La Maison Française16 Washington Mews (corner of University Place); (212) 998-8750

THIS CONFERENCE IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THE FLORENCE GOULD FOUNDATION,FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, NYU, AND THE CULTURAL SERVICES OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY.

Monday, September 15 6:00 p.m. & 8:30 p.m. La Maison Française “SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR” A theatrical production by NYU in France students Conceived and directed by Cécile Cotté, Music by Stéphane Scott

Tuesday, September 16 2:00 p.m. La Maison FrançaiseLe deuxième sexe (French, no subtitles, 51 min.)La femme rompue, Josée Dayan (French, no subtitles, 90 min.)7:00 p.m. La Maison FrançaiseSimone de Beauvoir - Une femme actuelle, Dominique Gros (French, no subtitles, 52 min.)Je veux tout de la vie, Pascale Fautrier/Pierre Séguin (French, no subtitles, 52 min.)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 13-19 University Place, Auditorium 102Session 1 7:30 p.m. – 10 p.m.Introduction: Dean Catharine Stimpson (GSAS NYU), Judith Miller (Chair, Dept. of French, NYU),Conference organizers: Tom Bishop (NYU), Denis Hollier (NYU), Pascale Fautrier (Univ. du Havre)KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Toril Moi - Why Write? Simone de Beauvoir and LiteratureFilm: Daughters of Beauvoir, Imogen Sutton (in English, 60 min.)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 La Maison FrançaiseSession 2 10 a.m. – 12 noon SESSION IN FRENCHFrançoise Gaillard (Univ. Paris VII) Voyage en AmériqueChristine Fauré (CNRS) Le classicisme du Deuxième sexe et le post-modernismeMartine Reid (Univ. de Lille III) Lire Le deuxième sexe en 1949

FILM 12 noon – 1 p.m. La Maison FrançaisePortrait croisé «Sartre/Beauvoir», Madeleine Gobeil (French, English subtitles, 60 min.)

Session 3 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. FICTION AND AUTO/BIOGRAPHYCatherine Cusset (novelist, critic) Simone de Beauvoir and SufferingDeirdre Bair (biographer) Simone de Beauvoir’s “Truth of the Story” in Her AutobiographyAnnie Cohen-Solal (Tisch School of the Arts, NYU) The Beaver, Sartre and the United States:

Some New Elements on The Mythical CoupleDenis Hollier (NYU) Is Writing a Solution?

Session 4 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. SARTRE & PHILOSOPHY AND POLITICSHazel Rowley (biographer, author) Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre: Passion and GenerositySonia Kruks (Oberlin) The Politics of Dehumanization in the Work of BeauvoirSusan Suleiman (Harvard) Memories of the Occupation in Les Mandarins

International Conference September 18-20

ALL SAID AND DONE / TOUT COMPTE FAITSIMONE de BEAUVOIR 1908 - 2008

A FLORENCE GOULD EVENT

IN FRENCH AND IN ENGLISH FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

NEW YORK UNIVERSITYCENTER FOR FRENCH CIVILIZATION AND CULTURE

SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR

Wednesday, September 17 2:00 p.m. La Maison FrançaiseSimone de Beauvoir “Un Siècle d’écrivains”, Valérie Stroh/PascaleFautrier (French, no subtitles, 51 min.)La femme rompue, Josée Dayan (French, no subtitles, 90 min.)7:00 p.m. Cantor Center, 36 East 8th StreetPortrait croisé «Sartre/Beauvoir», Madeleine Gobeil(French, English subtitles, 60 min.)Daughters of Beauvoir, Imogen Sutton (in English, 60 min.)

Thursday, September 18 2:00 p.m. La Maison FrançaiseSimone de Beauvoir - Une femme actuelle, Dominique Gros(French, no subtitles, 52 min.)Le deuxième sexe (French, no subtitles, 51 min.)

P E R F O R M A N C E A N D F I L M S O N S I M O N E D E B E A U V O I R

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 La Maison FrançaiseSession 5 10 a.m. – 12 noon THE SECOND SEXElisabeth Ladenson (Columbia) Colette and The Second SexFabrice Rozié (playwright, critic) The Feminist Model in The Second SexYolanda Patterson (Pres. Intl. Simone de Beauvoir Society) Beauvoir and the So-Called

“Silent Generation” of American Women

FILM 12 noon – 1 p.m. La Maison FrançaiseJe veux tout de la vie, Pascale Fautrier/Pierre Séguin(French, no subtitles, 52 min.)

Session 6 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. SESSION IN FRENCHMichel Contat (CNRS) La collaboration Beauvoir - SartrePascale Fautrier (Univ. du Havre) La liberté selon Simone de Beauvoir: hier, aujourd’huiJean-Louis Jeannelle (Paris-Sorbonne) Les Mandarins ou la crise du dialogue intellectuelDanièle Sallenave (biographer, author) Passion, folie et mort dans l’œuvre de Simone de Beauvoir

Week of September 15 - 20