Events

Kristen Eichensehr, University of Virginia This presentation identifies tactics to bolster resilience against digitally enabled threats across three temporal phases: anticipating and preparing for disruptions, adapting to and withstanding disruptions, and recovering from disruptions. A resilience agenda is an essential part of protecting national security in a digital age. Digital technologies impact nearly all aspects […]

Omar Sadr, University of Pittsburgh Posvar 3911 This talk presents a political theory of governance of cultural diversity developed in Sadr's book, Negotiating Cultural Diversity. It argues that a pluralistic society should forge a balance between three key elements: individual autonomy, counter-homogenization measures, and intercultural dialogue. Contemporary societies are increasingly facing a tremendous challenge in […]

Aurelian Crăiuțu, Indiana University Bloomington Alcoa Room The crisis of liberal democracy and the question what we should do to save it would have been hardly conceivable three decades ago, when the Berlin Wall was falling, and we hailed the triumph of liberal democracy around the entire world. The mood is very different today: around the […]

Kim Krawiec, University of Virginia  In August of 2021, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine published its most recent opinion on the financial compensation of oocyte (egg) donors. For those not steeped in the historical controversy surrounding egg donor compensation in the United States, the document likely appears unexceptional. Within historical context, however, the guidelines […]

Timur Kuran, Duke University. Alcoa Room According to diverse indices of political performance, the Middle East is the world's least free region. Some believe that it is Islam that hinders liberalization. Others retort that Islam cannot be a factor because the region is no longer governed under Islamic law. This book by Timur Kuran, author […]

Kevin Vallier, Bowling Green State University Posvar 4130 The 20th century had an unusual feature: global secularizing movements. In the 19th century, those movements were confined mostly to Western Europe, but in the 20th century, they exploded, suppressing the influence of religion around the world. In some milder cases, these movements only suppressed the political expression […]

Jessica Teets discusses how state messaging on “common prosperity” intersects with rising trends in philanthropy and volunteerism among Chinese citizens.

Jacob Heilbrunn & Damir Marusic On Thursday, March 28 at 4:30 PM in Lawrence Hall Room 105, Damir Marusic, Assignment Editor at the Washington Post and host of the podcast and Substack Wisdom of Crowds will interview and debate Jacob Heilbrunn on his new book, America Last (Liveright, 2024). In America Last, Heilbrunn, a leading observer of the right, explains the long history behind Donald Trump’s admiration […]

Kristelia Garcia, Georgetown University In private law, private rights of action afford rights holders the authority—but not the obligation—to enforce a claim for remedies against a wrongdoer. This allows different rights holders to make different enforcement decisions in different circumstances and vis-à-vis different wrongdoers. In copyright law, the enforcement decision can be especially variable. Some […]

Reza Hasmath explores why Chinese citizens remain hesitant to engage in philanthropy and volunteerism despite state promotion of “model citizenship.”