Announcements

The Paris Research Center is currently accepting applications for our Spring Break, May Intersession, Summer, and Fall Semester Study Abroad programs. For more information, please visit our study abroad page. Space is limited, apply today to ensure your spot on the program of your choice.

Guest Lectures – Honors in Paris 2007 Program - The Twentieth Century: Modern French Literature and the Quest for the Sacred

Distinguished guest lecturer: Sébastien Fath, CNRS
Protestants and Politics in France from 1905 to the Present

Thursday, February 22, 2007

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A specialist in the study of Evangelical Protestantism, Sebastien Fath is currently a full-time researcher at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He lectures at Sorbonne University (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), and is in charge of a scientific research program on contemporary mutations of religion in Western societies. He is the author of ten books and has recently published Dieu bénisse l'Amérique. La religion de la Maison Blanche (Paris: Seuil, 2004), Militants de la Bible aux Etats-Unis. Evangéliques et fondamentalistes du Sud (Paris: Autrement, 2004. This book was awarded the Chateaubriand History Prize), and Du ghetto au réseau. Le protestantisme évangélique en France 1800-2005 , ( Geneva : Labor et Fides, 2005).

Distinguished guest lecturer: Ziad Elmarsafy, University of York
"The Varieties of French Muslim Experience"

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

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Ziad Elmarsafy was born in Egypt, raised in Kuwait and schooled in the USA. He received a degree in Physics at Cornell before completing degrees in French literature at Johns Hopkins (MA) and Emory University (PhD). He has taught at the University of California, Wellesley College, New York University and is now teaching at University of York in the Department of English and Related Literatures.

Distinguished guest lecturer: Rabbi Daniel Farhi, MJLF
"Judaism in France"

Wednesday, April 23, 2007

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Rabbi Daniel FARHI was born in Paris in 1941 of Turkish-Jewish parents. Hidden by a Protestant family during World War II, he pursued his rabbincal studies from 1959 to 1966. He received his ordination in February of 1966. Following his French military service, he was appointed rabbi at the Union Libérale Israélite de France synagogue at Rue Copernic. He became the Senior rabbi there in 1970. On June 2, 1977, he created the MJLF with about fifty families and has been senior Rabbi ever since. Daniel Farhi has centered his rabbinic career around four principal orientations: the spiritual and pastoral leadership of his community; the spreading of the theory and practice of Reform Judaism;dialogue with Christians and Muslims; defending the memory of the Shoah along side Serge and Beate Klarsfeld. Rabbi Farhi was imprisoned in Germany for having demonstrated in favor of the condemnation of Nazi criminal. He has organized eight “pilgrimages” to Auschwitz. In 1990, he introduced on Yom haShoah (the first time ever in France) a 24-hour public reading of the names of Jews deported from this country. Each year this event attracts hundreds of participants.

He was named Chevalier of the Ordre National du Mérite in 1988. In 1993, he was again honored as Chevalier in the Ordre National de La Légion d'Honneur with Minister of State Simone Veil presiding.

Editorial advisor of MJLF's magazine Le Mouvement/Tenoua, Daniel Farhi is also the author of two prayer-books ( Siddour Taher Libenou and Mahzor Anenou ) and of several other works including: Parler aux enfants d'Israël ; Un Judaïsme dans le siècle ; Au dernier survivant.

Reconsidering Relationality

April 18-19, 2007

The Paris Research Center is pleased to host the two day workshop Reconsidering Relationality. The relationship between art works, institutions and their audiences has recently been a topic of considerable discussion. Reconsidering Relationality will revisit this debate, positing relationality as a space for art that temporarily suspends institutional autonomy and explores new forms of interaction with the lifeworld. From this perspective, the sphere of art functions as a vehicle for such experimentation; as a laboratory where the relations between different subjects, forms, and spaces can be tested. This is not a falsely open idea of the sphere of art, one that “aestheticizes” relations, as well as the social and creative processes implicit to them, and thus interrupts their effectiveness by fetishizing and freezing them in turn. Rather, the notion of relationality that we seek to reconsider is derived from a broad experimental tradition in modern and contemporary art that has explored meaningful methods of restoring artistic processes with forms of subjective appropriation. This is a tradition that has sought to go beyond institutional overdetermination in an attempt to revive art’s transformative potential within the broadest possible frame.

New Voices in Art History

Mini lecture series at the University of Florida Paris Research Center

March 26, 2007 - 12:30 PM
Dean Inkster

Dean Inkster has published numerous essays on contemporary art by artists such as Hans Haacke, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Philippe Parenno, Liam Gillick, Alejandra Riera, and others.  He has published a book on the photographs of Valerie Jouve (Paris: Hazan 2002), and edited an anthology titled Tadio Temporaire (Grenoble: Magasin, 2000).  He currently teaches art history and thoery at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Valence in France.

March 30, 2007 - 3:00 PM
Armelle Pradalier

Armelle Pradalier has an art history degree from the University Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris.  From 1999-2006 she worked at the Dia Art Foundation in New York, where she played an important part in the development of the exhibition spaces of Dia's new museum in Beacon dedicated to the foundation’s collection. She also worked on numerous temporary exhibitions at the Dia site in Chelsea (including shows by Rosemarie Trockel, Bridget Riley, Pierre Huyghe, and many others).  She is now affiliated with the University Rennes 2 and the Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art.

April 2, 2007 - 12:30 PM
Sébastien Pluot

Sébastien Pluot has directed a number of documentary films since 1995, and is coeditor of the well-known DVD collection "Works&Process," which focuses on contemporary artists.  He has published broadly, writing on the work of artists as diverse as Bruce Nauman, Louise Bourgeois, Robert Filliou, Maurizio Cattelan, James Turrell, Fabrice Hybert, and others.  He currently teaches art history and theory at the Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux-Art in Bourges.

Guest Lectures – Spring Break Programs
Week of March 11-17, 2007

Tuesday, March 13

2:30-5:30
Guest lecturer: Daniel Maximin (award winning poet, essayist and novelist)
Paris Research Center, Reid Hall, Salle des Conferences

Daniel Maximin, a poet, essayist and novelist, originating from Guadeloupe, has devoted his time to writing, education, and culture. He has acted as the director of cultural affairs in Guadeloupe, helped organized the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, and most recently published the novel Les Fruit du Cyclone: Une geopoetique de la Caribe in 2006. Other publications include : Tu, c’est l’enfance [Seuil 2004, winner of the Prix de l’Académie Française Maurice Genevoix in December 2004], L’Île et une nuit [Seuil, 2002], Soufrières [Seuil 1995]

7:00-8:30
A Symposium on “Jules Verne’s Paris”
Paris Research Center, Reid Hall, Salle des Conferences

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• Presenter: Daniel Compère is a professor at Paris III and at the Université de la Sorbonne nouvelle. Heis the author of numerous articles and books on Jules Verne, Alexandre Dumas, fantastic fiction and the popular novel. In 1972 he founded the Centre de Documentation Junes (Amiens).
• Presenter: Jean-Michel Margot is the President of the North American Jules Verne Society.An independent scholar, he has published numerous articles on Verne, and has edited two collections of documents related to Verne’s reception in the popular press if the late 19th Century. The foremost bibliographer of Verne’s studies, his personal collection of Verne criticism is the most extensive in the world.

Thursday, March 15  

10:00-12:00
Guest lecturers Professor Cliff Jones and Professor Lynda Kaid
Paris Research Center, Reid Hall, Salle des Conferences

• A Presentation on international law and the war on terror
  by Professor Cliff Jones
  Professor Cliff Jones is a visiting faculty member from the Levin College of Law, at the University of Florida. His research is centered around US, EC, and international and comparative competition law, EC law, media law, intellectual property law, constitutional law, and election and campaign finance law and has most recently published Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law in the EC, UK, and USA in 1999.
• A Presentation terrorism and international media
  by Professor Lynda Kaid
  Professor Lynda Kaid is a professor at the University of Florida and the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. Her research specialties include political advertising and news coverage of political events. A Fulbright Scholar, she has also done work on political television in several Western European countries

2:30-4:30
Guest lecturer Jake Lamar, Novelist
Paris Research Center, Reid Hall, Salle des Conferences

Jake Lamar, an author born and raised in New York, graduated from Harvard University and spent the beginning of his career writing for Time magazine. In 1993 moved to Paris and has most recently published the novel Ghosts of Saint Michel in 2006 [St. Martin’s Minotaur 2006]. Other publications include Rendez-vous 18ème [St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003], The Last Integrationist [Crown 1996], and Bourgeois Blues [Plume 1992].

Friday, March 16

4:00-6:00
Guest lecturer Bob Swaim, Filmmaker
Paris Research Center, Reid Hall, Classe 6

Bob Swaim, an American filmmaker educated in Paris has been active as a producer, screenwriter, and actor in film, television, and theater. He has worked all around the world and has won numerous awards at festivals worldwide, including the Berlin Film Festival and the Festival de Saint Malo. Upcoming projects include directing a play at the Theatre du Chatelet. His films include : Nos Amis Les Flics [2004], L’Atlantide [1992], La Balance [1982], La Nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Près [1977].

Photographing Paris

November 15, 2006 - January 15, 2007 at the Focus Gallery
University of Florida, Gainesville Campus
Reception: December 1, 2006 7-9 p.m.

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This exhibition is a selection of the work produced by students enrolled in the class ART 2930 C Photographing Paris as part of the Honors program at the UF Paris Research Center in the spring of 2006. The class was designed to introduce students to the basic techniques of photography using the city of Paris as a playground for experimentation. The themes for discussion were: nineteenth century and the history of the city in images of melancholy, surrealist photography and the mapping of the unconscious, voyeurism, street photography and the artist as the drifter, postwar humanism and modernist conceptions of photography, realism, symbolism, opticality and abstraction. The exhibition will travel to Reid Hall at the Paris Research Center in the Spring of 2007.

The Florence Gould Foundation Lecture Series on Landscape Architecture Fall 2006: Un-built Works/ Projets non-réalisés

The Department of Landscape Architecture and the Paris Research Center of the University of Florida invite you to attend the third annual lecture series in Landscape Architecture at the Paris Research Center.

The theme of this lecture series is "Un-built Works/Projects non réalisés". Landscape design professionals typically have many commissions that possess imaginative and cutting edge concepts, but for reasons outside their control these projects may never come to fruition. Three prominent professionals in landscape architecture actively involved in the field of landscape design in both France and the United States will present and discuss their theories and ouevre.

The Florence Gould Foundation sponsored lectures will be in English and will take place at the Paris Research Center which is located in the heart of Montparnasse at Columbia University’s Reid Hall.

Schedule of Speakers

• Wednesday November 8, 2006, 6:30 pm
  Florence Mercier, Principle and founder of the agency, F M Paysage, Paris
  “Figuring Out the Landscape; From a Géographical to an Urban Scale”
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• Wednesday November 29, 2006, 6:30 pm
  Pierre Clement, Arte Charpentier
  “Urbanism: France in China”
• Wednesday December 6, 2006, 6:30 pm
  R. Terry Schnadelbach, University of Florida
  “Intertextual Landscapes: French Roots”

’Who?’ or ‘What?’—Jacques Derrida

October 9-11, 2006,
On campus event - University of Florida, Gainesville

A conference to celebrate the legacy of Jacques Derrida This event is FREE and OPEN to the public.  For more information, including the conference program, please visit http://www.gss.ufl.edu/derrida/

Conference participants include Hélène Cixous (France-Florida Research Institute Visiting Professor, University of Florida), Chris Snodgrass (University of Florida),  Eric Prenowitz (Leeds University), David Wills (University at Albany), Maureen Turim (University of Florida), Akira Lippit (University of Southern California), Greg Ulmer (University of Florida), Nora Alter (University of Florida), Peggy Kamuf (University of Southern California), Richard Burt (University of Florida), Gaby Schwab (University of California, Irvine), John Leavey (University of Florida), Scott Nygren (University of Florida), Geoffrey Bennington (Emory University), Brigitte Weltman-Aron (University of Florida), Pamela Gilbert (University of Florida), and J. Hillis Miller (Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Florida).

Conference co-sponsors: Dean’s Office of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Department of Romance Languages and Literatures; France-Florida Research Institute; Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies; University of Florida Paris Research Center; Department of English; University of Florida International Center; Center for the Humanities and Public Sphere; Center for Jewish Studies; The Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research; Center for European Studies; Dean’s Office of the College of Fine Arts; School of Art and Art History at the University of Florida; and French Department, New York University.

Pathways for Women Workshop

September 22-23, 2006

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The Paris Research Center is pleased to host "Pathways for Women", a two-day workshop involving academics, policy makers, and practitioners interested in women's intercultural leadership questions. The purpose of the workshop is to evaluate and fine-tune a proposed survey designed to explore the different ways women in international business environments create and utilize mentoring and networking to achieve their career goals. "Pathways for Women" is sponsored jointly by the University of Florida, the University of Michigan, and Indiana University.  The workshop is organized by Terry Dworkin (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business), Angel Kwolek-Folland (University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), Virginia G. Maurer (University of Florida, Warrington College of Business Administration) and Cindy Schipani (University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business).

UF Paris Research Center Workshop

Presences Africaines: Contesting Images and Creating Identities

UF Paris Research Center Workshop

"I am (not) an Amazon": Women and the Avant-gardes

Application Deadlines

The application deadline for May Intersession and Summer Study Abroad programs, March 1st, is just around the corner. Don't miss this unique opportunity to enroll in high caliber interactive courses taught by distinguished UF scholars in Paris! Contact us at paris-research@clas.ufl.edu for more information. Apply today to reserve your spot on the program!

We are currently accepting applications for May Intersession and Summer Study abroad programs. Feel free to contact us at paris-research@clas.ufl.edu with any questions or requests for information about study abroad opportunities at the Paris Research Center. As program space is limited, all interested students are advised to begin the application process as soon as possible.

The Florence Gould Foundation Lecture Series on Landscape Architecture Fall 2005: Un-built Works/ Projets non-réalisés

The Department of Landscape Architecture and the Paris Research Center of the University of Florida invite you to attend the second annual lecture series in Landscape Architecture at the Paris Research Center.

The theme of this lecture series is "Un-built Works/Projects non réalisés". Landscape design professionals typically have many commissions that possess imaginative and cutting edge concepts, but for reasons outside their control these projects may never come to fruition. Three prominent professionals in Landscape Architecture actively involved in the design of landscapes in both France and the United States will present such works˜many for the first time˜and will discuss the valuable landscape design ideas incorporated in these un-built commissions.

Schedule of Speakers:

• Faye Harwell, Rhodeside and Harwell, Washington, DC
  Wednesday, September 28, 2005: 6:30 PM in Reid Hall's Grande Salle
• Rosemary Wakeman, Urbanist
  Wednesday, November 2, 2005: 6:30 PM in Reid Hall's Grande Salle
• Phillipe Nys, Landscape Philosopher
  Wednesday, November 23, 2005: 6:30 PM in Reid Hall's Grande Salle

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Paradise in the New World

The UF Paris Research Center is pleased to present "Paradise in the New World," a lecture by Sergio Vega, who will present his interdisciplinary art project currently on view at the 51st Venice Biennale on October 5, 2005 at 6:30 PM in Reid Hall's Grande Salle, Paris.

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Sergio Vega creates work that addresses both contemporary and historical systems of representation. The artist has taken the ever-evolving notion of earthly paradise as a reoccurring point of departure for his work. He specifically bases his research on the theory by Antonio de Leon Pinelo (1650) that locates the garden of Eden in South America. His investigation, which adopts a cross-disciplinary approach, incorporates lush imagery and distinct literary references to create physical manifestations of cultural myths to disclose the modus operandum of colonialist ideologies.

His work is currently on view at the 51st Venice Biennale. He has participated in the 5th Lyon Biennale, the 1st Prague Biennale, the 1st Yokohama Triennale, the 3rd Kwangju Biennale, Sonsbeek 9, the 3rd Site Santa Fe Biennale, and the 2nd Johannesburg Biennale. In addition his work has been featured in numerous museum exhibitions in Europe, the United States and the Americas. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, Flash Art, Artforum, Camera Austria, Tema Celeste, Atlantica, Art News, Art Nexus, The New York Times, and Time Magazine.

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Spring Term in Paris for UF Students

A new partnership between UF's Honors Program and the Paris Research Center offers the opportunity for high achieving students to enroll in challenging, interactive courses, enhanced by excursions, guest speakers, and tours. The curriculum is tailored for high-caliber students who are enthusiastic about living in France, with Paris as your classroom. In addition to intensive studies of Modern French Culture taught by distinguished UF faculty members, students will participate in activities including a week-long trip to Provence/Cote D'Azur, lectures by esteemed guest speakers, group dinners, wine tasting, concerts, as well as excursions to other areas of France. You will also be able to take advantage of an array of weekly activities designed by native Parisian students to provide an insider's view of Paris for students. Classes are held at the UF Paris Research Center, located in Columbia University's Reid Hall, an innovative center for American academic life in the heart of France.

This program is open to students from all majors; you do not have to speak French to attend. Priority will be given to students in the Honors Program, but all students with a 3.0 GPA or above are encouraged to apply.

This is a UF sponsored UFIC program so the credits you earn will satisfy major, minor and university requirements while living and studying in Paris with top UF professors. Bright Futures scholarships will cover the tuition for the courses in which you are enrolled.

For more information, please contact the UF Campus Program Coordinator Honors Advisor, Dr. Kristin Joos (kjoos@aa.ufl.edu), Dr. Gayle Zachmann, Director of the Paris Research Center (paris-research@clas.ufl.edu), or Lucy DiLeo of the UF International Center (ldileo@ufic.ufl.edu).

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The Paris Research Center welcomes membership from units cross-campus

For further information, please contact Dr Gayle Zachmann at paris-research@clas.ufl.edu

The Paris Research Center welcomes proposals for international initiatives and programs. Proposals may be submitted to Dr. Gayle Zachmann at paris-research@clas.ufl.edu.

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