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Shaping Degas’s Dancers, on Stage, in Wax, in the Press
Andrea Christmas and Liliane Erhart, in conversation with Cary Hollinshead-Strick– ‘Shaping Degas’s Dancers, on Stage, in Wax, in the Press’. The nineteenth century saw a progressive feminization of the ballet dancer and masculinization of the imagined a ...
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Poisoned bread, the CIA, and the psychedelic humanities
Russell Williams, in conversation with Elizabeth Kinne, ‘Poisoned bread, the CIA, and the psychedelic humanities’. History is weird. Did the CIA lace bread with LSD, and what happens when contemporary novelist Sophie Macintosh writes about it? Does psych ...
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Queering the Quai: Paris’ Magic City
Patrick Preston, in conversation with Robert Payne, ‘Queering the Quai: Paris’s Magic City.' There were drag balls at the Magic City, a pleasure space on the Quai d’Orsay and the Rue de l’Université (right near where AUP is now), from 1900-1934. How ...
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Rory Brennan Poetry Reading
Rory Brennan has published half a dozen collections of poetry and numerous reviews and articles. His work has appeared in The Irish Times, The Times Literary Supplement, Poetry Ireland Review and other periodicals and anthologies. He was born and raised i ...
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14 AUP Artists
Please join us for the celebration of the vernissage in the presence of the exhibiting artists: Ana Pranjic Anusic, Mano Banduwardena, Jennifer Dixey, Kevin Dixey, Denise Geney, Pascale Guibout, Donatella Jackson, Sandra Lefaure, Randa Massot, Lily Servel ...
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Classical Chinese Philosophy as Philosophy Through Ideograms – A Book Launch with Dr. Yu-Jung Sun
Chinese philosophy is commonly perceived by Western readers as either spiritual contemplation or a way of life, hence is linked more to culture than a philosophical tradition. In Introduction à la philosophie chinoise: penser en idéogrammes, Yu-Jung Sun d ...
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Shaping History Beyond Words- A graphic Artist’s Perspective
In this inaugural conference for our second edition of the graphic novel Festival (FESTIVAL BD), (“La BD dans le Tumulte de l’Histoire: Résistances, Révolutions ”), Sara Lomuscio will introduce (in english) the captivating realm of graphic storytelling an ...
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II Festival de la Bande dessinée opening with artist Sara Lomuscio
After a hugely successful first year, we are thrilled to welcome the II Festival de BD (French Comics and Graphic Novels Festival) back to campus, organized by Professor Anne-Marie Picard, the French Department, and the Library. This year’s topic is La ...
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Educide in Gaza
What are the definitions of Ecocide, Urbicide, Domicide, Culturicide and Educide? Why do these definitions apply to the Gaza war? Why do many international humanitarian and human rights organizations, UN officials, and thousands of scholars consider this ...
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Bringing Empathy and Understanding Through the 9th Art
“I think that empathy and understanding can be brought together through the pleasurable reading of graphic novels, what the Francophones call the 9th art,” says Professor Anne-Marie Picard. For the last two years, the Department of French Studies and Mode ...