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Latin America After 9/11

John R. Beverley (left), Distinguished Professor of Hispanic Languages and Literatures in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, delivered the lecture “Latin America After 9/11: Some Reflections on Cultural Politics and Geopolitics” on Nov. 8 in Posvar Hall. The lecture was part of Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson’s Inaugural Lecture Series, talks given by Pitt’s Distinguished Professors. As is tradition, Beeson (right) presented Beverley with a medallion specially struck for a professor’s inaugural lecture.

L’Idée de la France

The Department of French and Italian Languages and Literatures in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences hosted The Idea of France (L’Idée de la France) International Conference in the Cathedral of Learning and the Holiday Inn University Center. Domna Stanton (middle), Distinguished Professor of French at the City University of New York, delivered a talk titled “The Exclusive Nation Challenged: Universalism and Cosmopolitanism vs. the French Republican Subject.” Laurence Grove (right), French program director and director of the Centre for Emblem Studies at the University of Glasgow, was another featured speaker, presenting the lecture “The Idea of France in Comics Old and New.” Todd Reeser (left), a Pitt professor of French and acting director of Pitt’s Humanities Center, coordinated the Nov. 10-12 conference.