DECRIPT launch day

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The official launch of the DECRIPT program - Dispositif d'Études des Crises et Récits civilisationnels par la Pluridisciplinarité et les Terrains - will take place from 9am to 6pm, in the presence of the project leaders, consortium partners and Professor Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Distinguished Professor of History, Irving & Jean Stone Chair in Social Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles), who will deliver an inaugural lecture in the morning entitled Empires, nations, networks: the factories of civilizational narratives.
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The day will provide an opportunity to present the scientific objectives and aims of this multidisciplinary research program, led by Inalco with 15 partner institutions and over 40 stakeholders.

The afternoon will be devoted to the presentation of digital exploration tools that will be mobilized as part of the program, followed by collaborative workshops aimed at opening up discussion between researchers and practitioners from partner institutions, around workgroups declining the interactions between civilizational narratives, conflicts and governance arrangements in several key regions.

Project funded by France 2030 - Programmes de recherche en Sciences humaines et sociales (AMI-SHS)

Programme for the DECRIPT program launch day

Morning - Plenary session in the PLC auditorium (9am-12pm)

8:30-9:00 am - Welcome and coffee (Foyer)

9:00-9:30 am- Official opening

  • Welcome and presentation of the DECRIPT program by Jean-François HUCHET, President of Inalco
  • Address by Philippe BAPTISTE, Minister of Higher Education and Research

9:30-10:15 am - Scientific stakes and objectives of a Dispositif d'étude des crises et des récits civilisationnels par la pluridisciplinarité et les terrains

  • Delphine ALLÈS, vice-President of Inalco, scientific manager of DECRIPT
  • Didier LE BRET, Director of the Diplomatic and Consular Academy (MEAE)
  • Véronique VOULAND-ANEINI, Deputy Director of Geographies, Agence française de développement (AFD)

10:30am-12pm - Inaugural lecture: "Empires, nations, networks: the factories of civilizational narratives"
By Professor Sanjay SUBRAHMANYAM, Distinguished Professor of History, Irving & Jean Stone Chair in Social Sciences, UCLA

12:15-13:30 - Buffet lunch in the garden of the Pôle des Langues et Civilisations

Afternoon - Thematic and participatory workshops (13:45-17:30)

1:45-2:30 pm - Enhancing and DESCRIPTING the field: new digital exploration toolsby Kevin LIMONNIER (deputy director of the Géode laboratory, Université Paris 8) and Mathieu VALETTE (ERTIM, Inalco) (Auditorium)

2:45-5:00 pm - Thematic workshops by working groups(rooms to be specified)

  • Instruments and training for research (WP2)
  • Civilizational narratives, universalism and multilateral governance (WP3)
  • Civilizational narratives in the Indo-Pacific - Focus China (WP4)
  • Civilizational narratives in Africa - Focus Sahel (WP5
  • Civilizational narratives in the Middle East - Focus Near East (WP6)
  • Civilizational narratives in Europe-Eurasia - Focus Ukraine (WP7)

5:00 pm-5:30 pm - Synthesis, agenda and perspectives (Auditorium)

  • Introduction by Rima SLEIMAN, vice-President of Research at Inalco
  • Cross-referenced presentations from the thematic groups
  • Conclusions and agenda
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