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What “knowing how to read” means in the humanities

Billet

8 February 2026

This post aims to highlight what I consider a central aspect of the humanities: how we engage with complex texts. I want to share reflections from the past decade that I hope are useful, especially regarding my educational goals and expectations for students at different levels of study.

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AI, analogy, innovation, and commodity power in Spyros Samothrakis’ recent contributions

Billet

5 April 2024

Spyros Samothrakis recently published an article (2024) and made a presentation in a series of virtual seminars organized by our research group[1]. His contributions are stimulating and deserve a serious discussion. I will try to participate in such a discussion by first underlining the aspects I think are promising in these contributions and then focusing on the issues I think are more problematic.

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Colloquium on democratic planning at The Great Transition

Notes de conférence

2 July 2021

On May 23rd 2021, the research group on democratic economic planning at the CRITS organized a colloquium of three conferences at The Great Transition.

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