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Institute in Paris

Research seminars and series

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A centre for Franco-British academic and cultural exchange for over 150 years, ULIP today continues to be a hub for intercultural and interdisciplinary debate in the heart of Paris.

The Institute attracts speakers from the international academic community, the media, government bodies, and NGOs for regular lectures and debates throughout the academic year. To view recent topics, please scroll down to view our current seminar series, or click here to view our upcoming events.

All ULIP events are free of charge and open to all. For all public events, please present your ticket upon entry (in paper or digital form). You can access some of our event recordings by visiting the event web page of interest or simply by visiting our YouTube channel.

Ecologies of Publishing

A series of multilingual seminars investigating practices and politics of publishing through an ecological lens.

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Theory in Crisis

This seminar series focuses on work that responds to the urgency of the present and attempts to map unfamiliar terrain generated by the capitalist crisis.

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Check our upcoming and past events

Theory in Crisis – Michael Hardt, The End of Mediation

Michael Hardt will explore the ways theorists from the 1970s posed strategic alternatives to neoliberalism.

Event — 24 Nov 2023

Ecologies of Publishing: Anticolonial legacies and South–South archipelagos

Examining contemporary legacies of historical anti-colonial publishing and print cultures, and the important role these hold in today’s internationalism.

Event — 9 Nov 2023

Amazon: Interzone

Applying the concept of interzone to the Amazon, these three events explore the construction of new landscapes and horizons in the context of globalisation.

Event — 14 Nov 2023 to 12 Dec 2023

Explore our past seminar series

We record most of our seminar series and make them available on our YouTube channel. Simply click on one of our seminar series web pages below to view event details and access the recordings.

FRICTION: French Research in Culture Theory and Imagination Seminar Series

This seminar series sets out to explore the latest research in French Studies, promoting the rub between disciplines and practices that are enriching the field.

Research Seminar Series: Localities of Welcoming

This seminar series brings together an informal and non-hierarchical network of people living and working in European city neighbourhoods where refugee arrivals are concentrated.

Research Seminar Series: Theory in Crisis

This seminar series sets out to engage with the most dynamic work taking place in contemporary critical theory.

Commons, Wilds, Infrastructures

Institute in Paris welcomes Dr John Bingham-Hall, Banister Fletcher Fellow, with a series of events centered on urban natures and the production of (counter)publics.

The Quantification of Urban Space

We live in a world of numbers. Weight and length are measured before birth. Footsteps are tallied. Square footage is priced. Air temperatures are calculated. Ice melt is...

Knowledge Diplomacy Seminar Series

This online seminar series, which consist of web discussions, brings together leading experts and institutions together to discuss how Knowledge Diplomacy.