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

Organized by / Organisé par :

Madeleine Dobie, Professor of French, Columbia UniversityKaiama 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 Institute for Ideas and Imagination, 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.