La Maison Française will host a reading and performance by novelist Marie Darrieussecq (Mar. 5), a clarinet recital showcasing unheralded treasures of 20th century French music (Mar. 11), conferences exploring the relations between cinema and literature (Mar. 7-9) and French decolonization (Mar. 29), and more in March.
La Maison Française will host a reading and performance by novelist Marie Darrieussecq (Mar. 5), a clarinet recital showcasing unheralded treasures of 20th century French music (Mar. 11), conferences exploring the relations between cinema and literature (Mar. 7-9) and French decolonization (Mar. 29), and more in March.
All events are held at La Maison Française, 16 Washington Mews (between University Place and Fifth Avenue), and are free and open to the public and in English, unless otherwise noted. Seating for free events is on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call 212.998.8750 or visit nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise. Subways: R, W (8th Street); 6 (Astor Place); A, B, C, D, E, F, M (West 4th Street).
Tuesday, March 5, 7:00 p.m.
Chez mon père
Reading/Performance
Unpublished text read by the author (in French)
Exclusive presentation in the U.S.
MARIE DARRIEUSSECQ, Novelist, essayist; author of Truismes, Tom est mort, Clèves, Il faut beaucoup aimer les hommes (Prix Médicis), Notre vie dans les forêts
Thursday, March 7 - Saturday, March 9
Thinking Space in Cinema and Literature
Penser l’espace dans le cinéma et la littérature
International Colloquium
Participants will be exploring the question of the relations between cinema and literature through the prism of space on the basis of three approaches:
- The Geography of literary and cinematic creation examines the spatial context in which works are produced from a historical, social and cultural point of view;
- Geocriticism explores spatial narratives as the result of perception and the substance of an imaginary. would study the relations between space, forms and genres, both literary and cinematic;
- Geopoetics studies the relations between space, forms and genres, both literary and cinematic. The semiotic perspective of texts takes on spatial modalities: typography and the materiality of the book considered as object, spectatorship and modalities of the apparatus.
Papers will be presented in French or in English.
Co-sponsored by New York University, Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture & Université Paris III Sorbonne-Nouvelle, Département cinéma et audiovisuel, IRCAV
Full schedule at as.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise/events/2019/thinking-space-in-cinema-and-literature---international-colloqui
Monday, March 11, 7:00 p.m.
20th Century French Music: A Clarinet Recital
SAM BOUTRIS, clarinet
MARINA IWAO, piano
The clarinet chapter of 20th century French music is saturated with tonal nuance and trademark French lyricism at their finest. In addition to the well-known nonpareils composed by Debussy, Poulenc, Messiaen, and Ravel, there is a vast underground of forgotten gems by lesser known masters: Bozza, Cahuzac, and Pierné. Clarinetist Sam Boutris and pianist Marina Iwao will provide a fresh look at these unjustifiably unheralded treasures.
Commentary by MICHAEL J. GILLIGAN
Reservations: 212-998-8750 or maison.francaise@nyu.edu
Tickets: $20 General Admission; $10 Students with ID
Tuesday, March 12, 7:00 p.m.
Dance through Time: Antiquity and the Ballets Russes
Illustrated Lecture
CLARE FITZGERALD, Associate Director for Exhibitions and Gallery Director, ISAW
RACHEL HERSCHMAN, Co-curator, Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes, and curatorial assistant, ISAW
Held in conjunction with the exhibition Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes, on view at NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW), 15 East 84th Street, from March 6 to June 2.
Co-sponsored by ISAW and La Maison Française
Tuesday, March 26, 7:00 p.m.
Divine Diamonds: Gender, Embodiment, and Movement in the French Banlieue
MARGARET FLINN, Associate Professor of French, Ohio State University; author of The Social Architecture of French Cinema, 1929-1939
Sponsored by the Center for French Language and Cultures
Friday, March 29, 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
French Decolonization in Global Perspective
Location: 5 Washington Place, Room 101
Institute of French Studies Conference
This conference will explore the process of French decolonization in the twentieth century in the context of broad global developments, movements, ideas, and policies. It aims to evaluate recent trends in the fields of French history and the history of decolonization and to suggest possible avenues for future inquiry. It will focus on several intersecting themes, such as decolonization and European integration, the rise of international organizations and the role they played in shaping French decolonization, and the Algerian War in global context.
Full schedule at as.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise/events/2019/french-decolonization-in-global-perspective---conference
Editor’s Note
For over six decades, La Maison Française of New York University has served as a major forum for French-American cultural and intellectual exchange, offering contemporary perspectives on myriad French and Francophone issues. Its rich program of lectures, symposia, concerts, screenings, exhibitions, and special events provides an invaluable resource to the university community, as well as the general public. For more, please visit nyu.edu/maisonfrancaise.