Maxwell School Events Calendar

• Maxwell School – MA International Relations Program Curriculum Overview (Virtual Session)

  November 17, 2025, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  An in-depth look at the M.A. in international relations curriculum, program features and outcomes.

• Michael Klein | Patents, Secrecy, and Financing Innovation

  November 17, 2025, 3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This presentation examines the relationship between financial development and the economic impact of patent policy.

• Unspoiled Paradise or Microcosm for the End of Times: Community Building & Conservation, Madagascar

  November 17, 2025, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Madagascar is a household name thanks to DreamWorks’ Madagascar movies and PBS’s Zoboomafoo, yet it is rarely recognized for its true significance as one of the most biodiverse places on Earth.

• Persian Culture and Conversation Table

  November 14, 2025, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EST

  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.

• New Openings for Worker Justice in the Food System: A Call for Centering Labor in Food Justice

  November 14, 2025, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 018

  This talk considers the thorny question of labor exploitation across the food system, examining historical and contemporary conditions, contexts and forms of resistance.

• Spanish Culture and Conversation Table

  November 14, 2025, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

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

• After Democracy: Culture and Ideas in the Age of Authoritarianism

  November 14, 2025, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, Global Collaboratory | 060

  Award-winning author Siddhartha Deb will discuss the crisis we face and the ways in which we can respond.

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  November 14, 2025, 12:45 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come learn and practice your Hindi-Urdu conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• History Department Workshop: Martin Shanguhyia

  November 14, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 151

  “Governing Insecure Borderlands: Environment, Economy, and Facades of ‘Development’ on Kenya’s Northwestern Colonial Frontier,” presented by Professor Martin Shanguhyia.

• Japanese Culture and Conversation Table

  November 13, 2025, 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EST

  Huntington Beard Crouse Hall (HBC), 009

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

• From Sacred Leaf to Illicit Crop: Coca, Memory, and the Politics of Vegetal Excess in Colombia

  November 13, 2025, 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EST

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  The Anthropology Department welcomes Miryam de Jesus Nacimento to discuss Colombian peasant farmers, the coca plant and their role in Colombia's changing racial politics.

• Arabic Culture and Conversation Table

  November 13, 2025, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  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!

• Italian Culture and Conversation Table

  November 13, 2025, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 352

  Come to Italian Table! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Ukrainian Culture and Conversation Table

  November 12, 2025, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This year, the Ukrainian Culture and Conversation Table invites you on a journey through the diverse regions of Ukraine.

• Bangla Culture and Conversation Table

  November 12, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come learn and practice your Bangla conversation skills! All are welcome to attend, from beginners to native speakers.

• Chinese Culture and Conversation Table

  November 11, 2025, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. EST

  Shaffer Art Building, 221 D

  The Chinese Culture and Conversation Table is a forum where you get to meet and converse with friends old and new. All language levels are welcome.

• Turkish Culture and Conversation Table

  November 11, 2025, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come to the Turkish Table! All levels welcome!

• Migration, Mobility and Solidarity

  November 11, 2025, 2 p.m.-4 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 220, Strasser Legacy Room

  This event is part of a global teach-in/teach-out at more than 26 universities worldwide, organized by the Global Migration Scholars Network.

• Land (Ab)use Planning: Consequences of Failed Planning Models; Food Systems in Global South Cities

  November 11, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Professor Raja explores how acontextual planning frameworks influence urban food systems, especially in cities in contested, occupied and conflict regions.

• Judgment and Justice: The ECHR’s Ruling on Russian Human Rights Violations in Ukraine

  November 10, 2025, 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. EST

  Joseph I. Lubin House 11 East 61st Street New York, NY

  This panel talk will explore the judgment’s legal significance and its implications for the ongoing war and prospects for accountability.