About the Conference
Fashioning and Breaking Bodies: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Sartorial Materiality
This interdisciplinary bilingual and hybrid conference on sartorial materiality will take place in Montreal May 3–5, 2023, in two locations: Université de Montréal (UdeM) et Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). Anne Létourneau (religious studies, UdeM), Liza Petiteau (fashion/art history and feminist studies, UQAM), and Laura Kassar (religious studies, UdeM) are heading up this project. It is supported by a SSHRC Connection Grant as well as many other partners: Faculté des Arts et des Sciences of UdeM, Réseau québécois en études féministes (RÉQEF), including its “Religions, Féminismes, et Genres” Project, Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur les religions et les spiritualities (CIRRES, UdeM), and Institut de recherches et d’études féministes (IREF, UQAM). The event will gather participants from the following universities: McGill, Concordia, UdeM, UQAM, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO), Université Laval, Carleton, Toronto Metropolitan, Temple and the CNRS, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, as well as several artists whose work has been exhibited in Montreal.
This conference aims to create a space of reflection and discussion around the interwoven themes of garments, gender, and violence.
