Upcoming Events
Yale-Harvard Football Game Watching
Join us for the annual joint event with our ‘friends’ from Harvard to watch the American Classic - the Yale-Harvard (American) Football Game. At a location TBD.
Book Club - Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout," by Lauren Redniss
On November 19th, we will discuss the Graphic Novel, “Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout," by Lauren Redniss
Date: Tuesday, November 19th
Time : 6 pm
Venue: Virtual (with Google meet application) - link to be given upon RSVP
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Talk and reception with José García-León, Dean of the Yale School of Music
Abir and Mario Kaloustian P ’26 invite you to join a Yale talk and reception with José García-León, Dean of the Yale School of Music and Professor of Music. The Dean will talk about Music and the Brain over cocktails.
Please RSVP to renee.wellman@yale.edu by October 30. Location given upon registration.
Price: Free
As space is limited, this is open only to YCF members but not guests/partners/spouses.
Paul Ji '26 Piano Recital at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees
French-American pianist, Paul Ji, a current Junior at Yale College, will make his debut at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris. The program is here: https://www.theatrechampselysees.fr/.../recital.../paul-ji
Interested members should buy their tickets directly from the Theatre des Champs-Elysees.
Book Club - "The New York Trilogy," by Paul Auster
On October 1st we will discuss "The New York Trilogy," by Paul Auster and "Willful Wanderer, " by Nelson Graves.
Date: Tuesday, October 1st
Time : 6 pm
Venue: Virtual (with Google meet application)
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Walking tour with the Yale club - Le Marais
The Yale Club of France invites you to join Brad Newfield, a French-American guide for Paris Walks. This time we will be doing a tour of the Marais. We will explore some of the off-the beaten-path areas.
Brad Newfield, a former Angelino who has lived in Paris since 1994, has a Ph.D in History from UCLA, lectured in History and Communication Studies, and develops walking tours on historical themes in Paris, in order to bring together the city's past and present in untraditional ways.
Date: Sunday, September 29
Time : 2pm-4pm
Venue : Metro St. Paul.
Price : 10 € per person
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Psychology, Creativity & the Future: An Applied Psychology Buffet - Branden Thornhill-Miller
Join the Harvard and Yale Clubs and Dr. Branden Thornhill-Miller who will be serving up a tantalizing buffet of projects and research from applied psychology and behavioral economics. Farmed from years of his work teaching, researching, and directing programs at Oxford, the Sorbonne, Harvard, Georgetown, and leadership programs around the world, these “vignettes” will focus on the positive and negative human factors that, interacting with technology, are shaping our work, our lives, and our collective futures. Recently, these interests have led him to establish the “Creative Futures Institute,” a new non-profit think tank.
Dinner with the Yale Club - Michel Devoret
On September 3, we will have dinner with Yale professor Michel Devoret who will discuss the physics of information and the recent progress of quantum computers.
The discussion will be oriented to a general audience.
Michel Devoret is known for his pioneering and groundbreaking research in the field of quantum computing.
Michel Devoret is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious John Bell Prize. Professor Devoret is an elected member of both the French Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences
Date: Tuesday, September 3
Time : 7:30 pm
Price: 40 Euros per person
Venue: Member's apartment
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Book Club - "The Birds" by Aristophanes
On July 11 we will discuss "The Birds" by Aristophanes
Date: Tuesday, March 19
Time : 7 pm
Venue: Virtual
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Picnic with the Yale Club
Come and celebrate summer with the Yale Club with a picnic.
Date: Saturday, June 22
Time : 3pm
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
AUC Annual Embassy Summer Cocktail
The American University Clubs of France (AUC) is pleased to invite you to its Annual Embassy Reception and Summer Cocktail on Tuesday, June 11, 2024.
Oxford Yale Happy Hour
Oxford and Yale will have a joint happy hour on Wednesday 5 June.
Date: Wednesday 5 June
Time : 7pm
Price : Free
Book Club - "The Sellout," by Paul Beatty
On March 19 we will discuss "The Sellout," by Paul Beatty. It's the balm of humor for trying times.
Date: Tuesday, May 21
Time : 7 pm
Venue: Virtual (with Zoom application)
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Dinner with the Yale Club - Christian Strain
Join us for the next "Dinner with the Yale Club" with Christian Strain ('92). Christian will give a talk that will first explain the current state of the Private Equity industry and it's impact on our lives, and will speak about transitioning from a career in the industry to volunteering as an EMT with the Paris Fire Brigade (and what you should do if you ever need to call 18 or 15 in an emergency!).
A dual French-American national, Christian is a Senior Advisor at Summit Partners, a private equity firm that invests in market leading high growth companies worldwide. During his tenure at Summit, Christian led the firm's efforts in the business and financial services in Europe and served on the boards of companies across a range of industries. He is also a former board of member of Invest Europe and currently serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
Christian is a certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and volunteers regularly as part of a Red Cross ambulance crew in Paris in support of the Paris Fire Brigade.
Date: Wednesday, April 24
Time : 7:30 pm
Price: 40 Euros per person
Venue: Member's apartment
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Karaoke night with the Yale Club
Grab your mics! On April 6, we will have a Karaoke night. Please join us for this fun event. Space is limited.
Date: Saturday, April 6
Time : 7:00pm
Venue: Charming venue in central Paris.
Price : 15 Euros
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Book Club - "The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit" by Lucette Lagnado"
On March 19 we will discuss "The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit" by Lucette Lagnado"
Date: Tuesday, March 19
Time : 7 pm
Venue: Virtual (with Zoom application)
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Feb Club
The Yale Club of France will take part in this winter Yale tradition, which has now gone global. Join us for drinks and casual fun. We will be at the top floor of Frog Revolution. Look for the Yale sign
Date: Thursday, February 22
Time : 7:30pm
Venue: Frog Revolution, 9 Rue de la Bastille
Price : Free
Book Club - "Hiroshima" by John Hersey
Book Club - "Hiroshima" by John Hersey
Our next work is "Hiroshima" by John Hersey (who attended and taught at Yale). We'll discuss the work at our next meeting on Tuesday, January 30 at 7 pm CET.
Date: Tuesday, January 30
Time : 7 pm
Venue: Virtual (with Zoom application)
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Harvard - Yale Viewing Party
Come and celebrate The Game from abroad. Reunite with old friends and reminisce on past game experiences, whether the stories concern last minute touch downs or early decisions to abandon the spectator stands due to frost-bite. Luckily, this time, we'll be viewing from inside.
Date: Saturday November 18
Time : The Moose 16 Rue des Quatre Vents, 75006 Paris
Venue: 6pm
Price : Free
Book Club - "Tortilla Flat" by Steinbeck
On November 14 we will discuss "Tortilla Flat" by Steinbeck. Here's what one reviewer on Goodbooks wrote about Tortilla Flat: "I don't know why the sad tales of John Steinbeck fill me with so much joy. It doesn't really make sense."
Date: Tuesday, November 14
Time : 7 pm
Venue: Virtual (with Zoom application)
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Walk in the Fontainebleau forest
Join the Yale Club of France for an autumn walk in the beautiful Fontainebleau forest!
Our walk will take us through a variety of landscapes and points of interest, including majestic fern-covered woodlands, open shrublands, and an ancient fort. If we're lucky, we may even spot a woodpecker!
Please bring snack bars and one liter of water. Please also wear appropriate walking shoes.
Date: Sunday, October 22
Time : 11am (please be on time)
Price : free
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Whiskey tasting with the Georgetown Club
Join us for an evening of whiskey tasting in the elegant ambiance of The Travellers Club led by Georgetown alumn and Two Worlds Whiskey founder Ashley Donahey.
Through this guided tasting of five diverse whiskies guests will learn about the history of American whiskey and its French origins, as well as the history of Two Worlds Whiskey, the first luxury American whiskey created for France.
Named to honor Marquis de la Fayette, Two Worlds Whiskey celebrates the historic French-American alliance by uniting the traditions and savoir-faire of both countries to create truly unique whiskey.
Date: Tuesday, October 24
Time : 7 pm
Venue: The Travellers, 25 Avenue des Champs-Élysées 75008 Paris France
RSVP: reservation link
Book Club - "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson
We will be discussing "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson -- a work of fiction proposed by Marilyn Y that tells a story of how climate change will affect us all.
Our session is set for Tuesday, September 19, at 7 pm CET.
Date: Tuesday, September 19
Time : 7pm
Venue: Virtual (with Zoom application)
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Walking tour with the Yale club - Paris of Hemingway
The Yale Club of France invites you to join Brad Newfield, a French-American guide for Paris Walks.
Explore the area of the Left Bank in Paris which was the center of the universe if you were a writer or artist in the first half of the 20th century. See the Latin Quarter neighborhood immortalized by Ernest Hemingway in A Moveable Feast and by Woody Allen in Midnight in Paris, and where James Joyce, George Orwell, Honoré de Balzac, and Paul Verlaine also lived and worked. We finish on rue Mouffetard with its picturesque village atmosphere.
Brad Newfield, a former Angelino who has lived in Paris since 1994, has a Ph.D in History from UCLA, lectured in History and Communication Studies, and develops walking tours on historical themes in Paris, in order to bring together the city's past and present in untraditional ways.
Date: Saturday, September 9
Time : 2pm-4pm
Meeting point : metro Cardinal Lemoine
Price : 10 € per person
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Yale Club of France Annual Meeting
Our annual meeting to fulfill our legal obligation as an “Association 1901” will include the President’s review of events, the Treasurer’s report and election of Club officers.
Date: Wednesday, July 12
Venue: Café in central Paris
Time: 7pm
RSVP: Please email president@yalefrance.org
AUC Annual Embassy Summer Cocktail
Please save the date for the Annual American University Clubs of France 2022 (AUC) Embassy Reception and Summer Cocktail to be held Wednesday, July 10, 2022.
Walking tour with the Yale club - Jefferson, Franklin & the American Founding Fathers
The Yale Club of France invites you to join Brad Newfield, a French-American guide for Paris Walks.
Jefferson, Franklin & the American Founding Fathers: The tour starts 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. We will walk through the Tuileries Garden and cross the Seine to the statue of Jefferson near one of Jefferson's favorite buildings, the Palace of the Legion of Honor. We will continue along the Left Bank and hear stories of Voltaire, Lafayette, Jefferson's favorite artists, the aristocratic salons. We will see the French Institute, the Mint, a house turned into a Masonic Lodge, and one of Jefferson's favorite bookshops. We will wind up the tour at the city's oldest café, the Procope, frequented by Franklin and the Enlightenment philosophers.
Brad Newfield, a former Angelino who has lived in Paris since 1994, has a Ph.D in History from UCLA, lectured in History and Communication Studies, and develops walking tours on historical themes in Paris, in order to bring together the city's past and present in untraditional ways.
Date: Sunday, July 9
Time : 2pm-4pm
Venue : We will meet in front of the Hotel Crillon on the Concorde Square.
Price : 10 € per person
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Picnic with the Yale Club
Come and celebrate with the Yale Club the Summer with a picnic at Parcdes Buttes Chaumont.
Date: Sunday, June 25
Time : 2:30pm
Venue: Parc des Buttes Chaumont, on the lawn down by the lake below the mairie du 19e. Bring something to eat and drink.
RSVP: Please email president@yalefrance.org
Dinner with the Yale Club - Maurice Samuels
Yale professor Maurice Samuels will talk to us about his new book on Alfred Dreyfus.
Maurice Samuels (born August 9, 1968) is the Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French at Yale University. He graduated with a BA (summa cum laude) in 1990 from Harvard University, where he also earned his MA (1995) and PhD (2000). Before moving to Yale in 2006, Samuels taught at the University of Pennsylvania. He specializes in the literature and culture of nineteenth-century France and in Jewish Studies, and is the author of books and articles on these and other topics. He is the inaugural director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism.
Date: Tuesday, June 20
Time : 7:30pm
Venue: Member's apartment
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org
Ivy Plus Happy Hour
Yale will host the monthly Happy Hour in association with the Columbia, Brown, Dartmouth, Stanford, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Penn, & Princeton Clubs.
Date: Thursday June 1st
Time : 7pm
Venue: Frog Revolution, Rue de la Bastille, Paris
Book Club - "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
On May 23, we will have our next Yale Club of France Book Club session. We'll be discussing "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston.
RSVP: president@yalefrance.org