H-France Salon, Volume 13, Issue 9, “Remembering Dominique Kalifa (1957-2020)”
Edited by:
Venita Datta, Wellesley College
Stéphane Gerson, New York University
Robin Walz, University of Alaska Southeast

This H-France Salon is the result of a friendship the three editors shared with Dominique Kalifa. It was born in the immediate aftermath of his untimely passing on September 12, 2020, in a flurry of emails, texts, and phone calls. As we mourned Dominique, we decided to honor his memory by asking colleagues, on both sides of the Atlantic, to share personal memories as well as reflections on his wide-ranging oeuvre and his central contribution to our academic world. The Salon includes eight essays by eleven contributors from France, the United States, and Canada as well as a recorded roundtable featuring three other scholars based in the U.S. and France. The international scope of Dominique’s work included exchanges with scholars in other parts of Europe, Latin America, and Asia as well; this Salon is by no means comprehensive.

Introduction: “Remembering Dominique Kalifa (1957-2020)” 
Venita Datta (Wellesley College), Stéphane Gerson (New York University), and Robin Walz (University of Alaska Southeast)

“L’envers du quotidien” 
Marie-Ève Thérenty
Université de Montpellier

“L’imaginaire social, à la vie à la mort” 
Anne-Emmanuelle Demartini
Université Sorbonne Paris Nord

“Les voix de Dominique K.” 
Stéphane Gerson
New York University

“Dominique Kalifa: L’art du passeur” 
Quentin Deluermoz (Université de Paris), Thomas Dodman (Columbia University), and Hervé Mazurel (Université de Bourgogne)

“L’éclaireur d’imaginaires” 
Mélodie Simard-Houde
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

“Life is a Cabaret: Exploring the bas-fonds with Dominique Kalifa” 
Andrea Goulet
University of Pennsylvania

“You Will Enter into the Century by Reading Fantômas” 
Robin Walz
University of Alaska Southeast
Société des Amis de Fantômas, Membre Malfaiteur no. 54

“La Belle Époque des Chrononymes” 
Venita Datta (Wellesley College) and Willa Z. Silverman (The Pennsylvania State University)

Video: “Roundtable in Honor of Dominique Kalifa” 
Participants:
    Mame-Fatou Niang, Carnegie Mellon University
    John Merriman, Yale University
    Miranda Spieler, American University of Paris
    Stéphane Gerson, New York University (Moderator)

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