#  France and the World 

 



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The sense of a globe that is interconnected within and beyond the nation has a long history in literature and culture. This seminar examines the points of contact, as well as the dialogue emerging from a diversity of points of view, that place the role of otherness and boundary crossing at the very center of literature, culture, and politics in France.



 



 

 

 

 

##  Past Events 

 



  [###  The Niger River on Three Screens: Visual Echoes of Colonial Film Censorship in 1950s African and French Cinema

 ](/event/niger-river-three-screens-visual-echoes-colonial-film-censorship-1950s-african-and-french?occ_id=0)Apr 22, 2026

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 5:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### The Dialectic of Universal Emancipation

 ](/event/dialectic-universal-emancipation?occ_id=0)April 9, 2026

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 3:00PM EDT 

 

 

   [### Criminalizing the Casbahs: Policing North Africans in Marseille and Algiers, 1918–1954

 ](/event/criminalizing-casbahs-policing-north-africans-marseille-and-algiers-1918-1954?occ_id=0)Mar 24, 2026

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 5:00PM EDT 

 

 

  

 

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##  Chairs 

 



  [### Hannah Frydman

 ](/people/hannah-frydman) <hfrydman@fas.harvard.edu> 

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   [### Usha Reena Rungoo

 ](/people/usha-reena-rungoo) [usha\_rungoo@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:usha_rungoo@fas.harvard.edu) 

      ![Usha Rungoo headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4936/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/mahindra/files/rungoo_photo.jpg?itok=iup27ZIs) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



 

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