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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 8h

Charles Walton’s (@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social)
lecture on the history of social rights and capacity to diffuse future wealth to be generated by AI, provided much food for thought on the tensions between theories of abundance and redistribution.
More on his views: www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 8d

Join the CCDS Seminar on "Social Rights in the Longue Durée: Between Redistribution and Theories of Abundance" with
Charles Walton (@uni-of-warwick.bsky.social).
📅 Oct. 7, 17:00
🏫 Room Q-609
✏️ tinyurl.com/CCDSWalton (in person or via Zoom)
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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 27d

Join us for a seminar on "Constitutional Right to Truth?
How to Protect the Right to Information and the Right to Privacy Today" w/Marcin Kilanowski (Nicolaus Copernicus U).
🗓️ Sep 22, 12:10
🏢 Room C103, 6 Rue de Colonel Combes
Registration: tinyurl.com/CCDSKilanowski
More info: tinyurl.com/KilanInfo

Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · 28d

Join us for the Care & Democracy Seminar Series: "The Crisis of What Binds Us" with Sandra Laugier (@sorbonneparis1.bsky.social) and Zona Zarić (AUP)
🗓️: Sep 18, 18:15
🏠: 6 Rue du Colonel Combes, Paris
Registration: tinyurl.com/CCDSLaugierZ...

Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Jul 24

📢 We're hiring a Post-Doc in Critical Democracy at AUP for the 2025-2026 academic year! Join our Horizon-Europe project on resilient social contracts (www.co3socialcontract.eu) + help launch a “Law, State & Democracy” initiative. 🗓 Apply by Sept 1, 2025 👉 [email protected]
#Postdoc #AcademicJobs #Law

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Jul 16

Join Stephen W. Sawyer for a lecture on "Demos Unbound: The French Revolution, 1770-1830" in Seoul, South Korea.
Time: 16:00-18:00 (KST), 20 July 2025
Place: 32416, Sungkyunkwan University
Organized by Minchul KIM, Global Intellectual History Unit
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15th Reflexion

Stephen SAWYER Demos Unbound: The French Revolution, 1770-1830 When 16:00-18:00 (KST), 20 July 2025 Where 32416, Sungkyunkwan University

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Jul 11

The CCDS goes to Korea!
Join Stephen Sawyer and @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social at the @ipsa.org World Congress on July 12-16 presenting their work on the #CO3 project.

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Jul 3

Congratulations, @Jaeger-bombe and @espol-lab.bsky.social! We are absolutely delighted to celebrate this richly deserved milestone of our brilliant postdoc Research Fellow!

Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social · Jul 3

I have wonderful news to share (I can say it "officially" now): I will be Maître de Conférences (Assistant Professor) in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics starting next September 1 at ESPOL, Université Catholique de Lille. Very enthusiastic to start this new adventure.

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Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social · May 16

[Workshop on Cities]. If you are in Paris, or interested by the topic and want to join us via zoom, we are organizing a two-day international workshop in @ccds-aup.bsky.social on the 12-13 of June, on the Autonomy of Cities: sites.google.com/view/worksho....

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Roman Zinigrad @rzinigrad.bsky.social · May 14

Are racist jokes funny or dangerous? Can they be both? My new blog on ECtHR's inadequate analysis of satirical hate speech: satire is a vital political instrument, but courts must be mindful of humor's ability to propagate and legitimize prejudice and bigotry. Based on my article: tinyurl.com/humrz

Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · May 14

Humor can be a powerful tool, but it can also normalize hate speech.

ROMAN ZINIGRAD (@rzinigrad.bsky.social) explains why the European Court of Human Rights fails to see this dimension and why this poses a danger to vulnerable communities.

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Quote:

“The European Court of Human Rights systematically overlooks this 'dark side' of humor, thereby increasing the vulnerability of marginalized minorities.”

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Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social · May 14

Yesterday at @ccds-aup.bsky.social, the workshop on "Autonomy and the Law", was a very insightful and stimulating event, with great colleagues.
@rzinigrad.bsky.social
Do not hesitate to join the next one in June on Cities' Autonomy (sites.google.com/view/worksho...)

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · May 13

We thank all participants & guests of the "Autonomy and the Law" workshop featuring extraordinary works on CLTs, moral autonomy of the person, typology of the right to housing, meaning of home, condition of the interpreter, child's autonomy in education, and consumer protection.

Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · May 3

Attend our interdisciplinary workshop on “Autonomy and the Law” on May 13, with a focus on the right to housing, the concept of autonomy in law, child autonomy, and digital markets.
Program and registration: tinyurl.com/CCDSAutLaw
Organized by Marc Goetzmann & @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social

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Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger @jaeger-bombe.bsky.social · Apr 25

Une première, je viens d'enregistrer un podcast d'une heure et demie sur le thème de la vulnérabilité en philosophie politique (avec l'aide de collègues à AUP pour la technique). J'espère que ce sera disponible dans les prochaines semaines. Quels autres thèmes vous intéresserait?

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Apr 18

A fantastic, eye-opening lecture by @tevoelker.bsky.social (@wzb.bsky.social) on the role of mainstream media, security crises, and public opinion in the normalization of far-right politics in Germany.
(Followed by commentary by Friederike Windel (AUP) and moderated by @mirjamdageforde.bsky.social)

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Apr 12

How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates? @tevoelker.bsky.social (@wzb.bsky.social) will discuss “Mainstreaming the Far Right” on Friday, April 18. Discussant: Friederike Windel (AUP).
Register here: tinyurl.com/CCDSVolker

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Apr 7

Stephen Sawyer, the CCDS Director, will deliver the 2025 Michel Serres Distinguished Lecture at @Stanford’s Dept. of French & Italian.
🗓 April 10, 2025
🕔 5:15 PM
🎙 Title: Toward a Genealogy of the Modern Demos: Democratic Society and the Problem of Public Authority in the 19th Century

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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · Apr 3

Starting Deleuze in Philosophy of Film today.
www.unemployednegativity.com/2019/04/beco...

Becoming Spider-Man: Deleuze and the Superhero Film

www.unemployednegativity.com

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Apr 3

A fantastic presentation by Claudia Wiesner on her latest book analyzing the French & German national discourses that shape or undermine the formation of EU identity(ies). With incisive commentary by @mirjamdageforde.bsky.social & Johannes Karremans @espol-lab.bsky.social on the looming EU crisis.

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Apr 1

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Mar 31

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Politicisation, Democratisation and EU Identity

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Mar 31

Claudia Wiesner (Fulda U) will present her recent book on "Politicisation, Democratisation and EU Identity" (Routledge, 2024), followed by commentary by Johannes Karremans (@espol-lab.bsky.social) and @mirjamdageforde.bsky.social (AUP). Join us on April 3!

Register here: tinyurl.com/CCDSWiesner

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Mar 31

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The Aesthetics of Resistance

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Mar 31

The anti-fascist novel, “The Aesthetics of Resistance,” by Peter Weiss, is now out in English in its entirety. Join us on April 4 to celebrate the publication of volume III in English. With the translator, Joel Scott & commentary by Charlotte Thiessen.

Register here: tinyurl.com/CCDSResistance

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Center for Critical Democracy Studies (CCDS) @ccds-aup.bsky.social · Mar 27

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Demos Rising

A political history exploring the concept of demos in the French government during the period of 1800 to 1850. In his previous book, Demos Assembled, historian Stephen W. Sawyer offered a transatlan...

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