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From Bengal to the Boudoir: The Story of the Most Infamous Dark-Skinned Man of Nineteenth-Century France
Please come learn more about Zamore “the African,” a Bengali page at the court of Louis XV whose testimony during the French Revolution sent his godmother, the Countess Du Barry, to the guillotine. In this illustrated talk Dr. Lise Schreier, Associate Professor of French at Fordham University, will explore the complexities of race and political allegiance that emerge from nineteenth-century memoirs and journalism related to Zamore and his exploits.
“From Bengal to the Boudoir: The Story of the Most Infamous Dark-Skinned Man of Nineteenth-Century France”
Associate Professor Lise Schreier, Fordham University
Sponsored by the Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures
Wednesday, April 8. 1-2:30 pm
Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall
For more information please contact
Dr. Elizabeth Emery (emerye@mail.montclair.edu)