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Refusing to Be Silent: Engaged Conversations with Leading Intellectuals, book promotion
How can we approach the world and guide our thinking in the face of profound, myriad challenges? The book seeks to formulate these challenges and develop ways to tackle them through a set of wide-ranging interviews with leading intellectuals of our times, ...
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Queering the Quai: Paris’ Magic City
Patrick Preston, in conversation with Robert Payne, ‘Queering the Quai: Paris’s Magic City.' There were drag balls at the Magic City, a pleasure space on the Quai d’Orsay and the Rue de l’Université (right near where AUP is now), from 1900-1934. How ...
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Cabaret and Collaboration: A Symposium Honoring the Rich Life of Josephine Baker
A roaring brass section, limbs gliding effortlessly across the stage to the beat, shining costumes, or sometimes lack thereof, capturing the audience’s regard-- this was cabaret in the 20’s and the backdrop for the performances of one of the most memorabl ...
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Journée d'Etudes sur Le discours philosophique de Michel Foucault
In the summer of 1966 Foucault prepared to take on his much anticipated first position as a professor of philosophy, but unlike Kafka’s hapless countryman, Foucault did not patiently wait for the institution of philosophy to finally open its door! He cus ...
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14 AUP Artists
Please join us for the celebration of the vernissage in the presence of the exhibiting artists: Ana Pranjic Anusic, Mano Banduwardena, Jennifer Dixey, Kevin Dixey, Denise Geney, Pascale Guibout, Donatella Jackson, Sandra Lefaure, Randa Massot, Lily Servel ...
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I Am Not Proud to be German: East German Identity and The Legacy of Fascism
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-Fascism i ...
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Soulèvements ou Revolutions? with Professors Raluca Soreanu and Sandra Laugier
On February 15th, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will host the third event in the Pouvoir Constituant or Pouvoirs Constitués series. This event will consist of two presentations, Are Crowds in Protest Capable of Mourning or Working Through Poli ...
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Soulèvements ou Revolutions? with Professors Julian Culp and Oscar Agustin
On March 20th, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will host the fourth event in the Pouvoir Constituant or Pouvoirs Constitués: Soulèvements ou Revolutions? This event will consist of two presentations, Digital Constituant Power by Professor Julian ...
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Soulèvements ou Revolutions? with Professors Barbara Szaniecki and Pierre Dardot
On April 4th, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will host the fifth and final event in the Soulèvements ou Revolutions: Pouvoir Constituant or Pouvoirs Constitués series. This event will consist of two presentations, Soulever la Terre, Suspendre l ...
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Book Launch: The Privacy Fallacy by Ignacio Cofone
The Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) cordially invites you to the book launch for: The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy by Professor Ignacio Cofone Our privacy is besieged by tech companies. Companies can do this beca ...