Maxwell School Events Calendar
Talks Events
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A Forensic Analysis of US Ad-Valorem and Legislated Tariff Rates, 1916-1933
Eggers Hall, 341
This paper uses Crucini’s (1994) method to decompose tariffs, revealing a tariff history unlike the common narrative.
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“one of those figures then died”: South Asian Art, c. 1993
Eggers Hall, 341
Join Meghaa Parvathy Ballakrishnen for a talk on Vivan Sundaram’s Memorial and postcolonial art after 1993.
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The New South Korean Government: Impact on the Region and on the US-Korea Alliance
Eggers Hall, 151
Join us for a talk, as Stephen Costello (Univ. of Rochester) argues that the geopolitical landscape for South Korea is propitious, despite ongoing turmoil in Ukraine, the Middle East and elsewhere.
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The Right to Information and Covid-19 Vaccination: Diagnosing India's Political Economy
Eggers Hall, 341
Professor Aga argues that struggles around information must be contextualized in the historical sociology of state power and corporate capital.
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Exit as Voice, for the Economically Mobile | Russian Migration Post-Invasion
Eggers Hall, 341
Discover how Russia’s war in Ukraine set off a migration wave to Central Asia and the Caucasus; reshaping lives, labor and legacies.
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America in Retreat?: Medium Nuclear Powers, Air Power, and Competing Hegemonies in the Middle East
Eggers Hall, 220 - Strasser Legacy Room
The U.S. and Russia have retreated from Mideast hegemony since 2018, as regional powers assert dominance with air, missiles and drones, risking nuclear standoff. Why?
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Post-Invasion Russian Migration: Exit as Voice in Central Asia and Caucasus for the Mobile
Eggers Hall, 341
Join us to explore how Russia’s 2022 invasion sparked a wave of skilled migration to Central Asia and the Caucasus, reshaping politics and mobility.
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Daisy Rockwell | Lecture | What's Art Got to Do with It: Translation as Illustration as Translation
Hall of Languages, 500
This lecture explores artist translator Daisy Rockwell's use of visualization in her translation of Hindi and Urdu texts, and translation in her art and illustration.
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Reassessing Barbarian Migrations through Ancient DNA - Patrick Geary
Virtual
Global Pre-Modern Studies presents: ”Reassessing Barbarian Migrations through Ancient DNA,” a talk by Patrick Geary (Institute for Advances Study, Princeton).
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The Sacred Inscribed: Navigating the World of the Kalpa Sūtra in Jain Religious Life
Eggers Hall, 341
Professor Corbett Costello explores the Kalpa Sūtra’s rich history, rituals and roles in shaping Jain sacred, social and spiritual life.
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Mobilizing for Accountability Amidst Persistent Impunity: Victims' Voices in Mexico
Eggers Hall, 341
Partisan bias hinders transitional justice in Mexico, but victims' organizations help counter opposition by ensuring fair, unbiased accountability processes.
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The Social Underpinnings of Political Discontent in Latin America
Eggers Hall, 341
How did the decline in fiscal windfalls and unmet social expectations after the commodity boom fuel political discontent and protests in Latin America?
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Governing the Unforesseable
Hall of Languages, 500
In this talk, David Danks, professor of data science, philosophy and policy at UC San Diego, will present two different efforts to develop appropriate governance mechanisms for AI systems.
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Austin Kocher | Making Sense of Immigration Policy in 2025
Eggers Hall, 220 - Strasser Legacy Room
How is the second Trump administration reshaping immigration policy, with attacks on birthright citizenship, deportations and shifting legal boundaries for non-citizens?
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Tom Zylkin | Gravity with Persistence
Eggers Hall, 341
How can trade persistence, relationship-building and policy feedback lead to biases in static gravity models, and how does the dynamic extension correct these biases?
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Book Talk | Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir
Eggers Hall, 341
Omer Aijazi explores remote valleys in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, shaped by environmental disasters and the violence of the India/Pakistan border conflict.
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The Right To Stand as a Candidate and the Democratic Value of Elections
Eggers Hall, 220 - Strasser Legacy Room
This talk highlights the overlooked importance of the right to stand as a candidate in elections and its role in enhancing democratic potential.
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Virtual | MASU 2023-2024 Graduate Student Research Grant Presentations
Virtual
The Maxwell African Scholar's Union presents David Okanlawon, doctoral candidate in anthropology, and Arcenia Notilija Vilanculo, master of science candidate in food studies.
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M. Dores Cruz | A View from the End of the World
Maxwell Hall, 204
The Anthropology Department welcomes M. Dores Cruz to giver her talk titled “A View from the End of the World: The Archaeology of São Tomé's Plantation Complex and the Origins of the Atlantic World.”
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Deterritorialized Asiatics, In and Against the Ukraine War
Eggers Hall, 341
The talk bridges the early 20th century to the present, first by discussing contemporary interpretations of Eurasianism by such figures as Alexander Dugin.