Posted by roland-francois lack on March 17, 1997 at 08:18:16:
In Reply to: revolt - Fanon posted by Rainer Ganahl on October 31, 1996 at 08:22:24:
Not a comment, but notice of a conference this Saturday (22 March 1997) , in London UK (Institute of Romance Studies)
BLACK SKIN WHITE MASKS: FANON IN CONTEXTS
Organised for the Institute of Romance Studies and the Centre for English Studies by Françoise Vergès, David Marriott and Roland-François Lack
To mark the completion of Black Skin White Masks, Isaac Julien’s feature-length film on Franz Fanon, this symposium brings together scholars working in the UK on Fanon to look again at his seminal text, Peau noire masques blancs, first published in 1952.
2.00: Session chaired by Françoise Vergès (University of Sussex)
David Macey (author of Lacan in Contexts and Foucault):
‘Le nègre, le noir et l’homme de couleur: Fanon and Négritude’
David Marriott (Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London):
Black War Machines
3.20: Tea
3.40: Session chaired by Roland-François Lack (University College London)
Kadiatu Kanneh (University of Birmingham):
Objectivity and the Gaze: Reading Fanon
Françoise Vergès (University of Sussex):
Revisiting Black Skin White Masks: Creole identity and psychology
5.00: Roundtable
6.00: Wine
Fees: Standard £8.00; concessions £4.00