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DIGITAL TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE
To perpetuate more than two centuries of shared ideals and friendship; to build lasting, practical working ties; and to advance solutions to problems of shared concern.
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BOOK TALK: THE FRONTLINES OF PEACE
Public policy | Open to the public

Date: Wednesday, March 24 at 1:00 pm ET
Description: Our guest speaker Séverine Autesserre will discuss her new book, The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World.
Speaker: Séverine Autesserre is an award-winning author, peacebuilder, and researcher, as well as a Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of The Trouble with the Congo, Peaceland, and The Frontlines of Peace, in addition to articles for publications such as Foreign Affairs, International Organization, and The New York Times.
Moderator: Megan Carroll is currently at the United Nations where she covers counter-terrorism issues in Asia. She has served across the UN in political affairs, peacekeeping, and development. She is also a 2018 Young Leader.

Don't wait to RSVP! You will have the chance to win a free copy of Séverine Autesserre's book by answering two questions in the sign-up form.
FOUNDATION NEWS
Information & updates about the Foundation and its programs

We are delighted to announce the finalists for this year's French-American Foundation Translation Prize. Since 1986, the Translation Prize honors exceptional English translations of French works of fiction and nonfiction that were published in the previous calendar year.

From this shortlist, a winning translator in each category will receive a $10,000 award generously funded by the Florence Gould Foundation.

Picked by a jury of literary professionals, the ten finalists include celebrated works by esteemed French authors, many of which are available to American readers for the first time.

Save the Date
Virtual Awards Ceremony
Thursday, June 3, 2021, at 1:00 pm EST
with guest of honor Cole Swensen,
Poet, translator, editor, copywriter; former Guggenheim Fellow and Iowa Writers' Workshop instructor; and professor of Literary Arts at Brown University


  • Fiction:
1/ Jordan Stump's translation of Igifu by Scholastique Mukasonga
Archipelago Books
2/ Mark Polizzotti's translation of Invisible Ink: A Novel by Patrick Modiano
Yale University Press
3/ Olivia Baes's translation of Jean-Luc Persecuted by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
Deep Vellum Publishing
4/ Natasha Lehrer's translation of The Last Days of Ellis Island by Gaëlle Josse
World Editions
5/ Chris Andrews's translation of Our Riches by Kaouther Adimi
New Directions

  • Nonfiction:
1/ Catherine Porter's translation of Denaturalized: How Thousands Lost Their Citizenship and Lives in Vichy France by Claire Zalc
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2/ Jody Gladding's translation of Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life by Brigitte Benkemoun
Getty Publications
3/ Willard Wood's translation of Machiavelli: The Art of Teaching People What to Fear by Patrick Boucheron
Other Press
4/ Hoyt Rogers's translation of Rome, 1630: The Horizon of the Early Baroque, Followed by Five Essays on Seventeenth-Century Art by Yves Bonnefoy
Seagull Books
5/ Laura Marris's translation of Those Who Forget: My Family's Story in Nazi Europe – A Memoir, A History, A Warning by Geraldine Schwarz
Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster
INTERVIEW
Interviews with members of our growing community of leaders and experts (Young Leaders, Transatlantic Forum members, Cyber Security experts, Translation Prize winners, Immigration Journalism Fellows, and more)
MICHAEL WOO
Dean Emeritus, The College of Environmental Design at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona & 1994 Young Leader

Q1/ For ten years, you served as the Dean of the College of Environmental Design at Cal Poly Pomona, one of the largest and best regarded environmental design programs in the United States. How did the program evolve during your tenure? Can you tell us about any programs or initiatives that you are particularly proud of?

I had the bittersweet experience of becoming a university dean at the low point of an economic downturn. The California Legislature had sharply cut the budget of the California State University (the largest public university system in the U.S.), so we were facing staff furloughs, downsizing of academic programs, and increases in tuition at a time when everyone was feeling economically squeezed. On top of the budget pressures, the university administration had considered (but later relented on) breaking up our College of Environmental Design and scattering the architecture, art, landscape architecture, and urban planning departments to exile in colleges that were not dedicated to design.

This would have undermined our college’s interdisciplinary approach to design at a time when employers in the real world increasingly wanted to encourage designers to collaborate across professional boundaries. Our recovery from the economic downturn was built upon the strengths of our faculty and students, including solid ties to alumni and employers who wanted to hire our graduates, the unrivalled diversity of our student body, and our relevance to the ongoing concerns about sustainability and social equity that define the world in which we work.


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To celebrate 40 years of the Young Leaders program, we are showcasing the accomplishments of our alumni from the 1980s to the present day. Past and present Young Leaders have made their mark on innumerable sectors and tackled many exciting issues. We look forward to sharing these profiles with you throughout our anniversary year.
WEEKLY FOCUS
St. Patrick's Day & UK-EU rift on Nothern Ireland
"On a normal Saint Patrick's Day, marching bands, bagpipers, pub owners and revelers would be gearing up for a celebration of all things Irish on an occasion when some 13 million pints of Guinness are consumed across the globe (enough to fill two and a half Olympic-sized swimming pools). (...)"

"U.S. senators are introducing a resolution on Tuesday reiterating American support for the Northern Ireland peace deal struck more than two decades ago. The resolution was to be unveiled ahead of Saint Patrick's Day amid mounting concern in Washington that a post-Brexit row between London and the European Union is putting the Good Friday Agreement at risk. (...)"

"The European Union launched legal proceedings against the United Kingdom on Monday over London's unilateral attempts to extend the Brexit grace period on food imports to Northern Ireland. (...)"
PARTNER EVENTS
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TILT Kids Weekend
French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)
Sat, Mar 20 & Sun, Mar 21
Online • In English

FIAF's beloved TILT Kids Festival, which has presented adventurous and sophisticated art and ideas for audiences of all ages since 2016, returns for a special virtual weekend this spring!
Join us for fun and interactive events for the whole family: enjoy wonderful stories during Drag Queen Story Hour, solve a mystery in a crime caper interactive theater performance from Broken Box Mime Theater, and create your own artwork in a live drawing workshop with illustrator Kris Di Giacomo.
Limited spots available — get your tickets here!
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