Maxwell School Events Calendar

• Hebrew Culture and Conversation Table

  April 16, 2026, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

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

• Film & Discussion | Jang o Gol Bibi (War and Gol Bibi)

  April 16, 2026, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Kamalan Bebagr (National College of Arts) will discuss the film Jang o Gol Bibi, a cinematic portrait of Baloch women’s resilience in one of the densest militarized regions of Pakistan, Balochistan.

• The Coloniality of Climate Change Adaption

  April 16, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 400A

  Presented by Tasfia Tasnim, Ph.D. student at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), as part of the Conversations in Conflict Studies series.

• Arabic Culture and Conversation Table

  April 16, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

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

• Tamil Culture and Conversation Table

  April 15, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for the April Tamil table. All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Dismantling DEI and What Remains: How Diversity Ideology Affects Employees of Color

  April 14, 2026, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Oneya Fennell Okuwobi, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Cincinnati, will present as part of the Sociology Department Symposium Series.

• Armenian Culture and Conversation Table

  April 14, 2026, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come to the Armenian Table! All levels welcome!

• TDPE Panel | Trump’s Tariffs One Year On

  April 14, 2026, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, The Dr. Paul and Natalie Strasser Legacy Room, 220

  A panel of Maxwell School experts will break down the current effects of the tariff policy, and what the future holds for the U.S. and global economy. Livestream available.

• The United Nations at Eighty: Achievements, Challenges, Prospects

  April 13, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220, The Dr. Paul & Natalie Strasser Legacy Room

  This panel brings together three distinguished former United Nations officials to discuss the successes and failures of the UN over its 80-year history, and what to expect from the UN going forward.

• USA @ 250: Public/Private Partnerships in the US

  April 13, 2026, 12:45 p.m.-2:05 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  This session will be led by David Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School and professor of public administration and international affairs.

• Rethinking the Expectations of Knowing in Educational Contexts: African Languages and Literacies

  April 13, 2026, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Adeola Agoke (University of Wisconsin-Madison) examines African languages' role in meaning-making and their entanglement with restrictions in knowledge production.

• Inside Federal Agencies: Public Service, Politics and Navigating Institutional Upheaval

  April 10, 2026, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  India Luxton, postdoctoral research fellow in the Geography and the Environment Department and the Center for Policy Research, will present as part of the Spring 2026 Colloquium Speaker Series.

• Spanish Culture and Conversation Table

  April 10, 2026, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

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

• Ilana Shpaizman | The Dream to Have a Dream: Hope in Mass Protests Against Democratic Backsliding

  April 10, 2026, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220, The Dr. Paul and Natalie Strasser Legacy Room

  Ilana Shpaizman (Bar Ilan University) examines how hope is an indispensable emotional resource for sustaining mass protest against democratic backsliding.

• Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Frederic Cherbonnier

  April 10, 2026, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  Frederic Cherbonnier will present, “Reducing Transaction Taxes on Housing in Highly Regulated Economies” as part of the Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design.

• Threats to Power: Methane Extraction in Rwanda

  April 09, 2026, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Hall of Languages, 500

  The Anthropology Department welcomes Kristin Doughty (University of Rochester) to discuss her upcoming book on Lake Kivu and how its methane stores transform from threat to resource.

• Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics: Alison Buttenheim

  April 09, 2026, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room, 220

  Alison Buttenheim (University of Pennsylvania) will present the eleventh annual Paul Volcker Lecture, titled “Better, Sooner, Stronger: Chasing Behavioral Science Impact Through Design.”

• Juan Gonzalez | The Americas at an Inflection Point: Power, Democracy, and US Strategy

  April 09, 2026, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  Juan S. Gonzalez (Georgetown Americas Institute) examines how the region is being reshaped by democratic backsliding, economic fragmentation, and geopolitical rivalry.

• Campbell Workshop: A Guide to the DiD Revolution

  April 09, 2026, 2 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Amanda Weiss, assistant professor of political methodology in the Department of Government at Cornell University, offers applied researchers an intensive treatment of modern DiD during this workshop.

• CMC Workshop: Information Sharing and Word Smithing

  April 09, 2026, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  This workshop will be led by Averell Manes, professor emeritus and faculty affiliate at Western Connecticut State University and PARCC faculty affiliate at Syracuse University.