The French Center of Excellence and Department of French & Italian are pleased to announce the speakers for the Spring 2024 lecture series. The first of our speakers is Professor Bruno Perreau.
Professor Perreau’s research focus on minority politics and anti-discrimination law continues in this work as he examines the modern experience of minorities in the US and Europe. By analyzing recent attacks on minorities, he argues for a new theory of justice. This new theory focuses on the ways that experiences of injustice unify minority communities and requires a “minority universalism” based on learning rather than on interest (liberalism), recognition (multiculturalism), or empathy (care).
Professor Perreau's talk will take place on Thursday, February 29 from 4:30pm-5:30pm in Thompson Library Multipurpose Room 165. Light refreshments will be served after the talk. To register, you can click here or call 614-247-4105.
If you are interested in buying Sphères d'injustice - Pour un universalisme minoritaire, please click here.
This event is sponsored by the Department of French and Italian’s French Center of Excellence, which receives funding from French Cultural Services in the US and the Consulate General of France in Chicago. This series is also supported by the following departments and centers at Ohio State African American & African Studies, History, History of Art, Spanish & Portuguese, Germanic Languages & Literatures, Slavic & Eastern European Languages & Literatures, the Humanities Institute, and the Center for Languages, Literatures, & Cultures.
In December of 2020, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States selected the Department of French and Italian at The Ohio State University to join its prestigious network of Centers of Excellence. OSU’s Center of Excellence has the goal of promoting French and Francophone culture in the Midwest and beyond.
