Maxwell School Events Calendar

• Bangla Culture and Conversation Table

  November 12, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come learn and practice your Bangla conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Ukrainian Culture and Conversation Table

  November 12, 2025, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This year, the Ukrainian Culture and Conversation Table invites you on a journey through the diverse regions of Ukraine.

• Italian Culture and Conversation Table

  November 13, 2025, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 352

  Come to Italian Table! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Arabic Culture and Conversation Table

  November 13, 2025, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Arabic conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers!

• From Sacred Leaf to Illicit Crop: Coca, Memory, and the Politics of Vegetal Excess in Colombia

  November 13, 2025, 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EST

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  The Anthropology Department welcomes Miryam de Jesus Nacimento to discuss Colombian peasant farmers, the coca plant and their role in Colombia's changing racial politics.

• Japanese Culture and Conversation Table

  November 13, 2025, 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EST

  Huntington Beard Crouse Hall (HBC), 009

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Japanese conversation skills!

• History Department Workshop: Martin Shanguhyia

  November 14, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 151

  “Governing Insecure Borderlands: Environment, Economy, and Facades of ‘Development’ on Kenya’s Northwestern Colonial Frontier,” presented by Professor Martin Shanguhyia.

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  November 14, 2025, 12:45 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come learn and practice your Hindi-Urdu conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• After Democracy: Culture and Ideas in the Age of Authoritarianism

  November 14, 2025, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, Global Collaboratory | 060

  Award winning author Siddhartha Deb will discuss the crisis we face and the ways in which we can respond.

• Spanish Culture and Conversation Table

  November 14, 2025, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Spanish conversation skills!

• New Openings for Worker Justice in the Food System: A Call for Centering Labor in Food Justice

  November 14, 2025, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 018

  This talk considers the thorny question of labor exploitation across the food system, examining historical and contemporary conditions, contexts and forms of resistance.

• Persian Culture and Conversation Table

  November 14, 2025, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EST

  Maxwell Hall, 303

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Persian conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Unspoiled Paradise or Microcosm for the End of Times: Community Building & Conservation, Madagascar

  November 17, 2025, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Madagascar is a household name thanks to DreamWorks’ Madagascar movies and PBS’s Zoboomafoo, yet it is rarely recognized for its true significance as one of the most biodiverse places on Earth.

• Michael Klein | Patents, Secrecy, and Financing Innovation

  November 17, 2025, 3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This presentation examines the relationship between financial development and the economic impact of patent policy.

• Maxwell School – MA International Relations Program Curriculum Overview (Virtual Session)

  November 17, 2025, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  An in-depth look at the M.A. in international relations curriculum, program features and outcomes.

• Vaccines, MAHA, and Government Regulation of Individual Choice: Jennifer Reich

  November 18, 2025, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EST

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Jennifer Reich, professor at the University of Colorado, will present “Vaccines, MAHA, and Government Regulation of Individual Choice.”

• Municipal Government Corruption and Responsiveness under Decentralization

  November 19, 2025, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  Alan Zarychta (University of Chicago) and Camila Angulo (Indiana University Northwest) will present at the Latin America Policy Process Research Initiative's LAPPRI Research Seminar series.

• Marathi Culture and Conversation Table

  November 19, 2025, 1:45 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 352

  Come learn and practice your Marathi conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Maxwell School - Ph.D. in Public Administration Virtual Information Session

  November 19, 2025, 6 p.m.-7 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  Learn more about the Maxwell School's Ph.D. in public administration program with an overview on coursework, potential career paths and admission information.

• Bridging the Divide: US–China Dialogue in a Changing World

  November 20, 2025, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Syracuse University faculty invite students for an open conversation on the shifting dynamics of U.S.–China dialogue.