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Lectures, Conferences & Brown Bags
2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | 2006-2007 | 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004 | 2002-2003 | VIDEO



2009 - 2010  


"Women, Peace and Security: Challenges Ahead"

Address by Margot Wallstrom, Vice-President of the European Commission. October 15, 2009 at Columbia University

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"Culture, Identity and Politics"

Panel discussion with Emmanuel Picavet (Universite Paris I), Alan Montefiore(Balliol College, Oxford), and Charles Taylor (McGill University). September 28, 2009, at Columbia University

Video - Panel
Video - Discussion



"Europe's Power in the 21st Century: Overcoming the Challenges of Globalization and Geopolitics"

Bernard Kouchner, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs for France. September 24, 2009, at Columbia University

Video - Address
Video - Discussion


2008 - 2009

 


"A conversation with Christine Lagarde"

Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy and Finance for France
February 20, 2009, at Columbia University

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"Globalization: Which Globe? Which Politics?"

Bruno Latour, Professor of Sociology, Sciences Po
February 5, 2009, at Columbia University

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“Inequality, Institutions and Economic Backwardness in Latin America"

John Coatsworth, Dean of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
February 2, 2009, at Sciences Po in Poitiers

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“Climate Change Challenge: The European Perspective"

Fernando Valenzuela, Head of the European Commission Delegation to the United Nations
Columbia University, October, 30, 2008

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“The European Union and the United States: A Renewed Partnership for a New Era”

Jean-Pierre Jouyet, French Minister of State, attached to the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, in charge of European Affairs
Columbia University, September 29, 2008

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"Powering - and empowering - the world. The Nuclear Industry and the Climate Change Challenge"

Anne Lauvergeon
, CEO, Areva
Columbia University,September 24, 2008


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"Is the Middle East Relevant?"

Ghassan Salame
, Professor of International Relations

Consulate of France in New York, April 10, 2008

Video - Intro by Consul (4:19)
Video - Intro by Vanessa Scherrer (6:09)
Video - Conference by Ghassan Salame (40:17)
Video - Q&A (10:39)

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2005 - 2006  


"France in the aftermath of the riots: what we have not done for the minorities!"

Richard Descoings, Sciences Po Directo, keynote speaker at the second Alliance Benefit dinner.
February 15, 2006


Video Part I (41:43)
Video Part II (24:40)




"Does Islam need a reformulation to be compatible with the West?"

Olivier Roy, CNRS-EHESS, Associate Researcher at CERI-Sciences Po
Columbia University, March 29, 2006


Video (40:15)



"Diversity : a challenge for global firms"

Jacques De Larosiere,Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Board, BNP Paribas. Former IMF Director, Bank of France Governor and EBRD Director, J. Christopher Simmons, Chairman's Office Partner and Chief Diversity Officer ("CDO") of PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Ron Boire, Executive Vice-President, General Merchandising. Best Buy.
Columbia University, February 3 , 2006


Video (1:28:00)
 




"Understanding the Riots in France"

Bernard Salanie, Professor of Economics at Columbia University and Ecole Polytechnique, Sudhir Venkatesh, Associate Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Moderated by David Jestaz, Alliance Director and Nicholas Dungan, President of the French American Foundation.Co-sponsored by the French American Foundation New York.
Columbia University, November 11, 2005

Video (1:36:46)



"Institutional perspectives for the EU after French and Dutch rejection of the constitution"

David Malamed, Gide Loyrette and Nouel, LLP, David Jestaz, Alliance Program and Amanda Maurer, Columbia Law School
Columbia University

Video (10:00)

Michel Petite, Director General of the European Commission Legal Service

Video (40:00)


October 2005 at Columbia University



2004 - 2005  


"The Future of the European Union"

Laurent Fabius, Former French Prime Minister and Minister of Finance campaigned at Columbia University during the referendum campaign
Columbia University, April 28, 2005

France 2 News
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"Affirmative Action in France and America"

Nicolas Sarkozy, French Minister of Economy and Finance, Former Minister of interior, proponent of Affirmative action in France
Columbia University, October 4, 2004


Video (37:06)




2003 - 2004  


"Affirmative Action in Higher Education"

Panel with
President Lee Bollinger (Columbia University) and Richard Descoings (Sciences Po)
Sciences Po, June 24th 2004

Opening by Richard Descoings (2:37)
Alan Brinkley (8:28)
Lee Bollinger (25:18)
Richard Descoings (27:05)
Alain Lancelot (14:10)
Jean Francois Amadieu (11:04)
Francoise Gaspard (12:19)
Sudhir Venkatesh (5:37)
Call for project (1:27)
Question and Answers 1 (6:39) and
Question and Answers 2 (8:09)
Conclusion (7:58)


 


 

 

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.