January 2007

Discover The Age Of Enlightenment
In January, the Alliance Française de Singapour celebrated the Age of Enlightenment, or Les Siècle des Lumières in French. A series of events capturing the essence of the Age of Enlightenment was showcased at Alliance Française de Singapour from 9 – 30 January.

From conferences to movies, from concerts to exhibition, the Age of Enlightenment was celebrated with great success at the Alliance.

Exhibition

11– 22 January 2007
Valbelle, Myth or Fiction? By Gilles Massot at the SG Private Banking Gallery. There was also an artist’s conference by Massot at the AF Seminar Room.

Conference
On 12 January 2007, a conference on The Singapore-Malacca Region in 18th Century French Cartography by Associate Professor Peter Borschberg from the National University of Singapore took place in the AF Seminar Room. The 1700s mark the century of French cartography. Associate Professor Peter Borschberg from the National University of Singapore used two landmark maps prepared by the French Royal cartographers Bonne Bellin to explore important phenomena in the history of the Singapore-Malacca-Riau region.