On 30 November 2015, the Moroccan sociologist Fatima Mernissi died. As an emancipated feminist and activist, she navigated effortlessly between East and West – always arriving at deep insights into the complex relationship between people, cultures and religions. The books Beyond the Veil and Islam and Democracy garnered her worldwide fame and both remain powerful reference works to this day.

The French musicologist and author Peter Szendy uses his book Ecoute. Une histoire de nos oreilles (Minuit, 2001) as the starting point for his talk. The choreographer Xavier Le Roy will be talking about music-and-performance projects, including his new production of Le Sacre du Printemps.