Florence Gould Event
French Literature in the Making
LINDA LÊ
Linda Lê, a writer and literary historian, left her native Vietnam for France at the age of 14 after the fall of Saigon. Her first novel, Un si tendre vampire (1986), was published when she was just 23 years old. Her works include Les Evangiles du crime (1992); Calomnies (1993); Les Dits d’un Idiot (1995); Les Trois Parques (1998); Lettre morte (1999); Voix (1999); Les Aubes (2000); Autres Jeux avec le Feu (2002); and Personne (2003); In Memoriam was shortlisted for both the Prix Femina and the Prix Médicis in 2007. Her last novel, Tu écriras sur le Bonheur, was published in 2009.
in conversation with
OLIVIER BARROT
Writer, journalist, Un Livre un jour (France 3)
In French.
Presented with the additional support of Directours, Sofitel, Open Skies, CulturesFrance, and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy.
Tuesday, March 2, 7:00 p.m.
In collaboration with NYC Opera
Concert and Discussion
A Chabrier Salon
Preview of New York City Opera's production of Emmanuel Chabrier's L'Etoile. Musical selections and discussion of the 1877 opéra-bouffe, with
Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor
François Loup, bass-baritone
Alain Gauthier, associate director
Emmanuel Plasson, conductor
Tickets: $10. General Admission, Space Limited. Please reserve in advance.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.nycopera.com or by calling 212 870-5643
Thursday, March 4, 7:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the NYU Humanities Initiative
Location: Hemmerdinger Hall (Silver Center, 1st Floor, 100 Washington Square East)
A Dialogue on New French Philosophy
"You Be My Body For Me: Hegelian modes of Detachment and Substitution"
JUDITH BUTLER
Philosopher; professor, Rhetoric and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley; author of Gender Trouble; Bodies That Matter; Precarious Life; Undoing Gender; Giving an Account of Oneself; Frames of War
CATHERINE MALABOU
Philosopher; professor, Université de Paris X-Nanterre; author of L'Avenir de Hegel; La plasticité au soir de l'écriture; Ontologie de l'accident; La Grande Exclusion
Part of an ongoing series at NYU on new French philosophy. This event is sponsored by: the Department of Comparative Literature; the Department ofFrench; the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication; the Center forthe Study of Gender and Sexuality; and the Humanities Initiative.
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