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Seminar: Iain Stewart, "Thinking Democracy after Marx and Empire"
ABSTRACT: This talk examines how decolonization informed the development of a new democratic theory at the end of the Algerian War, with far-reaching consequences for intellectual politics in France and beyond during the final decades of the twentieth cen ...
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'Uncanny Intimacies: between hosts and guests', A Conversation with Alice Blackhurst
Join us for an evening with AUP's 2025 Writer in Residence, Alice Blackhurst, in conversation with Russell Williams (Comparative Literature). Their conversation, 'Uncanny Intimacies: between hosts and guests' will touch on topics as varied ...
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Online Book Launch: Memory Politics after Mass Violence by Timothy Williams
This event is organized by the George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention at The American University of Paris and by Practicing Memory after collective violence, a collaborative scholarly working gro ...
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Research Projects
Law, State, and Democracy (LSD) Within liberal democracy, rule of law is commonly treated as a pillar of liberal norms, while the relationship between law and democracy remains less clear. While some critical resources claim that we are living in an age o ...
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First Year Students Visit the Loire Valley
Your first semester at AUP has arrived. Your bags are packed; your plane tickets are booked. And all around the world, your future classmates are preparing to land in Paris for the adventure of a lifetime. But what awaits you in your first year? Once on ...
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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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Reading James Baldwin in 2025: A Conversation with Gary Younge
As part of this year’s Common Read, we will be gathering in room C102 on October 22 from 5:30pm to think about, talk about and celebrate the work of African-American writer James Baldwin. In particular we will be wondering what it means to read James Bald ...
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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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Contemporary French Poetry Reading
JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF BILINGUAL READINGS BY CONTEMPORARY FRENCH WRITERS VINCENT BROQUA, VIRGINIE POITRASSON, AND MICHELLE NOTEBOOM Vincent Broqua is a writer and translator. He works with text, video and narrative for a politics of gaiety. He wri ...
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100 Fashion and Textile Terms in Khmer, English and French
Illustration by SAO Sreymao "100 Fashion and Textile Terms in Khmer, English and French" is a trilingual glossary that explores the key vocabulary associated with Cambodian fashion and textiles. Developed by Magali An Berthon, Assistant Professo ...