Germaine Brée LecturesNovember 30, 2012
5:00 P.M., L140 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building
Azouz Begag
Writer, CNRS Researcher, Equal Opportunity Minister (2005-2007)
'Education and Identity Among the Children of Minorities in the French Republic'
This talk will be followed by a screening of Le gone du Chaâba.
Azouz Begag, an internationally acclaimed French writer, has published more than twenty books, most of which are subject to various problems faced by the youth of North African origin, caught between two cultures as well as between tradition and modernism: poverty, racism, unemployment, self-destruction, and despair. Originally Algerian, Azouz Begag was born in the suburbs of Lyon in France in 1957. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University Lyon 2 and leads from the front three careers: novelist, sociologist and politician. Researcher at the CNRS and the House of Social and Human Sciences in Lyon since 1980, he is a specialist in socio-urban economy: his work is largely on the mobility of immigrant populations in urban areas.
Germaine Brée LecturesNovember 29, 2012
5:00 P.M., French House, 633 N. Frances Street
Azouz Begag
Writer, CNRS Researcher, Equal Opportunity Minister (2005-2007)
'Créer dans les marges. Azouz Begag: du gone au ministre, en passant par l'écrivain'
Azouz Begag, an internationally acclaimed French writer, has published more than twenty books, most of which are subject to various problems faced by the youth of North African origin, caught between two cultures as well as between tradition and modernism: poverty, racism, unemployment, self-destruction, and despair. Originally Algerian, Azouz Begag was born in the suburbs of Lyon in France in 1957. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University Lyon 2 and leads from the front three careers: novelist, sociologist and politician. Researcher at the CNRS and the House of Social and Human Sciences in Lyon since 1980, he is a specialist in socio-urban economy: his work is largely on the mobility of immigrant populations in urban areas.
Germaine Brée SymposiumSeptember 30, 2011
9:15 A.M. - 6:00 P.M., 313 Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
'The "Arab Spring" and the Humanities'
A long-awaited “Arab Spring” or “Arab Awakening” erupted with stunning swiftness in January of 2011. What are its roots? What are its futures? Pundits and politicians, political scientists and specialists of all kinds propose answers. What light do the humanities shed on these shattering events--so full of hope and potential, so uncertain as to their outcomes, so varied from place to place, already so tragic in some contexts? How does an understanding of the arts, literature, film, philosophy, culture, and history in regional and global perspectives contribute to understanding the prospects and challenges of the “Arab Spring”? The Germaine Brée Symposium brings three distinguished speakers to campus together with UW-Madison faculty and students for a day-long exploration of these issues. The event is open to the public.
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