The Villa Gillet
Founded in 1987, the Villa Gillet welcomes in Lyon fiction and non-fiction writers, artists and scholars from over the world to ponder issues relevant to our ever shiflting world. The Villa Gillet makes the work of exciting contemporary thinkers accessible to the largest audience possible, by organizing events during the year, and during its festivals : the International Forum on the Novel — happening every year in May since 2007— co-organized with "Le Monde", Walls and Bridges, a ten-day series of events that happened from 2011 to 2013 and Mode d'emploi : un festival des idées — a festival of public debates — initiated in 2012.
Marianne Amar
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HISTORIENNE
France
Marianne Amar est une historienne française, responsable du département de la recherche du Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration. Diplômée de Sciences Po Paris, elle a d’abord été éditrice indépendante puis directrice de la communication à la Ville de Cachan. Ses domaines de recherches concernent l’histoire des migrations, les représentations et l’écriture de l’histoire mais aussi l’histoire politique et sociale du sport.
