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Lectures, Conferences & Brown Bags 2007-2008 \| 2006-2007 \| 2005-2006 \| 2004-2005 \| 2003-2004 \| 2002-2003 \| VIDEO

May 14, 15, 2005 (closed workshop) On the Catch-up Project organized by Richard Nelson, Columbia University. Participating from the Alliance, Claude Henry Professor of Economics at the Ecole Polytechnique, Shyama Ramani and Michel Trometter, Associate Scholars at the Ecole Polytechnique.

May 5, 2005 6:00pm-8:00 pm, Room 1510. University Seminar in African studies Richard Banegas, Associate Professor at Paris I in Political Sciences and African Political studies participated to the African Studies University Seminar. He spoke about: "War and violence in Africa: a product of state failure ?" More on Richard Banegas work, click here

May 2, 2005 Conference on Group Inequality and Discrimation, French and American Perspectives. International Affairs Building. 420W, 118 street. 15th floor. Room 1510. From 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM - Click here to download the program of the conference

May 2,3 2005. Paris The Alliance was knowledge Partner of the OECD forum on Fueling the future, security, stability and development. If you want to know more, click here

April 28, 2005 2:00pm-3:30 pm, SIPA, Room 1501 (15th floor) Laurent Fabius, Former Prime Minister and French Finance Minister, gave a conference on: "The future of the European Union"

April 28, 2005. First Alliance Benefit Dinner Prime Minister Fabius was a keynote speaker on : "the Future of Transatlantic Relations" at 7:30 PM at SIPA, Columbia University. The event was sponsored by our partner: MORE DETAILS CLICK HERE

April 20, 2005 2-4pm. Journalism School. Room 607B Geraldine Mulhmann is a Journalist, a Professor of Political Science at Paris XI and at the newly created Journalism School at Sciences-Po. gave a conference on :" A philosophical approach to journalism: How theories of democracy can help understand the role of journalism in western democracies."

April 22, 2005 Room 11. 12:30-14h30 Sciences Po. 27 rue Saint Guillaume. 75007 Paris. Patrick Louchouarn, Associate Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environnemental Science and Policy, Columbia University Dr Louchouarn will give a conference at Sciences-Po, in Paris on: "Double standards in public policy ? Acknowledging the burden on science in decision-making" Patrick Louchouarn Webpage, click here. More on the MPA program

April 7, 2005 Italian cultural Service. 680 Park Avenue/ 68th street. Angelo Carriero, Bank of Italy in the US David Jestaz, Alliance Program and Columbia University Bernd Kaltenhaeuse, BundesBank in New York. Brigitte Goergen, Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce will moderate the discussion. The Euro in Action three years later (panel discussion): More information, click here

March 29, 2005 4:00pm-6:00pm. Room 1219 (12th floor), SIPA Sophie Duchesne, Sciences Po CEVIPOF (and Maison Francaise at Oxford University)gave a talk on "Political European Identity". Charles Tilly, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, introduced her and gave comment on her presentation.

March 24, 2005 12:30-2pm, room 1118 (11th floor), SIPA Fahrad Khosrokhavar, Professor at EHESS, and Rashid Khalidi, Professor of Arab Studies and Director of the Middle East Institute, gave a conference on “New Muslims citizens in Europe”.

March 23, 2005 18:00-19:30. 413 Fayerweather Hall Patrick Le Gales, Research at CNRS, Professor of Sociology at Sciences-Po and CEVIPOF, Sciences Po gave a conference on Urban policy and public policy during the seminar of the Sociology Department.

March 15, Paris Edmund Phelps, Columbia University, participated to a Panel Discussion on "What forms of capitalism for Europe: is there an alternative to the American model?" featuring Christian De Boissieu, Professor of Economics at Paris I and President of the Council of Economic Advisor I and Pierre Yves Henin, Professor of Economics at Paris I, President of the University of Paris I. Moderator David Jestaz, Columbia University.

March 7, 2005 SIPA. Lindsay Rogers Room. 707. 14h00-16h00 Robert Boyer, CEPREMAP and EHESS gave a conference on "financial crises, is there a common pattern ?".

March 3, 2005 Olivier Roy, Senior Researcher at CNRS, EHESS and CERI Sciences Po gave a conference on "Religious fundamentalism as a transversal phenomena in the West: where does Islam stand as a western religion?".

January 19, 2005 In collaboration with the French American Foundation. At theLinks Club (invitations required). Richard Descoings, Sciences Po Director, gave a breakfast conference at the French American Foundation on reforms in Higher Education in France

November 19, 2004 "The Making of Global Finance" A conference given by Marc Flandreau, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po, Senior researcher at CEPR and OFCE. Discussant: Harold James, Princeton University Chair: Albert Fishlow, Columbia .

November 18, 2004. Guy Laroque, ENSAE and Ecole Polytechnique gave a Seminar in the Department of Economics: "Income maintenance and labor force participation Guy Laroque stayed for a longer visit while he worked with Bernard Salanie from the Ecole Polyechnique who was himself also visiting in the Department of Economics If you want to download their working paper click here

November 17, 2004 Olivier ROY, CNRS and Sciences Po (CERI), presented his new book published at Columbia University Press. ◊ More info on the book

November 17, 2004 General commandant les ecoles de Saint Cyr Coetquidan, Coulloume-Labarthe gave a conference on : "Bringing violence under control: the French approach".

November 16, 2004 The Columbia Business School, the Maison Francaise, the School of International and Public Affairs, the Institute for the Study of Europe and the Alliance Program presented: Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Air France CEO "Consolidation in the European Airline Industry: The Single Market a Decade Later"

George CORM former Finance Minister of Lebanon, Economist, gave two conferences at Columbia November 15, 2004. "Sustainable development and governance in the Arab World" Introduction by Lenora Suki, CGSD Co-sponsor: Earth Institute November 16. "Arab Secular Nationalism versus Islamism: What happened?" Introduction by Professor Rashid Khalidi. Co-sponsor: The Middle East Institute

November Jack Snyder. Paris. Jack Snyder gave four conferences at Sciences Po and at the University of Paris 1-Panthéon Sorbonne. - November the 3d, at the CERI: "American International Relations Theories after September 11", discussed by Jean-Yves Haine. - November the 4th, 2004 at the CERI. "Empire: A Paradoxical Tool for Democratization", discussed by Bertrand Badie. - November the 9th at the CERI: "Trials and Errors: Theory and Methodology in Evaluating Strategies of International Justice", discussed by Didier Bigo. - November the 10th at the Sorbonne: "Why Emerging Democracies Go to War? "discussed by Michel Girard.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004. Jean Baubérot, Sociologist, Président d’honneur de la section des Sciences Religieuses de l’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne) gave a conference on "La morale laique est-elle une forme d'intolerance?" Co-sponsor: The Maison Francaise at Columbia University. Tuesday, September 28th, 2pm IAB Room 1219 Francois Rubio (Médecins du Monde, Professor at Sciences Po) gave a conference on "NGO's: Is there a French Exceptionalism?"

Tuesday October 4, 2004. ” 60 Minutes with Nicolas Sarkozy”, a debate on Affirmative Action with French Finance Minister.

September 29, 2004. Jean-Francois Sirinelli, Professor of History at Sciences-Po gave a lecture on: "The role of the Intellectuals in Wartimes. The case of the French Intellectuals during the Algerian War". Conference in French, co-organized with the Maison Francaise of Columbia University.

September 28, 2004 Francois Rubio, Legal Director of Médecins du Monde, University of Paris 1 and Sciences-Po)gave a conference on : "NGO's: Is there a French Exceptionalism?".

September 21, 2004. "European Defense and Security: The French Strategy" A conference given by Frederic Charillon, Director of the research department of the French Ministry of Defense, Professor of Political Science (Sciences Po). Discussant: Jack Snyder, Professor of International Relations, SIWPS, Columbia University.

September 20, 2004. 1512 International Affairs Building. Professor Jack Snyder (Institute of War and Peace Studies, Department of Political Science, Columbia University) and Ariel Colonomos (Senior Researcher and lecturer at CERI-Sciences Po) organized a conference on "Ethics, Passions, and Contemporary International Relations". ◊ More Info Dowload theProgram

September 5, 2004 David Jestaz (Sciences Po/Columbia university), Nicolas Couderc (University of Paris I) presented a seminar on September the 5th on “A financial development indicator” before the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University.

September 2 and 3, 2004 "The History and Future of Transatlantic Relations", conference co-sponsored by the Alliance Program.

Created in the fall 2002, the Alliance Program is a non-profit transatlantic joint-venture between Columbia University and three French prestigious institutions, The École Polytechnique, Sciences Po and the Université of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne.

Alliance is an innovative program whose aim is to initiate and accompany new initiatives in the fields of education cooperation, research collaboration, and policy outreach. Over the last four years the Alliance’s scope of activities have included the organization of numerous academic conferences both in Paris and in New York, the setting up of international multidisciplinary research teams, and the creation of joint-courses and curricula targeting the students of its founding partners.