Retour sur Mai 68

A series of lectures, films, and discussions commemorating the 40th anniversary of the events of May ‘68

Date / Location

Event

Description

April 15

12 noon – 1: 20
John Hope Franklin Room
Social Sciences, #224
1126 E. 59th St.

Lunch Lecture

A light lunch will be provided, please reserve a spot by emailing fcc@uchicago.edu

MICHELLE ZANCARINI-FOURNEL
(University of Lyon)

“De 1968 aux rebellions urbaines: Quelles traces du passé colonial de la France?”

April 21

6:00 pm
Stuart Hall, #102
5835 S. Greenwood

Film Screening

GRANDS SOIRS ET PETITS MATINS
William Klein, 1978, 83 minutes

French Director, William Klein, weaves compelling original footage from various sources (barricades, assemblies, confrontations, etc.) into a compelling visual narrative that captures the spirit of Mai 68. Forty years after the first protests ignited the streets of Paris, this oft-cited and unanimously applauded documentary film still provides unique insight into this tumultuous moment. A must-see for all campus francophile modern history aficionados planning the next revolution.

May 2

4:00 pm
Wieboldt Hall, #207
1050 E. 59th St.

Public Lecture

ANNIE COHEN-SOLAL
(Professor of American Studies at the University of Caen, Visiting Arts Professor at New York University)

“Jean-Paul Sartre and May ‘68”

Click here to see Professor Cohen-Solal's biography.

May 5

4:00 pm
Cobb Hall, #307
5811 S. Ellis

Public Lecture

KRISTIN ROSS
(NYU)

"Art is What Makes Life More Interesting than Art: May '68 and Militant Cinema"

Immediately following the lecture there will be a roundtable discussion with the participation of Jennifer Wild (Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago), Tamara Chaplin, (History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Maggie Flinn (French and Cinema Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Leora Auslander (History, University of Chicago).

May 12

12:00 pm – 1:20 pm
5733 S. University
First Floor Conference Room

Lunch Lecture

Lunch will be provided, please rsvp to fcc@uchicago.edu

TAMARA CHAPLIN
(University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana)

“’Orgasm Without Limits’: May '68 and the French Sexual Revolution”