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Rachel Cusk and Siemon Scamell-Katz present Cahier no.38, QUARRY
none Join us for a celebration of the work of novelist and essayist Rachel Cusk and of the painter Siemon Scamell-Katz, co-authors of no.38 in AUP’s Cahiers Series, Quarry. In this cahier Cusk explores themes of arrival, transition, and loss in an account ...
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Talk by Prof. Shmulik Nili (Northwestern University) on Philosophizing the Indefensible: Strategic Political Theory
none This book asks what distinctive contributions political philosophers might make when reflecting on obvious moral failures in public policy. I defend a particular kind of contribution: I argue that political philosophers can and should craft “strategi ...
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Book-in-Progress Workshop: The Human Right to Free Internet Access, by Dr. Merten Reglitz (University of Birmingham)
none In 2016, the United Nation’s General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution regarding ‘The Promotion, Protection and Enjoyment of Human Rights on the Internet’. At the heart of this resolution is the UN’s concern that “rights that people have offl ...
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Tocqueville Colloque 2023: Autocratie vs. Democratie? A new geopolitical landscape in France, Europe, and the United States?
none In a recent book entitled The Age of the Strongman, the journalist Gideon Rachman described the inexorable rise of autocracies over the past twenty years, during which democracies once thought to be solid, such as India, Brazil, Hungary, and Turkey, ...
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Imaginaries of contemporary conflicts: engaging with the War in Ukraine on TikTok
none MCGC Working Paper Series presents research in progress by AUP scholars Noemie Oxley and Fatima Aziz, with an external discussant to be announced. 100 Fixed-50px space Featured Links MCGC at AUP ...
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Fashion Talk: Between Knoweldge & Action – Dr Samira Iran: "Exploring the Knowledge-Action Gap in the Fast Fashion Industry"
none Exploring the Knowledge-Action Gap in the Fast Fashion Industry According to recent data, the adult population in Germany collectively possesses approximately 5.2 billion garments, out of which two billion remain unused or seldom worn. Other European ...
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Film Screening: Wood and Water (Jonas Bak, 2021)
none Film at AUP is delighted to present a special film screening of Wood and Water in Monttessuy Center for the Arts, for what will be the film's première screening in Paris. Director Jonas Bak and producer Charlotte Lelong will be in attendance for ...
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BOOK LAUNCH: "THE MADMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE" WITH PATRICK WEIL (YALE, CNRS)
none On May 2, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will host Professor Patrick Weil (Yale, CNRS) for the launch of the English translation of his new book "The Madman in the White House: Sigmund Freud, Ambassador Bullitt, and the Lost Psychobio ...
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Presentation: "Carl Schmitt, Political Theology and the History of Political Thought" with Samuel Zeitlin (Cambridge)
none On Wednesday July 5, Dr. Samuel Garrett Zeitlin (University of Cambridge) will give a presentation at the CCDS titled "Carl Schmitt, Political Theology and the History of Political Thought." The talk will take place at 18h30, in-person in r ...
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MCGC Working Paper Series: recent books in feminist media studies, Andrea Press and Josiane Jouet
none Andrea Press and Josiane Jouet will be drawing from their recent book publications and work in progress. Josiane Jouet: is Professor emeritus, université de Paris Panthéon-Assas. Her most recent book is Numérique, féminisme et société, (Presses des ...