Cette journée d'études a pour but de discuter l'influence qu'a eu Margaret Thatcher sur des domaines aussi divers que la musique, la littérature, le cinéma etc.

Programme

9.00 Registration

9.15 Opening: Trevor Harris (Université François-Rabelais de Tours, ICD)

Session 1

Chair: Molly O'Brien Castro (Université François-Rabelais de Tours, ICD)

• 9.45–10.45 Dominic Sandbrook, keynote speaker. Margaret Thatcher and 1980s Britain

10.45–11.10 Q & A

11.10–11.30 Coffee break

• 11.30–11.55 Mark Donnelly (St Mary’s University College, Twickenham). ‘Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead’: Margaret Thatcher and British cultural Memory
• 11.55–12.20 Matthew Leggett (Université de Dijon). Maggie's musical friends, then and now: reactions to Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism in popular music 1979-2013

12.20–12.55 Q & A

12.55-2.00 Lunch break

Session 2

Chair: Sébastien Salbayre (Université François-Rabelais de Tours, ICD)

• 2.00–2.25 Sue Vice (University of Sheffield). ‘No such thing as society?’: Films by Barry Hines and Ken Loach during the Thatcher era
• 2.25–2.50 Peter Vernon (Université François-Rabelais de Tours). Satanic Versus: Tony Harrison's Response to Thatcherism

2.50–3.10 Q & A

3.10–3.25 Coffee break

• 3.25–3.50 Delphine Cingal (Université Panthéon-Assas). Margaret Thatcher and detective fiction: when the Iron Lady gets hard boiled

3.50–4.20 Q & A