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Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Events

April 4, 2024

Dissertation Defense: Zeyuan Xiong

April 4, 2024 at 9:00am11:00am EDT

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The oral doctoral examination of Zeyuan Xiong, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Thursday, April 4, at 9 a.m. in Eggers Hall, room 112. Xiong’s advisor is Professor Kristy Buzard. The…

Discussion and Book Signing with Author Debbie Urbanski in Her First Novel: ‘After World’

April 4, 2024 at 2:30pm3:30pm

Maxwell Hall, 204

The novel uses speculative fiction to address real-world issues like climate change, poverty and technology’s impact on society.

MASU: Graduate Research Presentations

April 4, 2024 at 2:30pm4:00pm

Eggers Hall, 341

MASU’s previous graduate student research grant recipients, Jane Appiah-Okyere, Matthew D. O'Leary, David Aanuoluwa Okanlawon, and Tumbu Ladislaus, share the preliminary results of their research.

April 5, 2024

Africa, African Diasporas and the Caribbean: Archaeology and Heritage Sites (Day 1)

April 5, 2024 at 9:00am6:30pm

Eggers Hall, 220, The Strasser Legacy Room

The Anthropology Department will bring together students, alumni and invited speakers to recognize the contributions of Professor Emeritus Douglas V. Armstrong.

‘History Under Attack’ The Third Undergraduate History Conference

April 5, 2024 at 9:45am4:30pm

Bird Library, Spector Room, 6th Floor

The Third Undergraduate History Conference will feature eight undergraduate research presentations, and a faculty and student panel discussion.

Selina Gallo-Cruz: The Successes, Failures, and Long Story of the Globalization of Nonviolence

April 5, 2024 at 12:00pm1:30pm

Eggers Hall, 341

Gallo-Cruz researches culture, conflict, gender, global change, NGOs, nonviolence, social movements and theory.

Monitoring Dynamics of Invasive Plants Using Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Tools

April 5, 2024 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 032

Part of the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series with guest speaker Susan Meerdinck from the University of Iowa.

Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series

April 5, 2024 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 032

Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series with guest speaker Susan Meerdinck, University of Iowa.

April 6, 2024

Africa, African Diasporas and the Caribbean: Archaeology and Heritage Sites (Day 2)

April 6, 2024 at 9:00am2:00pm

Hall of Languages, 107

The Anthropology Department will bring together students, alumni and invited speakers to recognize the contributions of Professor Emeritus Douglas V. Armstrong.

April 8, 2024

Ana Maria Santacreu: Cross-Border Patenting, Globalization, and Development

April 8, 2024 at 3:45pm5:05pm

Eggers Hall, 341

Santacreu developed a quantitative model showing that globalization and policy enhancements positively influence cross-border patenting, which reduces global income inequality.

April 9, 2024

Dissertation Defense: Dominic Wilkins

April 9, 2024 at 12:30pm2:30pm EDT

Eggers Hall

The oral doctoral examination of Dominic Wilkins, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Tuesday, April 9,  at 12:30 p.m. in Eggers Hall, room 341. Wilkins’s advisor is Professor Robert…

Dissertation Defense: Katherine Hicks

April 9, 2024 at 4:00pm6:00pm EDT

Maxwell Hall

The oral doctoral examination of Katherine Hicks, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Tuesday, April 9, at 4 p.m. in 303 Maxwell Hall. Hicks’s advisor is Professor Shannon A. Novak. The…

China Town Hall with DSS Kurt M. Campbell

April 9, 2024 at 6:30pm8:30pm

Maxwell Hall, 204

This town hall features a livestream keynote from current U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt M. Campbell.

April 10, 2024

Conversations in Conflict Studies Presents Anjuli Fahlberg

April 10, 2024 at 12:30pm1:30pm

Eggers Hall

"Non-Violent Organizing in the Midst of Repression: Learning from Activism in Rio de Janeiro’s Gang Territories" with Anjuli Fahlberg.

April 11, 2024

Taking Tutoring to Scale in Metro Nashville Public Schools: A Multi-Year Analysis

April 11, 2024 at 3:30pm5:00pm

Eggers Hall, 060

Matthew Kraft, associate professor of education and economics at Brown University, will present at the 2024 Jerry Miner Lecture.

Lauren Benton: Limiting War, Sparking Atrocity

April 11, 2024 at 4:00pm5:30pm

Eggers Hall, 341

Armed conflicts today are typically defined as ruptures of international law and order, and responses tend to focus on strategies to limit the scope and intensity of fighting

April 12, 2024

Dissertation Defense: Erika Carter Grosso

April 12, 2024 at 11:00am1:00pm EDT

Maxwell Hall and Virtual (See event details)

The oral doctoral examination of Erika Carter Grosso, candidate for the Ph.D. degree, will be held on Friday, April 12, at 11 a.m. in Maxwell Hall, room 303 and via Zoom. Carter Grosso’s advisor is…

Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Arpit Gupta

April 12, 2024 at 11:00am12:15pm

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Arpit Gupta (New York University) will present “Optimal Property Taxes." Discussion will follow with Kasper Kragh-Sorensen (University of Oslo).

Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: Arpit Gupta

April 12, 2024 at 11:00am12:15pm

Virtual (See event details)

Arpit Gupta (New York University) will present “Optimal Property Taxes." Discussion will follow with Walter D'Lima (Florida International University).

Gendered Pathways to Political Legitimacy: Men Versus Women Leaders in Charismatic Movements

April 12, 2024 at 12:00pm1:30pm

Eggers Hall, 341

How do women leaders establish political legitimacy? We know little about whether and how they do so when voters demand a charismatic “strongman.”