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Upcoming Events
| March 2011
* March 3 - Monthly Happy Hour. Williams Bar. 26 Ave. Friedland. 75008. RSVP * Wine tasting at O Chateau, TBA * March 30 - Harvard Sociology Professor Michele Lamont on "Comparing French and American Cultures Across Class and Racial Boundaries"
April 2011 * April 7 - All-Ivy Happy Hour
May 2011 * May 2 - Harvard Graduate School of Design Professor Antoine Picon on "Digital Cities"
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Les Echos are resounding!
| |  Our esteemed club, the Harvard Club of France, has made the press! If you didn't catch the "L'Enquete" on us in the Friday February 4th, 2011 edition of the economic newspaper Les Echos, never fear. It is online in perpetuity here.
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| Harvard has announced a University-wide initiative to deliver useful, usable, and mobile-appropriate content to the Harvard community locally and worldwide. To take advantage of this technology, go to m.harvard.edu, or download the Harvard app from the iPhone app store to see the latest news and campus information on your mobile phone.
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| More Advantages of being a Harvard Alumni |
The Harvard Alumni Association is going to reward you for your Harvard Club of France membership!
As a member of the HCF, in 2011 you are eligible to receive Harvard Magazine at a significantly discounted annual subscription rate.
The annual subscription form is here. Register now (login required). If you need assistance please contact Harvard to initiate your individual annual subscription and continue receiving Harvard Magazine at your preferred address.
Discounted rates for International Harvard Club members are 54% off reg. subscription price: Regular annual subscription price (six issues): US $65
Harvard Club member price: US $30
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President's Welcome
Dear Members and friends, Spring is almost here, and so is commencement for all Harvard students. In a few months, the University and its various schools will acknowledge hundreds of new graduates. The Harvard Club of France for its part wants to keep the link. On February 7th, about 25 people from all sides of the campus convened at the Center for European Studies (courtesy of Patricia Craig, the Center's Executive Director). Jonathan Kamler and I were delighted to meet so many compatriots willing to keep in touch with France!Jonathan and Emmanuel Cassimatis, our recently-arrived Executive Committee member, are now connected to a dynamic group of French and Francophone students -in particular Alexandra Goujon (HKS 12), Marianne Najafi (HKS11), Valentine Poumadère (College 14). We will do our utmost to create a strong link between the two sides of the Atlantic, and welcome all visitors from Cambridge in the next few months. In the meantime, I am glad to announce several events in March: on Thursday 3rd, we will gather for a Happy Hour at a new venue : Williams Bar, 26 avenue de Friedland, 75008 Paris. On March 24th, we will jointly host a business breakfast at the Cercle Interallié with our HBS Club friends the MSN Director for Europe Alexandre Michelin on "Microsoft's Content Strategy in Europe." Finally, on March 30th, we will host Harvard Sociology Professor Michèle Lamont at France-Amériques, for an evening talk on the following theme : "Comparing French and American Cultures Across Class and Racial Boundaries." I am delighted that Prof. Lamont has accepted to address our members on such a fascinating subject. I look forward to seeing you at all these events and wish you a happy March! Warm regards, Philippe
Philippe Le Corre - President of the Harvard Club of FranceFrance Amériques
9, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, Paris
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Philippe Le Corre with French Harvard Students
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French Students gather over some wine and snacks to discuss things with HCF President Philippe Le Corre. February 7. Harvard Campus.
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| Recent Grads Improv Night | | And now for something a little different... like a night of  improv! It was last Friday night, February 25th and at 8:00 PM, several young Harvard grads gathered with other alumni at O'Sullivan's Pub in Montmartre. Organized by: PAN - Paris Alumni Network, the audience picked from a special "Impro Menu" with short scenes and challenges. This highly interactive evening with audience participation was just 40 minutes--but offered a lifetime of memories!
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| Upcoming Event - "Model T to Model D" | |
The French-American Foundation - France
in association with
La Chaire des Amériques de l'Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
The U.S. Mission to the OECD
invite you to a special address
by
Karen Kornbluh
U.S. Ambassador to the OECD,
Harvard Kennedy School MPP '88
"From Model 'T' to Model 'D' : Data and Diplomacy as the Engine of Economic Growth in the 21st Century"
-A Vision for the Next 50 Years of the OECD in the Digital Age- DATE: Tuesday, March 1, 2011
TIME: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (Seating begins at 6:00)
PLACE: Amphithéatre Gestion de la Sorbonne. Entrée : 14, rue Cujas 75005 Paris
MORE INFO: This will be in English, and followed by a Discussion and Q & A with the Audience.
* Schedule:
Welcome - Jean-Claude Colliard, Président - Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
Introduction - Christophe Guillemin, Managing Director - French-American Foundation - France
Moderator - Alison Smale, Executive Editor - International Herald Tribune
* Kornbluh's Biography
* (The U.S. is Chairing OECD's 50th Anniversary Ministerial Council Meeting in May.)
RSVP: Please confirm your attendance by Monday, February 28 to : Janet Steinmetzer, Director of Development, French-American Foundation - France Tel.: 01 45 77 31 74 Fax: 01 45 77 40 71 Email: info@french-american.org
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| Upcoming Event - OUSP speaker dinner | |
(non-HCF event)
Oxford University Society in Paris (OUSP)
Quarterly Dinner, Maison des Polytechniciens
Wednesday 9 March
Professor Heisbourg: European Strategy in 2011
Our next Quarterly Dinner will be on Wednesday 9 March (7.30 pm for 8 pm) at Maison des Polytechniciens, 12, rue de Poitiers in the VIIe behind the Musée d'Orsay (Metro:Rue du Bac or Solférino, Parking; Bac-Montalembert, rue du Bac or Voie sur berge, by the Musée d'Orsay)
We are extremely fortunate in having as our guest speaker François Heisbourg, a leading authority on world strategy. Professor Heisbourg, a graduate of Institut des Etudes Politiques and E.N.A., is the Chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the British 'think tank' on international affairs. He was its Director from 1987 to 1992, after which he founded, at the request of Pierre Joxe, then Minister of Defence, the French equivalent - Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique (FRS). He has written extensively on Iran, on Al Qaida, and more generally on world affairs. (Consult Google to find out more about his impressive biography) With events unfolding in Egypt, and perhaps the Middle East generally, it will be very interesting to hear his views.
If you would like to come to this event please complete the form below and send it (with a cheque payable to OUSP for €50 per person) to Daniel Weiss, 158 rue de la Pompe, 75116 Paris to reach him by Monday 28 February, for an excellent four-course dinner, inclusive of wine, in a superb location. Bookings will be accepted on the basis of receipt date and individually acknowledged by e-mail (or phone)
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I would like to come to the Dinner on Wednesday 9 March and enclose a cheque (payable to OUSP) for €
Name
College
Name of Guest(s).
Contact address: (e-mail, phone)
Send to Daniel Weiss: 158, rue de la Pompe, 75116 Paris. (dw@gallic.fr - 01 4553 2750)
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| Upcoming Event - "Microsoft's Content Strategy" | | |
Harvard French Scholarship Fund
and
Harvard Business School Club de France
Would like to invite members to a breakfast meeting with Alexandre Michelin, Directeur de MSN Europe on "Microsoft's Content Strategy in Europe" DATE: Thursday, March 24, 2011 TIME: For a breakfast meeting - 8:30 - 10:00 AM PLACE: Cercle de l'Union Interalliée, 33 Ave. Faubourg St. Honore. 75008 Paris (Jacket and tie required for gentlemen) COST: 30 euros. * HCF members can pay the HBSCF member rate. RSVP: Before March 21: To RSVP, please click to download this document, print it, fill it out and mail it to the HSBCF. ( pdj24mars2011Michelin.pdf) |
| Upcoming Event - "Racial Discrimination" | |  Harvard Sociology Professor Michele Lamont speaks on "Comparing French and American Cultures Across Class and Racial Boundaries"
DATE: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PLACE: France-Ameriques. 9-11 Ave. Franklin Roosevelt. 75008 Paris. RSVP: HCF Members will get the invitation shortly!
MORE INFO: Michèle Lamont, On leave for Academic year 2010-2011 (Centre d'études européennes, Sciences Po Paris) is the Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies at Harvard University (http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/lamont)
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| Upcoming Event - "American Competitiveness" | | |
Harvard Business School Europe Research Center
in cooperation with
Harvard Business School Club de France
and
Harvard Club of France
and
ADRGE
(Association pour le Développement de la Recherche dans le domaine de la Gestion des Entreprises)
Will be hosting a presentation and discussion by
Professor Gary P. Pisano
Technology and Operations Management Unit, HBS
on
"American Competitiveness: Lessons & Implications"
DATE: Thursday, April 7, 2011
TIME: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
PLACE: Europe Research Center. Harvard Business School. 62 rue François 1er, 75008 Paris.
RSVP: Oksana Sichi, Europe Research Center - osichi@hbs.edu
First come, first served - please reserve your place today!
MORE INFO: Introductory comments by Mr. Vincent Dessain, Executive Director of the HBS Europe Research Center. A cocktail will be available for the participants.
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| Upcoming Event - "Digital Cities" | | |
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Professor Antoine Picon
speaks on "Digital Cities"
DATE: Monday, May 2, 2011 TIME: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM PLACE: TBA
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Calling All Harvard Professors!
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| If you (our dear readers) have any connections with a Harvard professor, please let us know! Many of them travel to Paris and we would love to see if they might have availability to speak for us during their stay.
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Upcoming Events
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We are working hard on some great upcoming events for you including the classic Peniche party, joint cocktail with Yale at the Ambassador's residence and more!
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We hope you enjoyed this newsletter. Please send us any comments.
Looking forward to seeing you at an upcoming event,
Courtney Pulitzer, Club Coordinator |
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