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← Return to CalendarAn Encounter with Simone Weil
6:00pm - 8:00pmZSR Library, Room 404Description
An Encounter with Simone Weil
(with film Director/Producer Julia Haslett)
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 | 6:00 p.m. | Z. Smith Reynolds Library Auditorium (Room 404)
Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a philosopher, educator, and activist. She fought in the Spanish Civil War, worked as a machine operator and farm laborer, debated Trotsky, taught high school students and union members, and was part of the French Resistance. The daughter of affluent Jewish parents, she was a consummate outsider who distrusted ideologies of any kind. At age 34, Simone Weil left behind a body of work that fills 15 volumes and establishes her as a brilliant political, social, and spiritual thinker. Her ideas have influenced countless people, including Susan Sontag, Graham Greene, and T.S. Eliot.
Using Weil’s writing and teachings as a framework for her own experience, Julia Haslett creates a moving portrait of an extraordinary young woman whose decision to act on her convictions proved that the quest to live a principled life is a journey we should all consider taking.
Free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Linda Mecum at mecumlh@wfu.edu or 758-3758.
Sponsored by Women’s and Gender Studies, American Ethnic Studies, History Department, Philosophy Department, Religion Department, Department of Romance Languages, ZSR Library, and Political Science Department.
Contact Information
- Name:
- Linda Mecum
- Email:
- mecumlh@wfu.edu
- Phone:
- 336.758.3758