The University of Alabama’s beautiful Tuscaloosa campus

The University of Alabama, Denny Chimes Tower

Plaque honoring Autherine Lucy Foster’s legacy

The University of Alabama, President’s Mansion

The University of Alabama, College of Arts and Sciences

Going to the Bryant Conference Center

Bryant Conference Center

Hotel Capstone lobby

Digital panel announcing the 2022 AIZEN Conference at Bryant Conference Center

Conference poster

Participants arrive. From left : Célia Sousa Vieira and Adão Barros

From left: Vittorio Frigerio and Joël Rochard

From left: Molly Deaver and Kevin P. Nonin

From left: Anna Gural-Migdal and Tricia McElroy

John McDowell at the registration table

Conference registration. A big thank you to doctoral students Mark Matthews and Emile Kablan, here with April Stevens, for their kind assistance!

Happy conference registration! From left: Jean-Philippe Vauchel, Christian Mbarga, Shoshana-Rose Marzel, Emile Kablan, and Mark Matthews

Juliana Starr welcomes participants Christine Muelsch, Colette Ganoulis and Cheryl Toman

The two organizers-in-chief, Juliana Starr and Carmen Mayer, here with Xabier Granja

Getting ready for the conference

Before the opening speeches

Conference participant Joël Rochard

Opening speech. On the left: Tricia McElroy, Associate Dean for Fine Arts, introduced by Carmen Mayer

Opening speech: Cheryl Toman, Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Classics

Opening speech: AIZEN President Juliana Starr

AIZEN team. From left : Jean-Philippe Vauchel, Ana Oancea, Juliana Starr, and Carmen Mayer

Keynote Speaker Jennifer Yee

Conference participant Valentin Duquet

Enjoying a Mexican lunch catered by Taco Mama

Book exhibit table

Book exhibit table. From left : Adamu Danjuma Abubakar and Elise Cantiran

Book exhibit table. Anna Gural-Migdal presents her book of poetry, Déserts noirs (L’Harmattan, 2021)

Champagne reception at Gorgas House

Champagne reception at Gorgas House

Champagne reception at Gorgas House: Nicolas Valazza

Champagne Reception at Gorgas House. From left : Anna Gural-Migdal, Honored Guest, and Tobias Picker, Special Guest

Hosting the poetry reading event at Gorgas House

Anna Gural-Migdal honored by Juliana Starr and Carmen Mayer at Gorgas House

Audience for the poetry reading « Inspiration Zola, » performed by Anna Gural-Migdal

Anna Gural-Migdal reciting her poem « Inspiration Zola » published in Déserts noirs

Gorgas House, AIZEN 30th anniversary family portrait

Conference participant Alexandre Dubois

Vittorio Frigerio, Keynote Speaker, introduced by Carolyn Snipes-Hoyt

Keynote Speaker Vittorio Frigerio

Conference participant Cameron Dodworth

Convivial lunch in the Bryant Conference Center Atrium

Hybrid session. From left: Céline Brossillon and Evlyn Gould

Zoom audience

Carmen Mayer preparing snacks for the film screening

Christine Muelsch presenting the movie Thérèse Raquin by Marcel Carné

A relaxing break along the Black Warrior River Walk

Black Warrior River

Bicentennial Sculpture at Manderson Landing along the Black Warrior River

An evening bus ride to the University of Alabama Opera Theatre

An evening bus ride to the University of Alabama Opera Theatre

An evening bus ride to the University of Alabama Opera Theatre

Thérèse Raquin: Opera poster at the entrance of the theatre

Buffet dinner at the Opera Theatre

Thérèse Raquin opera’s composer Tobias Picker

Opera evening. From left : Carmen Mayer, Anna Gural-Migdal, Rosanne Abdullah, Élise Cantiran, Christian Mbarga, and Maxime Vigneron

Thérèse Raquin opera

Thérèse Raquin opera

Thérèse Raquin opera

Thérèse Raquin opera: producer and director Paul Houghtaling

Thérèse Raquin opera: conductor Jamie Reeves

Thérèse Raquin opera: the orchestra

Thérèse Raquin opera: Tobias Picker with Paul Houghtaling (kneeling), Jamie Reeves (center), and the whole cast

From left: Carmen Mayer and opera composer Tobias Picker

From left: Sopranos Haley Beard and Ziwei Cen with Juliana Starr

Soprano Zoe Rose Pallas

Leaving the University of Alabama Opera Theatre

Conference participant Susan McCready

Session Audience

Joël Rochard, President of the Société Littéraire des Amis d’Émile Zola, presenting his Power Point on the inauguration of the Maison Zola and the Musée Dreyfus

Power Point: Inauguration of the Maison Zola with President François Hollande

Power Point: Inauguration of the Musée Dreyfus with President Emmanuel Macron

Musée Dreyfus Entrance

Invitation to visit the Maison Zola and the Musée Dreyfus

From left: Carmen Mayer, Joël Rochard, Juliana Starr, and Jean-Philippe Vauchel

A self-guided tour of the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa campus. From left Shoshana-Rose Marzel and Anna Gural-Migdal

In grateful memory of Monique Fol, Founder and First President of the AIZEN

Anna-Gural-Migdal, Honorary President of the AIZEN and Honored Guest, with Vittorio Frigerio, Keynote Speaker

Juliana Starr, third President of the AIZEN

2022 Schor/Cahm Award recipient, Kevin P. Nolin with Juliana Starr, Carmen Mayer, and his thesis supervisor, Alexandra K. Wettlaufer

AIZEN 30th Anniversary Banquet

AIZEN 30th Anniversary Banquet

AIZEN 30th Anniversary Banquet

AIZEN 30th Anniversary : lighting candles on birthday cake 

AIZEN 30th Anniversary : lighting candles on birthday cake 

AIZEN 30th Birthday’s cake

Happy Birthday, AIZEN !

Carmen Mayer, Vice President of the AIZEN, raises her glass to toast the AIZEN’s 30 years of existence !

Civil Rights Tour in Birmingham, Alabama, with Red Clay Tours

Tour guide Clay Cornelius

Kelly Ingram Park’s Freedom Walk

Sculpture entitled Police and Dog Attack by James Drake, Freedom Walk

Sculpture entitled Firehosing of Demonstrators by James Drake, Freedom Walk

Sculpture entitled Children’s March (« I ain’t afraid of your jail ») by James Drake, Freedom Walk

Sculpture of Ronald McDowell dedicated to the Foot Soldiers of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement, Freedom Walk

Historic John Herbert Philipps high school, Birmingham

Statue of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, former civil rights activist

Historic 16th Street Baptist Church

Four Little Girls Memorial, 16th Street Baptist Church

Four Little Girls Memorial, 16th Street Baptist Church

Historic 16th Street Baptist Church

Monument, dedicated to the four little girls killed during the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Kelly Ingram Park

Linn Park, Birmingham

Statue toppled during the George Floyd protests, Linn Park

Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail

Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail

Plaque of Historic Bethel Baptist Church of Collegeville

Historic Bethel Baptist Chuch of Collegeville