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a series of events presented by

by guest:
Choose… Michel Agier Salman Ahmad Christopher Allen Esther Allen Melissa Anderson Emily Apter Reza Aslan Scott Atran Paul Audi Antonia Baehr Susan Barry Mathieu Bauer Pierre Bayard Miguel Benasayag Nina Berman Didier Bigo Jonah Bokaer Laurel Braitman Fabienne Brugère D. Graham Burnett Judith Butler Craig Calhoun Wally Cardona Sylvain Cartigny Barbara Cassin Pierre Cassou-Noguès Ashley Caudill-Mirillo François Chaignaud Grégoire Chamayou Eric Chauvier Jim Chu Hélène Cixous Adrien M/ Claire B Deborah Coen Mitchell Cohen Ariel Colonomos Brody Condon Simon Critchley Jen Davis Mónica de la Torre Mireille Delmas-Marty Manthia Diawara Jean-Pierre Dupuy Elie During Ala Ebtekar Howard Engel Didier Fassin Dan Fishback Guilhem Flouzat Valérie Gérard Brooke Gladstone Danny Glover Nan Goldin Francisco Goldman Jay Gottlieb Jon-Jon Goulian Philip Gourevitch Silke Grabinger Mark Greif Arnon Grunberg Roger Grunwald Cécile Guilbert Miguel Gutierrez Fabrice Hadjadj Yannick Haenel Daniel Handler Trajal Harrell Virginia Heffernan Paul Holdengräber Steve Holmgren Jamie Hook Cynthia Hopkins Romain Huret Siri Hustvedt Alicia Jo Rabins Sarah Jones Maira Kalman Leah Kelly Laura Kipnis Étienne Klein Eric Klinenberg Wayne Koestenbaum Gia Kourlas Dany Laferrière Carrie Lambert-Beatty Charles Larmore Reif Larsen Maud Le Pladec Jonathan Lear Olivier Legros Chris Lehmann Wendy Lesser Brian Leth Natalie Levisalles Rodolfo Llinas Glenn D. Lowry Michel Lussault Marielle Macé Pascal Mamassian Patrice Maniglier Wyatt Mason Serge Michel Catherine Millet Nicholas Mirzoeff Albert Mobilio Xabi Molia Adrien Mondot Rick Moody Lionel Naccache Sina Najafi Laurel Nakadate Alondra Nelson Shirin Neshat Josh Neufeld François Noudelmann Laurent Nunez The National Theater of the United States of America Ruwen Ogien Pierre Pachet George Packer Annie-B Parson Gilles Pastor Victoria Patterson Damien Poisblaud Robert Polito Julia Preston Avital Ronell Jeffrey Rosen Israel Rosenfield Mathieu Rostaing Tayard Marco Roth Ned Rothenberg Dan Safer Katie Salen Gressett Salette David Samuels Patrick Savidan La Scabreuse Philip Schrag John Schwartz Lytle Shaw Gemma Sieff Justin E. H. Smith Rob Spillman Luc Steels Amanda Stern Ann Stoler Robert Storr Ginger Strand John Strausbaugh Carole Talon-Hugon Astra Taylor Lynne Tillman Yann Toma Peter Turchi Siva Vaidhyanathan Philippe Vasset Sophie Wahnich Benjamen Walker McKenzie Wark Alex Waterman Denise Wolff Heriberto Yepez Edward Ziff by category:
Choose… Debate Discussion Fair Gastronomic picnic Installation Interview Introduction Meeting Performance Performance / discussion Reading Reading and performance Round table/Reading Round-table Screening and discussion Workshop by event:
Choose… (Self) Censorship: Art, Morality and Decency A Tale of two Chefs: A Lunchbox of Haute Cuisine And the Pursuit of Happiness Art/Truth/Lies: The Perils and Pleasures of Deception Beauty Contest—Human Beauty and Its Social Construction CANCELLED — THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM Catastrophe Practice (1/3) Chords and Discords — Musical Patterns of Affinities Chords and Discords — My Dog is my Piano Chords and Discords — There was Chemistry Conscious and Unconscious Narrative — Literature, Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience Disruptive Kinship Do the Humanities Teach us to Be Free? Fair for Knowledge: Clouds Fair for Knowledge: Hair Featuring Disaster—How We Picture Catastrophes From Fiction to Philosophy Get what you want: An artist and an ethicist discuss manipulation and desire Going Public: Embodying a Persona Granting Refuge and Asylum: The Laws of Hospitality Hunter VS. Hunted: A Philosopher Discusses Short Media Pieces Overboard! An Evening of Music and Storytelling Picturing the Self: A Philosopher Discusses a Photographer's Work Playing With Cinema — American Performers Experiment with French Films Please Kill Me Redrawing Borders Screening Identities — Danny Glover in conversation with Manthia Diawara Sonic Affinities Starting From Here: Every Place Tells a Story Stranger Strangers — French Performance Artists Make their NYC Premieres The Actual Lives of Catherine Millet and Robert Storr The Drama of (Dis)affinities The End of Privacy: The State and Surveillance The Magical Side of Celebrity The Need to See and the Will not to Know — How we deal with catastrophes The New Faces of the Enemy The Original Copy: Borrowed Voices, Stolen Stories The Shapes of Space - The Shears of Time: Why Does Philosophy Need Art to Become Truly Experimental? Three Faiths in the Form of a Fugue Unequally free? The Social Limits of Liberty What Does the Brain Do? Questioning Perception, Consciousness and Free Will What is Engagement Today? What is wisdom? by venue:
Choose… Aperture Gallery Aperture Gallery Davis Auditorium, Schapiro Center French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) - Le Skyroom Greenlight Bookstore Jo's Restaurant Joe's Pub NYU Cantor Film Center (theater 101) The Austrian Cultural Forum The Brooklyn Flea The Cooper Union The Cultural Services of the French Embassy The Heyman Center For The Humanities -- Davis Auditorium, the Schapiro Center The Institute for Public Knowledge The Invisible Dog Art Center The Maison Française / Columbia University The New School - John Tishman Auditorium The New School - Theresa Lang Center The New School - Theresa Lang Center The New York Public Library - Celeste Bartos Forum UnionDocs  

Wednesday, October 19^th

Beauty Contest—Human Beauty and Its Social Construction

6:30pm | Performance / discussion

François Chaignaud, Jon-Jon Goulian, Silke Grabinger, Gressett Salette

The Austrian Cultural Forum

Thursday, October 20^th

The Actual Lives of Catherine Millet and Robert Storr

7:30pm | Discussion

Catherine Millet, Robert Storr

French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) - Le Skyroom

Saturday, October 22^nd

A Tale of two Chefs: A Lunchbox of Haute Cuisine

12:00pm | Gastronomic picnic

Brian Leth, Mathieu Rostaing Tayard

The Invisible Dog Art Center

The Drama of (Dis)affinities

3:30pm | Introduction

François Noudelmann, Avital Ronell

The Invisible Dog Art Center

Screening Identities — Danny Glover in conversation with Manthia Diawara

3:30pm | Discussion

Manthia Diawara, Danny Glover

The Invisible Dog Art Center

Playing With Cinema — American Performers Experiment with French Films

6:30pm | Performance

Miguel Gutierrez, The National Theater of the United States of America, Annie-B Parson, Dan Safer

The Invisible Dog Art Center

Stranger Strangers — French Performance Artists Make their NYC Premieres

9:00pm | Performance

Adrien M/ Claire B, Maud Le Pladec, Gilles Pastor, Gilles Pastor, La Scabreuse

The Invisible Dog Art Center

Sunday, October 23^rd

Please Kill Me

6:30pm | Performance

Mathieu Bauer

The Invisible Dog Art Center

Monday, October 24^th

Disruptive Kinship

6:00pm | Discussion

Judith Butler, Hélène Cixous, Avital Ronell

The New School - Theresa Lang Center

Sonic Affinities

8:30pm | Performance

Jay Gottlieb

The New School - Theresa Lang Center

Tuesday, October 25^th

Chords and Discords — Musical Patterns of Affinities

6:30pm | Discussion

Pierre Bayard, Wendy Lesser, Wendy Lesser, François Noudelmann

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy

Chords and Discords — My Dog is my Piano

6:30pm | Performance

Antonia Baehr

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy

Chords and Discords — There was Chemistry

6:30pm | Installation

Yann Toma

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy

Wednesday, October 26^th

CANCELLED — THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM

6:30pm | Interview

Étienne Klein

The New York Public Library - Celeste Bartos Forum

Thursday, October 27^th

Conscious and Unconscious Narrative — Literature, Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience

6:30pm | Discussion

Siri Hustvedt, Lionel Naccache

The Maison Française / Columbia University

Friday, October 28^th

The Need to See and the Will not to Know — How we deal with catastrophes

5:30pm | Discussion

Craig Calhoun, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Eric Klinenberg, Michel Lussault, Nicholas Mirzoeff, Patrick Savidan

NYU Cantor Film Center (theater 101)

Featuring Disaster—How We Picture Catastrophes

7:30pm | Screening and discussion

Christopher Allen, Brooke Gladstone, Dany Laferrière, Xabi Molia

NYU Cantor Film Center (theater 101)

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