Chaïm Soutine's paintings hang in major art museums the world over, and yet much of what is said about the man and his work is untrue. In this salon, writer…
For the inaugural salon of the Liberties X Interintellect series, Benjamin Moser, Pulitzer Prize Winning author of the biography Sontag and renowned translator of Clarice Lispector, joins Celeste Marcus to discuss…
For the third Liberties x Interintellect salon, join Rachel Connolly and Celeste Marcus to discuss Rachel's debut novel Lazy City. Rachel has previously written for The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Prospect, The Financial Times, GQ, and many other esteemed publications (peruse her non-fiction writings on her website). She writes with wit and wisdom about…
For the fourth Liberties x Interintellect salon, join Katherine C. Epstein and Celeste Marcus for a discussion of Katherine's recent Liberties essay 'Scholarship and the Future of Society.” For the first 30-45 mins of the salon Katherine and Celeste will discuss the essay, and then attendees are invited to ask questions and share their thoughts. Katherine Epstein’s essay “Scholarship and the Future of Society”…
For the fifth Liberties x Interintellect salon, join Leon Wieseltier and Celeste Marcus for a discussion of what liberalism is, its requirements, and importance. As diverse as the contents and contributors of Liberties are, a common thread runs through every issue: a commitment to liberalism. But liberalism has many meanings and the term is often abused. As we commence…
EVENT UPDATE: This salon is being reframed in light of the current crisis in the Middle East: Arash Azizi, a specialist on Iran, and Celeste Marcus, a liberal Zionist, will discuss how Arash’s socialism and my liberalism inform our views of the current paroxysms. Both of our ideologies are universalist, and that universalism is in tension…
