Fireside Chat on Acclaimed Thinker Rene GIRARD: Is Conflict in Our Nature? What of Culture and Civilization?

Join us for an exceptional Ivy Plus European Leaders Fireside-Chat with Stellar Stanford University Speakers Jean-Pierre Dupuy and Cynthia L. Haven on visionary thinker Rene GIRARD on the occasion of the centenary of his birth.

Why do humans have such an astounding capacity for conflict and violence? How are world-renowned René Girard’s challenging interpretations of human psychology, social dynamics, literature, history, myths, rituals, religion, violence, mimetic desire, scapegoating, and the origins of culture and civilization, relevant today?

Jean-Pierre Dupuy, eminent Interdisciplinary Philosopher, Professor at Stanford University and Professor Emeritus of Social and Political Philosophy at Ecole Polytechnique, and Cynthia L. Haven, Stanford Scholar, internationally recognized Author and Biographer, will discuss ideas, thoughts, and theories of world-renowned thinker René GIRARD, anthropologist, literary critic, historian, influential author, member of the Académie Française, late Professor at Duke University , The Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University.

The discussions will be followed by a Cocktail Reception & a Book Signing by Cynthia Haven.

This event is hosted by Daniel Medin, Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature at The American University of Paris and Maria Adle, Founder & President of Ivy Plus European Leaders.