The Languages, Literatures, Societies, Cross-Border and International Studies (LLSETI) laboratory is organizing an international symposium on Thursday, October 11, and Friday, October 12, 2018, on "Memories and Issues of the '68 Moment' in French Catholicism (1968-2018)." It will be held on the Jacob-Bellecombette campus, building 10, room 20020 in building 2, known as "Le Satellite," entrance A (opposite the Jacob church).
On the agenda
Thursday, October 11
- 2:15 p.m.: Welcome and introduction. Memories of those involved
- 2:30 p.m.: Denis Pelletier, EPHE Paris: The reversal of the ideals of 1968 as seen through the evolution of Catholicism. Discussion.
- 3:15 p.m.: Charles Mercier, University of Bordeaux, (LACES EA7437) – IUF: The memory of 1968 in René Rémond.
Discussion and break. - 4:15 p.m.: Sabine Rousseau, LARHRA, Lyon: The memory of 1968 among students at the Centre Saint-Yves in Paris.
- 4:45 p.m.: Nathalie Ponsard, Clermont Auvergne University, Clermont-Ferrand: Testimonials in 2008 about the "moment of '68" from former Catholic protesters in Puy-de-Dôme.
- 5:15 p.m.: Discussion.
Friday, October 12
In search of meaning
- 9 a.m.: Michel Fourcade, University of Montpellier III: Pentecost or Apocalypse? 1968 and "prophecy."
- 9:30 a.m.: Frédéric Gugelot, University of Reims: Is the sky red? Between Christianity and a new messianic horizon, ten years after May 1968. Discussion and break.
Memories of '68 seen from elsewhere
- 10:30 a.m.: Alessandro Santagata, University of Rome Tor Vergata: Memories and challenges of 1968 in Italian grassroots communities.
- 11 a.m.: Cécile Vanderpelen, Free University of Brussels, Brussels: The legacy of May 1968 among progressive French-speaking Belgian Catholic intellectuals.
- 11:30 a.m.: Olivier Chatelan, Jean Moulin University-Lyon 3 / LARHRA: Medellín, memories of another 1968. Discussion
Reversals and diversions
- 2:00 p.m.: Anthony Favier, LARHRA: The positions of the galaxy of left-wing Christians at the time of the "May 68 in reverse" of the Manif pour tous (Protest for All) movement.
- 2:30 p.m.: Yann Raison du Cleuziou, University of Bordeaux: The origins of Christian anarchism: the journal Immédiatement and the neo-reactionary subversion of 1968 culture (1996-2003).
Discussion and break. - 3:30 p.m.: Corinne Bonafoux, University of Savoie Mont Blanc: The challenges of a fifty-year anniversary. Discussion.
- 4:15 p.m.: Étienne Fouilloux, Professor Emeritus, University of Lyon 2: General conclusions. Reflections on the memories of 1968.
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