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Critical Theory 101: Axel Honneth
none The seminar series Critical Theory 101: Future Directions and New Challenges, co-organized by The American University of Paris and the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, seeks to explore the evolving landscape of cr ...
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Angela Tate on James Baldwin
none In the context of the First Year Success Common Read, we are delighted to be hosting a talk on James Baldwin by Angela Tate, writer, artist, scholar, and curator. Angela serves as the chief curator and director of collections at the Museum of Afric ...
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An Evening with Fiona Sze-Lorrain
none Please join us on the 22nd of January for a reading by poet, literary translator, and musician Fiona Sze-Lorrain. Lorrain writes and translates in English, French, and Chinese and is the author of several poetry collections and most recently a novel ...
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An evening with Palestinian writer Karim Kattan
The Department of Comparative Literature is delighted to welcome the Palestinian writer Karim Kattan for a discussion and celebration of his work. His first book in French, Préliminaires pour un verger futur, published in 2017 by Tunis-based Éditions Elyz ...
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Gastro-Constitutionalism (Mathilde Cohen, UConn)
Gastro-Constitutionalism: The Role of Food in Constructing Constitutional Norms (Mathilde Cohen, UConn) ABSTRACT This presentation proposes the concept of "gastro-constitutionalism" (and more broadly of "gastro-legalism") to articulate ...
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A Reading and Q&A with Sophie Mackintosh, Paris Writer in Residence
Join us for a reading and conversation with Sophie Mackintosh, a writer based in London. Her debut novel The Water Cure was nominated for the 2018 Man Booker Prize, and her second novel, Blue Ticket, was published in 2020. Praised for its "cool inten ...
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Democratic Citizenship Education in Digitized Societies
In this paper I offer a new conceptualization of democratic citizenship education in light of the transformations of contemporary Western societies that the use of technologies of the digital net have brought about. My conceptualization adopts a deliberat ...
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Jean Painlevé, scientist and surrealist, by Christina Heflin
This presentation will begin with a biographical overview of Painlevé and his work, which will then be followed by a discussion of the focus of my recently completed doctoral thesis on the connection between the Surrealist use of marine animals in artwork ...
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Feminist Political Campaign in The Arab Region with Speaker Rana Khoury
In this talk guest speaker, Rana Khoury, presents her work on feminist campaigns in Lebanon and the Middle East. Rana Khoury, creative director and social entrepreneur, has been behind most of the gender-equality award-winning campaigns coming out of the ...
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ROTARY International /ROTARACT-Paris
Inspiring action and engagement- Serving to change Lives- Connecting the World- Serving Humanity By Ed SHENKAN, Board Member Rotary Club of San Francisco, California, USA Chair President of the International Services Committee (MBA-Duke University. B.A- U ...