Conferences and lectures are inspired by seminars of MA HILI. They offer the opportunity to engage with various perspectives and approaches that link history and literature. These conferences and lectures are bilingual.
Below are examples of lectures HILI organized in 2016-2017 in partnership with Columbia Global Center .
Revisiting the Legacy of the Enlightenment
I. Separation of Church and State
Mardi 28 mars, 19h
"Moses Mendelsohn and Thomas Jefferson: Two Views on Church and State"
Michael Stanislawski, Columbia University, Nathan J. Miller Professor of History, specializes in Jewish, European intellectual and Russian history.
"Entre religion et régénération. L'abbé Grégoire en Révolution"
Jean-Luc Chappey, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, "Maître de conférences" in modern history
Soirée animée par Pierre Birnbaum, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Professor emeritus in political sociology
II. Islam and Enlightenment
Mardi 25 avril 2017, 19h
"An introduction to the Muslim Enlightenment in the Russian Empire: Ismail Bey Gaspirali"
Michael Stanislawski, Columbia University, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History, specializes in Jewish, European intellectual and Russian history.
"Le prophète et l'ambassadeur : Mahomet deVoltaire, l'Islam et le droit des gens"
Rahul Markovits, École normale supérieure, "Maître de conférences" in Modern History
Evening directed by Jean-Luc Chappey, Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, "Maître de conférences" in Modern History; Vice-Président en charge des personnels, du dialogue social et de la précarité
Meeting with Todd Shepard and Abdellah Taïa
Wednesday, March 1st, 19h15
Reid Hall, 4 rue de Chevreuse, 75006
Meeting-debate with Todd Shepard, professor at John Hopkins University and writer Abdellah Taïa concerning their recently published books: Mâle décolonisation. L’« homme arabe » et la France, de l'indépendance algérienne à la révolution iranienne (Éditions Payot & Rivages, 2017) and Celui qui est digne d’être aimé (Le Seuil, 2017).
With the participation of:
Mathieu Magnaudeix, journalist at Médiapart
Christelle Taraud, Columbia University Programs in Paris
Meeting organized by Jean-Philippe Dedieu, historian, sociologist, and teacher at Columbia MA in History and Literature.
Legacies of Slavery, Black Struggle, and White Supremacy
Photo: Nicola Lo Calzo, photographer, L'Agence à Paris
Monday, January 16th, 19h
Columbia Global Centers, Paris
4, rue de Chevreuse, 75006 Paris
Mobilisations caribéennes: La fabrique politique des identités en France et aux Etats-Unis.
Audrey Célestine, "maître de conférences," Université Lille 3
Etat d'urgence: Sur la nécessité d'anaIyser la suprématie bIanche dans le contexte français
Crystal M. Fleming, Assistant Professor of Sociology & Africana Studies, SUNY at Stony Brook
Le projet Cham: Mémoires de l'esclavage colonial et pratiques d'émancipation
Nicola Lo Calzo, photographer
Panel organised by Jean-Philippe Dedieu, historian and sociologist, professor at Columbia MA in History and Literature.
Mis/Representing French Suburbia
Tuesday, December 13th, 18h
Suburbia
Arnau Bach, photographer, VII Photo Agency
Contre le mépris, en appeler au juge ?
Gwénaële Calvès, professor of Public Law, Université de Clergy-Pontoise
Comment raconter les opprimés ?
Bella Fofana, journalist, Libération
Panel organised by Jean-Philippe Dedieu, historian and sociologist, professor at Columbia MA in History and Literature
Writing Race: Black Expatriates in France
Tuesday, October 4, 19h
Reid Hall, Grande Salle
4 rue de Chevreuse 75006
Marcellus Blount, Columbia Professor of English and Comparative Literature, will moderate a panel on black expatriate writers featuring American University Professors of Comparative Literature and English, Alice Craven and William Dow.
Robert O’Meally, Professor of Comparative Literature and English at Columbia University, will begin the evening by speaking about “The Color Line” exhibit at le Musée Quai Branly and his collaboration with its curator, Daniel Soutif.