CFF program autumn / winter 2021/22

Table of contents

1. 1. 1. About the Center
      2. Image sources
   2. Events fall / winter 2021/22
      1. Reading
         1. "The Fugitives" - Alain Damasio and Milena Adam in conversation
      2. Reading
         1. Le migrant et le nomade: frères jumeaux ou frères ennemis? Reading and discussion with Youssouf Amine Elalamy
      3. Reading
         1. "Gentle Debacles" - Reading & Discussion with Yanick Lahens (Haiti)
      4. Lecture / Talk
         1. Dr. Markéta Theinhardt (Sorbonne, Paris): "The World of František Kupka"
      5. Exhibition / Talk
         1. Kubuni - Comics from Africa: Vernissage & talk with Joëlle Epée Mandengue
      6. Project
         1. Ecological change: Europe's future or green utopia?
      7. Workshop discussion
         1. Ralph Ludwig: "L'Errance et le rire". Un nouveau souffle de la littérature antillaise"
      8. Research Day
         1. XII. Francophonie Research Day
      9. Reading
         1. "Revenge is mine". Livestream: Reading & talk with Marie NDiaye
      10. TALK and BOOK PRESENTATION
      11. Hélène Miard-Delacroix and Andreas Wirsching: "From hereditary enemies to good neighbors. A German-French dialog" | Reclam 2019
      12. Cooperation partners

On this page you will always find the latest information, as there are often changes/additions even after the publication of the respective semester program.

About the Center

Founded at the end of 2017, the Centrum Frankreich | Frankophonie (CFF) is broadly interdisciplinary and has members from numerous Faculties, including the School of Humanities and Social Sciences as well as the Faculties of Mechanical Science and Engineering.

The CFF sees itself as a place for German-Francophone academic and cultural exchange, a contact point for international cooperation and a mediator of expertise on francophone cultural areas.

The CFF cooperates with the DRESDEN-concept partners, supports the Research Priority Area "Culture and Societal Change" and contributes to the visibility of TU Dresden's international relations.

Image sources

• Flyer design: Natassa64 on Pixabay

• Photo A. Damasio: François Grivelet

• Photo M. Adam: Stefanie Kulisch

• Photo Y. A. Elalamy: Y. A. Elalamy

• Photo Y. Lahens: Iris Geneviève Lahens

• Motif Kubuni: June Ba. Cité internationale de la bande dessinée

• Environment motif: Anncapictures on Pixabay

• Book cover R. Ludwig: Gallimard

• Book cover M. NDiaye: Suhrkamp

• Book cover H. Miard-Delacroix/ A. Wirsching: Reclam

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Events fall / winter 2021/22

Reading

"The Fugitives" - Alain Damasio and Milena Adam in conversation

Author Alain Damasio and translator Milena Adam talk about the novel Die Flüchtigen, which will be published in 2021.

WHEN: September 15, 2021,
19:00 - 20:30
WHERE: Goethe-Institut Dresden

Detailed information about the reading, the author, the translator, the novel and some photo impressions of the event can be found under Reviews.

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Reading

Le migrant et le nomade: frères jumeaux ou frères ennemis? Reading and discussion with Youssouf Amine Elalamy

The French-Moroccan writer Youssouf Amine Elalamy presents his latest novel C'est beau, la guerre (2019).

WHEN: October 4, 2021, 19:00 - 20:30
WHERE: Online on ZOOM

For detailed information on the reading, the author himself and his novel, see Reviews.

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Reading

"Gentle Debacles" - Reading & Discussion with Yanick Lahens (Haiti)

YanickLahens, one of Haiti's most important and best-known contemporary authors, presents her latest novel Soft Debacles, published in spring 2021.

WHEN: October 7, 2021, 19:00-20:30
WHERE: Institute français Dresden

For detailed information about the reading, the author, the novel and some photo impressions of the event, see Reviews.

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Lecture / Talk

Dr. Markéta Theinhardt (Sorbonne, Paris): "The World of František Kupka"

On the occasion of the 150th birthday of the world-famous Czech painter
In her lecture, art historian Dr. Markéta Theinhardt, lecturer at the Sorbonne in Paris, will present the person and work of the famous Czech painter František Kupka (1871-1957). Kupka studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and Vienna, but spent most of his life in France. He was one of the co-founders of abstract painting and is also famous as an illustrator of satirical magazines. During the First World War, he joined the Czechoslovakian section of the French Foreign Legion and was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1918.

This event took place as part of the 23rd edition of the Czech-German Cultural Days (TDKT) in cooperation with the TDKT, the Institut français Dresden and the Centrum Frankreich | Frankophonie of the TU Dresden.

WHEN: Thursday 14.10.2021, 19:00 - 20:30
WHERE: Online on ZOOM

Further information about the event can be found on the website of the Czech-German Culture Days

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Exhibition / Talk

Kubuni - Comics from Africa: Vernissage & talk with Joëlle Epée Mandengue

This traveling exhibition is a bilingual adaptation of the exhibition at the Cité de la Bandes Dessinées in Angoulême, curated by Joëlle Epée Mandengue (director of the Bilili Festival in Brazzaville) and Jean-Philippe Martin (Cité de la BD).
Coordination: Office for Books and Publishing of the Institute français Germany

Welcome: Mayor of Dresden, Mr. Dirk Hilbert (Cooperation City Partnership Dresden-Brazzaville).

Discussion between Prof. Dr. Karen Struve (University of Bremen) & Joëlle Epée Mandengue, moderated by Sylvia Kindelberger (Städtische Bibliotheken Dresden, Lektorat Belletristik, Literaturwissenschaft, Sprachen ) and translated into German by Dr. Matthias Kern (Research Associate at the Professsur für französische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft / CFF, TU Dresden).

WHEN: November 8, 2021, 7:30 pm
WHERE: Central Library, Schlossstraße 2, 01067 Dresden
Admission free.
Pre-registration under: zentralbibliothek[at]bibo-dresden.de.

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Project

Ecological change: Europe's future or green utopia?

As part of the call for proposals " Utopia Europe", on the initiative of the Office for University Cooperation of the Institute français Deutschland (IFD) and with the support of the Franco-German University (DFH), students at TU Dresden are developing Franco-German discussion and exchange formats on the topic of "Ecology and Sustainability".

All further information can be found under the heading Funding programs / Cooperation.

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Workshop discussion

Ralph Ludwig: "L'Errance et le rire". Un nouveau souffle de la littérature antillaise"

Workshop talk with Prof. Dr. Ralph Ludwig, Professor of Romance Philology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, about his book L'Errance et le rire, announced for February 2022.

WHEN: postponed to the beginning of May 2022
WHERE: Specific details will follow with the new CFF program spring/summer.

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Research Day

XII. Francophonie Research Day

The "francophonies " research day is a forum for project presentations, discussions and exchanges between early-career researchers from the fields of literature, language, theater, cultural and media studies, which the Francophone Research Seminar at Leipzig University (FFSL) has been organizing for over ten years together with various partners - and in 2022 together with the Institute of Romance Studies at TU Dresden.

WHEN: March 25/26, 2022
WHERE: Online. Further information at: https://ffsl.info/Veranstaltungen/Forschungstage
Deadline for applications extended until 31.01.22.

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Reading

Unfortunately, the reading with Marie N'Diaye on 2.2.2022 has to be canceled. We will try to find an alternative date.
Tickets remain valid or can be refunded on request.

"Revenge is mine". Livestream: Reading & talk with Marie NDiaye

The successful French author reads from her stirring novel "Vengeance is Mine", published in German in 2021,
about a woman in an extreme situation. The literary event of the year in France: a sophisticated, abysmal play with us and our expectations and fears.

In cooperation with the Dresden Municipal Libraries and the Institute Français Sachsen in cooperation with Suhrkamp Verlag, as part of the program on literary translation under the motto "In the heart of violence.

WHEN: February 2, 2022, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
WHERE: Central Library, Kulturpalast, Schlossstr. 2, 01067 Dresden

New: Registration for this event in presence now possible.

Admission / access link:

Admission € 9, reduced € 6 with valid user ID | Tickets online or at the Herkuleskeule ticket counter on the ground floor of the Kulturpalast | Reduced number of seats

The access linkto the livestream . Available from February 02, 2022 | 19:30 | free of charge.

In German & French.

Moderation: Torsten König, TU Dresden | Center France | Francophonie
Consecutive translation: Odile Vassas, Dresden Municipal Libraries
German voice: Kathleen Gaube

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Unfortunately, the event with Hélène Miard-Delacroix and Andreas Wirsching announced for today has to be canceled at short notice due to illness and the cooperation partners are trying to find an alternative date.

TALK and BOOK PRESENTATION

Hélène Miard-Delacroix and Andreas Wirsching: "From hereditary enemies to good neighbors. A German-French dialog" | Reclam 2019

This February marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Maastricht Treaty, also known as the Treaty on European Union. In light of this and the upcoming presidential election in France, we are taking a closer look at Franco-German relations.

From today's perspective, it seems almost inconceivable that the two great countries at the heart of Europe eyed each other with suspicion and jealousy for centuries - and repeatedly clashed in bloody conflicts, such as the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, the First World War and the Second World War.

The fact that the two nations quickly found a friendly relationship after 1945 is also due to the fact that numerous people on both sides have repeatedly made efforts to reach an understanding. Last but not least, the history of Franco-German relations is a history of political couples - from Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand to Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron.

Based on their jointly published book, French historian Hélène Miard-Delacroix, who teaches at the Sorbonne in Paris, and her German colleague Andreas Wirsching, Director of the Institute of Contemporary History Munich - Berlin, explain the eventful history of a unique neighborly relationship and how important knowledge of the shared past is for Franco-German cooperation in the EU of the 21st century.

In cooperation with the literature prize "Hommage à la France" of the Brigitte Schubert-Oustry Foundation, the Institute français Dresden and the Dresden Municipal Libraries.

In German language.

Live in front of an audience or as a livestream on the YouTube channel of the Dresden Municipal L ibraries - depending on the pandemic situation.

Admission free | Registration is requested at: zentralbibliothek[at]bibo-dresden.de

WHEN: February 28, 2022, 7:30 pm
WHERE: Central Library of the Dresden Municipal Libraries, Kulturpalast, event room 1st floor, Schlossstr. 2, 01067 Dresden
The event may take place digitally.

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Cooperation partners

• Member of the DRESDEN-concept network, Literaturnetz Dresden, network of French and Francophone university centers in Germany
• arche noVa. Initiative for people in need e.V.
• Franco-German University
• City of Dresden
• Goethe Institute
• Literature prize "Hommage à la France" of the Brigitte Schubert-Oustry Foundation
• Institute français Dresden, Leipzig, Rabat, Germany
• Publishing house Litradukt
• Matthes & Seitz publishing house
• Dresden Municipal Libraries
• Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Prof. Dr. Ralph Ludwig)
• Francophone Research Seminar of the University of Leipzig/Centre de Recherches Francophones de Leipzig (FFSL/CRFL)
• Suhrkamp Publishing House