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  • November 2024

  • Wed 27

    The Real Fictional Housewives of Silicon Valley with novelists Kirstin Chen and Colombe Schneck

    Wed 27 November 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Scholar of Note and novelist Kirstin Chen in conversation with novelist Colombe Schneck.

  • December 2024

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    How Did Trump Win?

    Tue 3 December 2024 @ 19 h 00 min - 20 h 30 min
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    A post-election roundtable conversation with journalists.

  • Wed 11

    Baya, an Algerian Outsider Artist in Post-War Paris with Alice Kaplan and James McAuley

    Wed 11 December 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Join Alice Kaplan to discuss her biography of Baya Mahieddine, Seeing Baya: Portrait of an Algerian Artist in Paris.

  • January 2025

  • Wed 8

    Rachel Kushner on Creation Lake

    Wed 8 January 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Novelist Rachel Kushner discusses her electrifying new book about an American woman infiltrating a French anarchist collective.

  • Tue 14

    Meghan O’Rourke on The Invisible Kingdom

    Tue 14 January 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Writer and poet Meghan O'Rourke discusses her recent book on chronic illness and autoimmune diseases, in conversation with French journalist and author Clémentine Goldszal.

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    Claire Messud on This Strange Eventful History

    Wed 15 January 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Novelist Claire Messud discusses her sweeping, intimate family saga of love, loss, and exile traversing Algeria, France, the US, and beyond, in conversation with Dan Gunn.

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    Crafting Personal Narratives with Melissa Febos

    Wed 22 January 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Unlock the radical power of personal narrative with Melissa Febos in this transformative memoir-writing seminar.

  • Wed 29

    Maylis de Kerangal on Canoes and Eastbound

    Wed 29 January 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Award-winning French author Maylis de Kerangal discusses her latest works, Canoes and Eastbound. In conversation with Donatien Grau, Head of Contemporary Programs at the Musée du Louvre

  • February 2025

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    Rebuilding Notre-Dame

    Wed 5 February 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    A panel of craftsmen, architects, and journalists shed light on the monumental effort behind Notre-Dame’s rebirth.

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    An Alternative History of Paris with Justinien Tribillon and Aaron Peck

    Wed 12 February 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Urbanist Justinien Tribillon's The Zone delves into Paris’s history and collective imagination through the lens of the Boulevard Périphérique.

  • Tue 25

    Wheatley at 250: Celebrating the Legacy of America’s First Published African-American Poet

    Tue 25 February 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Join contemporary writers in honoring Phillis Wheatley’s groundbreaking literary legacy and discover how her poetry continues to inspire generations of poets.

  • March 2025

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    Poverty, by America with Matthew Desmond and Lauren Collins

    Tue 18 March 2025 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min
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    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond discusses his latest book Poverty, by America, which tackles inequality in the richest country on earth.

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