EI Talks… Paris in the Belle Époque with Marie Kawthar Daouda

July 25, 2024

Marie Kawthar Daouda, author and a lecturer in French language and literature at the University of Oxford, joins EI's Alastair Benn to discuss how Belle Époque-era Paris continues to fascinate, with its burgeoning commercial culture, everyday beauty and glittering department stores.

Jean Béraud's painting 'Paris, rue du Havre', c. 1882.
Jean Béraud's painting 'Paris, rue du Havre', c. 1882. Credit: IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo

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