Peter Hägel is an assistant professor at AUP and the program coordinator for the philosophy, politics and economics major. We caught up to discuss his recent book publication, Billionaires in World Politics (Oxford University Press, 2020).
The Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) hosted the inaugural lecture in its year-long upcoming event series, Demos21. Throughout 2021, lectures, workshops, roundtables and readings have been scheduled. Demos21 aims to explore how we may build political and social solidarity within and beyond the nation in order to confront today’s essential challenges – be it climate change, racial injustice or radical inequality.
The new issue of the AUP Magazine showcases inspiring stories from across the AUP community about the collective responses to the unique challenges that the past 12 months have produced. Titled “A Year Like No Other,” the issue focuses on innovative solutions to these unexpected problems and on the opportunities for developing new skills and creating new projects that the Covid-19 pandemic has provided.
The Spring semester has started remotely in January and transitioned to in-person teaching in February. Find all the latest information on our information hub.
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