The Revolution: 1968 and the Politics of the Arts in the United States

November 21, Librairie Terra Nova (18 Rue Léon Gambetta/Subway station : Capitole)

7 pm Talk “The Living Theatre at the 1968 Festival d’Avignon”
Conversation (in French) with Michel Mathieu (director, founder of the Théâtre 2 l’Acte and of the Ring) and Emeline Jouve (author of Avignon 68 & le Living Theatre. Mémoires d’une révolution, INU Champollion/Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès).

November 22, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès (Maison de la recherche, Amphi F 418)

9 am Registration

9.15 am Conference opening

9.30 am Panel “The musical soundtrack of 1968”, Chair: Philippe Birgy, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès  
- “Silver Apples. A different sound of protest”, Claude Chastagner, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3

- “Was popular music the most articulate, indigenous and revealing form of 60s art? - 68 youth culture & the changing role of popular music as the era's most original innovation”, John Dean, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 

10.45 am Coffee Break

11.15 am Panel “1968 and African Americans”, Chair: Nathalie Dessens, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès

- “ ‘Working thru these bullshit white people’ : l’anthologie Black Fire, entre conformité et subversion”, Yohan Lucas, Paris-Est Marne la Vallée

- “African American Political Cartoonists in 1968: A Revolution in Black Ink”, Amy Kirsche, University of North Carolina Wilmington

12.30 am Lunch

2 pm Panel “Political experimentations”, Chair: Zachary Baqué, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès

- “Confessions of a Revolutionary Filmmaker: Norman Mailer's First Feature Films”, Johan Callens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

- “The Dream Betrayed: Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s Elegy for RFK”, Thomas Argiro, Tunghai University

3.30 pm Coffee Break

3.45 pm Panel “Political receptions”, Chair: Modesta Suarez

- “Enfant de 68 ? Le théâtre Gay à l’aune de The Boys in the Band de Mart Crowley”, Xavier Lemoine, Université Paris 8 

- “Importación/Exportación : un regard latino-américain sur le 68 aux États-Unis”, Julian Delgado, CRAL/EHESS - IDAES/UNSAM/CONICET

5.15 pm Discussion

5.45 pm Cocktail

8.30 pm Screening of The Party (Blake Edwards, 1968), American Cosmograph (24 Rue Montardy/Subway Station: Capitole)

Presentation and aftertalk (in French) with Zachary Baqué (Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès)