Institute
for
Ideas
and
Imagination

A residential fellowship for creative artists and scholars

Bringing together faculty from across Columbia University with thinkers, poets, artists, and composers from around the world in Paris, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination welcomes fifteen Fellows each year to work on their own projects and engage in a year-long dialogue with each other.

The SNF Rendez-Vous de l'Institut series presents the Fellows work to the public at Reid Hall, home of the Institute in the heart of Montparnasse.

ABOUT

FELLOWS

FELLOWS
Éric Baudelaire
France
2023/2024
Jay Bernard
United Kingdom
2023/2024
Thomas Dodman
United Kingdom
2023/2024
Mohamed Elshahed
Egypt - Mexico
2023/2024
Fabiola Ferrero
Venezuela
2023/2024
Walter Frisch
United States
2023/2024
Ana María Gómez López
Colombia
2023/2024
Jesse James
United States
2023/2024
Paraskevi Martzavou
Greece
2023/2024
Yea Jung Park
South Korea
2023/2024
David Scott
Jamaica
2023/2024
Maboula Soumahoro
France
2023/2024
Maria Stepanova
Russia
2023/2024
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Colombia
2023/2024
Hannah Weaver
United States
2023/2024

EVENTS

EVENTS
APRIL 21, 2024
into the darkness
New works for saxophone and electronics performed by the Konus Quartett
APRIL 22, 2024
From the Rural to the Stage: Experiencing Morocco through the Lenses of Ahmed El Maanouni
This event will be held in New York
APRIL 25, 2024
Stuart Hall and the Conjuncture of 1956
David Scott
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Rendez-Vous de l'Institut
APRIL 27, 2024
1991 Project Presents: Piano trio with Anna Khmara, Antonina Krysa, and Nataliia Ivanovska
Concert
APRIL 29, 2024
Danse de fumée
Danse de fumée est un texte d’Aliyeh Ataei, traduit du persan par Sabrina Nouri. Il sera interprété par Lara Suyeux lors de cette lecture-performance.
MAY 16, 2024
Punctum [Aperture – Lumen]
Ana María Gómez López
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Rendez-Vous de l'Institut
MAY 23, 2024
Lux: Sept tableaux le long de la mer
“A kaleidoscope of anachronistic epiphanies floating between Caravaggio’s chiaroscuro and Armando Reverón’s dazzling tropical light”
MAY 27, 2024
The French Strauss : the ballroom conductor Isaac Strauss at the Court of Napoleon III
Laure Schnapper and Paraskevi Martzavou

NEWS

NEWS
Nostalgia
Thomas Dodman
Freedom Song
Amit Chaudhuri
Don’t Look
Clair Wills
Lady Stardust
Deborah Levy
Outrage
Mohamed Elshahed
Representing Violence
Elsa Dorlin

CAHIERS

CAHIERS
Of Tubulins and Worms: Tales from Epigenetics
Library Chat
APRIL 16, 2024
The Art of Walking: A Conversation with William Sharpe
Fiona Sze-Lorrain
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Maryse Condé: the un-Conformist
A conversation between Maboula Soumahoro and Pierre Force
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The Emperor’s Lost Daughter
A conversation between John Phan and PHAN Công Tâm
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Irreparable Evil
A conversation between David Scott and Eric Schwartz
JANUARY 18, 2024
L for Longing
Ersi Sotiropoulos
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Les Parapluies du 14ème
Walter Frisch
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Reimagining the Digital Code
MAY 16, 2023
The Honey Window
Kate Daudy
MAY 12, 2023
A Man Contemplating his Life
MAY 11, 2023

PUBLIC HUMANITIES

The Institute supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for the Greek public through the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative —SNFPHI.

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HIGHLIGHTS

Displaced Artist Initiatives
Displaced Artist Initiatives
The 2024-2025 applications are now open.
Faculty Visitors
Faculty Visitors
The 2024-2025 applications are now open.
Tribute: Maryse Condé
Tribute: Maryse Condé
Maryse Condé (February 11, 1934 – April 2, 2024) was a Guadeloupean novelist, critic, playwright, and Professor Emerita of French at Columbia University.
Self-Portrait as Othello: An Evening with Jason Allen-Paisant
Self-Portrait as Othello: An Evening with Jason Allen-Paisant
Jason Allen-Paisant will be in conversation with the Institute Fellow David Scott about the notions of home, Black masculinity, poetic form, the sound of a diasporic voice, landscape, and the aesthetics of critique.
Descolonizando la crisis climática
Descolonizando la crisis climática
Juan Pablo Gutierrez in conversation with Mohamed Elshahed
SNFPHI Newsletter XXΧ
SNFPHI Newsletter XXΧ
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative Newsletter
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