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SUPPORTERS EVENTS
Current & Upcoming Lectures & Talks
May 11, 2026
Thriving Economies amidst Armed Violence
This conference organised by Columbia University’s Social Study of Disappearance Lab, CERI–Sciences Po, and LAP–EHESS, explores how economic activity and accumulation thrive in contexts of armed violence, blurring the boundaries between legal and illegal economies
May 19, 2026
Promesses et utopies du web
À l’occasion de la sortie de l’ouvrage Promesses et utopies : une anthologie des manifestes du web, la Bibliothèque de Sciences Po vous invite à une présentation suivie d’un échange en présence de son auteur Loup Cellard (Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS) et avec la participation de Dominique Cardon (médialab, Sciences Po).
May 26 - 27, 2026
Conference : The French Revolution and the Sacred, Global and Contemporary Perspectives (18th c. – present)
This international conference, hosted at Princeton University and Sciences Po in May 2026, explores how the French Revolution reshaped—and continues to shape—ideas of the sacred across time and space.
May 18, 2026
Guerre, extractivisme, puissances régionales : réflexions à partir de la RDC
Cette journée d’études a pour ambition d’interroger les transformations contemporaines des conflictualités en République démocratique du Congo. Journée organisée par le "Séminaire Afrique : politique, violences et citoyennetés" du CERI, Africa Programme et la Revue Politique africaine.
May 27 - 28, 2026
12th Graduate Conference in Political Theory : "Speech and Politics" with Miranda Fricker
This conference reexamines the links between discourse and political life. It brings together early-career scholars to explore how voice, silence, and listening shape power, recognition, and inequality.
Collège de France
May 26 - Jun 01, 2026
Changing Biblical Interpretation?
What does the biblical book Chronicles have to do with changing biblical interpretation in a context of social-political transformation, such as the South African context? This question is closely related to another question that should be answered in the negative: "Is the meaning of the Bible fixed and valid for all historical circumstances?"
May 7 - Jun 17, 2026
Conferences " Prehistory : between utopia and reality "
From April 29 to July 19, 2026, the Collège de France's major exhibition "Préhistoire: entre utopie et réalité" (Prehistory: between utopia and reality) invites us to a disturbing face-to-face encounter with our most distant ancestors, between what we know about them... and what it says about us.
UNESCO Headquarters
OECD
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UNESCO Headquarters
Apr 27, 2026
UNESCO Creative and World Heritage Cities: Towards Integrated Strategies for Sustainable Cultural Tourism Management
The conference will provide a platform for dialogue and exchange, reinforcing the synergy between creativity and heritage as drivers for sustainable urban development.
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