"Black Lives Matter and the Politics of Value"
Alena Wolflink, Beloit College

Monday, February 3
12:15pm in Oak 438

Sponsored by the Political Theory Workshop and UConn Humanities Institute

Prof. Elizabeth Nugent (Yale). Repression Before and After the Arab Spring.

Join your academic advisor and your education abroad advisor for information about participating in UConn approved Education Abroad programs! Info will be provided directly from your advisors on the application process, relevant course work, examples of programs for your major(s) and insight from education abroad alum within the majors. Bring your curiosity and your questions! To Register: https://nexus.uconn.edu/secure_per/events/event_registration.php?ser=2166&rc=7477641945

Come learn more about the abroad programs available to POLS and ECON majors.

A celebration of Prof. Chris Vials's new book "The US Antifascism Reader"

Colloquium: Dr. Alyx Mark
(Wesleyan University)

Book talk with Prof. Shareen Hertel about her new book "Tethered Fates
Companies, Communities, and Rights at Stake"

Come learn more about the MPA/MPP Fast Track program and how it fits with the POLS major!

Our UCHI Fellow will be presenting their research talk on “Race to Rollback: Far-Right Power in America’s Global Cold War” followed by a light reception. For more information, please visit https://humanities.uconn.edu/fellowships/current-and-previous-fellows/. If you require accommodation for this event, please contact uchi@uconn.edu at least one week prior to the event.

The 2020 Census is upon us! But what is the Census? When did it begin and what role does it play in our democracy and our communities? Why is it seen as so important to some people, and so controversial to others? Please join us for a discussion about the history, purpose, and importance of the U.S. Census and conversations around the challenges in counting and including all residents. Small group discussions will be followed by a Q&A session with Census professionals and experts.

** Please read selections found on https://democracyanddialogues.thedoddcenter.uconn.edu/encounters-series/ **

Lunch will be provided, free, upon registration. Please RSVP to jeagosto@hplct.org

The State & the Market in Indian Education:
Evidence & Policy Implications

Karthik Muralidharan

Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics
University of California, San Diego


Professor Muralidharan is actively involved in advising and capacity building in India at both the central and state government levels. He is co-chair of the education research program of the Poverty Action Lab at MIT and a Research Associate of the National Bureau for Economic Research. His research spans development, as well as public, and labor economics with a focus on improving public spending in the social sector.

In this lecture Professor Muralidharan will discuss the deep structural challenges of the Indian education system and will suggest reforms based on his extensive research.

Sponsored by AAASI India Studies Program

Colloquium: Justin Gross (UMass)

Have you ever thought about running for office, now or in the future? Register now for this FREE Student Leadership Training Program.

The Elect Her: UConn Women Win Training will be held from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, February 28th, 2020, at the Women’s Center. This training will demystify the campaign process and teach you how to develop and communicate an effective message, how to reach out to your constituency, and how to win a campaign. Our aim is to increase women's representation in political leadership.

This event is being sponsored nationally by Running Start, and on-campus sponsored by the Women’s Center and the Undergraduate Student Government.

There is a limited amount of spaces available on a first come, first served basis.
Students interested in participating must register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/UConnElectHer2020

The registration deadline is 2/24/20.

Please join us for a conversation with Professor Kelly Shannon, Associate Professor of History at the Florida Atlantic University.

Professor Shannon currently is writing a study of U.S. relations with Iran during the first half of the twentieth century, tentatively entitled "The Ties of Good Harmony: U.S.-Iran Relations, 1905-1953."

Reception at 4:30, talk at 5 pm.

This event is free and open to the public.