A celebration of the work of the acclaimed writer and winner of the 2018 "New Nobel" prize in literature with interventions by critics, activists and students
Speakers:
Closing remarks by: Christiane Taubira
In the presence of Maryse Condé
Programme:
3:00-3:30PM Opening Remarks
3:30-4PM Noni Carter/Xavier Luce
4-5PM Cilas Kemedio/Lydie Moudileno/Paulo Lemos Hortas/Ronnie Scharfman
5-5:15PM break
5:15-6:15PM Myriam Cottias/Elsa Dorlin/Maboula Soumaharo
6:15-7:15PM Françoise Vergès/Brent Hayes Edwards/Gayatri Spivak
7:15-7:30PM Christiane Taubira
Organized by / Organisé par :
Madeleine Dobie, Professor of French, Columbia University
Kaiama L. Glover, Professor of French, Barnard College; fellow at the Institute for Ideas & Imagination
Loren Wolfe, Senior Program Manager, Columbia Global Centers | Paris
In partnership with the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Columbia Maison Française, Department of French and Romance Philology, Columbia University
This event is free and open to the public. Seats available on a first come, first serve basis. Your reservation does not guarantee you a spot.