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II Festival de la Bande dessinée opening with artist Sara Lomuscio
none After a hugely successful first year, we are thrilled to welcome the II Festival de BD (French Comics and Graphic Novels Festival) back to campus, organized by Professor Anne-Marie Picard, the French Department, and the Library. This year’s topic is ...
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Bypassing Democracy: Understanding the Financial Leverage of the Paris Club of Creditors
none The Center for Critical Democracy Studies presents: Bypassing Democracy: Understanding the Financial Leveage of the Paris Credit Club by Sven van Mourik. Having received his Ph.D. in economic history from New York University, Sven van Mourik investig ...
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Educide in Gaza
none Image https://www.aup.edu/sites/default/files/images/widget-assets/image/F93bLSVWIAAkKP3.jpeg 0 What are the definitions of Ecocide, Urbicide, Domicide, Culturicide and Educide? Why do these definitions apply to the Gaza war? Why do many internationa ...
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Cahiers Series: Mercy, Athena
none The CWT presents: Andrea Applebee The Chaiers Series- Mercy, Athena Having arrived from the United States to make a new life in Greece, Andrea Applebee gives a vivid account of the challenges and pleasures that await her as she learns a new language ...
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Anti-Social Capital: Community Cohesion and Tax Avoidance among American Elites
none On April 15th, 2024 the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will host: Anti Social Capital: Community Cohesion and Tax Avoidance among American Elite by Professor Yossi Harpa (Sociology, Tel Aviv Univeristy) Professor Harpaz is a tenured Senior Lec ...
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Teaching and Learning in Prison
none This symposium grows out of the AUP prison education workshops, which bring AUP students into a shared educational and creative space with people detained at the prison of La Santé in Paris. The aim of the symposium is bring together people involved ...
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Increasing Accountability and Reducing Polarization through Evaluative Voting with Dr. Pierre Etienne Vandamme
none The Center for Critical Democracy Studies presents: Increasing Accountability and Reducing Polarization through Evaluative Voting with Dr. Pierre-Etienne Vandamme (UC Louvain). Abstract: Outside of social choice theory, philosophical reflection on vo ...
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Ethical Use of Digital Archives
none As the capabilities of digital technology increase, so do the number and complexity of digital archives that collect and preserve testimonies from witnesses of mass violence. These simultaneous developments give rise to many questions for archivists, ...
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A Conversation with Peace Activists about the Israeli-Palestinian War in Gaza
none Amidst the catastrophic loss of life in the current war between Israel and Palestine, a political settlement is more remote than ever. Nearly two decades have elapsed since the end of the peace process. Open-ended lethal violence deepens the enmity b ...
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Public Memory and the Shoah
none ‘ The efficacy of memory practices for social betterment is most often taken axiomatically and uncritically as an established fact. This interdisciplinary workshop launched a discussion with scholars and practitioners from multiple disciplines and pe ...