“Captain Cook after 250 years: Re-exploring The Voyages of James Cook” An International Conference on Captain James Cook’s voyages (1768-1779), Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2020 ————————————————————————————-
8.45: Welcome addresses
9.00-10.35: Session 1: “Visions of Paradise”
Chair: Pierre Lurbe (Sorbonne Université)
9.00: Anja Winters (University of Vienna)
“Paradise Lost – An essay on Terra Australis Incognita and Captain James Cook”
9.25: Vanessa Alayrac-Fielding (Université de Lille)
“From William Hodges’s View of Matavai Bay (1776) to Simon Gende’s Captn Cook in
Australia (2018): the aesthetic of Pacific exploration and encounter in the 18th century
and beyond”
9.50: Ben Pollitt (University College London)
“Weaponized Aesthetics – Fireworks and the Burkean Sublime in Cook’s Last Voyage”
10.15: Discussion
10.35: Coffee break
11.00-12.35: Session 2: “Explorers and Conquerors”
Chair: Jim Bennett (Hakluyt Society)
11.00: Anna Agnarsdóttir (University of Iceland)
“James Cook and Joseph Banks: From exploration to imperialism”
11.25: Pierre-François Peirano (Université de Toulon)
“James Cook and the search for the ‘Northwest Passage’: the stakes and the scope of
the third voyage”
11.50: Dane A. Morrison (Salem State University)
“Performing Cook: American Explorers’ Appropriation of James Cook’s Voyages”
12.15: Discussion
12.35: Lunch break
2.00-3.35: Session 3: “Transmissions and Translations”
Chair: Anne-Florence Quaireau (Sorbonne Université)
2.00: Odile Gannier (Université Côte d’Azur),
“Cook’s Journals as Log-Books”
2.25: Erik Stout (University of Montreal), “The voyages of Cook and Bougainville, through the
eyes of their fellow travelers”
2.50: Antoine Eche (Mount Royal University, Calgary),
“Démeunier’s Translation of A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean”
3.15: Discussion
3.35: Coffee break
4.00-5.00: 1st plenary
Chair: Emmanuelle Peraldo (Université Côte d’Azur)
4.00: Jean-Stéphane Massiani (Aix-Marseille Université),
“What Cook saw and What Hawkesworth wrote. Alterations and Authorship in the
publication of Cook’s Endeavour journal”
4.45: Question time
SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2020 ——————————————————————————-
9-10.35: Session 4: “James Cook Revisited”
Chair: Will Slauter (Université de Paris)
9.00: Sandhya Patel (Université Clermont Auvergne)
“The Afterlives of James Cook”
9.25: Ben Ferguson (Université de Versailles Saint Quentin)
“Kaleidoscopic Cook: shifting legacies explored in Barry Lopez’ Horizon”
9.50: John Mullen (Université de Rouen)
“Content Concerning Indigenous Peoples in Authorized Heritage Discourses
about Captain Cook’s Voyages”
10.15: Discussion
10.35: Coffee break
11.00-12.00: 2nd plenary
Chair: Ladan Niayesh (Université de Paris)
11.00: John McAleer (University of Southampton)
“Exhibiting exploration: James Cook, voyages of exploration, and the culture of
display”
11.45: Question time