Professor of French John O'Neal presented a paper in French at the 4th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities at the University of Carthage in Tunis in July. O'Neal's paper was titled "La confusion de la societe dans la Lettre a d'Alembert sur les spectacles et la question de la modernite de Rousseau." While there O'Neal visited the ancient of Utica, for which the local city is named.
