FOUR FRENCH and FRANCOPHONE THINKERSOctober 24 - November17

Friday, October 24 | 2:00 PM, 133 Barker CenterL’amour de la patrie, une notion controverséeMarc CREPON; Chair of Philosophy, École normale supérieure de Paris

Tuesday, October 28 | 6:00 PM, 133 Barker Center“Performance” and “Performative”Barbara CASSIN; Former Director of the Collège International de Philosophie

Monday, November 10 | 6:00 PM, 133 Barker CenterPourquoi s’en faire: Being a French Writer Philippe VASSET; Novelist and Editor-in-chief, Africa Intelligence Online

Monday, November 17 | 6:30 PM, 133 Barker CenterStrange Fruit: Bananas, Slavery, Military Coups, Sex and RaceFrançoise VERGES; Goldsmiths College, University of London; President of the

Comité pour la Mémoire et l’Histoire de l’esclavage

With the support of the Bacon Fund, the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the French Cultural Services and the Mahindra Humanities Center