October 28, 2013

Kebir Ammi, French/North African novelist/dramatist/essayist

How does the world appear to a North African novelist living, writing and teaching in post 9/11 France?  What do his stories tell us about the world and 21st century civilization looking at it from the perspective of a Muslim émigré?

The Speakers

Kebir AmmiMoroccan-Algerian Novelist
Kebir-Mustapha Ammi is a novelist born in Fez of a Moroccan mother and Algerian father. Ammi immigrated to France over thirty years ago to continue his studies where he received advanced degrees in the sociology of literature, political sociology, and Arabic language and civilization. He was a Fulbright lecturer at the University of New Mexico (2010-11) and is a keynote speaker at the university’s Culture in Exile Conference (October 23-25, 2013).
Ammi’s novels are published in French by Gallimard (Paris), his characters, their lives and their tales transcend national, linguistic and cultural borders in their search of “le monde en partage,” a shared world, irrespective of geographic location or century.

Where

St. John’s College, Junior Commons Room. On Monday, October 28, 2013, from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm

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Parking

The Visitors Parking Lot is on your left as you enter campus. A few handicapped parking spaces are located at the Visitor’s Circle right in front of the fishpond area and below the Peterson Student Center. A few more are located behind the Peterson Center as follows. Just before the Visitor’s Circle, look for the fork in the road where you would normally drive to the left to get to the Visitors’ Parking Circle just below the Peterson Center. Instead, turn right and follow the drive up to the other parking area. There are two or three handicapped parking spaces on the left. Please note that this parking lot is not open to the public, but handicapped folks are allowed to park in the designated spaces.