World Holiday Party ~ December 15, 2010

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Harvard World Holiday Party - "Holiday Traditions from the East, West, North & South" DATE: Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 TIME: 7:30 PM PLACE: The George C. Marshall Center in the prestigious Hôtel de Talleyand. Place de la Concorde. 2 Rue de Saint Florentin, 75001 Paris  COST: EARLY BIRD RATES:            38€ Recent Graduates            50€ HCF Members (2010-2011)            55€ Harvard Alumni & Guests            (All prices go up after December 12th)            60€ LATE REGISTRATION Payment or registration will not be accepted at the event. Refunds will not be issued.  MORE INFO: Enjoy a UNIQUE MULTICULTURAL EVENING in a STUNNING HISTORICAL SETTING! Celebrate the diversity of interests, passions, and cultures within our Harvard community in France! COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: HARVARD FRENCH SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Culinary Delights*** Wine & Spirits***Music & Entertainment. Evening Program PART 1: EXHIBITION OF THE MARSHALL CENTER - Reconstructing Europe with the Marshall Plan PART 2: ICEBREAKER: "HOLIDAY BINGO" - Bring a small gift valued at 5€ to participate PART 3: PERFORMANCES - Romantic Tango Band, Traditional Indian Dance (Diwali), Christmas Carols Background on the George C. Marshall Center at the Hôtel de Talleyrand: Located at the heart of Paris near the Place de la Concorde, the Hôtel de Talleyrand is among the most important historic European buildings under the stewardship of the US Department of State. This former grand residence was the site of the administration of the Marshall Plan, when the building was purchased by the US government after World War II. Built between 1767 and 1769, the Hôtel de Talleyrand was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel and its interiors were designed by Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin, one of the most prominent architects in 18th-century France. Click for more information. A special thanks to Jones Day Law Firm for supporting the HCF Holiday Party and co-hosting us in this newly re-opened and exquisite location - the George C. Marshall Center, a part of the US Embassy.

Dinner and Discussion with Author Leah Pisar

Dinner and Discussion with Leah Pisar,
former White House advisor and foreign affairs writer

Leah Pisar has just published a book on transatlantic relations, “Orage sur l’Atlantique: La France et les Etats-Unis face à l’Irak” (Fayard, 2010). In the Clinton administration, she served in the White House as Director for communications at the National Security Council, at the US State Department and the US Embassy in Paris. She is a founding member of the National Security Network and has been an adviser to the French-American Foundation, a visiting scholar at the Center for American Progress and the Institut Français des Relations Internationales. She is a frequent television, print and radio commentator on current affairs on both sides of the Atlantic. She holds a BA from Harvard College, a graduate degree from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques of Paris and a doctorate from the University of Paris II. She serves on the board of the French-American Foundation and the National Security Network, is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Young Leader of the American Council on Germany and was a 2009 « Rising Talent » of the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society.

WHAT:	For this event, you can enjoy an intimate evening with Harvard-educated Franco-American writer/academic/former White House official Leah Pisar over dinner at the lovely L'envue restaurant. Pisar has just published a book called "Orage sur l'Atlantique." This well-researched book is on the US-France debate over war in Iraq based on Pisar's PhD thesis. This evening's discussions will be centered around a non-fiction book written in French by a Harvard-educated Franco-American writer-academic and former White House official.
WHERE:	L'envue. 39, rue Boissy d'Anglas. 75008
WHEN:	Thursday, December 2, 2010. 7:30 P.M. (cocktails). 8:00 till 9:30 P.M. (dinner and discussion)
COST:	* HCF members: 50 euros * Non-members and Guests: 60 euros * Late-registration (as of November 30): 70 euros Payment or registration will not be accepted at the event. Refunds will not be issued.