Book Events, Talks, Workshops on Hugo, with Marva A. Barnett

Main page for Victor Hugo on Things That Matter

2012:
May 16, 6:00-7:30 p.m. "To Love is to Act": Victor Hugo and Social Justice. Université de Paris III-Censier, La Sorbonne Nouvelle, sponsored by the UVa Club of Paris.

2010:
November 22, 5:00-6:30 p.m. Victor Hugo's Fight Against the Death Penalty: The Beginning. Flash Seminar, Hotel D, East Range, University of Virginia.

September 21, Noon-1:00 pm: Illustrated talk and reading on Victor Hugo on Things That Matter, with a focus on social justice: "To Love is To Act." At the Colonnade Club Faculty Author Series, University of Virginia, Pavilion VII on the West Lawn, Charlottesville, Virginia

June 13, 12:00-2:00 pm: Invited to give the first recitation/reading at the "Banquet Hugolien," a celebration of Hugo's writings by 20+ Hugo scholars, journalists, and actors in the Paris Place des Vosges. Recited "Les Djinns", from Les Orientales. Sponsored by Libération; organized by Edouard Launet. Video summary here.

March 21, 1:30 pm: Illustrated talk, reading, and book signing, Virginia Festival of the Book, " 'To Love is to act': Victor Hugo and Social Justice," at the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library, 201 East Market Street, Downtown, Charlottesville, Virginia

February 20, all day : Roundtables and book signing, Salon du livre Victor Hugo, Musée Victor Hugo, Villequier, France. Various authors of books on Hugo participated throughout the day on both February 20 and 21.

February 18, 7:00 pm : Talk and book signing, "Going Beyond 'Demain, dès l’aube, . . . '--Love, Life, and Hope for Victor Hugo," at the Association France-Amériques, 9, avenue Franklin Roosevelt, Paris 75008. Co-hosted by The American Club of Paris. Followed by a reception. Click here for the invitation.

January 28, 7:00 pm: Beyond "Demain, dès l’aube, . . . "--Love, Life, and Hope for Victor Hugo. Marva Barnett shares some poems by Hugo, along with insights she gained in writing Victor Hugo on Things That Matter. Alliance Française wine & cheese reception, 1119 Fifth St. SW, Suite D, Charlottesville, Virginia

2009:
December 7, 7:30 pm: Introduction to the Shakespeare Theatre Company's staged reading of Ruy Blas, Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th Street NW, Washington DC

November 2, 7:30 pm: Victor Hugo à la Soirée de poésie, Maison Française, University of Virginia.

March 27, 12:30 pm: My Love Affair with Victor Hugo, or The Power of Literature. Keynote for the Southeast Coastal Conference on Languages and Literatures, Georgia Southern U., Statesboro.

2008:
November 15: Au-delà de "Demain, dès l’aube, . . . ": L'Actualité de Victor Hugo. Workshop for Virginia teachers, Center for the Liberal Arts, U. of Virginia, Charlottesville