Maxwell School Events Calendar

Social Science and Public Policy Events

• Governing Water in India: Inequality, Reform, and the State

  November 15, 2022, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  The South Asia Center at Syracuse University presents Leela Fernandez who will discuss her book, "Governing Water in India: Inequality, Reform and the State."

• Dynamic Gains from Trade Agreements with Intellectual Property Provisions

  November 14, 2022, 3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Trade Development and Political Economy series presents Ana Maria Santacreu.

• "Understanding biosphere-climate interactions to inform natural climate solutions." Dr. Yue Li

  November 11, 2022, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 060 Eggers Hall, the Global Collaboratory

  "Understanding biosphere-climate interactions to inform natural climate solutions." Dr. Yue Li, Postdoc, Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine.

• Conversations in Conflict Studies: Matthew McLeskey

  November 10, 2022, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EST

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Join us for "The Epidemiological Context of the Affordable Housing Crisis" with Matthew McLeskey.

• Misremembered Massacre: Simon Pokagon’s Indigenous Account of the Battle of Fort Dearborn

  November 09, 2022, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Maxwell Hall, 204B

  The Battle of Fort Dearborn is commonly portrayed as a foundational event in the early history of Chicago. Typical historical narratives describe the battle as a massacre of innocent white settlers by blood thirsty Potawatomi warriors.

• Gains from Trade and the Food Engel Curve

  November 07, 2022, 3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Chong Xiang examines the extent to which gains-from-trade predictions from commonly-used trade theories are consistent with observed household consumption decisions.

• PAIA Departmental Seminar Series: Paul Light

  November 07, 2022, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 209

  Paul Light (New York University) will present “Still Searching for Social Entrepreneurship after all these Years: Reflections on field building."

• Geography Colloquium- Dr. Elizabeth Johnson

  November 04, 2022, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 018

  Geography Colloquium- Dr. Elizabeth Johnson

• Electoral Systems and Geographic Representation

  November 04, 2022, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Who gets represented in legislatures, and how does this depend on electoral institutions?

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Hans Koster

  November 04, 2022, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Hans Koster (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will discuss "How do Households Value the Future? Evidence from Property Taxes."

• Future Proofing the US-European Relationship

  November 03, 2022, 4 p.m.-5:15 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  This talk will focus on ways Europe (and individual states within the EU) can “future-proof” its relationship with the United States to create a more equal US-European partnership in the areas of security, trade, technology, and more.

• What's at Stake for US Climate Goals?

  November 01, 2022, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  What's at Stake for US Climate Goals?: Prospects in the Wake of WV v EPA and the Inflation Reduction Act

• Geography Colloquium: Dr. Djemila Zeneidi

  October 28, 2022, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 018

  Visiting Scholar Djemila Zeneidi: “If I’m Still alive, It’s Not Thanks To The State”: Homelessness and Welfare State Dystopia in France.

• Thucydides and American Grand Strategy: War is an Option not a Trap

  October 27, 2022, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  The Moynihan International Affairs Seminar Series presents Michael Desch.

• ASPI Faculty Meet and Greet

  October 27, 2022, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. EDT

  Inn Complete (Redbarn)

  ASPI (Autonomous Systems Policy Institute) is having a "Meet and Greet" with new and existing faculty members.

• Labor's Revival: Unions and the Struggle for Racial and Economic Justice

  October 24, 2022, 4 p.m.-8 p.m. EDT

  Dineen Hall, 020

  Hear from prominent labor leaders about the ongoing struggle for dignity and democracy at work at the 2022 Lender Center Conversation led by Lender Center co-director Gretchen Purser.

• Microteatro: Formats, Mechanisms, and Innovative Approaches to Theater

  October 24, 2022, 3:45 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204A

  The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs' Program on Latin America and the Caribbean presents Miguel Alcantud.

• The Topography of Nations

  October 24, 2022, 3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs' Trade, Development and Political Economy Series presents Treb Allen.

• State of Democracy Lecture on The State of Congress: Looking Toward the Midterms

  October 21, 2022, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, Auditorium

  State of Democracy Lecture with Sarah Binder, professor of political science at George Washington University and a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, who specializes in Congress and legislative politics. Dr. Binder will discuss, "The State of Congress: Looking Toward the Midterms."

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Yanling Mayer

  October 21, 2022, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Yanling Mayer (CoreLogic, Inc.) will discuss "Appraisal overvaluation: Evidence of price adjustment bias in sales comparisons."