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French scholars give lectures on globalization, cultural encounters and academic work at Roskilde University
Essay competition
There is a prize of kr. 1.000 offered by Roskilde University plus a present from the French Embassy in Copenhagen for each category.
The Department of Culture and Identity and the Department of Society and Globalisation at Roskilde University and the French Embassy of Copenhagen (Ambassade de France) have the pleasure to announce an upcoming series of outstanding scholars from France and French Research Institutions who work on these issues from different disciplinary perspectives.
The lectures will be given in English.
Free admittance but registration is necessary.
Lieux de savoir
Christian Jacob (EHESS): September 23rd , ”Between and Beyond Disciplines: Places and Practices of Knowledge Production”
Other speakers:
Michael Harbsmeier and Kasper Risbjerg Eskildsen (Roskilde Universitet)
Kristian Hvidtfeldt Nielsen and Christopher Ries (Aarhus Universitet).
Room: Seminar room. Department of philosophy and Theory of Science, 3.1.3, build. 03.
Time: 14-17
Christian Jacob (EHESS): September 26th “From Laboratory Studies to Studies of Places of Knowledge”
(Only for students and Staff from RU)
Room: Auditorium in build. 15 Time: 13-14.30
French foreign policy and perspectives on Africa
Roland Marchal (CNRS): September 27th “French military interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa”.
Room: Teorilokalet in build. 25.1. Time: 8-10
Bastien Nivet (IRIS / IMLV): Oktober 4th “The study of the EEAS's composition and recruitment and what it tells us on the future Europeanization of European foreign policy.”
Room: Teorilokalet in build. 25.1. Time: 8-10
Daniel Bourmaud (L'Université Montesquieu): Oktober 18th “What Europe needs to know about political regimes in Africa” (preliminary title)
Room: Teorilokalet in build. 25.1. Time 8-10
French contributions to postcolonial research:
Judith Misrahi-Barak (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3): October 13th “Cultural Encounters, or How Narratives Show the Way to Theory: Transiting, Transitioning, Translating in Edwidge Danticat's Work".
Room: Biografen in build. 41.1. Time: 13-14.30
Françoise Vergès (Goldsmiths College): October 27th “Freeing the history of slavery from moralist and economist pitfalls: why this history is also a part of contemporary global history”
Room: Biografen i build. 41.1. Time: 13- 14.30
Read more about the speakers here
Further questions may be addressed to associate professor and coordinator of French and Francophone studies and research at RU Heidi Bojsen hbojsen(at)ruc.dk