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Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse and Jakuta Alikavazovic | Specters of Violence
none The Center for Writers & Translators and the George & Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights, and Conflict Prevention are delighted to host a reading and conversation with two rising stars of Francophone fiction, B ...
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Professor Odonkor’s New Book Examines Advertising Aimed at Children
none On Saturday, October 9, 2021, Professor Evelyn Odonkor of the Department of Economics and Management launched her new book, Un regard sur les messages publicitaires destinés aux enfants: Les cas des États-Unis, de la France et du Ghana, at Parisian b ...
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Towards a Theory of Postcolonial Justice
none Towards a Theory of Postcolonial Justice This paper aims at proposing a definition of the concept of “postcolonial justice” in view of elaborating an empirically-informed theory of postcolonial justice qua reparative justice. For this purpose, it sug ...
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Should the people control public spending? A normative assessment of balanced budget constitutional amendments
none Should the people control public spending? A normative assessment of balanced budget constitutional amendments During the XX century, many western countries introduced balanced budget constitutional amendments (BBCA), i.e. they reformed their constit ...
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New technologies of warfare – the challenges raised by Autonomous Weapons Systems and Cyberwarfare
none Of the main challenges with autonomous weapon systems lies in the difficulty of anticipating their effects. From a humanitarian perspective, they risk harming civilians, and they increase the risk of conflict escalation. From a legal perspective, the ...
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Demos21: Eva Erman on the Democratic Boundary Problem
none Image https://www.aup.edu/sites/default/files/images/widget-assets/image/D21_European_Democratic_Theory%20%281%29.jpeg 0 On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, AUP's Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) continued its Contemporary European Democ ...
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Figuring Memory: Rebecca Hale on Holocaust Education Programs
none On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, the George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention hosted the first in its new series of monthly seminars, titled “Figuring Memory.” The online event was organized in co ...
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Technology, Activism and the Social Good with Speaker Jessica Feldman (AUP)
none The American University of Paris invites you to a talk with Jessica Feldman entitled "Technology, Activism and the Social Good". This talk is part of the Presidential Lecture Series "Technology and the Human Future" organized by t ...
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Global Network on Prison and Education
none Join AUP students and professors who are participating in the creation of an international network reflecting on incarceration, education, and justice. The new non-profit “Dialogue & Transformation” brings together educators and advocates from ar ...
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Fashion Talks at AUP: How Kim Hou Gets Workers’ Voices Heard
none Image https://www.aup.edu/sites/default/files/images/widget-assets/image/MicrosoftTeams-image%20%2848%29.png 0 On Tuesday, November 16, the 2021–22 edition of the Fashion Talks at AUP lecture series, titled “Between Consumption, Criticism and Activis ...