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Book Talk: Equality- Reflections on the History of an Elusive Idea by Darrin M. McMahon
none The Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) cordially invites you to a book talk for: Equality: Reflections on the History of an Elusive Idea by Professor Darrin M. McMahon (Dartmouth College and The Davis Center, Princeton University) Equality ...
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Poverty as Capability Deprivation
none Amartya Sen has argued that poverty is much more than a lack of income: it means that a person falls short of securing a basic level of capabilities. His main justification for this claim is that we need to look at what is important in a person’s lif ...
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Book Launch of Bernard Reber's Responsible Deliberation Between Conversation and Consideration
none There is no democracy without responsible deliberation. Deliberation is not just a respectful discussion without mutual recognition of individual and institutional responsibilities. The book Responsible Deliberation Between Conversation and Considera ...
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Book Presentation of Darrel Moellendorf's Mobilizing Hope – Climate Change and Global Poverty (OUP)
none A climate crisis and other pressures on planetary ecology are cause for profound anxiety. Climate change threatens to trap hundreds of millions of people in poverty and to separate further an already deeply divided world. However, a new generation of ...
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Nicole Hassoun on Global Health Justice
none We live in tragic times. Millions are sheltering in place to avoid exacerbating the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. How should we respond to such tragedies? This presentation argues that the human right to health can help us do so because it inspire ...
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Genocide and Genealogy: How Armenian Family Trees Speak of 1915
none The Schaeffer Center is honored to host Ayşenur Korkmaz for a lecture entitled “Genocide and Genealogy: How Armenian Family Trees Speak of 1915” on the Friday, April 5th, 2024 at 17h00. Scholars in genocide studies employ various research methods and ...
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Philippe Urfalino (CNRS-EHESS): Le mythe de l’autogouvernement
none L’atelier de théorie politique Paris (ATPP) est un lieu ouvert à diverses approches de la théorie et de la philosophie politiques, qui valorise la mise à l’épreuve argumentée de réflexions actuelles, situées à la frontière des sciences politiques, de ...
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Shaping History Beyond Words- A graphic Artist’s Perspective
none In this inaugural conference for our second edition of the graphic novel Festival (FESTIVAL BD), (“La BD dans le Tumulte de l’Histoire: Résistances, Révolutions ”), Sara Lomuscio will introduce (in english) the captivating realm of graphic storytelli ...
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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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The Mediated Climate, with author Adrienne Russell
none The Center for Media, Communication & Global Change invites you to an evening with former AUP colleague Adrienne Russell, who will present her new book The Mediated Climate: How Journalists, Big Tech and Activists are Vying for our Future (Columb ...