Brooklyn Public Library
and the
Cultural Services of
the French Embassy
co-present

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 – SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2017
7pm – 7am
Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 5:30PM

Fireside Chat: What is a Home?
Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park | 5:30pm - 6:30pm
As part of A Night of Philosophy & Ideas, Brooklyn Public Library and Prospect Park Alliance present Fireside Chat, a community conversation set around an outdoor campfire at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park. The conversation will be facilitated by Casey Burke from Breaking Ground, a homeless services and housing advocacy organization, with performances by Vlada Tomova and Chris Rael.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 7PM

Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min

7:30PM

What is the Future of Democracy?
Achille Mbembe
Grand Lobby | 7:30pm
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 8PM

Trisha Brown Dance Company: Skymap
Grand Lobby | 8pm
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min
Screening of Heart of a Dog
Laurie Anderson (2015)
Dweck Auditorium | 8:00pm | 75 min
Centering on Anderson's beloved rat terrier Lolabelle, who died in 2011, HEART OF A DOG is a personal essay that weaves together childhood memories, video diaries, philosophical musings on data collection, surveillance culture and the Buddhist conception of the afterlife, and heartfelt tributes to the artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who inspire her.
Followed by a discussion with director Laurie Anderson
Handwriting Station
Use materials provided to pen notes.
Grand Lobby | 8:00pm | Ongoing
Calligraphy classes
Grand Lobby | 8:00 - 10pm
Dilemma Series: Cheating Confidante
Massimo Pigliucci
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 8pm
Zenon Marko and Simon Critchley DJ Set
Grand Lobby | Ongoing

8:30PM

Borders in Today's World
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Language & Literature Division | 8:30pm
The Audience as Translator
Bryan Doerries
History, Biography, Religion Division | 8:30pm
Rituals as New Beginning
Mark Augé
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 8:30pm
NUIT DEBOUT: A FRENCH OCCUPY?
Frédéric Lordon
Balcony Conference Room | 8:30pm
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min
Dilemma Series: Charity for Homeless
Ben Abelson
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 8:30pm

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 9PM

Asylum in Crisis: A European Predicament
Didier Fassin
Balcony Conference Room | 9pm
Legacy of War Grandchildren
Sabine Bode
Language & Literature Division | 9pm
The Bamboo Acrobat: Interdependence of Self and Other
Andrew Olendzki
History, Biography, Religion Division | 9pm
Women of Color and Plunder Theory
Naomi Zack
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 9pm
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
Dilemma Series: Parenting/Gender Roles
Casandra Silva Sibilin
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 9pm
Trisha Brown: In Plain Site
Central Library, Brooklyn, New York
Various | 9pm
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min

9:30PM

Eternally Separated Lovers
Nicole Hassoun
Balcony Conference Room | 9:30pm
Rhythm of Deliberation
Vincent Colapietro
Language & Literature Division | 9:30pm
You Can Be In Pain Without Knowing It
Jorge Morales
History, Biography, Religion Division | 9:30pm
Why Our Robots Are So Stupid and How to Fix Them
Lisa Miracchi
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 9:30pm
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min
Dilemma Series: Religious Kid in Atheist Family
Julia Kolak
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 9:30pm
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 10PM

Ivanka at Colonus
William Baker
Balcony Conference Room | 10pm
Music performance
Roger Bonair-Agard // M is Black Enough
Music performance curated by National Sawdust
Grand Lobby | 10pm
Afro-European Philosophy in the Making
Nadia Yala Kisukidi
Language & Literature Division | 10pm
Reimagining Punishment
Didier Fassin
History, Biography, Religion Division | 10pm
On Animal Cognition
Bernd Heinrich
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 10pm
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min
Dilemma Series
Rachel McKinney
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 10pm
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|

10:30PM

Agency and Imagination
Katja Maria Vogt
Balcony Conference Room | 10:30pm
How to Do Bad Things with Words
Anna Gotlib
Language & Literature Division | 10:30pm
Sick Bodies, Hysterical Pregnancies  ISIS Wives
Jamieson Webster
History, Biography, Religion Division | 10:30pm
What is Abstraction? From Theory to Politics
Frédéric Neyrat
Society, Science, & Technology Division | 10:30pm
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min
Dilemma Series: Nazi Grandfather
Michael Steinman
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 10:30pm
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 11PM

The Next Big Step in Humanity's Moral Progress: Animal Liberation
Anja Jauernig
Balcony Conference Room | 11pm
Emilie Lesbros
Music performance curated by National Sawdust
Grand Lobby | 11pm
Tocqueville and the Colonization of Algeria
Julie Saada
Language & Literature Division | 11pm
The Politics of the Psyche
Camille Robcis
History, Biography, Religion Division | 11pm
Moral Objectivity
Paul Boghossian
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 11pm
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min
Dilemma Series: Tinder Racism
Ian Olasov
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 11pm
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|

11:30PM

What Would Socrates Do With Pornography?
Nancy Bauer
Balcony Conference Room | 11:30pm
Inhabiting our Earth Together
Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Language & Literature Division | 11:30pm
Managers in Dark Times
Raphaële Chappe
History, Biography, Religion Division | 11:30pm
Taking Animals Seriously: What does it change for Politics
Corine Pelluchon
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 11:30pm
Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience
Peter Middleton & James Spinney, Arnaud Colinart & Amaury La Burthe (2016)
Trustees Room | 7pm - 12am | 30 min
Dilemma Series: Mental Illness Language
Katie Tabb
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 11:30pm
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
Trisha Brown: In Plain Site
Central Library, Brooklyn, New York
Various | 11:30pm

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 12AM

IS TOLERATION ANTI-DEMOCRATIC?
Julie Saada
Balcony Conference Room | 12am
Understanding Totalitarianism
Samantha Hill
Language & Literature Division | 12am
ON THE URGENT NEED FOR CRITICAL THINKING
Jeanne Proust
History, Biography, Religion Division | 12am
The Virtual and the Real
David Chalmers
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 12am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
Dilemma Series: Cultural Appropriation
Dana Grabelsky
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 12am

12:30AM

ON THE AUTHORITY OF TEACHERS
Samir Haddad
Balcony Conference Room | 12:30am
Homelessness and the Politics of Dys-Appearance
Chad Kautzer
Language & Literature Division | 12:30am
PRAISING INJUSTICE
Céline Spector
History, Biography, Religion Division | 12:30am
RESISTANCE TO UNJUST IMMIGRATION Restrictions
Javier Hidalgo
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 12:30am
Jen Shyu (徐秋雁)
Music performance curated by National Sawdust
Grand Lobby | 12:30am
Dilemma Series: Cancer/Alzheimers
Melissa Fusco
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 12:30am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 1AM

ARCHETYPAL STORIES
Robin Rosendale
Language & Literature Division | 1am
The Apocalypse, This Time: Political Crisis in the Anthropocene
Ajay Singh Chaudhary
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 1am
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am
YOGA & PHILOSOPHY
Grand Lobby | 1am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|

1:30AM

TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD WE CARE ABOUT FUTURE GENERATIONS?
Virginie Tournay
Balcony Conference Room | 1:30am
Escape From Horror
Frédéric Neyrat
Language & Literature Division | 1:30am
REASONING AFTER THE ELECTION
Bhaskar Sunkara
History, Biography, Religion Division | 1:30am
THE "POST-TRUTH" ERA: MODERN POLITICS AND THE LINGUISTIC TURN
Laure Murat
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 1:30am
Dilemma Series: Polyamory
Skye Cleary
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 1:30am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 2AM

ON MAINTENANCE
Alyssa Battistoni
Balcony Conference Room | 2am
MUSLIM AMERICAN POLITICAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT
Saba Fatima
History, Biography, Religion Division | 2am
On Hope & Despair
Michael Stevenson
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 2am
Latasha Alcindor (LA)
Music performance curated by National Sawdust
Grand Lobby | 2am
The Dilemma Series
Everyday ethical questions explored by 15 philosophers.
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | Ongoing
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

2:30AM

TOXIC SPEECH
Lynne Tirrell
Balcony Conference Room | 2:30am
SERIOUSNESS: A TAXONOMY
Christy Wampole
Language & Literature Division | 2:30am
ON SLOWING DOWN
Peter Frase
History, Biography, Religion Division | 2:30am
OBJECT AND ATMOSPHERE
Bruce Bégout
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 2:30am
Dilemma Series: Facebook Epistemology
Greg Salmieri
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 2:30am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 3AM

SLOWING DOWN
Elisabeth Lloyd
Language & Literature Division | 3am
WAYS OF OPINION-MAKING: OPINION POLL IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Virginie Tournay
Social Sciences & Technology Division | 3am
Glockabelle
Music performance curated by National Sawdust
Grand Lobby | 3am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

3:30AM

Dilemma Series: Donating to School
James Rowe
Info Commons Rooms 4 & 7 | 3:30am
JUSTICE WITHOUT RETRIBUTION
Gregg D. Caruso
Language & Literature Division | 3:30am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 4AM

PHILOSOPHY OF THE NIGHT
Bruce Bégout
Language & Literature Division | 4am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

4:30AM

Foucault's Nietzsche at Daybreak
Bernard E. Harcourt
Language & Literature Division | 4:30am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 5AM

Our Tragedy
Simon Critchley
Language & Literature Division | 5am
TRISHA BROWN: IN PLAIN SITE
Central Library, Brooklyn, New York
Various | 6:30am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

5:30AM

Breakfast courtesy of Colson Patisserie in Grand Lobby
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 6AM

The Dawning of the Age of Protagoras
Joseph S. Biehl
Language & Literature Division | 6am
Tokyo Reverse
Simon Bouisson & Ludovic Zuili (2014)
Info Commons Lab | 9pm | 9 h 10 m|
READING OF ALAIN BADIOU’S PLATO’S REPUBLIC
Trustees' Room | 1am - 6am

6:30AM

TRISHA BROWN: IN PLAIN SITE
Central Library, Brooklyn, New York
Various | 6:30am
THE USES OF FORGETTING AND THE IMPERATIVE OF REMEMBERING
Vincent Colapietro
Language & Literature Division | 6:30am