When: Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 6-10
Where: Nebraska Union, 1400 R Street, and Kimball Recital
Hall, 12th & R Streets
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 28, 2002--Three events that feature French culture will be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during the fourth annual National French Week, Nov. 6-11.
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will host a UNL faculty colloquium "Our French Connection" Nov. 6 in the auditorium of the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. The colloquium is free and open to the public and will include the following lectures: 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., "Yours Truly, Napoleon Bonaparte," Professor Russell Ganim (French); 10:30 a.m., "The French Revolution" Professor Patrice Berger (history); and 11:30 a.m., "Dialogues of the Carmelites," opera artist-in-residence Ariel Bybee (music) and her students.
On Nov. 7, Professor William B. Cohen of Indiana University will give the UNL history department's annual Carrol R. Pauley Lecture: "Is Saying Sorry Enough? France Confronts the Algerian War" at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union auditorium. French soldiers, Algerian nationalists, loyalists and European settlers all demand vindication and reparation for the wrongs committed against them by the French government during Algeria's War of Independence (1954-62). Cohen's public lecture will examine how these demands compare with other attempts to address wrongs of the past.
The School of Music presents Francois Poulenc's opera, "Dialogues of the Carmelites," on Nov. 8 and 10 at Kimball Recital Hall, 12th and R streets, directed by Bybee. The 20th-century masterpiece is based on incidents in the lives of a group of Carmelite nuns during the French Revolution. The opera, which will be sung in English, dramatizes faith triumphant over fear as it reaches its startling conclusion. The libretto is by the composer, after the play by Georges Bernanos. It will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8 and 3 p.m. Nov. 10. Tickets are $20 general admission and $10 for students.
French Week is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French to celebrate the contribution of the French-speaking world in the arts, in international affairs, and culture. For more information contact Marshall Olds, professor of modern languages and literatures, at (402) 472-3770 or the department office, (402) 472-3745.
Contact: Marshall Olds, Professor, Modern Languages &
Literatures, (402) 472-3770 (molds1@unl.edu)
For questions regarding these releases, contact:
tsimons1@unl.edu
(402) 472-8514, Fax: (402) 472-7825