Tweet
Festival Albertine
When
Oct 14 -19, 2014
Curated by author, journalist, and cultural critic Greil Marcus, the Festival Albertine will take place from October 14th through 19th as part of the opening celebrations for the Albertine bookshop, providing a preview of the special events and cross-cultural programming that will take place at the venue year-round.
EVENT
Olivier Assayas in the Post-May Period
October 14, 2014 | 7pm
Albertine Books (and at Livestream.com)
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
The Wealth of Nations and the Immiseration of Citizens
October 15, 2014 | 7 PM
Albertine Books (and at Livestream.com)
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
French Fashion and Global Style
October 16, 2014 | 7 PM
Albertine Books (and at Livestream.com)
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Women at Work: Mad Men and Engrenages/Spiral
October 17, 2014 | 7pm
Albertine Books (and at Livestream.com)
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Special Event: A Conversation between Marjane Satrapi and A. O. Scott
October 18, 2014 | 3pm
Albertine Books in French & English
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Why Do We Still Read Tocqueville?
October 18, 2014 | 7pm
Albertine Books in French & English
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Mathematical Styles & the Process of Discovery
October 19, 2014 | 3pm
Albertine Books in French & English
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Extremist Fiction in Ordinary Language
October 19, 2014 | 6pm
Albertine Books in French & English
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
16
Six-day festival from Oct. 14-19 showcases Albertine as an exciting new hub for French-American intellectual exchange and debate
Showcasing its mission as a new center for French-American intellectual exchange, Albertine, the new reading room and bookshop in the French Embassy, will host a six-day free festival featuring leading French and American thinkers and artists, including Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, filmmaker Olivier Assayas, author Mary Gaitskill, graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi, Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash, and Fields Medal-winning mathematician Cédric Villani.
Curated by author, journalist, and cultural critic Greil Marcus, the Festival Albertine will take place from October 14th through 19th as part of the opening celebrations for the Albertine bookshop, providing a preview of the special events and cross-cultural programming that will take place at the venue year-round. The new reading room and bookshop provides the most comprehensive selection of French-language books and English translations in New York, and a permanent venue for discussions exploring popular and classical culture through both a modern and global lens.
A project of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Albertine is located in the landmark Payne Whitney mansion, designed by Stanford White in 1902, on Manhattan's Museum Mile at 972 Fifth Avenue. It is named after the omnipresent and unknowable female character in Marcel Proust’s classic In Search of Lost Time.
“For this festival, we looked beyond the usual suspects for original thinkers that we are curious to hear from and we paired them in non-conventional ways in order to spur challenging conversations. This is just the beginning of what will become an ongoing and permanent debate between the most inspiring thinkers in France, the United States, and beyond.” said Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy.
“These are all remarkable people,” Greil Marcus said, “and this is only the start of a new chapter in a long story.”
Festival program
OCTOBER 14
Filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Clouds of Sils Maria), screenwriter Larry Gross (48 Hours), Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek, and Greil Marcus discuss the still-unsettled legacy of the spring 1968 student protests and general strike that brought France to a standstill as interpreted in Assayas’s films. (Tues., Oct. 14, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 15
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz (The Price of Inequality) and French economist Gabriel Zucman (The Hidden Wealth of Nations), who received his Ph.D. at the Paris School of Economics under the supervision of Thomas Piketty, will discuss the causes and effects of income inequality. Moderated by James Miller, Professor of Politics at The New School. (Wed., Oct. 15, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 16
Didier Grumbach and Anne Valérie Hash, trailblazers from radically different quarters of the French fashion world, assess the state of France’s influence on fashion in an increasingly global culture. Moderated by Mary Davis, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York (Thurs., Oct. 16, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 17
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner is joined by Alexandra Clert, the creator of hit French television series Spiral (Engrenages), for an exploration of how women are portrayed in the workplace in popular culture. Moderated by Greil Marcus. (Fri., Oct. 17, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 18
Graphic novelist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) and New York Times chief film critic A.O. Scott share a wide-ranging, free-flowing discussion on creativity and criticism, censorship and audience, the tension between words and images, and much more. Moderated by Steve Wasserman, editor at large for Yale University Press (Sat., Oct.18, 3 PM)
Nearly two centuries after the publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, Sorbonne French literature professor Françoise Mélonio, translator Arthur Goldhammer and journalist and critic Paul Berman debate why the work is still essential for readers seeking to understand the politics and culture of both France and the United States. Moderated by John Rockwell, who served as the New York Times European cultural correspondent, classic music critic and reporter, chief rock critic, arts columnist, and dance critic. (Sat., Oct. 18, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 19
French mathematician Cédric Villani, the 2010 Fields Medal winner and the author of Théorème vivant, joins his “mathematical hero,” John F. Nash, Jr., co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, for a discussion on mathematics styles and the process of discovery. Moderated by Antonin Baudry. (Sun., Oct. 19, 3 PM)
Authors Mary Gaitskill (Bad Behavior, Don’t Cry), Emmanuel Carrère (La Moustache, Limonov) and Percival Everett (Erasure, Assumption) discuss their shared commitment to depicting extraordinary situations in ordinary language. Moderated by Greil Marcus. (Sun., Oct. 19, 6 PM)
All events will take place at Albertine at 972 Fifth Avenue.
All events are free, but require an online RSVP. Please RSVP to bookoffice@frenchculture.org.
About Albertine
Albertine is a reading room and bookshop that brings to life French-American intellectual exchange. A permanent venue for free events and debates, the new space will offer more than 14,000 contemporary and classic titles from over 30 French-speaking countries around the world in French and in translation. Visit www.albertine.com. Follow Albertine on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @albertinebooks
When
Oct 14 -19, 2014
Curated by author, journalist, and cultural critic Greil Marcus, the Festival Albertine will take place from October 14th through 19th as part of the opening celebrations for the Albertine bookshop, providing a preview of the special events and cross-cultural programming that will take place at the venue year-round.
EVENT
Olivier Assayas in the Post-May Period
October 14, 2014 | 7pm
Albertine Books (and at Livestream.com)
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
The Wealth of Nations and the Immiseration of Citizens
October 15, 2014 | 7 PM
Albertine Books (and at Livestream.com)
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
French Fashion and Global Style
October 16, 2014 | 7 PM
Albertine Books (and at Livestream.com)
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Women at Work: Mad Men and Engrenages/Spiral
October 17, 2014 | 7pm
Albertine Books (and at Livestream.com)
French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Special Event: A Conversation between Marjane Satrapi and A. O. Scott
October 18, 2014 | 3pm
Albertine Books in French & English
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Why Do We Still Read Tocqueville?
October 18, 2014 | 7pm
Albertine Books in French & English
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Mathematical Styles & the Process of Discovery
October 19, 2014 | 3pm
Albertine Books in French & English
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
EVENT
Extremist Fiction in Ordinary Language
October 19, 2014 | 6pm
Albertine Books in French & English
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
972 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10075
16
Six-day festival from Oct. 14-19 showcases Albertine as an exciting new hub for French-American intellectual exchange and debate
Showcasing its mission as a new center for French-American intellectual exchange, Albertine, the new reading room and bookshop in the French Embassy, will host a six-day free festival featuring leading French and American thinkers and artists, including Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, filmmaker Olivier Assayas, author Mary Gaitskill, graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi, Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash, and Fields Medal-winning mathematician Cédric Villani.
Curated by author, journalist, and cultural critic Greil Marcus, the Festival Albertine will take place from October 14th through 19th as part of the opening celebrations for the Albertine bookshop, providing a preview of the special events and cross-cultural programming that will take place at the venue year-round. The new reading room and bookshop provides the most comprehensive selection of French-language books and English translations in New York, and a permanent venue for discussions exploring popular and classical culture through both a modern and global lens.
A project of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Albertine is located in the landmark Payne Whitney mansion, designed by Stanford White in 1902, on Manhattan's Museum Mile at 972 Fifth Avenue. It is named after the omnipresent and unknowable female character in Marcel Proust’s classic In Search of Lost Time.
“For this festival, we looked beyond the usual suspects for original thinkers that we are curious to hear from and we paired them in non-conventional ways in order to spur challenging conversations. This is just the beginning of what will become an ongoing and permanent debate between the most inspiring thinkers in France, the United States, and beyond.” said Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor of the French Embassy.
“These are all remarkable people,” Greil Marcus said, “and this is only the start of a new chapter in a long story.”
Festival program
OCTOBER 14
Filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Summer Hours, Clouds of Sils Maria), screenwriter Larry Gross (48 Hours), Village Voice film critic Stephanie Zacharek, and Greil Marcus discuss the still-unsettled legacy of the spring 1968 student protests and general strike that brought France to a standstill as interpreted in Assayas’s films. (Tues., Oct. 14, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 15
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz (The Price of Inequality) and French economist Gabriel Zucman (The Hidden Wealth of Nations), who received his Ph.D. at the Paris School of Economics under the supervision of Thomas Piketty, will discuss the causes and effects of income inequality. Moderated by James Miller, Professor of Politics at The New School. (Wed., Oct. 15, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 16
Didier Grumbach and Anne Valérie Hash, trailblazers from radically different quarters of the French fashion world, assess the state of France’s influence on fashion in an increasingly global culture. Moderated by Mary Davis, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York (Thurs., Oct. 16, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 17
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner is joined by Alexandra Clert, the creator of hit French television series Spiral (Engrenages), for an exploration of how women are portrayed in the workplace in popular culture. Moderated by Greil Marcus. (Fri., Oct. 17, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 18
Graphic novelist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis) and New York Times chief film critic A.O. Scott share a wide-ranging, free-flowing discussion on creativity and criticism, censorship and audience, the tension between words and images, and much more. Moderated by Steve Wasserman, editor at large for Yale University Press (Sat., Oct.18, 3 PM)
Nearly two centuries after the publication of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, Sorbonne French literature professor Françoise Mélonio, translator Arthur Goldhammer and journalist and critic Paul Berman debate why the work is still essential for readers seeking to understand the politics and culture of both France and the United States. Moderated by John Rockwell, who served as the New York Times European cultural correspondent, classic music critic and reporter, chief rock critic, arts columnist, and dance critic. (Sat., Oct. 18, 7 PM)
OCTOBER 19
French mathematician Cédric Villani, the 2010 Fields Medal winner and the author of Théorème vivant, joins his “mathematical hero,” John F. Nash, Jr., co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, for a discussion on mathematics styles and the process of discovery. Moderated by Antonin Baudry. (Sun., Oct. 19, 3 PM)
Authors Mary Gaitskill (Bad Behavior, Don’t Cry), Emmanuel Carrère (La Moustache, Limonov) and Percival Everett (Erasure, Assumption) discuss their shared commitment to depicting extraordinary situations in ordinary language. Moderated by Greil Marcus. (Sun., Oct. 19, 6 PM)
All events will take place at Albertine at 972 Fifth Avenue.
All events are free, but require an online RSVP. Please RSVP to bookoffice@frenchculture.org.
About Albertine
Albertine is a reading room and bookshop that brings to life French-American intellectual exchange. A permanent venue for free events and debates, the new space will offer more than 14,000 contemporary and classic titles from over 30 French-speaking countries around the world in French and in translation. Visit www.albertine.com. Follow Albertine on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @albertinebooks
