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Oct 24 2022

The Rights of the Displaced in a World of Conflict, Chaos, and Dysfunction: Progress or Peril—or Both?

Eric P. Schwartz looks at this bifurcated reality to ask, “How do we assess the progress, or the lack thereof, in the norms of global protection for refugees?”

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Oct 20 2022

Strongmen: How They Rise, How They Rule, How They Fall

Ruth Ben-Ghiat lays out the "authoritarian playbook" – violence, machismo, corruption, propaganda, and coercion -- which strongmen use to obtain and stay in power.

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Oct 19 2022

Learning from the Father of Lies

Suzanne L. Marchand investigates scholarly and popular nineteenth-century discussions of Herodotus’s Histories in Germany, Britain, and France.

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Oct 19 2022

Music and the Anthropocene

Alexander Rehding offers some not-so-obvious thoughts on what he calls "eco-musicology" -- or, how music can help us deal with climate change.

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Oct 19 2022

Fellow Spotlight: Alexander Rehding

Alexander Rehding asks if an exploration of the act of “listening” during an era of grave global problems is a superfluous undertaking.

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Oct 18 2022

Fellow Spotlight: Suzanne L. Marchand

In her Academy project, Marchand asks: “What does it tell us about the modern historical sciences that we recognize as ‘the father of history’ a figure who has also been regularly vilified as ‘the father of lies’?”

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Oct 13 2022

Starting with What’s There

Through an exploration of Studio Gang’s portfolio of work, Jeanne Gang will demonstrate how her practice uses the motto of “start with what’s there” to reveal the often-hidden potential of existing sites or buildings.

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Oct 12 2022

Constructing the Right to Vote

In this talk, Joshua Sellers illustrates how voting is, in his words, “reactive” -- directed and defined by some who seek to limit the right rather than by those who advocate for it.

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Sep 21 2022

The Elusive Goal of Western Partnership with Russia

In this lecture, Professor Sarotte will draw from her most recent book, "Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate," to investigate what went wrong.

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Sep 20 2022

Quantum Leaps in European Integration

In this talk, Barry Eichengreen explains how significant departures from the status quo ante led to deeper European integration, and asks whether and how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will prompt a similar reaction.

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