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Book Launch: "Climate Justice Now: Crossing Disciplines to Combat Our Planetary Crisis"
ABSTRACT Climate Justice Now: Crossing Disciplines to Combat Our Planetary Crisis, Edited by Rebecca Marwege, Nikhar Gaikwad, and Joerg Schaefer (Columbia University Press, 2026) Climate change is not only an environmental crisis but also a catalyst for w ...
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Launch of Cahiers Series no.42 by AUP alumnus Jan Steyn
Join us for a celebration of the launch of no.42 in AUP's Cahiers Series, by AUP alumnus Jan Steyn, currently a professor at the University of Iowa. Jan's cahier, entitled JIG, deals with the experience, across several cultures, of the afflictio ...
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Memorial/Мемориал: Defending the Memory of Soviet Crimes
Memorial (Мемориал in Cyrillic) is an association dedicated to the documentation of the history of human rights violations and the defense of human rights. Memorial specializes in the state crimes committed in the Soviet Union during the rule of Joseph St ...
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Nowruz Celebration
The AUP community is warmly invited to celebrate Nowruz, the arrival of spring and the Persian New Year, observed by people from various cultures and religions. The celebration will feature a delightful selection of sweet and savory snacks, music, and an ...
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Book Launch: "Surrealism and Ecology" organized by the Art History and Fine Arts Department & the AUP Library.
The book Surrealism and Ecology explores for the first time the significant role of Surrealist artists and writers within the history of critical thinking about nature and environment over the last hundred years. It approaches ecology both as a mode of th ...
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Serial Hauntings and Immersive Fandom
AUP Professor Russell Williams presents research in progress on "immersive fandom," in relation to the series Hellier and Broken Veil. Related Links More About the MCGC ...
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Rooted Relationality: Hyper-Seasonal Food Practices and Ecological Consciousness in Rome and Kyoto
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Après Coup Film Screening
The George and Irina Schaeffer Center for the Study of Genocide, Human Rights and Conflict Prevention welcomes Susan Solomon and Amélie Mutarabayire-Schafer to screen their documentary, Après Coup which explores the persistence of trauma among adults who ...
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Film Screening and Q&A: Politzek, the voices that challenge the Kremlin (2026)
Film screening and Q&A session with the film’s author and AUP lecturer, Sacha Koulaeva. Organized by Sharon Weill and The Justice lab. In Russia, criticizing the war in Ukraine or Vladimir Putin’s regime has become a crime. Thousands of ordinary citi ...
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Book Talk, "Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding" (OUP, 2025), Natasha Wunsch
ABSTRACT Why do citizens often fail to resist democratic backsliding? This book claims that political culture is key to explaining the electoral success and enduring public support for authoritarian-leaning leaders despite their open violations of democra ...