Invitation to the International Conference “Threats to Knowledge and Historical Truth in Contemporary Politics” - MRU
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27 March, 2025
Invitation to the International Conference “Threats to Knowledge and Historical Truth in Contemporary Politics”
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You are warmly invited to participate in the international conference “Threats to Knowledge and Historical Truth in Contemporary Politics”, organized by Université Paris 8 in collaboration with Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, dedicated to a critical discussion on the challenges facing intellectual spaces and historical memory in contemporary political contexts.

📅 Date & Time: March 31, 2025 | 14:00–17:00 CET
📍 Location: Online via Zoom
🔗 Zoom link: https://univ-paris8.zoom.us/j/95656444581?pwd=PqCg2O2aYd3GU2mcRiHg2wyZJHLxqa.1

Programme:

  • 14:00Eric Fassin (Department of Political Science, Université Paris 8)
    “State Anti-Intellectualism in the Neofascist Moment of Neoliberalism”
  • 15:30Pierre Bayard & Jean-Louis Fournel (NCEP, Université Paris 8)
    “What is a genocide?”

The conference will be held in English. We welcome all who are interested in contemporary politics, historical memory, and the politics of knowledge.