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19/06/2024
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Post-election India: what government for what policies?
Venue: Amphi Erignac, 13 rue de l’Université, 75006 Paris
A session organized by the South Asia Program.
Chairs : Christophe Jaffrelot Sciences Po - CERI/CNRS, Gilles Verniers (Amherst College).
Six famous Indian journalists, well known for their independence:
Hartosh Singh Bal, Seema Chisti, Apar Gupta, Aakar Patel, Sushant Singh, Siddharth Vadarajan will analyse the results of India’s 17th general elections and their implications in terms of politics and policies.
They will examine key issues, including: who will govern India? What reforms may be implemented? Will India’s diplomacy change?
Scientific coordinator : Christophe Jaffrelot Sciences Po - CERI/CNRS
Organisé par : CERI
Book launch
Alpa Shah, The Incarnations. BK-16 and the Search for Democracy in India, London, HarperCollins (2024)
Alpa Shah, The Incarnations. BK-16 and the Search for Democracy in India, London, HarperCollins (2024)
A session organized as part of the South Asia Program
Alpa Shah who is award-winning of author of Le Livres De La Jungle Insurgée, is currently a Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics and will be the next Professor of Social Anthropology at Oxford University with a Fellowship at All Souls College.
She will present her latest book on « the Bhima-Khoregaon accused » The Incarnations. BK-16 and the Search for Democracy in India, London, HarperCollins, 2024
Sushant Singh, Lecturer at the South Asian Studies Council of Yale University, will introduce the discussion.
Scientific coordinator : Christophe Jaffrelot, Sciences Po - CERI / CNRS
Organisé par : CERI
A hybrid conference jointly organized by the Center for International Studies (CERI) at SciencesPo, and the European Initiative for Security Studies (EISS)
The origins of war and diplomacy: Interdisciplinary perspectives
Room: Salons scientifiques, Sciences Po, 1 Place St Thomas d'Aquin, 75007 Paris
Human groups have waged war and engaged in peaceful diplomatic practices since at least the time of Ancient Mesopotamia. Ever since, the coexistence of these two seemingly contradictory practices has been a defining feature of human societies. What are the origins of this Janus-faced duality of war and peaceful diplomatic practices that has cut across human communities throughout world history? Do war and diplomacy have deep roots in the human lineage, reaching back to prehistory, when humans lived as nomadic hunter-gatherers? Or did they emerge as a more recent cultural innovation when human groups transitioned from nomadic hunter-gathering to sedentary, densely populated, and hierarchical societies, subsequently giving rise to state societies? To address these questions, this conference brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines to examine evidence from palaeoanthropology, archaeology, linguistics, primatology, and political science, thereby shedding new light on the origins of war and diplomacy in our species.
9h15-9h30
Coffee
9.30–9.45
Introductory Remarks
Hugo Meijer, Sciences Po-CERI / EISS
9.45–11.00
Panel 1: Cooperation & Conflict in the Natural World
Chair: Christian Lequesne, Sciences Po-CERI
- Carsten De Dreu, Leiden University: Intergroup conflict in humans and other species
- Liran Samuni, German Primate Center, Göttingen: Cooperation and conflict among chimpanzees and bonobos
11.00–12.15
Panel 2: The Peace/Violence Paradox: The Evolution of Language & Self-Domestication
Chair: Chiara Ruffa, Sciences Po-CERI
- Richard Wrangham, Harvard University: The peace/violence paradox in the human species: Implications for international relationships
- Katie Slocombe, University of York: Chimpanzee communication in conflict and cooperation: Implications for the evolution of language
12.15–13.15: Lunch
13.15–14.30
Panel 3: The Origins of War & Diplomacy: Insights from Archaeology
Chair: Hugo Meijer, Sciences Po-CERI
- Christopher Knüsel, University of Bordeaux: Unwritten testimony from the past: Uncovering evidence of prehistoric violence and warfare
- Linda Fibiger, University of Edinburgh: Bioarchaeological approaches to gendered violence in prehistoric Europe
14.30–15.45
Panel 4: The Origins of War & Diplomacy: Insights from Ethnography
Chair: Chiara Ruffa, Sciences Po-CERI
- William Buckner, University College London: Clothing and deception in forager warfare
- Hugo Meijer, Sciences Po-CERI / EISS: Foreign policy before the State : Diplomatic practices in prehistory
15.45–16.00
Concluding Remarks
Hugo Meijer, Sciences Po-CERI / EISS
Organisé par : CERI
