France: Evening debate to make debut

By Yi Whan-woo

The Seoul branch of the French Institute will host its first “Night of Ideas,” an evening debate among intellectuals, on Jan. 29.

Supported by the French Embassy in Korea, the debate will take place in line with the Paris-based institute’s annual project aimed at nurturing debate worldwide.

It will also mark the publication of a special issue of The Critique magazine here.

The 2018 edition of the “Night of Ideas” will deal with the theme “Power to Imagination.”

The institute’s branch offices are running their respective sessions from Jan. 18 to 31 at bookstores, cultural centers, universities and other institutions associated with learning.

The Seoul session will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Kyobo Bookstore in Gwanghwamun, downtown Seoul.

Four invited scholars will conduct a debate on the removal of Park Geun-hye from the presidency in March 2017 and other events that changed the course of Korean politics.

Simultaneous Korean-to-French interpretation will be available.

The session is free.