BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The American Library in Paris - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The American Library in Paris REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221003T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20221003T200000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220916T120215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221021T101110Z UID:42188-1664823600-1664827200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:Entre Nous: The Deeper End with Deborah Levy and Colombe Schneck DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thought streams\, digressions\, surface\, breath. A conversation about swimming & writing. \nThe Entre Nous series is co-organized by Columbia Global Centers | Paris\, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination\, and the American Library in Paris. \nAbout the speakers: \nDeborah Levy is the author of acclaimed novels\, short stories and plays. She has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company and dramatized Freud’s two most iconic case histories for the BBC\, Dora and The Wolf Man. Her novels Swimming Home (2011) and Hot Milk (2016) were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Man Who Saw Everything (2019) was long listed for the Booker. The Cost of Living and Things I Don’t Want to Know\, translated by Celine Leroy in France\, won the Prix Femina Etranger 2020. Real Estate\, the final volume of her ‘living autobiography’ trilogy\, was awarded The Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose\, 2022. Her new novel\, August Blue\, will be published by FSG in the US\, Hamish Hamilton in the UK. Levy is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Literature and is currently writing a book about Gertrude Stein\, titled MAMA OF DADA. \nColombe Schneck is a French writer\, journalist\, director of documentary films\, and swimmer. She swam in all 46 municipal swimming pools in Paris for her most recent work titled Paris à la nage. She is currently working on a new novel which will be published by Grasset in 2023 and writing a weekly column about her reading for Madame Figaro. She has directed four documentary films\, authored eleven books of fiction and non fiction\, and has received prizes from the Académie Française\, Madame Figaro and the Society of French Writers\, as well as having been short-listed for the Renaudot\, Femina\, and Interallié prizes. She is the recipient of scholarships from the Villa Medicis in Rome and the Institut Français. She received the Stendhal grant which helps writers do research and write abroad for a novel about women in Bolivia. \nImportant information: This event will take place in person at Reid Hall | Columbia Global Centers at 4 rue de Chevreuse. \nAccess to this event requires registration through Columbia Global Centers | Paris. Click on the button below to reserve your place.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register now” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.fr%2Fe%2Fentre-nous-deborah-levy-colombe-schneck-in-conversation-tickets-421253238777″][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/levyschneck22/ LOCATION:Reid Hall\, 4 Rue de Chevreuse\, Paris\, Paris\, 75006\, France CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/entre-nous-levy-schneck.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220928T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220928T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220824T191601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T130413Z UID:41116-1664393400-1664397000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Peter Conradi on Who Lost Russia DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2017\, author and journalist Peter Conradi released Who Lost Russia? How the World Entered a New Cold War. The work offered expert analysis of Western policy toward Russia following the fall of the USSR. Conradi drew a straight line from the political and economic isolation of Russia to Putin’s rise\, and diagnosed his determination to rebuild the Soviet empire. In 2022 with the invasion of Ukraine\, Conradi saw his prediction confirmed. In this updated edition of the celebrated book\, Conradi turns his attention to Ukraine\, examining the war in the context of Russia’s post-Soviet history and Putin’s authoritarian regime. With clarity and precision\, Conradi considers what the consequences will be for Europe and the world. Conradi will be in conversation with journalist Vivienne Walt. \nAbout the speakers:  \nPeter Conradi is the Europe Editor of the Sunday Times. He is the author of The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia’s Most Brutal Serial Killer (1992) and Hitler’s Piano Player (2002)\, and co-author of the best-selling book The King’s Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy (2010). \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. \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Conradi 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.[/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/conradi22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/conradi-scaled-e1661368400316.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220927T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220927T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220824T185146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T130411Z UID:41108-1664307000-1664310600@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) An Evening with Joyce Maynard DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Joyce Maynard is a renowned American author celebrated for her cool voice\, clear gaze\, and stylistic breadth. A figure of national attention since the publication of her first essay in the New York Times at age eighteen\, Maynard has now authored eighteen books. Over the course of this long career\, Maynard has worked as a New York Times reporter\, a syndicated newspaper columnist\, a performer with the Moth\, and a contributor to NPR\, Vogue\, the New York Times Magazine\, and others. Her most recent novel\, Count the Ways\, was published in July 2021. She will be speaking on her writing process\, the trajectory of her work\, and a life lived dedicated to the written word. \nAbout the speaker: \nJoyce Maynard is an author and essayist. She is a fellow of the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo as well as the founder of Write by the Lake\, a memoir-writing workshop. Her works Labor Day (2009)\, To Die For (1992)\, Under the Influence (2016)\, and memoirs At Home in the World (1998) and The Best of Us (2017) were New York Times bestselling novels.  \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Maynard 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.[/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/maynard22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/maynard-2-e1663677812334.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220925T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220925T170000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220825T161259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T134936Z UID:41191-1664119800-1664125200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(In Person at the Maison des Associations in Vincennes) Festival America: L'empire des Sens with Marcial Gala\, Brandon Taylor\, and Bryan Washington DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As part of Festival America\, writers Marcial Gala\, Brandon Taylor\, and Bryan Washington will discuss desire and the body in literature. How does writing give flesh to sensation? What is the bodily experience of writing? From the famous denial of the senses performed by Descartes in order to doubt his own identity to the modern day\, the relationship between sensation\, embodiment\, and writing has been at the center of literature and philosophy. The authors will interrogate the limits of literature faced with the contours of desire\, considering its capacity to describe the intimate\, the corporeal\, and the sensual. Join them as they voyage into the empire of the senses. \nAbout the speakers: \nMarcial Gala is a Cuban novelist\, poet\, and architect. He is the author of four works\, including The Black Cathedral (2012)\, awarded the 2012 Alejo Carpentier Award for novels and Critics’ Award for the best books published in Cuba in 2012. Gala’s most recent work\, Call me Cassandra (2018)\, was awarded the 2018 Ñ Prize of the City of Buenos Aires-Clarín. \nBrandon Taylor is a novelist. His debut novel Real Life (2020) was a finalist for the 2020 Booker Prize\, The National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize\, and the 2021 Young Lions Fiction Award\, and was named a NYT Editors’ Choice and NYT Notable Book. His story collection Filthy Animals (2021) was awarded the 2022 Story Prize and was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize.  \nBryan Washington is the author of three works. His debut story collection Lot (2019) was the winner of the 2019 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence\, the 2020 Dylan Thomas Prize\, and the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction. Washington’s debut novel Memorial (2020) was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and TIME Book of the Year. \nImportant information: The discussion will take place in person at the Maison des Associations at 41 Rue Raymond du Temple\, 94300 Vincennes \nAccess to this event requires advance purchase of a one or two-day PASS through the Festival America website. Click the button below to purchase your Pass.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Purchase your PASS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-cart-arrow-down” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.festival-america.com%2Fcontenu%2F9-billetterie%23billetterie|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/faempire22/ LOCATION:Maison des Associations\, 41 Rue Raymond du Temple\, Vincennes\, 94300\, France CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/empire-des-sens-2-scaled-e1661443821592.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220924T181500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220924T193000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220825T132056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T135300Z UID:41162-1664043300-1664047800@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(In Person at the Pompidou in Vincennes) Festival America: Politique de la Littérature with Jonathan Franzen\, Karl Marlantes\, and Viet Thanh Nguyen DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As part of Festival America\, join Jonathan Franzen\, Karl Marlantes\, and Viet Thanh Nguyen for a panel on the politics of literature. To write a novel can be an eminently political gesture. Whether one is denouncing infamy\, reporting on unjust living conditions\, or telling the story of a just fight\, there are many books that have accompanied\, throughout history\, the struggles of humanity. How does the writer wield material that is simultaneously historical and political? Like Dos Passos\, Steinbeck or Toni Morrison\, writers of this camp do not intend to write to entertain\, but rather to help open our eyes to the world as it is. \nAbout the speakers: \nJonathan Franzen is an essayist and novelist. He is the author of six novels\, including The Corrections (2021)\, which was awarded a National Book Award\, a James Tait Black Memorial Prize\, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Franzen is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  \nKarl Marlantes is an American author. His work Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War received the 2011 Washington State Book Award. His other works are What it is Like to Go to War (2011) and Deep River (2019).  \nViet Thanh Nguyen is the author of eight works. His 2016 novel The Sympathizer was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel\, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. He is the Aerol Arnold Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations. \nImportant information: The discussion will take place in person at the Centre Culturel Georges Pompidou at 142 rue de Fontenay 94300 Vincennes \nAccess to this event requires the advance purchase of a one or two-day PASS through the Festival America website. Click the button below to get your Pass. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Purchase your PASS” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”left” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-cart-arrow-down” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.festival-america.com%2Fcontenu%2F9-billetterie%23billetterie|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/fapolitique22/ LOCATION:Centre Culturel Georges Pompidou in Vincennes\, 142 rue de Fontenay\, Vincennes\, 94300\, France CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/politique3-e1661435339524.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220921T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220921T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220825T134747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220920T125545Z UID:41180-1663788600-1663792200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Festival America: Invisibles et Très Visibles with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Viet Thanh Nguyen DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As part of Festival America\, join authors Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Viet Thanh Nguyen for a discussion on visibility and invisibility in literature. Invisible as minorities\, visible as stereotypes\, and highly visible as threats\, Asian Americans like Black Americans like First Nation Americans constantly slip in and out of sight\, rarely seen for who they are. How can literature disrupt this slippage? How can writing authentically illuminate the overlooked corners of society? Equipped with humor and violence\, theory and experience\, the best literature exposes not only the hidden tensions of the world\, but the hidden tensions of the reader herself. In exposing depths and wounds\, literature which makes the invisible visible can be seen as a type of cure. \nAbout the speakers:  \nNana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah is the author of the New York Times-bestselling story collection Friday Black (2018). His writing has been published in the New York Times Book Review\, Esquire\, Literary Hub\, the Paris Review\, and Guernica. Adjei-Brenyah’s forthcoming debut novel Chain-Gang All-Stars will be published in 2023.  \nViet Thanh Nguyen is the author of eight works. His 2016 novel The Sympathizer was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction\, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\, and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. He is the Aerol Arnold Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations. \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Adjei-Brenyah and Nguyen 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. \nThis discussion will be in English.[/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/favisibles22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/visibles-e1661435067962.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220920T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220920T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220824T183318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220830T124127Z UID:41101-1663702200-1663705800@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Andrew Curran on Who's Black and Why DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 1739\, the Bordeaux Royal Academy of Sciences held an essay competition on the scientific cause of ‘blackness.’ The Academy received sixteen submissions. Editors Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew S. Curran have published these never-before-seen documents alongside a study of the birth of ‘scientific racism’. Curran will be speaking at the library on this curious competition\, the history of race and racism\, the relationship of science and the Enlightenment\, and the relationship of these ideas to the concept of race in the present-day. \nAbout the speaker:  \nAndrew S. Curran is a non-fiction writer and William Armstrong Professor of the Humanities at Wesleyan University. He has contributed to the New York Review of Books\, the New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Guardian\, Time Magazine\, and more. He is also the author or editor of five books\, including The Anatomy of Blackness: Science and Slavery in an Era of Enlightenment (2013)\, which received the 2018 Louis Marin Prize from the Académie des sciences d’outre-mer. He was also a finalist for the American Library in Paris’s best book of 2019 for his Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely. \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Curran 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.[/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/curran22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/curran-scaled-e1661365857415.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220915T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220915T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220908T101814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220908T115443Z UID:41985-1663272000-1663275600@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(In Person at mk2 Bibliothèque) Eileen Myles on Chelsea Girls DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Poet Eileen Myles will be speaking at the mk2 Bibliothèque as part of the mk2 Institut conferences. Myles will be presenting their work Chelsea Girls\, originally published in 1994 and triumphantly republished in 2015. Acclaimed as a tour-de-force of literary liberty\, the book is both addictive and magistral. An iconoclast\, Eileen Myles is one of the most celebrated living authors in the United States. With a poetic power reminiscent of Patti Smith\, Myles\, like Smith\, fled catholic\, working class America for the allures of New York life: anger\, poetry\, drugs\, and women. Chelsea Girls was translated into French by Héloïse Esquié and published by Editions du Sous-Sol in 2022. \nThe American Library in Paris will be co-sponsoring this event. \nAbout the speaker: \nEileen Myles is a poet and writer. Myles has published more than twenty volumes of poetry\, fiction\, non-fiction\, libretti\, plays\, and performance pieces. They are a 2012 Guggenheim Fellow and 2011 Lambda Literary Award winner. In 2020\, they received the Bill Whitehead Award for lifetime achievement by writers within the LGBT community. \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%2Fevenements%2F11721-eileen-myles-culture-underground-lgbt”][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/myles22/ LOCATION:mk2 Bibliotheque\, 128 - 162 Av. de France\, Paris\, 75013\, France CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/myles-e1662632165374.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220914T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220914T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220824T174252Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220826T122425Z UID:41092-1663183800-1663187400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Online) Rob Nixon on Environmental Justice and Slow Violence DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From flooded Kentucky streets to Portugal engulfed in flames\, images of the climate crisis are used to underscore its urgency and communicate the scale of its devastation. For Princeton scholar Rob Nixon\, however\, of equal importance are the parts of climate change that are largely invisible and unspectacular. In his seminal 2011 work Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor\, Nixon encourages us to look at gradual processes of environmental harm which lead to catastrophic events. When we consider the unseen alongside the seen\, new strategies for the fight against climate change emerge\, and environmental justice becomes a more attainable goal. \nAbout the speaker: \nRob Nixon is the Princeton Department of English Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Family Professor in the Humanities and the Environment. He is the author of four books and a frequent contributor to the New York Times. Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor was named a 2012 American Book Award winner and Choice outstanding book of 2011. \nImportant information: This event requires advance registration.[/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/nixon22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/nixon-e1661362478847.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220913T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220913T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220824T171937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220826T122552Z UID:41081-1663097400-1663101000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Anne Weber on Epic Annette DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Epic Annette: A Heroine’s Tale details the miraculous and harrowing story of Annette Beaumanoir\, a medical student whose involvement with the French Resistance and the Algerian FLN cemented her name in history. Weber seizes on Beaumanoir’s gripping personal tale\, including her exile from France and separation from her children\, to explore the tragic conflict between political activism and familial obligation. With poetic language she crafts the history of Annette into a tale of epic proportions\, while ruminating on the ethical and philosophical consequences of Annette’s decisions. Weber will be in conversation with Tess Lewis\, the English translator of her novel. \nAbout the speakers: \nAnne Weber is a German-French author and translator based in Paris. She has received the 3Sat award at the Festival of German-Language Literature as well as a European translation award for her translation of Pierre Michon. Her most recent novel\, Epic Annette\, won the 2020 German Book Prize.  \nTess Lewis is a writer and translator from French and German. Lewis is a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship\, and was awarded the ACFNY Translation Prize and the 2017 PEN Translation Prize for her translation of the novel Angel of Oblivion by Maja Haderlap. \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Weber and Lewis 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.[/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/weber22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/weber-scaled-e1661360750766.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220908T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220908T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220824T163742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220908T124044Z UID:41078-1662665400-1662669000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Amor Towles on The Lincoln Highway DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Amor Towles’s latest book\, The Lincoln Highway\, is populated by a vivacious ensemble of misfits cast against the American landscape. When troubled teenager Emmett and his brother Billy make plans to leave their Nebraska farm behind for California\, the road ahead quickly presents twists and deviations. Unexpected companions\, petty crime\, and a youthful spirit of adventure combine to transform a simple road trip into a high-stakes railway pursuit across the country. Along the way\, readers meet an exciting cast of complex characters that bring this charming novel to life. Exploring themes of American myth\, storytelling\, and history\, Towles’ Lincoln Highway enlightens and entertains. \nCopies of the French translation of The Lincoln Highway will be available for purchase at this event thanks to the generous participation of Librairie Tome 7. This event was organized in collaboration with Editions Fayard. \nAbout the speaker: \nAmor Towles is the author of three bestselling novels: Rules of Civility (2011)\, A Gentleman in Moscow (2016)\, and The Lincoln Highway (2021). Towles’s works have been translated into over thirty languages. His essays and short stories have been published in the Paris Review\, British Vogue\, Audible Originals\, and Granta. \nImportant information: The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Towles 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.[/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/towles22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/towles-scaled-e1661352034881.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220713T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220713T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220527T112215Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220620T095908Z UID:35986-1657740600-1657744200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Lara Marlowe on Love and War DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nLove in a Time of War: My Years with Robert Fisk\nwith American author and journalist Lara Marlowe \nClick here to RSVP\nJoin Lara Marlowe\, Paris-based foreign correspondent for The Irish Times newspaper\, for a conversation on the war in Ukraine and her memoir Love in a Time of War\, My Years with Robert Fisk. Described by Noam Chomsky as “A gripping tale of savagery and courage\, of history in the making\, intertwined with rich personal reminiscences\,” this account of her relationship with renowned British journalist Robert Fisk describes the intensity of love and the perils of journalism\, set against geopolitical turbulence and violent war. Marlowe will be bringing her nearly 40 years of work in journalism to the library to discuss the writing of this book\, the complicated experiences of war correspondents\, and her perspective on the Ukraine war. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nLara Marlowe is an American journalist and author. Currently the Paris bureau chief for The Irish Times\, she previously served as the paper’s US correspondent and worked in the Middle East for Time magazine for eight years. Marlowe has won four press awards for her journalism\, including Features Writer of the Year in Ireland in 2021. Love in a Time of War is her third book and has been a best-seller in Ireland. \nRegistration required.  \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Marlowe 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/marlowe22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/marlowe-e1655714229794.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220706T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220706T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220607T125447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220607T125447Z UID:36231-1657135800-1657139400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Opening Doors in Architecture with Rahim Danto Barry DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nPortes d’Afrique\nwith architect and author Rahim Danto Barry \nClick here to RSVP\nArchitect Rahim Danto Barry will be speaking about his career in France and his seminal work\, Portes d’Afrique (1999). From the Centre Pompidou-Metz\, to the Stade de France\, to terminals of Charles de Gaulle\, Barry has helped develop emblematic sites dedicated to sports\, travel\, and culture across France. He is an expert in movement\, and this fascination with transit is expressed in his writing: Portes d’Afrique is both a rigorous study of doorways in African architecture\, and a meditation upon heritage\, culture\, and identity. Considering the door as both a physical feature and a symbol of passage\, Barry traverses an array of countries and regions in Africa in search of the functional\, aesthetic\, and spiritual as expressed in the doorway.  \nThis conversation will be in French. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nRahim Danto Barry is an architect working in France. Notable projects to which he has contributed include the Centre Pompidou-Metz\, the Stade de France\, and the Pavillon de la France for the 1992 Seville Universal Exposition. His writings on architecture include a chapter in La Fondation Louis Vuitton par Frank Gehry (2014) and his 1999 work Portes d’Afrique.  \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Barry 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/barry22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/barry2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220705T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220705T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220213T190741Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220525T161557Z UID:33981-1657049400-1657053000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Future of Reality with David Chalmers DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nReality+\nwith philosopher David Chalmers  \nClick here to RSVP\nIs virtual reality separate from reality? Are our experiences in virtual reality real? If everything is a simulation\, does that mean that nothing is real? The answer to these questions\, proposes philosopher David Chalmers in his new book Reality+\, lies in expanding our definition of what is real. Using the approach of “technophilosophy\,” which employs new technology to answer questions in philosophy and vice versa\, Chalmers offers a thorough and captivating argument for the reality of virtual worlds.  \nTaking up problems in the history of philosophy ranging from Plato’s cave to Descartes’ evil demon\, Chalmers inserts virtual reality and the metaverse into a philosophical debate. His argument is that simulated worlds are not only real\, but that they are capable of providing experiences which exceed those possible in the “real world.” Moving with ease from the mind-body problem to The Matrix\, Chalmers presents (in his work) a refreshing and surprising fusion of cultural commentary\, technological insight\, and philosophical meditation. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nDavid Chalmers is a philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. He is Professor of Philosophy at New York University and co-director of NYU’s Center for Mind\, Brain\, and Consciousness. Chalmers is the author of three books\, including The Conscious Mind (1996)\, as well as numerous articles. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in 2013. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Chalmers 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/chalmers22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/chalmers-3-e1644779234949.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220630T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220630T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220428T141740Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220618T093646Z UID:35627-1656617400-1656621000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Online) Jasmine Hemsley on Ayurveda and Mind Body Balance DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nEast by West\nwith author and chef Jasmine Hemsley \nClick here to RSVP\nFollowing her immensely successful pop-up café East by West\, the first Ayurvedic eatery in Central London\, author and chef Jasmine Hemsley has authored the cookbook East by West\, which propels the ancient Ayurvedic relationship between eating and wellbeing into the modern age.  \nA 5\,000-year-old holistic healing system\, Ayurveda promotes the use of nutrition\, mindful rituals\, and cleanses to nourish and energize. Hemsley proposes a method of cooking which changes our approach to food\, replacing damaging notions of guilt and indulgence with balance and respect. Eating well can and should make us feel well\, she argues\, and one does not have to be a trained chef in order to achieve this. Offering 140 recipes\, the book also works to demystify Ayurveda\, offering simple steps for readers to follow to achieve health of body and mind. Hemsley will be speaking at the library on the history of Ayurveda\, how the practice has changed her relation to food and the earth\, and the many uses of Ayurveda in the busy present day. Ultimately\, she will demonstrate how a holistic and healthier life is possible for us all. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nJasmine Hemsley is a best-selling writer\, chef\, TV presenter\, and wellbeing expert. She is the author of East by West (2017)\, awarded the 2018 Women’s Health Wellbeing Book of the Year Award\, and co-author of Good + Simple (2016) and The Art of Eating Well (2014). Hemsley hosts two podcasts\, The Wellness Connection and SELF-Sustainable\, and is an ambassador for Women for Women\, Cool Earth and Wild at Heart Foundation. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hemsley22/ CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hemsley222-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220629T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220629T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220607T083336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220607T172731Z UID:36202-1656531000-1656534600@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Memory\, Mothers\, and Migration with Estelle-Sarah Bulle DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nWhere Dogs Bark with Their Tails\nwith author Estelle-Sarah Bulle \nClick here to RSVP\nJoin the American Library to celebrate the recent English translation of author Estelle-Sarah Bulle’s debut novel\, Là ou les chiens aboient par la queue. A moving and layered story of memory\, heritage\, and diaspora\, the work tells of the Ezechiel family and their slow migration through both geography and class\, from the countryside of Guadeloupe to the suburbs of Paris. Framed by a young woman seeking to learn about her family’s past\, the story is populated by a rich ensemble of voices and woven through with stories which range from devastating to fantastic\, contending with loss\, love\, exploitation\, exile\, and the mythologization of return. The conversation will be moderated by the English translator of the novel\, Julia Grawemeyer. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nEstelle-Sarah Bulle is a French novelist. She has authored three works\, including Les Étoiles les plus filantes (2021) and Les fantômes d’Issa (2020). Là ou les chiens aboient par la queue received the Prix Stanislas du Premier Roman and the Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe and Tout-Monde. The English translation was published in 2022.  \nJulia Grawemeyer is a literary translator. Her first translation\, Save the Planet by Corine Sombrun and Almir Narayamoga Surui\, was released in July 2018. She has taught French and Creative Writing at the university level. \nRegistration required. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Bulle and Grawemeyer 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bulle22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/bulle-e1654590732311.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220628T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220628T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220607T081625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220628T154035Z UID:36199-1656444600-1656448200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Family Chao with Lan Samantha Chang DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nJoin Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nThe Family Chao\nwith author Lan Samantha Chang \nClick here to RSVP\nLan Samantha Chang’s latest novel\, The Family Chao\, gives new life to the ancient story of the son (allegedly) killing the father. Reminiscent of Dostoevsky’s Brothers Karamazov\, the work is catalyzed by the murder of a patriarch upon the homecoming of his three sons. Here\, patricide is exceptionally used to explore racist and anti-immigrant attitudes latent in American society\, showing how crisis pushes these sentiments to the surface. Set largely in and around the family Chinese restaurant\, this is a brilliant story of hunger and consumption: devouring traditional and Americanized dishes\, media\, and ideology\, characters are glutted on the drama of the murder\, the spectacle of an ensuing trial\, and the tantalizing mythology of the American dream. Chang will be in conversation with Alex Capdeville.  \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nLan Samantha Chang is the author of four books\, including the novels Inheritance (2004) and All is Forgotten\, Nothing is Lost (2010). She is the Elizabeth M. Stanley Professor in the Arts at the University of Iowa and the Director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Chang has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation\, and the American Academy in Berlin. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly\, Ploughshares\, and The Best American Short Stories. She was a 2015 recipient of the Library’s Visiting Fellowship\, sponsored by The de Groot Foundation. \nAlex Capdeville lives in Paris with his wife and five-year old daughter\, and works as a set constructor for French TV. He has published a translation of his short story “The Stranger Chain” in the French review Rue Saint Ambroise\, as well as an author interview with Ethel Rohan in the online magazine Scoundrel Time. \nRegistration required.  \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Chang and Capdeville 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. \n \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/chang22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/chang-e1654589700555.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220622T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220622T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220428T161521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220428T161704Z UID:35644-1655926200-1655929800@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Online) Sober Curious with Ruby Warrington DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nSober Curious\nwith author Ruby Warrington \nClick here to RSVP\nIn author and editor Ruby Warrington’s Sober Curious\, she dares to ask a question that many adults fear: what would happen if we reconsidered our relationship to alcohol\, and gave it up voluntarily? How would our bodies\, minds\, sleeping habits\, and productivity levels change? What could a life without alcohol look like? \nIn response\, she formulates the path of the “sober curious”: not a sober lifestyle following an alcohol use disorder\, but a series of steps taken by someone considering cutting alcohol out of their life to explore how their life might change. Leading by example\, Warrington describes how her own relationship to alcohol changed as she gained distance from it\, and how this distance revealed dependencies and physical reactions to alcohol to which she had previously been blind. She encourages readers to recognize their own blindspots when it comes to drinking\, and to begin to reconsider why and how alcohol consumption has become the standard in adult life. The choice to go “sober curious” brings a series of lifestyle changes which readers may find challenging\, yet Warrington’s encouraging and nonjudgmental voice offers the perfect blend of practical advice and motivational mantras\, making a more empowered\, alcohol-conscious life accessible to all. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nRuby Warrington is an author\, editor\, and book doula. She has authored four books\, including Sober Curious (2018)\, The Sober Curious Reset (2020)\, and The Numinous Astro Deck (2019). Warrington is the host of the podcast Sober Curious\, and founder of the self-publishing imprint Numinous Books. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/warrington22/ CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/warrington-e1651162464760.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220620T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220620T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220620T073756Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220620T073756Z UID:36553-1655753400-1655757000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) An Evening with Souleymane Bachir Diagne DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nLe fagot de ma mémoire\nwith author and philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne  \nClick here to RSVP\nThe American Library is thrilled to invite celebrated philosopher and author Souleymane Bachir Diagne to discuss his recent work\, Le fagot de ma mémoire\, as well as his extensive writings in philosophy and African literature. In Le fagot de ma mémoire\, the author of The Ink of the Scholars: Reflections on Philosophy in Africa and African Art as Philosophy: Senghor\, Bergson\, and the Idea of Negritude traces his adolescence in Senegal\, his studies in Paris at the École Normale Supérieure and the Sorbonne\, and his teaching at universities in Dakar\, Chicago\, and New York\, considering the many figures and diverse lines of thought which have influenced his remarkable path. \nDiagne’s areas of expertise are remarkably vast: the history of early modern philosophy\, philosophy and Sufism in the Islamic world\, African philosophy and literature\, post-colonialism\, translation studies\, and twentieth century French philosophy\, particularly Henri Bergson. In conversation with Programs Manager Alice McCrum\, the two will consider the interactions of these varying fields through the lens of his insistent pluralism and dedication to intellectual openness. They will also speak on the situation of the present-day francophone world\, looking with a critical eye at the recent elections in France\, global COVID responses\, and the geopolitical landscape of the twenty-first century. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nSouleymane Bachir Diagne is an author\, philosopher\, and historian of philosophy. He served as Counselor for Education and Culture for the Republic of Senegal from 1993 to 1999\, and is currently Professor of French and Chair of the Department of French and Romance Philology at Columbia University. Diagne has been awarded the 2011 Dagnan-Bouveret prize by the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences and the 2011 Edouard Glissant Prize for his work. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Diagne 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. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/diagne22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/diagne.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220616T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220616T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220525T170507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220607T150246Z UID:35958-1655407800-1655413200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Centennial of Ulysses with Adam Biles\, Alice McCrum & Lex Paulson DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to celebrate \nBloomsday\nwith Bloomcast podcast hosts Adam Biles\, Alice McCrum & Lex Paulson \nClick here to RSVP\nIn 1924\, celebrated author James Joyce mentioned in a letter that he had recently learned of “a group of people who observe what they call Bloom’s day–16 June.” Named for Ulysses protagonist Leopold Bloom\, what is now known as Bloomsday is celebrated yearly on June 16th\, the day in 1904 that Ulysses takes place. This year\, as we mark the centennial of the publication of Ulysses through famed Paris bookstore Shakespeare and Company\, the Library is thrilled to be hosting Programs Manager Alice McCrum\, Literary Director of Shakespeare & Co. Adam Biles\, and Dr. Lex Paulson for a live recording of their Ulysses-themed podcast\, Bloomcast.  \nFollowing a day of celebration of Ulysses at Shakespeare and Company\, this event at the American Library will mark the grand finale of Bloomcast. McCrum\, Biles\, and Paulson will be discussing the book’s famous ending\, their overall reading experiences\, and their final thoughts on Joyce’s magnum opus. Join them as they muddle\, for one last time\, through this radical\, sublime\, and often misunderstood novel first published one hundred years ago\, in 1922. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nA student of environmental policy at Sciences Po-Paris\, Alice McCrum runs programming at the American Library in Paris. \nIn between fits of Joycean nerdery\, Dr. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the School of Collective Intelligence at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique in Morocco. An adopted Parisian\, he teaches at Sciences Po-Paris and writes on the past and future of democracy. \nAdam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company\, Paris. He is the author of the novel Feeding Time\, available in French as Défense de nourrir les vieux. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (McCrum\, Paulson\, and Biles 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/bloomsday22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bloomsday-e1653498274850.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220608T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220608T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220428T154251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220503T103443Z UID:35641-1654716600-1654720200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Liminal Spaces with Vanessa Onwuemezi DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nDark Neighbourhood\nwith author Vanessa Onwuemezi and editor Daniel Medin \nClick here to RSVP\nThe Center for Writers and Translators at the American University of Paris is delighted to present\, in collaboration with the American Library in Paris\, a conversation with Vanessa Onwuemenzi about Dark Neighbourhood\, her debut collection of short fiction. Published last October\, the volume was named a Guardian Best Fiction of 2021. “She sends English off on a great line of flight\,” novelist Tom McCarthy has remarked of Onwuemenzi’s writing\, “from which it returns as poetry.” \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nVanessa Onwuemezi lives in London. Her work has appeared in Granta\, Prototype\, frieze and Five Dials. Her story “At the Heart of Things” won the White Review Short Story Prize 2019. \nDaniel Medin is an editor and professor of comparative literature at the American University of Paris. \nRegistration required.  \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Onwuemezi and Medin 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/onwuemezi22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/vanessa-e1651160521868.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220530T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220530T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220428T125323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220506T090402Z UID:35621-1653940800-1653944400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(In Person) Entre Nous: Colm Tóibín and Anuk Arudpragasam in conversation DESCRIPTION:Join us at Reid Hall for an evening of readings and exchanges between Colm Tóibín and Anuk Arudpragasam. The Magician\, Tóibín’s book on Thomas Mann\, won the 2022 Rathbone Prize\, and Arudpragasam’s latest novel\, A Passage North\, was shortlisted in 2022 for a Man Booker Prize. \nThe Red Wheelbarrow\, an English-language bookstore in Paris\, will be present at the event for book sales. \nThe Entre Nous series is co-organized by Columbia Global Centers | Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nColm Tóibín is an Irish novelist\, essayist\, playwright\, and poet. He is currently the Irene and Sidney B. Silverman Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. He has been short-listed 3 times for the Booker Prize and has won the Los Angeles Times Novel of the Year\, the Costa Novel of the Year\, the Stonewall Book Award\, the Lambda Literary Award\, and the Irish PEN Award for his contribution to Irish literature. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and is a vice president of the Royal Society of Literature. \nAnuk Arudpragasam is a novelist and translator from Colombo\, Sri Lanka. His first novel\, The Story of a Brief Marriage\, won the 2017 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and was shortlisted for the 2017 Dylan Thomas Prize. His second novel\, A Passage North\, was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and is currently longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize. In 2019 he received a doctorate in philosophy from Columbia University. \nClick here to RSVP URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/toibin-arudpragasam22/ LOCATION:Reid Hall\, 4 Rue de Chevreuse\, Paris\, Paris\, 75006\, France CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_270520239_277125739408_1_original-e1651150358579.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220527T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220527T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220416T091456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220416T092335Z UID:35490-1653679800-1653683400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Literature After Ulysses with Colm Tóibín DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nLiterature After Ulysses\nwith author Colm Tóibín \nClick here to RSVP\nIt has been one hundred years since Stephen Dedalus handed Buck Mulligan his key to the Sandycove Martello tower\, catalyzing a series of events over the course of one day (June 16th) that compose James Joyce’s magnum opus Ulysses. In celebration of this momentous anniversary and in anticipation of Bloomsday\, novelist and scholar Colm Tóibín will speak at the Library about the history\, publication\, and legacy of the text.  \nJoyce once noted that the novel would “keep the professors busy for centuries arguing over what I meant.” This event will be an occasion not only to return to Joyce’s quip\, but to discuss what Ulysses means to us\, and what it has come to mean as a cultural artifact. From formal\, technical\, and methodological revolutions in modernist literature\, to the U.S. obscenity trials\, to the ‘Joyce Wars’ surrounding its various textual iterations\, Ulysses has seen much infamy. What did the work do to literature\, and how has literature since reacted? What is its role in the contemporary literary landscape? Join Tóibín for a discussion about the book to which\, in the words of T.S. Eliot\, “we are all indebted\, and from which none of us can escape.” \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nColm Tóibín is a novelist\, essayist\, and critic. He is the author of many works\, including The Blackwater Lightship (1996)\, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; The Master (2004)\, awarded the 2006 International Dublin Literary Award and the 2004 Los Angeles Times Novel of the Year\, and Brooklyn (2009)\, awarded the Costa Novel Award. Tóibín received the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 and the David Cohen Prize for Literature in 2021. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Tóibín 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/toibin22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ulysses-e1650100441761.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220526T203000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220526T213000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220503T102748Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220509T133618Z UID:35680-1653597000-1653600600@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Online) Portable Magic with Emma Smith DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author in collaboration with the The London Library* to discuss \nPortable Magic\nwith author Emma Smith \nClick here to RSVP\nAll books are\, as Stephen King put it\, ‘a uniquely portable magic’. In her fascinating new history of bibliophilia\, writer and renowned Shakespeare scholar\, Emma Smith\, tells us why. \nPortable Magic unfurls an exciting and iconoclastic new story of the book in human hands\, exploring when\, why and how it acquired its particular hold over us. Gathering together a millennium’s worth of pivotal encounters with volumes big and small\, Smith reveals that\, as much as their contents\, it is books’ physical form – their ‘bookhood’ – that lends them their distinctive and sometimes dangerous magic.  \nIn partnership with The London Library\, Smith speaks to American Library Programs Manager Alice McCrum about the ways in which our relationship with the written word is more reciprocal – and more turbulent – than we tend to imagine.‘ \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nEmma Smith was born and brought up in Leeds\, went unexpectedly to university in Oxford\, and never really left. She is now Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College and the author of the Sunday Times bestseller This is Shakespeare.  \n\n\nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will happen in person at The London Library. Members and non-members alike are encouraged to join virtually via Zoom.  \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/smith22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ic_large_w900h600q100_portable-magic-website-e1651573611247.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220524T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220524T210000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220503T101959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220509T132527Z UID:35677-1653422400-1653426000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Inseparables with Lauren Elkin and Deborah Levy DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author in collaboration with the London Review Bookshop* to discuss \nThe Inseparables \nwith novelists Lauren Elkin and Deborah Levy \nClick here to RSVP to watch the live stream at the Library\n\nClick here to RSVP to watch online\nWritten in 1954 but unpublished until after her death\, Simone de Beauvoir’s The Inseparables is an intimate portrait\, based on life\, of female friendship on the cusp of womanhood. Its translator into English Lauren Elkin writes in her introductory note ‘“So is it any good?” people have asked me when I’ve told them I’m translating a ‘lost’ novel by Simone de Beauvoir … And I am relieved to say: yes. It is more than good. It is poignant\, chilling and eviscerating.’ \nElkin\, author of Flâneuse and No. 91/92: Notes on a Parisian Commute will be in conversation with novelist and essayist Deborah Levy who has contributed an introduction to the UK edition. The event will be chaired by Alice McCrum\, programs manager at the American Library in Paris. \nClick here to RSVP to watch the live stream at the Library\n\nClick here to RSVP to watch online\nAbout the speakers: \nLauren Elkin’s writing on books\, art\, and culture have appeared in a variety of international publications including the London Review of Books\, the New York Times\, and Le Monde\, among many others. A scholar of literature\, Elkin has taught at New York University\, the American University of Paris\, the University of Liverpool\, and the Université de Paris-Denis Diderot. Elkin’s last book\, Flâneuse: Women Walk the City\, was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\, a New York Times Notable Book of 2017\, and a Radio 4 Book of the Week. \n\nDeborah Levy is a novelist\, playwright\, and poet. Her novels Swimming Home (2011) and Hot Milk (2016) were shortlisted for the Booker Prize\, and her works The Man Who Saw Everything (2019) and Black Vodka (2013) were longlisted. The final volume of her pioneering ‘living autobiography’ trilogy\, winner of the Prix Femina Etranger 2020\, was published in May 2021. \n\nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will take place in-person at the London Review Bookshop. The Library will host a free screening of the conversation in the Reading Room for a live viewing experience.  \nClick here to RSVP to watch the live stream at the Library\n\nClick here to RSVP to watch online\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/inseparables22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/https___cdn.evbuc_.com_images_269952909_66759150595_1_original-e1651573077721.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220517T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220517T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220416T105331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220514T091202Z UID:35503-1652815800-1652819400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Racialization and Disorientation with Ian Williams DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nDisorientation\nwith author Ian Williams \nClick here to RSVP\nIn 2020\, author\, poet\, and 2021-22 American Library Visiting Fellow (the Visiting Fellowship is generously sponsored by The de Groot Foundation) Ian Williams was living in Vancouver while working on his second novel. It was from this position that he lived through the beginning of the pandemic\, the wildfires\, and the Black Lives Matter protests. Witnessing a time of momentous change\, Williams felt called to move beyond fiction. The result is Disorientation: Being Black in the World\, a searching and startling new collection of essays. \nConsidering being a Black man in Trinidad\, Canada\, and the United States\, Williams meditates upon the myriad ways racialization occurs. He sees it in higher education\, where Standard Written English is valued over other English dialects such as African-American Vernacular English. He sees it in parking lots\, where white gazes silently accuse him of breaking into his own car. He watches it occur to his niece\, who experiences race for the first time in the playground at recess. An honest and lyrical consideration of both personal events and global movements\, Disorientation describes the intrusion of race upon subjectivity with nuance and precision\, offering an intimate perspective on systemic violence. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nIan Williams is the 2021-22 Visiting Fellow at the American Library in Paris. The Visiting Fellowship is generously sponsored by The de Groot Foundation. The author of six books of fiction\, nonfiction\, and poetry\, Williams was awarded the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his 2019 novel Reproduction. His latest work\, Disorientation (2021)\, was a finalist for the 2021 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Williams is a tenured professor of English at the University of Toronto. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Williams 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/williams22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/williams-disorientation-e1650106364513.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220512T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220512T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220416T092253Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220509T132711Z UID:35493-1652383800-1652387400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Online) A Guide to Ulysses with Patrick Hastings DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online*) to discuss \nThe Guide to James Joyce’s Ulysses\nwith author Patrick Hastings \nClick here to RSVP\nAuthor and educator Patrick Hastings first discovered Ulysses while living and working at the Shakespeare & Co. bookstore on the left bank of Paris. He now returns to the cobbled streets of the rive gauche to speak about his debut release\, The Guide to James Joyce’s Ulysses\, a product of years of dedicated study of and reverence for Joyce’s text.  \nNo one forgets their first experience reading Ulysses. Hastings\, wielding his pedagogical background\, is not interested in infringing upon this experience\, but enhancing it. The guide’s remarkable feat is to make Ulysses accessible without condescending to the reader or compromising the intellect and humor of the work. Rather than dictating how to interpret the novel\, Hastings provides the reader with the tools for constructing their own interpretations: relating historical context\, explaining the myriad allusions and Joycean vocabulary\, and even producing detailed maps of each episode. With his infectious enthusiasm and scholarly rigor\, Hastings has made the challenge of reading literature’s most daunting book surmountable. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nPatrick Hastings is the English Department Chair at Gilman School in Baltimore\, Maryland. He is the creator of Ulyssesguide.com\, a free website which offers background on Ulysses\, detailed analysis of each episode\, and resources for further reading. Hastings has been researching Joyce and Ulysses since 2003\, and has been published in the James Joyce Quarterly. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*Due to unforeseen pandemic-related events\, the discussion will only be available online. Thank you in advance for your understanding.  \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hastings22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hastings-joyce-guide-e1650100921187.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220510T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220510T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220206T144648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220322T152839Z UID:33905-1652211000-1652214600@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Why Read Shakespeare with Robert McCrum DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nShakespearean: On Life and Language in Times of Disruption\nwith author Robert McCrum \nClick here to RSVP\nDescribing his turn to Shakespeare while recovering from a life-altering stroke\, author and editor Robert McCrum writes in his new book\, Shakespearean: On Life and Language in Times of Disruption\, that “during convalescence\, the Complete Works became my book of life.” Written in the contemporary age of chaos and crisis\, McCrum’s demonstrates the relevance of the Shakespearean corpus to a convalescent world.  \nSpanning personal narrative\, textual analysis\, and cultural commentary\, McCrum uncovers the source of Shakespeare’s eternally present voice. How is the Bard able to speak across the centuries with words that still resonate today? What ideas\, experiences\, and outlooks do his characters express that feel timeless? What can reading Shakespeare teach us about being human? The book argues both for the humanity permeating the Shakespearean world\, and for the process of reading\, rereading\, rediscovering\, and reinterpreting Shakespeare as a source of solace and creativity. Ultimately\, McCrum makes the case for the vital importance of listening and speaking in Shakespearean. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nRobert McCrum is a writer\, journalist\, editor\, and broadcaster. After nearly two decades as Editor-in-Chief of Faber & Faber\, McCrum worked at the Observer as Associate Editor and former Literary Editor for many years. He is the author of multiple works in fiction and non-fiction\, including Every Third Thought (2017)\, which was adapted and broadcast as BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week. His newest book\, Shakespearean\, was named a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (McCrum 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. \nClick here to RSVP\n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/mccrum22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/shakespearean--e1644158760953.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220504T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220504T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220408T121705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220414T080024Z UID:35418-1651692600-1651696200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Online) The War in Ukraine\, Analyzed DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (online) to discuss \nThe War in Ukraine\nwith journalists Robin Wright\, Steven Erlanger\, and Serge Schmemann \nClick here to RSVP\nThe Russian invasion of Ukraine rocked the globe. As emergency councils convene and as an increasing list of sanctions is considered\, the future of international diplomacy seems to hang in the balance. What will be the global consequences of this war? What will it mean for NATO\, and for Europe? How might this crisis end? \nWhile the war rages on\, three eminent journalists will speak virtually at the American Library on the invasion’s history\, the many forces at play in the war\, and the possible directions the conflict might take. Robin Wright (the New Yorker)\, Steven Erlanger (the New York Times) and Serge Schmemann (the New York Times)\, drawing on their collective knowledge and long international careers\, will tune in virtually for a discussion moderated by Alice McCrum. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nRobin Wright is a foreign affairs analyst\, author and journalist for the New Yorker. She has authored five books\, including Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East (2008)\, which was a 2008 New York Times Notable Book\, and Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World (2011)\, selected as a Best Book on International Affairs by the Overseas Press Club. She is a MacArthur Foundation grant recipient. \nSteven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent for Europe for the New York Times. He has worked as a journalist for the Times since 1987\, and previously served as the London bureau chief. Erlanger\, along with his colleagues at the Times\, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for reporting on Al Qaeda and in 2017 for reporting on Vladimir Putin’s efforts to project Russia’s power abroad. \nSerge Schmemann is a journalist and author. He served as the editorial page editor of The International Herald Tribune in Paris from 2003 to 2013\, and has been a Times correspondent and bureau chief in Moscow\, Bonn and Jerusalem and at the United Nations. An expert in Russia and Soviet history\, Shmemann received the 1991 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for coverage of the reunification of Germany and the fall of Soviet communism.  \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/ukraine22/ CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ukraine3-e1649420213920.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220429T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220429T203000 DTSTAMP:20260426T120437 CREATED:20220206T145826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220317T092532Z UID:33909-1651260600-1651264200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Online) Entre Nous: The Future of the Humanities with Roosevelt Montás and Andrew Delbanco DESCRIPTION:Are the humanities in crisis? What to do with the hotly-contested idea of the (hard to define) canon? In the midst of an American identity crisis\, are the liberal arts struggling to articulate their method\, content\, and goals? Should students still read the canon? How might it be taught? Should we work to expand its limits\, or should we be abolishing it entirely? In his new book\, Rescuing Socrates\, Columbia University Professor Roosevelt Montás argues that the humanities must not relinquish its Great Books. \nClick here to RSVP\nAs part of the Entre Nous series in collaboration with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination\, Montás will be discussing Rescuing Socrates\, with Columbia Professor Andrew Delbanco. Drawing on his experience as a Dominican-born\, low-income undergraduate at Columbia discovering Augustine\, Plato\, and Gandhi for the first time through the university’s Core Curriculum\, Montás makes a case for the liberal arts. Similarly advocating for the humanities as a force for good is  Delbanco who\, in his position as trustee for the Teagle Foundation\, works to strengthen liberal arts education by increasing its accessibility. In conversation\, the two will consider the challenges the humanities face\, the ways they need to change\, and what they offer in the contemporary age. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nRoosevelt Montás is senior lecturer at Columbia’s Center for American Studies. From 2008 to 2018\, he served as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Columbia College. Montás is director of Columbia’s Freedom and Citizenship Program\, which instructs low-income high school students on the foundational texts of the Western political tradition.  \nAndrew Delbanco is the Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University. He is the author of nine books\, including College: What It Was\, Is\, and Should Be (2012). Delbanco is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, a member of the American Philosophical Association\, and a trustee of the Teagle Foundation and the Library of America. He was awarded a National Humanities Medal by Barack Obama in 2012. \nClick here to RSVP URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/socrates22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/montas-e1644159468575.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR