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Wed 9 Oct

Wine and Crime with Deon Meyer

Join acclaimed South African crime fiction novelist and screenwriter Deon Meyer whose bestsellers include Blood Safari (2009) and Fever (2017). Two of his works, Heart…

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31 Aug - 14 Dec

Café Philo

Open to everyone interested in discussing philosophical issues in an informal setting, the Institut’s Café Philo meets every Saturday.

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Sat 26 Oct

Words and People. The African European Experience Through Stories 

During this roundtable discussion, we will critically examine the history and significance of the terminology used to describe the diasporic condition in France and the…

Films

Talks

Sat 26 Oct

African Film Restoration and Restitution

This landmark symposium on African Cinema and Restitution will offer a timely and critical discussion bringing together a distinguished group of decision-makers, archivists, academics, filmmakers,…

Books & Ideas

Talks

Sat 2 Nov

Words and Objects. The African European Experience through Cultural Heritage 

Memory conflicts frequently arise around the question of colonial heritage. Exhibitions, commemorations, restitutions, decolonization, re-appropriation, education: the responses can be many. How are European museums…

Films

Talks

Sat 2 Nov

Sir John Akomfrah in Conversation with Abderrahmane Sissako

Join filmmakers Sir John Akomfrah and Abderrahmane Sissako in a conversation moderated by film curator June Givanni. Exploring their extensive bodies of work that have…

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Tue 5 Nov

Reading Group on Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo

This reading group is dedicated to Animalia by Jean Baptiste Del Amo, one of France’s most promising writers who won the Prix Goncourt for first novel and…

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Tue 12 Nov

In Conversation with Jacques Rancière

Meet French philosopher Jacques Rancière in conversation with Professor Oliver Davis (University College Cork). A leading philosopher and specialist of Marxist political philosophy and aesthetics,…

Kids & Families

Talks

Fri 22 Nov

Life in Comics with Miss Cat & Posy Simmonds

Talks

Sat 23 Nov

Young Adult Literature with the Jury of the Entente Littéraire Prize

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Tue 3 Dec

Reading Group on Truismes by Marie Darrieussecq

This reading group is dedicated to Truismes by Marie Darrieussecq, one of the leading voices of contemporary French literature. Please note that the author won’t…

Arts

Talks

Thu 5 Dec

Monet and London

The French Institute invites Karen Serres, curator of the exhibition Monet and London. Views of the Thames at the Courtauld Gallery (27 Sept – 19…

Arts

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Classical Music

Films

Gigs

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On

Highlights of the Month

Next event : The Count of Monte Cristo
Wed 09 Oct at 16:15

Books & Ideas

23 Jan-5 Dec

Entente Cordiale Celebrations

Next event : An Evening with Tatty Macleod
Thu 10 Oct at 19:30

Classics

Festivals & Series

Films

25 Oct - 3 Nov

Film Africa Classics

Next event : Two Films by Djibril Diop Mambéty
Sat 26 Oct at 14:00

Books & Ideas

Talks

26 Oct - 2 Nov

Worlds in Movement  – The African European Experience

Next event : Words and People. The African European Experience Through Stories 
Sat 26 Oct at 14:00

Books & Ideas

Talks

7 May - 2 July

Reading Group

Next event : Reading Group on Animalia by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo
Tue 05 Nov at 18:30

Our Annual Festivals

Books & Ideas

Talks

9 - 19 May

Beyond Words

Kids & Families

18 - 24 Nov

South Ken Kids Festival

Books & Ideas

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Thu 8 Feb

Night of Ideas

Edinburgh