II. Calendar of Proustian events
22 and 29 January, and 5 February, at the Bibliothèque de Sceaux (Hauts-de-Seine): a lecture by Laurence Grenier, Proust en roman photo
22 January, at 1pm, at the École normale supérieure, (amphithéâtre Jaurès), the defence of Wen Zhu's thesis, Proust dans le champ des transferts culturels franco-chinois : problèmes de traduction et d'interprétation
28 January, at 6.30pm, at the Café de la Mairie, Place Saint-Sulpice (Paris VIe), a book signing for L'affaire Stermaria, La Bretagne à Balbec, by Brigitte Albert-Jacouty and Marianne Brody-Baudin (éditions du Palio)
1 February, at 3pm, salle Cortot (Paris XVII): a concert around Marcel Proust and the Sonate de Vinteuil
2 February, at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, as part of the seminar « Papiers. Livres. Archives. Bibliothèques », a lecture by Cécile Leblanc: « Ma mémoire toute remplie d'elle ». La carrière de Sarah Bernhardt dans les avant-textes de Proust et les écrits de Hahn, choses vues, choses jugées.
5 February, at 3pm, at the Société historique et archéologique des VIII et XVIIe arrondissements de Paris (28 rue Laure Diebold, Paris VIIIe), a lecture by Jean-Christophe Antoine, La Madeleine sans Proust. Un mariage mondain à la Belle Époque. Subject to confirmation of date and venue. Free admission
13 February, 13 March, 10 April, 22 May, 19 June, by videoconference, from 3.30pm to 5.30pm, a seminar on editing Proust's correspondence, organised by Françoise Leriche and open to all (link for the videoconference)
16 March, at the École normale supérieure, as part of the seminar « Papiers. Livres. Archives. Bibliothèques », a lecture by Antoine Compagnon: Proust exposé ?
18 March, at the hôtel Swann, as part of the "rencontres des amis de Proust": a presentation of the Musée Bonnat-Helleu, which has just reopened in Bayonne, by its director, Barthélémy Etchegoyen Glama
24 March, at the hôtel Swann, once again as part of the "rencontres des amis de Proust": a presentation by Philippe Blay and members of the quatuor Tchalik of a new recording of works by Reynaldo Hahn (including the Trio composed in part at Beg-Meil during his stay with Proust, in 1895)
31 March, at 6.30pm, at the mairie of the 11th arrondissement of Paris, a lecture by Jean-Yves Tadié, "Les Villes thermales dans la Littérature"
Saturday 23 May: journée des aubépines at Illiers-Combray: a lecture by Laure Murat on Anna de Noailles, a convivial lunch at the restaurant, a piano recital by Philippe Cassard, readings from Proust's correspondence with Anna de Noailles by Ivan Morane.
Saturday 20 June: a pianola demonstration and Proustian readings at the musée de la musique mécanique in Dollon (Sarthe) (an event proposed to the association by Jean-Paul Henriet; further information to follow)
28 and 29 September, in Barcelona, a conference on Marcel Proust et les langues minoritaires ou minorées, organised by ARIPIC and the société catalane d'amis de Marcel Proust
Also:
Every Sunday until 26 January, at the théâtre Essaïon (Paris), the show Proust en clair, by Jacques Mougenot. The theatre is offering SAMP members a reduced rate of €15 (instead of €25). To do so, please book either by email at the following address: essaionreservations@gmail.com, or by telephone on 01 42 78 46 42, quoting the code MADELEINE.
Until 1 March 2026, at the Cité de la langue française (Villers-Cotterêts), an exhibition of manuscripts from the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, including drafts by Marcel Proust.
From 21 May to 27 September, at Tate Britain (London), an exhibition on James McNeill Whistler. We are in contact with the London museum to organise a visit, probably on Saturday 30 May, guided (in French) by Emily Eells. Further information will be given in the next letter.
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