“The Cultures and Politics of Leisure in the British Isles & the United States”

Abstract

This international conference was hosted by the research group “Histoire et Dynamique des Espaces Anglophones” (HDEA) and organized by Nathalie Caron, Laurent Châtel, Thibaut Clement and Andrew Diamond. After an introduction by Pascal Aquien, Vice-President of the Research Board at Universite Paris-Sorbonne, Nathalie Caron presented HDEA, insisting on the usefulness for researchers in American and British studies to work together and find common approaches, leisure being a rich and engaging c...