Roundtable | Toward a New Enlightenment for the Anthropocene
Monday, January 26, 2026
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Corine Pelluchon, Professor of Philosophy at Gustave Eiffel University, and Cyrille Barnerias, Director of European and International Relations at the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) and Duke's Felwine Sarr
Stories of Origins: Lygia Pape's Filmwork
Thursday, January 29, 2026
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Smith Warehouse, Bay 4, C104
Patricia de Andrade
Screen/Society--"Misericordia" (Alain Guiraudie, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Thursday, January 29, 2026
7:00 pm
Introduced by Duke faculty; Q&A to follow
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (Johan Grimonprez, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Friday, January 30, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Distinguished Professor Felwine Sarr (Romance Studies) and Distinguished Professor Mark Anthony Neal (African & African American Studies)
Screen/Society--"Ghost Trail" (Jonathan Millet, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Saturday, January 31, 2026
4:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Emerita Professor miriam cooke (AMES)
Screen/Society--"Holy Cow" (Louise Courvoisier, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Thursday, February 05, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Dr. Emma Howell (Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies)
Screen/Society--"Meeting with Pol Pot" (Rithy Panh, 2024) | 2026 French Film Festival
Sponsor(s):
Cinematic Arts, Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Arts & Sciences (A&S), Center for French and Francophone Studies, and Romance Studies
Friday, February 06, 2026
7:00 pm
Q&A to follow with Professor Eddie Malesky (Political Sciences) & Postdoctoral Associate Bradley DeMatteo (UNC, Dept. of Music)
Archives, Interdisciplinarity, and Mimesis in Romance Studies
Monday, March 02, 2026
3:00 am - 5:00 am
The 19th Annual Feminist Theory Workshop
Sponsor(s):
Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, African and African American Studies (AAAS), Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Center for Documentary Studies (CDS), Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Cultural Anthropology, Dance Program, English, Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI), History, Literature, Philosophy, Romance Studies, and Women's Center
Friday, March 20, 2026
All Day
