Global France Seminar

Reading across literature, film, oral history, archival documents, legal history, and scientific texts, The Suicide Archive (2024) shows how aesthetic forms (literature, film, visual art, performance) preserve powerful histories of resistance and loss.

In her acclaimed novel (Inter and Walser Awards), Pauly recounts the aftermath of her father’s death. The novel is a tragicomic exploration of grief, family, class, and the complicated bonds between parents and children.

Mat Fournier, Associate Professor of French, Ithaca College