18 July is the worldwide celebration of Nelson Mandela International Day, a day declared by the United Nations in November 2009. To mark the occasion, the Library of Social Sciences has set up a table with a number of reading suggestions as part of "Readings at the Centre" to explore the figure of Mandela and his commitment to the fight against apartheid and the defence of human rights.
"Readings at the Centre" is a recent initiative that the Library intends to propose periodically. It takes its name from the centrality of the themes that will gradually be tackled and recalls the position of the table destined for display, positioned in the central cavity of the Library on the ground floor, opposite the counter.