Public Lecture Series: Dr. John Flower
Date and Time
Location
MacKinnon room 026
Details
Dr. John E. Flower
Professor Emeritus, University of Kent
and General Editor, Journal of European Studies
"Preoccupation with the Occupation:
Memory and its Uses"
Dr. John Flower, Officier des Palmes académiques, has held the chair of French in the UK at the universities of Exeter and Kent, where he is now Emeritus Professor, and in France has been professeur invité at Paris-X Nanterre, Bordeaux and Avignon. He has published widely on the literature and culture of France in the 20th century, especially the work of writers of the Left and of François Mauriac. His recent publications include François Mauriac et Jean Paulhan; Correspondance 1925-1967 (2001), Autour de la ‘Lettre aux directeurs de la Résistance’ de Jean Paulhan (2003), Joan of Arc: Icon of Modern Culture (2008), François Mauriac, journaliste: les vingt premières années (2011) and Historical Dictionary of French Literature (2012). He is Editor of the Journal of European Studies.