Center for French and Francophone Studies

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CFFS Virtual Event - Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Information Session

Friday, January 27th, 10-11AM CST

Please join the CFFS for an online discussion of research programs and funding opportunities from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH). The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities’ Public Programs team will highlight ways for French studies and other humanities scholars to engage with the LEH, including through participation in humanities-focused public programming, submitting pitches to their flagship magazine, 64 Parishes, writing scholarly articles for their online encyclopedia, and participating in Institute for Louisiana Culture and History workshops. This event is open to all members of the LSU community, as well as the wider public - please join us for this unique opportunity to learn about how you can contribute to humanities research in Louisiana.

THE LSU CENTER FOR FRENCH & FRANCOPHONE STUDIES
& THE DEPARTMENT OF FRENCH STUDIES PRESENT:

STORYTELLING
THE HAITIAN PAST
A COLLABORATIVE LECTURE BY
LAURENT DUBOIS & KAIAMA L. GLOVER

Laurent Dubois
John L. Nau Ill Bicentennial Professor of the History & Principles of Democracy and Africana Studies
University of Virginia

Kaiama L. Glover
Ann Whitney Olin Professor of French and Africana Studies
Barnard College, Columbia University

Laurent Dubois and Kaiama Glover will present their joint work on the complementary relationship between literature and history in Haiti, and how these discourses work together to broaden our understanding of colonialism, resistance, and the pursuit of Black liberation.

Thursday, October 20th, 2022
4 p.m.
STERNBERG SALON, HONORS COLLEGE
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY