Maxwell School Events Calendar
Social Science and Public Policy Events
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White Philanthropy, Black Excellence, and the Aesthetic Regime of Urban Repair
Eggers Hall, 400A
Presented by Nazanin Ghaffari, assistant professor of landscape architecture at SUNY ESF, as part of PARCC's Conversations in Conflict Studies series.
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Nermin Allam | The Afterlife of Women's Participation in the 2011 Egyptian Uprising
Maxwell Hall, 204
Allam (Rutgers University) will show how women’s encounters with gender-based violence in protests and exposures to new social and political networks influenced their personal and professional lives.
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Pasang Sherpa | Climate Change and the Third Pole
Eggers Hall, 220/341
Pasang Sherpa (University of British Columbia) presents a workshop, “Whose Climate Change Story Have We Subscribed To?” and a lecture, “Life on the Third Pole under a New Season of Climate Change.”
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Adam Spencer | Industrial Policy Wars and Inequality: Who Loses and When?
Eggers Hall, 341
How does an industrial policy war affect worker inequality? How does this effect change over time? Adam Spencer (Univ. of Bonn, Germany) will discuss their model of policy study in an open economy.
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USA @ 250: Frederick Douglass, Slavery, and the Founding
Virtual
This session will be led by Dennis Rasmussen, professor of political science and Hagerty Family Fellow.
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Conflict Management Center Workshop: Organizing 101
Maxwell Hall, 204
Gretchen Purser, associate professor of sociology, will introduce the principles and practices of community organizing as a basic and fundamental skill of democratic engagement.
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Electoral Commissions and Democratization in Africa: Everyday Production of Democratic Legitimacy
Eggers Hall, 341
Nicholas N. Kerr from the University of Florida will discuss elections and democracy in sub-Saharan Africa since 1990s, focusing on Nigeria and utilizing surveys, fieldwork and cross-national data.
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Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Sarah Baker
Virtual
During this webinar, Sarah Baker (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia) will present, “Property Tax Pass-Through to Renters: A Quasi-Experimental Approach.”
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Book Talk | The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping
Eggers Hall, 341
Drawing on an array of new documents and interviews, Joseph Torigian (American University) tells the life story of Xi Zhongxun, father of China’s President Xi Jingping.
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Graduate Student Perspectives on South Asian Art
Shaffer Art Building, SU Art Museum
Syracuse University graduate students of South Asia discuss works of art from the Syracuse University Art Museum collections in relation to their own writing, research and art-making practices.
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PLACA | Ancient Wisdom in a Modern World
Hall of Languages, 500
The Moynihan Institute’s Program on Latin America and the Caribbean welcomes Alonso J. Luján (filmmaker) and Eduardo Cassapia (musician and educator), co-founders of Comunidad Wayra.
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Korea Working Group Launch
Eggers Hall, 341
Please join the conversation and help shape this new initiative to advance the University's growing partnerships with Korean academic institutions.
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USA @ 250: The Woman Citizen?
Virtual
This session will be led by Carol Faulkner, professor of history and senior associate dean for academic affairs.
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Before Colonization: Non-Western States and Systems in the Nineteenth Century
Eggers Hall, 341
The Moynihan Institute’s Study of Global Politics series presents a book talk with author and Syracuse University professor Ryan Griffiths.
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Among the Ruins: Archaeological Conservation & Historic Preservation at Crown Point Historic Site
Maxwell Hall, 204
Sam Huntington, historic site manager with NYS Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, will speak about the history of Crown Point State Historic Site and its archaeological conservation.
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Oxana Shevel | Russia's Invasion, Ukraine's Resistance, and Prospects for Peace
Hall of Languages, 500
Oxana Shevel (Tufts University) argues that the roots of Russia’s war on Ukraine lie not in NATO enlargement but in the growing identity and regime divergence between the two states since 1991.
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Mandatory vs. Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility
Eggers Hall, 400A
Presented by Minjung Kim, assistant professor of public administration and international affairs and senior research associate in PARCC, as part of the Conversations in Conflict Studies series.
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The Otey Scruggs Memorial Lecture: The Jewish Culinary Identity
Eggers Hall, 220
Historian, educator and chef Hélène Jawhara Piñer will explore Jewish culinary identity in medieval Iberia, situating food at the intersection of religion, medicine, politics and cultural exchange.
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USA @ 250: The American Revolution and the American Way of War
Virtual
This session will be led by Alan Allport, Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History at the Maxwell School.
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Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Evelyn Smith
Virtual
During this webinar, Evelyn Smith (American Bar Foundation) will present, “Tradeoffs are Domain Dependent: Improving Accuracy and Fairness in Property Tax Assessments.”
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