Name: The Flaneuse As Ragpicker: Urban Recollect. In Sophie Calle & Régine Robin
Start: 2026-03-10T16:20:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-10T18:30:00-04:00
Location: F.S.U. • Winthrop~King Institute For Contemporary French, & Francophone Studies

$The Flaneuse As Ragpicker: Urban Recollect. In Sophie Calle & R\u00e9gine Robin$

Join us for a Cultural space, & Artistic exploration of textual and visual cityscapes, where the mental, corporeal, and material intersect!
About this Event

The Flaneuse as Ragpicker: Urban Recollection in Sophie Calle and Régine Robin
Date, & Times: March 10, 2026, From: 04:20 p.m., To: 06:30 p.m.
Location: F.S.U. • Winthrop~King Institute, Diffenbaugh Bldg., Room 009
Keynote Speaker: Catherine Nesci, University of California at Santa Barbara

About The Event:

French conceptual artist Sophie Calle and Franco-Canadian writer and sociologist Régine Robin (1939–2021) reimagine and perform the marginalized figure of the ragpicker. By redefining their roles as flâneuses and navigating the layered temporalities of modern cities, they not only testify to the ever-changing rhythms of urban life; they also uncover ghosts, remnants of the repressed past, and traces of the disappeared. Their textual and visual cityscapes will be explored as a cultural space where the mental, corporeal, and material intersect, hence through theories and aesthetics that shape agencies and art out of the tangible realities of megapolises.

Welcome Coffee

🕑: 04:20 PM - 05:00 PM
Coffee Break

Info: Venue: Diffenbaugh bldg., 4th floor

French Lecture Series

🕑: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Talk and Q&A

Info: Venue: Diffenbaugh bldg., Room 009