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Tensions and affinities: cultural relations and politics between the USA and Europe in the Bush era

Casa de GaliciaMadrid, Spain 06/05/2008


Description

As part of our series of seminars “FRIDE in Casa de Galicia”, in which issues important to our work programme are addressed by distinguished academics, experts, civil servants and journalists, in accordance with the Chatham House Rule, it will take place the presentation "Tensions and affinities: cultural relations and politics between the USA and Europe in the Bush era”, by André Schiffrin, on Tuesday May 6.

André Schiffrin was, for 30 years, the editorial director of Phanteon Books, which he left in 1990 to set up the independent editorial The New Press. The author of an acclaimed study on the publishing industry "La edición sin editores", which was published in 23 languages, he divides his time between Paris and New York.

Assistance is by invitation only.


Program

Casa de Galicia
Calle Casado de Alisal, 8
Madrid

19h00 - Welcome

19h10 - Introduction by Pierre Schori, Director General of FRIDE

19h15 - Address by André Schiffrin

20h15 - Questions and answers

21h00 - End of the event