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From utopia to real possibilities. How can critical social science contribute to political strategy? with Laurent Jeanpierre
none This conference will address questions of hope and powerlessness and their interplay in contemporary societies, as well as the role that social sciences can play in the renewal of our collective emancipatory imagination. 100 Image https://www.aup.edu ...
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Solidarity vis-à-vis Recurring Issues
none Tomáš G. Masaryk, the Czech philosopher and statesman, wrote with optimism that the disasters of World War I ‘brought mankind closer together.’ In The New Europe, Masaryk explained that ’Internationalism, more intimate than ever, has been fostered b ...
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A Conversation with Author Juan Gabriel Vásquez
none Colombian author Juan Gabriel Vásquez - "one of the most impressive novelists currently writing in Latin America" (TLS)- will participate in a conversation with students about his latest novel, The Retrospective. Juan Gabriel Vásquez ...
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Syria Round Table II: Syrian Gulag: Inside Assad’s Prisons
none Out of a pre-war Syrian population of 24 million, at some point during the ongoing conflict, there were about 250,000 Syrians detained in its many prisons, a percentage of the population (1%) that dwarfs that of many other authoritarian regimes. Impr ...
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I Am Not Proud to be German: East German Identity and The Legacy of Fascism
none This presentation will explore the complexity of East German national identity as experienced by a small group of dissident activists I have interviewed over 3 decades. Interwoven into the analysis is a deep contextualization of the role of anti-Fasc ...
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Les Conférences francophones: « Le jury terroir et la roue des arômes du Comté: goûter la diversité »
none S’il vous plaît, étant donné qu'une dégustation est impliquée, il est important de s'inscrire à la conférence ci-dessous. (Sinon, nous ne pourrons pas garantir qu'il y aura suffisamment de fromage pour tout le monde... et ce serait dom ...
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AUP Winter Student Film Festival
none The AUP Student Film Festival will have its first ever winter edition on Friday, December 15, in Monttessuy Center for the Arts. Wine and snacks will be served from 18h30 and the screening will begin promptly at 19h30. Please join us in celebratin ...
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The Limits of Democracy- Book Discussion with Prof. Marcos Nobre
none In this timely book, Brazilian political philosopher Marcos Nobre analyzes the social and political roots of the election of Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency of Brazil and shows how this process is connected to the rise of new far-right movements thr ...
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Justice as Equality: Inheritance for All
none Stefan Gosepath is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the Free University Berlin (Germany) and associated at the Departments of Politics there. He is Principal Investigator of the Cluster of Excellence ”The Contestation of the Liberal Script” (SCRI ...
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Book Launch: Re-thinking Mediations of Post-truth Politics and Trust
none The Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) and The Center for Media, Communication & Global Change (MCGC) cordially invite you to the book launch for: Rethinking Mediations of Post-truth Politics and Trust: Globality, Culture, Affect Commen ...