American Weil Society
Friday Web Series
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"On Simone Weil and Giotto"
- a lecture by Alexander Nemerov -
Friday, March 25th, 2022
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Alexander Nemerov is Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor in the Arts and Humanities at Stanford University. Before joining Stanford, he was a professor in art history at Yale University (2001‒2012). A scholar of American art, Nemerov writes about the presence of art, the recollection of the past, and the importance of the humanities in our lives today. His publications include Summoning Pearl Harbor (2017); Soulmaker: The Times of Lewis Hine (2016); Icons of Grief: Val Lewton’s Home Front Pictures (2005); and The Body of Raphaelle Peale: Still Life and Selfhood, 1812-1824 (2001).
His most recent publication is Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (2021).
"The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Translating Simone Weil"
- a Roundtable -
Friday, April 1st, 2022
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Translating is a formidable task. Three translators of Simone Weil’s works: Ros Schwartz, translator of Weil’s L’Enracinement (forthcoming from Penguin UK) and Philip Wilson and Sylvia Panizza, translators of Weil’s Venise Sauvée and poems (Bloomsbury Press), will discuss some of the challenges. Tess Lewis, an internationally recognized translator, will moderate the discussion.