MAISON FRANÇAISE EAST GALLERY, BUELL HALL & LENFEST CENTER FOR THE ARTS, KATHARINA OTTO-BERNSTEIN SCREENING ROOM

Film Series:

Blackness in French and Francophone Film

A Film Series Presented by the Columbia Maison Française, co-sponsored by School of the Arts and curated by Nora Philippe with the participation of Maboula Soumahoro

Films are free and open to the public. Subtitles are in English. France doesn’t have an equivalent word for speaking about “blackness” and has just removed the word “race” from its Constitution. However, a new generation of black French women...   Read More

6:00 PM–8:00 PM    612 Schermerhorn Hall, 1180 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027

Lecture:

Portraiture and Enslavement at the Thresholds of Emancipation (A Caribbean Meditation)

A talk by Agnes Lugo-Ortiz

For more information, please click here. This talk will address the only two extant oil portraits of enslaved women produced during the periods of emancipation in the French- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean. By underscoring the conflictive political and ideological...   Read More

6:30 PM–10:00 PM    Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film/Lecture:

Master Class with Director Alice Diop and screening of On Call (La Permanence)

During her master class, Alice Diop will be joined in conversation by Nora Philippe

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. ALICE DIOP’S MASTER...   Read More

6:30 PM–8:45 PM    Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 W. 129th Street

Film/Panel Discussion:

Like Dolls, I’ll Rise by Nora Philippe, Le bleu blanc rouge de mes cheveux by Josza Anjembe, and Les Indes Galantes<b

Three short films and Q&A with director Nora Philippe and Patricia Williams

To RSVP, please click here.View the trailers for Like Dolls, I'll Rise and Le bleu blanc rouge de mes cheveux; and the director's interview for Les Indes Galantes. Part of the film series "Blackness in...   Read More

6:30 PM–9:00 PM    Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film/Panel Discussion:

The Country Upside Down (Le Pays à l’envers)

A film by Sylvaine Dampierre (2009, 90 min.). Screening followed by Q&A with director Sylvaine Dampierre, Kim Hall, and Nora Philippe

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, click here. This is part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. In this personal journey through...   Read More

6:30 PM–9:00 PM    Maison Francaise East Gallery, Buell Hall

Film/Panel Discussion:

Ouaga Girls

A film by Theresa Traore Dahlberg (2016, 80 min.). Screening followed by Q&A with director Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Abosede George, and Nora Phliippe

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. A group of young women tweak machines and...   Read More

7:00 PM–9:00 PM    Maison Française 2nd Floor, Buell Hall

Book Club:

Book Club

Un Roman français by Frédéric BeigbederModerated by Irene Bernstein Pechmèze   Read More

6:00 PM–7:30 PM    Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall

Lecture/Panel Discussion:

Disturbing Attachments: Genet, Modern Pederasty and Queer History

Kadji Amin, with a response by Camille Robcis

To RSVP, please click here. More details to come. Kadji Amin is Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Emory University. Camille Robcis is Professor of French and History at Columbia. Event co-sponsored by the Columbia Maison Francaise and Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality.   Read More

6:00 PM–7:30 PM    Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall

Lecture/Panel Discussion:

What (Jewish) Identity is Not…

A talk by Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur

To RSVP, please click here. The question of identity is a preoccupation in both France and the United States today, for somewhat different reasons, and debates about identity politics play out in very different ways in the two countries. Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur...   Read More

6:30 PM–9:00 PM    Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room, Lenfest Center for the Arts, 615 W. 129th Street

Film/Panel Discussion:

Rafiki

A film by Wanuri Kahiu (82 min).

To RSVP, please click here.To view the trailer, please click here. Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. Kena helps her...   Read More

   Maison Française East Gallery, Buell Hall

Performance:

Music Performance Program Fall Concerts

For full information, visit the Music Performance Program's website. Friday, December 7, 7:00 PM Chamber Ensembles Saturday, December 8, 6:00 PM Chamber Ensembles Sunday, December 9 1:00 PM Piano Recital 3:00 PM Piano Recital 5:00 PM Piano Recital 8:00 PM Chamber Ensembles     Read More

5:00 PM–8:00 PM    Maison Française 2nd Floor, Buell Hall

Lecture/Performance:

Columbia-Yale Medieval Song Lab

To RSVP, please click here. Singing and workshop discussion with Anne Stone, Associate Professor of Music at CUNY Graduate Center This song lab includes singing from original notation at 5 P.M., followed by discussion of a paper by Anne Stone that will be...   Read More

7:00 PM–9:00 PM    Maison Française 2nd Floor, Buell Hall

Book Club:

Book Club

Rimbaud le fils by Pierre Michon and Les Jours fragiles by Philippe BessonModerated by Dr. Brion B. Reichler   Read More