VO301 Bonfire of the Vanities: Book Burnings through the Ages

  • 30 Oct 2026
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • MVAC Quartier Latin 4 rue des Arènes, 75005 Paris
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  • John Eigenauer
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For thousands of years, governments, armies, mobs, and everyday people have burned books in massive displays of hatred. Why do they do this? In this talk, John Eigenauer will explore some of the world’s most infamous book burnings through photographs, posters, history, anecdotes, and art, including a famous painting in the Louvre!

Registration opens 30 September.


John Eigenauer is an intellectual historian and professor emeritus of philosophy at Taft College in California. He holds a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies from Syracuse University. His work has been published in variety of publications. He has spoken internationally on human rationality and the pedagogy of critical thinking. His book, 'Paris and the Birth of Public Knowledge,' is available online. John lives in Vincennes and has been a WICE member for a year.


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