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A Pop-Culture Force for Postcolonial Theory
In the second of a three-part series, undergraduate student Isabel Guigui reflects on blogger and activist Grace Ly’s visit to the Postcolonial Literatures and Theory class. The first article in the series is available here. On Friday, February 15, 2019, ...
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Students Confront France’s Colonial Past in Le Havre
In the last of our articles on the Postcolonial Literatures and Theory class, Associate Professor Sneharika Roy explains how the Le Havre study trip and the course’s collaboration with activist and theater director Jocelyn Brudey contrast postcolonialism’ ...
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Fashion Talks at AUP: Loved Clothes Last
On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, this year’s Fashion Talks at AUP lecture series, entitled “Between Despair and Hope,” concluded with a talk from author and designer Orsola de Castro, who talked about the not-for-profit global movement Fashion Revolution she c ...
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Professor Brenton Hobart Honored by L’Académie Française
Professor Brenton Hobart On June 25, the Académie Française announced its list of prizewinners for 2021. The American University of Paris is thrilled to report that Professor Brenton Hobart of the Department of Comparative Literature and English has been ...
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Professor Odonkor’s New Book Examines Advertising Aimed at Children
On Saturday, October 9, 2021, Professor Evelyn Odonkor of the Department of Economics and Management launched her new book, Un regard sur les messages publicitaires destinés aux enfants: Les cas des États-Unis, de la France et du Ghana, at Parisian booksh ...
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Fashion Talks at AUP: Misfit Masculinities with Ben Barry
Ben Barry On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, the Fashion Talks at AUP lecture series, which in this academic year takes the subtitle “Between Consumption, Criticism and Activism,” hosted an online talk by guest speaker Ben Barry, Dean of Fashion at Parsons Sch ...
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The Inauguration of President Sonya Stephens
The American University of Paris, Europe’s premier American international institution of higher learning, marked, on October 20, 2022, an exciting new milestone in its 60-year history: the inauguration of Professor Sonya Stephens as its 13th President. Th ...
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Black and Abroad's Black History Month Reading List
February is Black History Month in the United States and Canada. To mark the occasion in 2023, the Black and Abroad student club has put together a community reading list, with the aim of encouraging all AUP community members to celebrate and educate them ...
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IMAGINE R – THE STUDENT DISCOUNT METRO CARD
Welcome to Paris! If you are wondering about what is the most cost effective way to get around the city, then check out Imagine R, a metro pass that gives you access to all zones (1–5) of Paris for all types of public transportation (Metro, Bus and RER). ...
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A New Narrative: Imagining an Alternative Psychology
Is there an alternative to the mainstream of psychology, one that could help to better understand the fundamental problem of meaning-making? On September 20, Brian Schiff, head of AUP’s Psychology, Health and Gender Department, entertained a roundtable of ...