On October 11th, 5pm, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies of the American University of Paris (AUP) will host Professors Isabelle Aubert (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Rainer Forst (Goethe-Universität) for “Solidarity in […]

On Wednesday October 4th, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will be hosting a presentation by Professor Andrew Jainchill (Queen’s University Ontario) titled Popular and Municipal Magistrates at the Head […]

On Thursday September 21st, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will be hosting a presentation by Professor Alan Kahan (Université de Versailles) titled The Three Pillars and Four Fears of […]

In early June, The Tocqueville Society hosted its annual conference, which took place this year at the American University of Paris. Organized around the theme “Autocratie vs. Démocratie”, the conference […]

On Monday February 13th, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will be hosting a presentation by Professor Christopher Heckstroth (University of Cambridge) titled The Democratic Prince: A Realist Theory of […]

  On Friday, October 14th, the Center for Critical Democracy Studies will be hosting a book launch for Professor Umut Korkut’s (Glasgow Caledonian University) new co-edited volume with Professor James […]

April 19, 19h30 (CET) Interpreting the French Presidential Election Zoom REGISTER HERE With France heading into a tumultuous presidential contest, the Mile End Institute has brought together a panel of […]

April 12, 17h00 (CET) Clara Rachel Eybalin Casséus Francophonie Through Decoloniality Hybrid: Remote/American University of Paris REGISTER HERE Clara Rachel Eybalin Casséus will present her latest book, Une Caraïbe décoloniale: […]

March 23, 17h00 (CET) Julian Culp (AUP) Democratic Citizenship Education in Digitized Societies Hybrid: Remote/American University of Paris REGISTER HERE     In this paper I offer a new conceptualization […]

  DATE TBD Delphine Dogot (Law of Université catholique de Lille) Augmented Order: The Ordering Promises Of Blockchain Hybrid: Remote/American University of Paris REGISTER HERE   Blockchain technologies are deployed […]

February 10, 17h00 (CET) Jessica Feldman (AUP) Technology, Activism and the Social Good Hybrid: Remote/American University of Paris REGISTER HERE     The American University of Paris invites you to […]

Our director Stephen Sawyer will be giving a talk entitled “The Birth of the Democratic Social Contract, 1800-1850” at the SPOT seminar on Political Theory at Sciences Po on February […]

February 9, 17h00 (CET) Peter Stone (Trinity College Dublin) Why Open Democracy?  Hybrid: Remote/American University of Paris REGISTER HERE   ABSTRACT This paper examines open democracy, the conception of democracy […]

The Netanyahus : A Reading and Talk with Joshua Cohen Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 19:30 10, rue du Général Camou, 75007 Paris Please RSVP for in-person attendance (limited) or […]

January 19, 18ho0 (CET) Paola Monachesi  Mediating Sustainable Cities Remote REGISTER HERE   What is the relation between digital and environmental sustainability? How can data contribute to a more sustainable […]

The CCDS events program commenced with a lecture entitled, “How Should Republicans Conceive of Transnational Solidarity?” given by Dr. Miriam Ronzoni in conjunction with the Contemporary European Democratic Theory lecture […]

December 8, 17h30 (CET) Marc Hecker (IFRI) and Élie Tenenbaum (IFRI) The End of the War on Terror?  Hybrid: Remote/American University of Paris REGISTER HERE   It has already been […]

December 7, 18h30 (CET) Jennifer Anne Boittin (Penn State University) Undesirable: Passionate Mobility and Women’s Defiance of French Colonial Policing 1919-1952 Hybrid: Remote/American University of Paris REGISTER HERE This presentation […]

December 8, 17h30 (CET) Marc Hecker (IFRI) and Élie Tenenbaum (IFRI) The End of the War on Terror?  Hybrid: Remote/American University of Paris REGISTER HERE   It has already been […]

The aim of the lecture series is to both explore the current state of the start of contemporary European democratic theory and explore its future. Rather than starting from a […]

The Center for Critical Democracy Studies is hosting Chiara Cordelli for a talk entitled “The Privatized State.” Prof. Cordelli will be discussing a chapter of her recent book with the […]

  RESCHEDULED: NOVEMBER 22, 18h30 (CET) Carlo Burelli (University of Genova) and Enrico Biale (University of Piemonte Orientale) SHOULD THE PEOPLE CONTROL PUBLIC SPENDING? A NORMATIVE ASSESSMENT OF BALANCED BUDGET […]