News and Events

Tocqueville's Reflective Patriotism and Its Lessons for American Civils at Our Semiquincentennial

4:15 PM

Paul Carrese is a professor in the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University, serving as founding director 2016-2023. He earlier taught at Middlebury College and at the U.S. Air Force Academy, co-founding the Academy’s honors program blending liberal arts and leadership education. He teaches and publishes on American constitutional and political thought, civic education, and American grand strategy. His most recent book is Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism (2016).

Munroe 406

Weekly Politics Luncheon

12:30 PM

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

From leiteiras to farm owners: Rural Women and Dairy Production in Galicia (Spain) in the Twentieth Century

4:30 PM

Presented in Spanish by Ana Cabana Iglesia, Associate Professor of History, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Should the Federal Reserve Consider Climate Change in Its Decisions?

4:30 PM

Professors Gary Winslett and Frank Van Gansbeke will debate whether the Federal Reserve should consider climate action in its decision making.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Weekly Politics Luncheon

12:30 PM

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Toby Fenwick discusses the importance of the US Elections Globally

5:15 PM

TBA

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Weekly Politics Luncheon

12:30 PM

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

From Victims to Peace Builders: Challenging Dominant Views of Women in Conflict

4:30 PM

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs presents Kelebogile Zvobgo and “From Victims to Peace Builders: Challenging Dominant Views of Women in Conflict.”

Axinn Center 232

Open to the Public

Divergent Democracy: How Policy Positions Came to Dominate Party Competition

5:00 PM

The competition between America’s two political parties was not always based around policy positions. The parties used be clientelistic subnational organizations promising material support or jobs in return for votes. Now the competition between is about policy positions. How did that change happen?

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220

Open to the Public

The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora

6:30 PM

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. In her new book, Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University) draws upon hundreds of interviews conducted across more than a decade to probe an intimate and universal question. What is home? Syrians now on five continents share stories of leaving, losing, searching, and finding (or not finding) home.

Johnson Classroom 204

Open to the Public