Lectures, Conferences & Brown Bags
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2010 |
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June
14 - Paris
Conceiving the Future: Population Projections and
the Political Uses of Prevision?
Panel discussion with Matthew Connelly (Columbia
University) and Herve Le Bras (EHESS), discussed by Jenny
Andersson (Sciences Po).
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Detailed program of
the conference
This panel discussion is part of a one-day conference on “Governing the
Future. Knowledge and Policy Making” organized by the CERI. Featured speakers
from Sciences Po include: Jenny Andersson, Ariel Colonomos, Ivan Manokha and
Jérôme
Sgard.
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June 4
The Effects of Social Context on Environmental
Decisions
Lecture by David Krantz, Professor of Psychology and Statistics at Columbia University
and Director of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED), moderated
by Claude Henry (Columbia University and Sciences Po).
> Download the abstract
Co-sponsored with the
Centre des Ameriques (DAIE, Sciences Po) and the Institute for Sustainable Development
and International Relations (IDDRI).
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June
1
The Challenges of Muslim Integration in Europe
A discussion featuring: Christopher Caldwell (senior editor
at The Weekly Standard, columnist at the Financial Times, author of Reflections
on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West); Adam
Gopnik (award-winning essayist and journalist for The New Yorker, author
of Paris to the Moon and Angels and Ages); and Patrick Weil (visiting
professor at Yale Law School, director of the Center for the Study of Immigration,
Integration and Citizenship Policies at the Universite Paris I, author of How
to be French: Nationality in the Making since 1789).
The conversation will be
chaired by Peter Awn (professor of Islamic Religion and Comparative
Religion, and director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University).
This event is presented in collaboration with the French-American Foundation. |
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May 26
Religion, Secularism and Democracy
One-day conference at Sciences Po featuring keynote speaker Alfred Stepan (Columbia
University): "The Multiple Secularisms of Modern Democratic and Non-Democratic
Regimes".
> More information here
Co-sponsored with the CERI at Sciences Po, the Pole Religions at the French Ministry
for Foreign Affairs and the European Institute in Religious Studies at the Ecole
Pratique des Hautes Etudes.
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May
20
L'Islam est-il soluble dans la République
?
A panel discussion including Jean-François Bayart (Sciences Po), Mamadou
Diouf (Columbia University), Henry Laurens (Collège de France) and Jean
Leca (Sciences Po).
> More information on the program
Co-sponsored with the CERI-Sciences Po
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May 1
Crime Narratives in Modern Latin America: History,
Journalism, Literature
A roundtable discussion with Dominique Kalifa (Universite Paris I), Ricardo Salvatore (Columbia University), Glen S. Close (University of Madison, Wisconsin)
This roundtable is part of a two-day conference on “Narratives
of Crime.” For more information on the program, click here.
This event is co-sponsored by the Columbia-Paris Alliance Program and the Institute
of Latin American Studies. |
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April
30
After Lisbon: a Strengthened European Parliament
in the Transatlantic Partnership
An address by Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament.
Co-sponsored by the Alliance Program, the European Institute, the Italian Academy
and the School of International and Public Affairs, in collaboration with the
EU Delegation to the United Nations, the European Legal Studies Center and the
European Student Association.
Please read Jerzy Buzek's
biography
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April
30
“Columbia Students vs. Conference
Olivaint”
A Transatlantic Student Debate
Introduced by Philippe Lalliot, Consul General of France.
Co-sponsored by the Columbia-Paris Alliance Program and the Consulate
General of France in New York.
The debaters are, for Columbia Students Team: Cyrille Beaufils, Sanjayan
Srikanthan and Austin Tyler; and for Conference Olivaint Team: Mathieu Gatineau,
Danielle Valendaire and Clément Wolf.
For pictures of the event, click here |
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April
28
Temporal Preferences in International Relations
Theories: A Praise for Looking Forward
Seminar with Ariel Colonomos (Sciences Po, CERI). Co-sponsored by the Institute
of War and Peace Studies. |
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April 20
Participating Insurance Contracts and the Rothschild-Stiglitz
Equilibrium Puzzle
Seminar with Pierre Picard (Ecole Polytechnique).
> Download the paper
Co-sponsored with the Economics
Department and the Business School.
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April
16-17
Plato, Socrates, and the Desire
for Good
Two-day conference featuring presentations by: Katja Maria Vogt (Columbia University),
Christopher Rowe (University of Durham), Louis-André Dorion (Université de
Montréal), David Sedley (University of Cambridge), Malcolm Schofield (University
of Cambridge) and comments by Michel Narcy (CNRS, Centre Jean Pépin),
Annick Jaulin (Universite Paris I) and Pierre-Marie Morel (ENS-LSH Lyon).Co-sponsored
by GRAMATA and the Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne
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April 14
Confronting
the Challenge of Effective Urban Governance: Lessons From
New York City
Lecture by Ester Fuchs (Columbia University), moderated by Vincent
Renard (IDDRI, Sciences Po). Co-sponsored by the Institute for Sustainable Development
and International Relations (IDDRI) at Sciences Po. Event
held at Sciences Po.
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April 13
Governing the 21st Century Global City: Lessons
From New York City
Lecture by Ester Fuchs (Columbia University).
Co-sponsored by the Master of Public Affairs (MPA) at Sciences
Po. Event held at Sciences Po. |
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April
13
El movimiento de López
Obrador (2006-2009) en México a
la luz de las teorías de la acción colectiva
Seminar with Hélène Combes (Universite Paris I).
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies. |
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April 1
The Challenges of Obama's Healthcare Reform
Lecture by Lawrence Brown, Professor of Health Policy
and Management, Columbia University. Co-sponsored by
the "Chaire
Sante de Sciences Po". Held at Sciences Po. |
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March 29
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France
Presented
by the Columbia University World Leaders Forum, the Columbia-Paris
Alliance Program and the Maison Francaise.
Read
the press
coverage clips
View
video on the World
Leaders Forum website.
View
video
of Nicolas Sarkozy's 2004 address at Columbia University
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March
15-16
Defining Norms
Two-day History conference organized by the Columbia Graduate History Association
and Cliopea (Universite Paris I).
Co-sponsored by the Columbia History Department, the European Institute and the
Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. Held at the Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. |
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March
15
"Journee Philosophie" at Paris I
Co-sponsored by the Alliance Program, NoSoPhi (Universite Paris I) and the Societe
Francaise de Philosophie. Held at Universite Paris I.
> Liberal Ideals and the Evaluation
of Persons (10:00
am-12:00 pm). Seminar
with Carol Rovane (Columbia University),
moderated by Jean-Fabien Spitz (Universite
Paris I, NoSoPhi).
> Identity and Politics (2:30 pm - 5:30 pm).
Panel discussion with Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University), Jean-François
Kervegan (Universite Paris I), Emmanuel Picavet (Universite
de Franche-Comte), and Charles Girard (Universite
de Tours).
> Download the abstracts
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March
9
Experiences of Participatory Democracy in Latin
America and Europe in a Comparative Perspective
Seminar with David Recondo (Sciences Po), moderated by Pablo Pinto (Columbia
University).
Co-sponsored with the Institute of
Latin American Studies. |
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March
5
Read-In/Speak-Out on Haiti
Open mike to speak out about the earthquake and recovery, or to read a poem or
passage from a work of Haitian literature or a work on Haitian history or culture.
Readings can be given in English, French or Kreyol.
Co-sponsored with the ICLS, the Haitian Students Association and the Maison Francaise. |
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March
2
Markovian Assignment Rules
Seminar with Francis Bloch (Ecole Polytechnique). Co-sponsored by the Economics
Department and the Columbia Business School.
Please download the paper |
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February
24
Theater and Revolution in Theory and Practice
Seminar with Gérald Garutti (Sciences Po). Co-sponsored by the
Maison Francaise. |
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February
11
The Non Proliferation Issue within the Iranian
Context
Address by Ambassador Gerard Araud, French Permanent Representative to the
United Nations, with a discussion moderated by Professor
Richard Bulliet (Columbia University).
Co-sponsored
by the School of International
and Public Affairs and the UN Studies
Program; in collaboration with the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration,
and Religion; the Institute for Religion,
Culture
and Public
Life; and the
Middle East Institute.
View
video
Press
coverage: Best
to wait for China on Iran (Reuters)
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February
9
> French Cinema and American Audiences: Changing Tastes (1960-2010)
A panel discussion featuring: Francois Garcon (Universite Paris I), Julien Rouch
(French Association of Cinema Producers), Phil Watts (Columbia University). Co-sponsored
by the Maison
Francaise at Columbia University.
> Writing, Producing and Promoting Movies in France: Is There a New
Agenda?
A panel discussion featuring : Etienne Augé (Professor, FAMU, Prague),
Kristian Feigelson (Associate Professor, Universite Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle),
Stéphane Goudet (Associate Professor, Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne
and Director of the Melies Theater), Denis Offroy (CEO, Cofiloisirs), Mehdi Sabbar
(Financial Director, Soficinema). Co-sponsored by the Cultural Services of the
French Embassy. |
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February
6
Desiring the Good in Plato
Day conference featuring presentations by: Matthew Evans (NYU), Melissa Lane
(Princeton), Dimitri El Murr (Universite Paris I), Iakovos Vasiliou (CUNY)
; and comments by Columbia professors: Taylor Carman, Wolfgang Mann, Christiana
Olfert, Melissa Schwartzberg. Introduction by Katja Vogt (Columbia). Co-sponsored
by the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean.
More info on the program here |
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February 5
Future Measures:
The End of Oil and the Ends of Economics
Lecture by Timothy Mitchell, Professor of Arab Studies, Columbia University.
Co-sponsored by Sciences Po. Event held at Sciences Po. |
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February 5
Protagoras in the Myth of
Plato's Politicus
Seminar with Dimitri El-Murr (Universite Paris
I). Co-sponsored by the Center for the Ancient Mediterranean
and the Department of Classics.
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January 26
Freedom of Expression: The Controversy
A discussion moderated by David
Remnick (Editor of The New Yorker),
with Peter Awn (Columbia University), Kent
Greenawalt (Columbia Law School), Bernard-Henri
Levy (author and philosopher) and Philippe
Schmidt (INACH & LICRA).
Event hosted
by the Columbia-Paris Alliance Program and the School
of International and Public Affairs, in collaboration
with the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism
(LICRA). Co-sponsored with the
Center for Democracy, Toleration and Religion;
the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life;
the International Media, Advocacy and Communications
Specialization at SIPA; and the Maison Française.
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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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video
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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 Wallström, 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.
Video
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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
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