Calender Archive
2007
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 – SPECIAL EVENT
VISIT BY HIS EXCELLENCY FRENCH AMBASSADOR LEVITTE IN THE PRINCETON AREA
As most of you know, His Excellency French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte will visit the Princeton area on Tuesday, September 26. His visit prepared by Princeton Honorary French Consul, Dr. Isabelle Darnis-Wilhelm will be a formidable opportunity for our vibrant community. His Excellency Jean-David Levitte will also be accompanied by the French Consul of New York, Mr. Francois Delattre. A reception with the French and francophone organizations of the area, as well as a private lunch on campus with the Ambassador and an official visit at Princeton French School are scheduled during the day. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 26 / VISIT BY HIS EXCELLENCY FRENCH AMBASSADOR LEVITTE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 – LECTURE BY ANN FREADMAN
The Center for French Studies is pleased to announce a lecture hosted by the Department of French and Italian: Ann Freadman's "A creature has passed his Way: The Question of Genre in Colette's La Maison de Claudine'. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4 / 4:30 PM EAST PYNE 010
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 – LUNCH-TALK WITH CHRISTIAN BIET
The Center for French Studies is pleased to announce a lunchtalk hosted by the Department of French and Italian: Christian Biet's "Corneille sur les scenes francaises: du canon a la metatheatralite." Christian Biet is Professor d'histoire et esthetique du theatre - Paris X, Nanterre, and Visiting Professor, New York University.WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 / 12:00 PM EAST PYNE 305
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25 & THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 8:00 PM – L’ATELIER
L’ATELIER PRESENTS “LE JEU DE L’AMOUR ET DU HASARD”
The Troupe of L'Atelier will perform Marivaux's "Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard," directed by Florent Masse, at 185 Nassau Street's Matthews Acting Studio on Wedneday, October 25 and Thursday, October 26. The production will feature advanced Atelier students who have recently performed in "un fil a la patte," (April 2006) and "Andromaque," (October 2005). Le jeu de l'amour et du hasard" is L'Atelier sixth full-lenghth production after "Andromaque," "Un fil a la patte," "Le Dindon," "Travaux d'Acteurs," and "Le Tartuffe." In French, approximate running time 1h40 mn.
Reservations strongly advised at lecentre@princeton.edu / subject line: Le jeu de l'amour
8:00 PM - WED OCT 25 & THU OCT 26 / MATTHEWS ACTING STUDIO, 185 NASSAU STREET.
NOVEMBER 1-4 – CONFERENCE : « POETRY, KNOWLEDGE AND COMMUNITY IN LATE MEDIEVAL FRANCE »
The Center for French Studies is pleased to announce the international conference hosted the Department of French and Italian, and directed by Professor Sarah Kay: "Poetry, Knowledge and Community in Late Medieval France." More details coming soon and further information to be found at : http://www.mml.cam.ac.uk/french/poeticknowledge/conf.html
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 – SPECIAL EVENT / FILM
The Center for French Studies is pleased to announce a film screening hosted and presented by Professor David Bellos. Bernard Queysanne presents A Man Asleep (Prix Jean Vigo, 1974), co-directed by Georges Perec and adapted from the novel of the same name. Prior to screening at MoMA, NYC. English sound-track written by Harry Mathews. Followed by a discussion - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 / 430 PM EAST PYNE 010
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 – L’ATELIER PRESENTS “FRAGMENTS VI” A STUDENT RECITAL OF SCENES FROM CLASSICAL FRENCH THEATER – FRE 211 PERFORMANCE
MARCH 2006
PUBLIC LECTURE : "SIMUL ET SINGULIS: ETRE ENSEMBLE, ETRE SOI-MEME" BY GUILLAUME GALLIENNE / MARCH 2, 2006
The Center for French Studies is very pleased to announce an Evening with Guillaume Gallienne, French actor from the Comedie-Francaise, on Thursday, March 2, 2006, at 8:00pm, in McCosh 10. Guillaume Gallienne, who has recently been promoted to 'societaire' in the House of Moliere, will lecture on the prestigious Comedie-Francaise in general, and its actors' motto "Simul et Singulis: Etre, Ensemble, Etre Soi-Meme" in particular. Guillaume Gallienne's visit to Princeton is sponsored by the Center for French Studies, Rockefeller College and L'Atelier. Other events around Guillaume Gallienne's visit to Princeton will soon be announced. For more information on Guillaume Gallienne : http://www.comedie-francaise.fr/biographies/page_bio.php?id_chrono=1167
THURSDAY, MARCH 2 / 8:00 PM - McCOSH 10 - In French
PUBLIC LECTURE: "LES RELATIONS TRANSATLANTIQUES ONT-ELLES UN AVENIR?" BY ALAIN JUPPE / MARCH 13, 2006
The Center for French Studies is very pleased to announce the visit to Princeton of former French Prime Minister (1995-1997), and Secretary of State (1993-1995), Alain Juppe, who will lecture on the current transatlantic relations : "Les Relations Transatlantiques ont-elles un avenir?", on Monday March 13 at 3:30pm, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
MONDAY, MARCH 13 / 3:30 PM - DODDS AUDITORIUM, ROBERTSON HALL
LUNCH-TALK : "L'EXISTENCE EST-ELLE SEXUEE? HEIDEGGER, LEVINAS, SARTRE" BY SYLVIANE AGACINSKI / MARCH 29, 2006
The Center for French Studies is pleased to announce a lunchtalk seminar by Sylviane Agacinski. Sylviane Agacinski teaches at the École des Hautes Études in Paris, and has written extensively on philosophy, architecture, and other topics. She is the wife of the former Prime Minister of France, Lionel Jospin. Her books include Aparté: Conceptions and Death of Søren Kierkegaard, translated into English in 1988. In recent years, she has played a pivotal role in the feminist parité movement that has swept France.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 / 12:00 PM - Location TBA
SPECIAL EVENT : "FRANCE, IRAQ, and the UNITED STATES: A POST-IRAQ WAR PERSPECTIVE" BY HIS EXCELLENCY FRENCH AMBASSADOR LEVITTE / MARCH 30, 2006
The Center for French Studies is pleased to announce a public lecture by His Excellency French Ambassador Levitte on "FRANCE, IRAQ, and the UNITED STATES: A POST-IRAQ WAR PERSPECTIVE". This is Ambassador Levitte's second visit to Princeton as French Ambassador. The public will take place in Bowl 1/ Robertson Hall at 4:30pm on Thursday, March 30.
THURSDAY, MARCH 30 / 4:30 P.M. - BOWL 1 ROBERTSON HALL - In English
PUBLIC LECTURE WITH DENIS GUENOUN: "QU'EST-CE QU'UNE SCENE?", MONDAY, APRIL 10, 2006
The Department of French and Italian is pleased to announce a public lecture by Visiting Professor Denis Guenoun on Monday, April 10, at 4:30pm in East Pyne 010. Denis Guenoun is a Professor of French Literature at the Sorbonne, Paris IV, a philosopher, and a man of the theater. Denis Guenoun has published extensively on theater, and has held many administrative and artistic positions in the public French Theater network. Of note, he was the artistic director of the Centre Dramatique National de Reims (1986-1990). His lecture will be in French.
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM : "L'ETRANGE M. PROUST / THE STRANGE M. PROUST"/ FRI.-SAT. APRIL 21-22, 2006
On April 21-22, 2006, the Department of French and Italian will hold an international symposium on Marcel Proust.
The conference, the first conference on Proust held at Princeton in many years, is entitled “The Strange M. Proust / L’Étrange M. Proust,” and aims at putting Proust’s major work, and its reception, in perspective. Although A la Recherche du Temps perdu has become a classic, and Proust has often been considered one of the “the greatest author” of the 20th century, in many ways Proust’s “monument” remains un-orthodox, given the sheer strangeness that pervades its conception.
Some of the most renowned scholars and readers of Proust will come and share, in a free exercise of criticism, what they personally consider to be the most surprising, the most uncanny aspect of the Recherche. It is hoped that the outcome of this conference will contribute to unmask some forgotten aspects of a work that has become all too familiar while remaining unsettling, and henceforth to open new vistas on the interpretation of Proust’s “greatness”.
Conference's Program: http://web.princeton.edu/sites/fit/Documents/Proust_symposium_ENGLISH%20PROGRAM_4%20PICTURE-1.pdf
Conference's Poster: http://web.princeton.edu/sites/fit/Documents/Proust%20Poster%20Final.pdf
FRIDAY APRIL 21, AND SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 2006 / BETTS AUDITORIUM - ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL
L'ATELIER PRESENTS FEYDEAU'S "UN FIL A LA PATTE"/ THU-SAT. APRIL 27-29, 2006
L'Atelier, The French Theater Workshop, presents a new comedy by French playwright Georges Feydeau: "Un fil a la patte" at the Matthews Acting Studio of 185 Nassau Street on April 27 through 29 at 8:00pm. This production of "Un fil a la patte" (1893) will be the third play by Feydeau performed by L'Atelier after "Le Dindon" of April 2004 and "Feu la Mere de Madame" of February 2005. Bois-d'Enghien loves his mistress, the diva Lucette, but he's got to end it because he's to sign his marriage contract that very evening with Viviane Duverger, a pretty girl with an even prettier dowry. Madame Duverger, Vivane's mother, wants Bois-d'Enghien to be her son-in-law. Or does she just want him for herself ? The nouveau riche Irrigua wants to buy Lucette as his mistress. Everybody in Lucette's entourage, even Bois-d'Enghien, is okay with the plan because Irrigua is rich. But he is also very jealous... Sex and money make this comedy: who sells who, who sells themselves! The production directed by L'Atelier's artistic director Florent Masse, will be performed by advanced L'Atelier students and will reunite the main cast of "Le Dindon": Camille Bres, Antoine Toussaint, and Laurent Pueyo. With Camille Bres GS, Antoine Toussaint GS, Michael Cutright 08, Elizabeth Abernethy 07, Laurent Pueyo GS, Grant Bermann 09, Christian Theriault 07, Diana Budur GS, Claire Hoppenot 07, Holger Staude 09, William Rounds 09, Caroline Block 06, Natasha Gopaul 05, and Hiroyuki Tanaka 06.
Free admission but reservations strongly advised at lecentre@princeton.edu / Subject line: Un fil a la patte
Running time 2h10 mn - In French
THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 28, 29, 2006 at 8:00 PM / MATTHEWS ACTING STUDIO - 185 NASSAU STREET
PUBLIC LECTURE WITH MICHEL BUTOR / APRIL 25 - 4:30pm / Robertson Hall 023
French novelist and essayist, leading figures among representatives of nouveau roman, with such names as Alain Robbe-Grillet, Claude Simon, Marguerite Duras, and Nathalie Sarraute. Butor has also published books about dreams, several collections of poetry, and works on art, culture, and many other topics. More details soon.
LECTURE WITH DANIEL ROCHE / APRIL 26 12pm, noon, East Pyne 305
The Department of French and Italian and the Department of History are pleased to announce an exciting public lecture with Daniel Roche entitled: "Histoire et histoire litteraire: freres ennemis?"
L'ATELIER PRESENTS "FRAGMENTS IV" / MAY 11
L'Atelier will present the works of the 2005-2006 beginners' Atelier during "Fragments IV: A Student Recital of Scenes from Classical French Theater" on Thursday, May 11 at 8:00 pm at th e Matthews Acting Studio of 185 Nassau Street. Excerpts from "Le Misanthrope," "Berenice," "Tartuffe," "Le Cid," "Le malade imaginaire," "La princesse Maleine," and "Tartuffe" will be performed. More details soon.
OCTOBER 2005
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 - CONCERT
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CONCERTS PRESENTS ANTOINE TAMESTIT, Viola.
As winner of the 2003 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, French violist Antoine Tamestit made his recital debuts at the Kennedy Center in Washington and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston during 2004. The Washington Post praised the former recital as "thoughtful, venturesome, and arrestingly musical."Born in Paris, Antoine Tamestit began violin studies at the age of six, falling in love with the viola's deeper voice at ten. He graduated from the Paris Conservatoire in 1999, a student of Jean Sulem. The recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship and a Lavoisier Scholarship, Mr. Tamestit earned a master's degree from Yale University. Program: Schubert: "Arpeggione and Piano" Sonata in A Minor, D. 821. / Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola and Piano Opus 147 / Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for Viola and Piano. More info at : http://web.princeton.edu/sites/puconcerts/qx05A1.html
Tickets $35, $28, $20 Students $2 at 609 258 5000
8 PM / RICHARDSON AUDITORIUM IN ALEXANDER HALL
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 & FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 8:00 pm - L'ATELIER
L'ATELIER PRESENTS ANDROMAQUE BY JEAN RACINE
The Troupe of L'Atelier will perform Jean Racine's "Andromaque," directed by Florent Masse, at 185 Nassau Street's Matthews Acting Studio on Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21. The production will feature advanced Atelier students who have recently performed in "Travaux d'Acteurs"(February 2005) and/or "Le Tartuffe"(April 2005)."Andromaque" is L'Atelier fourth full-lenghth production after "Le Dindon," "Travaux d'Acteurs," and "Le Tartuffe." It is also the program's second complete production in French verse.With Mina Morova 07, Camille Bres GS, Claire Hoppenot 07, Diana Budur GS, Antoine Toussaint GS, Hicham Alaoui 08, Laurent Pueyo GS & Michael Cutright 08.
In French, approximate running time 1h40 mn.
Reservations strongly advised at lecentre@princeton.edu / subject line: Andromaque
8:00 PM - THUR OCT 20 & FRI OCT 21 / MATTHEWS ACTING STUDIO, 185 NASSAU STREET.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 - SPECIAL EVENT
THE DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH AND ITALIAN PRESENTS "OULIPOFEST"
Princeton University Department of French and Italian presents the first and only Princeton Oulipofest. Oulipofest offers instant induction into writing with the masters through a program of readings, talks, workshops, and lectures in English and in French by four bilingual members of the "Workshop for Potential Literature" more commonly known uniterruptedly since 1960 as the Oulipo; Paul Fournel, Harry Mathews, Jacques Roubaud, Herve Le Tellier.
Friday, 12-130pm: Readings and buffet lunch; Friday 1:30-4:20: twin parallel writing workshops; Friday 4:30-6:00 Quadrivocal lecture-style performance; Saturday 11-12:30 Debate on literary formalism, buffet lunch.
Sign up for workshops by mail to dbellos@princeton.edu (specify English or French) All other events in CHANCELLOR GREEN are open to the public.
NOVEMBER 2005
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 - LECTURES
ESTHER BENBASSA & JEAN-CHRISTOPHE ATTIAS
"HOW WE CEASED BEING JEWS" & "ARABS AND JEWS: NEW NATIONALISMS IN DIASPORAS"
The Center for French Studies is pleased to announce the visit to Princeton of Esther Benbassa, and Jean-Christophe Attias, two leading French scholars on Jewish Studies. Esther Benbassa is Professor of Modern Jewish History at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne, Paris) and Jean-Christophe Attias was appointed Professor of the History of Rabbinic Culture at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne, Paris).
Jean-Christope Attias will lecture at 12:15pm on "How We Ceased Being Jews" in 035 Robertson Hall
Esther Benbassa will lecture at 4:30pm on "Arabs & Jews: New Nationalisms in Diasporas" in Bowl 2 Robertson Hall
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 - INFORMATION SESSION
INTERNSHIPS & CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN FRANCE
The French-American Chamber of Commerce and the French Embassy in the United States present "Internships and Career Development Opportunities in France," an information session on working in France for Princeton University students. Sponsored by Career Services. Presenters: Christelle Palpacuer, Patricia Tourneville, and Sacha Conkic (French Embassy) and Elliot M. Repko (FACC New York).
4:30 PM / MCCOSH HALL, ROOM 60 - Open to Princeton University students only.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 - INFORMATION SESSION
PRINCETON IN FRANCE PROGRAM
The Princeton in France program of the Department of French and Italian will hold its annual information session on Thursday, November 10th. Princeton in France director Juliet O'Brien will present the session. Eligibility prerequisite for the program: 200-level course in French taken no later than this fall semester. Open to Princeton University Students only.
More info at: http://www.princeton.edu/%7Eobrien/pif.htm
7:00 PM / EAST PYNE, ROOM 305 - Open to PU students only.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 - LUNCH-TALK
NICOLAS VERON / "FRANCE'S NEW ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM: RHETORIC OR POLICY?"
Nicolas Véron has been involved in BRUEGEL’s development since the project’s earliest days and now acts as its Chief Development Officer. A French national and graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Corps des Mines in Paris, he has a background in both policymaking and corporate management, with previous experiences as senior corporate adviser to France’s Labour minister (1997-2000) and as chief financial officer of MultiMania / Lycos France, an Internet company (2000-02). In 2002 he founded a financial-services consultancy, ECIF (Etudes et Conseil pour l’'Information Financière), and is a recognised expert on accounting standard-setting and securities regulation.
His publications include a book on the relation between accounting rules and evolutions of financial systems (L’'information financière en crise, Odile Jacob publisher), of which the English translation is forthcoming at Cornell University Press. He is fluent in French, German, Spanish and English.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 12:00 PM / NOON - EAST PYNE 305
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 / ANTI-AMERICANISM IN EUROPE - CONFERENCE
Distinguished American and European scholars and journalists will convene at Princeton on November 18 and 19 for a conference on “Anti-Americanism in
The conference will examine such issues as the relationship of anti-Americanism to American power and the way it is projected and perceived; the role of historical identifications of America with modernity and cultural change; differing perceptions of what freedom and democracy mean; the effects of economic change and globalization on perceptions of the United States and its role; links between anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism; and Islam and anti-Americanism. The Friday morning session will examine individual country cases, while the afternoon session will address cultural difference. Saturday morning will be devoted to a discussion of policy issues.
9.00 a.m. Welcome: Ezra Suleiman, IBM Professor in International Studies, Director, Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society, Professor of Politics,
9:15 a.m. General introduction: Andrei S. Markovits, Karl W. Deutsch Collegiate Professor of Comparative Politics and German Studies, Department of Political Science and Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan
10.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. / Anti-Americanism in
Moderator – Ezra Suleiman, IBM Professor in International Studies,
Countries: France (Philippe Roger, Professor of French at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales), Switzerland (Georg Kreis, Professor of Modern General History at the University of Basel and Director of the Interdisciplinary Post-Graduate Institute of European Studies of the University of Basel), Central Europe (Antoni Kaminski, Head of the Section of International Security at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences), UK (Kathleen Burk, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, University College, London; Spain (William Chislett, Journalist), Italy (V.E. Parsi, Professor of International Relations at Catholic University of Milan), Germany (Alan Posener, Chief Columnist for Welt am Sonntag)
Commentaries by: Jan-Werner Mueller, Assistant Professor of Politics, Princeton University; Sophie Meunier, Research Associate, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; Robert Keohane, Professor of Public and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School; Andrew Moravcsik, Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Moderator – Harold James, Professor of History,
Islam (Amaney Jamal, Assistant Professor of Politics,
Commentaries by: Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, Director, Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination,
November 19 - Bowl 1 - Robertson Hall
9.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. / Policy Issues
Moderator – Jan-Werner Mueller, Assistant Professor of Politics,
U.S. Policy (Jonathan Clarke, Foreign Affairs Scholar at the CATO Institute),Economics (Emma Rothschild, Director of the Centre for History and Economics, King’s College, University of Cambridge; David Kamenetzky, Head of Corporate Communication, Goldman Sachs; Mary Sarotte, Lecturer in Politics, University of Cambridge)
Commentary by: Harold James, Professor of History, Princeton University; Anatol Lieven, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation; Gideon Rachman, The Economist's former "Charlemagne" Columnist and EU Bureau Chief
DECEMBER 2005
L'ATELIER - PRESENTATION OF WORKS: "COURS PUBLIC IV" / DECEMBER 7, 2005
L'Atelier will present "L'Atelier: Cours Public IV" at 8:00pm, Wednesday December 7, in the Rockefeller College Common Room.The 26 new Beginners students of L'Atelier will perform excerpts from their scenes of study in progress. Plays include Moliere's "Le malade imaginaire," "L'ecole des femmes," "Le Misanthrope," Corneille's "Le Cid," Marivaux's "La seconde surprise de l'amour," etc.
In French, approximate running time 1h30mn. Unreserved Event.
8:00 PM / WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, ROCKEFELLER COLLEGE COMMON ROOM
L'ATELIER HORS LES MURS - NEW YORK CITY & WASHINGTON DC
L'Atelier is pleased to announce performances of Racine's "Andromaque" hors les murs. The troupe will perform its most recent production of "Andromaque" at the Lycees Francais of New York City and Washington DC. Dates are December, 2, 2005 for New York City and December, 16 for Washington DC. More details coming soon.