Michaël Ferrier: Writing Archipelagoes — International Symposium, Fall 2028

Date listed is provisional and will be announced.

Concluding Michaël Ferrier’s residency at Florida State University, this international symposium brings together scholars from around the world to explore the significance of Ferrier’s contributions to contemporary literature and thought. Addressing themes including migration, memory, environmental catastrophe, globalization, and cultural circulation, the symposium will highlight Ferrier’s unique ability to illuminate the complexities of our interconnected world while imagining new forms of relation and belonging.

Édouard Glissant Across the Languages and Disciplines

Faculty Lecture Series, 2027-28

How has Édouard Glissant influenced the sciences, humanities, arts, and public life? This innovative lecture series showcases the remarkable reach of Glissant’s ideas by bringing leading scholars, artists, and public intellectuals to Florida State University whose work reflects the continuing influence of concepts such as Relation, Creolization, Opacity, and the Tout-monde. Spanning disciplines from literature and environmental studies to architecture, philosophy, and digital humanities, the series reveals the enduring relevance of Glissant’s vision for understanding cultural diversity and global interconnectedness.

FSU faculty are invited to propose speakers from their own disciplines in a collaborative project that aims to promote collaboration across the university. Please send proposals (biography of proposed speaker, with a short explanation of their uses of Glissant’s work), to wbenoit@fsu.edu, by Jan. 31, 2027.