Events & Calendars "Inside the French Boudoir: Architecture and Desire in the 18th Century" -- Lecture by Pierre Saint-Amand

Please join us for the inaugural biennial lecture in a series in honor of Professor Jay Caplan, who taught for 30 years in the Department of French at Amherst College. We have invited Pierre Saint-Amand, the Benjamin F. Barge Professor of French at Yale University, to give a lecture on the topic of "Inside the French Boudoir: Architecture and Desire in the 18th Century." The lecture will be given in English.

Pierre Saint-Amand has research interests in the literature of the 18th century, the philosophy of the Enlightenment, the French Revolution and literary criticism and theory. Among his celebrated works are a book dedicated to the philosophical and scientific writings of Denis Diderot and a book on the political writings of the philosophers. His latest book is a study dedicated to the Enlightenment's resistance to the ideology of work at the dawn of capitalism.

The lecture and reception are free and open to the public. This event is sponsored by the Amherst College Department of French and the Turgeon Fund. The lecture series was made possible by the generous donations of French department alumni, offered in honor of Jay Caplan. For further information about this event, please contact the French department.