Part 1. The Paris World's Fair of 1900

Articles in English by:

• Bonita Billman (Georgetown University): "Art Nouveau: New Style at Century's Turn"
• Gina Crocenzi Park (Georgetown University): Science as Spectacle: Technology at the 1900 Paris Exhibition"
• Nicholas Dobelbower (Bucknell University): "The Attraction of Moving Pictures at the Universal Exposition of 1900"
• Jean-Max Guieu (Georgetown University): "The Paris World's Fair of 1900. Clueless at the dawn of a century"
• John Lambeth (Washington & Lee University): "Photography at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris"
• Susanna Lee (Georgetown University): "«A crazy mushroom-bed of sham Kremlins and pagodas:» Flaubert at the 1900 Exposition"
• H.E. Ambassador Elliott P. Skinner (Columbia University): "The 'Civilizing Mission' in the United States of America"

Articles en francais de:

• Jean-Max Guieu (Georgetown University): "L'Affaire Dreyfus et l'Exposition"
• Amadou Koné (Georgetown University): "Le Discours du Guide de l'Exposition Universelle: Civilisation et Barbarie".
• AnnaMaria Laserra (Università di Roma, "Tor Vergata"): "Paris 1900: Le Collège d'Esthétique Moderne"
• Jean-François Thibault (George Washington University):
• "Baroque et Rococo à l'Exposition Universelle de 1900"
• Aurélia Roman (Georgetown University): "Choc et Merveille: Paris et l'Exposition Universelle de 1900"

Part 2. Oulipo: Marcel Bénabou et L'Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle

• Michèle Sarde (Georgetown University): Introduction: "Marcel Bénabou, expérimentateur d'avant-garde"
• Marcel Bénabou (Université de Paris-VII): "L'Oulipo: présentation"
• Pierre Taminiaux (Georgetown University): "Entretien avec Marcel Bénabou"

Part 3. Dominique Desanti: Mémoires

• Michèle Sarde (Georgetown University): "Dominique Desanti, témoin privilégié"
• Dominique Desanti: "Témoignage: ce que le siècle m'a dit"
• Joseph Brami (University of Maryland): "Entretien avec Dominique Desanti"