Meeting three of Critical Conversations, an expert-led discussion series that allows Library members to ponder the most important issues of our time. This season: a reflection on how to lead a contemplative, vital, and unmediated life in an ever-faster digital world.
Celebrated author Jean D’Amérique, lauded one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Haitian literature, speaks on his debut novel, A Sun to be Sewn.
As humanity encounters an increasing number of threats, an increased public understanding of science will be crucial to our continued existence.
Robert G. O’Meally and Courtney Bryan speak about Such Sweet Thunder and Shakespearean jazz. A conversation at Reid Hall organized in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.
Fifteen years after the publication of seminal work Chinongwa, author Lucy Mushita reflects with journalist Kidi Bebey upon the state of Zimbabwe at the time of writing and today.
What does it mean to say that “form follows fuel”? Historian Barnabas Calder speaks about the relationship between energy and architecture.
Meeting one of Ecologues, a series of interactive webinars featuring experts on various aspects of the environmental crisis. Organized in partnership with News Decoder and the Climate Academy at the European School of Brussels.
Experience Britain through the eyes of its artists as they look out to sea and look inward upon their nation with author Lily Le Brun.
Novelist Toni Ann Johnson speaks with actor and writer Robinne Lee about fractured families and the wounds of racism in the context of new work, Light Skin Gone to Waste.
President of the Bibliothèque nationale de France Laurence Engel speaks with journalist Elaine Sciolino about the role of the library in France’s intellectual history, present, and future.
From secret desires and multiple partners to trauma and damage wrought by racist, patriarchal societies, author and activist Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah breaks the silence on sexuality.
In leftist dialogue, argues journalist Caroline Fourest, cultural appropriation has taken the place of blasphemy in service to the religion of origins. How did we get here, and where do we go now?
Sundays and Mondays: CLOSED
Tuesdays and Wednesdays: 13h00 to 19h00
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: 10h00 to 16h00
We’ll be CLOSED all day on the following: Bastille Day Sunday 14 July; Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Friday 26 July; Assumption Thursday 15 August.
Lending Policy During the Games: No books will be due between 14 July and 15 August, and no overdue fines will accrue during the Games.
If you have questions about how to get to the Library in July and August, please see our webpage Accessing the Library during the Games.
Friends of the Library (50€ – 249€) will receive invitations to unique, donor-only programs.
Folio Society (250€ – 1 999€) supporters will be invited to the annual Book Award ceremony, as well as donor-only programs.
Gutenberg Society (2 000€ – 9 999€) patrons will have the opportunity to host a dinner with an Evenings with an Author sponsored by GRoW @ Annenberg speaker, as well as all the benefits listed above.
Ex Libris Lux Society (10 000€ and above) sponsors will be invited to an annual dinner with Ex Libris Lux donors and Library leadership, as well as all the benefits listed above. They will also be invited to an exclusive cocktail dînatoire with our Gala speaker.
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