Sciences Po chosen by Mr. Sebastião Salgado for the gift of two large-scale works

On 19 February 2018, Sciences Po is inaugurating its first office in Africa, making it the first French university to open an office in an English-speaking part of the continent. This opening marks a new stage in the internationalisation strategy Sciences Po has been pursuing in Africa for more than ten years. It reflects Sciences Po’s desire to make the continent a priority for its development in the years to come.The opening of the Sciences Po office in Kenya is part of a partnership with the Alliance Française in Nairobi. Sciences Po has opted for local representation as the best means to promote the university’s teaching and research across the continent from its base in Nairobi.The office's objectives will be to develop new university partnerships, to encourage student and faculty mobility in both directions, and to strengthen local relations with young people (high school and university students), with the 600 alumni in Africa and with academics, business, institutions and non-profit organisations. Sciences Po’s engagement in Africa is backed by the MasterCard Foundation, which has entered into partnership with Sciences Po to offer support to African students of modest means. The Sciences Po office in Nairobi will strengthen and expand these efforts.Frédéric Mion, president of Sciences Po: “We are delighted to be opening this first office in Africa. We consider this step a sign of confidence in the future of the continent, which is a priority for our international development in the coming years. We in turn wish to inspire confidence in the Sciences Po name in both French-speaking and English-speaking countries in Africa.”Sciences Po already has a presence in Africa thanks to a comprehensive policy—including undergraduate, graduate and executive education, and student exchanges in both directions—which embraces the continent’s linguistic and cultural diversity and has enabled a 59 percent increase in the number of students from Africa in the last five years with 629 African students at Sciences Po in 2018.This policy is implemented through specific actions: An active network of 29 university partners based on reciprocity and spread across the continent and its language areas, from Morocco to South Africa and from Ghana to Senegal to Kenya.Course content focused on Africa: The Europe-Africa undergraduate programme, which more than 200 students take each year, addresses the continent from a social science perspective and examines Africa’s relations with Europe; the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) offers an African Studies concentration, with more than 200 students enrolled each year; and an “African Cities” course is offered at the Urban School.Continuing education courses focused on Africa, with an Executive Master in Development Policy and Management – Potential Africa and a Lead Campus Certificate with the University of Cape Town and the Institut Supérieur de Management de Dakar.An online learning course and more to come: the MOOC “Africa and globalisation: a comparative perspective” has just been launched in partnership with the University of Cape Town (South Africa), the University of Khartoum (Sudan) and Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis (Senegal).Ambitious needs- and merit-based scholarship programmes for African students (more than 100 students each year), funded by The MasterCard Foundation, MacMillan, L'Oréal, Total, and more.Sciences Po in Africa so far:More than 600 African students at Sciences Po in 201829 partner universities30 Master's programmes with courses on Africa160 students on the Europe-Africa programme in Reims 25 languages taught including SwahiliOver 100 study grants for African students each year funded by Sciences Po, including full scholarshipsAn ambitious programme for 120 scholarships over six years proposed in partnership with The MasterCard FoundationAbout Sciences Po:Built on values of openness and excellence, Sciences Po is a world-class research university, both selective and open onto the world, whose unique model links specialization in humanities and social sciences, multidisciplinary and professional learning in order to educate future leaders capable of understanding and transforming society.  Diversity is a core value at Sciences Po where 47% of students are foreign, from 150 countries, and 27% of students hold scholarships, compared to 6% in 2000.Press contacts Sciences Po in Nairobi / Sheila ChepkoechPh. +254(0) 700 009 667 – email: sheila.chepkoech@sciencespo.frSciences Po in Paris / Marie FrocrainPh. +33 1 49 54 37 71 – email: marie.frocrain@sciencespo.fr

Jewelry creator Wallace Chan will give a talk in Paris on March 7th at the invitation of Sciences Po University’s Master Class in the context of an annual cycle of conferences created by the Master of Communications, Media and Creative Industries “Les Rendez-vous de la création”. The title of the lecture is "Jewelry Art: Imagery, Emotions and Music”. Drawing from over four decades of his experience, Wallace Chan will analyze and illustrate the poetic aesthetics of jewelry art creation through three ever-interacting factors: imagery, emotions and music.This will be Wallace Chan’s latest talk after his previous speeches at Harvard University (Cambridge), Central Saint Martins (London), V&A Museum (London), and Cooper Hewitt Museum (New York).An active speaker at multiple global institutions, Wallace Chan takes each speech as an opportunity to introduce the often-subjective jewelry creation process through objective education. He said, "From a young age I have always been curious about education. We have now entered an era of lifelong independent learning, meaning the learning process is no longer confined to a classroom setting. The flexible, accessible, interactive and variable qualities of lectures make it an ideal method for knowledge transfer and experience sharing. I speak with three goals: to share, to inspire conversations and to pass on values. I would like to share the truth of jewelry art, to motivate the public to talk about it, so we can create together values that we deem worthy to pass on."After the talk, Wallace Chan will exhibit at TEFAF Maastricht (The European Fine Art Fair). As the only Chinese jewelry artist at the fair since three years, he will showcase approximately 30 one-of-a-kind jewelry creations.Event detailsDate: Wednesday March 7thTime: 19.15 – 21.15pmVenue: 27 rue Saint-Guillaume 75007 Paris, amphithéâtre Jacques Chapsalhttps://www.sciencespo.fr/evenements/?event=wallace-chan-jewelry-art-imagery-emotions-and-musicAbout Sciences PoSciences Po is a selective research university of international standing based on the values of openness and excellence. Sciences Po's unique academic model combines expertise in human and social sciences, multidisciplinarity and a professional grounding to educate professionals and citizens able to understand and transform society. Diversity is a key element of Sciences Po's identity. The student body comprises 47 percent international students from more than 150 different countries and 27 percent scholarship students (up from 6 percent in 2000).About Wallace Chan In 1973, Wallace Chan became a gemstone-carving apprentice and started his journey of creation which has continued for over 40 years. A high level of curiosity and a strong thirst for knowledge have been behind his constant experiments in gemstone cutting, carving, setting, metallurgy, mechanical engineering, and metal soldering. Navigating through numerous twists and turns, he strives for the ultimate perfection in his creations. As an exceptionally perceptive person, he embraces the experiences and energy coming from interacting with materials and incorporates them in the fine details of his pieces. As a creator, he infuses his passion, dreams, and philosophies in each of his pieces that elicit intense visual aesthetic perceptions and evoke strong emotional responses in viewers.Over the long history of jewelry making, Wallace Chan has stood out with unconventional creations to mark his uniqueness. After 8 years of independent research, he discovered and mastered the technology to use titanium, a lightweight but strong metal, in jewelry. He invented the jadeite thinning and luminosity-enhancing technology and received a patent for it. His unique Wallace Cut, an illusionary carving technique, is truly extraordinary. Innovation has been a key attribute in everything Wallace Chan does, from materials, craftsmanship, and tools, to styles of creation, subject matters, exploration of symbolic connotations, and ways of exhibition presentation. Constant innovation has put him at the forefront of the jewelry world of our time.In recent years, Wallace Chan has been featured extensively in international media. He is also the first Chinese jewellery artist to showcase his creations at several international exhibitions: TEFAF (2018, 2017 & 2016, Maastricht & New York), Masterpiece London (2017 & 2016), and Biennale des Antiquaires (2012 & 2014, Paris). In 2015, his very first illustrated monograph was published by Rizzoli. In the same year, he was invited by Christie’s to hold a solo exhibition at the HKCEC. He was invited to deliver talks at Harvard University (2017, Cambridge), Central Saint Martins (2017, London), the V&A Museum (2016, London), and the Cooper Hewitt Museum (2015, New York). Wallace Chan praises life and nature through the charm of gemstones with limitless imagination and creative talent. He is recognized as a top jewellery creator, artist and innovator.Media Enquirymedia@wallace-chan.comwww.wallace-chan.comInstagram: @wallacechanart