BBC News Features DeCorse’s Field Work in Ghana, Discovery of ‘First English Slave Fort in Africa’
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Archaeology
Sultana Named to First Cohort of American Association of Geographer’s Elevate the Discipline Program
One of 15 geographers from 11 states and the West Indies, Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment, will focus on climate and society.
See related: Awards & Honors, Climate Change, United States
Maxwell School Announces 2023 Faculty Promotions
Six faculty members were granted tenure and promoted to associate professor and three were promoted to professor.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
New 2023-25 Lender Faculty Fellow
Dimitar Gueorguiev Named Maxwell School Scholar in US-China/Asia Relations
The position was created with a gift by Syracuse University alumni Yang Ni and Xiaoqing Li to strengthen connections between Maxwell faculty and scholars in China and Asia.
See related: China, Giving, Promotions & Appointments
Michael Williams Honored with NATO-Fulbright Security Studies Award
He will spend four months conducting research and teaching in Brussels, Belgium.
See related: Awards & Honors, Defense & Security, NATO, Russia, Ukraine
Margarita Estévez-Abe Named McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence
The associate professor of political science specializes in comparative political economy and will oversee the MAX courses.
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Students, Faculty Receive Spring 2023 SOURCE and Honors Research Grants
The awards support undergraduate research projects.
See related: Awards & Honors, Grant Awards, Student Experience
Farhana Sultana Addresses European Parliament
The Maxwell School professor participated in a conference on climate and sustainability.
Kallander Analyzes Significance of Wild and Domestic Animals to Korea, Northeast Asia in New Book
George Kallander, professor and director of graduate studies for the history department, has written his third book, “Human-Animal Relations and the Hunt in Korea and Northeast Asia” (Edinburgh University Press, 2023).
Sultana Quoted in ScienceAlert Article on Rising Sea Levels
"This can't continue as systems that become more unstable and unpredictable will harm more in chaotic ways," says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Climate Change, United States, Water
Taylor Discusses the Wagner Group, Russian President Putin with Business Insider, DW and Newsweek
Brian Taylor, professor of political science, says that the mutiny fallout has put Putin in a position he's neither familiar nor comfortable with—often using his pulpit to blast political enemies, both inside and outside of Moscow. "Now he's applying that very same language to one of his own guys, someone he elevated to a position of power and responsibility," Taylor says.
See related: Conflict, Crime & Violence, Government, Russia, Ukraine
Taylor Discusses Putin and the Wagner Group's Mutiny with Forbes, Newsweek, Reuters, Vox
"I think Putin emerges from this significantly weakened," says Brian Taylor, professor of political science. "I think if you're a member of the Russian elite or are in fact a member of the Russian population, you're going to look at this and think, 'Wow, a private army just drove on Moscow for most of the day. No one stopped them and they're allowed to leave and no real consequences.'"
See related: Crime & Violence, Government, Russia, Ukraine
“Coups to Save Democracy”
This monograph – written by Maxwell alumna and former Peruvian Defense Minister, Nuria Esparch – addresses two main questions. First, why did some Peruvians want to defend democracy with a coup? Second, what has changed in the military that used to intervene in politics and now does not?
Taylor Discusses Wagner Group Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin on Slate Podcast
"He’s [Prigozhin] clearly trying to draw a sharp contrast between his presence directly on the battlefield, his engagement with his soldiers, and the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, which he frequently attacks as being out of touch elitists who are damaging the war effort," says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.
See related: Crime & Violence, Government, Russia, Ukraine
Purser Discusses Syracuse’s Housing Market, High Rent Costs in Syracuse.com Article
“Certainly, there’s not enough affordable housing,” says Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology. “You have a situation of high poverty and a really kind of outrageous rental market in Syracuse.”
See related: Housing, New York State
Koch Quoted in The Hill Article on Saudi Arabian Alfalfa Farms in Arizona
“If they [Saudi Arabia] want to be able to guarantee their population food security, they know that they can’t really do that domestically,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment. The Arizonan land was particularly appealing to the kingdom “because you can get more bang for your buck when you buy that farm,” says Koch.
See related: Agriculture, Middle East & North Africa, United States, Water
Purser Quoted in NPR Article on Worker Safety Standards
“There needs to be greater regulation of the staffing industry,” says Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology. “And we need to make it a lot easier for workers to unionize. All of the research has shown that in unionized workplaces, workers are far less likely to experience injury or fatalities.”
See related: Government, Labor, United States
Fethi Keles Receives Middle Eastern Studies Program 2023 Teaching Recognition Award
The award was established in 2016 to recognize excellence in teaching and to appreciate indispensable contributions of our faculty to enhancement of knowledge of the Middle East and North Africa region.
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Gueorguiev Quoted in NBC News Article on India Overtaking China as World’s Most Populous Country
What matters to China is consumer and investor confidence, "so it is not hard to see why Chinese officials are pushing back on the argument that a population decline spells economic decline," says Dimitar Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science.
See related: China, India, International Affairs