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10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The building re-opens a half-hour
before evening programs.
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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
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