The Institute for American Universities hosts lecture series, symposiums, and conferences each term with speakers from the IAU Faculty, Resident Fellows, Visiting Scholars, local community leaders, as well as experts in fields relevant to the current events of the region.

Joan of Arc is the subject of one of the lectures in the series

They have pulled together a series of talks, starting next week, which cover a wide variety of topics and sound intriguing and challenging in equal measures.  Public welcome!

Summer 2018 Lecture Series

IAU Main Hall
2bis rue du Bon Pasteur, Aix

“La Politique Environnementale de la France Après les Accords de Paris” (in French)
Dr. Sébastian Llorca
Aix-Marseille University
Tuesday, 19 June at 6:30pm

“Resilience at Home and Away: Strategies for Adapting and Excelling”
Dr. Sue Wasiolek
Duke University
Wednesday, 20 June at 6:30pm

“Islamism in the Post-Arab-Spring Novel: Tunisia and Syria”
Dr. William Granara
Harvard University
Tuesday, 26 June at 6:30pm

“Stolen Justice: The United States Supreme Court and Equal Rights”
Lawrence Goldstone
Author
Wednesday, 27 June at 6:30pm

“The Secret History of Joan of Arc”
Nancy Goldstone
Author
Tuesday, 3 July at 6:30pm

“A Mediterranean Saint for Christians and Muslims: Saint George and al-Khidr”
Dr. Erica Ferg Muhaisen
University of Colorado Denver
Wednesday, 4 July at 6:30pm

“Political Loneliness and America’s Hidden Trump Supporter”
Dr. Jennifer Gaffney
Gettysburg College
Tuesday, 10 July at 6:30pm