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Storying Later Life: Key Concepts in a Narrative Perspective on Aging
Please join the Department of Psychology at The American University of Paris for a talk on "Storying Later Life: Key Concepts in a Narrative Perspective on Aging." William (Bill) Randall is Professor Emeritus of Gerontology at St. Thomas Univers ...
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Culture and the Limits of Empathy of Healthcare Personnel: Observations in the Context of Suicide Care in Rural India
Please join the Department of Psychology at The American University of Paris for a talk on "Culture and the Limits of Empathy of Healthcare Personnel: Observations in the Context of Suicide Care in Rural India." Varnica Arora is based in Psychol ...
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Book Talk: Equality- Reflections on the History of an Elusive Idea by Darrin M. McMahon
The Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) cordially invites you to a book talk for: Equality: Reflections on the History of an Elusive Idea by Professor Darrin M. McMahon (Dartmouth College and The Davis Center, Princeton University) Equality is in ...
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Caring Futures: Contradictions, Transformation, and Revolutionary Possibilities
This hybrid conference seeks to bring together artists, activists, and scholars from a range of perspectives, disciplines, modalities, and methods to explore how we can revolutionize the way we care. Care is an emerging and contentious focus across the di ...
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Made Again: Le recyclage dans la mode parisienne, des collectionneurs et revendeurs de vêtements du XIXe siècle au recyclage et à la seconde main
Made Again. Le recyclage dans la mode parisienne, des collectionneurs et revendeurs de vêtements du XIXe siècle au recyclage et à la seconde main d’aujourd’hui. Cette séance s'inscrit dans notre thématique annuelle Déconstruire la notion de la mode p ...
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Syria Round Table I: The Struggle Against Impunity in Syria
Since 2012, after a year of peaceful pro-democracy protests suppressed by the Assad regime, Syria has been embroiled in a war involving local, regional and international actors. Fierce fighting and massive bombing campaigns have led to the fragmentation o ...
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Poverty as Capability Deprivation
Amartya Sen has argued that poverty is much more than a lack of income: it means that a person falls short of securing a basic level of capabilities. His main justification for this claim is that we need to look at what is important in a person’s life (wh ...
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Les Délibérations du Peuple with Dr. Théophile Pénigaud
On March 13th, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will host an event titled Les Délibérations du Peuple with Dr. Théophile Pénigaud. La prégnance des références au Contrat Social durant la Révolution française, mais également parmi les philosophes ...
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Book Launch of Bernard Reber's Responsible Deliberation Between Conversation and Consideration
There is no democracy without responsible deliberation. Deliberation is not just a respectful discussion without mutual recognition of individual and institutional responsibilities. The book Responsible Deliberation Between Conversation and Consideration ...
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Shaping History Beyond Words- A graphic Artist’s Perspective
In this inaugural conference for our second edition of the graphic novel Festival (FESTIVAL BD), (“La BD dans le Tumulte de l’Histoire: Résistances, Révolutions ”), Sara Lomuscio will introduce (in english) the captivating realm of graphic storytelling an ...