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Professor Sophie Kurkdjian on the Geopolitics of Fashion
Professor Kurkdjian Sophie Kurkdjian is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture at The American University of Paris. Her recent book, Géopolitique de la Mode, published in French, explores the geopolitics of fashion fr ...
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Professor Amanda Dennis on Her First Novel, Her Here
Professor Amanda Dennis Amanda Dennis is an assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and English at The American University of Paris. Her Here is her first novel. Tell us about your work at AUP and your research background. I’m a pr ...
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Professor Brenton Hobart Honored by L’Académie Française
Professor Brenton Hobart On June 25, the Académie Française announced its list of prizewinners for 2021. The American University of Paris is thrilled to report that Professor Brenton Hobart of the Department of Comparative Literature and English has been ...
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Celebrating Faculty Achievement in a Year Like No Other
AUP’s Faculty Achievements Brochure is an annual publication that captures the breadth and quality of faculty scholarship across the University. It gathers all the books, articles, workshops, conferences, awards, collaborations and media appearances by AU ...
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Professor Odonkor’s New Book Examines Advertising Aimed at Children
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 booksh ...
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Demos21: Eva Erman on the Democratic Boundary Problem
On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, AUP's Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) continued its Contemporary European Democratic Theory lecture series – one of three such series forming part of the center's year-long convocation, Demos21. The t ...
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Figuring Memory: Rebecca Hale on Holocaust Education Programs
Rebecca Hale 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 organiz ...
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Fashion Talks at AUP: How Kim Hou Gets Workers’ Voices Heard
On Tuesday, November 16, the 2021–22 edition of the Fashion Talks at AUP lecture series, titled “Between Consumption, Criticism and Activism,” welcomed guest speaker Kim Hou, the cofounder and creative director of ABOUT A WORKER, who presented on the topi ...
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Demos21: The End of the War on Terror?
On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, Demos21, a series of lectures, roundtables and workshops organized by AUP’s Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS), hosted its final event of the calendar year. Guest speaker Dr. Marc Hecker from the Institut Français ...
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Demos21: Women’s Defiance of French Colonial Policing, 1919–52
On Wednesday, December 7, 2021, Demos21, a series of lectures, roundtables and workshops organized by AUP’s Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS), hosted guest speaker Professor Jennifer Boittin from Pennsylvania State University. Boittin led a dis ...