Maryse Condé, a writer for our times/Maryse Condé, une écrivaine pour notre temps
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:
Noni Carter
Myriam Cottias
Elsa Dorlin
Brent Hayes Edwards
Paulo Lemos Horta
Cilas Kemedjo
Xavier Luce
Lydie Moudileno
Ronnie Scharfman
Maboula Soumaharo
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Françoise Vergès
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:
Madeleine Dobie, Professor of French, Columbia University, Kaiama L. Glover, Professor of French, Barnard College; Fellow at the Institute for Ideas & ImaginationLoren Wolfe, Senior Program Manager, Columbia Global Centers | Paris.
In partnership with the Columbia Global Centers | Paris, 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.
