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[wd_asp id=1]The Charlie Hebdo Attack
The Charlie Hebdo Attack: Contexts and Implications
A Conversation with Omid Safi, Helen Solterer, and Céline Flécheux
Join us for a discussion of the recent attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices, as well as the subsequent hostage taking and killings at the Hyper Cacher market, in Paris. Panelists Omid Safi and Helen Solterer of Duke University and Céline Flécheux of the Department of Visual Studies at Université de Paris VII-Diderot will explore the broader contexts necessary for understanding the attacks and the reactions to them, as well as the potential implications on politics and culture in France and beyond.
Resources
«J’allais partir quand les tueurs sont entrés…», an account in French by Philippe Lançon, one of the victims of the attack and a 2009 Media Fellow at the Duke Center for French and Francophone Studies and the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
The Blame for the Charlie Hebdo Murders by George Packer, The New Yorker
Moral Clarity by Adam Shatz, London Review of Books Blog
Co-sponsored by the Forum for Scholars and Publics, Duke Islamic Studies, and the Center for French and Francophone Studies.
Speakers
Omid Safi
Duke University
Omid Safi is a specialist in classical Islam and contemporary Islamic thought, Safi’s research on American Muslims; Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an; debates in contemporary Islam; and Sufism and Persian literature has been published in academic publications. His forthcoming books include “Makers of Modern Iran” and “Rumi: Sufi Saint, American Icon.” Safi has…...
Read MoreHelen Solterer
Duke University
Helen Solterer's research focuses on pre-modern literature and culture, and its interplay with twentieth-century and contemporary thought. Her last book, Medieval Roles for Modern Times, investigates the politics and aesthetics of reviving the earliest drama during two World Wars. She is currently working on two books: “Timely Fictions” on the…...
Read MoreCéline Flécheux
Université Paris-VI Diderot
Agrégée et docteur en philosophie, ayant suivi en parallèle un cursus en histoire de l’art à l’université Paris-X-Nanterre, Céline Flécheux est maître de conférences en esthétique à l’Université Paris-Diderot (UFR LAC). Elle s'occupe de l’option « Image » dans le parcours Lettres et Arts, dont elle est la co-responsable. Elle…...
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