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“Edge of Catastrophe” Guest Lecture by Roger Frie
none What does it mean to be both a social critic and a practicing psychologist? In view of the social and political crises we face today, this is surely one of the profession's most pressing challenges. This talk will draw on the early work of Erich ...
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Book Talk. Imperial Material: National Symbols in the US Colonial Empire
none Join the Center for Critical Democracy Studies for a book talk with historian Alvita Akiboh on "Imperial Material: National Symbols in the US Colonial Empire" (University of Chicago Press, 2023). The book will be commented by Melanie Bavari ...
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Palestine and Lebanon: A Discussion with Professor Ziad Majed
none "Students for Justice in Palestine" invites you to a discussion with AUP Professor Ziad Majed on the situation in Palestine and Lebanon today, after a year of war, destruction and what many legal experts, UN officials and international orga ...
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Book Talk: Seeing Like a Firm
none Business corporations are political entities and need to be considered as such. Seeing Like a Firm invites readers to do just that by providing a political theory of the business firm and, in doing so, offering new perspectives on the recent histor ...
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Book Talk: Seeing Like a Firm (With Pierre-Yves Néron, ESPOL)
none Join the Center for Critical Democracy Studies for a book talk with philosopher Pierre-Yves Néron on "Seeing Like a Firm" (Oxford University Press, 2024). The book will be commented by Peter Hägel (AUP), Sandrine Blanc (INSEEC), and Morgane ...
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Discussing the Current Situation in Syria with Professor Ziad Majed
none After 54 years of brutal dictatorship and 14 years of revolution and war, the Assad regime in Syria has fallen. How did this happen and what is the situation today? What are the political challenges in this devastated country and what kind of transit ...
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Stina Bergman Blix, "Orderly Feelings in Law: An International Comparison of Legal Decision-making"
none Lecture topic: There is a longstanding belief that emotions bring disorder into legal decision-making. Judges and prosecutors should not take decisions in anger or out of pity. But are there also emotions that are essential to legal decision making? ...
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The Right to Education in International Law: Abidjan Principles on Regulation of Private Education
none Join Roman Zinigrad (AUP) and other experts on the right to education for a webinar on "Abidjan Principles 6th Anniversary: Unpacking the Legal Foundations and Justifications". The webinar will focus on the Guiding Principles on the Human R ...
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Restaurants and Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Paris: A Lecture By Rebecca L. Spang
none Why are there restaurants? To answer this question, Professor Rebecca L. Spang takes us back to the invention of the restaurant in eighteenth-century Paris. Originally, a restaurant was not a place or a business but a thing to eat: a quasi-medicinal ...
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Limor Yehuda presents 'Collective Equality: Human Rights and Democracy in Ethno-National Conflicts'
none 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 Rig ...