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- MSc in Human Rights and Data Science
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- MSc in International Management
- MSc in Strategic Brand Management
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- Cultural Program
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- Summer School
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- The Center for Critical Democracy Studies
- The Center for Writers and Translators
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- The Joy and Edward Frieman Environmental Science Center
- The Center for Media, Communication & Global Change
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Democracy
Contemporary societies, from Catalonia to Kurdistan, from the European Union to India, have been marked in recent history by a lingering debate on the most desirable and practical levels of political sovereignty, legitimacy and institutions. This debate has found particularly strong echoes in times of crisis, when federal projects were discussed to reconfigure existing polities or create new ones. The aim of this conference is to foster a historical and multidisciplinary reflection on the outcomes of federalism in periods of political transition.
About the Center for Critical Democracy Studies
The Center for Critical Democracy Studies fosters an interdisciplinary approach to questions of democracy. Purposely aligned with AUP's liberal arts curriculum, the Center encourages all fields from the natural and environmental sciences to the social sciences and humanities to explore democracy as a social state, a political regime or a form of agency. Center-sponsored research is global, inter- and trans-disciplinary.