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Calendar of Events

Workshops

Interdisciplinary Workshop on Modern France and the Francophone World

All sessions meet in the John Hope Franklin Room in the Social Sciences Building (SS #224) at 4pm.  A wine and cheese reception follow each discussion. To obtain electronic copies of the papers being discussed, or to get on the Modern France Workshop list-serve, please contact Isabelle Faton or Erika Vause.

April 6: Adam Takacs (Assistant Professor, Department of European Social Sciences and Historiography, University Eötvös Lorand Budapest) : “The Challenge of History. The Annales School and French Philosophy (1960-1980)”

April 20: Mary  Druyvesteyn (PhD Candidate, Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago): "Crisis of the Authorial Self: Alphonse de Lamartine and "Histoire de la Révolution de 1848"

May 4: Zakir Paul (PhD Candidate, Comparative Literature, Princeton University): “The Intelligence Analyst: Rivière at the NRF”

May 18: Clovis Gladstone (PhD Candidate, Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago): "Le déterminisme autobiographique chez Rousseau: une analyse matérialiste malgré lui"

June 1: Vincent Debaene: (Assistant Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures, Columbia University): "The Ethnographer's Two Books: Writing Anthropology in 20th-century France"
 

Western Mediterranean Culture Workshop

Please note that meetings will take place in Wieboldt 207 at noon unless otherwise indicated on the schedule.  People having any questions or concerns about the Workshop or needing any assistance in attending this event should contact the Graduate Student Coordinator James Nemiroff . We look forward to seeing you at our meetings.

April 11, 2012

Miguel Martinez, Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the University of Chicago, will present and discuss a paper entitled "Language, Nation and Empire in Early Modern Iberia"

Please note the special day of the week

April 20, 2012

Joana Konova, Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Art History, The University of Chicago, Title TBD.

April 24, 2012

Michel Magnien, Professor of French Literature at the Université de Sorbonne Nouvelle, Title TBD.  This talk is co-sponsored with the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.

Note:  Please note the special day of the week.

May 9, 2012

Lucy Freeman Sandler, Professor of Art History Emerita, New York University, will offer the keynote address for the conference "On the Edge: Medieval Margins and the Margins of Academic Life"  The conference and Prof. Sandler´s keynote address is co-sponsored by the Medieval Workshop and the Exhibition is supported by the Student Government.  

Please note the special day of the week

May 14, 2012

Gregory Baum, Ph.D Candidate in the Department of Comparative Literature, The University of Chicago will present and discuss a paper entitled "Greater Thieves than Caucus: Tracing Fidelity in Thomas Shelton."  This event is co-sponsored by the Renaissance Workshop and will take place at 5 PM in Rosenwald 405.

Please note the unusual time, day of the week and location.

May 25, 2012

Amaia Gabantxo, Lecturer in Basque at the University of Chicago, Title TBD.