Exhibition at Grinter Gallery
January 22 – February 8, 2008
Opening Reception Tuesday, January 22nd, 4 – 5pm
Grinter Hall (downstairs)
Period 5 (11:45-12:45pm)
The International Center
Large Conference Room
The Student International Brown Bag Lunch series is held during the lunch hour, so those attending are invited to bring their own lunch.
“An Educational Catalyst: Re-envisioning Miramar, La Habana”
Heather Shandloff, Graduate Thesis Student, College of Architecture
Heather is from South Florida where her interest in architecture and Cuban culture
emerged and led her to obtain her Bachelor of Design with a major in Architecture
from the UF School of Design, Construction and Planning. She is currently pursuing
a Masters of Architecture from UF, with an Interdisciplinary Concentration and
Certificates in Historic Preservation and Sustainable Design. Part Cuban-American,
Heather recently traveled to Havana, Cuba for a better understanding of the
country. For her master’s research project, Heather is studying the history and life of
Havana, Cuba, specifically the neighborhood of Miramar. She is designing an
educational cultural center that will engage the youth in Miramar to experience other
cultures around the world.
For questions about the Brown Bag Student Speaker Series, contact:
Heather A. Barrett
Program Development Assistant
University of Florida International Center
Transnational and Global Studies Center
HYPERLINK "http://www.ufic.ufl.edu"www.ufic.ufl.edu
Ph: (352) 273-1531
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CAMUS AND HISTORY/"CAMUS ET L'HISTOIRE" : JOURNEES DE TRAVAIL Friday, February 8, and Saturday, February 9, 2008 Keene Faculty Center, 103 Dauer Hall
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On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Albert Camus's Nobel Prize for Literature and in honor of the forthcoming new edition of Camus's complete works in the authoritative "Bibliothèque de la Pléaide"
collection, under the direction of UF Professor Emeritus of French, Raymond Gay-Crosier, the France-Florida Research Institute is pleased to welcome Camus scholars from France, Belgium, England, and the United States to Gainesville to discuss the legacy of Camus.
The conference will be an occasion to examine the relevance of Camus's thought today, with special emphasis on Camus's Algerian background and writings on the war, the ethics of conflict, and the menace of terrorism.
Presentations will be in French and in English, with discussion in either language. The conference is free and open to the public.
Abstracts and the conference program are available on our website:
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/FranceFlorida/
For your convenience, I have included the program, below. Merci!
Program
CAMUS ET L’HISTOIRE / CAMUS AND HISTORY
Journées de Travail
Program: February 8 and 9, 2008
Friday
* 15:00
Opening of the Colloquium, Joseph Glover, Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
* 15:15
«Discours d’acceptation du Prix Nobel,» Albert Camus, 10 Déc. 1957
* 15:30–16:30
Keynote, Colin Davis, Professor of French, Royal Holloway, University of London
«Uncanny Camus»
Presiding, Carol Murphy, Professor of French, Director, France-Florida Research Institute, University of Florida
Download Davis Abstract (PDF)
* 16:30–16:45
Coffee Break
* 16:45–18:00
Round table on «La nouvelle Pléiade Camus. Questions de méthode»
Raymond Gay-Crosier: «De la conception à la fabrication. Le travail éditorial: questions pragmatiques générales»
Agnès Spiquel: «Texte de l’auteur, libertés de l’éditeur»
Maurice Weyembergh: «Question de méthode. Les essais et articles philosophiques»
Marie-Thérèse Blondeau: «Travail sur les manuscrits»
Saturday
* 9:00–9:45
James Tarpley, Assistant Professor of French, Florida State University
«Pieds Noirs Masques Blancs: European-Algerians in the Premier Homme»
Presiding, Rori Bloom, Assistant Professor of French, University of Florida
Download Tarpley Abstract (PDF)
* 9:45–10:00
Coffee Break
* 10:00–10:45
Agnès Spiquel, President of the Société des Études Camusiennes, Université de Valenciennes, France
«Le Premier Homme: cent trente ans de l'histoire de l'Algérie»
Presiding, Brigitte Weltman-Aron, Associate Professor of French, University of Florida
Download Spiquel Abstract (PDF)
* 10:45–11:00
Coffee Break
* 11:00–11:45
David R. Ellison, Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Professor of French, University of Miami, Florida
«Camus et les lieux de l'histoire»
Presiding, William Callin, Graduate Research Professor of French, University of Florida
Download Ellison Abstract (PDF)
* 11:45–12:30
Marie-Thérèse Blondeau, Secretary, Société des Etudes Camusiennes, Lycée Montaigne, Paris, France
«La Peste, roman de la résistance?»
Presiding, Sylvie Blum-Reid, Associate Professor of French, University of Florida
Download Blondeau Abstract (PDF)
* 12:30 -14:30
Lunch at your pleasure
Visit of the special exhibit of Camus manuscripts in the Library West
* 14:30–15:15
Maurice Weyembergh, Vice-President of the Société des Etudes Camusiennes, Université Libre, Bruxelles
«L'analyse camusienne du terrorisme est-elle encore d'actualité?»
Presiding, Hélène Blondeau, Assistant Professor of French, University of Florida
Download Weyembergh Abstract (PDF)
* 15:15–16:00
David Carroll, Professor of French, University of California, Irvine «Justice Before History (or saying yes and no to politics at the same time»
Presiding, Alioune Sow, Assistant Professor of French, University of Florida
Download Carroll Abstract (PDF)
* 16:00–16:15
Coffee Break
* 16:15–17:00
Ronald Aronson, Distinguished Professor of the History of Ideas, Wayne State University, Michigan
«Camus as atheist»
Presiding, Theresa Antes, Associate Professor of French, University of Florida
Download Aronson Abstract (PDF)
* 17:00–18:00
Conclusion of the colloquium (open discussion)
Acknowledgements
The France Florida Research Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Consulate General of France in Miami represented at our conference by Mr. Ashok Adiceam, Cultural Attaché.
We also thank the following for their support:
* Dr. J. Bernard Machen, President, University of Florida
* Dr. Joseph Glover, Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
* Dr. Amie Kreppel, Director, Center for European Studies
* Dr. David Pharies, Chair, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
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Carol J. Murphy
Professor of French
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures 170 Dauer Hall, P.O. Box 117405 Gainesville, Florida 32611 Tel. (352) 392-2016, ext. 235; Fax (352) 392-5679
Director, France-Florida Research Institute
156 Dauer Hall, P.O. Box 117405
Tel. (352) 392-2016, ext. 256; Fax (352) 392-5679
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