Maxwell School Events Calendar
Social Science and Public Policy Events
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Funding High-Poverty School Districts: Federal Policy Tools and the Limits of Incentives
Eggers Hall, 060
Nora Gordon, Georgetown University, presented “Funding High-Poverty School Districts: Federal Policy Tools and the Limits of Incentives” at the 2023 Jerry Miner Lecture.
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Iran on the Precipice: Domestic and International Preoccupations of the Islamic Republic
Maxwell Hall, 204
The Moynihan Institute is proud to present Huss Banai, associate professor of international studies in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, and research affiliate in the Center for International Studies at MIT.
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ASPI Welcomes Author Medea Benjamin
Maxwell Hall, 204
A discussion and book signing by Medea Benjamin for her latest book release, "War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict," co-written with Nocolas Davies.
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Three-Dimensional Interests of the US in Central Asia: Politics, Business and the Public
Eggers Hall, 341
The Moynihan Institute and Central Asia & the Caucasus Initiative is proud to host former United States Ambassador George Krol.
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Governance Challenges in Peru: Lessons From a Former Minister of Defense
Eggers Hall, 220
The Moynihan Institute and the Program on Latin American and the Caribbean are proud to host a talk with former Maxwell student Nuria Esparch. She will share her experiences as Peru’s minister of defense, detail the pandemic response that she led in this capacity, and describe the challenges of leading the Armed Forces in the midst of the polarized Peruvian presidential elections.
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"The United States and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities" with Amb. Dennis Ross
Eggers Hall, 220
Join Ambassador Dennis Ross for a discussion on how the Biden administration can move forward with a Middle East policy.
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How Stable is Putin’s Rule?
Eggers Hall, 060
The Moynihan Institute and the Center for European Studies are proud to host a talk with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.
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“The Defense of Ukraine” with Oleksandr Markushyn, Mayor of Irpin, Ukraine
Eggers Hall, 220
The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs is proud to host Oleksandr Markushyn, mayor of Irpin, Ukraine. Markushyn holds a master of public administration from the National Academy of Public Administration under the president of Ukraine.
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The Return of Geopolitics: Global Value Chains, Emerging Technologies and US-China Relations
Eggers Hall, 341
The Moynihan Institute, and the East Asia Program are proud to present Mark Dallas and Dimitar Gueorguiev, who will examine information-communication technology (ICTs) industries that reside at the heart of U.S.-China technology conflicts (e.g. semiconductors, mobile telecom, high performance computation).
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Andrew F. Smith Lecture: The Past and Future of the COVID Pandemic in Low & Middle Income Countries
Maxwell Hall, 117
Andrew F. Smith Lecture with Mushfiq Mobarak: "The Past and Future of the Covid Pandemic in Low and Middle Income Countries."
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Turkish Pres. Election: Will Turkey Restore Its Democracy or Further Slide into Authoritarianism?
Virtual
Join Moynihan's panel of experts as they explore the opposition's chances of success in the upcoming election and prospects for Turkey's future. The outcome of the election will shape the country's trajectory for years to come and will be one of the most significant international events of the year.
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Growing Together and Apart: Scale Economies and Specialization
Eggers Hall, 341
Moynihan Institute, and the program for Trade, Development, and Political Economy is proud to host Mr. Chong Xiang, professor of economics at Purdue University. This paper analyzes the role of division of labor along the supply chain for generating scale economies and productivity growth.
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"Fighting Better" with Louis Kriesberg
Eggers Hall, 220
Louis Kriesberg will join Maxwell faculty to discuss his new book “Fighting Better: Constructive Conflicts in America.”
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CANCELED: How Stable is Putin’s Rule?
Eggers Hall, 060
The Moynihan Institute and the Center for European Studies are proud to host a talk with Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security.
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From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Landscape Shape Religious Identity
Eggers Hall, 220 (Strasser Legacy Room)
The Renewing Democratic Community Speaker Series presents Michele Margolis, associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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The Troubles and Beyond. The Impact of a Museum Exhibit on a Post-Conflict Society
Eggers Hall, 341
Can museums influence the way visitors think about past violence and modern-day politics? Although the impacts of symbolic transitional justice (TJ) policies such as museums have largely been overlooked, Laia Balcells and Elsa Voytas hypothesize that they can shape perceptions of groups involved in violence; and preferences toward public policies to address the past.
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Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Francis Wong
Virtual
Francis Wong (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich) will discuss "Taxing Homeowners Who Won't Borrow."
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Talking Across Differences: A Conversation About Free Speech, Civil Dialogue & Respectful Discourse
Eggers Hall, 220
Join us for a facilitated conversation about the state of our society, the erosion of public discourse and how to respectfully talk across differences.
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Popular Sovereignty and the Bengali Language Movement in East Pakistan
Virtual
Ahona Panda's talk explores the complexities of the Bengali language movement as a political event. By examining the microhistories of a few dissenters, she argues that the discourse of language was situated between two distinct political imaginaries: the nationalism of Bengali (jātī) and the formulation of the Pakistani nation-state (rāṣṭra).
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Addiction Imaginaries: Drugs, Sovereignty and Nine Years of Russian Military Occupation in Ukraine
Eggers Hall, 060
Jennifer Carroll will discuss how social imaginations of people who use drugs facilitate their use (and abuse) in leveraging political authority, demonstrating how global health para-infrastructures, state biopolitics, citizenship and sovereignty are always enmeshed.
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