Maxwell School Events Calendar
Talks Events
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Governor’s Investments to Support Safety, Crime Victims and Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
Eggers Hall, 220
Representatives from the NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Office of Victim Services are teaming up to bring you highlights of Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent budget proposals.
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The War in Sudan: Origins and Trajectories
Eggers Hall, 220
Since April 2023, the country of Sudan has been embroiled in a struggle for power between two wings of its military apparatus, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine, Three Years Later: The View From Ukraine
Hall of Languages, 500
Vladimir Putin and Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Three years later, Ukraine is still standing, but the toll on Ukrainian society has been severe.
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Recognition Without Redistribution: Tribal Recognition and Caste Capitalism in India
Eggers Hall, 341
By engaging a language of racialized simplicity, Kandha Adivasis in Odisha express their understanding of indigeneity and entitlements in the development state.
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The Promise of Feminine Beauty: Dancing, Dress, and Gendered Pursuits of Mobility in Mozambique
Maxwell Hall, 204B
The Anthropology Department welcomes Ellen Hebden to discuss her research on Tufo performance and beauty as means of social and economic mobility in Mozambique.
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State-building in Afghanistan: What Went Wrong?
Eggers Hall, 341
What policy choices did the United States, its partners, and Afghan government make over the past twenty years that led to this failure?
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The Gender Digital Divide and Gender Gaps in Political Engagement
Eggers Hall, 341
Gender gaps in mobile technology ownership widen protest participation disparities, as women with less access to mobile communication engage less in activism than men.
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Book Talk | ‘Prophetic Maharaja: Loss, Sovereignty, and the Sikh Tradition in Colonial South Asia’
Eggers Hall, 341
Bringing together Sikh tradition, psychoanalysis and postcolonial thought, “Prophetic Maharaja” provides bracing insights into concepts of sovereignty and the writing of history.
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Enduring Humanitarianism in the Palestinian Territories
Eggers Hall, 220
This talk will examine the enduring nature of Western aid to Palestine and how Palestinians endure their lives as humanitarian subjects.
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After Azerbaijan: Understanding Autocratization and Climate Diplomacy at UN COP Negotiations
Eggers Hall, 341
This talk explores autocratic regimes' roles in climate diplomacy post-Paris Agreement, highlighting strategies of fossil fuel-dependent states like Azerbaijan.
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Paradoxes of Migration in Tajikistan: Locating the Good Life
Eggers Hall, 220
This talk is based on Elena Borisova's recent book researching what migration is and what it does in rural Tajikistan—one of the most remittance dependent countries in the world.
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Theory from the Trenches: Decolonization and the Storm of Subaltern Marxism
Eggers Hall, 341
Shozab Raza explores a renewed vision of decolonization—one distinct from the efforts led by bureaucrats, professors or social media activists.
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Understanding Syrian Voices: Refugees’ Stories of Revolution, War, and the Struggle for Home
Eggers Hall, 220
This talk explores the stories collected in two books, “We Crossed A Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria” (2017) and “The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora” (2024).