I'm absolutely amazed at the incredible exhibition I was able to enjoy at the Vuitton Foundation in Paris. Let me share my favorite from my favorite city.... this is a purely subjective selection, a tribute from a cosmopolitan to a real cosmopolitan master! Indeed who could be more cosmopolitan than this Russian collector of French … Continue reading Que Vuitton de plus?
1816 16 VI 2016: Happy Birthday Frankenstein (dans les Serres de Michel)
"Je suis ta créature, je mériterais d'être ton Adam" Ainsi parla Michel Serres, le samedi 11 juin.dans le cadre des célébrations du bicentenaire d'un roman immensément célèbre et qui fait date, passage des lumières au romantisme et de la créature aux créateurs.
A feminine perspective on the Isle of Man…on Tynwald Day.
I came to be a simple tourist on a beautiful landscape but the sociolinguist in me was lucky to witness something far more exciting than just a breathtaking (not so) independent Island!
Interdependence Day Dublin 2013
IDDAY 1 quick notes: Kingsley Aikins, Founder of Diaspora Matters: Be Irish dress British think Yiddish Oislin Quinn, Lord Mayor of Dublin 200'000 pax not Irish but Dubliners City built by foreigners (Vikings) You've got to make people feel ownership of any project you have as a Mayor. Ciaran Cannon, Minister of State/Education 2013 Gathering … Continue reading Interdependence Day Dublin 2013
Ainsi s’achève “l’histoire terrible” de Norodom Sihanouk, Roi du Cambodge
Ainsi s'achève la Terrible Histoire de Norodom Sihanouk, Roi du Cambodge, Ma paraphrase du titre de la pièce d'Hélène Cixous ne doit rien au hasard, je vous invite à vous remémorer vos propres souvenirs au travers du destin invraisemblable du Roi Père, vrai Tigre mais également Scorpion magnifique. Homme d'Etat, Homme Politique, Homme d'Instinct, Homme Théâtral en tout cas...regard nostalgique sur une période tragique.
Happy Spicy New Year 2013 (pour une année “treize épicée”)
Happy Spicy New Year to my old and new friends and to my readers who are invited to ask more questions, in the purely cosmopolitan Jewish tradition (the worst is always the one "She-Eino Yodea Lishol"(who doesn't know how to ask a question). This post is a brief and very superficial overview on an intense time in Thailand.
Chiang Mai Conference on Language Rights, Inclusion and the Prevention of Ethnic Conflicts (13-17 Dec. 2012)
My very personal summary of quite a special meeting in Chiang Mai. People, topics, sights, music, dialogues, it was human and beautiful from the first to the very last minute!
How the London Olympics will help Obama get Re-elected (Renford Reese’s olympic perspective)
Renford Reese's contribution to a vision of how sport and politics intertwin. A most welcomed Afro-American perspective
La Veuve Joyeuse
I saw last night a very entertaining version of Franz Lehar's Die Lustige Witwe at my Temple of Geneva attraction: Le Grand Théâtre de Genève. What struck me is how plurilingual and multicultural this Opera is, or is it an opérette or a Comédie Musicale avant la lettre! I'm certainly glad I saw Jennifer Larmore … Continue reading La Veuve Joyeuse
Arte Documentary Film on Hitler and the Mufti
Retour sur la figure controversée de l'ancien grand mufti de Jérusalem, qui collabora avec les nazis et fut l'un des grands défenseurs de la cause panarabe. Author: Jean-Philippe Desmet Défenseur de la cause panarabe dès les années 20, Amin al-Hussein lutte contre l'émigration des juifs organisée par les Britanniques dans son pays, la Palestine. Affichant … Continue reading Arte Documentary Film on Hitler and the Mufti
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