The ‘Carte Blanche’ series gives the opportunity to the Paris IAS fellows, to speak on a subject of their choice linked to contemporary societal problems.

The series is being produced over the course of the current academic year

Carte blanche proposed by Pierre Gaussens, sociologist and researcher at the Colegio de Mexico and 2024-2025 research-fellow at the Paris IAS, and Hélène Combes, research director at the CNRS attached to the Centre de recherches internationales (CERI) Sciences Po Paris.

A History of Human Milk Donation. The Law and Politics of the French “Lactarium”

Carte Blanche proposed by Mathilde Cohen, professor of law at the University of Connecticut and 2024-2025 research-fellow at the Paris IAS, and Anne-Charlotte Martineau, researcher at the CNRS and deputy director of the Center for Legal Theory and Analysis at the Université Paris Nanterre and the ENS-PSL.

Is it time for closer Anglo-French cooperation in Africa and Europe?

Carte Blanche proposed by Gordon Cumming, professor of language-based area studies at Cardiff University and 2024-2025 research-fellow at the Paris IAS, and Thibaud Harrois, lecturer in contemporary British civilization at the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Longue durée history of Upper Zarafshan valley: a case study or an exceptional case?

Carte Blanche proposed by Pavel Lurje, curator and researcher at the State Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg and 2024-2025 research-fellow at the Paris IAS, and Étienne de la Vaissière, historian and research director at the EHESS.

Why Planetary Financialization? Rethinking the interplay between financial markets and socio-ecological relationships through the production of space

Carte Blanche proposed by Lucia Shimbo, associate professor at the Universidade de São Paulo and 2024-2025 research-fellow at the Paris IAS, and Felix Adisson, lecturer at the École d’urbanisme de Paris and at the Université Gustave Eiffel.

Water Values the Future of the Seine, in Paris, the Île-de-France and beyond

Carte Blanche proposed by Carola Hein, Professor and Chair History of Architecture and Urban Planning at Delft University of Technology, UNESCO Chair Water, Ports and Historic Cities, and 2024-2025 research-fellow at the Paris IAS (Sorbonne Université Chair).

Cities Compared: Horizons and Dilemmas

Carte Blanche proposed by Paavo Monkkonen,UCLA, USA (FIAS Program / Ville de Paris Chair), and Gruia Bădescu, University of Konstanz, Germany (FIAS Program), both Research-Fellows at the Paris IAS