Meeting seven 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 we can save democracy, drawing on history, systems mapping, and the emerging science of collective intelligence.
All members of the American Library in Paris are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the American Library in Paris, Inc., a membership corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and operating in France.
Who, really, was Shakespeare? Why do so many theories circulate about his identity? What happens when we challenge the widely-accepted image of the Bard?
Meeting eight 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 we can save democracy, drawing on history, systems mapping, and the emerging science of collective intelligence.
Visiting Fellow Christian Campbell and Curator Claire Tancons consider the poetics and politics of movement in the Black Diaspora through language, gesture, and migration.
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Summer Hours
The Library has reduced operating hours from Tuesday15 July 2025 through Monday 25 August 2025, inclusive.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays: 13h00 to 19h00 Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: 10h00 to 16h00
Sundays and Mondays: CLOSED
We’ll be CLOSED all day on the following: Bastille Day Monday 14 July; Assumption Friday 15 August and Saturday 16 August
Benefit program for Library supporters
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.
Planned giving to the Library
A charitable gift from your estate is simple to implement and is easy to change if you should need to access the assets during your lifetime. If you would like to include a gift to the Library in your will, ask your estate planning attorney to add this suggested wording to your will or living trust. Please make sure to use the Library’s correct legal name appears in all final documents as: The American Library in Paris Inc.
Unrestricted Gift: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc, (insert dollar amount) Dollars* to be used for its general purposes.
Residuary Bequest: I give, devise, and bequeath to the American Library in Paris Inc , (insert percentage amount) percent of the residue of my estate to be used for its general purposes.
