The Department of French and Italian presents an International Symposium:
SOLITUDES/MULTITUDES, 18TH – 21ST CENTURIES
October 14-15, 2022
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pyle Center, Room 213
702 Langdon Street
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Two virtual keynote lectures:
Daniel Desormeaux (Johns Hopkins University)
“The Solitude of a Nation: Post-Revolutionary Haiti.”
Friday, October 14 – 11:30 am-12:45 pm (CST)
For virtual attendance, register here
Ziad Elmarsafy (King’s College London)
“The Loneliest People in the World: Racism and Slavery in Contemporary Gulf Arabic Fiction.”
Saturday, October 15 – 9:30 am-10:45 am (CST)
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This event is possible thanks to financial support from the Anonymous Fund and from our co-sponsors: Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies, Center for Humanities, Center for Visual Culture, Center for European Studies; Department of English; Department of History; Department of Philosophy; Department of Political Science; Institute for Research in the Humanities; Middle Eastern Studies Program.