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Astrid von Busekist is professor of political theory at Sciences Po and in charge of the MA program in Political Theory.
She is chief editor of the journal Raisons politiques.
She has widely published on nationalism, language policies, justice, and boundaries.
• Faire Justice (with Michael Walzer), forthcoming Albin Michel, 2019; Justice is Steady Work. A conversation on politics and political theory, forthcoming Yale University Press, 2020
• Forms of Pluralism (with J. Cohen and A. Arato), New York, Columbia University Press, 2018
• Ponts et Portes. Essai sur la frontière, Paris, Albin Michel, 2016
• Singulière Belgique, Paris, Fayard, 2012
• Penser la politique, Paris, Presses de Sciences-Po, 2010
• La Belgique, Politique des Langues et Construction de l’Etat, Louvain, De Boeck, Duculot, 1998;
• Nations et Nationalisme, 19e et 20e siècles, Paris, Armand Colin, 1997.
Her latest articles include
• “Territorial Pluralism and Language Communities”, in Forms of Pluralism, Columbia University Press, 2019
• “The Ethics of language policies”, in The Routledge Hanbook of Ethics and Public Policy, A. Lever et A. Poama (ed), Londres, Routledge, 2018;
• Idealism or pragmatism? Ad hoc multilingualism and open English, in The Politics of Multilingualism. Europeanisation, globalisation and linguistic governance, P. Kraus, F. Grin (ed), Amsterdam, J. Benjamins, 2018;
• (with B. Boudou), “Language and Immigration: What can be Expected from Newcomers?”, in Language Policy and Linguistic Justice, M. Gazzola & al. (ed), Heidelberg, Springer, 2018
• Astrid v. Busekist, “After Empire: Karl Renner’s Danubian Model of Pluralism”, in Nations and Nationalism, November 2018.
She is also the translater (English-French) of the following books:
• Richard Sennett, Construire et Habiter. Une éthique pour la ville, Albin Michel, 2019, à paraître, (Building and Dwelling. Ethics for the city, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2018, 365 p.);
• Roger Scruton, Conservatisme, Albin Michel, 2018 (Conservatism, London, Profile Books, 2017, 176 p.);
• Philippe Sands, Retour à Lemberg, Albin Michel, 2017. [France : Prix du meilleur livre étranger 2017]. (East-West Street. On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity), London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016, 465 p.)
She is chief editor of the journal Raisons politiques.
She has widely published on nationalism, language policies, justice, and boundaries.
Guest professor at the University of Francfort this semester (Alfred Grosser chair).
• Faire Justice (with Michael Walzer), forthcoming Albin Michel, 2019; Justice is Steady Work. A conversation on politics and political theory, forthcoming Yale University Press, 2020
• Forms of Pluralism (with J. Cohen and A. Arato), New York, Columbia University Press, 2018
• Ponts et Portes. Essai sur la frontière, Paris, Albin Michel, 2016
• Singulière Belgique, Paris, Fayard, 2012
• Penser la politique, Paris, Presses de Sciences-Po, 2010
• La Belgique, Politique des Langues et Construction de l’Etat, Louvain, De Boeck, Duculot, 1998;
• Nations et Nationalisme, 19e et 20e siècles, Paris, Armand Colin, 1997.
Her latest articles include
• “Territorial Pluralism and Language Communities”, in Forms of Pluralism, Columbia University Press, 2019
• “The Ethics of language policies”, in The Routledge Hanbook of Ethics and Public Policy, A. Lever et A. Poama (ed), Londres, Routledge, 2018;
• Idealism or pragmatism? Ad hoc multilingualism and open English, in The Politics of Multilingualism. Europeanisation, globalisation and linguistic governance, P. Kraus, F. Grin (ed), Amsterdam, J. Benjamins, 2018;
• (with B. Boudou), “Language and Immigration: What can be Expected from Newcomers?”, in Language Policy and Linguistic Justice, M. Gazzola & al. (ed), Heidelberg, Springer, 2018
• Astrid v. Busekist, “After Empire: Karl Renner’s Danubian Model of Pluralism”, in Nations and Nationalism, November 2018.
She is also the translater (English-French) of the following books:
• Richard Sennett, Construire et Habiter. Une éthique pour la ville, Albin Michel, 2019, à paraître, (Building and Dwelling. Ethics for the city, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2018, 365 p.);
• Roger Scruton, Conservatisme, Albin Michel, 2018 (Conservatism, London, Profile Books, 2017, 176 p.);
• Philippe Sands, Retour à Lemberg, Albin Michel, 2017. [France : Prix du meilleur livre étranger 2017]. (East-West Street. On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity), London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016, 465 p.)
• Philippe Sands, The Ratline, forthcoming, London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020, Albin Michel, 2020.
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Work in Progress
Law and religion
Research Interests
Politics of language, Law and religion
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Disciplines
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Teaching
- Establishment : Sciences Po, title : "Identités, cultures, nations", (level : master),
- Establishment : Sciences Po, title : "Politique comparée des nationalismes", (level : master) -
Webhttp://www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/fr/content/nationalisme-methodologique-et-theories-politiques-de-limmigration-iname
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Languages
French, English, German, Dutch, Hebrew

Main Publications
- Portes et murs (Ouvrage)
Last Publications
- Herausforderungen Europas diesseits und jenseits von Corona (Contribution à un site web)
- Démocraties urbaines (Direction de numéro spécial)
- Justice is Steady Work. A Conversation on Political Theory (Ouvrage)
- Justice is Steady Work. A Conversation on Political Theory with Astrid von Busekist (Contribution à un site web)
- Penser la justice (Ouvrage)
- Nationalisme et patriotisme (Chapitre d’ouvrage)
- Inclusion et exclusion (Chapitre d’ouvrage)
- Amor Linguae (Chapitre d’ouvrage)
- After Empire: Karl Renner's Danubian model of pluralism (Article dans une revue avec comité de lecture)
- Les langues des Européens (Chapitre d’ouvrage)