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2009 |
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August 14
The Economic
Growth Impact of Hurricanes: Evidence from US Coastal
Counties
Seminar with Eric Strobl, Professor of Economics at Ecole
Polytechnique and visiting scholar at the Center for
International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
Co-sponsored by the CIESIN. |
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July
17
Remarks
on the Value of Diversity
Keynote speech by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice
of the US Supreme Court and former professor at Columbia
Law School, delivered on the occasion of the Sciences
Po graduation ceremony.
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July 6
Employee-management Techniques: Transient Fads
or Trending Fashions?
Seminar with Eric Abrahamson (Professor of Management, Columbia Business School).
Co-sponsored by the Centre
de Recherche en Gestion (CRG, Ecole Polytechnique). Held at the CRG, Paris.
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June 19
Challenges and Evolution of Journalism Education
One-day conference featuring Nicholas Lemann (Dean of Columbia Journalism School)
and Bruno Patino (Director of Sciences Po Ecole de Journalisme).
Held at Sciences Po, Paris. |
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June
3
What is a Social Group Across Time in Network
Terms?
Lecture with David Stark (Chair of the Department of Sociology at Columbia University
and Director of the Center on Organizational Innovation). Moderated by Bruno
Latour (Sciences Po). Lecture held at Sciences Po.
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May 28
Principes d'Architecture du Systeme Affectif de Prise
de Decision
Seminar with Michel Tuan Pham (Professor of Business,
Columbia Business School), introduced by Sophie Rieunier
(Professor of Business, IAE, Universite Paris I). Held
at Universite Paris I. |
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May
14
Interventions and Post-Conflict Reconstructions
in Democratic Republic of Congo
Conference featuring two discussions:
> Defining Local Conflicts: the Failure of International Intervention in Congo,
with Severine Autesserre (Barnard College)
> The Capillary Action: the Power of the Border in Congo, with Tim Raeymaekers
(Gand University)
> Discussants: Roland Marchal (Sciences Po-CERI) and Thierry Vircoulon (IFRI)
> Conference held at CERI Sciences Po |
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April
21
Generational Fractures and Welfare Regime:
(Un)sustainability in Continental Europe
Lecture by Louis Chauvel (Sciences Po). Moderated
by Seymour Spilerman (Columbia).
Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality, the European
Institute, the Department of Sociology, and the Institute for Social and Economic
Research and Policy
Discussed
Paper
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Monde
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April
17
Where is Russia
Headed? Trends in Society, Economics and Politics
Conference
co-sponsored by the Harriman
Institute, featuring
three panels discussing trends
in society, economics and
politics.
Speakers and moderators include
Marie Mendras (Sciences Po),
Eliot Bernstein (NYU), Madezdha
Azhigikhina (Russian Union
of Journalists), Cathy Nepomnyashchy
(Columbia), Padma Desai (Columbia),
Timothy Frye (Columbia), Thomas
Remington (Emory/Harvard),
and Ethan S. Burger (Columbia).
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Monde
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April
16
Holy Ignorance: The Age of Religion without
Culture
Seminar with Olivier Roy (Sciences Po), moderated by Ghassan
Salame (Columbia/Sciences Po), co-sponsored by the Heyman Center for the
Humanities, the Middle East Institute (MEI) and the Institute for Religion,
Culture
and Public
Life
(IRCPL).
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April
8
Truths, Half Truths and Fallacies in the
Prevailing Oil Conventional
Wisdom
Seminar with Robert Mabro (Oxford University), moderated by Ghassan Salame
(Columbia/Sciences Po), co-sponsored by the Center for Energy, Marine Transporation
and Public Policy and the Middle
East Institute.
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April
8
Youth, War and Nationalism in Africa: The
violent political subjectivation of Abidjan Young Patriots
Seminar with Richard Banegas (Universite Paris I), moderated by Ousmane Kane
(Columbia University),
co-sponsored
by the Institute for African Studies
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April
7
Explaining Latin
American Regional Integration's Oxymoron: Consistency Despite
Instability, Resilience Despite Crises
Seminar with Olivier Dabene (Sciences Po), co-sponsored by the Institute of Latin
American Studies
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March
26
Democratization in the Arab World
Seminar with Jean Leca (Sciences Po), moderated by Peter Awn (Middle East Institute),
co-sponsored by the IRCPL and the Middle East Institute
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March
25
Hindu Nationalist
Militias
Seminar with Christophe
Jaffrelot (Sciences Po-CERI), co-sponsored by the
Center for Democracy, Toleration and Religion, the
Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life,
the Political Science Department and the Southern
Asian
Institute.
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February
20
A
Conversation with Christine Lagarde
Minister of Finance for France, moderated
by James B. Stewart (Columbia University), co-organized
by Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
and the Society of Professional Journalists-Columbia
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February
10, 2009
Business
Integration in Global Health Governance: The Case
of the Fight Against Malaria
Seminar with Auriane Guilbaud, Doctoral Candidate in International Relations,
Sciences Po; Visiting Research Scholar in the department of Sociomedical Science.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Gender, Sexuality and Health and the SMS' Pre-Doctoral
Training Program in Gender, Sexuality and Health. |
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February
13, 2009
Millenium
Development Goals at Midpoint: Where do we stand
and where do we need to go?
Seminar with Francois Bourguignon (Director of Paris School of Economics, Former
Chief Economist of the World Bank). Co-sponsored by the Committee on Global
Thought, the Program for Economic Research of the Economics Department and
the Program in Economic Policy Management of SIPA.
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February
7, 2009
The Changing
Nature and Dynamics of Public Controversy
Conference with Yochai Benkler (Harvard), Bruno Latour
(Sciences Po) and Paul Starr (Princeton).
Event organized
by Columbia’s Communications PhD program and
co-sponsored by the Alliance Program, the Columbia
Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, the Center
on Organizational Innovation and the Institute for
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February
5, 2009
Globalization:
Which Globe? Which Politics?
Seminar with
Bruno Latour (Sciences Po). Moderated by David Stark
(Columbia University). Co-sponsored by the Heyman Center
for Humanities.
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February
2, 2009
Inequality,
Institutions and Economic Backwardness in Latin America
Lecture
with
John Coatsworth, Dean of the School of International
and Public Affairs at Columbia University and Professor
of International and Public Affairs and of History.
Sciences Po in Poitiers, France
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January
13, 2009
The
Great Depression: Then and Now
Lecture
with Alan Brinkley, Provost and Allan Nevins Professor
of American History, Columbia University. Co-sponsored
by the Centre des Ameriques de Sciences Po.
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FALL
2008
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Thursday, December
11
Migration and
Remittances in Latin America
Seminar
with Rodolfo de la Garza (Columbia University) and
Riva Kastoryano
(Sciences Po)
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Monday,
December 8
America's
Statistical « Races » : Policy Challenges
Seminar with Kenneth Prewitt (Columbia University).
Moderated by Paul Schor (Université Paris
7/CENA-EHESS). Co-sponsored by the CERI (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches
Internationales) at Sciences Po
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Tuesday,
December 9, 2008
Anticompetitive
Vertical Mergers Waves
Seminar with Jerome Pouyet (Ecole Polytechnique), presenting
a paper written with Johan Hombert and Nicolas Schutz,
organized within
the seminar "Industrial Organization
and Strategy" of the Economics Department
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Thursday,
December 4
Chad and
Darfur, the Merging of Two Crises
Seminar with Roland Marchal (CERI-SciencesPo). Moderated by Mamadou Diouf (Director
of the Institute of African Studies).
Co-sponsored by the Institute of African Studies |
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Tuesday, December
2
Peace Laboratories
in Colombia-The European Approach to Peace Building
Seminar
with Dorly Castañeda, Visiting Scholar and
PhD Candidate, Sciences Po, organized by ILAS
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Tuesday,
November 25
Beyond
Martyrdom and Terror, The Future of Middle East
Book presentation by Gilles Kepel (SciencesPo). Moderated by Al Stepan (Director
of the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life).
Co-sponsored by the CDTR (Center forthe Study of Democracy, Toleration and
Religion), the IRCPL and the Middle East Institute. |
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Thursday,
November 20
Transnational
Shia Politics, Religious and Political Networks in
the Gulf
Book presentation by Laurence
Louer (SciencesPo-CERI). Moderated by Gary Sick (Middle
East Institute). Co-sponsored by the Middle East Institute
and the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public
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Thursday,
November 13
IPSL Simulations of
Future Climate Changes: How to Understand and Constrain
Uncertainties?
Seminar with Hervé Le Treut (Laboratoire de
Meteorologie Dynamique, Ecole
Polytechnique).
Moderated by Peter Schlosser (Director of the Columbia Climate Center).
Co-sponsored by the Columbia Climate Center
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Monday,
November 10
B.A./M.A. Info Session
Info session on the dual degree program between Columbia College and
SciencesPo |
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Monday,
November 10
Infringement actions against
EU Member States (Art. 226 - 228 EC Treaty): How
the European Commission wields a sharp sword |
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Seminar
with Claire-Françoise
Durand, Director-General of the European Commission Legal
Service. Moderated by George Bermann (Jean Monnet Professor
of EU Law).
Co-sponsored by the European Legal Studies Center. Organized in
the framework of the French Presidency of the European Union. |
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Thursday,
November 6
Israel
as a Jewish and Democratic
State: A Reappraisal
Seminar
with Alain Dieckhoff (SciencesPo-CERI). Moderated by Peter Awn (Director of the
Middle East Institute). Co-sponsored by the Middle East Institute. |
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From
October 20th to November 4th
France Info-Alliance US Election
Series
France
Info in
collaboration with the Alliance Program proposes a special
US Election Series.Starting October 20, a democrat and
a republican from Columbia University share their
views on the campaign during a live interview on French
radio.France
Info is a round-the-clock news broadcasting radio and
the 4th radio programs broadcaster in France with 5 millions
auditors.
Listen
to the past interviews: here
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Thursday,
October 30
Climate
Change Challenge, The European Perspective |
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Keynote
address by Ambassador Fernando Valenzuela, Head
of the Delegation of the European Commission to
the United Nations. Moderated by John Coatsworth,
Dean of SIPA, Columbia University. Co-sponsored
by the Earth Institute and the European Institute.
Organized
in the
framework of the French Presidency of the European
Union.
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Wednesday, October 29
International Trade and Climate Change:
A Critical Approach to the Discourse on
Mutual Support
Seminar with Helene Ruiz-Fabri (Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, Professor
of International Law)
Co-sponsored by the European Legal Studies Center |
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Monday,
October 27
The Shape
of the World to Come: Charting the Geopolitics of a New Century
Book presentation by Laurent Cohen-Tanugi (SciencesPo).
Moderated by David Andelman (World Policy Institute). Co-sponsored by Alliance
Program, Columbia University Press, Political Science Department, School of International
and Public Affairs, Stanford Alumni Association, World Policy Institute.
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October 15
Equality and Transparency:
A Strategic Perspective on Affirmative Action in American Law
Book presentation by Daniel
Sabbagh (SciencesPo–CERI).
Co-sponsored with the Maison Française at Columbia University, the Cultural
Services of the French Embassy in the US, the Political Science Department and
the Columbia Law School. |
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October
14
France-Etats-Unis: les Nouvelles Perspectives de la
Politique Etrangère
Française |
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Keynote adress in French by Hervé de
Charette (former French Minister for Foreign Affairs).
Co-sponsored with the Maison Francaise at Columbia University.
Organized
in the
framework of the French Presidency of the European Union. |
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October
14
Colonial
Memory: a Comparative Perspective of Africa and South-East
Asia
Seminar with Romain
Bertrand (SciencesPo-CERI) for
the CERI-SIPA Series in African Studies.
Moderated by Mamadou Diouf (Director of the Institute of African Studies).
Co-sponsored with the Institute of African Studies, the Weatherhead Institute
and the APEC Study Center. |
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October
13
Through
Foreign Eyes: How Foreign Journalists View the U.S.
Election Coverage
Panel discussion with U.S.
Correspondents
of Foreign Press. Moderated by Anya Schiffrin.
Co-sponsored with the IMC concentration at SIPA. |
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October 13
Java
and the Malay World (c. 1580-1670): Hobbes and
the 'Pujangga': Writing Connected Histories of
the Early Modern Imperial Encounter
Seminar by Romain
Bertrand (SciencesPo-CERI).
Co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Institute and the Southeast Asia Seminar.
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October
2
Doomsday
Movements in Contemporary Islam
Seminar by Jean-Pierre
Filiu, SciencesPo. Moderated by Peter Awn
(Director of the Middle East Institute). Co-sponsored
by the Middle East Institute. |
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September
29
“The European Union and the United
States: A Renewed Partnership for a New Era” |
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Keynote
by Jean-Pierre JOUYET, French Minister of State,
attached to the Minister of Foreign and European
Affairs, in
charge of European Affairs. Co-sponsored by the European
Institute, the Maison Française and the School
of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.Organized
in the
framework of the French Presidency of the European Union.
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September
24
Moralizing International Relations,
Called to Account
Book presentation by Ariel Colonomos (SciencesPo-CERI).
Co-sponsored by the Political Science Department and
the War and Peace Studies Institute.
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September
24
Powering -and empowering- the world.
The Nuclear Industry and the Climate Change Challenge |
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Keynote
speech by Anne Lauvergeon (Chief Executive Officer
of Areva). Co-sponsored by Columbia University's World
Leaders Forum. Organized
in the
framework of the French Presidency of the European Union.
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September
9
Direct Observation of Anderson Localization
of Matter-Waves in a Controlled Disorder
Seminar by Alain Aspect (Ecole Polytechnique, Institut d'Optique)
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September
8
From Einstein Institutions to Quantum
Bits: A New Quantum Age
Colloquim by Alain Aspect (Ecole Polytechnique,
Institut d'Optique). |
