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11:00–12:00
Virtual Forum
Moderated by Lawrence Venuti
Where: www.wordswithoutborders.org
12:00–1:30
Conversation: Assia Djebar and Lyonel Trouillot; in French with English translation
Where: La Maison Française of NYU: 16 Washington Mews (corner of University Place)
Co-sponsored by New York University and La Maison Française of NYU
2:00–3:30
Conversation: Nancy Huston and Siri Hustvedt; in French and English
Where: La Maison Française of NYU: 16 Washington Mews (corner of University Place)
Co-sponsored by New York University and La Maison Française of NYU
Free
3:00–4:30
Reading and Conversation: Jose Manuel Prieto, Jordi Puntí, Laura Restrepo; introduced by Mary Louise Pratt.
In Spanish with simultaneous English translation.
Where: The King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU: 53 Washington Sq. South, Suite 201
Co-sponsored by New York University and the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center at NYU
Free
4:30–6:30
Writers and Iraq, presented by The New York Review of Books
The 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq by a U.S.-led coalition have polarized opinion in this country and created rifts between America and many other countries. They have also engaged writers around the world as few other international issues have done since the Vietnam War. How have writers in the U.S. and abroad perceived the war and assessed its consequences?
A panel co-sponsored by The New York Review of Books and the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU and moderated by NYR Co-Editor Robert Silvers, with Mark Danner, Kanan Makiya, Dunya Mikhail, and Pankaj Mishra
Where: Hemmerdinger Hall, NYU: 100 Washington Sq. East
Free
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7:00–9:00
Africa and the World: The Writer’s Role
Elizabeth Alexander, Breyten Breytenbach, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Achmat Dangor, Nuruddin Farah, Zakes Mda, Pedro Rosa Mendes, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and Uwe Timm
Writers from Africa and beyond join together in a reading and discussion about African literature considered in both a local and global context.
Tishman Auditorium, Vanderbilt Hall: 40 Washington Sq. South
Co-sponsored by the NYU Creative Writing Program, the NYU Africana Studies Program, and the Institute of African American Affairs
Free
7:00
Reporting on Transnational Migration: Ian Buruma and Carolin Emcke
This event will focus on the current changes in European societies, specifically on transnational ties in unwanted colonies, and will address the idea of national citizenship in a challenged nation-state; in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut New York and the German Book Office.
Where: Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany: 871 United Nations Plaza. ID required.
Free; for reservations call (212) 610-9759
9:00–10:30
Late Night, Love and Hate: Writing in/from Hostile Surroundings, hosted by Words Without Borders
Kader Abdolah, Hanan al-Shaykh, Anouar Benmalek, Khaled Mattawa, and Pedro Rosa Mendes; introduced by E. L. Doctorow
Where: The Accompanied Library: 15 Gramercy Park South, Studio 6C (Inside the National Arts Club)
Co-sponsored by The Accompanied Library
Free
9:00–10:30
Readings and Conversation: Victor Erofeyev and Lilian Faschinger; introduced by Philip Gourevitch
Where: KGB Bar: 85 East 4th St.
Co-sponsored by KGB Bar
Free
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