“There is a longstanding commitment to the notion that the
French do gender relations differently — especially from prudish
Americans — and that has to do with the French understanding of
seduction,” said Joan Scott,
Professor Emerita in the School...
Former Member and 2010 Fields Medalist Cédric Villani sat down with
Science Magazine's Elisabeth Pain to discuss his
involvement in French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist and
reformist party, La République En Marche!
Institute Trustee Emeritus Vartan Gregorian was awarded the medal of Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor at a ceremony at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York City on February 9.
For Professor Joan Wallach Scott,
Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science, the burkini
embodies the achievement of a secular, integrated society. The
women who wear burkinis, she said, cannot be called oppressed. They
are not the women...
What is it about women’s attire that over and over in history has attracted controversy and impelled societies to legislate or regulate women’s choices?
