This Graduate Student Conference is organized by the French Graduate Student Association and the Department of French at Columbia University

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In recent years many works of Francophone literature, especially written by second-generation immigrants —such as Alice Zeniter or Faïza Guène to cite a few— highlight the many fractures encountered in the postcolonial francophone world, testifying to the difficult experiences of the “double culture.” Throughout this conference, we will examine the question of (re)conciliation, notably through a postcolonial lens, echoing the complexity of the French-speaking world and its history, its diversity and richness, and considering the (im)possibilities of (re)conciliation in the face of colonial history and the current political context. Can you truly reconcile with France? How can we work from and within this divide?

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Frantz Fanon Mural in Venissieux Bruce Clark