Previous Events
Le colloque Women In French 2018
Le 8-10 février, 2018
Colloque international
The Winthrop-King Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Conférencière plénière: Elizabeth McAlister (Wesleyan University) et Betsey Biggs (University of Colorado Boulder)
The 2018 Women in French Conference
February 8-10, 2018
International Conference
The Winthrop-King Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Keynote Speakers: Elizabeth McAlister (Wesleyan University) and Betsey Biggs (University of Colorado Boulder)
Stars and Strife Conference
24-25 October 2017
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
Stars and Strife: écrire l’Amérique dans la littérature française et francophone contemporaine
Keynote Speakers: Salim Bachi (writer), Antoine Bello (writer), Felicia McCarren (Tulane University), Jean-Marc Moura (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense), Abdourahman Waberi (George Washington University)
Une Autre Justice - Film Screening and Q&A with directors
Une Autre Justice
Film Screening and Q&A with directors
Askew Student Life Cinema
9 October 2017 5:00pm
Haiti Will Not Perish
Haiti Will Not Perish
A Public Lecture by Michael Deibert
March 7, 2017 5:00pm
Diffenbaugh rm. 009
Writer in Residence
Spring 2017
RODNEY SAINT-ÉLOI:
Rodney Saint-Eloi - Publisher, essayist, and award-winning poet Rodney Saint-Eloi will work on his latest collection of poetry, and be involved in a range of activities with faculty and students.
Fabienne Kanor
30 January - 01 February, 2017
Film Screening & Public Lecture:
31 JANUARY, 2017
FILM SCREENINGS OF FABIENNE KANOR'S READ-MOVIES OF CÉSAIRE'S NOTEBOOK OF A RETURN TO A NATIVE LAND.
01 FEBRUARY, 2017
ON THE CREATIVE PROCESS: A PERFORMANCE LECTURE BY FABIENNE KANO
The Performance of Pan-Africanism Conference
20-22 October, 2016
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
The Performance of Pan-Africanism: From Colonial Exhibitions to Black and African Cultural Festivals.
Keynote Speakers: Andrew Apter (UCLA), Cheryl Finley (Cornell University), Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia University)
Francofonia
10-11 October, 2016
Film Screenings & Roundtable
October 10: Screening of Alexander Sokurov’s Francofonia
Student Life Cinema 7:00 p.m.
October 11: Premiere screening of Selfie with Sokurov, a filmed interview with Alexander Sokurov (Dragan Kujundzic, 2015) followed by a roundtable discussion of Francofonia
Student Life Cinema 3:00-5:30 p.m.