What is the relationship between migration and writing? When one’s life and legal status have been reduced to written files, what other possibilities for storytelling emerge?
Meeting six of Critical Conversations, an expert-led discussion series. This season: a reflection on how to lead a contemplative, vital, and unmediated life in an ever-faster digital world.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
Isabella Hammad and Yasmine Seale in conversation. A discussion at Reid Hall organized in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.
Six women changed science, and were forgotten by history. Uncover the women written out of the Enlightenment with historian Nina Gelbart.
Celebrated psychoanalyst Adam Phillips discusses changing our understanding of change and getting better at talking about getting better.
Three climate experts and activists convene to discuss the future of food on a planet in peril.
An astronomer asks: how have humans across history, from astrophysicists to poets, written about the moon?
Jake Lamar brings us into the gritty and exhilarating highs and lows of the 1930s Harlem jazz scene in a discussion of his celebrated crime novel, Viper’s Dream.
Take a dive into the Library's archives and discover our rich 103-year history during this expert-led presentation.
A special discussion, preview, and performance of the Opéra Comique's Breaking the Waves, joined by the composer, librettist, and star performer of the show.
A mysterious portrait in a Mumbai museum led journalist Livia Manera Sambuy on a search across the globe for information about a princess lost to history. Discover the remarkable life of Amrit Kaur.
Friends of the Library (50€ – 249€) will receive invitations to unique, donor-only programs.
Folio Society (250€ – 1 999€) supporters will be invited to the annual Book Award ceremony, as well as donor-only programs.
Gutenberg Society (2 000€ – 9 999€) patrons will have the opportunity to host a dinner with an Evenings with an Author sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg speaker, as well as all the benefits listed above.
Ex Libris Lux Society (10 000€ and above) sponsors will be invited to an annual dinner with Ex Libris Lux donors and Library leadership, as well as all the benefits listed above. They will also be invited to an exclusive cocktail dînatoire with our Gala speaker.
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