Event Category: Germaine Brée Lecture

Nov 29

Créer dans les marges. Azouz Begag: du gone au ministre, en passant par l’écrivain
November 29, 2012 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm French House

2012 Germaine Brée Lecture: Azouz Begag Writer, CNRS Researcher, Equal Opportunity Minister (2005-2007) Azouz Begag, an internationally acclaimed French writer, has published more than twenty books, most of which are subject to various problems faced by the youth of North African origin, caught between two cultures as well as between tradition and modernism: poverty, racism, …
Sep 30

The “Arab Spring” and the Humanities
September 30, 2011 @ 9:30 am - 6:00 pm Pyle Center

2011 Germaine Brée Symposium: A long-awaited “Arab Spring” or “Arab Awakening” erupted with stunning swiftness in January of 2011. What are its roots? What are its futures? Pundits and politicians, political scientists and specialists of all kinds propose answers. What light do the humanities shed on these shattering events–so full of hope and …