Sweet Briar College JYF in Paris Alumni Magazine - December 2018
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<strong>Sweet</strong> <strong>Briar</strong> <strong>College</strong> <strong>JYF</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Paris</strong><br />
Cordially <strong>in</strong>vites you to our<br />
70TH ANNIVERSARY<br />
COCKTAIL<br />
Friday, April 5, 2019<br />
5:30 p.m.<br />
at Reid Hall, 4, rue de Chevreuse 75006 <strong>Paris</strong><br />
RSVP by Friday, February 15<br />
sbcparis@sbc.edu<br />
(434) 381-6109 or 01-45-48-79-30<br />
PARIS LECTURE SERIES<br />
Each year, <strong>JYF</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Paris</strong> presents<br />
lectures for students, alumni of<br />
the program and host families.<br />
The Phoebe Bradt Lectureship and<br />
the Patricia G. Nichols Lectureship<br />
are possible thanks to the generosity<br />
of the Bradt Family Fund. The fund is<br />
part of the <strong>JYF</strong> endowment and supports<br />
multi-discipl<strong>in</strong>ary lectures and<br />
receptions <strong>in</strong> France with contemporary<br />
French thought leaders. These<br />
activities, offered dur<strong>in</strong>g the academic<br />
year, are <strong>in</strong>tended to advance mutual<br />
understand<strong>in</strong>g among members of<br />
university communities—notably the<br />
students of <strong>JYF</strong> and University of <strong>Paris</strong><br />
as well as alumni of these <strong>in</strong>stitutions.<br />
<strong>2018</strong> LECTURES<br />
October <strong>2018</strong>—Panel discussion on<br />
Immigration <strong>in</strong> France Today: Solidarity<br />
and Rejection with Raphaël<br />
Krafft, journalist and writer, author of<br />
“Passeur;” Guillaume Le Blanc, philosopher<br />
and author of “La f<strong>in</strong> de l’hospitalité;”<br />
and Olivier Adam, writer and<br />
author of “A l’abri de rien” and coscreen<br />
writer of the film “Welcome”<br />
about migrants at Calais<br />
March <strong>2018</strong>—Panel discussion on<br />
“Women’s free speech: from #metoo<br />
to #balancetonporc” with Marcela<br />
Iacub, legal historian; V<strong>in</strong>cent Tolédano,<br />
journalist and lawyer; and Azadeh<br />
Kian, professor of sociology<br />
Did you know?<br />
Columbia Global Centers <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>Paris</strong> at Reid Hall, where <strong>JYF</strong>’s<br />
office is located, hosts well over<br />
100 events per year: concerts,<br />
read<strong>in</strong>gs, lectures, performances,<br />
conferences. All events<br />
organized by the <strong>Paris</strong> Center<br />
are free and open to the public<br />
unless otherwise <strong>in</strong>dicated. To<br />
learn more about upcom<strong>in</strong>g<br />
events, visit https://globalcenters.columbia.edu/content/paris-events<br />
To learn more about upcom<strong>in</strong>g<br />
events and to receive <strong>in</strong>vitations,<br />
please sign up for the mail<strong>in</strong>g list<br />
at:<br />
globalcenters.columbia.edu/<br />
paris.<br />
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