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  • June 2024

  • Tue 4
    Tue 4 June 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (Online Only) A Personal History of Protest with Jen Silverman

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    The Library welcomes Scholar of Note Jen Silverman for a virtual discussion of There’s Going to Be Trouble: A Novel.

    Free
  • Tue 11
    Tue 11 June 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (Hybrid) Roundtable: Women and Art in Interwar France

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    Join a special roundtable discussion of female creativity in interwar Paris, with experts on Joesphine Baker, Janet Flanner, Anaïs Nin, and more.

    Free
  • Wed 12
    Wed 12 June 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (Hybrid) The Shakespeare Industry with Elizabeth Winkler

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    Who, really, was Shakespeare? Why do so many theories circulate about his identity? What happens when we challenge the widely-accepted image of the Bard?

    Free
  • Tue 18
    Tue 18 June 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (Hybrid) On Reading with Joanna Biggs and Lauren Oyler

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    Joanna Biggs and Lauren Oyler consider why we read who we read, what we owe to the literary past, and how to write for the future.

    Free
  • Wed 19
    Wed 19 June 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (Hybrid) Art and Diaspora: Christian Campbell and Cornelius Tulloch in Conversation

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    Artist Cornelius Tulloch and poet Christian Campbell explore diaspora through identity, environment, and artistic expression.

    Free
  • Tue 25
    Tue 25 June 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (Sold Out In Person – Virtual Tickets Still Available) In Focus: An Evening with Claire Denis and Adam Shatz

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    The Library hosts legendary filmmaker Claire Denis for an evening of conversation with Visiting Fellow Adam Shatz.

    Free
  • Wed 26
    Wed 26 June 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (Hybrid) Improvisations: Adam Shatz and Jake Lamar on Jazz

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    Join Visiting Fellow Adam Shatz and writer Jake Lamar in mapping out jazz's transatlantic journeys from the 20th century to today.

    Free
  • Thu 27
    Thu 27 June 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (Hybrid) Beyond a Boundary: Christian Campbell and Claire Tancons on Black Movement

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    Visiting Fellow Christian Campbell and Curator Claire Tancons consider the poetics and politics of movement in the Black Diaspora through language, gesture, and migration.

    Free
  • September 2024

  • Tue 10
    Tue 10 September 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (Hybrid) The Couple and the City with Ayşegül Savas and Chris Knapp

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    Novelists Ayşegül Savas and Chris Knapp discuss their respective novels, The Anthropologists and State of Emergency.

  • Wed 11
    Wed 11 September 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    Can Women Be Ruthless Criminals? with Ivy Pochoda and Katherine Pancol

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    Ivy Pochoda and Katherine Pancol discuss Pochoda's latest thriller, Sing Her Down, a disastrous game of cat-and-mouse between a prisoner and her former cellmate.

  • Tue 17
    Tue 17 September 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 30 min

    (In Person Only) Film Screening: Migrant’s Death Valley

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    Join filmmaker Lisa Molomot for a discussion of her award-winning documentary Missing in Brooks County, about migrants on the U.S.-Mexico Border

  • Wed 18
    Wed 18 September 2024 @ 19 h 30 min - 20 h 45 min

    (Zoom Tickets Available) Populism in 2024

    The American Library in Paris

    Is populism on the rise or in retreat in the U.S. and Europe?

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