This year, we celebrated Valentine's Day early with delicious chocolates provided by Michel Cluizel Chocolat paired with a selection of Sud de France wines from Languedoc-Roussillon.
French-American Connection events are designed for young, dynamic New York professionals. This event was organized in partnership with the Michel Cluizel Chocolat and Sud de France Développement
French intellectual Guy Sorman, founder of Editions Sorman, and Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal discussed the prospects for democracy in the Arab world in the wake of the series of Revolutions throughout Northern Africa and the Middle East.
Above: photo of Guy Sorman by Mariusz Kubik.
Céline Legros, founder of the online pastry shop, Les Canelés de Céline, joined us to discuss her work bringing these traditional French pastries from her native France to New York and her business endeavors creating a pastry-sales website. Céline's specialty, the canelé, is a centuries-old traditional pastry from the Bordeaux area in the southwest of France, made of crêpe batter cooked slowly at high temperatures to create a caramelized crust and a moist center.
Eric Garcetti – President of the Los Angeles City Council, 2013 candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, and French-American Foundation Young Leader – spoke to our guests about his work to promote a more sustainable city through initiatives that promote water conservation, green buildings, and responsible development.
Jean-François Serval discussed his book, "La monnaie virtuelle qui nous fait vivre," which explores the role of 'virtual currency' – money created through financial innovation not under the control of any central bank – in the creation of instability that led to the financial crisis.
Lasse Larsen and Jacquelyn Willard, co-founders of the eco-luxury private-sales site, Lux & Eco, talked to our guests about their work to build a website for luxury items that are both eco-friendly and humane. Find out more about their venture here.
French intellectual Guy Sorman and Chinese dissident Yang Jianli tackled the issue of human rights in China, during this breakfast seminar.
This public event and reception celebrated the publication of “Transatlantic Divide–the USA Euroland Rift?” by John J. Metzler of St. John's University. Metzler discussed the book, exploring the impact of the US-led invasion of Iraq on US-European relations.
Marc Fumaroli, member of l’Académie Française and renowned scholar of 17ths-century rhetoric, gave a talk on his 2011 work, “When the World Spoke French” (Quand l’Europe parlait français), recently translated to English by French-American Foundation Translation Prize recipient and Pultizer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard. Michael Shae, Senior Editor at The New York Review of Books, moderated the discussion of Fumaroli’s work, which explored the cultural predominance of the French language throughout Europe and America in the 18th century.
Pulitzer Prize-winning financial columnist Gretchen Morgenson of The New York Times and the Rev. J. Douglas Ousley of the Church of the Incarnation spoke on the challenges of establishing and following ethical standards in the financial industry in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008. Morgenson shared insights about the moral lapses that contributed to the financial crisis from her recent book, “Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon," co-authored by Joshua Rosner.
French-American Connection events are social gatherings centered around lively discussion with one featured guest and shaped for New York City's young professionnals.
For this second event in the ongoing series, guests enjoyed sunset views of the Hudson in company of guest Brian Schechter, co-CEO of HowAboutWe.com.
The French-American Foundation and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. hosted a discussion with French author Edouard Valdman. Mr. Valdman presented his book "Idéalisme français, pragmatisme américain: une nécessaire union" ("French Idealism, American Pragmatism: A Necessary Union").
This event was part of the Tuck Speaker Series, an ongoing series that provides a forum for French and American policy-makers, experts, business leaders, and journalists to discuss issues of transatlantic concern.
Criminal defense lawyer Stanley S. Arkin, French political scientist Denis Lacorne and international lawyer Daniel Schimmel shed light on the French and American judicial mechanisms and helped clarify the political and cultural contexts in the two countries.
This event was part of the Tuck Speaker Series, an ongoing series that provides a forum for French and American policy-makers, experts, business leaders, and journalists to discuss issues of transatlantic concern.
Nicolas Tenzer delivered a talk about the global trends and challenges awaiting the world in the 2030s.
Moderated by Jean-Luc Marret, Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, this talk by Nicolas Tenzer addressed the role France will take in 2030 and beyond.
Organized in partnership with the French-American School of Music, this event was open to the public.
Guests at the first-ever French-American Connection event, organized in partnership with the Jérôme Lohez Foundation, enjoyed an evening of lively discussion with Yancey Strickler, co-founder of Kickstarter.
French-American Connection events are social gatherings centered around lively discussion with one featured guest and shaped for New York City's young professionnals.
Romain Huret, French historian and specialist on the United States, delivered a talk entitled "Katrina, 2005: the hurricane, the State, and the poor in the United States." The discussion was Part One of Catastrophe, a two-part event series organized in partnership with the Villa Gillet. Click here for Part Two.
This talk was part of the French-American Foundation Breakfast Series, a program of exclusive, invite-only seminars designed to promote understanding and cooperation on issues of common concern for France and the United States.
Jean-Francois Serval, President of Serval & Associés, and Yves-Andre Istel, Senior Advisor at Rothschild Inc., were invited to discuss the book “La monnaie virtuelle qui nous fait vivre” ("Virtual Currency"), a unique synthesis of contemporary monetary issues written by Mr. Serval and Jean-Pascal Tranié.
Bruno Vinciguerra, Executive Vice President and CEO of Sotheby's, delivered a presentation on the impact of the global financial crisis on the international art market, and shared his thoughts on the current state of the art market.
This event was part of the Tuck Speaker Series, an ongoing series that provides a forum for French and American policy-makers, experts, business leaders, and journalists to discuss issues of transatlantic concern.
Peter Goldmark, former director of the Climate and Air program for Environmental Defense Fund, shared his insights and expertise on global warming and U.S. and European policies during a presentation entitled "The Race to Avoid Frying the Planet”.
This talk was part of the French-American Foundation Breakfast Series, a program of exclusive, invite-only seminars designed to promote understanding and cooperation on issues of common concern for France and the United States.
