(Hybrid) Christopher Prendergast on Living and Dying with Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust expert Christopher Prendergast discusses the enduring presence of In Search of Lost Time and the meaning of treating literature as life.
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(Hybrid) Lauren Bastide on Feminist Futures
The American Library in ParisCould feminism save the world? Lauren Bastide speaks on the application of feminist principles to society at large, with life-altering consequences.
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Critical Conversations Meeting One: Overstimulated in a Hyperstimulated World
The American Library in ParisMeeting one 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.
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(Hybrid) The Story of African Émigrés in Harlem with Boukary Sawadogo
The American Library in ParisScholar Boukary Sawadogo considers the presence of African immigrants in Harlem’s historical development and cultural transformations.
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(Hybrid) Marc Selverstone on The Kennedy Withdrawal
The American Library in ParisAmerican history expert Marc Selverstone offers a new and surprising response to a famously unanswerable question: what were JFK’s intentions for Vietnam?
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Entre Nous: Thinking Translation with Gayatri Spivak and Emily Apter
The American Library in ParisGayatri Spivak and Emily Apter appear on Zoom to discuss translating thought and thinking translation. A conversation at the Library organized in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination.
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(Online) Simon Critchley on Questioning Everything
The American Library in ParisVirtual EventPhilosopher Simon Critchley speaks about the most fundamental questions in philosophy, their relevance in the contemporary age, and how we might try to answer them.
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(In Person at mk2 Bibliothèque) Femme. Vie. Liberté avec Azar Nafisi
mk2 Bibliotheque 128 - 162 Av. de France, Paris, 75013, FranceCelebrated author and activist Azar Nafisi speaks with journalist Caroline Fourest on her work Lire Lolita à Téhéran at the mk2 Bibliothèque. The American Library in Paris is co-sponsoring this event.
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(Hybrid) Joanna Walsh on My Life as a Godard Movie
The American Library in ParisExperience Jean-Luc Godard through the eyes of author Joanna Walsh as she discusses Paris, art, youth, beauty, and cinema with Summer Brennan.
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(In person at the Centre Culturel Irlandais) The Waste Land Centenary
Centre Culturel Irlandais 5 rue des Irlandais, Paris, Paris, FranceThe American Library in Paris, the Centre Culturel Irlandais, and the T.S. Eliot Foundation celebrate the centenary of The Waste Land with a live performance of the poem and other works.
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Critical Conversations Meeting Two: The Cult of the Image
The American Library in ParisMeeting two 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.
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(Hybrid) Natasha Brown on Assembly
The American Library in ParisAuthor Natasha Brown speaks on debut novel Assembly. Sharp and unsettling, the work investigates structures of inequality in today’s society, and what it would take to undo them. This conversation will be followed by a catered reception.
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