La Maison Française is open Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The building re-opens a half-hour before evening programs. All events are open to the public and free of charge unless otherwise indicated.

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April/May 2008

Wednesday, April 2 – 6:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Institute of French Studies

SYLVAIN  CYPEL
Senior Correspondant, Le Monde; author of Walled:  Israeli Society at an Impasse

France, Israel, and the U.S.: Shifting Debates


Thursday, April 3 – 7:00 p.m.

YAËL  DAGAN
Fellow, Remarque Institute, NYU; author of La Nouvelle Revue française de la guerre à la paix, 1914-1925 (forthcoming)

La Nouvelle Revue française et l’oubli de la Première Guerre mondiale


Tuesday, April 8 – 6:30 p.m. (Note time)
A Florence Gould Event

Location: 19 West 4th Street, Room 101, New York, NY 10012 (map it...)

JACK  LANG
Member of the French National Assembly; Former French Minister of Culture and Minister of Education

A Dialogue on Culture, Politics, France today...
(in French)

with Tom Bishop, NYU


Through April 8, M – F, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

EXHIBITION

Duende:  Visages et Voix du Flamenco

Photographs by  
ARIANE DELACAMPAGNE

Duende: Visages et Voix du Flamenco

From the volume published by L’Archange Minotaure, 2007. Text by Christian Delacampagne.



April 10 – 12

CONFERENCE

Catastrophe and Caesura: 
Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe Today

Organized by Denis Hollier and Avital Ronell

Thursday, April 10 - 6:30 p.m.
Location:  Cardozo Law School, 55 Fifth Avenue

Introduction:                 Peter Goodrich
Keynote Lecture:          Jean-Luc Nancy
Après la tragédie - After Tragedy (in French; English translation available)

Friday, April 11
Location:  La Maison Française, NYU

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (In French)
Discussion:
Marie-Hélène Huet, moderator (Princeton)
Richard Sieburth (NYU)
François Rigolot (Princeton)
Claire Nancy (Paris)
Michel Deutsch (Strasbourg)
Michel Deguy (Paris)

2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Micaela Kramer, moderator (NYU)
Anthony Vidler (Cooper Union)
Sam Weber (Northwestern)
Jeff Fort (UC Davis)
Jean-Christophe Bailly (Paris)

Saturday, April 12
Location:          La Maison Française


10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Anthony Abiragi, moderator (NYU)
Susan Bernstein (Brown)
Kevin McLaughlin (Brown)
Shireen Patell (NYU)
John Hamilton (NYU)
Eduardo Cadava (Princeton)

12:30 p.m.
Concluding Remarks
Peter Banki, moderator (NYU)
Ann Smock (UC Berkeley)
Christopher Fynsk (Aberdeen)

Sponsored by NYU (Departments of French, German., and Comparative Literature; Center for French Civilization and Culture; Dean of Humanities; The Humanities Initiative); Princeton University (Department of French and Italian; Office of the President); Cardozo Law School; TVTS; Cultural Services of the French Embassy.



Tuesday, April 15 – 7:00 p.m.

SPECIAL EVENT

COLLEGE DES BERNARDINS:
A New Center in Paris for Cultural Dialogue on 21st Century Issues

Presentation by
FATHER PATRICK DUBOIS

President, Yahad-in-Unum; director, French Bishops’ Conference for Jews; adviser to the Vatican’s Commission for religious relations with Jews; director of research, Collège des Bernardins

Built in the 13th century, by the Cistercian monks, the Collège des Bernardins was for many centuries a center of Western thought. It is currently undergoing a spectacular renovation to recover its original beauty. At the initiative of the Catholic Church, it will become a special place for dialogue, debate and research on critical issues in today’s society.


Wednesday, April 16 - 6:30 p.m.
Institute of French Studies Colloquium

SIHEM HABCHI
President, Ni Putes, Ni Soumises

Le Mouvement Ni Putes, Ni Soumises aujourd'hui


Thursday, April 17 – 7:00 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature


TIMOTHY J. REISS
Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, NYU; author of Against Autonomy: Global Dialectics of Cultural Exchange; Mirages of the Selfe: Patterns of Personhood in Ancient and Early Modern Europe

“From the birds I learned ...”:
Jean de Léry on Violence, Religion, and the Colonial


Monday, April 21– 7:00 p.m.


LINDA NOCHLIN
Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Modern Art, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU; author of Realism and Tradition in Art, 1848-1900; The Politics of Vision; Representing Women; Bathers, Bodies, Beauty; Courbet

Courbet’s Realism


Thursday, April 24 – 7:00 p.m.


FREDERIC  VIGUIER
Sociologist; assistant director, Institute of French Studies, NYU

De la Cause du peuple à la cause des pauvres


Monday, April 28 – 7:00 p.m.
A Florence Gould Lecture

GUY  SORMAN
Journalist, economist, philosopher; author of Le progrès et ses ennemis; Made in USA; L’Année du coq; The Empire of Lies

The Truth About China in the 21st Century


Wednesday, April 30, 1:00  p.m.
PEN World Voices:
The NY Festival of International Literature
Co-sponsored by La Maison Française, The Banff Centre, and the Délégation Générale du Québec

A Servant of Two Masters:
Bringing Theater to New Audiences in Translation

MICHEL TREMBLAY
Playwright, novelist, screenwriter; author of Les Belles-soeurs; A Toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou; Hosanna; Bonjour, là, bonjour; Albertine, en cinq temps; Encore une fois, si vous le permettez   

in conversation with

LINDA GABORIAU
Translator

MICHAEL MOORE
Chair, PEN America Translation Committee

See www.pen.org for full schedule of PEN World Voices events.


Friday, May 2 – 8:00 p.m.

CONCERT

THE DAN TEPFER TRIO

Improvisational Contemporary Jazz

Dan Tepfer, piano; Jorge Roeder, double bass; Richie Barshay, drums

Tickets: $10. Reservations: 212-998-8750

New York-based pianist Dan Tepfer is the Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association and won first prize as well as the audience prize in the 2006 Montreux Jazz Festival Solo Piano Competition. Originally from Paris, he has been touring and performing internationally with Peruvian bassist Jorge Roeder and American drummer Richie Barshay for more than four years. The concert will feature original compositions and new arrangements of jazz standards that emphasize improvisational freedom.


Monday, May 5 – 7:00 p.m.
A Florence Gould Event

French Literature in the Making
Simultaneous translation available. More info...

MICHEL SCHNEIDER                                             
Writer; magistrate, Cour des Comptes; psychoanalyst; former director of music, French Ministry of Culture; author of Marilyn, dernières séances (Prix Interallié); La Tombée du jour; Maman; Morts imaginaires (Prix de l’Essai Médicis)

in conversation with

OLIVIER BARROT
Journalist, Un livre un jour (France 3); publisher, Senso

Presented with the support of Directours, l’Avion, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, and CulturesFrance.


Center for French Civilization and Culture, NYU

Corporate Members:
Air France, Arcelor, BNP Paribas, CALYON, Dassault Falcon, Lagardère, NATIXIS, Société Générale, Vivendi

Sponsors:
The Florence Gould Foundation, The American Society of the French Legion of Honor, The Grand Marnier Foundation, The Evelyn Sharp Foundation, The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, CulturesFrance

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