn their stories” : Personal and Collective
Hauntings in Kim Liao’s Where every ghost has a name. A Memoir of Taiwanese
Independence
Chloe ? Bour-Lang, Universite ? de Strasbourg

chloe.bourlang@unistra.fr

The EcoGothic and the Ecospectral as Representational Strategies of for the Ineffable :
a Case Study of Environmental Hauntings in Barbara Kingsolver’s Fiction
Myrto Charvalia, Paris Nanterre
mkcharval@parisnanterre.fr

The Spectral in Toni Morrison’s A Mercy
12h lunch

13h30 Session5 : Ghosts in Performance and Film
Chair : Fabrice Schultz, UHA Mulhouse
Clotilde Degroote, Universite ? Catholique de Lille
clotildedegroote8@gmail.com

Confronting Belief in Ghosts and Rational Thinking in Danny Robins’ Play 2:22 : A
Ghost Story
Magali Aigoin, Paris 8
maigoin@hotmail.fr

Le Bureau des Le ?gendes (2015-2020, French series) : A Broad Spectrum for Ghosts
Ed Smith, University of Dundee
160014413@dundee.ac.uk
But Why So Serious ? – Scary Clowns as Philosophical Defence Mechanism

15h Final Round Table
16h departure