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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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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 ...
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Philippe Urfalino (CNRS-EHESS): Le mythe de l’autogouvernement
L’atelier de théorie politique Paris (ATPP) est un lieu ouvert à diverses approches de la théorie et de la philosophie politiques, qui valorise la mise à l’épreuve argumentée de réflexions actuelles, situées à la frontière des sciences politiques, des sci ...
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Teaching History and Critical Thinking with Graphic Novels (prof. Tom Mullaney, Stanford U.)
Thomas Mullaney Join us at the upcoming conference by History Professor Tom Mullaney (Stanford University) who will explore the dynamic role of graphic novels in enhancing critical thinking and enriching history education. Discover how this captivating me ...
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A Conversation with author Balla Fofana
Balla Fofana will discuss with Caroline D. Laurent (AUP) his first novel La Prophétie de Dali published in 2023 by Grasset. The themes of writing, exile, childhood, the mixing of cultures, languages, silence, among many others will be addressed. Balla Fof ...
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The Mediated Climate, with author Adrienne Russell
The Center for Media, Communication & Global Change invites you to an evening with former AUP colleague Adrienne Russell, who will present her new book The Mediated Climate: How Journalists, Big Tech and Activists are Vying for our Future (Columbia Un ...
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Bypassing Democracy: Understanding the Financial Leverage of the Paris Club of Creditors
The Center for Critical Democracy Studies presents: Bypassing Democracy: Understanding the Financial Leveage of the Paris Credit Club by Sven van Mourik. Having received his Ph.D. in economic history from New York University, Sven van Mourik investigates ...
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Nicole Hassoun on Global Health Justice
We live in tragic times. Millions are sheltering in place to avoid exacerbating the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. How should we respond to such tragedies? This presentation argues that the human right to health can help us do so because it inspires hum ...