Addressing Racism and Anti-Blackness in French and Francophone Studies

A VIRTUAL COLLOQUIUM SERIES

SPONSORED BY THE FRENCH DEPARTMENT AT WELLESLEY COLLEGE

Marlene L. Daut, Professor of African Diaspora Studies, University of Virginia

Thursday, September 17, 2020 • 2:30–3:45 PM EST

Language: English

Alice L. Conklin, Distinguished Professor of History, Ohio State University

Race Talk: Antiracism at UNESCO in Postwar Paris 1948-1965

Thursday, September 24, 2020 • 2:30–3:45 PM EST

Language: English

Anne Lafont, Directrice d'études, EHESS

Art and Race in French Enlightenment

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 • 2:30–3:45 PM

Language: French (with translation in English)


Philippe Blanchet, Professeur de sociolinguistique, Université Rennes 2

Glottophobie: discriminations à prétexte linguistique (Glottophobia: Using linguistic diversity as a pretext to justify discrimination)

Wednesday, October 7, 2020 • 2:30–3:45 PM EST

Language: French

Dorian Bell, Associate Professor of Literature and Jewish Studies, UC Santa Cruz

The 'Real' Racists: Co-optations of Antiracism by the French and American Right

Thursday, November 5, 2020 • 2:30–3:45 PM EST

Language: English

Tyler Stovall, Dean of Fordham University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

White France? Freedom and Race in the Modern Republic

Thursday, November 12, 2020 • 2:30–3:45 PM EST

Language: English

Crystal Fleming, Professor of Sociology, Stony Brook University

On the Illegibility of French Antiblackness: Notes from an African American Critic

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 • 2:30–3:45 PM EST

Language: English

Please contact Professor Michelle C. Lee (ml104@wellesley.edu) to ask any questions as well as to request accessibility.