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Jacques Andréani
Politics
The French difference
Free trade, market economy and globalization
World governance
The unification of Europe
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Nicole Bacharan
Politics
Diversity or “communautarisme”? Integration the French way, Integration the American way
Should we be afraid of America?
Franco-American rapprochement: towards a new transatlantic relationship?
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Patrick Bensard
Dance, Cinema
The tricks of memory (on the Cake Walk and the first Black artists in France)
Babilée, the Mystery
Jean-Paul Goude, French creator and world citizen
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Serge Bokobza
History, Politics
La Fayette, Nicolas Sarkozy and France: Liberty versus Equality
French Judgements on La Fayette
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In partnership with
Rotary Club Paris Académies
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Jean-Louis Boursin
Science, Mathematics
Humor and mathematics
Does science still speak French?
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In partnership with
Uni-Presse
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Christian Chesnot
Journalism, Middle-East
New questions in the East: challenges and important figures
Journalist in a high risk area: balancing safety and information
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Catherine Clément
Anthropology, Psychoanalysis
Structuralism, forty years on
Psychoanalysis: Therapeutic or intellectual movement?
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Mathieu Da Vinha
History
The King's men: Louis XIV's Valets of the Bedchamber
The love-life of Louis XIV
Hygiene at the Palace of Versailles
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Hervé de Charette
Politics
The French Presidency of the European Union
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In partnership with OIF
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Ananda Devi
Literature, Psychoanalysis
A question of engagement
Writing or psychoanalysis?
Langage(s), writing(s) and identitie(s)
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Roger-Pol Droit
Philosophy
What is barbarism?
Michel Foucault as I knew him
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Jacques Géraud
Literature
In search of Remembrance of Things Past
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Monique Giroux
French Songs
Eternal Charles Aznavour
Edith Piaf: hardly la Vie en rose
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In partnership with WACA
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Sir Eldon Griffiths
Politics, Economics
Which way Europe? How will Euro-nationalism change relations with the United States?
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In partnership with
Federation AF USA
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Ronald Katz and Arielle de la Tour d'Auvergne
Architectural heritage, Photography
Lecture about French architectural heritage in America
Optional exhibition "France in America : architectural heritage"
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Julia Kristeva
Philosophy, Politics
The emergence of a unified European culture: fact or fiction?
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Christophe Laudamiel
Art of Living Series : Perfume
Fact and fiction about perfuming at the dawn of the XXIst century
The perfume of Perfume, based on the best-selling novel by Patrick Süskind Perfume, The Story of a Murderer
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In partnership with WACA
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Michael Maibach
Politics, Economics
Trans-Atlantic Competitiveness In A Globalizing Market
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Alexandre Martin
Art of Living Series: Œnology (lecture and wine tasting)
Traditional winemaking in France
Learning about French Winemaking Regions through the Lives of a Few Great Men
Senses-Training Workshop: “Wine, Memory, and Language”
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Paul Mathias
Philosophy, Internet
A Melting Pot for New Identities
On New Territories
Experiencing the Internet with Montaigne
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Yves Michaud
Philosophy, Society
The Contemporary Individual – Between Egotism and Compassion
Contemporary beauty
Tourism, culture and art
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In partnership with CNRS
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May Morris
Science, Medecine
The cycle of a life (research and treatments of cancer)
Optional exhibition: Women in Physics
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In partnership with Synergie
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Olivier Philipponnat
Literature
Irène Nemirovsky, a Russian Jew in Paris
Origin and significance of Suite Française
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In partnership with CNRS
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Lucia Reining
Science, Physics
In Search of Matter and its Radiation
Optional exhibition: Women in Physics
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Michel Richart
Art of Living Series: Chocolate (Lecture and chocolate tasting)
High-quality chocolate: a long chain of excellence
The art of tasting chocolate and selecting the perfect accompanying beverage
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In partnership with WACA
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John E. Rielly
Politics. Economics
The Transatlantic Divide and the shift in world power to Asia?
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In partnership with Synergie
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Jacques Roubaud
Literature
Readings and Presentation of Recent Works
Poésie or ‘Vroum Vroum’. The state of Poetry in France in the Year 2009
The Oulipo in the Year 2009
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Elisabeth Roudinesco
Psychoanalysis
Freud, the « penseur des Lumières sombres»
The Origins of perversion
Differences between the sexes: history and theories
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In partnership with WACA
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Simon Serfaty
Politics
The Vital Partnership: power and order, America and Europe beyond Iraq
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Laurence Tubiana
Environment
World governance and sustainable development: the challenges of the XXIst century
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