Spaces of the Soul: Felwine Sarr on Literature, Music, and Dreams in conversation with Stéphanie Boulard

Date(s):
November 22, 2024, 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Location:
Price Gilbert Memorial Library, Scholars Event Theater (Room 1280)

Join us for a stimulating conversation with Felwine Sarr about the profound connections between music, literature, and dreams. In dialogue with Stéphanie Boulard, Sarr will reflect on his personal creative practices, examining how artistic forms —such as musical composition, poetry, and narrative fiction— shape and express our emotional and intellectual landscapes. This conversation will offer an opportunity to delve into themes such as the interplay between reality and imagination, the practice of reading, writing, and storytelling, and the significance of friendship and community. Together, they will also explore how identity and relationships inform our connection to the world and inspire the creative process.

The French Speaker Series at Georgia Tech brings renowned French writers, scholars, and artists to campus, offering unique opportunities for students, faculty, and the broader community to engage directly with influential figures in French literature and culture. This series promotes cross-cultural understanding and intellectual enrichment, fostering a deeper appreciation of French arts and ideas within the university and the wider Atlanta community.

The conversation will be in French and English. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

This event is presented by the School of Modern Languages at Georgia Tech, Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, and France-Atlanta, with the support of the Atlanta Global Studies Center, the Office of the Vice Provost of International Initiatives, and the Georgia Tech Library.
 
This event is the second part of a series of two exceptional conversations with Felwine Sarr in Atlanta initiated by Villa Albertine. The first program, Decolonizing Knowledge: A Conversation with Felwine Sarr and Lauren Tate Baeza, will be held on Thursday, Nov. 21 at 4 p.m. at the Emory University Carlos Museum.

 

About Felwine Sarr

Felwine Sarr is a Senegalese academic and writer. He is Anne-Marie Bryan Distinguished Professor of Romance Studies at Duke University in North Carolina, after teaching at the Université Gaston Berger in Saint-Louis, Senegal, where he is Professeur Titulaire des Universités and agrégé in economics. His academic work focuses on economics, the ecology of knowledge, contemporary African philosophy, economic policy, epistemology, economic anthropology, and the history of religious ideas.

He has published Dahij (Gallimard 2009), 105 Rue Carnot (Mémoire d'Encrier 2011), Méditations Africaines (Mémoire d'Encrier 2012), Afrotopia (Philippe Rey, 2016), Ishindenshin (Mémoire d'Encrier, 2017), Habiter le Monde (Mémoire d'Encrier, 2017), Ecrire l'Afrique-monde (collective work co-edited with Achille Mbembe, Philippe Rey/Jimsaan, 2017), Restituer le patrimoine Africain (Philippe Rey/Seuil, 2018) with Bénédicte Savoy, Politique des Temps (co-edited with Achille Mbembe, Philippe Rey/Jimsaan 2019), La Saveur des derniers mètres (Philippe Rey, 2021), Traces (Actes Sud, 2021, translation into Wolof Watit, 2023, éditions EJO), l'Économie à venir (Les liens qui Libèrent, 2021) with Gaël Giraud, Les Lieux qu'habitent mes Rêves (Gallimard, 2022) and Le Bouddhisme est né á Colobane (Philippe Rey /Jimsaan, 2024).

About Stéphanie Boulard

Stéphanie Boulard is a professor of French literature and visual arts at Georgia Tech. Her research focuses on the relationship between word and image, as well as the aesthetic and political dimensions of literary and artistic thought. She is the author of Rouge Hugo (Septentrion, 2014) and co-author of Hugographies: Rêveries de Victor Hugo sur les lettres de l’alphabet (Hermann, 2022). She also curates the French Speaker Series at Georgia Tech.
 

Event Schedule

  • 4:30 – 5 p.m.: Welcome Reception and Book Presentations with Barnes & Noble at Georgia Tech Bookstore
  • 5 – 6 p.m.: Spaces of the Soul: on Literature, Music, and Dreams – Felwine Sarr in conversation with Stephanie Boulard
  • 6 – 6:30 p.m.: Reception & Book Signing

Parking

The closest parking is the Visitor Area 1 Lot on North Avenue.

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Contact For More Information

Stéphanie Boulard
sboulard3@gatech.edu