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The Freak Conference @FreakConference

This graduate conference will explore the concept of the freak in relation to Literature, Cultural Studies, Film, Philosophy, Anthropology, History and so on!

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The Freak Conference@FreakConference
27 Oct 2019
We are delighted to release our conference program #freakconference @TLRHub
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Closing remarks by Prof Gail McElroy! Thank you to everyone that came along to @FreakConference in the @TLRHub and a big thank you to our wonderful speakers!!! #freakconference
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Thank you Delanie Harrington for your amazing paper ''Sure Some Tereus Hath Deflowered Thee:'' Blindness, Rape's Disempowerment, and Social Disability. Truly insightful remarks by our last speaker of today's panel! #freakconference @FreakConference @TLRHub
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Louise Kari-Mereau, one of the conference organizers, giving an extremely interesting paper on how the Freak can be a cynic and denounce sexual practices through provocation at the #freakconference at @TLRHub!
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Ready to start the 2nd day of the conference with our panel today! @FreakConference #freakconference @TLRHub
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And do not forget, we continue tomorrow with another panel on sexuality and the #freak and the second keynote speach by Dr Jean-Paul Pittion. Looking forward to seeing you there! @FreakConference #freakconference @TLRHub
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This first day was a great success, thank you all. Now it’s time to enjoy a nice wine reception. We really want to thank those who sponsored the conference @TCDFrench @french_studies @asmcf @TLRHub , the trinity centre for medieval and Renaissance study and the SLLCS at trinity!
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It’s time for our last panel - sponsored by the @asmcf we discuss the Freak in the Arts with Caroline Gallois and Barry Nevin. Here Caroline Gallois discussing “William Orpen, the black bot and its discontents” #freakconference #frenchstudies
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As part of our third and last session for today at the #freakconference Barry Nevin from @TUDublin is presenting “Accidents and Outsiders: introducing Edmond T. Gréville” @TLRHub
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Our very own @alexmcorey, also one of the conference organizers, delivering the final talk on the second panel for the first day of @FreakConference #freakconference #freak #interdisciplinarity @TLRHub @TCDFrench
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Camilla Pawliska delivering an extremely interesting talk on Freakish Agony in Wolfgang Herrndorf's 'In Pluschgewittern' #thefreakconference #freak #interdisciplinarity @TLRHub
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First speaker on the 2nd session of the #freakconference, Tom Hedley on ''What Freaks Tell us:The Freak in Theoretical Discussions of Unreliable Narration'' @FreakConference @TLRHub #freak #interdisciplinarity
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We are also enjoying our lunch break. We remind you all that the conference is continuing this afternoon with two more panels and a wine reception. Fell free to join us at any moment at the @TLRHub #freakconference
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29 Oct 2019
There are a few seats left on @ReligionTCD's Halloween lecture tomorrow featuring @demonologian from @ucddublin so be sure to register. 🎃👿👹 For more free public events see tcd.ie/news_events/events

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And last in this panel Mr. Davide Cannata from @nuigalway with a speech on “Freaks at a first glance: how we make use of nonverbal behaviors to classifying others as deviant”
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And our second panelist, from Durham University, Mr. Samuel Bailey talking of “Disability trouble in a prenormal world” here at @TLRHub #freakconference
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Our first panelist is Soukayna Alami discussing: The insane and the freak - monstrosity embedded. #freakconference
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Our dear @Angelikilim chairing the first panel: the freak in psychology and clinical studies!
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Coffee break: the best time for speakers and guests to chat about their research @TLRHub #freakconference
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A great audience for Professor Williams’s lecture on Early modern political monsters on (and off) stage today @TLRHub #freakconference
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