GSEHD Dean Michael Feuer invites you to a special opportunity to meet world-renowned philosopher and public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy.

Doors Open at 12:30 pm | Event begins at 1:00 pm

From Ukraine to Darfur, from Afghanistan and Bosnia to Sudan, Nigeria, Libya, Syria, and Israel, philosopher, journalist and filmmaker Bernard-Henri Lévy will discuss his work in the world’s most troubled places and dangerous combat zones. He will teach us why in these fragile times we must have the will to educate ourselves and apply our knowledge to repair the world.

Students will receive a free copy of Bernard-Henri Lévy's latest book (while supplies last). Light refreshments will be served.

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About Bernard-Henri Lévy: Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French philosopher, director of eight films, and author of forty-eight books. Lévy is one of the West’s foremost intellectuals, defending democracy and humanism against totalitarianism and fascism. His recent books include Israel Alone (2024), The Will to See: Dispatches from a World of Misery and Hope (2021), The Virus in the Age of Madness (2020), The Empire and the Five Kings (2019), The Genius of Judaism (2017), American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville (2005), and Who Killed Daniel Pearl? (2003).

Lévy has made films on the war in Bosnia; Libya; Iraqi Kurdistan besieged by ISIS; and Afghanistan, Somalia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Ukraine. Lévy’s work as an intellectual, a writer, and a film-maker is intertwined with humanitarian activism. For fifty years, Lévy has reported on the world’s “forgotten wars” and devoted numerous books, films, and articles to these crises.