Family history, national memory, and international justice collide in Linda Kinstler’s non-fiction debut Come to This Court and Cry, a searching account of the Holocaust’s legacy in the present day.
When a 10-month migraine made writing impossible, author Oliver Mol started a new role as train guard. He discusses a life derailed by chronic pain and the surprising trajectory of his journey back to himself.
Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands speaks on British colonialism, international law, and his time before the International Court of Justice defending the Chagossian population.
What happens to the self when the mind begins to deteriorate? Science humanist Noga Arikha speaks with Rachel Donadio on neuropsychiatry and philosophy.
President of ARTE Bruno Patino speaks on media consumption, human connection, and information as a public good faced with the digital age.
How is the story of fashion written? What goes into the records, and what is lost to time? A panel on the history of fabric and fabricating fashion archives.
What has gone wrong in Macron's second term, and what has gone right? Where do we go from here? In partnership with the Overseas Press Club of America, journalists convene in a panel moderated by Vivienne Walt to discuss.
Simone de Beauvoir’s lived experiences were instrumental to the development of her philosophy. Who was the woman behind The Second Sex?
How does one write one’s way out of a traumatic event? Does disaster inevitably resist narrative? Preti Taneja speaks on language, loss, and possibilities of resolution.
Bestselling author Mohsin Hamid speaks on new visions of society, the self, and others in the post-racial world of new novel The Last White Man.
Author Jenny Erpenbeck converses with novelist Claire Messud about shared histories, divergent perspectives, and common life in the divided city of 1986 Berlin.
Are we in a fourth wave of feminism? How can the current feminist movement be defined, if definition is possible at all? Given the current terrain, what does the future of feminism look like?
