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Social Science and Public Policy Events

January 17, 2025

A World Safe for Autocracy? The Domestic Politics of Chinese Foreign Policy

January 17, 2025 at 12:00pm1:30pm

Eggers Hall, 341

Through the lens of domestic politics, nationalism and regime insecurity in China, Weiss will examine the evolving and contested landscape of what “China” wants.

January 21, 2025

Free Special Screening: Counted Out – Math is Power

January 21, 2025 at 7:00pm8:00pm

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Join us for “Counted Out - Math is Power,” a film by Vicki Abeles exploring how math shapes empowerment, equity and societal change in our technology-driven world.

January 23, 2025

2025 Bharati Memorial Awardee Presentations

January 23, 2025 at 3:00pm5:00pm

Eggers Hall, 341

The Bharati Memorial Award was established in 1992 to support graduate students at Syracuse University working on South Asia. Awardee's Kanwaljit Singh and Poonam Agarde will present their work.

January 24, 2025

Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design: David Schleicher

January 24, 2025 at 11:00am12:15pm

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David Schleicher (Yale Law School) will present "Your House is Worth More Than They Think" as part of the Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design.

Examining the Politics of Natural Resource Governance and Energy Systems

January 24, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

Andrea Marston, assistant professor of geography at Rutgers University, will present at the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series.

January 30, 2025

Divergence and Alterity: Shrines, Sacrality and Performing Arts in South and Southeast Asia

January 30, 2025 at 3:00pm5:00pm

Eggers Hall, 341

This talk explores syncretic Muslim practices in Java's Jathilan and Sindh's Shah Jo Raag, highlighting sacrality, spirit possession and cultural syncretism.

Protection of Privilege: The Segregation of Public Schools Through Land Use Regulations

January 30, 2025 at 3:30pm5:00pm

Eggers Hall, 060

Jessica Trounstine (Vanderbilt University) will present, "Protection of Privilege: The Segregation of Public Schools Through Land Use Regulations" as part of the CPR Seminar Series.

January 31, 2025

The Assault on the State

January 31, 2025 at 2:00pm3:30pm

Eggers Hall, 220

In their new book, "The Assault on the State", Stephen E. Hanson and Jeffrey Kopstein describe the dangers of state erosion and outline a strategy that can reverse this destructive trend.

Geography and AI

January 31, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

A discussion with geography and the environment faculty members Bob Wilson, Jane Read, Ethan Coffel, along with Gus Lott, AI and computer technology teacher at Manlius Pebble Hill School

February 7, 2025

Mechanisms and Impacts of Increasing Extreme Precipitation Across the Northeastern United States

February 7, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

Jonathan Winter, associate professor of geography at Dartmouth University, will present at the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series.

February 20, 2025

Democratizing the Supply of Forest-Based Carbon Credits

February 20, 2025 at 3:30pm5:00pm

Eggers Hall, 060

Jeremy Weber, University of Pittsburgh, will present "Democratizing the Supply of Forest-Based Carbon Credits" as part of the CPR Seminar Series.

February 21, 2025

Community Geography and Mapmaking

February 21, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

As part of the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series, Anne Mosher, associate professor of geography and the environment, will present “Community Geography and Mapmaking.”

February 28, 2025

Technology, Environmental Change, Water Supply and Livelihoods of Natural Resource-Dependent People

February 28, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

Trevor Birkenholtz, professor of geography at Penn State University, will present at the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series.

March 6, 2025

Life-Course Exposure to State Policy Liberalism Contexts and Later-Life Cognitive Health

March 6, 2025 at 3:30pm5:00pm

Eggers Hall, 060

Emma Zang, Yale University, will present, "Life-Course Exposure to State Policy Liberalism Contexts and Later-Life Cognitive Health" as part of the CPR Seminar Series.

March 7, 2025

After Azerbaijan: Understanding Autocratization and Climate Diplomacy at UN COP Negotiations

March 7, 2025 at 12:30pm2:00pm

Eggers Hall, 341

This talk explores autocratic regimes' roles in climate diplomacy post-Paris Agreement, highlighting strategies of fossil fuel-dependent states like Azerbaijan.

April 3, 2025

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

April 3, 2025 at 4:00pm5:30pm

Eggers Hall, Strasser Legacy Room, 220 Eggers Hall

Jennifer Eberhardt (Stanford) will present the tenth annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics.

April 4, 2025

Ussama Makdisi: Age of Coexistence: The Ecumenical Frame and the Making of the Modern Arab World

April 4, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

Ussama Makdisi, professor of history at UC Berkeley, will present at the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series.

April 11, 2025

Environmental Justice, Spatiality and Power

April 11, 2025 at 3:00pm4:30pm

Eggers Hall, 018

As part of the Geography and the Environment Colloquium Series, Lindsey Dillon, associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz, will present "Environmental Justice, Spatiality and Power."

April 24, 2025

Meinig Lecture: Global Geographies of Weather Modification in an Era of Climate Change

April 24, 2025 at 4:30pm5:45pm

Eggers Hall, 220

Emily Yeh of the University of Colorado Boulder will present this year's Donald W. Meinig Undergraduate Lecture.