College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Dr. Peter Schulman (Old Dominion University) will present a talk entitled ‘Jacques Rivette: Life as Stage and the Stages of Life.’

Event Speaker:

Dr. Peter Schulman is Professor of French and International Studies at Old Dominion University. He is the author of The Sunday of Fiction: The Modern French Eccentric (Purdue University Press, 2003) and Le Dernier Livre du Siècle (Romillat, 2001) with Mischa Zabotin. He has translated Jules Verne’s last novel, The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz; George Simenon’s The 13 Culprits as well as a meditation on waves by Marie Darrieussecq, On Waves; Suburban Beauty from poet Jacques Reda; Adamah from poet Celine Zins; Ying Chen’s collection of haiku Impressions of Summer and Silvia Baron Supervielle’s Pages of Travel. He is currently co-editor in chief of a journal of eco-criticism, Green Humanities with Josh Weinstein and has co-edited the following books: The Marketing of Eros: Performance, Sexuality and Consumer Culture (2003); Chasing Esther: Jewish Expressions of Cultural Difference (Kol Katan Press, 2006) and Rhine Crossings: France and German in Love and War (SUNY Press, 2005). His translation of Marie Nimier’s play Another Year, Another Christmas (Noël revient tous les ans) was performed by the Haberdasher Theater company in Columbus, Ohio and New York City in November 2017. He is currently a consultant for Shela Xorego’s new production of Corneille’s L’illusion comique which will be performed at the Theater for the New City in New York in April 2022.