This year, the University of Savoie Mont Blanc and the Faculty of Law are hosting the ninth cycle of "Comparative Political Life Conferences," featuring researchers in the social sciences and humanities whose work sheds light on major contemporary socio-political issues.
The fifth lecture in the series will take place on Thursday, March 19, 2020, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., in Lecture Hall 3 on the Jacob-Bellecombette campus, featuring Joseph Hivert, Ph.D. in Political Science fromthe University of Lausanne.
He will speak on the topic: “The Children of Activism: Intergenerational Transmission of Political Orientations in an Authoritarian Context.”
About Joseph Hivert
He is a specialist in the sociology of political socialization and the sociology of political engagement. He has focused in particular on former far-left political prisoners in Morocco and their families, examining the intergenerational transmission of dispositions toward political engagement. His recently completed dissertation, which he will present to us, is titled: The Children of Activism. Intergenerational Transmission of Political Dispositions in an Authoritarian Context (Morocco, from the 1970s to the Present).
Learn more
- Open to the public, free admission
- Complete program for the 2020 series of "Comparative Political Life Lectures"
- Contact: Frédéric Caille, Associate Professor of Political Science at USMB