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    Saving Liberalism from Crisis

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Global Fellows program presents “Saving Liberalism from Crisis” by Professor Samuel Moyn.

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Firebrands of Anti-Modernity: Populist Elitism in the United States and the Russian Federation

    Recent years have witnessed a growing affinity between radicalized right-wing movements in the United States and Russia, countries that have often viewed each other as intractable foes. This lecture will examine ethnonationalist movements and anti-globalist opinion-makers in both countries, with particular attention to justifications for the 2022 invasion of Ukraine and attitudes to Christian nationalism, LGBTQ+ identities, race, and performative identity. 

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    McCardell Bicentennial Hall 104

    Open to the Public

  • Divergent Democracy: How Policy Positions Came to Dominate Party Competition

    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

    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

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Anna Mysliwiec ’11, Senior Policy Manager for Political Economy and Governance at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Are you passionate about international development, and poverty alleviation? Interested in connecting the dots between economics and policy and are passionate about working with organizations to form partnerships for evidence-informed development policy. 

Register on Handshake for the virtual link to attend.

October 7, 2024 • 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT  
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) attending  

Also, J-PAL has an entry-level job opportunity you might be perfect for:

Policy Associate  
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) • Cambridge, MA  
Full-Time Job • Apply by Mar 19th, 2025      

Alumna Career Conversation with Pui Shen Yoong ’12 from the World Bank

Thursday, October 10, 2024
12:30–1:30 PM ET

Twilight 204
50 Franklin Street
Middlebury, VT 05753

Join us for an informal event to meet and learn from Pui Shen Yoong, a Senior Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC. Shen has spent a decade at the World Bank, covering various countries across Asia (Maldives, Indonesia and her native Malaysia) and Latin America (Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay). 

She holds a Bachelor’s in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College (‘12) and a Master’s in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (‘17). This will be a good opportunity to explore what careers in multilateral organizations such as the World Bank could look like and to ask questions. This is not a formal recruiting event.

 Students can register on Handshake HERE.

Past Events

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

    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

  • Speaker TBD US Constitution Day Lecture

    September 17 is Constitution Day. This day commemorates the September 17, 1787 signing of the United States Constitution. Join Middlebury College professors Murray Dry, Bert Johnson and Matt Dickinson, all faculty in the Political Science Department, to discuss American Constitutionalism. Sponsored by Professor Murray Dry and the Political Science Department, with support from CCI.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Closed to the Public

  • A Multi-Disciplinary Conversation with Henk Handloetgen, Co-Writer and Co-Director of the hit TV Series Babylon Berlin

    German film director Henk Handloetgen, co-writer and and co-director of the hit TV-series “Babylon Berlin”, faculty, and student panelists will discuss the series’ lasting success, its aesthetic and historical contexts in Weimar German culture and modern film technology, and its relevance for the 21st century. Free and open to the public.

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Open to the Public

  • International Politics and Economics Majors Reception

    The IP&E program welcomes majors and prospective majors to a reception to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. The reception is also meant as a way for students returning from abroad to reconnect with friends and professors.

    Chateau Grand Salon

    Closed to the Public

  • Film Poster for season 4 of TV series "Babylon Berlin"

    Babylon Berlin, Season 4

    Season 4 of the German hit series “Babylon Berlin” has finally arrived in the United States. Set in the early 1930s in Germany and the period of the National Socialists’ rapid rise to absolute power, season 4 once again follows police inspector Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) and police assistant Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) as they try to solve a murder-mystery set in the streets of Berlin. However, it is Gereon’s slow surrender to the power of Fascism that really drives this season and the relationship between the two protagonists who were once on the same page …

    Axinn Center 232

    Open to the Public

Gary Winslett, Program Director

Munroe Hall 316

(802) 443-5941

ipec_director@middlebury.edu

Heidi Sullivan, Coordinator

Munroe Hall 118

(802) 443-2603

hsullivan@middlebury.edu