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Asian Quarter in Paris
none The Quartier Asiatique (Asian Quarter), also called Triangle de Choisy or Petite Asie, is the largest commercial and cultural center for the Asian community of Paris. It is located in the southeast of the 13th arrondissement in an area that contains ...
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Quartier Latin Literary Tour
none Discover the beautiful and fascinating Quartier Latin and see why writers like Hemingway called it home. Visit the French philosophers memorialized in the Panthéon, stroll through beautiful sites like the Luxembourg Gardens, the Cluny Museum, and the ...
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13ème Street Art Tour
none Discover the works of graffiti and street art in the 13th arrondissement, a getaway to the heart of an open-air museum! A walk of about two hours to discover the largest Parisian frescoes, and many works by internationally recognized French and inter ...
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Book Launch of The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education & Workshop on the Future of Democratic Education
none Democratic education is central to the functioning and flourishing of modern multicultural democracies, and yet it is subject to increasing public controversy and political pressure. Waning public trust in government institutions, sustained attacks o ...
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From utopia to real possibilities. How can critical social science contribute to political strategy? with Laurent Jeanpierre
none This conference will address questions of hope and powerlessness and their interplay in contemporary societies, as well as the role that social sciences can play in the renewal of our collective emancipatory imagination. 100 Image https://www.aup.edu ...
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Cooperation: A Political, Economic, and Social Theory. A discussion on Bernard E. Harcourt's latest book
none Liberal democracy is in crisis around the world, unable to address pressing problems such as climate change. There is, however, another path- cooperation democracy. From consumer co-ops to credit unions, worker cooperatives to insurance mutuals, nonp ...
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A Working-Class Ecological Perspective on Just Transition: The GKN Case Study
none Image https://www.aup.edu/sites/default/files/images/widget-assets/image/28eco-sotto-gkn-fonte-facebook.jpg 0 On 9 July 2021, more than 450 metalworkers received a dismissal email from Melrose Industries, the private equity fund that used to own GKN ...
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Over Yet Unresolved: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict, from Self Determination to Ethnic Cleansing
none The Schaeffer Center for the study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention has invited Taline Papazian to AUP to speak about the ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. Taline Papazian is a political scientist. She has published and taught at ...
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Teaching History and Critical Thinking with Graphic Novels (prof. Tom Mullaney, Stanford U.)
none Join us at the upcoming conference by History Professor Tom Mullaney (Stanford University) who will explore the dynamic role of graphic novels in enhancing critical thinking and enriching history education. Discover how this captivating medium (calle ...
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Book Workshop: The Migrating Self, A New Psychology of Migration and its Public, by Kesi Mahendran
none The book The Migrating Self challenges conventional views on migration by introducing a new psychology that positions people's migration experiences along a continuum of ten degrees of mobility. Drawing from fifteen years of empirical research a ...