Thursday, November 9
9:15AM |
ACADEMIC BUILDING, 1170
Welcoming Remarks -
Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Opening of the Multilingual Political Poetry Exhibition
9:45AM–11:15AM |
ACADEMIC BUILDING, FLOORS 4, 5, 6
Viewing of the Exhibition & Film(s), Multicultural Breakfasts
Student-curated political poetry in many languages from different times and cultures
Project directed by
Mary Shaw (Department of French) and
Atif Akin (Department of Visual Arts)
Student-created films, directed by
Danielle Lessovitz (Head, Rutgers Film Lab)
I. Africa(s)
11:30AM-1:00PM |
ACADEMIC BUILDING, 1170
POETRY AS POLITICAL ACTION (READINGS AND CONVERSATION)
Sinzo Aanza (writer & artist, DR Congo): “Donner corps à la poésie ou ne pas en faire du tout”
Claude Mouchard (Université Paris 8; poet): “«L’Afrique là-bas» et l’Afrique ici”
Moderator:
François Cornilliat (Department of French)
2:00PM–3:30PM |
ACADEMIC BUILDING, 1170
THREE VOICES (POETRY READINGS)
Gabriel Bamgbose (Rutgers University; poet, Nigeria): “If your lips could part”
Yvette Christiansë (Barnard College; poet, South Africa): readings from new work
Jhonel (Hamani Kassoum) (poet & slam artist, Niger): readings from
Cour commune
Moderator:
Stéphane Robolin (Center for African Studies; Department of English)
3:45PM–5:00PM |
ACADEMIC BUILDING, 1170
TWO VOICES (READINGS AND CONVERSATION)
Michel Agier (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales): “Africa in a Brutal World”
Claude Mouchard (Université Paris 8): “Avec Agier, avec Khaled”
Moderator:
Renée Larrier (Department of French)
5:15PM–6:45PM |
ACADEMIC BUILDING, 1170
ON AFRICAN MUSIC AND POETRY
Marceline Saibou (Bowdoin College): “From Propaganda to Silence: Popular Music, Lyrics, and Politics Under the Eyadéma Regime”
Koffi Anyinéfa (Haverford College): “Voicing Dissent: Socio-Political Engagement in Jean-Jacques S. Dabla’s Poetry”
Adeline Masquelier (Tulane University): “‘Times are hard’: Urban Dispossession, Hip Hop, and the Power of Words”
Moderator:
Ousseina Alidou (AMESALL)
Friday, November 10
9:30AM–11:15PM |
ACADEMIC BUILDING, FLOORS 4, 5, 6 Viewing of the Exhibition & Film(s), Multicultural Breakfasts
II. Migrations
11:30AM–1:00PM |
ACADEMIC BUILDING, 1170
PALABRAS Y POLÍTICAS (POETRY READINGS AND CONVERSATION)
Rigoberto González (Rutgers University–Newark; poet, United States)
Amy Sara Carroll (University of Michigan; poet, United States)
Moderator:
Camilla Stevens (Department of Spanish and Portuguese)
2:15PM–3:30PM |
ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM, LOWER DODGE GALLERY
THREE VOICES (POETRY READINGS)
Firas Sulaiman (poet, Syria): “Outside of Waiting,” read in Arabic by the author, and in English
by
Samantha Kostmayer Sulaiman, translator
Lamea Abbas Amara (poet, Iraq): “Frouzanda Mahrad,” read in Arabic and English (
Mike Maggio, translator)
by
Charles Häberl (AMESALL)
Nizar Qabbani (poet, Syria): “The Cock,” read in Arabic and English
by
Charles Häberl (AMESALL), translator
Moderator:
Samah Selim (AMESALL)
3:45PM–5:15PM |
ZIMMERLI ART MUSEUM, LOWER DODGE GALLERY
WRITING AND DISPLACEMENT
Rainer J. Hanshe (writer, translator; editor, Contra Mundum Press): “The Ecstasy of Displacement: la bibliothèque est en feu”
Paul G. Schalow (Rutgers University–New Brunswick): “Writing Against the Atomic Bomb: Interrogating the Place in Displacement”
Amy Sara Carroll (University of Michigan): “‘Will you share the labor, share the work?’: Border Artivisms and the Transborder Immigrant Tool”
Moderator:
Richard Serrano (Departments of French and Comparative Literature)
RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW
6:00PM– 8:00PM |
VOORHEES HALL, 105
MULTILINGUAL POLITICAL POETRY SLAM
Verbal Mayhem (Rutgers student performers);
Gabrielle Roldan, organizer
Jhonel (Hamani Kassoum);
Rebel Diaz; MC:
Gabriel Bamgbose