Maxwell School Events Calendar

Social Science and Public Policy Events

  • From Politics to the Pews: How Partisanship and the Political Landscape Shape Religious Identity

    Eggers Hall, 220 (Strasser Legacy Room)

    The Renewing Democratic Community Speaker Series presents Michele Margolis, associate professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • The Troubles and Beyond. The Impact of a Museum Exhibit on a Post-Conflict Society

    Eggers Hall, 341

    Can museums influence the way visitors think about past violence and modern-day politics? Although the impacts of symbolic transitional justice (TJ) policies such as museums have largely been overlooked, Laia Balcells and Elsa Voytas hypothesize that they can shape perceptions of groups involved in violence; and preferences toward public policies to address the past.

  • Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Francis Wong

    Virtual

    Francis Wong (Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich) will discuss "Taxing Homeowners Who Won't Borrow."

  • Talking Across Differences: A Conversation About Free Speech, Civil Dialogue & Respectful Discourse

    Eggers Hall, 220

    Join us for a facilitated conversation about the state of our society, the erosion of public discourse and how to respectfully talk across differences.

  • Popular Sovereignty and the Bengali Language Movement in East Pakistan

    Virtual

    Ahona Panda's talk explores the complexities of the Bengali language movement as a political event. By examining the microhistories of a few dissenters, she argues that the discourse of language was situated between two distinct political imaginaries: the nationalism of Bengali (jātī) and the formulation of the Pakistani nation-state (rāṣṭra).

  • Addiction Imaginaries: Drugs, Sovereignty and Nine Years of Russian Military Occupation in Ukraine

    Eggers Hall, 060

    Jennifer Carroll will discuss how social imaginations of people who use drugs facilitate their use (and abuse) in leveraging political authority, demonstrating how global health para-infrastructures, state biopolitics, citizenship and sovereignty are always enmeshed.

  • Lerner Center Lunch and Learn: Positive Psychology

    White Hall, 441

    In partnership with Falk College’s Public Health Week, the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health will be hosting a lunch and learn on positive psychology. This immersive experience will pull from the Lerner Center’s DeStress from Success programming and provide tools on how to use positive psychology to manage stress.

  • Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning Advances US Foreign Policy in Europe

    Eggers Hall, 220

    The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, and the Moynihan International Affairs Seminar Series is proud to host Shawanesh Underwood, Member, Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff (S/P).

  • Evolution of Institutional Diversity in a Changing World

    Virtual

    Irene Pérez Ibarra of the University of Zaragoza will present her recently awarded grant, "Resilient Rules," funded by the European Research Council.

  • "Listen to the Elders" Speaker Series: Freida Jacques

    6680 Onondaga Lake Pkwy Liverpool, New York

    Freida will speak about "Haudenosaunee Principles of Peace and Democracy" and guide a tour of the Skä•noñh Great Law of Peace Center.

  • Fostering a Diverse and Healthy Democracy in a Period of Polarization

    Schine Student Center, Goldstein Auditorium

    Michael Eric Dyson and John McWhorter, prominent authors and thought leaders who express divergent views regarding free speech surrounding race and the portrayal of racial identity, will explore the health and future of democracy in a conversation moderated by Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter.

  • Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series

    Eggers Hall, 032

    "Rooted in Faith: Black Women and Black Religious Geographies of the U.S. South," with Priscilla McCutcheon, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky

  • Book Launch: Critical Kashmir Studies

    Eggers Hall, 341

    The Moynihan Institute of International Affairs and the South Asia Center are proud to present SU-Maxwell faculty member Mona Bahn, along with her contributors, who are launching their new book the "Routledge Handbook of Critical Kashmir Studies."

  • Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics

    Eggers Hall, 220

    Kevin Volpp (University of Pennsylvania) will present "Behavioral Economics and Health" at the annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics.

  • Ivan Zhivkov: CACI-SU Alumni Talk Series

    Maxwell Hall, 204

    Mr. Ivan Zhivkov—the first guest speaker of the CACI-SU Alumni Talk Series—is a foreign service officer of the U.S. Department of State and has served as vice consul at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, since 2021.

  • What Happens in China Does Not Stay in China

    Eggers Hall, 341

    Moynihan Institute is proud to host Eva Van Leemput, Chief, Emerging Market Economies Section, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Many are quick to point out that spillovers from China to global financial markets have been found to be small owing to China’s limited integration in the global financial system. In this talk, however, Van Leemput provides evidence that China constitutes an important driver of the global financial cycle.

  • Master of Public Administration Open House

    Eggers Hall, 426 (CPR Conference Room)

    M.P.A. open houses are informal, voluntary opportunities for current M.P.A. students to meet with Saba Siddiki, professor and director of the M.P.A. program, to discuss their experience and questions relating to the program.

  • Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan

    Eggers Hall, 341

    The Moynihan Institute and the program for Comparative Politics/International Relations is proud to host Niloufer Siddiqui from SUNY Albany.

  • Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Cameron LaPoint

    Virtual

    Cameron LaPoint (Yale School of Management) will discuss "Property Tax Sales, Private Capital, and Gentrification in the U.S."

  • FPP Conference

    Eggers Hall, 145 NY

    The History Department graduate students will be hosting their annual FPP Conference on March 24, 2023.

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