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Spring Quarter 2019

April 5: Johanna Pacyga, PhD Candidate in Anthropology: “Growing an African Church: Indigenous Sisters and the Expansion of the French Mission to Senegal.” Discussant: Deirdre Lyons, PhD Candidate in History (4pm, John Hope Franklin Room, SSRB 224) April 12: Paul … Continue reading

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WINTER QUARTER 2019 January 10, 12:30pm: Stephen Sawyer, Professor of History, American University of Paris. Book Talk: Demos Assembled: Democracy and the International Origins of the Modern State, 1840-1880 (University of Chicago Press, 2018) Room: John Hope Franklin, SSRB 224 January 25, 4pm: Deirdre … Continue reading

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Fall 2018

FALL QUARTER 2018 Friday, October 5, 4 pm: Eric Jennings, Professor of History at the University of Toronto The Martinique Corridor, 1940-1941: Rescue or Expulsion? John Hope Franklin room (SS 224) Friday, October 19, 4 pm: Michele Kenfack, PhD candidate in … Continue reading

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Spring 2018

Wednesday, April 11, 12pm: Anne Cheng, Professor at the Collège de France, “Chinese Philosophy’ Between France and America.” John Hope Franklin (SS224). Friday April 27, 4pm: Céline Spector, Professor of Philosophy at the Université Paris-Sorbonne, “Éloges de l’injustice / In Praise of Injustice.” John … Continue reading

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Winter 2018

Wednesday, January 3, 5pm: A joint workshop with Transnational Modern Europe: Suzanne Kaufman, Associate Professor of History at Loyola, “Incident at Sousse: African Soldiers, Foreign Legionnaires, and the Paradox of Colonial Policing in 1930s Tunisia”   Friday, January 19, 4pm: Ellen McClure, Associate Professor … Continue reading

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Fall Quarter 2017 Schedule

Friday October 6, 4pm: Larry Norman, Frank L. Sulzberger Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago, “Déclassiser le classicisme français: La contestation transnationale du ‘Grand Siècle.” In the Tea Room (SS 201). Friday October 20, 4pm: Chiara Nifosi, PhD Candidate … Continue reading

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Spring Quarter 2017 Schedule

Wednesday, 29 March, 12:00 PM: Aliénor Cadot, Ph.D. Student in History at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, “Between Colonial Situation and Fascism: Categorization and Migration of Algerian Civilians (1939-1943).” 12:00 PM in the John Hope Franklin Room … Continue reading

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Winter Quarter 2017 Schedule

Friday, 6 January: Leora Auslander, Professor of History, University of Chicago, “Civic Materialism: Everyday Nation-Making in Paris and Berlin.” 4:00 PM in the John Hope Franklin Room (SS 224). Friday, 20 January: Elisa Jones, Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of … Continue reading

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Fall Quarter 2016 Schedule

The Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Modern France and the Francophone World meets every other Friday at 4.00pm in the John Hope Franklin Room (Social Sciences 224), unless otherwise noted. Friday, 30 September:  Oana Panaïté, Associate Professor of French, Indiana University Bloomington, … Continue reading

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Spring Quarter 2016 Schedule

The Workshop on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Modern France and the Francophone World meets every other Friday at 4.00pm in the John Hope Franklin Room (Social Sciences 224), unless otherwise noted. Friday, April 4 (4pm): Tyson Leuchter, Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of … Continue reading

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