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SUMMARY:Ways of Seeing with Michael Pollan
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”RSVP Now” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fhost.nxt.blackbaud.com%2Fregistration-form%2F%3FformId%3D157c6581-0e2c-49b8-aff9-01d9c673030b%26envId%3Dp-Dm_SN_kaVE6HLULDUnPr0g%26zone%3Deur|target:_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Join us for a deep dive into Michael Pollan‘s How to Change Your Mind\, a #1 New York Times Bestseller that blends memoir\, science\, and history to examine the powerful potential of psychedelic substances. \nIn conversation with Curator of Cultural Programs\, Rachel Donadio\, Pollan will explore how these drugs are revolutionizing mental health treatment and reshaping our understanding of consciousness. We’ll also discuss Pollan’s broader body of work\, which spans topics from food to nature\, offering insight into his unique perspective on the intersection of science\, society\, and the human experience.  \nAbout the speaker: \nMichael Pollan is the author of nine books\, including This Is Your Mind on Plants\, How to Change Your Mind\, Cooked\, Food Rules\, In Defense of Food\, The Omnivore’s Dilemma\, and The Botany of Desire\, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. He is also the author of the audiobook Caffeine: How Coffee and Tea Made the Modern World. A longtime contributor to The New York Times Magazine\, Pollan teaches writing at Harvard University and the University of California\, Berkeley. In 2010\, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world.  \n  \nThis event is made possible with the support of Résidence Tallard\, a program by Kadist dedicated to hosting individuals from around the world who are recognized for their innovative ideas and impactful contributions to society. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Important information: This event will be in-person only. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Joan Didion and the Myths of Hollywood with Alissa Wilkinson and Joanna Scutts
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”RSVP Now” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fhost.nxt.blackbaud.com%2Fregistration-form%2F%3FformId%3D567f412b-d0e1-4b93-9e10-d2494ca255b0%26envId%3Dp-Dm_SN_kaVE6HLULDUnPr0g%26zone%3Deur|target:_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Zoom Link” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F84186049476|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson explores Joan Didion’s complex relationship with Hollywood\, from her early fascination with Western myths to her time as a screenwriter at the twilight of the studio era. In We Tell Ourselves Stories\, Wilkinson examines how Didion’s writing dissected the fears\, fantasies\, and fabrications that define American storytelling—on and off the screen. \nThis conversation will be moderated by writer and literary critic Joanna Scutts. \nAbout the speakers: \nAlissa Wilkinson is a film critic at the New York Times and was formerly a senior correspondent and critic at Vox. Her previous book\, Salty: Lessons on Eating\, Drinking\, and Living from Revolutionary Women\, was published in 2022. She lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \nJoanna Scutts is a writer and literary critic based in Paris. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review and her work has appeared in the Guardian\, New Republic\, Times Literary Supplement and New Yorker. Her books focus on overlooked women’s histories of the early 20th century and include Firebrands: 25 Women Writers to Enrich Your Reading Life\, and Hotbed: Bohemian New York and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism. Her new project explores the history of American women in Paris.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:Meredith Whittaker\, President of Signal
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”RSVP Now” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fhost.nxt.blackbaud.com%2Fregistration-form%2F%3FformId%3D70d0e523-4b9a-4844-9d39-4a0d9fd84883%26envId%3Dp-Dm_SN_kaVE6HLULDUnPr0g%26zone%3Deur|target:_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Zoom Link” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F86426601483|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This event is part of Ways of Seeing\, a special series exploring the connections between storytelling\, creativity\, and the visual world. Join the conversation and attend events featuring cultural luminaries. Learn more → \nAs surveillance technologies become ever more pervasive\, how can we protect our privacy and resist corporate and state control? Join Meredith Whittaker\, President of Signal and a leading voice on tech ethics\, for a crucial conversation on the rise of surveillance\, the power of AI\, and what we can do to fight back. \nThe conversation will be moderated by Stéphan-Eloïse Gras and Rachel Donadio.  \nAbout the speakers: \nMeredith Whittaker is Signal’s President and a member of the Signal Foundation Board of Directors. She has over 17 years of experience in tech\, spanning industry\, academia\, and government. Before joining Signal as President\, she was the Minderoo Research Professor at NYU\, and served as the Faculty Director of the AI Now Institute which she co-founded. Her research and scholarly work helped shape global AI policy and shift the public narrative on AI to better recognize the surveillance business practices and concentration of industrial resources that modern AI requires. Prior to NYU\, she worked at Google for over a decade\, where she led product and engineering teams\, founded Google’s Open Research Group\, and co-founded M-Lab\, a globally distributed network measurement platform that now provides the world’s largest source of open data on internet performance. She also helped lead organizing at Google. She was one of the core organizers pushing back against the company’s insufficient response to concerns about AI and its harms\, and was a central organizer of the Google Walkout. She has advised the White House\, the FCC\, the City of New York\, the European Parliament\, and many other governments and civil society organizations on privacy\, security\, artificial intelligence\, internet policy\, and measurement. She recently completed a term as Senior Advisor on AI to the Chair at the US Federal Trade Commission. \nStéphan-Eloïse Gras is a researcher and entrepreneur specializing in the geoeconomics of AI. An assistant professor at CNAM-Paris\, she explores AI technologies through the lens of software & critical data studies. She also serves on the board of Probabl\, an AI company built around the popular open-source library scikit-learn. With 15+ years in the digital sector\, she has led initiatives at the intersection of innovation\, research\, education\, and emerging markets. As CEO of Digital Africa\, she oversaw a €130M initiative supporting African startups. She also co-founded Africa 4 Tech and led OpenClassrooms’ strategic expansion in Africa. Her doctoral research traced the rise of AI through a music recommendation algorithm acquired by Spotify. She teaches at CNAM\, Sciences Po\, NYU\, and Sorbonne and is currently writing a book on the geoeconomics of AI\, describing LLMs as “belief-making machines.” \nRachel Donadio\, the Library’s Curator of Cultural Programs\, is a Paris-based writer\, journalist and critic\, a contributing writer for the Atlantic\, a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books and a former European Culture Correspondent and Rome Bureau Chief of the New York Times.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
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SUMMARY:Jeremy Eichler on Music\, Memory\, and the Second World War
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”RSVP Now” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fhost.nxt.blackbaud.com%2Fregistration-form%2F%3FformId%3Dbad70a0d-d8d8-4ef4-ab71-d28a22616078%26envId%3Dp-Dm_SN_kaVE6HLULDUnPr0g%26zone%3Deur|target:_blank”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Zoom Link” style=”custom” custom_background=”#9e0143″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F81352660856|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]In Time’s Echo: The Second World War\, the Holocaust\, and the Music of Remembrance\, award-winning critic and historian Jeremy Eichler explores music as a vessel for memory\, revealing how composers like Strauss\, Schoenberg\, Shostakovich\, and Britten inscribed the legacies of war and loss into their scores. With a scholar’s insight and a storyteller’s grace\, Eichler uncovers how the sounds of the past continue to shape our present. \nThis event will be moderated by author and former New York Times correspondent Alan Riding. \nAbout the speakers: \nJeremy Eichler is an award-winning writer\, critic and cultural historian who served for 18 years as chief classical music critic of The Boston Globe. His recent book Time’s Echo — named “History Book of the Year” by The Sunday Times — won the 2024 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award as well as three National Jewish Book Awards. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Radcliffe Institute\, he currently teaches at Tufts University and serves as the first Writer-in-Residence of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. \nAlan Riding is a former correspondent of the New York Times\, having been variously based in Mexico City\, Rio de Janeiro\, Rome and Paris\, most recently as the paper’s European arts correspondent. He is author of books on Mexico\, Shakespeare\, Opera and the cultural life of Paris during the Nazi occupation. He lives in Paris with his journalist wife\, Marlise Simons.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (the speakers will appear in the Reading Room)\, the Library will stream the conversation on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAttendance at this event constitutes permission for your photograph or video to be taken at the event and used by the American Library in Paris for marketing\, promotional\, pedagogical\, or other purposes.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1661353661878{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”] \nEvenings with an Author are free and open to the public (with a 10€ suggested donation)\nthanks to the generous support of Gregory Annenberg Weingarten of GRoW @ Annenberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/eichler25/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
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