Josephine Baker-a century in the spotlight September 29, 2006

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 – ALTSCHUL ATRIUM – BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

6.00 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS – “THE INTELLIGENT BODY AND EROTIC SOUL OF JOSEPHINE BAKER”
MARGO JEFFERSON, PULITZER PRIZE-WININING CRITIC, AUTHOR – WRITING DIVISION – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

7.00 PM “HOOFER’S HOUSE” PRESENTED BY THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM
HOSTED BY RASHIDA BUMBRAY, ASSISTANT CURATOR, THE KITCHEN

8.00 PM RECEPTION

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 — SULZBERGER PARLOR, HELD AUDITORIUM – BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

9.00 AM COFFEE

9.45 AM OPENING REMARKS
KAIAMA L. GLOVER, FRENCH, AFRICANA STUDIES – BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

10.00 AM PANEL I – A PRESET STAGE

CHAIR: SERGE GAVRONSKY, FRENCH – BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

“SYNESTHETIC RHYTHMS: AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC AND DANCE THROUGH PARISIAN EYES”
TERRI GORDON, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE – THE NEW SCHOOL

“THE NEW WOMAN AND THE NEW EMPIRE: JOSEPHINE BAKER AND CHANGING IDEAS OF FEMININITY IN INTERWAR FRANCE”
TYLER STOVALL, HISTORY – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

“THROUGH A LOVER’S EYES AND A CULTURE’S DESIRE: JOSEPHINE BAKER AND THE ART OF PAUL COLIN”
NOLIWE ROOKS, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES – PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

11.45 AM COFFEE

12.00 PM PANEL II – BAKER’S CRAFT

CHAIR: MONICA MILLER, ENGLISH, AFRICANA STUDIES – BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

“WHOSE CHOREOGRAPHY?: JOSEPHINE BAKER AND THE QUESTION OF (DANCE) AUTHORSHIP”
ANTHEA KRAUT, DANCE – UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE

“THE END OF THE LINE: JOSEPHINE BAKER AND THE POLITICS OF BLACK WOMEN’S CORPOREAL COMEDY”
DAPHNE A. BROOKS, ENGLISH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES – PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

“JOSEPHINE BAKER AS DIASPORIC DANCER”
MAE GWENDOLYN HENDERSON, ENGLISH – UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL

1.45 PM LUNCH

3.00 PM PANEL III – STAGING TENSIONS, CROSSING BORDERS, DANCING IN-BETWEEN

CHAIR: ROBERT G. O’MEALLY, ENGLISH, JAZZ STUDIES – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

“FOIL, FICTION AND PHANTASM: ‘JOSEPHINE BAKER’ IN PRINCESSE TAM TAM”
CLAUDINE RAYNAUD, ENGLISH – UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS

“JOSEPHINE BAKER AND THE DAWN OF TRANSNATIONAL CINEMA”
ELIZABETH EZRA, SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, CULTURES AND RELIGIONS – UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING

“THE USE VALUE OF ‘JOSEPHINE BAKER’”
FELICIA MCCARREN, FRENCH AND ITALIAN – TULANE UNIVERSITY

4.45 PM COFFEE

5.00 PM FILM SCREENING – ZOU-ZOU (1934)
INTRODUCTORY DIALOGUE WITH JEAN-CLAUDE BAKER AND LYNN WHITFIELD

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1 – MAISON FRANÇAISE, CENTER FOR FRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIES – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

10.00 AM COFFEE

10.30 AM PANEL IV – JOSEPHINE BAKER AND OTHER “OTHERS”

CHAIR: BRENT EDWARDS, ENGLISH – RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

“KATHERINE DUNHAM ON THE FRENCH STAGE (NO REPEAT OF LA REVUE NÈGRE)”
GENEVIÈVE FABRE, EMERITA – UNIVERSITÉ DENIS DIDEROT

“BODY AND SOUL: JOSEPHINE, JANE AND PAULETTE”
MARYSE CONDÉ, EMERITA – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

“REDISCOVERING AICHA, LUCY AND D’AL AL, COLORED FRENCH STAGE ARTISTS”
MICHEL FABRE, EMERITUS – UNIVERSITÉ DE LA SORBONNE NOUVELLE

“AFTER JOSEPHINE: BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN IN THE FRENCH MUSIC SCENE"
GRETCHEN HOLBROOK GERZINA, ENGLISH – DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

12.45 PM COFFEE

1.00 PM PANEL V – “AGENT JOSEPHINE”

CHAIR: KIM HALL, ENGLISH – BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

“FROM THE SECOND GREAT WAR TO IRAQ: BEAUTY, PATRIOTISM, AND LIEUTENANT JOSEPHINE BAKER”
T. SHARPLEY-WHITING, FRENCH, AFRICAN AMERICAN AND DIASPORA STUDIES, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

“SAMPLING JOSEPHINE BAKER: CUTS FROM TOUKI BOUKI, ALMA’S RAINBOW AND MADAME SATA”
TERRI FRANCIS, FILM STUDIES, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES – YALE UNIVERSITY

“ADOPTIVE AFFINITIES: JOSEPHINE BAKER AND BLACK INTERNATIONALISM”
JONATHAN EBURNE, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, ENGLISH – PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

“JOSEPHINE BAKER, PERFORMANCE, AND THE TRAUMATIC REAL”
WALTER KALAIDJIAN, ENGLISH – EMORY UNIVERSITY

3.15 PM CLOSING REMARKS
FARAH GRIFFIN, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES – COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

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