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Round tables, author meetings, readings, cinema, tea dancing… the proposals are varied for the Spring Banquet of the Les arts de lire cultural center, at Lagrasse Abbey.
From Friday May 10 to Sunday May 12, Les arts de lire de l’Abbaye de Lagrasse, a new regional cultural center labeled 3rd cultural meeting center in Occitanie, offers its Spring Banquet, thus developing the long tradition of the place, which has hosted since 25 years of the Book Banquets, initiated by the Le marque-page association. For this new meeting, the chosen theme concerns “Reconstituted History”.
Three days of meetings open to all
This Banquet is open to all and “is not a university conference”, specifies the programming team, but a time for reflection and exchange “because historians are not the only ones to be worked on by the “History. Literature, theater, cinema, no artistic field seems to escape the contemporary necessity of summoning the events of the past, of reconstituting them in order to constantly reformulate the story.”
Through meetings with authors, readings, round tables and other proposals (read below), this Banquet invites a broad journey, willingly profuse and sometimes contradictory, in the way of reconstituting the historical story. He delves into the texts that form the Source, leading to often surprising interpretations. For three days, the public is invited to meet speakers from different backgrounds, including writers, filmmakers, historians, anthropologists, artists, journalists, researchers… A wide range of analytical possibilities of History, contributing to a critical spirit , with a broader reflection on the subject.
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Friday May 10. At 9 p.m.: opening remarks “Reenactment, an art of reading history?” (Patrick Boucheron and Yann Potin). At 9:30 p.m.: documentary film “My father’s castle”, by Filip Flatau (2023, 52 minutes) on the journey of a son and his father who, after spending 50 years in France, wishes to live in the house from his childhood in Poznan, Poland. Evening in the presence of the director, followed by an exchange with the public.
Saturday May 11. At 10 a.m.: round table “Reconstructing family history, shared perspectives on lineage autofiction”, with Marielle Hubert (writer), Philippe Artières (historian and anthropologist of writings), Yamina Benahmed Daho (writer) and Pierre Benetti (anthropologist and literary criticism). At 2:30 p.m.: “Writing the family, describing reality?”, with writers Ariane Chemin (journalist) and Grégoire Kauffmann (historian). At 4 p.m.: author meeting with Olivier Rolin (writer). At 5:30 p.m.: reading by Yamina Benahmed Daho (writer). At 6:30 p.m.: aperitif with music around the historic song. At 9 p.m.: film “The Abduction”, by Marco Bellocchio (2022, 2:15 a.m.), presented by historian Patrick Boucheron. In 1858, in the Jewish quarter of Bologna, the Pope’s soldiers burst into a family to take the young son Edgardo, baptized in secret. The papal law is indisputable: he must receive a Catholic education. His parents will do everything to get him back.
Sunday May 12. At 10 a.m.: round table “Reconstruct or edit the text?” The historical issues of philology with Charles-Henri Lavielle (editor), Laurent Calvié (philologist), Bernard Cerquiglini (linguist) and Hélène Biu (writer and researcher in philology). At 2:30 p.m.: reading by Marielle Hubert (writer). At 4 p.m.: author meeting with Michel Jullien (writer and editor). At 5 p.m.: tea dancing around the reconstructed history.
Meals possible, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. (€25 by reservation, limited capacity). Price of the event (free for children under 15). Full pass (excluding meals): €30 (full price), €25 (reduced price), €15 (15-17 years old). Price of films: €5 per screening (free for under 15s). Day pass for May 11 or 12: €15 and €12 (full price). Information: 04 68 43 15 99.
