Thinking the World with Pierre Hassner – conference

CIENS is joining forces with the Philosophy Department of the ENS to organise two days of reflection, on 30 and 31 January 2024, to pay tribute to the thought and work of Pierre Hassner and look at current strategic issues through the prism of the Hassnerian legacy.

At the end of this conference, organised with the support of the Société des Amis de Pierre Hassner, the Pierre Hassner Lectures will be launched by Frédéric Worms, Director of the ENS.

To register, please click on this link.

Venue: 29 rue d’Ulm, salle Jean Jaurès

Program:

30 January 2024

The intellectual legacy of Pierre Hassner

9.15am – 10.45am “The observer and the thinker
Moderated by Frédéric Worms

Pierre Hassner as himself (Jean-Claude Casanova)

The philosopher and the analyst of international relations (Perrine Simon-Nahum)

Looking at the world (Nicolas Baverez)

11.15 – 12.45 “Pierre Hassner in French and foreign strategic thinking”.
Moderated by Maïlys Mangin (CIENS) and Pierre-Louis Six (CIENS)

The Aronian tradition in strategic thinking (Jean-Vincent Holeindre)

Pierre Hassner the American (Justin Vaïsse)

European defence (Muriel Domenach)

12.45pm – 2pm: Lunch break

Afternoon: Fighting and world order

2 – 3.30pm “The clash of blocs
Moderated by Anne-Lorraine Bujon (Esprit magazine)

Pierre Hassner and French foreign policy (Frédéric Gloriant)

The different forms of conflict (Gilles Andréani)

The European Union between the blocs (Marion Van Renterghem)

15h30 – 16h30 “The post-Cold War European and world order
Moderated by Anne-Lorraine Bujon (Esprit magazine)

Between two Europes: divisions, interactions, interdependencies (Jacques Rupnik)

After Globalization (Suzanne Berger)

5pm – 6.30pm “Exiles and refugees
Moderated by Anne-Lorraine Bujon (Esprit magazine) and Perrine Simon-Nahum (ENS)

Between morality and politics, situations of welcome from the point of view of ethno-phenomenology (Véronique Nahoum-Grappe)

Hospitality as a political requirement (Olivier Mongin)

Deportees, exiles, refugees: what kind of solidarity? What justice? (Joël Hubrecht)


31st January 2024

Current strategic issues in the light of the Hassnerian legacy

9.30am – 10.30am “Conflict and deterrence
Moderated by Pierre Ramond (CIENS and Grand Continent)

Conflictuality and international order (Manuel Lafont-Rapnouil)

Deterrence and passions (Mélanie Rosselet)

11am – 1pm “Empires and passions
Moderated by Mathéo Malik (Grand Continent)

The irreducible: politics put to the test by passions (Myriam Revault d’Allonnes)

Does the revanchism of neo-empires threaten the international order (Bruno Tertrais)

The European Union, an effective counter-model to empires and passions (Philippe Étienne)

Alain Frachon

1pm – 2.30pm: Lunch break

Afternoon 14.30-16.30: “A look at Eastern Europe and China
Moderator: Frédéric Gloriant (CIENS)

Pierre Hassner and the role of ideas in politics: the case of Putinism (Michel Eltchaninoff)

Russia, Ukraine and Moldavia: the politics of memory (Marc Crépon)

Ukraine and Eastern Europe: the long twentieth century (Serge Yosypenko)

Marc Semo

16h30 – 17h : Conclusion

“The Hassnerian moment in French thought”, Michel Duclos

17h30 – 18h15: Main lecture

“The European Resistance in the face of Russian aggression”, Constantin Sigov

Launch of the Pierre Hassner Lectures.

Conference organisation: Perrine Simon-Nahum (director of the philosophy department at the ENS), Mélanie Rosselet (diplomat and CIENS lecturer), Frédéric Gloriant (CIENS director) and the entire CIENS team (Maïlys Mangin, Pierre Ramond, Pierre-Louis Six).

Our partners: Esprit, le Grand Continent, Commentaire

Contact: ciens@ens.psl.eu

last update : 29/01/2024

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