Maxwell School Events Calendar
Virtual Events
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What’s at Stake for Colleges and Students After the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision?
Virtual
A multidisciplinary group of faculty experts will discuss the history of affirmative action in U.S. higher education; the implications of the decision for college admission practices and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives; and the prospects for equal access to higher education for racial and ethnic minority groups.
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Space as a Global Commons: Analysis and Performance
Virtual
Daniel Patton of the Secure World Foundation will present at the August Institutional Grammar Research Initiative virtual research seminar.
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The Social Meanings of the Third Sector: Everyday Understandings of “Nonprofit”
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Curtis Child and Eva Witesman of Brigham Young University will present at the July Institutional Grammar Research Initiative virtual research seminar.
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Decoding Institutional Dynamics on Climate Change Adaptation in Southern South Korea
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Sola Kim of Arizona State University will present at the May Institutional Grammar Research Initiative research seminar.
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Mini Conference: South Asian American Invisibility
Virtual
Organized by Professor Prema Kurien (sociology), this timely full day virtual mini-conference approaches the issue of invisibility among South Asian Americans through themes such as boundaries, queerness, gender, race, (trans)nationalism, immigration, economics and religion. The virtual mini-conference also features a professional mentorship panel on navigating academia along with several informal opportunities for participants to discuss shared concerns.
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The Price and Welfare Effects of Tariff Reduction on Consumer Goods: Evidence from China
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The Moynihan Institute, and the program for Trade, Development and Political Economy invites you to virtually join Xue Bai, associate professor from Brock University for a talk on "Tariff Reduction on Consumer Goods."
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Spiritual Placemaking: Shia Ismaili Muslim Women's Seva in the Aftermath of Displacement
Virtual
In her talk, Professor Khoja-Moolji draws on oral histories, fieldwork and memory texts to illuminate the placemaking activities through which Ismaili women reproduce bonds of spiritual kinship.
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Turkish Pres. Election: Will Turkey Restore Its Democracy or Further Slide into Authoritarianism?
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Join Moynihan's panel of experts as they explore the opposition's chances of success in the upcoming election and prospects for Turkey's future. The outcome of the election will shape the country's trajectory for years to come and will be one of the most significant international events of the year.
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Popular Sovereignty and the Bengali Language Movement in East Pakistan
Virtual
Ahona Panda's talk explores the complexities of the Bengali language movement as a political event. By examining the microhistories of a few dissenters, she argues that the discourse of language was situated between two distinct political imaginaries: the nationalism of Bengali (jātī) and the formulation of the Pakistani nation-state (rāṣṭra).
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Evolution of Institutional Diversity in a Changing World
Virtual
Irene Pérez Ibarra of the University of Zaragoza will present her recently awarded grant, "Resilient Rules," funded by the European Research Council.
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Community Consequences of the Opioid Epidemic
Virtual
Join the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) for a virtual discussion. Panelists include Maxwell School professors Colleen Heflin and Shannon Monnat.
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Race and Policy Talks: Housing Discrimination
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Professor John Yinger discusses housing discrimination, including linkages between research and policy.
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Art of Science Episode 2: Dr. Holly L. Peterson
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Art of Science host Graham Ambrose talks to Holly L. Peterson about her article in the February 2023 issue of the Policy Studies Journal.
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The process of transforming regulatory provisions into specifications for information systems
Martha Avila of the University at Albany will present her work at the January Institutional Grammar Research Initiative research seminar.
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Bureaucracies at War: Examining the Defense Decision-Making Construct as a Polycentric Arrangement
Virtual
Dan Detzi of the University of Arizona presents "Bureaucracies at War: Examining the Defense Decision-Making Construct as a Polycentric Arrangement."
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What’s at Stake for U.S. Food Security?
Virtual
Join us for a discussion about the first White House meeting on hunger in over fifty years. Panelists include Colleen Heflin (moderator), Madonna Harrington Meyer, Rebecca Schewe and Michah Rothbart.
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Maxwell Local Government Alumni Gathering
Virtual
Maxwell Local Government Alumni Gathering - fall 2022 meeting, featuring Prof. Tina Nabatchi speaking about trends and challenges facing local governments.
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What's at Stake for US Climate Goals?
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What's at Stake for US Climate Goals?: Prospects in the Wake of WV v EPA and the Inflation Reduction Act
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Race Across the U.S. with the Syracuse University Lerner Center and DIEMLife
Virtual
The Healthy Monday Race Across the U.S. is a 6-week challenge on the DIEMlife website to spark some friendly competition while creating and continuing health habits related to movement, healthy eating, stress management and improving social connections.
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What’s At Stake Post Roe?: Implications of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs vs. Jackson Abortion Ruling
Virtual
What’s At Stake Post Roe?: Implications of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs vs. Jackson Abortion Ruling
We’re Turning 100!
To mark our centennial in the fall of 2024, the Maxwell School will hold special events and engagement opportunities to celebrate the many ways—across disciplines and borders—our community ever strives to, as the Oath says, “transmit this city not only not less, but greater, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to us.”
Throughout the year leading up to the centennial, engagement opportunities will be held for our diverse, highly accomplished community that now boasts more than 38,500 alumni across the globe.