Denis Lacorne: Religion in America. A Transatlantic Perspective from Voltaire to Bernard Henri L茅vy
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Speaker(s): Denis Lacorne (CERI, Sciences Po)
The event will be held in Pigott Hall (Bldg. 260), Room 216. Informal dinner starts at 6pm, the talk begins at 6:30pm
Denis Lacorne听(Ph.D. Political Science, Yale) is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre d鈥櫭﹖udes et de recherches internationales and Professor at Sciences Po, specializing in the political history of the United States. His interests include construction of national identities,听religion and secularism,听foreign policy of the United States,听urban violence and ethnic identity in the United States. Among his many publications are De la r茅ligion en Amerique. Essai d'histoire politique, Paris: Gallimard, 2007,听La Crise de l鈥檌dentit茅 am茅ricaine. Du melting-pot au multiculturalisme, Paris: Fayard, 1997 (re-edited by Gallimard in 2003),听L'invention de la r茅publique am茅ricaine, Paris: Hachette, 2008 (re-edition of听L'invention de la R茅publique, Paris: Hachette, 1991),听Les Notables rouges. La construction municipale de l'union de la Gauche.听Paris: Presses de Sciences Po, 1980.
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