1966 With Richard Macksey and Eugenio Donato, Girard organizes an international symposium from 18 to 21 October: ‘The Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man.’ Lucien Goldmann, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, and others participate in the standing-room-only event. The conference marks the introduction of structuralism and French theory to America; it marked Derrida’s debut in America.
