Singing Across The Channel: Ballads of Politics and Protest in Britain and France

Singing Across The Channel: Ballads of Politics and Protest in Britain and France 

A one-day workshop exploring the musical side of political protest with live performances with an accompanying exhibition in the Templeman Special Collections

Thursday 12 January, Templeman Library Lecture Theatre. Come and sing along!

 Speakers/Singers:

Eva Guillorel (Université de Caen) L’injure en chantant: defamatory songs in French judicial archives

Una McIlvenna (University of Kent) Mazarinades: songs about the Fronde

Angela McShane (Victoria & Albert Museum, University of Sheffield) Depictions of the French in English ballads

Oskar Cox Jensen (Kings College London) Bow Wow Wow! Early modern intrusions in nineteenth-century politics

Jenni Hyde (University of Lancaster) – Melody, orality and hidden meanings in sixteenth-century ballads

Jennifer Reid (Broadside Balladress) Singing the news in nineteenth-century industrial radical Manchester

Conference attendance is free, but please register by emailing: u.mcilvenna@kent.ac.uk with ‘Ballad Conference’ in the subject heading. Lunch and a wine reception will be provided.