French Theory in Translation: The Question of the Archive
An international conference
Sponsored by The Alliance Française of Chicago, the Cultural Service at the Consulate General of France in Chicago, DePaul University, the France-Chicago Center, and the University of Chicago,
3-5 November 2011
The University of Chicago will host the 3rd Day, on Saturday, November 5, 2011, dedicated to “French Theory and the Archives: Foucault, Derrida, Ricoeur”, at The Franke Institute for the Humanities, 1100 E. 57th Street, Room 118. The programme is as follows.
10:30 Introductory Remarks
Arnold Davidson (University of Chicago)
10:45-1:00 The Archives in France
Moderator & Introduction of Speakers: Françoise Meltzer (University of Chicago)
Albert Dichy (Institut Mémoires de l’Edition Contemporaine)
“IMEC and French Philosophy Archives”
Frédéric Worms (Centre international d’étude de la philosophie française contemporaine, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris & Université de Lille 3)
“Works and Archives : A Theoretical and Historical Typology of their Relationship in XXth Century Thought”
Giuseppe Bianco (University of Warwick / CIRPHLES, ENS)
“French Philosophy’s Backstage”
2:00-3:20 Michel Foucault
Moderator and Introduction of Speakers: Tuomo Tiisala (University of Chicago)
“Meeting Michel Foucault at IMEC: Between Historical Reconstruction and Philosophical Attitude” Daniele Lorenzini (Université de Paris-Est Créteil & La Sapienza University of Rome) Respondents: Bernard Harcourt (University of Chicago) & Arnold Davidson (University of Chicago)
3:20-4:40 Jacques Derrida
Moderator & Introduction of speakers: Rick Elmore (DePaul University)
Peggy Kamuf (University of Southern California), Geoffrey Bennington (Emory University) and Michael Naas (DePaul University)
“Archive Fever”
5:00-6:20 Paul Ricoeur
Moderator & Introduction of speakers: Michael Sohn (University of Chicago)
Olivier Abel (Fonds Ricoeur & Faculté Protestante de Théologie, Paris)
“The Trace as Answer and as Question”
Respondents: Ryan Coyne (University of Chicago) & David Pellauer (DePaul University)
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