All Conference events and Readings with Ben Lerner are free and open to the public.
Program
Thursday, June 29th
The University of Chicago - The College Center in Paris
Ben Lerner and Fiction
Conference Room
University of Chicago - The College Center in Paris
6 rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris
University of Chicago - The College Center in Paris
6 rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris
9.00-9.20 — Registration and Opening
9.20-9.30 — Preliminary Remarks
Cécile Roudeau (Université Paris Cité)
Head of LARCA UMR 8225
9.30-10.30 — Plenary Address
Mary K. Holland (State University of New York, New Paltz, USA)
'Love // more avant-garde than shame': Ben Lerner’s Ethical Aesthetics
Chair: Yannicke Chupin (CY Cergy Paris Université)
10.30-11.00 — Coffee Break
11.00-12.20 — Lerner in Theory
Chair: Béatrice Pire (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Marc Farrant (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
After Theory: Ben Lerner and the Essayistic Turn in Contemporary Literature
Matt Prout (University of Bristol, UK)
‘I was disturbed by the Contradiction’: Theory and Practice in Ben Lerner’s Autofictions
12.20-2.00 — Lunch Break
2.00-5.00 — Mirroring the Contemporary
Chair: Sylvie Bauer (Université Rennes II)
Maud Bougerol (Université de Rouen, France)
‘Bodies, streetlights, mixed media’: 10:04 and the Mediated Experience
Alexander Scherr (Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany)
Speech into Stutter – a Deleuzian Reading of Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School
3.20-3.40 — Coffee Break
Ryan Lackey (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Ben Lerner and the Promises of Parasociality
Simon Smith (University of Kent, UK)
"Life's White Machine: the writings of Ben Lerner"
9.20-9.30 — Preliminary Remarks
Cécile Roudeau (Université Paris Cité)
Head of LARCA UMR 8225
9.30-10.30 — Plenary Address
Mary K. Holland (State University of New York, New Paltz, USA)
'Love // more avant-garde than shame': Ben Lerner’s Ethical Aesthetics
Chair: Yannicke Chupin (CY Cergy Paris Université)
10.30-11.00 — Coffee Break
11.00-12.20 — Lerner in Theory
Chair: Béatrice Pire (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle)
Marc Farrant (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
After Theory: Ben Lerner and the Essayistic Turn in Contemporary Literature
Matt Prout (University of Bristol, UK)
‘I was disturbed by the Contradiction’: Theory and Practice in Ben Lerner’s Autofictions
12.20-2.00 — Lunch Break
2.00-5.00 — Mirroring the Contemporary
Chair: Sylvie Bauer (Université Rennes II)
Maud Bougerol (Université de Rouen, France)
‘Bodies, streetlights, mixed media’: 10:04 and the Mediated Experience
Alexander Scherr (Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany)
Speech into Stutter – a Deleuzian Reading of Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School
3.20-3.40 — Coffee Break
Ryan Lackey (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Ben Lerner and the Promises of Parasociality
Simon Smith (University of Kent, UK)
"Life's White Machine: the writings of Ben Lerner"
Evening with Ben Lerner
7.00-8.00pm
University of Chicago - The College Center in Paris
6 rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris
Writing and Translating The Topeka School
Ben Lerner and Jakuta Alikavazovic in conversation with Adam Biles
Adam Biles
Literary Director of Shakespeare and Company
Jakuta Alikavazovic
French Novelist and Translator (Leaving the Atocha Station, 10:04, The Topeka School)
Friday, June 30th
The University of Chicago - The College Center in Paris
Ben Lerner and Poetry
The University of Chicago - The College Center in Paris
Ben Lerner and Poetry
Conference Room
University of Chicago Center in Paris
6 rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris
University of Chicago Center in Paris
6 rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris
9.30-10.30 — Plenary Address
Daniel Katz (University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)
The Instrument With Which It’s Cut: Ben Lerner’s Bildung
Chair: Olivier Brossard (Université Gustave Eiffel - Institut universitaire de France)
10.30-11.00 — Coffee Break
11.00-12.20 — Textual Echoes
Chair: Marie Olivier (Université Paris-Est Créteil)
Sean Mark (Université Catholique de Lille, France)
Ben Lerner and the Poetics of Conspiracy
Stephen Ross (Concordia University, Montréal, Canada)
"On the Conversation Partner: Celan, Waldrop, Lerner"
12.20-2.00 — Lunch Break
2.00-5.00 — Lerner, Far and Near
Chair: Antoine Cazé (Université Paris Cité)
Joseph Shafer (Auburn University, Alabama, USA)
Determining Art as Thrice Removed
Chloé Thomas (Université d'Angers/Université Paris Cité, France)
From the Hatred of Poetry to the (Self-)hatred of the Poet
3.20-3.40 — Coffee Break
Caroline Magnin (Sorbonne Université, Paris, France)
Tragedy and the Possibility of Community in Ben Lerner’s 10:04
Kyra Sutton (University of Berkeley, California, USA)
‘Between the Terrestrial and the Divine’: Ben Lerner and the Post Secular
Daniel Katz (University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)
The Instrument With Which It’s Cut: Ben Lerner’s Bildung
Chair: Olivier Brossard (Université Gustave Eiffel - Institut universitaire de France)
10.30-11.00 — Coffee Break
11.00-12.20 — Textual Echoes
Chair: Marie Olivier (Université Paris-Est Créteil)
Sean Mark (Université Catholique de Lille, France)
Ben Lerner and the Poetics of Conspiracy
Stephen Ross (Concordia University, Montréal, Canada)
"On the Conversation Partner: Celan, Waldrop, Lerner"
12.20-2.00 — Lunch Break
2.00-5.00 — Lerner, Far and Near
Chair: Antoine Cazé (Université Paris Cité)
Joseph Shafer (Auburn University, Alabama, USA)
Determining Art as Thrice Removed
Chloé Thomas (Université d'Angers/Université Paris Cité, France)
From the Hatred of Poetry to the (Self-)hatred of the Poet
3.20-3.40 — Coffee Break
Caroline Magnin (Sorbonne Université, Paris, France)
Tragedy and the Possibility of Community in Ben Lerner’s 10:04
Kyra Sutton (University of Berkeley, California, USA)
‘Between the Terrestrial and the Divine’: Ben Lerner and the Post Secular
Evening with Ben Lerner
7.00-8.00pm
Atelier Michael Woolworth
2 Rue de la Roquette, 75011 Paris
Bilingual reading from Ben Lerner's Poetry collection
Ben Lerner and Virgine Poitrasson
Virginie Poitrasson
French Poet and Translator (Angle of Yaw)
Saturday, July 1st
Université Paris Cité
Ben Lerner and Art
Université Paris Cité
Ben Lerner and Art
Amphi 4 C Halle aux farines
Campus “Les Grands Moulins”
5 rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris
Campus “Les Grands Moulins”
5 rue Thomas Mann, 75013 Paris
Morning free
1.00-2.00 — Plenary Address
Yasna Bozhkova (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France)
‘Crucial Betweens’: Ben Lerner’s Dialogic Poetics
Chair: Karim Daanoune (Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier 3)
2.45-4.00 — Ways of Seeing, Ways of Listening
Chair: Mathieu Duplay (Université Paris Cité)
James Strowman (Durham University, UK)
‘heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter’: Music in Ben Lerner’s Poetics
Sharon Zelnick (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
The Photo/Text as a Medium of Jewish American Memory: Collaboration and Critique in Ben Lerner, Barbara Bloom, and Adam Golfer
4.00-500 — Q & A with Ben Lerner
Closing
7.30pm — Conference Banquet
Bouillon Racine
3 rue Racine
75006 Paris
1.00-2.00 — Plenary Address
Yasna Bozhkova (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France)
‘Crucial Betweens’: Ben Lerner’s Dialogic Poetics
Chair: Karim Daanoune (Université Paul Valéry - Montpellier 3)
2.45-4.00 — Ways of Seeing, Ways of Listening
Chair: Mathieu Duplay (Université Paris Cité)
James Strowman (Durham University, UK)
‘heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter’: Music in Ben Lerner’s Poetics
Sharon Zelnick (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
The Photo/Text as a Medium of Jewish American Memory: Collaboration and Critique in Ben Lerner, Barbara Bloom, and Adam Golfer
4.00-500 — Q & A with Ben Lerner
Closing
7.30pm — Conference Banquet
Bouillon Racine
3 rue Racine
75006 Paris
“Let me walk to the edge of the genre"