The schedule includes a distinguished array of lectures on French history, literature and many other topics, along with an evening performance of French music for woodwind quintet.
The January/February schedule of events at La Maison Française of New York University features a distinguished array of lectures on French history, literature and many other topics, along with an evening performance of French music for woodwind quintet.
Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public, and are held at the French cultural center at 16 Washington Mews (corner of University Place),
New York, NY. For more information, please visit www.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise, email your inquiry to maison.francaise@nyu.edu, or call 2121.998.8750.
EVENTS: January / February 2013
Thursday, January 31, 7:30 p.m.
Illustrated Lecture in English
SHELLEY RICE
Professor, Dept. of Photography and Imaging and Dept. of Art History, NYU; historian, critic, curator; author of Parisian Views; editor, Inverted Odysseys: Claude Cahun, Maya Deren, Cindy Sherman
Local Space/Global Visions: Archives, Networks, and Visual Geography around 1900
Tuesday, February 5, 7:30 p.m.
Florence Gould Event
Lecture in French
FRANÇOIS NOUDELMANN Philosopher; critic; radio producer, France Culture; professor, Université de Paris VIII; visiting professor, NYU; author of Le Toucher des Philosophes; Les Airs de famille. Une philosophie des affinités
Mensonge et philosophie: une approche psychologique du discours philosophique
Thursday, February 7, 7:30 p.m.
Lecture in English
ANKA MUHLSTEIN
Writer, biographer; author of A Passion for Freedom: The Life of Astolphe de Custine; Balzac's Omelette; Monsieur Proust's Library (Other Press, 2012)
Monsieur Proust’s Library
Friday, February 8, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
New Directions in French Studies
Round Table
Les Archives de l’intime: questionnements méthodologiques et théoriques
CLAUDIE BERNARD, NYU; author of Penser la famille au XIXe siècle; TODD SHEPARD, Johns Hopkins; author of The Invention of Decolonization: The Algerian War and the Remaking of France; ANN L. STOLER, New School for Social Research; author of Carnal Knowledge and Imperial Power: Race and the Intimate in Colonial Rule; JUDITH SURKIS,Rutgers; author of Sexing the Citizen: Masculinity and Morality in France, 1870-1920; CHRISTELLE TARAUD,Visiting professor, NYU; author of La Prostitution coloniale
Monday, February 11, 7:30 p.m.
Florence Gould Event
Conversation in French
French Literature in the Making
Special edition: Olivier Barrot, the host of the French Literature in the Making series, switches roles and is the invited author for the evening.
OLIVIER BARROT
Writer, journalist, television producer and host, Un Livre un jour (France 3 and TV5); author of L’Ami posthume: Gérard Philipe; Je ne suis pas là; Le Fils perdu (Gallimard, 2012); co-author, La Vie culturelle dans la France occupée
in conversation with
TOM BISHOP
Director, Center for French Civilization and Culture, NYU
Presented with the additional support of Sofitel, Air France, Centre Nationl du Livre, Institut Français, and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
Friday, February 15, 7:30 p.m.
Concert
TESSERA QUINTET
Maureen Keenan, flute
Nicholas Abel, oboe
Yi-Chuan Chen, clarinet
Elizabeth Fleming Martignetti, horn
Daniel Liao, bassoon
French music by Ibert, Taffanel, Milhaud
Reservations suggested: 212-998-8750 or maison.francaise@nyu.edu
Wednesday, February 20, 6:30 p.m.
Institute of French Studies Colloquium
Lecture in English
SÉVERINE MATHIEU
Sociologist, École Pratique des Hautes Études; author of L’Enfant des possibles. Assistance médicale à la procreation, éthique, religion et filiation
Assisted Reproductive Technology in Contemporary France: Discourse and Practices
Thursday, February 21, 7:30 p.m.
Lecture in English
M. CHRISTINE BOYER
Professor, Princeton University School of Architecture; author of Dreaming the Rational City; The City of Collective Memory; CyberCities; Le Corbusier: homme de lettres (1910-1947)
Le Corbusier: The Writings of an Architect
Monday, February 25, 7:30 p.m.
Lecture in French
JEAN BAUBEROT
Historian, sociologist; professor emeritus, École Pratique des Hautes Études; author of Histoire de la laïcité en France; La Laïcité expliquée à Nicolas Sarkozy et à ceux qui écrivent ses discours; La Laïcité falsifiée
La Laïcité face aux mutations de la société française
Thursday, February 28, 6:30 p.m.
Institute of French Studies Colloquium
Lecture in English
MARTIN EVANS
Professor in Contemporary European History, University of Sussex; author of Algeria: France’s Undeclared War (Oxford University Press, 2012)
The 1956 French Republican Front’s ‘Civilizing Mission’: Algeria, the Cold War, and the Third Way