Maxwell School Events Calendar

Talks Events

• Africans and African Americans: Political Solidarities and the Question of Slavery

  October 25, 2024, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Africans and African Americans: How is their relationship mediated through the lens of racism?

• For the Love of Plants: Plant Worlds in the Shadows of Empire

  October 25, 2024, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 018

  The Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series. "For the Love of Plants: Plant Worlds in the Shadows of Empire." Banu Subramaniam, Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, Wellesley College.

• Daniel Fata: The 2024 US Election and What it Means for Global Order

  October 10, 2024, 2 p.m.-3:15 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  In this talk, Fata will explore the current state of the war in Ukraine and what it means for the future of global security.

• Shrines Under Siege: (De)Colonizing Sacred Spaces and Temporalities in Occupied Palestine

  October 09, 2024, 3:45 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Hall of Languages, 500

  "Shrines Under Siege: (De)Colonizing Sacred Spaces and Temporalities in Occupied Palestine." Dr. Sandy Marshall, Elon University.

• Book Talk: ‘Colonizing Kashmir: State-Building Under Indian Occupation’

  October 09, 2024, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This book interrogates how Kashmir was made “integral” to India through a study of the decade long rule, 1953-1963, of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, the 2nd prime minister of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

• Kim Ruhl: Trade War and Peace: US-China Trade and Tariff Risk from 2015–2050

  October 07, 2024, 3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Ruhl analyzed U.S.-China trade war expectations, finding tariffs rose more under Biden, due to the extended trade war duration.

• Why and How to Include Animal Welfare in Local Policymaking

  October 04, 2024, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 018

  The Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series. "Why and how to include animal welfare in local policymaking." Jeff Sebo, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, New York University.

• ‘An Unparalleled Economic Gold Mine’: Climate Finance in Northern Kenya

  October 04, 2024, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Amiel Bize discusses financialized climate responses in northern Kenya, focusing on a soil-based carbon credits project with local pastoralists.

• Backsliding or Bias? Understanding Global Democratic Decline and Resilience

  October 04, 2024, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Join Amanda B. Edgell as she explores controversies in measuring democratic backsliding and presents findings on resilience against autocratization.

• ‘The Long Arc of a Nation’ by Derek Robey

  October 01, 2024, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  “The Long Arc of a Nation: Historical Narratives and Future Projections of Racism and Race in the United States and Canada,” presented by Derek Robey, postdoctoral researcher for the QDR.

• Creating Dangerous Muslims during the ‘War on Terror’

  September 27, 2024, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341 United States

  Exploring Mohammad Salman Hamdani's story, we reveal how news media uncritically framed South Asian, Arab and Muslim people post-9/11.

• Book Launch - ‘Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways: Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well’

  September 25, 2024, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  Professor Mariaelena Huambachano's new book “Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways” explores Māori and Quechua well-being through traditional foodways.

• Davin Chor: Exclusions for Sale? Tariff Exemptions in the US-China Trade War

  September 23, 2024, 3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  TDPE welcomes Davin Chor from Dartmouth College to discuss Section 301 tariffs, the role of exemptions and the implications of tariff policy design.

• Poner la vida en el centro: Centering Social Reproduction in Agrarian Studies and Politics

  September 20, 2024, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 018

  "Poner la vida en el centro: Centering Social Reproduction in Agrarian Studies and Politics," with Professor Diana Ojeda from Indiana University Bloomington.

• Transforming Minds and Policies: The Quest for Religious Freedom in Vietnam

  September 19, 2024, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Hein Vu discusses the Institute for Global Engagement's two-decade effort in Vietnam to promote religious freedom through dialogue and diplomacy.

• Kei-Mu Yi: Global Value Chains - Firm-Level Evidence from the United States

  September 16, 2024, 3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This study analyzes U.S. global value chains from 2002-2017, revealing supply chain patterns, trade linkages and impacts of trade agreements.

• Alexander Lee: How Polarization Ends

  September 13, 2024, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 100A

  Join us for an insightful talk on the history of partisan polarization in the United States of America.

• Joyojeet Pal: Technopopulism and the Assault on Indian Democracy

  September 05, 2024, 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Exploring technopopulism, where digital technology and modernity serve as aspirational governance and a mask for charismatic leadership, benefiting social elites and obscuring institutional capture.

• Reshad Ahsan: Import Competition, Knowledge Access, and Innovation

  April 29, 2024, 3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  While import competition from China generally reduces innovation in India, firms with higher information access increase their innovation, demonstrating the significant role import competition plays.

• Peru, Chile and the Pacific: Anarchism and Collaborative Histories

  April 25, 2024, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  Savala will explore points of collaboration and parallel histories shared between Peruvians and Chileans.