PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM:
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16:45 – 17:45
Wednesday 28 March
Effective Marketing and Expanding Markets
Brought to you by Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD) &
the Bureau International de L’Edition Française (BIEF)
Host:
Ø Laurence Risson, Bureau International de L’Edition Française (BIEF)
Speakers :
Ø Jean-Louis Hocq, Director of Solar
Ø Jean-Michel Olle, Editorial Director of Hachette Livre International
English – Arabic
Venue: Capital Suite 18
12:00 – 13:00
Thursday 29 March
Creating Edutaining Content in the Fields of Non-Fiction
How to make educational material that is entertaining and effective.
Brought to you by Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD) &
the Bureau International de L’Edition Française (BIEF)
Host:
Ø To be confirmed
Speakers:
Ø Sinan Sweis, Founder and Director of Jabal Amman Publishers, Jordan
Ø Sana Ghenima, CEO of Sanabil Med, Tunisia
Ø Hedwidge Pasquet, President of Gallimard Jeunesse, France
Ø Natalie Vock-Verlet, Co-Founder of Les Editions du Ricochet, France
English – Arabic
Venue: Capital Suite 19
CULTURAL PROGRAM:
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17:30 – 18:30
Sunday 1 April
The Arab Gulf behind the Stereotypes
Presenting a new atlas of the Gulf countries
Based on the results of a three-year research program, this atlas aims to challenge many common preconceived ideas about the countries of the Arab Gulf. It presents the contemporary realities of the Gulf countries in all of their complexity and contradictions, demonstrating that they are not only oil producers, but also stakeholders in globalization. It shows that the cities of the Gulf which experienced spectacular oil-related growth are neither without a past nor without a post-oil destiny. Anchored in a double heritage both Bedouin and maritime, they anticipate the cities of the future in many aspects. The atlas analyzes the old, changing, and ambiguous relations between the two shores of the Gulf, and explains to what extent the current dynamics induce spatial reorganization and social change. Employing a multi-scale approach, it throws light on the dialectic between unity and diversity in the region.
Speakers:
Dr. Philippe Cadène is a professor of geography at Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi and a member of SEDET (Transdisciplinary Studies on Developing Societies), a research center attached to Paris-Diderot University.
Dr. Brigitte Dumortier is the head of the Department of Geography and Planning at PSUAD and a member of SEDET (Transdisciplinary Studies on Developing Societies), a research center attached to Paris-Diderot University.
Frank Tétart currently teaches at the Lycée Français Louis Massignon in Abu Dhabi. He holds a doctorate in Geopolitical Science and is an associate professor at the Université de Genève.
Arabic-English l Venue: Discussion Sofa
17:00 – 18:00
Monday 2 April
Celebrating the Centenary of Émile Durkheim’s Masterpiece
The sociology of religion today: Durkheim’s heritage
In 1912, the founder of French sociology, Émile Durkheim, published The Elementary Forms of Religion—his most major work and a landmark in the field of the sociology of religion. To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of this publication, the Department of Philosophy and Sociology at Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi has invited world-renowned specialists to discuss the Durkheimian conception of religion and to show how contemporary sociology can still fruitfully use Durkheim’s tools to understand religion today. With:
Dr. Marcel Fournier is a professor of sociology at the Université de Montréal (Canada), a specialist in the sociology of science and culture, and the author of an authoritative biography of Émile Durkheim (Fayard, 2007).
Dr. Sébastien Mosbah-Natanson has been an assistant professor of sociology at PSUAD (UAE) since 2011. He specialized for his Ph.D. in the history of French sociology, and he currently works on the internationalization of social sciences. He contributed to the UNESCO World Social Science Report 2010.
Dr. Yuting Wang has been an assistant professor of sociology at the American University of Sharjah (UAE) since 2009. She specializes in the sociology of religion, and her research focuses on Islam in the United States and religion in China. She is also currently studying students’ values in the UAE.
Dr. Vinod K. Jairath is a professor of sociology at the University of Hyderabad (India) and a specialist in the sociology of science and the sociology of culture. He is currently interested in Muslim communities in Asia.
Arabic-English l Venue: Discussion Sofa
