Maxwell School Events Calendar
Social Science and Public Policy Events
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Documenting Care: Labor and the Archive at MohenjoDaro
Bird Library, 114, Peter Graham Scholarly Commons
The Anthropology Department welcomes Uzma Rizvi from the Pratt Institute to discuss the documentation of archaeological labor and understanding the roles of care work.
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Film | ‘Tabom in Bahia’ | Co-Directed by Juan Diego Diaz and Nilton Pereira (2017)
Stolkin Auditorium, Physics Building
“Tabom in Bahia” documents a historic three-week journey of Ghanaian master drummer Eric Odwarkei Morton to Bahia, Brazil, in 2016. There will be a post-screening discussion with Juan Diego Díaz.
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Why Is Less Education So Detrimental to Health in the United States?
Eggers Hall, 426
Iliya Gutin (Syracuse University) will present, “Why Is Less Education So Detrimental to Health in the United States?” as part of the CPR Seminar Series.
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Governing by Dispossession: Enemy Property and the Afterlives of the 1971 War in Pakistan
Eggers Hall, 341
This talk traces how the category of enemy property migrated from a European imperial wartime technology to a postcolonial mode of governing minorities in South Asia.
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USA @ 250: Fighting Genocide-Dispossession, the Revolution, an Enduring Haudenosaunee Right to Land
Virtual
This session will be led by Michael Oberg ’94 Ph.D. (Hist), Distinguished Professor of History at SUNY Geneseo.
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A Peace Most Fragile: A Corpus-Analysis Approach to Understanding the Anglophone Treaty.
Virtual
Tarren Andrews of Yale University will present “A Peace Most Fragile: A Corpus-Analysis Approach to Understanding the Anglophone Treaty from the 9th Century to the 19th.”
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Laura Cooper | Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Wake Up Calls and What's Next for the US and Allies
Eggers Hall, 220 | Strasser Legacy Room
Laura Cooper is the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, and a career member of the Senior Executive Service.
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Understanding Drivers of Adaptive Policymaking: A Study of South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Eggers Hall, 400A
Presented by Saba Siddiki, professor of public administration and international affairs, and Ph.D. student Shuping Wang, as part of the Conversations in Conflict Studies series.
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USA @ 250: Beyond the Thirteen Colonies - British Empire and Colonialism
Virtual
Faculty experts will delve into a variety of topics, from democracy and women’s voices to the Declaration of Independence, in a series of weekly lectures offered in the spring semester.
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Meredith Weiss | Activist Adaptations: Sustaining Protest as Liberalism Wanes
Eggers Hall, 341
Weiss will examine how activists recalibrate their strategies amid mounting repression and the constant uncertainty of taking risks to pursue political opportunities.
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Atrocity Prevention in Practice in a Contested World, with Cmdr. Jeffrey Sizemore, USN Retired
National Veterans Resource Center, K.G. Tan Auditorium
The conversation will cover some of the successes and challenges in implementing the prevention agenda.
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A Maxwell DC Conversation Series–Make America Healthy Again: Public Health in Changing Times
1333 New Hampshire Ave, NW Washington, DC
Led by Maxwell professor and health economist John Cawley, this three-part series examines what it means to be “healthy” in America today.
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USA @ 250: The Constitution
Virtual
Faculty experts will delve into a variety of topics, from democracy and women’s voices to the Declaration of Independence, in a series of weekly lectures offered in the spring semester.
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Zhou Dynasty Miniature Bronze Vessels
Eggers Hall, 341
Professor Sheri A. Lullo of Union College will discuss her theory that these miniature bronze vessels were crafted as adornments for the deceased as signifying markers of identity in death.
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CPR Seminar Series: Celeste Carruthers, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Eggers Hall, 220
Celeste Carruthers of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville will present, “Post-COVID Labor Market Shortages and College Enrollment,” as part of the CPR Seminar Series.
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Presentation | South Asia Center Graduate Student Research Grant Awardee
Eggers Hall, 341
South Asia Center Graduate Student Research Grant awardee Vatya Raina, will present their work.
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Bharati Memorial Awardee Presentation
Eggers Hall, 341
The Bharati Memorial Award was established in 1992 to support graduate students at Syracuse University working on South Asia. Awardee Brooklyn Montgomery will present their work.
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Supporting Disability Rights Scenarios: Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Law from China
Eggers Hall, 341
East Asia Program Moynihan Graduate Student Grant awardee talk with Mercy Renci Xie.
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USA @ 250: Introduction and the Declaration of Independence
Virtual
Faculty experts will delve into a variety of topics, from democracy and women’s voices to the Declaration of Independence, in a series of weekly lectures offered in the spring semester.
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2026 Institutional Analysis with the Institutional Grammar Training
Virtual
The 2026 Institutional Analysis with the Institutional Grammar Training will take place online from Jan. 7-30, 2026.
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