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Religion and Human Rights
In collaboration with Susan Perry, Waddick Doyle (AUP), Ibrahim Salama and Michael Wiener (OHCHR), the Center hosted a conversation on the roles and responsibilities of faith actors in discussions on human rights and peace. Faith actors from various tradi ...
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Israelis, Palestinians, and Collective Equality. A discussion with Limor Yehuda and Omar Dajani on Yehuda's book Collective Equality, Human Rights and Democracy in Ethno-National Conflicts
On April 3rd, The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention, in collaboration with Professor Sharon Weill (AUP), will welcome Limor Yehuda to present her book Collective Equality: Human Rights a ...
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Stephen Sawyer, Care and the Social Contract: Toward a Reconstructive Critique of the Modern (Care & Democracy Seminar Series)
Abstract How may we make sense of the void at the center of our narratives of contract theory: from Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau and Kant, did social contract theory really disappear in the years following the French Revolution only to be magically resurrected ...
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AN EVENING WITH LAUREN ELKIN
The Program in Creative Writing is delighted to welcome Lauren Elkin back to AUP for an evening devoted to her work. Lauren will read from new and selected projects, and an audience Q&A will follow, as well as a reception with wine and cheese. Convers ...
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Law, State, and Democracy | International Symposium 2025
Download The Symposium Booklet Program and Bios Abstract This Symposium seeks to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars working at the crossroads of law, the state and democracy. Within liberal democracy, rule of law is commonly treated as ...
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Hasret Dikici Bilgin, "Pink but not Purple: From State Feminism to the Era of Tradwives"
ABSTRACT Dating back to late 19th century, some states in Europe and the Middle East devised gender equalitarian policies which led to notable rise in education level and female participation to the labor force. It also paved the way for equal political a ...
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Care & Democracy Seminar Series: Pascal Molinier, "Lutter contre la verticalité, un vœu pieux?"
Lutter contre la verticalité, un vœu pieux? Care et recherche participative dans un dispositif d'entraide avec des personnes en souffrance psychique BIO Pascal Molinier fait des études de psychopathologie et psychologie sociale à l'École des hau ...
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Colloque "Les Lieux de la folie" / "Sites of Madness"
Les Lieux de la folie – Sites of Madness est un colloque organisé à The American University of Paris du 15 au 17 octobre 2026 (6, rue du Colonel Combes, Paris 7e). Il explore la manière dont la folie s’inscrit dans des espaces concrets – hôpital psychiatr ...
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Paris Book Launch: "See You Through" by Geoff Gilbert and Alex Houen
Join us for a reading from, and discussion of, the new novel, See You Through, co-written by Alex Houen and Geoff Gilbert. This collaborative fiction/poem, written online during the pandemic, considers the politics and affect of facial recognition technol ...
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Gender: Taking Action
workplace, at home, or in public spaces and the many initiatives, locally and globally, to act upon these ...