Arts and International Studies: Crossed Perspectives
As summer begins, and with it, a well-deserved break for the lucky ones, this editorial takes on a lighter tone than usual. Rather than addressing the world’s challenges head-on, we take this opportunity to revisit some highlights from a particularly fruitful year of projects and reflections on the links between the arts, the humanities, and the understanding of international affairs.
Alongside the methods of distancing and objectification that underpin academic rigor, the CERI has been developing projects and reflections that aim to bring the emotional and passionate dimensions that often motivate research to the forefront. This approach encourages openness to diverse forms of writing, alternative sensibilities, and broader audiences, particularly through dialogue with the arts and humanities. As summer begins, a time of rest for the lucky ones, we take this opportunity to revisit some highlights from a particularly fruitful year on this front. Many thanks to Miriam Périer, Head of Scientific Outreach, for her decisive role in all these projects.
Following the success of our inaugural film festival in November 2024 at L’Entrepôt, an independent cinema in Paris’s 14th arrondissement dedicated to “Youth Around the World,” we launched a monthly film club in partnership with this remarkable venue, curated by an imaginative programmer who also shares a strong interest in the social sciences. Since January, on the first Tuesday of each month, the CERI has hosted a screening, either a fiction or documentary film, followed by a public discussion. These conversations are informed by scholarly insight, yet never didactic in tone. Each session creates a space where images intersect with analysis, and where emotional engagement and critical reflection are intertwined.
