Maxwell School Events Calendar

• USA @ 250: Indigenous Persistence

  March 30, 2026, 12:45 p.m.-2:05 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  This session will be led by Aaron Luedtke, assistant professor of history.

• Aaron Flaaen | Who Pays for Tariffs Along the Supply Chain? Evidence from European Wine Tariffs

  March 30, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Aaron Flaaen (Fed Reserve Board) discusses how tariffs pass-through from producers to consumers by combining confidential transaction prices with foreign suppliers, US distributors and retail prices.

• Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera | Cartels Inc: A ‘New Generation’ of Criminal Networks

  March 30, 2026, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This presentation will explain a new configuration of organized crime “networks” in Mexico in the context of militarization, and its relationship with the energy sector in the Americas.

• The Effect of Judges' Institutional Interests on a Free Press: South Asia, Europe, and the Americas

  March 31, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Stephan Stohler, associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School, will discuss judicial decision-making through the lens of institutional self-interest.

• Milada Vachudova | Europe in the Face of War and America's Turn

  March 31, 2026, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Hall of Languages, 500

  Milada Anna Vachudova (UNC-Chapel Hill) explores why defending liberal democratic values is an essential foundation of the EU’s current and potential geopolitical power.

• Film and Discussion: Saffron Kingdom (2024)

  March 31, 2026, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. EDT

  Physics Building, Stolkin Auditorium

  Saffron Kingdom, directed and produced by Arfat Sheikh, traces the journey of three generations as they confront the political turmoil and personal upheaval shaped by Kashmir’s history.

• MASU Graduate Student Research Presentations

  April 01, 2026, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  The Maxwell African Scholar's Union with support from the Moynihan Institute presents their annual spring student research presentations.

• Bangla Culture and Conversation Table

  April 01, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

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

• Aging in Urban Precarity: Community-Engaged Research with Older Latinx Immigrants

  April 02, 2026, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Melanie Plasencia, assistant professor of sociology at Rutgers University, will present “Aging in Urban Precarity: Community-Engaged Research with Older Latinx Immigrants.”

• Traveling Testimonies of Incarceration and Abolitionist Futures

  April 02, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 400A

  Presented by Carol Fadda, associate professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, as part of the Conversations in Conflict Studies series.

• The Quinoa Bust: The Making and Unmaking of an Andean Miracle Crop

  April 02, 2026, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Emma McDonell (Univ. of Tennessee, Chattanooga) traces the social, ecological, technological and political work that went into transforming a humble Andean grain into a development miracle crop.

• 5th Annual CHRONOS Undergraduate Research Conference

  April 03, 2026, 9:45 a.m.-4:45 p.m. EDT

  Bird Library, 608

  The CHRONOS Undergraduate Conference brings together students and faculty to celebrate undergraduate research and the wider intellectual community of undergraduate history scholars.

• Young and Restless in China: The Rise of a New Generation of Migrant Workers

  April 03, 2026, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Xiaoshuo Hou (Skidmore College) explores the institutional and individual processes that lead to an increase in informal employment and the clustering of day laborers in major cities in China.

• Social Impact Pitch Competition: Building Healthier Communities Through Innovation

  April 03, 2026, 12 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Bird Library, 114

  Watch Syracuse students pitch innovative public health solutions for a chance to win $5,000. Join the Social Impact Pitch Competition and support the next generation of changemakers.

• Unbounding Europe Bordering and the Politics of Mediterranean Solidarity in Sicily and Tunisia

  April 03, 2026, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  Ilaria Giglioli, assistant professor in the International Studies Department at the University of San Francisco, will present as part of the Spring 2026 Colloquium Speaker Series.

• USA @ 250: Continuity and Change in American Foreign Policy

  April 06, 2026, 12:45 p.m.-2:05 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  This session will be led by Lionel Johnson, professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.

• Russian Culture and Conversation Table

  April 06, 2026, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 303

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

• Geraldine Forbes | Bengali Pats / Story Scrolls: My Collection

  April 07, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  In this talk, Geraldine Forbes (SUNY Oswego) will reflect on the artwork she acquired over four decades of research and how the subjects, gender and medium of the artists evolved over time.

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  April 08, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Join us for a great opportunity to practice your conversation skills and learn more about Hindi-Urdu culture.

• Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics: Alison Buttenheim

  April 09, 2026, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room, 220

  Alison Buttenheim (University of Pennsylvania) will present the eleventh annual Paul Volcker Lecture, titled “Better, Sooner, Stronger: Chasing Behavioral Science Impact Through Design.”