BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The American Library in Paris - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The American Library in Paris 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:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD 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:20220827T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220827T150000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20220819T151918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221214T083738Z UID:40902-1661605200-1661612400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:Written in Ink: a Writing Workshop with Jion Sheibani (ages 12–18) DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n  \n  \nAbout Jion Sheibani: Jion is the author and illustrator of the young adult novel The Silver Chain\, as well as the picture book Lily & The Polar Bears and The Worries young fiction series. She grew up in Brighton and now lives in Paris with her family. She’s a self-taught illustrator and studied English literature at Oxford University. When she moved to Paris\, she taught English to students at Sciences Po and ENSAE universities before opening her own language school for children\, Anglofun. Now\, she mainly draws and writes in her garden studio. As well as picture books and young fiction\, she also writes and illustrates for older readers. Find out more about Jion and her work here.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1660631740014{border-left-width: 8px !important;padding-left: 8px !important;border-left-color: #9e0143 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}”]Important information: This event is for Library members\, and advance registration is required. Please note: masks are strongly encouraged for all Library visitors ages 6 and up\, staff\, and volunteers. Caregivers are expected to familiarize themselves with the Library Policy for Children and the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Library Policy” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-child” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famericanlibraryinparis.org%2Fchildren-in-the-library-policy%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”custom” custom_background=”#194573″ custom_text=”#ffffff” size=”lg” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-marker” add_icon=”true” custom_onclick=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSd5TCdLG5SUoIBsTXOGxFyquyWZEFp9vcmgHF5HepHEHgwqKw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link|title:Register%20here|target:_blank” custom_onclick_code=”https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5TCdLG5SUoIBsTXOGxFyquyWZEFp9vcmgHF5HepHEHgwqKw/viewform?usp=sf_link”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row] URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/written-in-ink-a-writing-workshop-with-jion-sheibani-ages-12-18-2/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Teens ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/fountain-pen-1854169_640-e1655824029688.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220713T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220713T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 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:20260612T084104 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:20260612T084104 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:20220629T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220629T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 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:20260612T084104 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:20220620T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220620T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 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:20260612T084104 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:20220610T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220610T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20220427T142950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220524T171616Z UID:35614-1654884000-1654893000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:Young Authors Fiction Festival Celebration 2022 DESCRIPTION:The 2022 Young Authors Fiction Festival culminates with a celebration event on Friday 10 June 2022 at the American Library in Paris. Come join us as we celebrate the stories that were selected for top honors and all the young authors who participated in this year’s YAFF. Each finalist will be awarded a certificate and personalised bookmark. YAFF celebration booklets with the stories of all the 1st to 5th place winners will be available for 15€ per booklet at the celebration event. \n  \nThe YAFF celebration event is in two parts: lower grades and upper grades. \nLower Grades 18h00-19h00: The finalists in the lower grades (CP/1st – CM2/5th Grade) are asked to arrive for registration at 17h45\, with the ceremony beginning at 18h00. \nUpper Grades 19h30-20h30: The finalists in the upper grades (6ème/6th Grade – Terminale/12th Grade) are asked to arrive for registration at 19h15\, with the ceremony beginning at 19h30. \nPlease RSVP here \n  \nAbout the Young Authors Fiction Festival \nThe American Library in Paris is proud to be the organizer of the Young Authors Fiction Festival. YAFF aims to strengthen community among English-speakers in the Paris area through the art and craft of storytelling. YAFF is open to all students ages 5 to 18 in the greater Paris area who write in English. Submission to YAFF 2022 closed on 1 April 2022.  For more information about YAFF please visit americanlibraryinparis.org/yaff/ \nFor questions regarding the YAFF celebration event\, please contact the YAFF team at yaff@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n  \nThe Library would like to thank the sponsors of YAFF 2022: The British Council in France\, Marymount International School Paris and Union School\, a new bilingual school opening in September 2022. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/young-authors-fiction-festival-celebration-2022/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Kids,Teens ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/YAFF-2022-Banner-title-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220608T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220608T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 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:20220527T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220527T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 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:20260612T084104 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:20260612T084104 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:20260612T084104 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:20260612T084104 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:20260612T084104 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:20220429T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220429T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220427T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220427T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20220222T110526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220322T152647Z UID:34437-1651087800-1651091400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) News as a Public Good with Julia Cagé DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nNews as a Public Good\nwith economist Julia Cagé \nClick here to RSVP\nWe face a crisis of faith in the media. From fake news to online misinformation campaigns\, the knowledge economy arrives at a pivotal moment. In her work L’Information est un bien public (2021)\, Sciences Po economist Julia Cagé addresses this broken relationship between the media and the public\, and offers a radical\, structural solution.   \nCagé’s argument is not that media content needs revision\, but that its organizational and economic structure must be reworked. Arguing for a change in tax rules on the basis of the media’s role as a public good\, Cagé offers a stabilized and decentralized solution for an industry constantly in flux. At stake is the free press\, which is to say\, democracy itself. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nJulia Cagé is Associate Professor of Economics at Sciences Po and a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research. Cagé is the author of five books. Sauver les médias (2015) was awarded the 2016 Special Jury Prize for Best Books on Media by the Assises du Journalisme\, and Le prix de la démocratie (2018) was awarded the Prix Ethique by Anticor and the Prix Pétrarque de l’Essai France Culture-Le Monde. She published Pour une télé libre contre Bolloré in 2022 of this 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 (Cagé 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/cage22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cagé-e1645527899409.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220426T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220426T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20220221T154531Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220425T083507Z UID:34414-1651001400-1651005000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The French Election\, Analyzed DESCRIPTION:Evenings with an Author and The Overseas Press Club of America (in person and online*) present \nThe French Election\, Analyzed\nwith journalists Vivienne Walt\, Victor Mallet\, Sarah Paillou\, and Nadia Pantel. The conversation will be moderated by David A. Andelman. \nClick here to RSVP\nThe Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) and the American Library in Paris will convene to discuss the outcome of the 2022 French presidential election. Broadly seen as a litmus test for the rising tide of populism across Europe\, the results of this election may determine the future of the European Union and its international vision. At stake is the identity of the Fifth Republic: will the French people align themselves with Macron’s image of France as the center of European partnership\, or with the nationalist picture of a once-strong France in decline? What will happen to immigration\, secularism\, security\, and social cohesion in France in the election’s wake? \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nVivienne Walt\, OPC Governor and Paris correspondent for TIME & Fortune. \nVictor Mallet\, Paris bureau chief\, Financial Times \nSarah Paillou\, presidential campaign reporter\, Journal du Dimanche. \nNadia Pantel\,  chief Paris correspondent\, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Munich). \nThe moderator will be David A. Andelman\, Past OPC President\, CNN columnist and former CBS News Paris correspondent\, author of Andelman Unleashed.\nClick here to RSVP\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 (all panelists 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. \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/electionspanel22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/elections-image-e1645457579767.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220412T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220412T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20211213T085445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220322T152629Z UID:32732-1649791800-1649795400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Private World of Édouard Vuillard with Julia Frey & Beverly Held DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nVenus Betrayed: The Private World of Édouard Vuillard\nwith art biographer Julia Frey and art historian Beverly Held  \nClick here to RSVP\nMany have researched Édouard Vuillard\, prolific and adventurous 20th-century painter\, for his contributions to the avant-garde. But what sets Venus Betrayed (Professor Emeritus and writer Julia Frey’s study of the artist) apart is its attention to the figure behind the paintings. Indeed\, Frey uses Vuillard’s body of work to access the interior state of the artist. In this way\, rather than a chronology of Vuillard’s life\, Frey subtly reveals this life through: his relationships with figures ranging from Toulouse-Lautrec to Mallarmé; the ideas that obsessed him; his often-tortured artistic process. This newfound access into Vuillard’s private life in turn draws out previously hidden depths from the artist’s work.  \nCarefully reading Vuillard’s unpublished journals and looking to his work with exacting visual analysis\, Frey has produced a deeply intimate picture of the artist in life and at work. The result is a refined perspective into both the artist’s masterpieces and unfinished projects\, as well as a striking argument for the relationship between artistic atmosphere and production. Venus Betrayed reinvigorates the genre of biography\, infusing new motivations and stakes into the project of reading art through the lens of life.  \nCopies of Venus Betrayed will be for sale at a discounted price during the event thanks to Bill & Rosa’s Book Room (Paris West – Boulogne). After the event\, additional copies may be ordered by contacting BRbookroom@gmail.com. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nJulia Frey\, PhD in French literature and culture\, is professor emeritus at the University of Colorado. A biographer and novelist\, she is the author of Toulouse-Lautrec: A Life\, which received the 1995 Pen Center West Nonfiction Literary Award\, and Balcony View: A 9/11 Diary. She currently resides in France. \nBeverly Held\, PhD in History of Art\, was the founding director of San Francisco Arts & Humanities Seminars\, a non-profit educational organization. Held now writes a weekly newsletter on art exhibitions\, collectors\, and collections in and around Paris where she spends most of her time running from one exhibition to another. \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 (Frey and Held 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/vuillard22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/8534E628-93F9-4829-965A-263EEBFBA7E2_1_105_c.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220404T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220404T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20220221T154002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220322T152607Z UID:34411-1649100600-1649104200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Entre Nous: Shakespeare Speaks to the Present with Stephen Greenblatt and James Shapiro DESCRIPTION:As part of the Entre Nous series in partnership with Columbia Global Centers | Paris and the Institute for Ideas and Imagination\, join professors Stephen Greenblatt and James Shapiro (in person and online*) for a discussion about Shakespeare and the present age. \nClick here to RSVP\nFrom the collected works on Abraham Lincoln’s White House desk\, to the Public Theater’s incendiary 2018 production of Julius Caesar\, Shakespeare has long been adopted as the voice of the cultural moment. Two figures qualified to speak on this phenomenon are Stephen Greenblatt and James Shapiro\, celebrated Shakespeare scholars and authors of multiple books on the Bard.  \nIn his 2020 book Shakespeare in a Divided America\, Shapiro considers the many uses and abuses of Shakespeare in American history; from issues of race and democracy\, to liberty and marriage\, Shapiro highlights Shakespeare’s presence at the heart of the American cultural imagination. In his 2019 book Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics\, Greenblatt demonstrates the similarities between Shakespearean tyranny and power in the current age: unstable leaders\, crumbling faith in institutions\, and a public more interested in the spectacle of politics than participation. This April at the Library\, the two authors will discuss Shakespeare in relation to the pandemic\, racial justice\, the climate crisis\, arguing\, in a moderated conversation\, for Shakespeare’s role as an eternal mouthpiece of the present. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nStephen Greenblatt is an author\, literary historian\, Shakespearean\, and the John Cogan Professor of the Humanities at Harvard. He is General Editor of and a contributor to The Norton Shakespeare and The Norton Anthology of English Literature\, and is a founding editor of the literary-cultural journal Representations. The author of fourteen books\, he was awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 2011 National Book Award for Nonfiction for his work The Swerve: How the World Became Modern (2011). \nJames Shapiro is an author and Larry Miller Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. A specialist in Shakespeare and the early modern period\, Shapiro has published a number of books on topics ranging from the Shakespeare authorship question to Shakespeare’s legacy in American history. Shapiro was inducted into the Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. \nClick here to RSVP\n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Greenblatt and Shapiro 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. \nImportant on-site information regarding COVID-19: Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/shakespeare_present22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ENTRE-NOUS-TEMPLATE-BANNER-Vignette-YouTube-2-e1646647637784.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220325T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220325T213000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20220118T231144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220315T163750Z UID:33409-1648234800-1648243800@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:Teen Night: The 10th Annual Literary Reaping (ages 12–18) DESCRIPTION:For ages 12–18 \n\nThe 10th Annual Literary Reaping\n  \nRegister here\n \n\n\nTravel through District 12\, to the ruins of apocalyptic Chicago\, then all the way to 1980s Iran to test your YA Literature knowledge! \nShow off your fabulous memory of all things related to teen literature! For this event\, you’ll be placed in teams to answer trivia questions\, and complete challenges based on young adult literature—both classic and contemporary. In the past\, participants were asked to shoot an arrow as straight as Katniss\, prove a knowledge of the gods that rivals Percy and Magnus\, demonstrate a knowledge of the small science to rival a Heartrender\, and decide on the perfect spell faster than a magical maji. Wands\, arrows\, and other materials will be provided. All participating teens will win a brand new book to take home and keep. \nMay the odds be ever in your favor… \nImportant information: Advance registration is required to attend this event\, and each teen must have a signed permission slip on file at the Library in order to participate. Participation in teen events is free for Library members and 10 euros per person for non-members. Masks are strongly encouraged for all Library visitors ages 6 and up\, staff\, and volunteers. Library visitors are expected to familiarize themselves with the Rules and Code of Conduct so that we can provide a pleasant library environment for all patrons. Questions about collections and programs for children and teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \n  \nQuestions about collections and programs for teens can be sent to the Library’s Children’s and Teens’ Services Manager\, Celeste Rhoads: celeste@americanlibraryinparis.org. \nWe thank you for your continued support and for being a part of the Library community! \nSee the full list of book titles here\n \n\nRegister here\n\n \n\nDownload a permission slip\n \n\nDonate to the Library\n \n  URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/teen-night-the-10th-annual-literary-reaping-ages-12-18/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Teens ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/reaping-2022-e1642611627609.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220322T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220322T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20220206T135646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220322T152344Z UID:33880-1647977400-1647981000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Reading for the Planet with Jennifer Wenzel DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nThe Disposition of Nature: Environmental Crisis and World Literature\nwith scholar Jennifer Wenzel \nClick here to RSVP\nAs the climate crisis becomes one of the dominant topics of the 21st century\, scholars and activists are still seeking a vocabulary with which to describe it. The phasing out of “climate change” and “global warming\,” and the emphasis on justice\, remind us of the importance of rhetorical choices as we try to build a liveable future. There are few more qualified to speak on the relationship between narrative and climate than scholar Jennifer Wenzel\, whose recent work\, The Disposition of Nature: Environmental Crisis and World Literature\, argues for the role of cultural imagining in climate discourse.  \nTraversing political ecology\, geography\, anthropology\, history\, and law\, and punctuated by case studies in world literature\, the book is a searching and invigorating contribution to the climate debate. Demonstrating to readers how their relation to earth is informed by their consumption of media depicting it\, Wenzel argues for new ways of imagining the world and our place in it. The solution will not be to merely read the planet\, but to begin to read for it. Wenzel will be in conversation with Programs Manager Alice McCrum. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nJennifer Wenzel is a scholar of postcolonial studies and environmental and energy humanities\, and Associate Professor at Columbia University. The Disposition of Nature: Environmental Crisis and World Literature (2020)\, was shortlisted for the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present 2020 Book Prize. She is also the author of Bulletproof: Afterlives of Anticolonial Prophecy in South Africa and Beyond (2009)\, awarded Honorable Mention for the Perkins Prize by the International Society for the Study of Narrative. \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 (Wenzel and 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/wenzel22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/wenzel221-1-e1644155889358.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220309T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220309T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20220206T133754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220301T093025Z UID:33876-1646854200-1646857800@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Arendt Revisited with Samantha Rose Hill and D.N. Rodowick DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nHannah Arendt\nwith author Samantha Rose Hill and professor D.N. Rodowick \nClick here to RSVP\nSince she first gained international attention for her writing on the Eichmann trial\, Hannah Arendt’s life and image has developed a mythological status: from her refusal of the title of ‘philosopher’ to her battles with Theodor Adorno over Walter Benjamin’s legacy\, the legend of Arendt the person is as well-known as her more famous theoretical texts. The triumph of author and researcher Samantha Rose Hill’s new book\, Hannah Arendt\, is that it avoids demystifying Arendt. Rather\, it complicates the myth\, contributing new and contradictory information to the historian (and sometimes philosopher’s) biography.  \nA volume of the University of Chicago Press’s Critical Lives book series\, Rose Hill’s concise and intelligent work draws from heavy archival research. After looking at Arendt’s original notebooks\, Rose Hill has returned to the world with news: Arendt\, famous for her austere disposition and analysis of human evil\, also wrote poetry\, loved to shop\, and enjoyed drinking Campari with soda. This does not lighten the intellectual weight of Arendt’s works\, but rather highlights the pathos informing them. Rose Hill presents us with a nuanced picture of a woman who rejected any classification of herself or her ideas\, and whose perspective on tragedy and violence was made all the more astute by a love for life and for the world. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nSamantha Rose Hill is a writer and researcher. She is associate faculty at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and previously served as assistant director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities. Rose Hill is the author of two books on Arendt: Hannah Arendt (2021) and Hannah Arendt’s Poems (2022). She is currently writing a book about loneliness for Yale University Press.  \nD.N. Rodowick is the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Elegy for Theory (2014)\, and Philosophy’s Artful Conversation (2015)\, among other texts. In his most recent work\, An Education in Judgment: Hannah Arendt and the Humanities (2021)\, Rodowick argues that Arendt’s philosophy of judgment could reorient the humanities toward a practice of free engagement.  \nRegistration required. Free and open to the public. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While Rodowick will be speaking in person in the Reading Room\, Rose Hill will be appearing over Zoom. 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 \nIn compliance with French law\, a valid Pass Vaccinal (ages 16+) or Pass Sanitaire (ages 12–15) is required to enter the Library. Masks remain strongly recommended\, per the French Ministry of Health. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/arendt22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/9CCFD519-A111-40A7-9B4D-09C7EB80FBFE-1-e1644154524631.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220222T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220222T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20220117T095109Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220221T145220Z UID:33374-1645558200-1645561800@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) How to Play La Parisienne DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nPlaying the Parisienne\nwith actor Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu and journalist Elaine Sciolino \nClick here to RSVP\nIt is almost impossible to live as an expat in France without\, at least once\, confronting the cultural phenomenon that is the Netflix series “Emily in Paris.” If you haven’t watched it\, you have a friend or relative that has. Though the series has received a blend of love\, curiosity\, as well as sometimes vitriol\, a particular target of public attention has been the character Sylvie Grateau (played by Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu)\, who heads the marketing agency that reluctantly hosts Emily Cooper (played by Lily Collins)\, the show’s guileless American heroine.  \nPhilippine Leroy-Beaulieu\, a seasoned French actress who plays the effortlessly chic and compellingly mean antagonist-turned-friend\, believes that her character is more complicated than the stereotypes to which public opinion has reduced her. In a recent New York Times profile by journalist Elaine Sciolino\, she defended the show’s lack of realism\, and explained her method and inspirations for stepping into Sylvie’s strappy shoes. In an exciting evening for expat and French viewers alike\, Leroy-Beaulieu and Sciolino will continue their conversation on femininity\, age\, style\, and mean (and nice) Parisians at the American Library. Join the two women as they discuss the trajectory of Leroy-Beaulieu’s career\, the cultural aftershocks of “Emily in Paris\,” and her experience adopting the mantle of the elegant and infamous Parisienne.  \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nElaine Sciolino is a contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times\, based in France since 2002. Her latest book\, The Seine: The River That Made Paris\, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and a Barnes & Noble nonfiction book-of-the-month selection. Her previous book\, The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs\, published in 2015\, was a New York Times best seller. Sciolino was decorated chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 2010 for her “special contribution” to the friendship between France and the United States. \nPhilippine Leroy-Beaulieu\, who grew up in Rome before moving to Paris as a teenager\, was nominated for a César for the 1985 comedy and runaway hit\, “Trois Hommes et un Couffin.” Over the years\, she has played roles as varied as Charlotte Corday (Marat’s assassin during the French Revolution)\, a drug addict\, a Russian aristocrat\, a psychopathic doctor turned police officer\, and a Polish-Jewish émigré in World War II France. More recently\, she has been known for playing the beautiful ambitious wife of Mathias Barneville\, the most senior agent\, in Cédric Klapisch’s Dix Pour Cent.   \nClick here to RSVP\n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Leroy-Beaulieu and Sciolino 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. \nOn-site information regarding COVID-19: In compliance with French law\, a valid Pass Vaccinal (ages 16+) or Pass Sanitaire (ages 12–15) is required to enter the Library. Masks must be worn correctly at all times by all Library visitors ages 6 and up. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/paris22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/emilyparis22-1-e1642413211499.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220202T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220202T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20211213T084650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220114T125327Z UID:32728-1643830200-1643833800@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) What Really Troubles the 99% with Albena Azmanova DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nWhat Really Troubles the 99%\nwith professors Albena Azmanova and Lucas Chancel \nClick here to RSVP\nA daring and unapologetic intervention in post-2008 financial crisis leftism\, Albena Azmanova’s Capitalism on the Edge offers a radical alternative to traditional anti-capitalist narratives which place inequality at the center of their critiques. Azmanova claims rather that the central contradiction of the modern age is the emergence of “precarity capitalism”: on one side\, ceaseless pursuit of profit on a corporate level; on the other\, a labor force living in constant financial insecurity. It is this perennial state of anxiety which fosters social and political division; and it is by way of political alliance and social policy aimed at developing trust that we can overcome it. \nBoth polemical and analytic\, Azmanova rejects tropes of capitalism in crisis\, as well as calls for revolution to combat. What we need\, she instead proposes\, is to abandon the rhetoric of utopia\, and to embrace reform beyond ideological boundaries. As such\, rather than asking how we might better capitalism or how we might dismantle it\, Azmanova presents a policy-based action plan aimed at subverting it from within. Azmanova will be in conversation with economist Lucas Chancel. \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speakers: \nAlbena Azmanova is a tenured Associate Professor of Political and Social Theory at the University of Kent’s Brussels School of International Studies and author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment (2012). She has served as policy advisor for the United Nations\, the Council of Europe\, and the European Parliament\, among other institutions. Born in Bulgaria\, she has resided in Brussels since 1997. \nThe Co-Director of the World Inequality Lab at the Paris Scool of Economics\, and an Affiliate Professor at Sciences Po\, Lucas Chancel is an economist who specializes in inequality and in environmental policy. His work focuses on the measurement of economic inequality\, its interactions with sustainable development and on the implementation of social and ecological policies. Coverage of his research can be found in Science\, Nature\, The Guardian\, The Financial Times\, the New York Times\, CNN\, Le Monde\, Der Spiegel\, El Pais\, and several other publications. \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 (Azmanova and Chancel 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 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/azmanova22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/capitalismonedge-e1639385110745.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220112T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20220112T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20211213T082630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211213T082649Z UID:32717-1642015800-1642019400@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Creating and Inventing with Ayşegül Savaş DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nWhite on White\nwith novelist Ayşegül Savaş \nClick here to RSVP\nUnder the watchful eye of the anonymous narrator in Ayşegül Savaş’s second novel\, White on White\, a picturesque setting begins to fall apart. Having arrived in an unnamed European city to study Gothic sculpture for her doctoral thesis\, our narrator is trained in observing inert bodies. What readers confront\, however\, is her struggle to see real life clearly–particularly in the case of her landlord-turned-friend\, whose experience and philosophy as a painter is juxtaposed with the narrator’s scholarly background. \nAs the story evolves\, the student finds herself caught in the same trappings of representation and revelation that she had intended to study. Ultimately\, Savaş pushes the boundaries between artistic creation and self-invention to the point of breaking. A compelling and deeply psychological story of identity\, connection\, and storytelling\, White on White been praised as an elegant and haunting masterpiece. Join Savaş as she discusses this immensely impressive new release: its inception\, its characters\, its commentary on the relationship between art and self.  \nClick here to RSVP\nAbout the speaker: \nAyşegül Savaş is the author of Walking on the Ceiling\, published in 2019. She has been published in The New Yorker\, The Paris Review\, and The Guardian\, among other outlets. Originally from Turkey\, Savaş currently resides in Paris.  \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 (Savaş 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 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/savas22/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/WhiteonWhitecover-e1639383894596.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211207T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211207T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20211019T124136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211130T142819Z UID:31968-1638905400-1638909000@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Too Much Noise with Olivier Sibony DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nNoise: A Flaw in Human Judgment\nwith best-selling author Olivier Sibony and Professor of Strategy at HEC Laurence Lehmann Ortega \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nImagine that two doctors in the same city give different diagnoses to identical patients – or that two judges in the same court give different sentences to people who have committed matching crimes. Now imagine that the same doctor and the same judge make different decisions depending on whether it is morning or afternoon\, or Monday rather than Wednesday\, or they haven’t yet had lunch. These are examples of noise: variability in judgements that should be identical. \nIn Noise\, Daniel Kahneman\, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein show how noise produces errors in many fields\, including in medicine\, law\, public health\, economic forecasting\, forensic science\, child protection\, creative strategy\, performance review and hiring. And although noise can be found wherever people are making judgements and decisions\, individuals and organizations alike commonly ignore its impact\, at great cost. \nPacked with new ideas\, and drawing on the same kind of sharp analysis and breadth of case study that made Thinking\, Fast and Slow and Nudge international bestsellers\, Noise explains how and why humans are so susceptible to noise and bias in decision-making. We all make bad judgements more than we think. With a few simple remedies\, this groundbreaking book explores what we can do to make better ones. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nAbout the speakers: \nOlivier Sibony \nSibony is a professor\, author and advisor specializing in the quality of strategic thinking and the design of decision processes. Sibony is Professor of Strategy at HEC Paris. He is also an Associate Fellow of Saïd Business School in Oxford University\, and has taught at London Business School\, Ecole Polytechnique\, ENA\, IE Madrid\, and other institutions. Previously\, he spent 25 years with McKinsey & Company in France and in the U.S.\, where he was a Senior Partner. There\, he was\, at various times\, a leader of the Global Strategy Practice and of the Consumer Goods & Retail Sector. \nSibony’s latest book\, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment\, co-authored with Daniel Kahneman and Cass R. Sunstein\, has appeared on multiple bestseller lists worldwide\, including the New York Times list. His previous book\, You’re About to Make a Terrible Mistake!\, was awarded the 2019 Manpower Foundation Grand Prize for best management book of the year\, and is translated into multiple languages. Sibony builds on this research and experience to advise senior leaders on strategic and operational decision-making. He is a frequent keynote speaker and facilitator of top management and board meetings. He also serves as a member of corporate\, advisory and investment boards. Sibony is a graduate of HEC Paris and holds a Ph. D. from Université Paris-Dauphine. He is a knight in the French Order of the Légion d’Honneur. He is married and the father of two children. He lives in Paris. \nLaurence Lehmann Ortega \nAfter graduating from HEC (1993)\,Lehmann Ortega first worked as a consultant in strategy before joining Montpellier Business School as a Director of Graduate and MBA programs. Since 2009\, she is an Education Track Professor at the HEC Paris Strategy and Business Policy department. Besides teaching strategic and business model innovation in master programs\, at the MBA and in Executive Education\, she is he scientific director of the Master in Strategic Management and academic director of several corporate custom programs at HEC Executive Education. \nSince 2006\, she holds a PhD in Management from the University of Aix en Provence. Her research focuses on strategic innovation\, especially in incumbent firms in mature and low-tech industries. In this context\, she deals with business model innovation as a response to sustainable development constraints and with its consequences in multinational firms\, in particular the learning process and the questioning of mental schemes. Lehmann Ortega co-authored Strategor\, the leading strategic management textbook in France (translated into 4 languages). She has also published several articles in reviews and periodicals such as Long Range Planning and Management. She is the co-author of “Odyssey 3.14 Reinvent your business model”\, an original approach combining innovation and strategy. \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 (Sibony and Lehmann Ortega 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. \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises. \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nThe discussion is co-sponsored by AmCham France\, which was founded in 1894 to promote economic exchanges between France and the United States. As a platform for meetings\, reflection and exchange\, AmCham France acts as a link between the political\, economic andacademic communities. Today\, it brings together 200 leading French and American companies as well as numerous academic and economic partners committed to the transatlantic relationship. Independent of any government\, and convinced that businesses have a crucial role to play in bringing new ideas to the public debate\, it is a force for proposals to meet the major societal\, economic and environmental challenges. As such\, AmCham France is committed to strengthening the attractiveness of France. On behalf of its members\, AmCham France works with public decision-makers to develop and consolidate a French environment that is favorable to international companies\, particularly American companies\, which are the leading foreign investors and employers in France. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/sibony21/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/noise-e1634646274951.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211201T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211201T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20211019T121549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T144126Z UID:31965-1638387000-1638390600@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) Translating the Nights DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in person and online*) to discuss \nTales from 1001 Nights\nwith translator and poet Yasmine Seale \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nA cornerstone of world literature and a monument to the power of storytelling\, the Arabian Nights has inspired countless authors\, from Charles Dickens and Edgar Allan Poe to Naguib Mahfouz\, Clarice Lispector\, and Angela Carter. Now\, in this lavishly designed and illustrated edition of The Annotated Arabian Nights the acclaimed literary historian Paulo Lemos Horta and brilliant poet and translator Yasmine Seale present a new selection of tales from the Nights\, featuring treasured original stories as well as later additions including “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” and “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves\,” definitively bringing the Nights into the twenty-first century. \n\n\n\nAlthough readers have long been enchanted by the legendary tales\, the English-speaking world has relied on dated translations by Richard Burton\, Edward Lane\, and other nineteenth-century adventurers. Seale’s distinctly contemporary and lyrical translations – working from both Arabic and French sources – break decisively with this masculine dynasty\, stripping away the deliberate exoticism of Orientalist renderings and bringing an urgency to Shahrazad’s voice. \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nYasmine Seale is a British-Syrian writer and literary translator. Her essays\, poetry\, visual art\, and translations from Arabic and French have appeared widely — in Harper’s\, the Paris Review\, the Times Literary Supplement\, Apollo and elsewhere. Her first translated book\, Aladdin\, came out from W. W. Norton in 2018. Seale’s work has received a PEN America Literary Grant and the Wasafiri New Writing Prize for Poetry. \n*The discussion will be available both online and in person. While the conversation will happen in person (Seale 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/seale21/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/9781631493645-scaled-e1634645005177.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211130T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20211130T203000 DTSTAMP:20260612T084104 CREATED:20211019T115520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211107T133739Z UID:31962-1638300600-1638304200@americanlibraryinparis.org SUMMARY:(Hybrid) The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel DESCRIPTION:Join Evenings with an Author (in-person and online*) to discuss \nThe Odyssey of Angela Merkel\nwith Kati Marton and Thomas Chatterton Williams \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nThis Fall\, Chancellor Merkel\, a pillar on the international stage\, is expected to step down after a remarkable 16 years in office. This is sure to be a consequential change for Germany\, Europe\, and the world at large\, and whoever takes her place will have very large (modest\, practical) shoes to fill. With this event on the horizon\, bestselling author\, award-winning journalist\, and connected political insider Kati Marton’s biography couldn’t be better timed. \nThe Chancellor is at once a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of a complete outsider—a research chemist and pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany—who rose to become the unofficial leader of the West. Marton set out to pierce the mystery of how Angela Merkel achieved all this. And she found the answer in Merkel’s political genius: in her willingness to talk with adversaries rather than over them\, her skill at negotiating without ever compromising on what’s most important to her\, her canniness in appointing political rivals to her cabinet and exacting their policies so they have no platform to run against her\, the humility to allow others to take credit for things done in tandem\, the wisdom to stay out of the papers and off Twitter\, and the vision to take advantage of crises to enact bold change. \nClick here to RSVP for the online event \nClick here to RSVP for the in-person event \nAbout the speakers: \nKati Marton is the author of True Believer: Stalin’s Last American Spy; Enemies of the People: My Family’s Journey to America\, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World; Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History; Wallenberg; The Polk Conspiracy; and A Death in Jerusalem. She is an award-winning former NPR and ABC News correspondent. She was born in Hungary and lives in New York City. \nThomas Chatterton Williams is the author of Losing My Cool and Self-Portrait in Black and White. He is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine\, a Columnist at Harper’s\, a 2019 New America Fellow and a visiting fellow at AEI. His work has appeared in the New Yorker\, the London Review of Books\, Le Monde and many other places\, and has been collected in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Writing. He has received support from Yaddo\, MacDowell and The American Academy in Berlin\, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees. His next book\, Nothing Was the Same: The Pandemic Summer of George Floyd and the Shift in Western Consciousness\, will be published by Knopf. \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 (Marton and Chatterton 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. \n•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• \nImportant: on-site information regarding COVID-19 \nIn compliance with French regulations\, a pass sanitaire is required for all visitors ages 12+. Visitors ages 6+\, staff\, and volunteers are required to wear masks on the premises. URL:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/event/hybrid-the-remarkable-odyssey-of-angela-merkel/ LOCATION:The American Library in Paris CATEGORIES:Adults ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://americanlibraryinparis.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/the-chancellor-e1634643411510.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR