Maxwell School Events Calendar

• Russian Culture and Conversation Table

  March 26, 2025, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

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

• Decoding Deception: Advancing Critical Thinking to Strengthen Democracy

  March 26, 2025, 6 p.m.-7 p.m. EDT

  Grant Auditorium

  Part of the “Life Together: Seeking the Common Good in a Diverse Democracy” initiative, this event tackles the challenge of confronting mis/disinformation to restore trust and strengthen democracy.

• Ukrainian Culture and Conversation Table

  March 27, 2025, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  This event is hosted by Tetiana Hranchak, visiting assistant teaching professor, with support from the SU Ukrainian Club.

• Maxwell 2025 Awards of Excellence and D.C. Spring Alumni Reception

  March 27, 2025, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. EDT

  1333 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C.

  Maxwell alumni and friends are invited to the school's spring alumni evening in Washington, D.C., featuring the 2025 Awards of Excellence followed by a reception.

• Persian Culture and Conversation Table

  March 28, 2025, 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.

• The Babel Machine Workshop: Multilingual AI for Cross-National and Comparative Research

  March 31, 2025, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Discover how cutting-edge large language models can transform your research across language barriers.

• Putin’s Holy War: Sacred Memory and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

  March 31, 2025, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Sean Griffin traces the career of Patriarch Kirill (Gundiaev), the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, and examines his highly controversial role in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

• Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Social Science

  April 01, 2025, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Join us for a thought-provoking discussion with pioneering international scholar Miklós Sebők, who developed a no-code LLM platform for studying international politics across twenty languages.

• Avoiding Trivia: Reflections on U.S. National Security Strategy

  April 02, 2025, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  The Post-Cold War era is definitively over. So now what? Matan Chorev, former principal deputy director of the secretary of state's policy planning staff, will discuss.

• Life Together Leadership Fellows - Session 4

  April 02, 2025, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  A four-part training program on civic engagement and civil discourse offered by the Life Together initiative steering committee and PARCC.

• Social Impact Pitch Competition: Addressing Public Health Misinformation

  April 03, 2025, 12 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT

  Bird Library, PGSC 114

  SU undergraduate students will present health communication tools (videos, social media campaigns, etc.) aimed at combating misinformation and promoting social justice, DEIA and public health.

• Book Talk | ‘Doing Research as a Native: A Guide for Fieldwork in Repressive and Illiberal States’

  April 03, 2025, 2 p.m.-4:15 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Presentation of “Doing Research as a Native: A Guide for Fieldwork in Illiberal and Repressive States” (Oxford University Press 2025), edited by Kira Jumet and Merouan Mekouar.

• Hebrew Culture and Conversation Table

  April 03, 2025, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 306B

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

• What Side Are You On? A Tohono O'odham Life Across Borders

  April 03, 2025, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  Mike Wilson and José Antonio Lucero explore the impact of poverty racism, and border policing on Native peoples, focusing on Wilson's activism and personal journey.

• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

  April 03, 2025, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room, 220 Eggers Hall

  Jennifer Eberhardt (Stanford) will present the tenth annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics.

• CHRONOS Undergraduate Research Conference

  April 04, 2025, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. UTC

  Bird Library, Spector Room (608)

  The Chronos Conference will feature undergraduate research presentations and a student-faculty panel discussion exploring questions of what it means to be a historian.

• The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond

  April 04, 2025, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Join us for an engaging conversation with Maxwell alumna Debra Whitman, chief public policy officer for AARP and author of “The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond.”

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  April 04, 2025, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 306B

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

• Environmental Repair and Reparations in San Francisco

  April 04, 2025, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 018

  As part of the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series, Lindsey Dillon, associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz, will present "Environmental Repair and Reparations in San Francisco."

• A Conversation with George Washington: Featuring Robert Shetterly

  April 04, 2025, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, Maxwell Auditorium (Room 117)

  This session will feature a conversation with Robert Shetterly, artist of the renowned educational exhibit Americans Who Tell the Truth.