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"Édouard Glissant, Radiance and Obscurity"

(Colloquium Organized by Louisiana State University and the Université des Antilles, March 20-23, 2018)

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Program

Watch Alexandre Leupin's seminar "Lire Édouard Glissant. Introduction à l’interprétation des essais "

L'Être et l'Étant, l'Un, les Universaux

Le Tout-Monde

La Relation

Louisiane/Antilles

THE FIRST PART OF THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN LSU AND UA TOOK PLACE IN NOVEMBRE 2017.

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LSU IS AWARDED A $235,000 GRANT FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNEMENT THROUGH THE CFFS

LSU OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ANNOUNCEMENT

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Archives (2017)

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2017

Cristina Álvarez:

Lecture: "Ni iranienne ni française : l'universel, selon Chahdortt Djavann"

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Pulsions d'écriture:

Participants from l'atelier du libre-écrire directed by Fabienne Kanor perform their final texts.

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Ollivier Dyens:

Lecture: "A New Future for Higher Education: Nursing and Farming an Ecosystem of Intelligent Machines"

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Announcements

La Région Normandie and the International Institute of Human Rights & Peace have launched an academic competition centered on the ideals of international peace and liberty, rooted in remembrance of the Allied landings of World War II : the Freedom Prize (le Prix Liberté).

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The Cultural Services of the French Embassy has launched the fourth edition of the France on Campus Award to celebrate and support initiatives that explore France in new and creative ways.

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BOOKS AND VIDEOS

QUAND LE MAÎTRE ET L'ESCLAVE SE RATURENT (VIDEO)

Alexandre Leupin analyzes the relationship between the master and the slave through the writings of several philosophers, such as Edouard Glissant and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, while exploring concepts such as the Relation, the Whole-World, Identity and Creation.

BONNES FEUILLES: EDOUARD GLISSANT, PHILOSOPHE. HÉRACLITE ET HEGEL DANS LE TOUT-MONDE

BOOK REVIEW: ÉDOUARD GLISSANT, PHILOSOPHE: HÉRACLITE ET HEGEL DANS LE TOUT-MONDE

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