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.

Fall 2002

October 7 – November 7 

EXHIBITION

DE LA PHYSIONOMIE HUMAINE ET ANIMALE:
Dessins de Charles LE BRUN 
gravés pour la Chalcographie du musée Napoléon en 1806

Exhibition organized by the Département des Arts Graphiques of the Musée du Louvre and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux, with the cooperation of the Atelier de la Chalcographie and the Travaux Muséographiques

Tuesday, September 17 – 7:30 p.m. 

MICHEL ZINK
Professor, Collège de France; author of Déodat, ou la transparence; Littérature française du Moyen âge; Le Jongleur de Notre Dame

La Cène et le Graal

Thursday, September 19 – 7:30 p.m. 

CHRISTIAN BIET
Professor of Theater Studies, Université de Paris X-Nanterre; author of Droit et littérature sous l’Ancien régime; La Tragédie; visiting professor, NYU

Mises-en-scène contemporaines du théâtre classique en France

Monday, September 23 – 6:00 p.m. (Note time) 

Florence Gould Lecture

Co-sponsored with the Alliance Française USA, French Institute Alliance Française, and The Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program of the School of Law

Location: NYU Main Building, 32 Waverly Place, Hemmerdinger Hall, 1st Floor

ROBERT BADINTER
Senator; former president, Constitutional Court; former Minister of Justice; author of L’Abolition, L’Exécution: La Prison Républicaine

Victor Hugo et l’abolition de la peine de mort

Wednesday, September 25 – 7:30 p.m. 

Institute of French Studies Colloquium

MICHELLE PERROT
Historian; professor emerita, Université de Paris-VII; author of Les Femmes ou les silences de l’Histoire

Les Femmes et la création

CONFERENCE

Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

ALAIN CORBIN AND THE HISTORICAL IMAGINATION
Sponsored by the Institute of French Studies

Stéphane Gerson, NYU; Arthur Goldhammer, Harvard; Dominique Kalifa, Paris-I; 
Christophe Prochasson, EHESS; William Reddy, Duke; Emmanuelle Saada, NYU; 
Jeffrey Lionel Gossman, Princeton; Michel Beaujour, NYU; Priscilla Ferguson, Columbia; Vanessa Schwartz, USC; Michelle Perrot, Paris-VII; Françoise Gaillard, Paris-VII; 
Alain Corbin, Paris-I

For schedule and conference details, contact the Institute of French Studies,

NYU: 212-998-8740.

Tuesday, October 1 – 7:30 p.m.

GEORGES BORCHARDT
Georges Borchardt, Inc. Literary Agency

Beyond Academia: Literature and Money

Wednesday, October 2 – 7:30 p.m.

Institute of French Studies Colloquium

GWENAELE CALVES
Professor of Public Law, Université de Cergy-Pontoise; author of L’Affirmative Action dans la jurisprudence de la Cour Suprême des Etats-Unis

Beaucoup de bruit pour rien: la parité entre hommes et femmes

Thursday, October 3 – 7:30 p.m.

JEAN SALEM
Director, Centre d’Histoire des Systèmes de Pensée Moderne, Université de Paris I-Sorbonne; author of Démocrite, Epicure, Lucrèce ; Cinq variations sur la sagesse, le plaisir et la mort (Prix La Bruyère, 2000)

Variations sur la sagesse, le plaisir et la mort

Tuesday, October 8 – 7:30 p.m.

MARC CHOLODENKO
Writer, translator, screenwriter; author of Mon héros; Un rêve ou un rêve; Quelques petits portraits de ce monde; Quasi una fantasia; La Poésie la vie

Je ne suis pas écrivain

Thursday, October 10 – 7:30 p.m. 

Co-sponsored with Africana Studies

RICHARD PHILCOX
Translator of Maryse Condé’s The Last of the African Kings; Desirada; Tales from the Heart; Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth (forthcoming)

Re-translating Fanon: Retrieving a Lost Voice

Friday, October 11 and Monday, October 14

BERNARD - HENRI LEVY
Writer, philosopher, filmmaker; author of Les Damnés de la guerre; La Barbarie à visage humain; Le Siècle de Sartre

Friday, October 11 – 6:00 p.m. (Note time)

Florence Gould Event
Co-sponsored with The Directors’ Series, Tisch School of the Arts

Film Screening and Discussion 

Location: Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, Theater 200

Bosna!
(1994, 117 min.) Directed by Bernard-Henri Lévy and Alain Ferrari. In French with English subtitles.

An investigation into the political, sociological, and military events which led to the bloodbath in Sarajevo.

Monday, October 14 – 7:30 p.m. 

Florence Gould Lecture

Location: NYU Main Building, 32 Waverly Place, Room 703

Non, l’histoire n’est pas finie

Wednesday, October 16 – 7:30 p.m.

Institute of French Studies Colloquium

STEPHANE BEAUD
Sociologist, Université de Nantes; visiting professor, IFS; co-author of Retour sur la condition ouvrière; 80% au bac … et après ? 

Elections 2002: pourquoi la gauche a-t-elle perdu les classes populaires?

Thursday, October 17 – 7:30 p.m. 

DIDIER VAN CAUWELAERT
Novelist, playwright; author of Un Aller Simple (Prix Goncourt); L’Education d’une fée; author of book and lyrics, Amour (October 2002 Broadway production)

Title to be announced

Monday, October 21 – 6:00 p.m. (Note time)

YVETTE ROUDY
Former Minister for Women’s Rights; journalist; author of Mais de quoi ont-ils peur?

La Fonction des institutions politiques : la France et les Etats-Unis

Tuesday, October 22 – 7:30 p.m. 

MARIE CHAIX
Writer; author of Le Fils de Marthe; Les Lauriers du lac de Constance : Chronique d’une collaboration

Autobiographie face à l’histoire

Wednesday, October 23 – 7:30 p.m.

Institute of French Studies Colloquium

ANDRE BAEYENS
Ministre Plénipotentiaire; former Consul Général of France in New York

The Reelection of Jacques Chirac: What Does it Mean for the European Union?

Monday, October 28 – 7:30 p.m.

Location: NYU Main Building, 32 Waverly Place, Room 703 

JACQUES DERRIDA
Philosopher; Distinguished Global Professor, NYU

Abraham, l’autre

Tuesday, October 29 – 7:30 p.m.

VALERIE STEELE
Chief curator, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology; author of The Corset: A Cultural History; Paris Fashion: A Cultural History 

Femme Fatale: Fashion and Visual Culture in Fin-de-siècle Paris

Wednesday, October 30 – 7:30 p.m.

Institute of French Studies Colloquium

CHRISTIAN DELAGE (CNRS) and VINCENT GUIGUENO (ENCP)

Histoire, mémoire et figuration de l’histoire

Through November 7

EXHIBITION

DE LA PHYSIONOMIE HUMAINE ET ANIMALE: 
Dessins de Charles LE BRUN
gravés pour la Chalcographie du musée Napoléon en 1806

Exhibition organized by the Department of Graphic Arts of the Louvre Museum, the Réunion des Musées Nationaux, and EONS Association for Cultural Exchange, with the generous support of Société Générale.

November 18 – December 13
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

EXHIBITION

BREYTEN BREYTENBACH

The Memory of Meaning: Paintings and Works on Paper

Wednesday, November 6 – 7:30 p.m.

MICHEL DEGUY
Poet, philosopher, professor, Paris-VIII; author of A ce qui n’en finit pas; L’Energie du désespoir; Fragments du cadastre; Tombeau de Du Bellay

Un Ecrivain français et la francophonie

Tuesday, November 12 – 4:00 p.m. (Note time)
Co-sponsored by the Colloquium on Orality, Writing, and Culture

MERADITH McMUNN
Professor, Rhode Island College

Manuscripts of the Romance of the Rose

Tuesday, November 12 – 7:30 p.m.

JACQUES DARRAS
Poet, essayist; author of La Maye; Le Génie du Nord; La Mer hors d’elle-même; translator of Whitman and Pound

Le Poème face à l’évènement: 11 sept. 2001

LAHOUARI ADDI
Anthropologist, IEP Grenoble and Institute for Advanced Studies; author of Sociologie et anthropologie chez Pierre Bourdieu; Les Mutations de la société algérienne

Religion et politique dans les pays arabes 

Thursday, November 14 – 7:30 p.m.

YVES HERSANT
Director, Groupe de recherches sur l’Europe, EHESS; visiting professor, NYU; author of La Métaphore baroque; Europes; Italies; La Séduction mélancolique (forthcoming)

La Mélancolie du cinéma

Friday, November 15

A POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE IN FRANCE: The Elections of 2002 

Organized by the Institute of French Studies

9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Session I : Analyzing the Results and the Challenge of the National Front
Chair: Martin Schain (NYU)
Pierre Martin (IEP - Grenoble) 
Commentaire général des doubles élections françaises de 2002
Pascal Perrineau (IEP - Paris) 
Jean Marie Le Pen : la grand retour électoral 

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Session II: A New Political Landscape 
Chair: David Goldey (Oxford) 
Gérard Grunberg (IEP - Paris)
The Impact on the Party System
Marc Lazar (IEP - Paris) 
Mort ou résurrection de l’extrême gauche 

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Session III: Issues and Opinions 
Chair: Frédéric Viguier(NYU)
Roland Cayrol (CEVIPOF, CSA polling institute) 
The Guilty Actor: Opinion Polling?
Joan W. Scott (Institute for Advanced Study)
Parité: A Lost Opportunity?

3:45 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Session IV: International Contexts and Ramifications 
Chair: Herrick Chapman (NYU) 
Sophie Meunier (Princeton University) 
France’s Double-Talk on the Globalization Debate 
Ezra Suleiman (Princeton University) 
Understanding French-American Relations

Sponsored by the Institute of French Studies, NYU; the Remarque  Institute, NYU; the New York Consortium for European Studies (comprised of the European Centers of NYU, Columbia University and the New School University), and the journal French Politics, Culture & Society. This program is generously supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

Friday and Saturday, November 15 and 16

BOURDIEU AMERICAIN

Organized by FRANCE CULTURE and The Center for French Civilization and Culture, NYU

A Florence Gould Event

Location: Maison de la Radio, Studio 106
116, avenue du Président Kennedy
75016 Paris 

Moderator: Sylvain Bourmeau

Friday, November 15 
6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

La réception de Pierre Bourdieu aux USA 
Roger Chartier (EHESS)
L’influence de Pierre Bourdieu aux Etats Unis
Craig Calhoun (NYU)
The Fragmentation of Bourdieu
Discussion: Roger Chartier, Craig Calhoun, Yves Winkin (sous réserve)

Saturday, November 16 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

I. Ecole et culture
David Swartz (Boston University)
From Human Capital to Cultural Capital: The Influence of Pierre Bourdieu on American Sociology of Education
Discussion: David Swartz, Eric Fassin, Christian Baudelot (sous réserve),
Gérard Noiriel

II. La notion d’habitus
Richard Sennett (NYU) 
Habitus and habitat
Sherry Ortner (Columbia University) 
On the Importance of Imperfection in the Habitus
Discussion: Richard Sennett, Sherry Ortner, Craig Calhoun, Bernard Lahire

INFORMATION SESSION FOR NYU STUDENTS

Monday, November 18 - 6:00 p.m.
The French-American Chamber of Commerce & The Embassy of France in the United States

INTERNSHIPS AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN FRANCE

Speakers:

FABRICE JAUMONT
Education Attaché, Embassy of France in the United States

CHRIS GALLAGHER
Manager, International Career Development Programs, French-American Chamber of Commerce

If you cannot attend, but would like more information, please call the FACC at 212-765-4460 or e-mail icdp@faccnyc.org

Wednesday, November 20 – 6:30 p.m. 
Institute of French Studies Colloquium

ANNE-MARIE THIESSE
Cultural and social historian, CNRS; author of Ecrire la France; Ils apprenaient la France, l’exaltation des régions dans le discours patriotique; La Création des identités nationales

La France d’en bas: le régionalisme comme perpétuel recours de la République jacobine 

Thursday, November 21 – 7:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the Graduate Creative Writing Program

BREYTEN BREYTENBACH
Distinguished Global Professor, Creative Writing Program, NYU; director, Gorée Institute, Center for Democracy, Development, and Culture, Dakar; painter; author of Lady One: Of Love and Other Poems and Dog Heart: A Memoir

interviewed by

LAWRENCE WESCHLER
Director, New York Institute for the Humanities; author of Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder and Calamities of Exile: Three Nonfiction Novellas

The Memory of Meaning: Paintings and Works on Paper by Breyten Breytenbach will be on view at La Maison Française from November 18 - December 13.

Monday, December 2 – 7:30 p.m.

MARTINE REID
Université de Versailles-Saint-Quentin; author of Signer Sand : l’oeuvre et le nom (forthcoming); Flaubert correspondant; Stendhal en images

George Sand et le Berry: pour une critique des représentations

Thursday, December 5 – 7:30 p.m.
A Florence Gould Lecture

PHILIPPE ROGER
Directeur de Recherche, CNRS; editor, Critique; author of Roland Barthes : roman; Sade : la philosophie dans le pressoir; L’Ennemi américain : Généalogie de l’antiaméricanisme français

France – Amérique : guerre des mots, guerre des mondes, guerre des races

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