Maxwell School Events Calendar

• Laura Cooper | Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Wake Up Calls and What's Next for the US and Allies

  February 05, 2026, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 220 | Strasser Legacy Room

  Laura Cooper is the former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, and a career member of the Senior Executive Service.

• Understanding Drivers of Adaptive Policymaking: A Study of South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

  February 05, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 400A

  Presented by Saba Siddiki, professor of public administration and international affairs, and Ph.D. student Shuping Wang, as part of the Conversations in Conflict Studies series.

• Bangla Culture and Conversation Table

  February 04, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

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

• Hebrew Culture and Conversation Table

  February 04, 2026, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  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!

• Colloquium Lecture: Marco Albertini

  February 03, 2026, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EST

  Lyman Hall, 312

  Marco Albertini of the University of Bolognia will present “Evolution of digital divides by age, income, and education: A decade of E-administration utilization in Europe.”

• USA @ 250: Beyond the Thirteen Colonies - British Empire and Colonialism

  February 02, 2026, 12:45 p.m.-2:05 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  Faculty experts will delve into a variety of topics, from democracy and women’s voices to the Declaration of Independence, in a series of weekly lectures offered in the spring semester.

• Persian Culture and Conversation Table

  January 30, 2026, 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.

• Turkish Culture and Conversation Table

  January 30, 2026, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come to the Turkish Table! All levels welcome!

• French Culture and Conversation Table

  January 30, 2026, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  Maxwell Hall, 111

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

• Meredith Weiss | Activist Adaptations: Sustaining Protest as Liberalism Wanes

  January 30, 2026, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Weiss will examine how activists recalibrate their strategies amid mounting repression and the constant uncertainty of taking risks to pursue political opportunities.

• CAPS Seminar: Yiqing Xu

  January 30, 2026, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  Yiqing Xu of Stanford University will present “Comparing Experimental and Nonexperimental Methods: What Lessons Have We Learned Four Decades After Lalonde?”

• Qualitative Research Data Management for Public Health Researchers

  January 29, 2026, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This 90-minute session introduces key ideas and essential practices in managing qualitative and multi-method data in alignment with the 2023 NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy

• Arabic Culture and Conversation Table

  January 29, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-1:30 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!

• Atrocity Prevention in Practice in a Contested World, with Cmdr. Jeffrey Sizemore, USN Retired

  January 28, 2026, 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EST

  National Veterans Resource Center, K.G. Tan Auditorium

  The conversation will cover some of the successes and challenges in implementing the prevention agenda.

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  January 28, 2026, 3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Please join us for the first Hindi-Urdu table of the spring semester!

• Chinese Culture and Conversation Table

  January 27, 2026, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. EST

  Lyman Hall, 115-B

  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.

• A Maxwell DC Conversation Series–Make America Healthy Again: Public Health in Changing Times

  January 26, 2026, 7 p.m.-8 p.m. EST

  1333 New Hampshire Ave, NW Washington, DC

  Led by Maxwell professor and health economist John Cawley, this three-part series examines what it means to be “healthy” in America today.

• USA @ 250: The Constitution

  January 26, 2026, 12:45 p.m.-2:05 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  Faculty experts will delve into a variety of topics, from democracy and women’s voices to the Declaration of Independence, in a series of weekly lectures offered in the spring semester.

• Spanish Culture and Conversation Table

  January 23, 2026, 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 341

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

• Liberty Bell's Electronic Ring: The Establishment and Production of Online Hate 1983-1995

  January 23, 2026, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Eggers Hall, 151

  Ph.D. candidate Ian Glazman-Schillinger presents “Liberty Bell's Electronic Ring: The Establishment and Production of Online Hate, 1983-1995.”