On Friday, June 12, the Lycée Français de New York held a panel on systemic racism, in the wake of the protests across the country following the brutal death of George Floyd. At the Lycée, our work on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) started several years ago, with, most recently,
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On June 4, 2020, the Cultural Center hosted a webinar with special guest Christophe Cherix, Chief Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art of New York. He shared some of the developments taking place at the museum and in the world of art, following the Covid-19
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“It is great to be the first, but what’s most important is that there be a second,” said French Consul General Anne-Claire Legendre of her role as the first woman to be French Consul General in New York. She was one of four boundary-breaking women in and around the Lycée
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La réalisatrice Marie-France Brière, aussi co-directrice avec Dominique Besnehard du festival du film francophone d’Angoulême a choisi le Lycée Français de New York comme fil rouge de son nouveau documentaire Et si New York s’appelait Angoulême, montré au French Institute Alliance Française le 12 novembre à 16h dans le cadre
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On Monday, October 21, 2019, the Cultural Center of the Lycée Français de New York organized a panel on the Circular Economy. In her introductory remarks, Evelyne Estey, Head of School, acknowledged the importance of this topic. “Being at home in the world means fostering in our students a sense
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The history of the Cultural Center of the Lycée Français de New York has been marked by some unforgettable conferences. Many diverse examples come to mind: the physicist Etienne Klein, economists Esther Duflo and Joseph E. Stiglitz, filmmaker Raoul Peck, and even the writer Gaël Faye. And, this past February
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On Tuesday, the French Minister of Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, visited the school. He was previously president of the renowned French business school, L’ESSEC. Minister Blanquer, who joined President Macron’s cabinet in May, is a professional educator, as members of our student, teaching, administrative and parents surely noticed during an engaging two-hour session
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To analyze the consequences of this phenomenon, Catherine Blaya, professor of science education at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis and who oversees the International Observation Center for Violence in Schools. She was invited by the school and our parents association, the APL, to share her knowledge during two different events,
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Specialists of Cultural Heritage and Its Protection Will Discuss Massive Destruction of Sites in the World In September, 2015, the methodical destruction of the thousand-year-old ancient city of Palmyra in Syria was undertaken by ISIS.All that remains there today are a few anonymous stones on a sand field. Can we
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Il suffit d’écouter les élèves pour évaluer le succès de la résidence de l’artiste Béatrice Coron qui a travaillé avec les Secondes réunis pendant pendant une semaine, du 31 octobre au 4 novembre dernier, dans le makerspace dans le cadre du programme AIR (Artiste en Résidence du LFNY). Issue de
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