Patrick Fridenson
Professor of International Business and Labour History, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales

"Ladies' Paradise" and Beyond: The Dynamics and Limitations of Distribution in France's Modern History

April 8, 2009

Richard Yung
French Socialist Senator and Member of the Constitutional Laws Commission, of the European Affairs Commission and of the Women's Rights Delegation.

The EU's Reaction to the Global Economic Crisis

Pap Ndiaye
Maître de conférences d'histoire at the EHESS. His research was first focused on the history of the business world (Du Nylon et des Bombes, Belin, 2001). His current work focuses on the discourse and practices of racial discrimination in the American Insurance companies in the 20th century, and on the issues facing black communities in the US and in France.

He blows open the myth of France's foundation in the ideals of liberty, fraternity, and equality. He argues that this mantra really masquerades as an unabashed tradition of assimilating "the other" into a monolithic French identity. In this English-language interview on France 24, he talks about his latest book, the Black Condition.

Blacks and Blackness in France

Interview Video 1
Interview Video 2
Interview Video 3

Jean Clottes
Formerly the Inspector General of Decorated Caves for the French Ministry of Culture, and author of dozens of important books, including The Shamans of Prehistory, and coordinating editor of several books on the famous French cave art sites of Cosquer and Chauvet.

Events sponsored by the French Studies Program and the Archaeological Research Facility

Jean Clottes
Formerly the Inspector General of Decorated Caves for the French Ministry of Culture, and author of dozens of important books, including The Shamans of Prehistory, and coordinating editor of several books on the famous French cave art sites of Cosquer and Chauvet caves.

What can Cave Art Tell Us about Early People?