PICT Events
PICT stages a range of free and public events in Paris—most prominently, our three lecture series. PICT Honorary Lectures feature well-known researchers who communicate their work to the general public. PICT Faculty Lectures feature PICT course instructors who introduce their research to a broader audience. And PICT Visiting Lectures feature guest speakers who contribute innovative perspectives from beyond academia.


New Plays on the London Stage: A Conversation with Mark Ravenhill
To kick off our Fall 2023 semester, the PICT Honorary Lectures series cordially invites you to a very special event: “New Plays on the London


Andalusian Visions Book Event
On 1 July 2023, a very special PICT book event brought together photographer and filmmaker Cyril Caine, poet Stuart Dischell, and translator and composer Laurent


Anglophone Bookstore Tour with Parisian School
On Monday, 19 June 2023, The Paris Institute for Critical Thinking (PICT) organized two Anglophone Bookstore Tours in the Latin Quarter, in collaboration with the


PICT Faculty Lectures VII: The Desire to Believe: Perspectives from Medieval Catholic Thought
On Wednesday, 31 May 2023, the PICT Faculty Lectures series hosted its seventh event, “The Desire to Believe: Perspectives from Medieval Catholic Thought,” a talk


PICT Book Talk: Andalusian Visions
On Saturday, 1 July 2023, PICT invites you to an afternoon with photographer Cyril Caine, poet Stuart Dischell, and composer Laurent Estoppey, who will present


PICT Faculty Lectures VII
The PICT Faculty Lectures series returns with its 7th event: “The Desire to Believe: Perspectives from Medieval Catholic Thought,” a talk by philosophy scholar Nicolas