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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL
MODALITIES OF
ENGAGEMENT AND DESIRE
MODALITES DE
L’ENGAGEMENT ET DU DESIR
AROUND / AUTOUR D’
ABDELLAH TAIA
April 3 & 4, 2014
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, CORAL GABLES
- PROGRAM -
“Now that I have the possibility to speak, I’m
not going to stop.”
As a Moroccan, an Arab, a Muslim, an African, and a writer I know
that when you have the opportunity to speak you have to do it.
There is no other choice. I am also very happy to speak about things
that other people say don’t exist. They say homosexuality doesn’t
exist in the Arab world, but I am here to prove the opposite and
speak about it from the interior. I have to speak about it to give the
correct image and be forthright about individuality in the modern
Arab and African worlds. The problem with the governments that run
the Arab world is that they don’t allow people to start the process of
their
individual
evolution.
Hopefully with the Arab Spring
that will really start. I believe that
the Arab Spring is bringing
something free and historically
new for all of us. I do hope so.
Otherwise my speech, my words,
my ability to be involved with the
movement, and write articles
about the Arab revolution will
have had no meaning.
ABDELLAH TAIA (September 10,
2012 interview published in the
on line magazine The Sampsonia
Way)
Picture:
Interview in Moroccan gay magazine ASWAT
THURSDAY APRIL 3, 2014
STUDENT ACTIVITIES CENTER SENATE ROOM
(3rd FLOOR)
9:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M.
Breakfast on-site (Senate Room Entrance)
9:30 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.
Opening session
Chair:
Lillian Manzor, University of Miami
9:30 A.M. – 9:45 A.M.
Greetings
Philippe Létrilliart, Consul General of France in Miami
Raul Valdes Fauli, President, France Florida Foundation for the Arts
Tracy Devine Guzmán, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Modern Languages
and Literatures (representing George Yudice, Chairperson of the Department)
9: 45 A.M. – 9:55 A.M.
Ralph Heyndels, Conference Organizer
Opening Remarks
9:55 A.M. – 10:15 A.M.
David Ellison, University of Miami
“Le salut d’Abdellah Taïa”
View of Rabat from Salé’s Cemetary
10:15 A.M. – 11:15 A.M.
Session 1
Chair:
Ourida Mostefai, Boston College
10:15 A.M. – 10:35 A.M.
Ridha Boulaâbi, University Stendhal Grenoble 3
“Abdellah Taïa: la langue arabe à l’oeuvre”
10: 35 A.M. – 10: 45 A.M.
Amine Zidouh, University of Miami
“Ecrire dans la langue des riches: Performing French in Morocco Today”
10:45 A.M - 10: 55 A.M
Nada Naami, University of Miami
“ Le rouge de la tombe: une poétique de l’impensable dans Infidèles”
10:55 A.M. – 11:15 A.M.
Discussion
11:15 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
Coffee Break (Senate Room Entrance)
11:30 A.M. – 12:30 A.M.
Session 2
Chair:
Arthur Tang, University of Miami
11:30 A.M. – 11: 50 A.M.
Mehammed Mack, Smith College
“Globalization, Literature, Sexuality: Abdellah Taïa on Sex Tourism”
11:50 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.
Shawn Temple, University of Miami
“The Displaced Homoerotic Tourist: Entanglements of Desire in L’Armée du salut”
12:00 P.M. – 12: 10 P.M.
Melyssa Haffaf, University of Miami
“Masculinités mélancoliques: du radjel au queer”
12:10 P.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Discussion
12:30 P.M. – 1: 50 P.M.
Lunch at the Faculty Club
2:00 P.M. – 3: 10 P.M.
Session 3
Chair:
Kevin Finn, University of Miami
2:00 P.M. – 2:20 P.M.
Jean-Vincent Blanchard, Swarthmore College
“Souveraineté du désir dans Le Jour du Roi”
2:20 P.M – 2:40 P.M.
Pierre Saint-Amand, Brown University
“Tendresse d’Abdellah Taïa”
2:40 P.M. – 2:50 P.M.
Hicham Mazouz, University of Miami
“Hadda, la mère noire du Maroc”
2:50 P.M. – 3:10 P.M.
Discussion
3:10 P.M. – 3: 30 P.M.
Au/tour d’Abdellah Taïa
A/round (of) Abdellah Taïa
Moderator:
Shawn Temple, University of Miami
Participants: Undergraduate Students from French 345
(Franco-Maghrebian Studies)
3:30 P.M. – 3:45 P.M.
Coffee Break
3:45 P.M. – 5:15 P.M.
Panel 1
Moderators:
David Ellison and Ralph Heyndels, University of Miami
Ecrire et publier un roman. Ecrire et produire un film
Writing and publishing a novel. Writing and producing a film.
Louis Gardel, Conference Guest of Honor & Abdellah Taïa
5:30 P.M. – 6:45 P.M.
MERRICK BUILDING SCHARLIN PATIO
Opening Reception
Greetings
Maria Galli Stampino, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
(representing Dean Leonidas Bachas)
7:00 P.M.
COSFORD CINEMA
Greetings:
Christina Lane, University of Miami
Screening of Abdellah Taïa’s film Salvation Army
Followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session with Abdellah Taïa
Moderator:
Chrissy Arce, University of Miami
Participants:
Abdellah Taïa
William Rothman, University of Miami
Nadra Hebouche, Franklin and
Marshall College
José A. Villar-Portela, Florida
International University
Ralph Heyndels, University of Miami
FRIDAY APRIL 4, 2014
STUDENT ACTIVITIES CENTER SENATE ROOM (3rd FLOOR)
9:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M.
Breakfast on-site (SAC Moss Terrace 3rd Floor)
10:00 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Session 4
Chair:
Carla Carlage, Florida Atlantic University
10:00 A.M – 10:20 A.M.
Hakim Abderrezak, University of Minnesota
“Beyond Borders: Abdellah Taïa and the
Hidden Meaning of Things”
10:20 A.M. – 10:40 A.M.
Jean-Pierre Boulé, University of Nottingham Trent
“Mourning in Infidèles”
10:40 A.M. – 11:00 A.M.
Discussion
11:00 A.M. – 11:15 A.M.
Coffee break
11:15 A.M. – 12:35 P.M.
Session 5
Chair:
Pamela Geller, University of Miami
11:15 A.M. – 11:35 A.M.
Gema Pérez-Sánchez, University of Miami
“Abdellah Taïa, Juan Goytisolo and Mohammed Lahchiri: Anal Economies, Radical
Incorporations, Abject Expulsions“
11:35 A.M. – 11:55 A.M.
Denis Provencher, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
“Language, Queer Temporalities and Trans-Filiations in Abdellah Taïa’s New Morocco”
11:55 A.M. – 12:15 P.M.
Jean Zagarianis, Center for Research on Africa and the Mediterranean, Ecole d’Economie
et de Gouvernance, Rabat
“La dimension queer Maroc dans l’oeuvre d’Abdellah Taïa”
12:15 P.M. – 12:35 P.M.
Discussion
12:35 P.M. – 1:50 P.M.
Lunch at the Faculty Club
2:00 P.M. – 3:15 P.M.
Session 6
Chair:
Fred Fejes, Florida Atlantic University
2:00 P.M. – 2:20 P.M.
Nacira Guénif-Souilamas, University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, “Oriental(ist) Wonders:
Reorientalization in Postimperial France and Europe”
2:20 P.M. – 2:40 P.M.
Valérie Orlando, University of Maryland, College Park, “Abdellah Taïa: Gender, Sex and
Littérature-Monde in the Age of the Afropolitan Moroccan Author”
2:40 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
Discussion
3:00 P.M. – 3:15 P.M.
Coffee Break
3:15 P.M. – 3:45 P.M.
Au/tour d’Abdellah Taïa
A/round (of) Abdellah Taïa
Moderator:
Melyssa Haffaf, University of Miami
Participants: Undergraduate Students from French 345
(Franco-Maghrebian Studies)
3:45 P.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Panel 2
Co-Moderators:
Steve Butterman and Christina Civantos, University of Miami
Arab-Muslim Sexualities: The Desire for Liberation
Abdellah Taïa; Amanullah De Sondy, University of Miami; Nacira Guénif – Souilamas,
University of Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis
5:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
Closing session
Chair:
Rachida Primov, University of Miami
5:00 P.M. – 5:20 P.M.
Ralph Heyndels, University of Miami
“Abdellah à jamais disparu”
5:20 P.M. – 5:50 P.M.
Abdellah Taïa
“Dreaming Arab Images”
5:50 P.M. – 6:00 P.M.
David Ellison, University of Miami
Closing Remarks
6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.
STUDENT ACTIVITIES CENTER
MOSS TERRACE ON LAKE OSCEOLA
Closing Reception
Interview on ARTE television on the Egyptian revolution
Partners and Sponsors
University of Miami
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
with the support of
The Joseph Carter Memorial Fund
The France Florida Foundation for the Arts
Ambassade de France
Mission Culturelle et Universitaire Française aux Etats-Unis – antenne de
Miami
The U.M. School of Communication Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies
The U.M. College of Arts and Sciences Department of Religious Studies
and with the partnership of
The Consulate General of France in Miami and its Office for Cultural, Academic and
Artistic Promotion
The U.M. College of Arts and Sciences Women's and Gender Studies Program and Minor in
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Studies; Africana Studies Program; Queer
Studies Reading Group
The U.M. School of Communication Department of Cinema and Interactive Media and
the Cosford Cinema
FAIS The U.M. Francophone Association of Ibis Students
The U.M. Spectrum GLBT and Allied Community Organization
The U.M. West African Hopeland Foundation
The Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Les Amis de la Culture Française en Floride
Organization and Thanks
Conference Organizer: Ralph Heyndels
Organizing Committee: Steve Butterman, Amanullah De Sondy, David Ellison,
Gema Pérez -Sánchez
Coordinator: Mary Mezzano
Special Assistant: Amine Zidouh
Cosford Cinema Manager: Robert DeLelis
With the assistance of Elizabeth Dezarov (U.M.); Valérie Drake, Cultural Attaché of France
in Miami & Kimberley Gaultier (C.G.F. in Miami)
Special Thanks to The Hon. Philippe Létrilliart, Consul General of France in Miami; Raul
Valdes Fauli, President, France Florida Foundation for the Arts; George Yudice, Chair, U.M.
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures; Juan Carlos Perez - Reyes; Melyssa
Haffaf; Arthur Tang; Shawn Temple
At the Tangier Film Festival
At the First Films European Festival