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Lectures, Conferences & Brown
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2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | VIDEO |
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November 16
Secularism in Contemporary India
Panel discussion with Rajeev Bhargava, Professor of Political
Science at the University of Delhi; Thomas Blom Hansen, Professor
of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam; and Christophe Jaffrelot,
Alliance
Visiting Professor at Columbia and Research Scientist at Sciences Po.
Co-sponsored with the Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures,
the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life, and the South Asia Institute. |
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November
12
A Conversation with Christophe de Margerie
A discussion with Christophe de Margerie, CEO of Total, John Coatsworth, Dean
of the School of International and Public Affairs, and Robert
Pelletreau, Former Assistant Secretary of State to Near Eastern Affairs.
Co-sponsored by the School of International and Public Affairs. |
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November 12
Young women in Riyadh: Between Transgressions
of Islamic rules and Consumerist Norms
A brown bag seminar with Amelie Le Renard, PhD candidate at Sciences Po and 2008
Alliance Doctoral Mobility grant awardee.
Co-sponsored with the Middle East Institute. |
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November
10
From AfPak to PakAf?: Pakistan and the Regional
Security Issue in South Asia
Lecture by Christophe Jaffrelot, Sciences Po, Alliance Visiting Professor at
Columbia University.
Introduced by Philippe Lalliot, Consul General of France, and moderated by Prof.
Alfred Stepan, Columbia University
Organized at the Consulate General of France in New York. |
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November
5
Understanding Science for Public Choices
Panel discussion featuring:
- Martin Chalfie, Professor of Biological Sciences at Columbia
and 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry;
- Jean Salencon, Honorary Professor at Ecole Polytechnique and
President of the French Academie des Sciences;
- Claude Henry, Professor of Sustainable Development at Sciences
Po and Visiting Professor at Columbia
Introduction by Morton B. Friedman, Vice Dean of the Columbia
School of Engineering
Co-sponsored by the Earth Institute and the School of International and Public
Affairs. |
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November 3
Ten Years Later: Interpreting the Regime Change in
Senegal
Lecture by Mamadou Diouf, Columbia University. Moderated
by Richard Banegas, Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.
Co-sponsored with the Departments
of History and Political Science
of the
Universite
Paris
I Pantheon-Sorbonne. Held in Paris. |
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October
30
Is Reduction of Social Inequalities a Goal
of Public Health Policy in France? The Case of Obesity
Seminar with Henri Bergeron, Senior Research fellow at Sciences Po-CSO.
Co-sponsored with the Columbia Population Research Center, the Institute of Human
Nutrition, and the Mailman School of Public Health. |
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October
27
"Trade and ..." problem: what's new
at the WTO?
Seminar with Helene Ruiz Fabri, Professor of International Law, Universite Paris
I Pantheon-Sorbonne. Moderated by Prof. George Bermann (Columbia Law School).
Co-sponsored with the European Legal Studies Center. |
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October
16-17
Caste and Contemporary India
Conference in honor of Columbia alumnus Dr. Ambedkar, with the participation
of Christophe Jaffrelot, Alliance Visiting Professor at Columbia and Professor
of Political Science at Sciences Po. Organized by the South Asia Institute
Panel "Contemporary Politics and Caste," moderated
by Christophe Jaffrelot (Sciences-Po), with Balmurli Natrajan (Anthropology,
William Paterson University), Sivakami Palanimuthu (activist and writer), Anand
Teltumbde (activist and writer) |
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October
15
Women,
Peace and Security: Challenges Ahead
Address by Margot Wallstrom, Vice-President of the European Commission.With a
discussion moderated by Prof. Yasmine Ergas (Assistant Director, Center for
the
Study
of Human Rights).
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Human Rights, the European Legal
Studies Center, the European
Institute,
the
School
of
International
and
Public
Affairs, and the UN Studies Program. |
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October
15
Sexuality, Colonization,
and the Genealogy of the French Nation
Seminar with Elsa Dorlin, Professor of Philosophie, Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne
Co-sponsored with the Maison Francaise and the Cultural Services of the French
Embassy |
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October
15
Alexander
I and Napoleon: An Emperors' Duel
Seminar with Marie-Pierre Rey, Professor of History, Universite Paris I Pantheon
Sorbonne.
Co-sponsored by the Harriman Institute |
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September
28
Culture,
Identity and Politics
Panel discussion with Emmanuel
Picavet (Universite Paris I), Alan Montefiore (Balliol College, Oxford), and
Charles Taylor (McGill University).
Co-sponsored by the Committee on Global Thought, the Heyman Center for the
Humanities and the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life. |
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September 24
Europe's
Power in the 21st Century: Overcoming
the Challenges of Globalization and Geopolitics
An address by Bernard Kouchner,
Minister for Foreign and European Affairs for France.
Co-sponsored by the Alliance Program and the School of
International and Public Affairs.
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September 14
Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance
and Social Progress
Presentation of the Commission's report with the participation
of Alliance faculty members:
Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University, chair), Jean-Paul
Fitoussi (Sciences
Po,
coordinator),
Geoffrey
Heal
(Columbia), Claude Henry (Sciences Po/ Columbia), Philippe
Weil (Sciences Po) and Jacques Le Cacheux (Sciences
Po).
Opening adress by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of
the French Republic. Held at the Grand Amphitheatre
de la Sorbonne, Paris
For more information on the Commission's work, please
visit its website. |
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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.
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