EVENTS- SPRING 2023 

1. March 29, 2023:  Spring Cocktail
   hosted by Belinda de Gaudemar, member of the Board, Georgetown Club of France hosted a dozen alumni at her residence to offer a social event to welcome the change of season and first gathering since winter.
2. April 11,2023: Transatlantic Challenges: The View from Paris
   More than 20 attendees comprising not only Georgetown alumni but also those of other APSIA schools (Professional Intl Affairs) including Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Tufts/ Fletcher, GW and others) gathered in the office of Dentons close to the Madeleine in central Paris to hear and respond to remarks made by Amy Schedlbauer (GU BSFS 1995, Princeton MPP 2008), Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs, Environment, Science, Technology & Health as well as  Liam Wasley, (Brown AB 1988, GU MSFS/ MA History 1991) Minister Counselor for Political Affairs.    Both long term career foreign service offices based at the U.S. Embassy around the corner, they led an off-the-record discussion and interaction session with the audience or a range of topics, from responses to political and economy consequences of heighten tensions between US-China, US-Russia and the Ukraine conflict to Climate policy and investment, the reinvigorated role and responses of NATO, noting its newest member Finland, to its pivot back to preparedness for state on state conflict after 2 decades of exclusionary mission capabilities and much more. Hosted by Pascal Chadenet, Partner at Dentons and Board member of the GU Club of France, the group pivoted from formal remarks and Q/A to continued debate and discussion over cocktails and food until late evening.
3. June 26,2023: the history of political division in the US and a roadmap to address it
   On a sunny late June evening, 40+ attendees representing many university clubs with chapters in France gathered at the offices of Gide Loyrette Nouel in the 8th arrandissement to listen to Seth David Radwell (MPP Harvard, BA Columbia) present the key findings in his book: American Schism: How the Two Enlightenments Hold the Secret to Healing Our Nation. The book has received received wide-ranging praise from across the political divide and has been an a #1 Amazon Bestseller in Politics and Government. The talk was moderated by Yannick Mireur (graduate, Sciences-Po, a Fulbright scholar, MA & PhD from the Fletcher School at Tufts University) who offered his expertise as a distinguished French specialist on the US and a regular guest of French news channels on US and international affairs to the audience.  Our co-hosts, the leaders of the Fletcher and Tufts clubs did a great job coordinating the event, logistics, invite and more. It was a great capstone event for the 2022-2023 academic year!

EVENTS- FALL 2022

1. September 15: Welcome to the Neighborhood– social event held near Bastille
2. October 6: Founding Fathers’ Walking Tour of Paris: Jefferson, Franklin & the American Founding Fathers: The tour began on the Concorde square where Benjamin Franklin signed the Treaty of Alliance and France was the first to recognize the independence of the U.S. Led by Brad Newfield of Paris Walks, an historian, has earned a doctorate in Franco-American relations and it shows at his gives deep insights during his walks.
3. November 29:  Update on Paris as a place for international dispute resolution: round-up about the most recent and debated French court decisions on international commercial arbitration.

Related events:

A)  Annual AUC Thanksgiving diner event November 22 hosted by AUC at the Ecole Militaire. Photos of the event are available here: https://www.facebook.com/AUCFrance/photos

B) note: in October, the International Trailblazer Awards, organised by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) and in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Paris, honored three courageous leaders who embody GIWPS’ mission. the event took place at the residence of the US Embassador to France.