20/21 Philosophers: Catherine Malabou

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Philosophy, in the 21st century, has changed: its practices and languages are no longer those of the previous century. A turning point has been taken by new generations and thinkers from diverse origins who, more than commenting on the old masters, are taking philosophy into new fields: health, ecology, neurosciences, security warfare, non-Western thought, trans-identities, the rights of non-human living…

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Machines À Écrire: Pierre Michon In Conversation With Laure Adler

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We launched our new series on contemporary writing in 2018. Led by a prominent figure in French culture, we invite four writers every year in order to reflect and discuss on a chosen theme. These interviews will each take place on a Monday night; the following day, the invited authors will give public lectures, and their works will be integrated…

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The New York Librarian Who Spied on American Nazis

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Florence Mendheim went undercover at a moment in which American Nazism was flourishing. Local Nazi groups in the New York area were distributing propaganda, setting up summer camps, and hosting large rallies. Mendheim, an employee of the New York Public Library, was inspired to document and resist these groups.

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Disability and the Archive: Teresa Deevy in Context

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Dramatists, scholars, and disability activists have started taking an interest in a deaf Irishwoman who was once considered the premiere national playwright of her day: Teresa Deevy. Interest in her life and works has taken different shapes, from those drawn to her representations of women living circumscribed lives in 1930s Ireland to those who want to recover a neglected history…

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Book Launch: Emile Chabal’s France

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Join us as a panel of experts discuss Emile Chabal's new short introduction to postwar France. The book explores the contradictions that have shaped French history over the last eighty years, from the calamitous defeat by Hitler's armies in 1940 through decolonisation, the gilets jaunes and the response to COVID-19. Structured around the idea of paradox, Chabal paints a picture…

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Panel Discussion: Paper Trails: Memorials in an Age of Anxiety

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In the aftermath of the 2015 terror attacks in Paris, people paid tribute to the victims by bringing to the sites flowers, notes, candles, paintings – all sorts of offerings forming spontaneous memorials. Sarah Gensburger was one of the sociologists who documented their evolution, while the Paris Archives collected their contents. Similarly, Nora Philippe filmed the Women’s March on Washington…

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Panel Discussion: Another Modernity: Elia Benamozegh’s Jewish Universalism

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Another Modernity is a rich study of the life and thought of Elia Benamozegh, a nineteenth-century rabbi and philosopher whose work profoundly influenced Christian-Jewish dialogue in twentieth-century Europe. Benamozegh, a Livornese rabbi of Moroccan descent, was a prolific writer and transnational thinker who corresponded widely with religious and intellectual figures in France, the Maghreb, and the Middle East. This idiosyncratic figure,…

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20/21 Philosophers: Tristan Garcia

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Philosophy, in the 21st century, has changed: its practices and languages are no longer those of the previous century. A turning point has been taken by new generations and thinkers from diverse origins who, more than commenting on the old masters, are taking philosophy into new fields: health, ecology, neurosciences, security warfare, non-Western thought, trans-identities, the rights of non-human living…

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En Premiére Ligne? Race, Immigration et Mobilisations en Temps de Pandémie

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Online event open to all. Please join us at this link. *Please note that you will need to have a Zoom account and be signed in to join the meeting. With Sissoko Anzoumane (Coalition International des Sans Papiers et Migrants), Solène Brun (Institut Convergences Migrations), and Fadil Njoya. Moderated by Fred Salin (IFS/NYU and IRIS/EHESS).

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20/21 Philosophers: Aliocha Wald Lasowski

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Philosophy, in the 21st century, has changed: its practices and languages are no longer those of the previous century. A turning point has been taken by new generations and thinkers from diverse origins who, more than commenting on the old masters, are taking philosophy into new fields: health, ecology, neurosciences, security warfare, non-Western thought, trans-identities, the rights of non-human living…

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