Kritzman examines how contemporary policies for the arts and education in France have raised important issues concerning the definition of culture and its political consequences. French public intellectuals including Agasinski, Bourdieu, Debray, Finkielkraut, Fumaroli, Pennac and Wievorka will be discussed in the context of the public policies of the Malraux and Lang ministries of culture in Fifth Republic France.

This lecture is held in conjunction with the conference, French Cultural Studies, from October 11 - 14, 2001.

Hosted by: Department of French

In conjunction with: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of the Classics, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Department of English, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Department of History, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, Department of Sociology, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Division of English as an International Language, Drobny Program for the Study of Jewish Culture and Society, European Union Center, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Program for the Study of Religion, Program in Comparative and World Literature, and Cinema Studies, Women's Studies Program