Maxwell School Events Calendar

• The Social Underpinnings of Political Discontent in Latin America

  April 24, 2025, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

  How did the decline in fiscal windfalls and unmet social expectations after the commodity boom fuel political discontent and protests in Latin America?

• Maxwell and Whitman Schools - MS in Sustainable Organizations and Policy Virtual Information Session

  April 24, 2025, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  This virtual information session gives an overview of the M.S. in sustainable organizations and policy curriculum and admissions process.

• How To Write for a Broad Public

  April 24, 2025, 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. EDT

  Virtual

  This session will dig into the nuts and bolts of public scholarship and cover why and how to write for the public or participate in broadcast media.

• Russian Culture and Conversation Table

  April 23, 2025, 4 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 341

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

• Tamil Culture and Conversation Table

  April 23, 2025, 3:30 p.m.-5 p.m. EDT

  Eggers Hall, 352

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

• 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!