Online conference by Weronika Szwebs

On May 7th at 1pm (Paris), Weronika Szwebs, (Adam Mickiewicz University), will give a conference titled:  "Simone de Beauvoir and censorship in the Polish People's Republic" (abstract below).

Feel free to register: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/81448b24-3564-4836-8760-b990017bcc1b@ab0a1eaa-e9e2-40bd-af56-c8341ba16eeb 

Weronika has worked on the translations and circulations of Beauvoir, Derrida, Barthes, Saïd and Butler's works. 

ABSTRACT 
​"Simone de Beauvoir and censorship in the Polish People's Republic" 
The presentation will examine the specificity of Simone de Beauvoir’s presence in People’s Poland over the years and show – based on censors’ reviews – how the censorship office perceived her writing and shaped its image for Polish readers. Special attention will be given to two parts of Beauvoir’s autobiography – La force de l’âge and La force des choses – to demonstrate how political interventions in the text complicate her image as a fellow traveller, that is, a Western sympathizer of communism.