Maxwell School Events Calendar

Social Science and Public Policy Events

• Ukraine, Russia, and the West: Understanding the Current Crisis

  February 09, 2022, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  This panel discussion will examine possible reasons for the Russian military buildup near Ukraine, how Ukraine and the West are responding, and what to expect going forward.

• Democracy in Latin America - CFR Webinar

  February 09, 2022, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  CFR Webinar Series

• Somos Guerreras

  February 07, 2022, 12:45 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  Dr. Melissa Castillo Planas will explore how, where and why poetics serve to advance a feminist expression across the Americas.

• Curating Sovereignty in Palestine

  February 04, 2022, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  This presentation extends work on “NGO-ization” in the Middle East and Global South to examine “voluntary grassroots organizations (VGOs)”: groups that operate on a voluntary basis and position themselves outside of the formal NGO sector and foreign aid system.

• Syracuse Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Martin Simmler

  February 04, 2022, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  Property tax administration and design scholars will discuss how to address certain problems and help fill the substantive gap in literature on property tax.

• IR Resume Review Appointments

  February 04, 2022, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  Amy Kennedy will host virtual one-on-one resume reviews each month.

• Management of Forced Migration in the Global South

  February 02, 2022, 12 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  This panel aims to explore the influence of the Refugee Convention and other legal instruments as well as a wide range of social and political factors on the refugee management in the Global South. It will present perspectives from practitioners and academics who work on the management of forced migration in the Global South.

• Chinese Culture and Conversation Table

  February 01, 2022, 5 p.m.-6 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  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. 歡迎/欢迎!

• Retrofitting Leninism: A Book Talk on China’s Control Regime

  January 28, 2022, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. EST

  Virtual

  Drawing inspiration from the PRC’s Leninist origins, Dimitar Gueorguiev offers a novel explanation for how China’s ruling Communist Party maintains control despite facing increasingly complex governing challenges.

• Cyberspace and US-China Relations - CFR Webinar

  January 26, 2022, 1 p.m.-2 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  The Council on Foreign Relations' (CFR) Academic Webinar series, formerly the Academic Conference Call series now in Zoom webinar format, provides the opportunity for students across the country and around the world to participate in an interactive conversation with a CFR fellow, Foreign Affairs author, or other expert. Webinars take place every other week during the fall and spring semesters and are dedicated to a wide range of international affairs and U.S. foreign policy topics. Background readings are distributed prior to each call, and the video recording and transcript are posted online after the fact.

• Bangkok Utopia: A Book Talk with Lawrence Chua and Anoma Pieris

  January 25, 2022, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EST

  Virtual

  Lawrence Chua’s "Bangkok Utopia" (University of Hawai’i Press, 2021) outlines an alternative genealogy of both utopia and modernism in a part of the world that has often been overlooked by scholars of both. In this book talk, Professor Chua will discuss his work and conversation with Anoma Pieris, Professor of Architecture at the University of Mebourne.