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Kouross Esmaeli on Educating Americans for the Digital Age
none On May 3, 2019, AUP’s Civic Media Lab welcomed Kouross Esmaeli – a researcher, educator and media activist, and currently a visiting professor at the American University of Beirut – who spoke to an audience of AUP community members in the David T. Mc ...
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CWT Starts the Year with a Successful Spring Semester
none We’re only halfway through 2019 and AUP’s Center for Writers & Translators (the CWT) – a research center dedicated to literary endeavors – already has much to report. The CWT’s mission is to promote literary activity, particularly in relation to ...
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AUP Fine Arts Gallery Exhibits Katherine Dolgy Ludwig’s Light City
none On June 6–24, 2019, New York–based artist Katherine Dolgy Ludwig exhibited her collection of Paris- inspired watercolors in the AUP Fine Arts Gallery. The exhibition, entitled “Light City: Paintings of Paris,” was curated by Professor Jonathan Shimo ...
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Sophie Hong Exhibits Dualities in AUP Fine Arts Gallery
none On the evening of Thursday, September 26, 2019, the AUP Fine Arts Gallery hosted Taiwanese fashion designer Sophie Hong for a vernissage of her latest exhibition, Dualities. The event was attended by members of the public and the AUP community, as we ...
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AUP Fine Arts Gallery Welcomes Back its Founder, Ralph Petty
none On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, the AUP Fine Arts Gallery hosted a vernissage for a special exhibition from its founder and former curator, Professor Emeritus Ralph Petty. His new exhibition, Orage Électrique, takes its name from the French term for ...
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AUP’s FIAC Event Discusses Contemporary Art Markets
none On Wednesday, October 16, 2019, The American University of Paris hosted a three-hour panel discussion with a group of international art dealers, art collectors and artists who were visiting Paris for the Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) ...
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Patterns of Invalidation in Augustine's Pastoral Care
none Join the AUP community for a guest lecture entitled "Patterns of Invalidation in Augustine's Therapy of the Emotions and Pastoral Care" by Dagmar Kiesel (University of Erlangen), sponsored by the George and Irina Schaeffer Center for t ...
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Using Anthropology to Understand Public Trust in Big Food
none On Thursday, November 14, 2019, Professor Christy Shields, a food anthropologist from AUP’s Department of Global Communications, welcomed guest speakers Dr. Chelsie Yount-André (Montpellier, CIRAC) and Dr. Gyorgy Scrinis (University of Melbourne) to ...
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Author Eduardo Halfon in Conversation with Daniel Medin
none On Thursday, November 14, 2019, the Center for Writers & Translators (CWT) hosted Guatemalan author Eduardo Halfon for a discussion of his literary works with Professor Daniel Medin, the CWT’s Associate Director. Halfon is the author of 14 books, ...
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Bunny Harvey Exhibits Survival Tactics in AUP Fine Arts Gallery
none Between November 19 and December 9, 2019, the AUP Fine Arts Gallery hosted a special exhibition by American painter Bunny Harvey, titled Survival Tactics, which focused on the unseen elements of urban spaces and, in particular, plants that are consid ...