Participants
Ruth Amar, University of Haifa
Seth Armus, Saint Joseph’s College
Simon Bréan, Sorbonne Université
Roderick Cooke, Villanova University
Ruth Cruickshank, Royal Holloway University of London
Lucas Hollister, Dartmouth College
Laurent Jullier, IECA Nancy & IRCAV Sorbonne nouvelle
Vincent Lloyd, Villanova University
Agathe Novak-Lechevalier, Université Paris Nanterre
Gerald Prince, University of Pennsylvania
Carole Sweeney, Goldsmiths University of London
Jennifer Willging, The Ohio State University
Russell Williams, The American University of Paris
Friday, March 19
Session 1: 9:00am-10:00am
Ruth Amar: “Sérotonine: Quête du bonheur ou désespoir?”
Jennifer Willging: “Houellebecq on Television”
Session 2: 10:30am-12:00pm
Lucas Hollister: “Alt-right Houellebecq”
Seth Armus: “Michel Houellebecq and French Reactionary Modernism”
Russell Williams: “Michel Houellebecq’s New Dark Age: Information Overload, Appropriation, Extremity”
Session 3: 12:30pm-2:00pm
Simon Bréan: “Le Réel, et un peu plus: l’anticipation réaliste selon Michel Houellebecq”
Gerald Prince: “Narration et roman à thèse dans Sérotonine”
Laurent Jullier: “« Au fond, c’est une question de degrés »: Cynisme épistémique et foutaise dans La Possibilité d'une île, film et roman”
Saturday, March 20
Session 4: 9:00am-10:30am
Carole Sweeney: “Are You Offended Yet?: Michel Houellebecq and The Woman Problem (Again)”
Vincent Lloyd: “Houellebecq, Bataille, and Racial Monstrosity”
Roderick Cooke: “Huysmans, Houellebecq, Schopenhauer”
Session 5: 11:00am-12:00pm
Ruth Cruickshank: “Houellebecq’s Dead Meat? (Inter)textual Consumption and Carnophallogocentrism in La Carte et le territoire”
Agathe Novak-Lechevalier: “« Je ne souhaite pas vous tenir en dehors de ce livre »: Les Modes d’apparition du livre dans l’œuvre de Michel Houellebecq”
This event was made possible through the generous support of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the Departments of Romance Languages & Literatures, English, History, Philosophy, Psychological & Brain Sciences, and Sociology & Criminology, the Ethics and Gender & Women’s Studies Programs, and the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies. Special thanks go to Joseph Lennon, Carmen Peraita, and Etienne Achille for their continued support of this project.