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SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \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_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-1-19-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240118T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240118T203000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic with Nabila Ramdani
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Liberté\, Égalité\, Fraternité: la devise de la République française. Since the French Revolution\, this motto of liberty\, equality\, and fraternity has served as a pillar for the republic. Though\, after a period of mass dissent– from the Yellow Vests protests\, to movement against the 2023 réforme de retraites\, to the mass protests following the fatal police shooting of Nahel M.– does France live up to its founding ideals?  \nNabila Ramdani\,  journalist\, academic and broadcaster\, will appear at the Library to present her new book\, Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic.  \nIn Fixing France\, Ramdani develops a nuanced critique of some of France’s modern issues\, from racial and religious discrimination\, looming executive power\, terrorism and extremism\, and the rise of the far-right. Ramdani will dive into the historical dynamics that have led us to the present: what was the influence of Algeria on the founding and development of the current Fifth Republic? What issues do residents of France face in Paris intramuros\, the suburbs of Grand Paris\, and beyond in France’s countryside? And how can the French Republic be fixed? \nModerated by journalist and anchor Erin Ogunkeye.  \n  \nAbout the speakers: \nNabila Ramdani is a French author of Algerian descent who works as a journalist\, academic and broadcaster. Nabila began her award-winning journalistic career in the BBC Paris Bureau. She has since broadcast for outlets including Sky News\, Al Jazeera and CNN\, and has written extensively for The Guardian\, The Daily Mail\, The Washington Post and others. Educated at Paris VII University and the London School of Economics (LSE)\, Nabila has taught at the University of Oxford and the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. \nErin Ogunkeye grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia\, but has spent more time living in Paris than any other city. She studied French law before realizing she wanted to feel a closer connection to the rest of the world by following\, relaying and breaking down current events; perhaps not too differently from the way a lawyer connects with a jury. She is an anchor at France 24 and presents Live From Paris in the mornings.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nRamdani appeared on France24 to discuss social inequality in France in contrast with the country’s ideals\, as well as the shortcomings of the Fifth Republic. Watch the interview. \nRamdani published an opinion piece in inews.co.uk on Paris’s recent bedbug outbreak as a symbol of the French Republic. Read more.Read an excerpt of Fixing France about the history of modern terrorism and its intersection with French post-revolutionary history. Read on LitHub.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]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_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Fixing France will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][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][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/ramdani24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240117T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240117T203000
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SUMMARY:(Members Only) Music and Mingle with Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Baird Dodge
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Finding one’s place in Paris can be challenging. As an expatriate institution\, we champion the forging of connections at the Library. This is why we’re delighted to announce Music and Mingle\, a Members-only event series. Those seeking to foster new friendships\, build their network\, and toast the new year in good company are invited to this special concert by Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Baird Dodge. Dodge will be performing a curated selection of songs from Bach to “Over the Rainbow\,” developed\, in the spirit of connection\, to challenge the boundaries between classical and popular music. Whether seeking to discover our community for the first time\, or to reunite with old friends\, join us in celebrating everyone who makes the American Library in Paris a cultural home. \nPlease note\, this event will be in-person only and reserved for Library members. \nThis event will be followed by a cocktail reception.  \nAbout Baird Dodge: \nA New York City native\, Baird Dodge joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a violist in 1996 and moved to the second violin section later that same year. In 2002\, he was appointed principal second violin of the CSO by Daniel Barenboim. An avid chamber musician\, Dodge has collaborated with such artists as Isidore Cohen\, Timothy Eddy\, Hillary Hahn\, Yo-yo Ma\, Samuel Rhodes\, and Orion Weiss\, and has toured with Music from Marlboro. Baird has a special interest in contemporary music\, having performed and recorded works by his father\, Charles Dodge. During the pandemic\, when live orchestral and chamber music were shut down\, Baird explored solo repertoire and found different ways to perform outdoors in his community that felt meaningful and sustaining. \nAbout the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: \nFounded in 1891\, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra is consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra commands a vast repertoire ranging from Baroque to contemporary. Performing in over 150 concerts each year\, the CSO’s talented musicians are the driving force behind the ensemble’s famous sound heard on best-selling recordings as well as in performances in Chicago and on tour throughout the United States and around the globe.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: This event will be in person at the Library only and reserved for Library Members. Please bring your Library card to the event for verification. \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/dodge24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240112T110000
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SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \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_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-1-12-24/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240111T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240111T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
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SUMMARY:Critical Conversations Meeting Three: Democratic Innovation Across the Globe
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Is the Athenian model making a comeback? In this session we will look at how innovations like citizens’ assemblies\, participatory budgets\, and civic technologies are remaking the debate on democracy today — and possibly bringing it closer to its ancient roots. \nReadings to prepare: \n\nVox\, “Study: Politicians listen to rich people\, not you” (2015\, article)\nAudrey Tang (Digital Minister\, Taiwan): “The Frontier of Democracy” (2021\, video)\nBastien Berbner\, ”The Unlikely Friendship that helped Legalize Gay Marriage in Ireland” (2020\, article)\nWorld Bank\, “Toward a More Inclusive Development in Kenya” (2018\, video)\n\n Some details: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical  Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\,  reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, migration\, and technology. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live.  \nPlease note\, this event and all event in the Critical Conversations series require advance registration and payment. Please register here by filling out the form at the bottom of the page.  \nPlease write to programs@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions or thoughts.  \nAbout Critical Conversations: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\, reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, and migration. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live. \nAbout the Critical Conversations 2023-24 leaders: \nProf. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco) and lectures in advocacy at Sciences Po-Paris. Trained in classics and community organizing\, he served as mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress (2009-2011)\, organized on six U.S. presidential campaigns\, and has worked to advance democratic innovation at the European Commission and in India\, Tunisia\, Egypt\, Uganda\, Senegal\, Czech Republic and Ukraine. He is author of Cicero and the People’s Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic\, from Cambridge University Press\, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance. \nProf. Mark Klein is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence\, serves as a professor and Senior Scientific Advisor at the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence\, and Chief Scientist at HiveWise Inc\, a startup in the collective intelligence space. His research draws from such fields as artificial intelligence\, social computing\, economics\, operations research\, and complexity science to develop and evaluate computer technologies that enable greater ‘collective intelligence’ in large groups faced with complex decisions. He has over 180 publications in these areas\, and has served on the editorial boards of many prominent journals and conferences related to AI and social computing. \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_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cc3_2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240110T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20240110T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Learning to Laugh with Nuar Alsadir
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Why do humans laugh? What effect does laughter have on the body? What is its role in a social setting? What does it communicate\, and why does it matter? Poet and psychoanalyst Nuar Alsadir uses psychology\, philosophy\, history\, personal experience\, and more to answer these questions in new book Animal Joy. A whimsical\, wide-reaching meditation upon the power of laughter\, populated by figures ranging from Donald Trump to Alsadir’s classmates at clown school\, the book reveals hidden dimensions to humor\, while highlighting the challenges of defining what humor is. More than an expression of amusement\, it can be wielded as a political tool\, poetic instrument\, and therapeutic mechanism.  \nLearn More: \nFor a sample of Alsadir’s poetry\, check out her poem titled “Invertebrate.” \nFor a preview of Alsadir’s meditations on laughter and its various forms\, check out her essay “Corpsing: On Sex\, Death\, and Inappropriate Laughter” in The Paris Review. \nAbout the speaker: \nNuar Alsadir‘s most recent book\, Animal Joy: A Book of Laughter and Resuscitation was a TIME Magazine must-read of 2022 and a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2022. She is also the author of two poetry collections: Fourth Person Singular\, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Forward Prize for Best Collection\, and More Shadow Than Bird. She is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and a member of the curatorial board of The Racial Imaginary Institute. She works as a psychoanalyst in private practice in New York. \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Alsadir 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. \nThis event requires advance registration. \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/alsadir23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231221T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231221T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231010T140905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T143615Z
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SUMMARY:(ONLINE) Critical Conversations Meeting Two: Athenian Democracy\, Collective Intelligence at Work
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]What would it mean to design a society of participatory\, collective problem-solving? One place to look is the often-misunderstood “first democracy” of the Athenians (509-330 BCE). We will explore the core principles that made this system work: filling offices by lottery\, “civic tribes”\, and a culture of critical thinking and learning by doing. How did the Athenian people create their democracy against the odds? What were its weak points? And what lessons for us today? \nReadings to prepare: \n\nJosiah Ober (Stanford)\, “Epistemic Democracy in Classical Athens” (chapter)\n\n  \nPlease note: \nThis session of Critical Conversations will be held online on Zoom. A link will be sent out by email. \n  \nIf you are interested in participating in Critical Conversations 2023–24: Redesigning Democracy\, sign up here with our registration form at the bottom of the page. \n Some details: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical  Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\,  reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, migration\, and technology. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live.  \nPlease write to programs@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions or thoughts.  \nAbout Critical Conversations: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\, reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, and migration. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live. \nAbout the Critical Conversations 2023-24 leaders: \nProf. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco) and lectures in advocacy at Sciences Po-Paris. Trained in classics and community organizing\, he served as mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress (2009-2011)\, organized on six U.S. presidential campaigns\, and has worked to advance democratic innovation at the European Commission and in India\, Tunisia\, Egypt\, Uganda\, Senegal\, Czech Republic and Ukraine. He is author of Cicero and the People’s Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic\, from Cambridge University Press\, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance. \nProf. Mark Klein is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence\, serves as a professor and Senior Scientific Advisor at the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence\, and Chief Scientist at HiveWise Inc\, a startup in the collective intelligence space. His research draws from such fields as artificial intelligence\, social computing\, economics\, operations research\, and complexity science to develop and evaluate computer technologies that enable greater ‘collective intelligence’ in large groups faced with complex decisions. He has over 180 publications in these areas\, and has served on the editorial boards of many prominent journals and conferences related to AI and social computing. \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_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cc2_2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231220T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231220T193000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231102T172652Z
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SUMMARY:(In-Person Only) Finding Form\, Family\, and Fatherhood with Kwame Alexander
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Library is delighted to welcome poet\, children’s author\, and memoirist Kwame Alexander.  \nAlexander’s 2021 book\, The Door of No Return\, an instant #1 New York Times Bestseller\, was first of a three-part series following a 19th-century Ghanaian boy as he encounters the transatlantic slave trade.  \nIn 2023\, Alexander released his first book for adults\, a memoir called Why Fathers Cry at Night. The memoir unfolds through a medley of poems\, recipes\, letters\, and other personal fragments\, kaleidoscopically detailing Alexander’s relationships with his daughters and with his own parents. \nOther works by Alexander include The Crossover\, a novel told entirely through verse\, which won the prestigious Newbery Medal\, and The Undefeated\, a picture book that commemorates the resilience of Black Americans throughout history. \nModerated by journalist Pamela Druckerman\, join us for a conversation on boundary-pushing poetry and literature. \nPlease note this event’s early start time. \n  \nAbout the speakers: \nKwame Alexander is a New York Times-bestselling author of 39 books. His work includes The Crossover (2014)\, for which he won the Newbery Medal; Becoming Muhammad Ali (2019\, co-authored with James Patterson); The Undefeated (2019\, nominated for the National Book Award); and Why Fathers Cry at Night (2023). He is also the Executive Producer\, Showrunner\, and Writer of a television adaptation of The Crossover\, which recently premiered on Disney+.  \nPamela Druckerman is a French-American journalist and documentary producer who focuses on France and family life. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times International Edition\, The Atlantic\, Le Monde\, Harper’s\, and more. She is also the author of five books\, including Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting (2012) and There Are No Grown-Ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story (2018).[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nKwame Alexander recently appeared on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross to discuss his memoir\, Why Fathers Cry at Night. Listen to the interview here. \nAlexander’s award-winning novel for young adults\, The Crossover\, is told through a series of about two hundred poems. Watch Alexander reflect upon his poetic process and read an excerpt from the novel here. \nA television adaptation of The Crossover premiered this year. You can watch the trailer here; the first season is available on Disney+.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be in person only. Alexander and Druckerman will appear in the Reading Room\, and the discussion will not be recorded. Please note this event’s early start time. \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_separator][/vc_column][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Why Fathers Cry at Night will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][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][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/alexander23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231213T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231115T142852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231213T163730Z
UID:57636-1702495800-1702499400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Shakespeare in Palestine with Isabella Hammad
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for an illuminating conversation on Isabella Hammad‘s second novel\, Enter Ghost\, a story of family\, remembrance\, and shared resistance. \nReeling from a failed marriage\, Sonia\, a British-Palestinian actor\, returns to Haifa\, Israel\, to visit her estranged sister. When Sonia meets a local director\, Miriam\, she is roped into the staging of Hamlet in the historic city of Ramallah\, in the West Bank. While initially resistant\, Sonia begins to feel a sense of belonging and a respect for her fellow Palestinian actors\, who want Hamlet to speak to Palestine’s history. Enter Ghost expertly dives into Sonia’s past\, tracing where her relationship with her family\, and Palestine\, diverged. As Hamlet’s opening night draws closer\, Sonia realizes how many obstacles the production and its actors face. Amidst it all\, the life Sonia once knew starts to give way to the daunting\, exhilarating possibility of finding a new self in her ancestral home. \nHammad’s debut novel\, The Parisian\, illuminates a pivotal period of 20th-century Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man\, from his studies in France during World War I to his return to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence. \nPlease note\, this event will not be recorded. \n  \nAbout the speaker: \nIsabella Hammad was born in London. Her writing has appeared publications including Conjunctions\, The Paris Review\, The New York Times. She was awarded the 2018 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and a 2019 O. Henry Prize. Her first novel The Parisian (2019) won a Palestine Book Award\, the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, a Betty Trask Award from the Society of Authors in the UK. She was a National Book Foundation ‘5 Under 35’ Honoree\, and has received literary fellowships from MacDowell\, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Lannan Foundation. She was selected as one of the Granta ‘Best of Young British Novelists’ in 2023. Her second novel\, Enter Ghost\, was published in 2023.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nHammad appeared on France24 to discuss Enter Ghost. Watch the interview. \nIn an interview with Feroz Rather\, Hammad detailed how fiction unbuttons the constraints of history. Read in BOMB Magazine.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Hammad 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_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Enter Ghost will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][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][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hammad23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231212T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231212T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231102T191559Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T165618Z
UID:57631-1702409400-1702413000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Serving Stories with Edward Chisholm
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After graduating from university in London in 2010\, Edward Chisholm moved to Paris\, where he hoped to kick off his career as a writer. To make ends meet\, he took up a stream of low-paying jobs\, including one as a waiter at a high-end restaurant. \nIn his memoir A Waiter in Paris (2022)\, Chisholm vividly captures the precarity of life as a service worker in the City of Light. The book has been characterized as “a Dickensian tale” (Publisher’s Weekly) and as a contemporary retelling of George Orwell’s 1933 travelogue Down and Out in Paris and London (The Wall Street Journal and The Daily Mail). Chisholm’s thoughtful critiques of contemporary Parisian society simmer beneath the surface of his whirlwind story\, which overflows with colorful characters and memorable scenes. This conversation will be moderated by writer\, editor\, and academic Russell Williams. \nJoin us at the Library to hear Chisholm’s reflections on the Parisian restaurant scene and his experience of writing a memoir. \n  \nAbout the speakers: \nEdward Chisholm was born in Dorset\, England. After graduating from university\, he moved to Paris\, where he lived and worked for seven years. His writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, The Wall Street Journal\, and the Financial Times Magazine. His memoir\, A Waiter in Paris\, was published in 2022. Chisholm is also a screenwriter; he is currently working to develop a TV series. \nRussell Williams teaches in the Comparative Literature and English department at the American University of Paris. He is also French editor at the Times Literary Supplement and is currently writing a book called French Weird.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nYou can read an excerpt from A Waiter in Paris here\, on Salon.com. \nIn 2013 – early in his time as a waiter in Paris – Chisholm wrote an op-ed called “Notes from a Parisian Kitchen” for The New York Times. Read it here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Chisholm 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_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of A Waiter in Paris will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][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][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/chisholm23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231208T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231208T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231031T120052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231204T091846Z
UID:57663-1702033200-1702036800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \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_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-12-08-23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231207T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231207T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231102T191340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T191340Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Future of Consent with Manon Garcia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Manon Garcia is a leading voice in conversations about consent\, autonomy\, and feminist philosophy. In her latest book\, La Conversation des Sexes (translated to The Joy of Consent in its English edition)\, Garcia delves into the philosophical traditions that gave rise to “consent” as a legal framework. What does it mean to “consent” to sex? How can consent serve as a guiding principle for personal and intimate relations? Garcia offers a nuanced revision of consent-based ethics\, imagining new paths forward for feminism. As scholar Nancy Bauer writes: “This book is no less than a blueprint for a new feminist revolution.” \nAbout the speaker: \nManon Garcia is a feminist philosopher and a teacher at the Free University in Berlin. After completing her studies at the École Normale Supérieure and the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne\, she took on roles as a Harper-Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago\, a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows\, and an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yale University. She has written two books: We Are Not Born Submissive: How Patriarchy Shapes Women’s Lives (Princeton University Press\, 2021) and The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex (Harvard University Press\, 2023).  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nGarcia’s first book\, We Are Not Born Submissive (2021)\, explores the complex history of female submission. Watch her discuss this book in an interview. \nLast April\, Garcia joined the philosopher Kate Kirkpatrick in another illuminating Evening with an Author program at the American Library in Paris. In case you missed it: you can watch a recording of that program here. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Garcia 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_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of The Joy of Consent will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][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][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/garcia23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231206T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231206T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231102T191109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T191109Z
UID:57623-1701891000-1701894600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Slaves for Peanuts: An Evening with Jori Lewis and Robin Allison Davis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the preface of her book Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest\, Liberation\, and a Crop That Changed History (2022)\, Jori Lewis poses a question: “How do we tell the stories of people that history forgets and the present avoids?” Over the course of her book\, Lewis works to tell precisely such a story\, deftly sifting through archives to uncover the lives and experiences of people who have been systematically written out of the historical record. \nSlaves for Peanuts exposes the pernicious connections between the demand for peanut oil in Europe and the persistence of slavery in Africa. Lewis shows how France continued to rely on slave labor in West Africa for the production of peanuts\, even long after slavery had been officially abolished in French territories. Her work animates the complex lives of historical people\, weaving them together through studies of agriculture and trade. The result is\, in the words of renowned scholar Imani Perry\, “a revelation” that “promises to transform our understanding of slavery and colonialism.” \nThis event will be moderated by Robin Allison Davis. \n  \nAbout the speakers:  \nJori Lewis writes narrative nonfiction that explores how people interact with their environments. Her reports and essays have been published in The Atlantic Magazine\, Orion Magazine and Emergence Magazine\, among others\, and she is a senior editor of Adi Magazine\, a literary magazine of global politics. In 2022\, she published her first book\, Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest\, Liberation\, and a Crop That Changed History\, which was supported by the prestigious Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant\, a Silvers Grant for Work in Progress\, and it won a James Beard media award. \nRobin Allison Davis is an Emmy Award-winning television journalist with a passion for storytelling and the global perspective. Currently based in Paris\, she brings her passion to life within the realms of international development and freelance journalism. Beyond her work in journalism\, Robin is poised to release her memoir\, Surviving Paris\, in 2025 (Amistad/HarperCollins). This deeply personal account promises to take readers on a transformative journey through her experience with breast cancer and life lessons learned in the City of Light.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nLast year\, the Metcalf Institute hosted a webinar with Jori Lewis. Watch it here.  \nFor a sample of Lewis’s writing on people and plants\, check out her essay on the splendor of Senegal’s baobab trees in Emergence Magazine.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Lewis and Davis 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_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Slaves for Peanuts:A Story of Conquest\, Liberation\, and a Crop That Changed History will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][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][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/lewis23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231205T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231205T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231114T154810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231205T160713Z
UID:58339-1701804600-1701808200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Middle East Crisis: Journalists Look at What's Ahead
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Oct 7th has marked a paradigm shift in the long-standing conflict between Israel and Palestine. After the start of these unprecedented events\, journalists have been on the ground reporting\, attempting to capture the realities\, complexities\, and human toll of this ongoing crisis. What has been the role of news organizations\, social media\, and the spread of information during the conflict? And what lies ahead for the Middle East?  \nFour long-time watchers of the region discuss how we reached this point of crisis\, and how peace can ever be achieved. \nThis event is presented in partnership with the Overseas Press Club.  \nAbout the speakers: \nVivienne Walt is a Paris correspondent for TIME Magazine and Fortune Magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, the Washington Post\, the Wall Street Journal\, National Geographic\, BusinessWeek\, and more. She is governor of the Overseas Press Club of America. \nDalia Hatuqa is a multimedia journalist specializing in Israeli/Palestinian affairs\, and regional Middle East issues as they pertain to business and economics\, culture\, art and U.S. foreign policy. She also writes about religion\, minorities and immigration in the U.S. She is based in Ramallah\, West Bank. Learn more about her work at www.daliahatuqa.com. \nPierre Haski is a France Inter correspondent and commentator\, former deputy editor of Libération\, and a long-time journalist covering Israel and the region. He appears daily on Radio France on the emission Géopolitique where he speaks on international geopolitics.  \nPeter van Agtmael is a photographer and member of Magnum Photos. He has published three books including\, most recently\, Sorry for the War\, which covers the vast dissonance between the United States at war. He is recently back from the Middle East\, having been on assignment for The New Yorker.  \nMyriam Benraad is a political scientist\, specialized in the Middle East\, and Professor of International Relations at Schiller International University in Paris\, where she also heads the Department for International Relations and Diplomacy. Interested in the role of revenge in contemporary conflicts\, she is the author\, among recent publications on this subject\, of L’État islamique est-il défait ? (CNRS Éditions\, 2023) ; « Terrorisme et vengeance »\, Esprit (September 2023) ; and Terrorisme : les affres de la vengeance. Aux sources liminaires de la violence (Le Cavalier Bleu\, 2021).[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nThe last time a team of journalists convened at the American Library with the Overseas Press Club\, it was to discuss the mass protests across France following the fatal police shooting of Nahel M.\, a 17-year-old boy from Nanterre. Rewatch the conversation.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]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/coveringcrisis23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231201T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231201T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231031T120303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231031T120303Z
UID:57660-1701428400-1701432000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \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_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-12-01-23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231130T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231130T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231030T150527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231130T103844Z
UID:57604-1701372600-1701376200@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Behind the Lens with Frederick Wiseman
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Frederick Wiseman has directed and produced more than 40 films over the course of his illustrious career. His films offer profound insights into American institutions\, reveling in the human stories that make up our social systems. The titles of his films introduce their subjects with deceptive simplicity: they include High School (1968)\, Welfare (1975)\, Public Housing (1997)\, and City Hall (2020). In his latest film\, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)\, Wiseman brings his penetrating gaze to a three-star Michelin restaurant in rural France. \nWiseman’s documentaries are known for their subtle\, observational style. He does not deploy expository techniques like voiceovers or interviews\, but instead immerses himself in the institutions that he studies\, letting poignant stories unfold before his camera and editing the footage into rhythmic vignettes. Moderated by the writer and critic Carlos Valladares\, join us at the Library to hear this cinematic giant reflect upon his work and method. \nThis event will be followed by a cocktail reception. \nAbout the speakers: \nFrederick Wiseman is a film and theater director of 47 films\, primarily focusing on American institutions. His most recent film MENUS-PLAISIRS Les Troisgros will be released in Fall 2023. In 2019\, he was the honoree of the Library Lions Award from the New York Public Library and received the Pennebaker Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards. In 2018\, he was the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University. In 2016\, he received an Honorary Award for lifetime achievement from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Directors. He is a MacArthur Fellow\, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has won numerous awards\, including four Emmys. In recent years\, he directed The Belle of Amherst\, Beckett’s Happy Days in Paris and Vasily Grossman’s The Last Letter at the Comédie-Française in Paris and Theatre for a New Audience in New York. A ballet inspired by his first film\, TITICUT FOLLIES (1967)\, premiered at the New York University Skirball Theater in 2017. \nCarlos Valladares is a writer\, critic\, and film programmer from Los Angeles. He studied film at Stanford University and is currently completing his doctorate in History of Art and Film & Media Studies at Yale University. He has written for the San Francisco Chronicle\, Gagosian Quarterly\, Film Comment\, n+1\, Frieze\, the Cleveland Review of Books\, and the Criterion Collection.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nWiseman’s latest film\, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros\, has been described as “a food lover’s dream” (The Hollywood Reporter). Watch the trailer for the documentary here. \nA 2020 profile of Wiseman in The New York Times provides a rounded introduction to the filmmaker’s work\, style\, and personality. Read it here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Wiseman 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/wiseman23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231129T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231011T144553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T122054Z
UID:56930-1701286200-1701289800@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Entre Nous: Possible Lives with Maria Stepanova
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the death of her aunt\, Maria Stepanova is left to sift through an apartment full of faded photographs\, old postcards\, letters\, diaries\, and heaps of souvenirs: a withered repository of a century of life in Russia. Carefully reassembled with calm\, steady hands\, these shards tell the story of how a seemingly ordinary Jewish family somehow managed to survive the myriad persecutions and repressions of the last century. Dipping into various forms – essay\, fiction\, memoir\, travelogue and historical documents – Stepanova assembles a vast panorama of ideas and personalities and offers an entirely new and bold exploration of cultural and personal memory. In Memory of Memory will serve as the point of departure for a broader conversation about writing autobiographically\, drawing on the author’s readings of Charlotte Salomon\, Fleur Jaeggy\, Gertrude Stein\, and others. \nAbout the speakers: \nMaria Stepanova is a Russian poet\, essayist and journalist. The recipient of numerous awards\, including the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding and the Prix du Meilleur livre étranger\, Stepanova is currently a fellow at Columbia University’s Institute for Ideas and the Imagination. \nDaniel Medin is an editor and professor of comparative literature at the American University of Paris. \nThis event is a collaboration with AUP’s Center for Writers and Translators.  \nThe Entre Nous series is co-organized by Columbia Global Centers | Paris\, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination\, and the American Library in Paris. \nImportant 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. \nThis event requires advance registration. \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_1699014050889{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]  [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of In Memory of Memory will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/stepanova23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231128T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231128T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231012T135352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T131639Z
UID:57022-1701199800-1701203400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) An Evening with Binkady-Emmanuel Hié
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion (DEI) practices—or workplace policies aimed at creating a supportive work environment for people of all backgrounds—were embraced in the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter movement. Are DEI initiatives still being adopted three years later\, and are they being implemented in all workplaces? Is DEI an American issue? How does DEI impact initiatives in France for a more equitable future? This discussion takes a look at the past\, present\, and future of an equitable future in the arts. Binkady-Emmanuel Hié\, a writer\, consultant\, and activist who has worked as a fundraiser for the Paris Opera\, will share his thoughts on diversity and equity at the opera and in the arts.  \nA graduate of La Sorbonne\, Hié worked for several years as a fundraiser at the Paris Opera before launching NORME\, an agency that provides consulting services on DEI and management services. \nIn 2020\, following the BLM movement and during the global pandemic\, Hié\, along with five dancers co-wrote a manifesto titled  “De la question raciale à l’Opéra de Paris\,” which called for effective anti-discrimination policies at the Opera.  The company responded with a 66-page report on diversity at the Paris Opera. Hié discusses what changes were made after the report\, and delves into the history of Black figures in the arts from France. \nHié is the author of the book\, VISIBLE! Figures noires de l’Histoire de France\, which highlights Black figures in French History. The book will be published in October 2023. In a conversation with Apres Josephine’s Lyneka Little\, Hié shares his thoughts on race\, diversity\, and equity at a time when diversity & inclusion initiatives are under fire. \nThis event is in partnership with Après Josephine. \nAbout the speakers:  \nAfter graduating from La Sorbonne\, Binkady-Emmanuel Hié left his law career to work as a fundraiser at the Paris Opera. Following the BLM movement\, he co-wrote a manifesto that tackled the racial issues inside this institution and echoed worldwide. In 2021\, he founded NORME\, an agency that provides consulting services on diversity & inclusion\, management services for artists such as ballet dancer Guillaume Diop\, and develops creative projects. His first book\, VISIBLE !\, that highlights Black figures in French History\, will be published in October 2023. \nLyneka Little is the founder of Après Josephine. She is also the Audience Engagement Editor for the Prison Journalism Project\, an award-winning nonprofit organization that trains incarcerated writers. Previously\, she worked at the Wall Street Journal\, ImpactAlpha and ABC News. She has bylines in YoungEntrepreneur.com\, Jet Magazine\, People Magazine and various other publications. She holds a journalism degree from Howard University.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Hié and Little 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/hie23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231127T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231127T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231012T133738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T125514Z
UID:57012-1701113400-1701117000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Writing Politics with Giuliano da Empoli
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How can fiction operate as a tool for political analysis? What fresh insights might we unlock by understanding geopolitical actors as characters? \nGiuliano da Empoli is an accomplished political essayist and social commentator. His recent debut novel\, Le Mage du Kremlin (translated into English as The Wizard of the Kremlin) quickly garnered international attention\, becoming a popular hit in France\, Italy\, and beyond. The novel centers on a fictionalized version of a real person: Vladislav Surkov\, a former adviser to Vladimir Putin. \nSpeaking about his decision to tell this story through fiction\, rather than a political essay\, da Empoli stated: “[A]t the heart of power\, and Russian power in particular\, there are elements of paradox\, a permanent contradiction\, an irrationality that only literature could transcribe.” (“[A]u cœur du pouvoir\, et du pouvoir russe en particulier\, il y a des éléments de paradoxe\, une contradiction permanente\, une irrationalité que seule la littérature pouvait transcrire.”) Join us to learn more about da Empoli’s novel\, his political research\, and his thoughts on the relationship between fact and fiction. \nThis program has been produced in partnership with Le Conversazioni\, an international festival that hosts stimulating conversations with writers\, philosophers\, artists\, and other distinguished guests. The author will appear in conversation with Antonio Monda\, founder of the festival.  \nAbout the speakers:  \nGiuliano da Empoli is an Italian and Swiss political scientist and writer. He teaches at Sciences Po Paris and has published fourteen books on subjects ranging from information overload (Overdose\, 2002) to national-populist spin doctors (Les ingénieurs du chaos\, 2019). He was Deputy Mayor for Culture in Florence (2009-2012) and a Senior Advisor to the Italian Prime Minister (2014-2016). His first novel\, Le Mage du Kremlin (Gallimard\, 2022) was awarded the Grand Prix de l’Académie française and is currently being translated in over 30 languages. \nAntonio Monda is the founder and Artistic Director of Le Conversazioni and has directed the Rome Film Festival between 2015 and 2021. He has curated exhibitions for the MoMA\, the Guggenheim and the Lincoln Center and is currently consulting for the Louvre. He teaches at NYU and is a columnist for RAI and a regular contributor for La Repubblica. The ninth chapter of his ten-volume saga about New York was recently published. His books have been translated into eleven languages.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nListen to Italian journalist Alain Elkann’s interview with Giuliano da Empoli. \nRead the New York Times’ reporting on the political influence of da Empoli’s novel here. \nLe Conversazioni is an international festival founded in 2006 by Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini. Initially dedicated exclusively to literature\, it’s field of interest and reflections has spread to other disciplines. Watch this video on some of their recent guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]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/daempoli23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231122T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231122T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231012T132500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T151311Z
UID:57006-1700681400-1700685000@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Scamming the American Dream with Kirstin Chen and Grace Ly
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kirstin Chen’s Counterfeit is a sly novel that defies expectations\, twisting and turning in ways that produce a sharp inversion of Asian and Asian American stereotypes. The novel follows Ava Wong\, a Chinese American lawyer and mother whose life is upended when she is pulled into an international scam to sell counterfeit luxury purses. As the novel moves along\, Chen peels back layers of irony and deception\, revealing the ways in which Ava’s story plays with biases – in order to subvert them.  \nIn this exclusive event\, Chen will reflect upon some of the core themes of her work\, including Asian American identity\, cultural belonging\, and feminism. Along the way\, we’ll learn about how Chen uses plot twists\, humor\, and other narrative techniques to achieve her incisive cultural commentary. The conversation will be moderated by writer and podcaster Grace Ly.  \nAbout the speakers: \nKirstin Chen is the author of three novels: Counterfeit\, Bury What We Cannot Take\, and Soy Sauce for Beginners. Her forthcoming book\, Tech Wives\, unmasks the myth of tech founders as solitary geniuses by contemplating the women who enable their success. \nGrace Ly is a writer and podcaster based in Paris\, France. She is the author of « Est-ce que tu as faim ? (Are you hungry?) » (2023)\, a children’s book illustrated by Mélody Ung and a novel “Jeune fille modèle” (Model Teenager) (2018). The webseries “Ça reste entre nous” (« Just between us ») focuses on the plurality of paths and choices of French East and South-East Asians along 6 episodes. Since 2018\, she co-hosts the podcast “Kiffe ta race” with journalist and director Rokhaya Diallo and explores how race affects everyday life in France.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nThe New York Times describes Counterfeit as “an entertaining\, luxurious read — but beneath its glitz and flash\, it is also a shrewd deconstruction of the American dream and the myth of the model minority.” Read the rest of the review here. \nKirstin Chen joined Lit Hub columnist Jane Ciabattari for a conversation about Counterfeit and its deconstruction of the “myth of the model minority.” Read their conversation here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Chen 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_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Counterfeit will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][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][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/chen23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231121T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231121T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231012T131545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T131914Z
UID:56997-1700595000-1700598600@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Le Conversazioni: An Evening with Pascal Bruckner
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Delve into the worldview of Pascal Bruckner\, a luminary who defies categorization. Bruckner is a prolific philosopher\, a critic of contemporary French culture\, a political commentator\, and an accomplished novelist. For nearly half a century\, his polemical philosophies have generated conversation and sparked debate. Topics of his writing have ranged from critiques of Western “guilt” to a meditation on the failures of modern marriage. \nThis program has been produced in partnership with Le Conversazioni\, an international festival that hosts stimulating conversations with writers\, philosophers\, artists\, and other distinguished guests. Bruckner will appear in conversation with Antonio Monda\, founder of the festival.  \nAbout the speakers:  \nPascal Bruckner gained widespread prominence with his 1981 novel Lunes de fiel (Evil Angels)\, which was later adapted into the 1992 film Bitter Moon.  He has since written more than a dozen books\, including The Temptation of Innocence: Living in the Age of Entitlement\, The Tyranny of Guilt: An Essay on Western Masochism\, and Perpetual Euphoria: On the Duty to Be Happy. \nAntonio Monda is the founder and Artistic Director of Le Conversazioni and has directed the Rome Film Festival between 2015 and 2021. He has curated exhibitions for the MoMA\, the Guggenheim and the Lincoln Center and is currently consulting for the Louvre. He teaches at NYU and is a columnist for RAI and a regular contributor for La Repubblica. The ninth chapter of his ten-volume saga about New York was recently published. His books have been translated into eleven languages.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nIn 2010\, upon the release of his book The Tyranny of Guilt\, Pascal Bruckner participated in an extensive interview with British journalist Nick Cohen. Watch the interview here. \nLe Conversazioni is an international festival founded in 2006 by Antonio Monda and Davide Azzolini. Initially dedicated exclusively to literature\, it’s field of interest and reflections has spread to other disciplines. Watch this video on some of their recent guests.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]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/bruckner23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231117T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231117T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231003T074337Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T105718Z
UID:56496-1700218800-1700222400@americanlibraryinparis.org
SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \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_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-11-17-23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231116T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231116T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231012T122614Z
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SUMMARY:(In Person at the Center for Fiction) Stitches\, Secrets\, Shame: Jazmina Barrera\, Christina MacSweeney\, and Leanne Shapton present Cross-Stitch
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In person at the Center for Fiction (Brooklyn\, NY) and over Zoom\, join Jazmina Barrera\, Christina MacSweeney\, and Leanne Shapton for a conversation about travel\, art\, identity\, and translation. \nStitches\, secrets\, shame: Mexican writer Jazmina Barrera’s first novel\, Cross-Stitch\, translated into English by Christina MacSweeney\, stitches together a coming-of-age story with a feminist history and theory of embroidery. Mila\, Citlali\, and Dalia\, childhood friends now college-aged\, leave Mexico City for the London of The Clash and the Paris of Gustave Courbet. They anticipate the bookstores\, cafés\, and crushes\, but not the realization that they are steadily\, inevitably growing apart. \nThat feels like forever ago. Mila\, now a writer and a new mother\, has just published a book on needlecraft\, an art form long dismissed as “women’s work.” After hearing that her old friend Citlali has drowned\, Mila begins to reminisce about their years together for the first time since becoming a wife and mother. What has come of all the nights the three friends spent embroidering together in silence?  \nThe discussion will take place at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn\, New York. The conversation will be streamed on Zoom for a live viewing experience. Both in-person and online attendees will be able to pose questions. \nAccess to this event requires registration through the Center for Fiction. Click on the button below to RSVP.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_btn title=”Register” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcenterforfiction.org%2Fevent%2Fthe-international-library-and-celebrate-mexico-now-stitches-secrets-shame-with-jazmina-barrera-and-christina-macsweeney%2F|target:_blank”][vc_column_text]About the speakers: \n\nJazmina Barrera’s books have been published in nine countries and translated to English\, Dutch\, Portuguese\, Italian\, and French. Her book Cuerpo extraño (Foreign Body) was awarded the Latin American Voices prize by Literal Publishing\, and On Lighthouses was chosen for the Indie Next list by IndieBound. Linea Nigra was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle’s Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize\, the National Book Critics Circle Autobiography Prize\, CANIEM’s Book of the Year award\, and the Amazon Primera Novela (First Novel) Award. She is editor and co-founder of Ediciones Antílope. She lives in Mexico City. \nChristina MacSweeney’s work has been recognized in a number of important awards\, and her translation of Valeria Luiselli’s The Story of My Teeth was awarded the Valle Inclán Translation Prize and also shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award. Her most recent translations include works by Daniel Saldaña París\, Elvira Navarro\, Verónica Gerber Bicecci\, Julián Herbert\, and Karla Suárez. \n\nLeanne Shapton is a Canadian author\, artist\, illustrator\, art director and editor based in New York City. She is the author of Swimming Studies\, which won the National Book Critic’s Circle Award Award for autobiography in 2012; The Native Trees of Canada; Was She Pretty; Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris\, Including Books\, Street Fashion\, and Jewelry; Sunday Night Movies;  Women in Clothes co-edited with Sheila Heti and Heidi Julavits; and most recently Guestbook: Ghost Stories. Leanne published a children’s book in 2018 called Toys Talking. She has taught creative writing in the graduate degree programs at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence College. Leanne was the art director of the New York Times op ed page\, is co-founder of the non-profit art bio publisher J&L Books\, and since 2021 has worked as the art editor at The New York Review of Books. \nAbout the International Library series:  \nThis conversation is part of the International Library\, a new series launched in collaboration with the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn and the Center for the Art of Translation in San Francisco which will offer conversations across time\, place\, and language.  \nThe International Library celebrates the live diffusion of in-person conversations in the hope of connecting new audiences across land and sea for a collective\, intercultural experience. These conversations will broach deeper questions about writing and translation as we learn to think critically about how stories are told\, investigating the points of view\, the timing of the translations\, and the intended or assumed audiences as well as inspiration\, philosophy\, and craft.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54509″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cross-stitch23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231116T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231116T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231010T152025Z
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SUMMARY:Critical Conversations Meeting One: Collective Intelligence\, the Human Superpower
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Human beings are not the largest\, fastest\, or strongest species on the planet. Our superpower is collaboration— at a scale and level of sophistication that make us unique among all living things. How did we evolve this special ability? Why does it so often seem to fail (groupthink\, social media\, etc.)? What is science telling us about how to design smarter teams and organizations\, and what could this mean for democracy’s future? \nReadings to prepare: \n\nMichael Tomasello (Max Planck Institute)\, “Becoming Human – A Theory of Ontogeny” (video)\nEmile Servan-Schreiber (UM6P School of Collective Intelligence)\, “Collective Intelligence – How Diversity Makes Us Smarter” (video)\n\nIf you are interested in participating in Critical Conversations 2023–24: Redesigning Democracy\, sign up here with our registration form at the bottom of the page. \n Some details: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical  Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\,  reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, migration\, and technology. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live.  \nPlease write to programs@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions or thoughts.  \nAbout Critical Conversations: Whether in France or America\, debate is central to healthy democracy. Critical Conversations encourages both disagreement and agreement through thinking\, talking\, reading\, and actively participating in community. Since the series’ inception in 2020\, we have tackled race in America\, the climate crisis\, and migration. Across seasons\, participants have challenged themselves\, their peers\, and the world in which we live. \nAbout the Critical Conversations 2023-24 leaders: \nProf. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence (Morocco) and lectures in advocacy at Sciences Po-Paris. Trained in classics and community organizing\, he served as mobilization strategist for the campaigns of Barack Obama in 2008 and Emmanuel Macron in 2017. He served as legislative counsel in the 111th U.S. Congress (2009-2011)\, organized on six U.S. presidential campaigns\, and has worked to advance democratic innovation at the European Commission and in India\, Tunisia\, Egypt\, Uganda\, Senegal\, Czech Republic and Ukraine. He is author of Cicero and the People’s Will: Philosophy and Power at the End of the Roman Republic\, from Cambridge University Press\, and is co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of Collective Intelligence for Democracy and Governance. \nProf. Mark Klein is a Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence\, serves as a professor and Senior Scientific Advisor at the UM6P School of Collective Intelligence\, and Chief Scientist at HiveWise Inc\, a startup in the collective intelligence space. His research draws from such fields as artificial intelligence\, social computing\, economics\, operations research\, and complexity science to develop and evaluate computer technologies that enable greater ‘collective intelligence’ in large groups faced with complex decisions. He has over 180 publications in these areas\, and has served on the editorial boards of many prominent journals and conferences related to AI and social computing. \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_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/cc1_2024/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231115T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231115T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231016T074032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231107T163047Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) How to Criticize with Lauren Oyler
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message]In-person registration for this event is now closed. Please fill out the form below to register to attend online.[/vc_message][vc_column_text]The first step to becoming a better writer is becoming a better reader. But what makes a piece of writing—whether a book or blog post\, essay or cover letter—”good”? Who determines that criteria\, and does it even matter?  \nJoin Scholar of Note Lauren Oyler for a special 90-minute session devoted to criticism. Hailed “the pre-eminent and most widely read critic of her generation” by the Times\, Lauren is celebrated for her irreverence\, wit\, and willingness to dissent from popular opinion. Blending personal narrative with cutting analysis\, her writing seizes upon micro- and macro-phenomena\, from semicolons to the moralization of art\, in order to capture the essence of life and culture in the twenty-first century.  \nAt the Library\, after a preliminary discussion of her work and an audience Q&A\, Lauren will engage participants in a criticism workshop. We’ll talk about our favorite books\, our least favorite books\, and why we love what we love and hate what we hate. Using texts from Renata Adler\, Patricia Lockwood\, Susan Sontag\, and others\, we’ll discuss how to respond critically and creatively to others’ work\, and learn reading techniques that will help you become a more attentive\, imaginative\, and occasionally even harsh reader and writer. Book recommendations are included. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more:  \nLauren’s forthcoming book No Judgment\, scheduled for release in March 2024\, presents a series of essays on “gossip\, Goodreads\, Berlin\, autofiction\, vulnerability\, anxiety\, spoilers\, and revenge.” Read about it here.  \nLauren is famous for her honest\, and intelligent essays on life and culture\, from astrology to the digital age. No topic is off limits for her. Read her take-down of celebrity worship\, cruise lines the wellness industry in a recent article. \nAbout the speaker: \nLauren Oyler is a critic and novelist based in Berlin. Her writing appears regularly in the New Yorker\, the New York Times\, Harper’s\, the London Review of Books\, and many other publications. Her first novel\, Fake Accounts\, was published in 2021 and shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction. A collection of her essays\, all previously unpublished\, will appear in 2024. She is a 2023—24 Scholar of Note at the American Library in Paris.  \nThe American Library in Paris Scholar of Note program is generously sponsored by the de Groot Foundation.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Oyler 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. Participation in the workshop will be limited to in-person attendees 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][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message]In-person registration for this event is now closed. Please fill out the form below to register to attend online.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/oyler23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231114T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231114T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231006T120507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231020T145721Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) From Cliques to Politics with Simon Kuper and Ian Leslie
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How did a tight-knit circle of Oxford-educated elites come to dominate the British political landscape? And what does Oxford’s outsized role in churning out Conservative leaders reveal about the health of the UK’s political system? \nIn his book Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the U.K.\, Simon Kuper traces some of the biggest names in the British Conservative Party – including Boris Johnson\, David Cameron\, Jacob Rees-Mogg\, and more – to their formative years at Oxford. Kuper pulls back the curtain on the debating tactics and cultivated affectations\, the friendships and the rivalries\, that swept through Oxford in the second half of the twentieth century\, and that continue to exert a powerful grip on British politics. Join us to hear Kuper engage in conversation with journalist and 2018—19 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow Ian Leslie about the state of British politics today. \nAbout the Speakers: \nSimon Kuper has lived in several countries around the world\, including Uganda\, the Netherlands\, the UK\, the US\, and France. His journalistic specialisms are equally wide-ranging: he writes on topics from politics to urban policy to soccer. Kuper publishes a popular weekly column in FT Magazine. His latest book\, Chums\, was a Sunday Times bestseller\, and his 1994 book Soccer Against the Enemy won the William Hill prize for Sports Book of the Year. \nIan Leslie is a journalist\, writer\, and speaker who specializes in human behavior. He was a Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris in 2019. His books include Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together and Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends On It. His journalism has appeared in The Guardian\, The Economist\, The New Statesman\, and the Financial Times. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nIn his book Soccernomics\, Simon Kuper draws from business and economic concepts to shed light on the world’s most popular sport. Watch him in an interview about the economics behind the 2022 World Cup. \nThe New York Times printed a profile of Simon Kuper and his latest book\, Chums\, in 2022. Read it here. \nIan Leslie co-hosted a podcast series called Polarised\, which explored the divisive nature of contemporary politics and culture. You can find all of the Polarised episodes here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]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_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the U.K will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][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][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/kuperleslie23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231113T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231113T213000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231016T101844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T161029Z
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SUMMARY:(In Person at mk2 Bibliothèque) V (Eve Ensler): Memories of Resistance
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Under the name V\, the author of the best-selling The Vagina Monologues\, American Eve Ensler\, will be presenting her latest literary creation\, Reckoning\, an intimate and political firebrand. Covering subjects as varied as the climate emergency\, homelessness\, colonialism\, friendship and patriarchy\, the author reveals the richness and depth of her thinking. A woman’s struggle to conquer her freedom by writing her own life.  \nAbout the speakers:  \nV (formerly Eve Ensler) is the Tony Award-winning playwright\, activist\, performer\, and author of the Obie award-winning theatrical phenomenon The Vagina Monologues\, published in over 48 languages\, performed in over 140 countries\, and heralded by The New York Times as one of the “best American plays” of the past 25 years and that “no recent hour of theater has had a greater impact worldwide.” \nCécile Daumas has been a journalist at Libération since 1994. A graduate of the Centre de formation des journalistes (CFJ)\, she ran Libération‘s Cahier emploi from 2002 to 2005. \nLearn more:  \nThe Vagina Monologues has been described by the New York Times as “probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade.” Read about V-Day\, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls inspired by the play.  \nFounded in 2020\, the mk2 Institut encourages spectators to “forge a different idea of the world.” Discover their fall calendar.  \nImportant information: This event will take place in person at the mk2 Bibliothèque at 128 – 162 Av. de France\, 75013 Paris. \nAccess to this event requires purchase of a ticket through mk2. Click on the button below to purchase your ticket.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1662638079176{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Purchase your ticket” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mk2.com%2Fevenement%2Fv-eve-ensler-memoires-de-lutte-mk2-institut”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/ensler23/
LOCATION:mk2 Bibliotheque\, 128 - 162 Av. de France\, Paris\, 75013\, France
CATEGORIES:Adults
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231110T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231110T120000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231003T074125Z
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SUMMARY:History Tour at the Library
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Library in Paris invites you to register for a History Tour. Come visit us in person at 10 rue du Général Camou and discover: \n\n\nOur origin story\, when our Library warehoused a collection of books donated to the Doughboys fighting alongside Allied troupes in WWI\nThe establishment of the American Library in Paris as a private library\nThe famous writers of the Lost Generation (Gertrude Stein\, Ernest Hemingway\, Henry Miller\, and more) who explored our stacks during their time in Paris\nOur Paris Library School\, which brought American innovations to French libraries in the 1920s\nThe true stories of the brave Librarians who kept the Library open during the Occupation of WWII\nHow the Library has evolved over its 103-year history into the largest English-language lending library on the European continent\n\n\nAll tours are on Fridays at 11h00\, last one hour\, and take place in person at the American Library in Paris. \nTours are free of charge and open to the public. Pre-registration is required. Please email us if you are reserving for 4 or more people. (Do not reserve through the site.) \nPlease email tours@americanlibraryinparis.org with any questions. \nThis initiative is made possible through the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation and the American Center for Art and Culture. \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_1665240973767{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/history-tours-11-10-23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231108T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231108T203000
DTSTAMP:20260421T151126
CREATED:20231010T133851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T143404Z
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Translating Words and Worlds with Daniel Levin Becker
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We live in an age of machine-enabled translation\, with programs like Google Translate and ChatGPT always available at our fingertips. What does machine translation get right about language – and what does it miss? What makes for a good translation? How does the act of translating literature help us to think about the pleasures and the idiosyncrasies of words? \nIf anyone can help us to reach new depths of understanding about language and translation\, it’s Daniel Levin Becker. At the age of 24\, Levin Becker became the youngest member of Oulipo\, a group of writers and mathematicians who experiment with the mechanics of language. His recent translation of Laurent Mauvignier’s nail-biting thriller The Birthday Party has been met with widespread praise. As Anthony Cummins reported in The Guardian\, Levin Becker’s “endlessly segmented sentences\, which snap and crunch with his convincingly apt choices\, surely gave his ingenuity a workout.” \nJoin us at the Library to hear Levin Becker’s stimulating perspectives on wordplay\, style\, translation\, and more. \n  \nAbout the Speaker: \nDaniel Levin Becker is a writer\, translator\, and music critic. He is the author of Many Subtle Channels and What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language and the translator of several works\, including Laurent Mauvignier’s The Birthday Party. His forthcoming translations include Éric Chevillard’s Museum Visits and Jakuta Alikavazovic’s Like a Sky Inside. He has been a member of the Oulipo since 2009.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nDaniel Levin Becker wrote a three-part “translation diary” that details his process for translating The Birthday Party. He reflects on his role as translator: “I’m responsible not only for what the words mean but also for the spaces between them\, for the way they fit together or\, as the case may be\, don’t — and\, if not\, why not.” For more insights into Levin Becker’s process\, check out Part I\, Part II\, and Part III of his translation diary. \nThe American Library had the pleasure of hosting Daniel Levin Becker last year for a fascinating conversation about his book What’s Good: Notes on Rap and Language. You can watch that program here.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Levin Becker 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_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]Copies of The Birthday Party will be available for purchase at the Library in the week leading up to this event and while the event takes place\, generously provided by Smith&Son. All sales support this local independent bookstore. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to have their copy signed following the conversation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”54548″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][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][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/levinbecker23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20231107T193000
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SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Fact and Fiction: A Journalism Masterclass with Madeleine Schwartz
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Everyone reads the news\, but how do journalists actually determine what’s new and true? A piece of news can quickly feel like it’s always been circulating. But the gap between hearsay and truth requires more than a bit of digging. In this workshop\, we’ll be exploring how reporting happens\, focusing on demystifying the process from the question through publication. How do journalists follow their instincts? How do they weigh fact and fiction? How do they know when to publish? Ideal for aspiring journalists and avid news readers alike\, this masterclass will reveal the hidden secrets of the trade\, helping us all become better readers\, thinkers\, and citizens. \nIn partnership with the Dial. \nAbout the speaker:  \nMadeleine Schwartz lives in Paris\, where she writes about the rise of the far right\, urban politics and art fraud. Her work appears in the London Review of Books\, the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books\, where she previously worked as an editor. In 2019\, her article “The End of Atlanticism: Has Trump killed the ideology that won the cold war?” won the European Press Prize. She teaches journalism at Sciences Po.[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Learn more: \nMadeleine recently appeared in conversation with the editors-in-chief of Forbidden Stories\, an organization dedicated to publishing the stories journalists were silenced for writing. Rewatch the conversation.  \n“The world’s little magazine\,” The Dial is a new online magazine of culture\, politics\, and ideas with a focus on locally sourced writing from around the world. A space where daring writers stage global conversations unconstrained by geography\, the publication spotlights writers who write the world as they see it—from wherever they might be. Check out their most recent issue\, whose theme is ‘weapons.’ [/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” el_width=”10″ accent_color=”#bf7a03″][vc_column_text]Important information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Schwartz 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/schwartz23/
LOCATION:The American Library in Paris
CATEGORIES:Adults,Evenings with an Author
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