Maxwell School Events Calendar

• George Fletcher | The American Legal System in Comparative Perspective

  April 23, 2025, 2:15 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  The Moynihan Institutes’ Law in World Affairs seminar series presents George P. Fletcher, Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence, Columbia University School of Law.

• MESP Reception

  April 22, 2025, 4 p.m.-6 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  Come celebrate the contributions of our Middle Eastern Studies Program faculty and the achievements of our students.

• Cumulative Disadvantage and the Aging of Mexican Immigrants in the United States

  April 22, 2025, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 060

  Fernando Riosmena will present “Cumulative Disadvantage and the Aging of Mexican Immigrants in the United States” as part of the CPR Seminar Series. Co-sponsored by the Sociology Department.

• Crime, Violence, and Punishment Working Group: Student Presentations

  April 22, 2025, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 426 (CPR conference room)

  Shaneya Simmelkjaer and Anne Getz Eidelhoch, both Ph.D. students in sociology, will share works in progress.

• Austin Kocher | Making Sense of Immigration Policy in 2025

  April 21, 2025, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220 - Strasser Legacy Room

  How is the second Trump administration reshaping immigration policy, with attacks on birthright citizenship, deportations and shifting legal boundaries for non-citizens?

• Tom Zylkin | Gravity with Persistence

  April 21, 2025, 3:45 p.m.-5:05 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  How can trade persistence, relationship-building and policy feedback lead to biases in static gravity models, and how does the dynamic extension correct these biases?

• Book Talk | Atmospheric Violence: Disaster and Repair in Kashmir

  April 21, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Omer Aijazi explores remote valleys in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, shaped by environmental disasters and the violence of the India/Pakistan border conflict.

• CANCELED | Persian Culture and Conversation Table

  April 18, 2025, 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 303

  This event has been cancelled. We look forward to our last table of the semester next week, Friday April 25th.

• The Right To Stand as a Candidate and the Democratic Value of Elections

  April 18, 2025, 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220 - Strasser Legacy Room

  This talk highlights the overlooked importance of the right to stand as a candidate in elections and its role in enhancing democratic potential.

• Hindi-Urdu Culture and Conversation Table

  April 18, 2025, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

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

• Conflict Management Center Workshop - Design Thinking

  April 18, 2025, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 220

  This interactive and immersive workshop will introduce participants to design thinking, a participatory approach to addressing complex problems.

• Virtual | MASU 2023-2024 Graduate Student Research Grant Presentations

  April 18, 2025, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  The Maxwell African Scholar's Union presents David Okanlawon, doctoral candidate in anthropology, and Arcenia Notilija Vilanculo, master of science candidate in food studies.

• M. Dores Cruz | A View from the End of the World

  April 17, 2025, 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. EDT

  Maxwell Hall, 204

  The Anthropology Department welcomes M. Dores Cruz to giver her talk titled “A View from the End of the World: The Archaeology of São Tomé's Plantation Complex and the Origins of the Atlantic World.”

• Turkish Culture and Conversation Table

  April 17, 2025, 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Come to the Turkish Table! All levels welcome!

• Italian Culture and Conversation Table

  April 17, 2025, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  NEW DATE! April 17 | Please join us for a great opportunity to practice your Italian conversation skills!

• Deterritorialized Asiatics, In and Against the Ukraine War

  April 16, 2025, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  The talk bridges the early 20th century to the present, first by discussing contemporary interpretations of Eurasianism by such figures as Alexander Dugin.

• Inheriting Caste: Minorities Out of Time in Muslim South Asia

  April 15, 2025, 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  Ghazal Asif explores how Pakistan's 2017 census change on caste sparked debates on religious identity, minority recognition and political reimagining.

• Time Change | Arabic Culture and Conversation Table

  April 14, 2025, 11 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 306B

  Come practice your Arabic language skills and enjoy company and conversation! All levels are welcome.

• Persian Culture and Conversation Table

  April 11, 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.

• Japanese Culture and Conversation Table

  April 11, 2025, 2:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m. EDT

  Hall of Languages, 115

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