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“Babel is our refuge” : interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Babel tower by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Vienna)

Babel tower by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Vienna)

11/18/2014 >  20:00 - 22:00
Théâtre de la Croix-Rousse
Place Joannès-Ambre
Lyon 4e

Presented by : Juliette Cerf. With : Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Anne Verjus.

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian intellectual and university professor in the United States who resists any and all labels. Mainly known in France for her role as figurehead of postcolonial studies and for her translation of Derrida, she has developed a rich and astonishing reflection on various topics such as issues of gender, translation, teaching in the humanities, world literature, globalization, justice, and democracy.
She will be evoking her career in a dialogue with the historian Anne Verjus.

You can still show up on the day of the event and take advantage of any last-minute withdrawals.

More about guests :

Juliette  Cerf
Gayatri Chakravorty  Spivak
Anne  Verjus