Writer Michel Butor, October 15, 1979

Julia Kristeva delivering a lecture at the Maison Française, November 8, 1979

L to R: Feminist theorist and author Monique Wittig, Maison director Jacqueline Desrez and writer Nathalie Sarraute, October 1, 1986

Alain Robbe-Grillet and Gita May, March 1, 1989

L to R: French Department Chair Michael Riffaterre, Maison director Jacqueline Desrez, author Philippe Sollers, Hermine Riffaterre, Jonathan Cole and Professor Antoine Compagnon at a reception for Philippe Sollers, March 30, 1989

French philosophers Jacques Derrida (left) and Régis Debray during a debate at the Maison Française, 1990s

The French in New York During World War II conference, April 11, 1992

Sculptor Louise Bourgeois and Professor Antoine Compagnon speaking at the colloquium on the French in New York during World War II, April 12, 1992 

Françoise Gilot, Kate Millett and Jacqueline Desrez

Ambassador André Baeyens with Professors Michael Riffaterre and Henri Mitterand, October 5, 1995

Professors Antoine Compagnon and Maryse Condé at a Maison Française art exhibit, October 1995

Nathalie Sarraute and Antoine Compagnon, November 29, 1995

Marc Fumaroli, French historian and member of the Académie Française

L to R : Morrocan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, Professor Maryse Condé, and Maison Director Jacqueline Desrez, 1990s

Elisabeth Ladenson, Pierre Force, Phil Watts, Antoine Compagnon, February 2011

Robert O. Paxton, February 20, 1978