Maxwell School Events Calendar

• Arabic Culture and Conversation Table

  October 06, 2026, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 209

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Arabic conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers!

• Middle Eastern Studies Meet and Greet

  October 06, 2026, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Drop by anytime between 2:30 and 4:00 — stay for a few minutes or hang out for a while. Middle Eastern refreshments provided.

• IGRI Research Seminar: Seemi Waheed

  October 06, 2026, 10 a.m.-11 a.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Seemi Waheed (University of Management and Technology, Pakistan) will present “Who Gets Registered? IG 2.0 Evidence on Design and Social Norms in Punjab Birth Registration System.” Authors:

• Grad School Panel: Public and International Affairs

  October 05, 2026, 7 p.m.-8 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  Join us for an in-person informational panel and Q&A featuring admissions representatives from five of the nation's top graduate schools in the field.

• Fernanda Pirie | LIWA | The Rule of Laws

  October 05, 2026, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Zoom - Event

  Explore 4,000 years of global legal history with Fernanda Pirie of Oxford University. Discover how ancient and modern laws shape power, resistance and society today.

• Campbell AI Research Workshops

  October 02, 2026, 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  Register for one or all three sessions of the hands-on AI research workshops (no coding required). All sessions are hosted by Miklós Sebők, faculty fellow at the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

• Japanese Culture and Conversation Table

  October 01, 2026, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. EDT

  Huntington Beard Crouse Hall (HBC), 009

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Japanese conversation skills!

• Can Religion Save Democracy?

  October 01, 2026, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT

  Hendricks Chapel

  A conversation with Shadi Hamid and Matthew Kaemingk, authors of “Can Religion Save Democracy?” Moderated by Chris Faricy, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

• North and South Korea Issues in Regional Context | Interests and Policy Dynamics in NEAsia

  October 01, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  The Moynihan Institute’s East Asia Program presents Stephen Costello of George Washington University.

• Proposal Writing: An Introductory Workshop

  September 30, 2026, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Join us for a workshop introducing the key elements of proposal writing when applying for the centers’ graduate study research grants.

• Susan Wadley | Mithila Art and Nature: Two Worlds, Two Views

  September 29, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  In this talk, Sue Wadley, professor emeritus of anthropology, explores the distinct cultural and social worlds in which two communities live while sharing a common village community.

• Maxwell School - Graduate Programs in Geography Virtual Information Session

  September 29, 2026, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Get an inside look at Maxwell's geography M.A. and Ph.D. programs by joining this webinar for prospective students.

• At the Intersection of Structural Ableism and Disability Health Equity

  September 29, 2026, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Disability Health Equity Research Network (DHERN) 2026 Conference featuring keynote speaker Joel Michael Reynolds of Georgetown University.

• Prosecutors, Voters, and the Criminalization of Corruption in Latin America: The Case of Lava Jato

  September 28, 2026, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Ezequiel González-Ocantos (Oxford Univ.) will discuss how the transnational bribery investigation spread throughout Latin America, paralyzed economies, upended elections and collapsed governments.

• Maxwell School - Master of Public Health Virtual Information Session

  September 28, 2026, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Get an inside look at Maxwell's master of public health (MPH) program by joining us for this webinar for prospective students.

• Persian Culture and Conversation Table

  September 25, 2026, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 303

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Persian conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Analyzing Socioenvironmental Change in Andean Peatlands

  September 25, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  In this talk, Maxwell professors Tom Perreault and Peng Gao present ongoing research on high altitude peat forming wetlands, or bofedales, on the Bolivian Altiplano.

• Spanish Culture and Conversation Table

  September 25, 2026, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Spanish conversation skills!

• French Culture and Conversation Table

  September 25, 2026, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 111

  Do you want to learn more about French culture and language? Come to the French Table! All levels welcome.

• Seva Gunitsky | Autocratic Resilience in the Age of AI

  September 25, 2026, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Seva Gunitsky (Univ. of Toronto) will discuss three AI governance strategies—panopticism, discourse management and agency alignment—and link them to old institutional tradeoffs in closed regimes.