University Of California Humanities Research Institute Conference
University of California Irvine
November 17-18, 1989
A Conference sposored by the UC Humanities Research Institute, with the
School of Fine Arts at UC Irvine, as part of a larger festival celebrating
the centenary of Cocteau's birth sponsored by the School of Fine Arts, UC
Irvine, and the Severin Wunderman Foundation. The symposium reviewed
Cocteau's place within the modern tradition and his role as a mediating
figure between the arts of poetry, painting, film, dance, music, and
theater design. In addition to the sympsoium, the festival presented a
production of Cocteau's Orphée and Le Train Bleu,
screenings of Cocteau's films, and an exhibition of his art. The
conference was organized by Ann Bermingham, Art History, UC Irvine;
Renée Riese Hubert, French and Comparative Literature, UC Irvine;
and William Holmes, Music, UC Irvine. Participants included Erik
Aschengreen, University of Copenhagen; Dore Ashton, Cooper Union School of
Art; Naomi Green, UC Santa Barbara; Annette Shandler Levitt, Drexel
University; Neal Oxenhandler, Dartmouth College; Jean Pasler, UC San
Diego; and Marjorie Perloff, Stanford University.