Half-day conference
On the night of October 17, 1961, a peaceful demonstration of pro-FLN Algerians residing in Paris was brutally suppressed by French police. As many as 200 Algerians were killed, some when they were thrown, unconscious, into the Seine. Though long subject to historical repression, the memory of this episode of urban violence has resurfaced in force over the last decade. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of this event, Columbia faculty and invited speakers will consider this process of historical reconstruction and explore the haunting presence of October 17, 1961 in contemporary literature and film.
Speakers:
· Seth Graebner, Associate Professor of French and International and Area Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
· Phil Watts, Chairman of the Department of French, Columbia, October 17th on Film
Roundtable discussion with:
· Kristin Ross, Professor of Comparative Literature, NYU
· Muhsin al-Musawi, Professor of Arabic Literature, Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies, Columbia
· Judith Surkis, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of History, Columbia and Barnard
· Madeleine Dobie, Associate Professor, Department of French, Columbia (moderator)
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