Buell Hall (Columbia University)
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September 2025
The Legacy of the Enlightenment: Ambivalences of Modernity
Antoine Lilti, in conversation with Carl Wennerlind and Joanna Stalnaker Register here The Enlightenment has come under substantial attack over the past several years, with some going so far as to recommend leaving its thinkers—and their Eurocentric prejudices—behind. On the other hand, the most orthodox defenders of the Enlightenment insist that its values are not […]
How Proust and Hockney Can Lift Your Spirits
Catherine Cusset in conversation with Elisabeth Ladenson Register here One has a reputation for being a difficult writer; the other is an easy painter, accessible to all. Catherine Cusset has devoted a novel to the British David Hockney and a personal essay to Marcel Proust. In their work she finds a life lesson, inspiration, comfort, […]
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