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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T080000
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SUMMARY:Sacred Forests and Political Ecology: Cosmological Properties and Environmentality
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Directors\nBixia Chen\nAssistant Professor\, Agricultural Science\, University of the Ryukyus\nchenbx@agr.u-ryukyu.ac.jp \nChristopher Coggins\nProfessor\, Geography/Asian Studies\, Bard College at Simon’s Rock\nccoggins@simons-rock.edu \nCall for Workshop Papers\nThis workshop analyzes the political ecology of sacred forests in East\, South\, and Southeast Asia\, convening scholars engaged in field and archival research on the relationship between forests and the production of sacred space. Working within the theme of environmental humanities in Asia\, we examine the vast geographic range of sacred groves in these regions in light of the diversity of cosmologies\, ecologies\, traditional local resource management practices\, and environmental governance systems developed during the pre-colonial\, colonial and post-colonial periods. Sacred forests are typically common property resources (aka common pool resources) ascribed with qualities of sacrality and inviolability due to their association with sources of transcendent authority. Such authority may be derived from large-scale\, canonical\, ecclesiastical religions; from local\, animistic\, indigenous religions; or from a combination of both. The spiritual beliefs governing sacred landscapes\, in conjunction with the rituals that instantiate them\, tend to change over time\, be inscribed or appropriated by state interests\, and mediate between local\, regional\, and national power. Western scholars and conservationists have often romanticized sacred groves as the antithesis of secular\, profane spaces of materialist productivism\, a perspective infused with Orientalism. Coincident with the globalization of environmental thought\, policy\, and everyday practice\, sacred sites have also become both foci and catalysts for the syncretism of religion and modern nature conservation\, and for the making of environmental subjects (environmentality). We present our work on sacred groves through the lens of the tripartite framework of: \n\nPlacing the Sacred Forest: dynamic ethnographic and longitudinal approaches to community and regional cosmology;\n(Re)Conceptualizing spiritual common properties: analyses of both real and imagined dichotomies between land tenure\, resource utilization patterns\, and social inclusion/exclusion within sacred groves and beyond them; and\nGoverning the Sacred Forest Commons: examinations of how state nature conservation policies involving sacred landscapes give rise to new conceptions of nature\, cultural\, sacrality\, profanity\, and thus new environmental subjects.\n\nAll three themes relate to questions recursively affecting the cosmology and propriety of sacred forests\, all of which bear on the sacred forests as small parts of larger material and ideational landscapes. What are the general geographic distributions of sacred forests in each region and how does this affect their formal and informal management? What happens to underlying cosmologies when sacred forests are reconfigured as habitat patches\, biological fragments in need of connective corridors\, or other elements of “conservation landscapes?” Given the abundance of sacred groves in East\, South\, and Southeast Asia\, what general socio-ecological conditions do they share? How do major religious traditions\, such as Hinduism\, Buddhism\, and Daoism inform sacred forest practices within and across specific regions? How are Asian sacred groves similar to\, and different from\, sacred groves and other sacred common pool resources in other parts of the world? Why are trees and groves special subjects of veneration and how is this expressed? How does the sacralization of forests and trees inform discourse on the “Anthropocene” and attendant calls for individual and collective reconceptualization and realization of new relationships between humans and non-humans\, nature and culture\, and economy and ecology? To engage with these questions\, we welcome scholars in cultural studies\, geography\, political science\, anthropology\, history\, sociology\, environmental studies\, and the humanities broadly defined.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/sacred-forests-and-political-ecology-cosmological-properties-and-environmentality/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T170000
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SUMMARY:Eurasia’s Islamic Socialist Ecumene
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Directors\nEren Tasar\nAssistant Professor\, History\, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\netasar@email.unc.edu \nMustafa Tuna\nAssociate Professor\, Slavic & Eurasian Studies\, Duke University\nmustafa.tuna@duke.edu \nCall for Workshop Papers\nFor much of the twentieth century\, Muslim intellectuals in virtually all the countries of Eurasia engaged with socialism as a utopian vision of progress and liberation for Muslim peoples. A vast constellation of figures promoted some form of socialism as a vehicle for national liberation and decolonization\, from members of the ‘ulama sympathetic to socialism’s egalitarian tenets; to secular intellectuals educated in Westernized universities; to atheist communists who retained some connection to a sense of Muslimness (often through their ethnic affiliation); to (eventually) authoritarian dictators such as Muammar al-Gaddafi who adopted brands of socialism as their official ideology. These figures have been studied in their national contexts\, and the links between socialist movements in Muslim countries and the Soviet Communist Party have similarly been explored in some depth. At no point\, however\, have Muslim socialists been identified as a transnational network (or collection of networks). This workshop proposes to interrogate Islamic socialists as an intellectual community-albeit a fluid one-spanning the Eurasian continent from Turkey to China and from Russia to India. It also suggests that the religious component of being Muslim and socialist needs to be taken seriously\, and that\, therefore\, relationships\, gatherings\, and exchanges of ideas between Islamic socialists constitute an InterAsian religious network of varying scope depending on the decade in question. \nTo account for the tremendous diversity of Muslim figures embracing or experimenting with socialist ideas\, and to acknowledge the lack of mobility experienced by Muslim socialists living in authoritarian (and especially communist) countries\, this workshop proposes the idea of an Islamic socialist intellectual ecumene\, which can be analyzed in terms of three categories: networks of people\, the flow of ideas\, and the circulation of texts. Unlike a network\, the concept of an ecumene allows for the inclusion of both connections and convergences; to analyze not only the relationships between socialists across time periods and different Muslim cultures\, but also to compare the engagement with socialism in areas geographically distant from one another. \nBy soliciting contributions from scholars engaged with historical figures representing a range of Muslim communities across a broad spectrum of the last century\, this workshop aims to illustrate the Eurasian dimensions of Muslim intellectual engagement with socialism\, and to thereby transcend the limitations imposed by nationalist and Moscow-centric historiographical approaches. The workshop organizers are open to a wide variety of submissions\, including those related to the following topics: \n\nTransnational socialist conferences\, such as the Baku Congress of the Peoples of the East (1920)\nSocialist movements formed in opposition to established Communist Parties in Muslim countries\, such as the Socialist Society of the Iranian Masses (1948)\nSocialist interpretations of fiqh\nThe role of socialism in anticolonial nationalist movements\nThe relationship between communist movements and the ‘ulama\, especially in the early\, formative decades of communism (the 1920s in the USSR and the 1950s in China)\nAutobiographies of prominent socialist intellectuals in Muslim countries\nPeriodical literature targeting the reading public in Muslim countries
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/eurasias-islamic-socialist-ecumene/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T170000
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SUMMARY:Divine/Transcendent Rulers of Imagined Communities: The Rise and Fall of Royal Nationhood in Asia
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Directors\nWasana Wongsurawat\nAssistant Professor\, History\, Chulalongkorn University\nwwongsurawat@hotmail.com \nMichael K. Connors\nAssociate Professor\, School of Politics History and International Relations\, University of Nottingham\, Malaysia Campus\nmichael.connors@nottingham.edu.my \nCall for Workshop Papers\nThe myth of the divine or virtuous ruler—the son of heaven\, the Buddha reincarnated\, the avatar of Vishnu\, the descendant of the sun goddess\, etc.—is just about as visceral and grounded in lived existence as the imagined community that is the modern nation-state\, a form which has become dominant in the postcolonial era. And they largely shared the same technologies of propagation. Yet\, these two imaginaries that have competed to organize national life have often been regarded in very different light—the nation-state\, and the political projects it was to emulate\, being considered the hallmark of an emerging modernity while the monarchy was perceived as an archaic remnant of ancient regimes antithetical to authentic national life. Dividing them\, definitionally\, is the ‘horizontal comradeship’ of nationalism against the hierarchal order of various royalisms. Nonetheless\, in many parts of the Asian continent\, there were dedicated attempts—with various degrees of success—to transform the monarchy into a symbolic structure and foundation for culturally conservative nation-states\, but no less modern. In a few cases\, the myths of the monarchy and the nation-state seemed to complement each other—the nation lending a façade of modernity to the monarchy while the monarchy provided a touch of spirituality to the modern nation—and the transitions were successful. In some other cases\, the marriage of myth and modernity appeared unconvincing and the magic of royal nationhood failed to materialize in the long term. \nIt is important to take into consideration that\, in the same way that the modular nation-state was a novel invention – a pastiche of past fragments and innovations within an expanding state apparatus – of the modern era\, the monarchies that survived to rule these seemingly modernized regimes must also have been significantly transformed to meet the socio-political and cultural demands of the modern world. But where were the models? The recently published Transnational Histories of Royal Nationhood\, examines significant institutional learning across dynasties\, mostly within Europe. But if modern monarchies of Asia were also inventions of the 19th and 20th centuries\, we must note that they were idiosyncratically framed to different notions of time and articulations of subjecthood/citizenship. And if Asian sovereigns were less entwined than their European counterparts\, so perhaps was learning less shared\, or was it? \nThe modern monarchies drew legitimacy from the historical and spiritual narrative of having predated the modern nation and being the essence of the to be produced cultural homogeneity that would be the nation-state fashioned in royal cloth; or legitimacy flowed from being the arbiter of cultural pluralism. In many cases it was the narrative of the archaic monarchy that provided a sense of history for the nation-state. It seemed as though there had always been a royal sovereign and therefore\, it would have been more plausible that there had always been the nation-state waiting to mature under the sovereign’s watch. While nationalists wanted a stilted birth forced\, monarchists wanted ordered incubation and hatching. The strategies and processes of marrying these two inventions of the modern era to make convincing political entities that are both modern and archaic\, both spiritual and scientific\, both traditional and innovative at the same time\, is undoubtedly much more than a bit intriguing. \nBuilding on the pioneering work of Transnational Histories of Royal Nationhood\, but focusing on the Asian histories of royal nationhood from a range of methodological starting points\, this workshop seeks to explore the following questions: What were the reasons behind the seeming success of some regimes in the transition from archaic to modern of the royal nation? How was the question of the locus of sovereignty resolved in the face of popular claims? How could the apparent failures of other royalist regimes in Asia be understood in the context of the modern and contemporary eras and were those failures observed and applied as lessons by the survivors? Were there institutional borrowings that suggest a robust global history? How did the successful monarchies maneuver through turbulent periods of external political influence—both the height of colonialism in the 19th century and the Cold War of the mid-to- late-20th century? Does the existence or prior existence of a monarchy impact a society’s ability to liberally democratize or to revolutionize into the norms of the socialist bloc? What is the future for the modern monarchies that remain in this day and age\, and what are the prospects for restoration?
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/divine-transcendent-rulers-of-imagined-communities-the-rise-and-fall-of-royal-nationhood-in-asia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181204T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T170000
DTSTAMP:20201021T190619Z
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SUMMARY:China’s OBOR Initiative and Its Impacts for Asian Countries
DESCRIPTION:WORKSHOP DIRECTORS:\nAnh Nguyen Dang\nVice-President\, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences\ndanganhphat1609@gmail.com \nWenfei Winnie Wang\nSenior Lecturer in Human Geography\, University of Bristol\nw.wang@bristol.ac.uk \nCALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS:\nIn 2013\, Chinese premier Xi Jinping announced a pair of new development and trade initiatives for China and the surrounding region: the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and the “Twenty-First- Century Maritime Silk Road\,” together known as “One Belt\, One Road“ (OBOR). Along with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)\, the OBOR policies represent an ambitious spatial expansion of Chinese state capitalism\, driven by an excess of industrial production capacity\, as well as by emerging financial capital interests. \nSeveral “corridors” will link specific Chinese regions with countries throughout Asia. A massive “Silk Road Fund” will finance infrastructure projects\, like deep water harbour construction\, satellite towns and fast railroads. Financial and business circles are by and large enthusiastic about the OBOR project and expect high profits for banks and the construction industry. Massive investments are planned and construction has started on several mega projects such as deep water harbour construction\, land traffic infrastructure projects and large scale urban development projects. The development plan also includes the building of a network of fast railway lines\, connecting China with Central Asia\, Southeast Asia\, India and eventually Europe. \nThe increasing dominance of the Chinese economy throughout Asia and beyond is\, however\, clearly visible. As the Chinese Government has embarked on the new strategy of OBOR\, there will be obvious commercial benefits to economies along the Southern Silk Road\, but also geo-political effects like increasing political dependency due to Chinese capital investments and acquisition of property rights in ports and estates. \nThe Chinese government insists that the OBOR strategy is peaceful and directed at only one aim economic prosperity for all countries involved. China’s leaders have stressed the shared benefits of “peaceful development and prosperity” brought about by the OBOR initiative\, while many scholars and political scientists considered it as a tool for China to control the “pivot area” of Eurasia for benefits and geopolitical domination. There will be long-term predictable and un-predictable outcomes for Asia countries who critically need policy to deal with OBOR and China’s influences. A different picture of Asia may emerge with OBOR’s impact. Who is going to benefit in the long run; whether peaceful development is maintained in Asia will have to be seen. \nThis workshop concentrates on the present and future impacts of China’s OBOR initiative. We invite contributions on all aspect of OBOR\, particularly its present and future impacts on Asia and its integration. We welcome papers from authors coming from various disciplines\, especially those who can bring intensive ideas and different perspectives to the workshop.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/chinas-obor-initiative-and-its-impacts-for-asian-countries/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181205
DTSTAMP:20211013T165356Z
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SUMMARY:VASS and SSRC Sign Memorandum of Understanding 30 Years after First MOU
DESCRIPTION:The President of SSRC and the President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences signed a memorandum of understanding to extend over 30 years of collaboration in research\, training\, and scientific collaboration. \n \nMeeting participants: (Seated left to right) Alondra Nelson and Nguyen Quang Thuan.(Standing left to right) Van Tran\, Mary McDonnell\, Dang Nguyen Anh\, Nguyen Thanh Ha\, Nguyen Thi Hoai Le\, and Nguyen Duc Vinh. \n  \nThirty years after signing the first historic memorandum of understanding in September 1988\, SSRC and VASS affirmed their intent to continue to cooperate in social science research\, training\, exchange\, knowledge and data sharing\, and policy consultation. The agreement expressed SSRC and VASS’ commitment to collaborate based on four integrated modalities: \n1. Training to equip social scientists with new and interdisciplinary knowledge and skills to investigate rapid socioeconomic change and its social implications\, and to communicate their findings and implications; \n2. Research on current and future social dimensions of socioeconomic development; \n3. Policy consultation to inform both the decision-makers and the environment in which policies and decisions are made; and \n4. Sharing knowledge and data. \n  \nProfessor Thuan thanked SSRC for over 30 years of support and praised highly the effectiveness of the interdisciplinary social research methods training program in advancing the capacity of VASS researchers. The program has been institutionalized within VASS’ Graduate Academy of Social Sciences (GASS)\, where it continues to be a part of the core curriculum. President Alondra Nelson also expressed the Council’s appreciation for VASS’ support over the years and for the excellent hosting of the recent Conference on InterAsian Connections VI in Hanoi\, December 4-7\, 2018. \n     \n(Left) Dr. Mary McDonnell gives opening remarks at the Conference on InterAsian Connections VI\, providing an overview of SSRC’s work in Asia and highlighting ongoing work in Vietnam. (Right) Drs. Prasenjit Duara\, Alondra Nelson\, and Dang Nguyen Anh present in a panel on Social Knowledge and Boundary Crossing.\n  \nSince the mid-1980s\, the Council has partnered with VASS to: \n\npromote academic and information exchange between Vietnamese researchers and foreign counterparts;\ndevelop short workshops on social science concepts and methods;\ncollaborate with the Southern Institute of Social Sciences on a project to enhance research\, training\, institution building\, and network creation by examining poverty and socioeconomic mobility in the context of rapid urbanization in southern Vietnam;\ntrain 120 researchers—most of whom were from VASS—in the first ever interdisciplinary social science research training program in Vietnam (this program is now institutionalized within GASS);\norganize study programs in the US for delegations headed by the president and vice president of VASS on various topics\, including the rule of law (2004)\, humanities (2006)\, international relations (2009)\, social work and public policy graduate degrees for GASS (2012)\, human rights (2013)\, US involvement in Vietnam from 1954-1975 (2017)\, and disciplinary\, state\, and regional encyclopedias (2017);\nreview Doi Moi in 1990 and 2005\, looking at Vietnamese youths under 20 years of Doi Moi;\ncarry out the longitudinal Provincial Population Health Study in three provinces in Vietnam\, hold training workshops\, and disseminate key findings (2008-2018); and\norganize the Conference on InterAsian Connections VI in Hanoi (2018).\n\n  \nAlso present at the ceremony were director and associate director of the SSRC’s Vietnam Program\, Mary Byrne McDonnell and Van Bich Thi Tran\, and leaders from VASS\, including: Professor Dr. Dang Nguyen Anh\, Vice President of VASS; Mr. Nguyen Thanh Ha\, Director of the International Cooperation Department; Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoai Le\, Director of the Scientific Management Department; and Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Duc Vinh\, Director of the Institute of Sociology.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/vass-and-ssrc-sign-memorandum-of-understanding-30-years-after-first-mou/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181203T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181203T200000
DTSTAMP:20211019T175043Z
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SUMMARY:Abe Global Washington\, DC | Japanese and American Innovation in the Global Age
DESCRIPTION:Event Livestream\n \nOverview\nBoth the United States and Japan have long taken pride in their robust scientific research communities’ contributions to economic growth and human welfare. But the slowing pace and rising costs of research\, along with strong competition from China and India\, have challenged both governments to rethink their approaches to science and technology policy and set agendas that encourage innovation towards solving demanding social problems. \nThe Abe Fellows Global Forum will bring together experts to discuss how the United States and Japan are responding to these challenges\, as well as the rapidly rising innovation hubs in China\, India\, and Singapore. Panelists will consider institutional factors that encourage or discourage innovation; the impact of big data and AI on innovation policies and strategies; cultures of innovation in Japan\, the US and other Asian countries; conflicts between the interests of companies\, national populations\, and global welfare; and challenges for the future of scientific innovation. \nOver the last 25 years\, the Abe Fellowship Program has supported a number of fellows whose research projects address the issues and mechanisms of innovation. For this event\, a selection of these expert fellows from the fields of economics\, political science\, political economy\, engineering and public policy\, and organizational sociology engaged with the opportunities and challenges of innovation in a global age. \n  \nA new initiative of the Abe Fellowship Program\, the Abe Fellows Global Forum (Abe Global) is designed to bring Abe Fellow research and expertise on pressing issues of global concern to broader audiences. Abe Global will host several events each year in partnership with academic and civic organizations throughout the United States. The Abe Fellowship Program is a partnership between the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-global-washington-dc-japanese-and-american-innovation-in-the-global-age/
LOCATION:Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181201T193000
DTSTAMP:20210811T152953Z
CREATED:20200924T150738Z
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SUMMARY:Abe Global Atlanta | Japanese and American Innovation in a Global Age
DESCRIPTION:Overview\nBoth the United States and Japan have long taken pride in their robust scientific research communities’ contributions to economic growth and human welfare. But the slowing pace and rising costs of research\, along with strong competition from China and India\, have challenged both governments to rethink their approaches to science and technology policy and set agendas that encourage innovation towards solving demanding social problems. \nThe Abe Fellows Global Forum will bring together experts to discuss how the United States and Japan are responding to these challenges\, as well as the rapidly rising innovation hubs in China\, India\, and Singapore. Panelists will consider institutional factors that encourage or discourage innovation; the impact of big data and AI on innovation policies and strategies; cultures of innovation in Japan\, the US and other Asian countries; conflicts between the interests of companies\, national populations\, and global welfare; and challenges for the future of scientific innovation. \nOver the last 25 years\, the Abe Fellowship Program has supported a number of fellows whose research projects address the issues and mechanisms of innovation. For this event\, a selection of these expert fellows from the fields of economics\, political science\, political economy\, engineering and public policy\, and organizational sociology will engage with the opportunities and challenges of innovation in a global age. \nReception to follow the event. \n  \nA new initiative of the Abe Fellowship Program\, the Abe Fellows Global Forum (Abe Global) is designed to bring Abe Fellow research and expertise on pressing issues of global concern to broader audiences. Abe Global will host several events each year in partnership with academic and civic organizations throughout the United States. The Abe Fellowship Program is a partnership between the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/abe-global-atlanta-japanese-and-american-innovation-in-a-global-age/
LOCATION:Georgia Institute of Technology\, Clary Theater\, Bill Moore Student Success Center\, 225 North Ave NW\, Atlanta\, GA\, 30332\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T170000
DTSTAMP:20210817T171737Z
CREATED:20200930T190914Z
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SUMMARY:Politics of Distribution Conference
DESCRIPTION:On November 30th\, 2018\, the Anxieties of Democracy program’s working group on the Politics of Distribution will convene at Yale University for the presentation of book chapters. The book chapters will explore many topics\, including: the roots of urban-rural sectionalism\, perceptions of wealth inequality\, and the spatial geography of wealth and precarity in the United States.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/politics-of-distribution-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181130T170000
DTSTAMP:20210924T163543Z
CREATED:20210924T163543Z
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SUMMARY:2018 Albert O. Hirschman Prize Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, November 30\, 2018\nHarold Pratt House\, 58 East 68th Street at Park Avenue | New York\, NY 10065\nCocktail Reception at 4:30 p.m. | Lecture at 5:30 p.m. \nOn November 30\, 2018\, the Social Science Research Council\, in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Study\, awarded the 2018 Albert O. Hirschman Prize to Sheila Jasanoff\, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Professor Jasanoff spoke on “Theory\, Critique\, and Discipline in a Post-Truth Age.” \nAwarded every two years\, the Albert O. Hirschman Prize is the highest honor of the Social Science Research Council. It recognizes excellence in research\, theory\, and public communication\, in the tradition of German-born American economist Albert Hirschman’s pioneering role in social science and public policy.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/2018-albert-o-hirschman-prize-ceremony/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181115T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181116T170000
DTSTAMP:20201001T181433Z
CREATED:20201001T181433Z
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SUMMARY:SSRC-IFS Workshop: "The Will of the People"
DESCRIPTION:This workshop\, held at Columbia University\, is the fourth in a series of convenings organized as part of a collaboration between the SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program and our namesake European partner program\, Anxieties of Democracy\, at the Swedish Institute for Futures Studies. \nThe workshop explores the idea of popular sovereignty and how to define “the will of the people.” Questions addressed include: \nWhat does it mean for the people to be sovereign? What is “the will of the people”?  By what criteria and by whom should this will be ascertained\, judged\, and acted upon? What is a valid method to assess this “will” and how can biases and distortions caused by “wrong” methods of measurement be avoided? The “will” of the people is continuously changing: what forces and mechanisms play a role in this ongoing will-formation? \nThe workshop is generously supported by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and co-hosted by Columbia World Projects.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/ssrc-ifs-workshop-the-will-of-the-people/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181114
DTSTAMP:20210824T181138Z
CREATED:20200820T205712Z
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SUMMARY:APHA Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:Measure of America presents its latest youth disconnection report “Two Futures: The Economic Case for Keeping Youth on Track” about the long-term impacts of disconnection at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Conference in San Diego\, CA.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/apha-annual-conference/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181101
DTSTAMP:20201001T181649Z
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SUMMARY:“Democracy at a Crossroads” co-sponsored conference
DESCRIPTION:The SSRC proudly co-sponsored the “Democracy at a Crossroads” conference\, held in Mexico City\, Mexico on October 30-31\, 2018. The event was hosted by the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) with support from the SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program\, Columbia University\, and Universidad de Guadalaraja. \nThe conference brought together scholars from Latin America\, the United States\, and Europe\, to discuss popular legitimacy\, drugs and security\, inequality\, populism\, and neoliberalism\, among other topics.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/democracy-at-a-crossroads-co-sponsored-conference/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181027
DTSTAMP:20201005T144941Z
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SUMMARY:2018 Negotiating Agreement in Congress Grantees' Workshop
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 25 and Friday\, October 26\, 2018 the second cohort of grantees in the Negotiating Agreement in Congress grants program gathered for a closed workshop at the SSRC headquarters in Brooklyn\, NY. \nThe Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants are designed to open a robust field of research that explores various dimensions of political negotiation in the United States Congress. The grants seek to inspire a young cohort of researchers\, with diverse backgrounds and expertise\, to jointly address the challenges of political negotiation. \nAt this workshop\, the second cohort of grantees assembled to present and discuss interim findings. The funded research topics included\, but were not limited to: strategies employed by the Congressional Black Caucus to pass favorable legislation; an exploration into whether primary voters prefer moderate or extreme candidates; and a study of factors that make for effective party leadership. \nFor more information about our Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants initiative\, please visit our website.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/2018-negotiating-agreement-in-congress-grantees-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180927T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180927T170000
DTSTAMP:20211018T205858Z
CREATED:20211018T205858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211018T205858Z
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SUMMARY:Congolese Research Network on Peace and Security (ResCongo) – Annual Conference 2018
DESCRIPTION:ResCongo held its inaugural annual conference from September 27–28\, in collaboration with the SSRC’s Understanding Violent Conflict (UVC) program\, the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN)\, Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP-Bukavu)\, and the Conflict Research Group (CRG) at Ghent University\, at the Centre Culturel Boboto in Kinshasa. UVC director Dr. Tatiana Carayannis and program manager Aaron Pangburn were invited to attend as members of the advisory committee. ResCongo was created in October 2016 and is coordinated by Professor Jose Bazonzi (UNIKIN) and Professor Godefroid Muzalia Kihangu (ISP-Bukavu).ResCongo\, the first national Congolese network of researchers working on peace and security issues\, is a virtual platform that promotes and facilitates exchanges among Congolese scholars\, connecting and enhancing the participation of these researchers in international academic and policy discussions. ResCongo invited members and interested researchers to submit abstracts\, draft papers\, and present their work through a call for proposals. Twenty applications were selected after a competitive assessment process. The theme of the inaugural conference was “Insecurity and the Provision of Justice in Urban and Semi-Urban areas in the DRC: Actors\, Practices and Perspectives.”The conference began with opening remarks from Noël Obotela Rashidi\, professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Politics (CEP) at the University of Kinshasa. Over the course of two days\, conference leaders and participants held panels on topics ranging from “Insecurity and National Resources” to “Land Conflicts\, Customary Authorities\, and Justice.” Prominent Congolese researchers led most of the panel discussions\, while Dr. Carayannis was asked to co-lead a discussion on methodologies\, the challenges of conducting research in the DRC\, and how scientific research can best inform public policy.Support for the creation of the website and virtual presence of ResCongo comes from the UK Department for International Development (DFID)\, while funding for the inaugural conference was provided by LSE’s Centre for Public Authority and International Development (CPAID) through the UK Economic and Social Research Council and Global Challenges Research Fund (ESRC-GCRF). For more information on ResCongo\, please visit their Twitter handle @ResCongo.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/congolese-research-network-on-peace-and-security-rescongo-annual-conference-2018/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180923
DTSTAMP:20200827T155955Z
CREATED:20200827T155955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T155955Z
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SUMMARY:Africa-Asia 'A New Axis of Knowledge' Second Edition
DESCRIPTION:The Africa-Asia conference titled ‘Africa-Asia ‘A New Axis of Knowledge’ took place at the University of Dar es Salaam from 20th to 22nd September 2018. The Next Generation program of the Social Sciences Research Council of New York sponsored a panel of five budding scholars from Eastern Africa. The title of the panel was: Native Land Rights\, Peasant Livelihoods and Global Capitalist Expansion in Africa. The conveners\, who also doubled as chairs of the panel were Yusuf Serunkuma and Eria Serwajja\, both from Makerere University\, Uganda. Presented below is a complete list of panelists and the titles of the papers presented. Unfortunately\, Richard Mbunda was unable to participate in the conference. \n\nYusuf Serunkuma\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n\nOur Neighbours Have Chased Us from Our Houses; We Are Not Tilling the Land Anymore: Making the Case for Development-Induced Damages to Neighbouring Settlements in the Development Discourse \n\nEria Serwajja\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n\nChinese Investment in Uganda: Adverse Incorporation of Local Communities by Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Limited \n\nEmily Comfort Maractho\, Makerere University\, Uganda\n\n In the Name of Investment: Asian Traders in Small and Medium Enterprises in Uganda \n\nJoyce Omwoha\, Technical University of Kenya\, Kenya\n\nThe Mining Resource Curse: An Interrogation into the Adverse Impacts of Foreign Investors in Oil-Deficient Kenya \n\nRichard Mbunda\, University of Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania\n\n Implications of the Fifth Phase Administration’s Mini-Land Reform to the Peasantry \nThe presentations revealed the nuanced ways in which countries on the continent of Asia\, particularly China and India\, are making inroads into Africa. The general consensus among the panelists was that the relations between Africa and Asian countries\, especially China\, has had some positive\, largely infrastructural impacts on the recipient countries. \nHowever\, the case studies from Uganda and Kenya also showed that the investments are having negative impacts and heavy costs on the political economies of the local communities where the investments are often located. For instance\, Dr. Maractho showed how Chinese businesses are outcompeting and edging out local entrepreneurs and traders through the flooding of the Ugandan market with inexpensive and low quality products from China. Even the few investors who have set-up industries have often done so at the cost of the environment. \nChinese investors have also deprived the local people of their rights to land and related property. In many communities as indicated in the presentations by Yusuf\, Eria\, and Joyce\, the livelihood and survival of the locals have often been compromised because of land grabbing\, unfair compensation and development induced evictions. \nThe panelists send their sincere thanks to the Social Science Research Council\, particularly the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program. By funding this panel\, you indeed made our participation in the conference worthwhile and experience during the conference unforgettable. We immensely benefited from the conference more so the feedback on the papers and informal discussions during and after the sessions. \nBy: Eria Serwajja\, Yusuf Serunkuma\, Emily Comfort Maractho\, and Joyce Omwoha
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/africa-asia-a-new-axis-of-knowledge-second-edition/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180830T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180830T210000
DTSTAMP:20200930T165635Z
CREATED:20200930T165611Z
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SUMMARY:Anxieties of Democracy at APSA 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Anxieties of Democracy program is thrilled to sponsor several panels and a program reception at the 2018 American Political Science Association (APSA) annual meeting in Boston. A related panel will also be featuring SSRC President Alondra Nelson. \n“Comparative Perspectives on U.S. Populism and Potential for Democratic Erosion” \nThis panel will explore the role of political institutions in the success of populist appeals in the United States and abroad. \nParticipants: Nolan McCarty\, David J. Samuels\, Kirk A. Hawkins\, Levente Littvay\, Karen Long Jusko\, Kenneth M. Roberts\, and Frances Lee. \nDivision: Official APSA theme panel \nDetails: August 30\, 8am–9:30am; Hynes 302. \n“Globalization\, the Knowledge Economy\, and the Politics of Inequality” \nThis panel will address the consequences of increased precarity and expanding class differences in established democracies. \nParticipants: Frances Rosenbluth\, Andreas Wiedemann\, Kathleen Thelen\, Ian Shapiro\, Ben William Ansell\, Jane Gingrich\, Christian Salas\, Jonathan Rodden\, Jacob Hacker\, Carles Boix\, and Margaret Weir. \nDivision: Class and Inequality \nDetails: August 30\, 10am–11:30am; Hynes 204. \n“Democracy and Its Discontents: The Failing Politics of Climate Adaptation” \n This panel will explore the (lack of) democratic responses to the urgent challenges posed by climate change. \nParticipants: Nancy Rosenblum\, Sarah Pralle\, Debra Javeline\, Tracy Kijewski-Correa\, Hilary Boudet\, and David Konisky. \nDivision: Official APSA theme panel \nDetails: August 30\, 12pm–1:30pm; Hynes 204. \n“Negotiating Agreement in Congress: Exploring Tools and Incentives” \nThis panel will analyze challenges to legislative negotiations in Congress. \nParticipants: Danielle Thomsen\, Logan Dancey\, Mamie E. Locke\, Jason M. Roberts\, Tracy Sulkin\, Jonathan Lewallen\, and Michelle Whyman. \nDivision: Legislative Studies \nDetails: August 30\, 2pm–3:30pm; Hynes 204. \nThe Anxieties of Democracy program reception \nWe look forward to seeing you at the Anxieties of Democracy program reception. Remarks will be given by Alondra Nelson\, President of the SSRC\, as well as her immediate predecessor Ira Katznelson\, who founded the Anxieties of Democracy program during his tenure at the SSRC. Hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be provided.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/anxieties-of-democracy-at-apsa-2018/
LOCATION:Berkeley Room at the Sheraton Boston Hotel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180830T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180830T170000
DTSTAMP:20210830T142334Z
CREATED:20210830T140903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210830T142334Z
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SUMMARY:MOA at NYC Open Data Week
DESCRIPTION:Co-director Sarah Burd-Sharps will participate in a panel organized by NYU’s GovLab for NYC’s Open Data Week\, along with representatives from the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City\, Viacom\, and the Sunlight Foundation. The “If You Build It\, Will They Come? A Case for Demand-Driven Data” panel will discuss the demand for open data.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/moa-at-nyc-open-data-week/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180829T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180829T180000
DTSTAMP:20200930T191646Z
CREATED:20200930T191646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T191646Z
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SUMMARY:2018 Democratic Erosion Conference
DESCRIPTION:To mark the conclusion of the first year of Democratic Erosion\, a cross-institutional collaborative course\, a student conference was held at the Watson Institute at Brown University on August 29\, 2018. \nStudents at institutions participating in the Democratic Erosion consortium at the time were invited to apply to attend. The conference featured faculty-led seminars on syllabus materials\, research presentations from Bright Line Watch and Texas A&M/USAID\, breakout sessions and presentations where students generated research designs for projects about democratic erosion\, and a debate about contentious issues related to democracy. Meghan Kallman delivered a keynote address on civic engagement. \nDemocratic Erosion is a cross-institutional collaborative course that aims to help students critically and systematically evaluate the risks to democracy both in the US and abroad through the lens of theory\, history\, and social science. The syllabus project began in 2017\, and the Anxieties of Democracy program is a proud co-sponsor. You may learn more about the initiative here.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/2018-democratic-erosion-conference/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180613
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180615
DTSTAMP:20200827T194631Z
CREATED:20200827T194631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T194631Z
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SUMMARY:Convening for Grantees of the Ford Foundation's Cuba Portfolio
DESCRIPTION:The SSRC Cuba Program organized a meeting June 13 & 14\, 2018 in New York City for the Ford Foundation’s Cuba portfolio. The meeting served as an opportunity for grantees to reflect on the current state of U.S.-Cuba relations as well as to share ideas and insights as we think about our work moving forward. In the past three years\, there have been numerous changes\, which have both aided as well as hindered our ability to work effectively in Cuba. In the wake of restored diplomatic relations\, the Trump administration unveiled new measures to limit travel to Cuba and prohibit financial transactions with certain Cuban entities. In addition\, a reduction in U.S. embassy staff in Havana and the cessation of virtually all consular operations have impeded educational\, cultural\, and professional exchanges. There are also significant changes underway in Cuba\, including impending leadership changes this past spring. These are important developments\, which raise many logistical questions and whose results and consequences remain to be seen. Thus\, it was an opportune moment to convene Ford’s Cuba grantees to share information and experiences so that we can strategically plan for the future. In addition to the grantees\, we invited several experts from Cuba to share their thoughts on possibilities and opportunities for international collaboration. All that participated in the meeting were appreciative for the opportunity to engage and learn from their colleagues.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/convening-for-grantees-of-the-ford-foundations-cuba-portfolio/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180604
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180608
DTSTAMP:20201001T181930Z
CREATED:20201001T181930Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201001T181930Z
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SUMMARY:SSRC-DFG Workshop: "Political Equality in Unequal Societies"
DESCRIPTION:This workshop\, held in Villa Vigoni\, Italy\, continued the partnership between SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program and the Democratic Anxieties project supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). \nTopics included problems of inequality in political involvement and representation; institutional performance\, constitutional choice and democratic reforms; and the contexts of specific policy environments that make these challenges particularly visible.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/ssrc-dfg-workshop-political-equality-in-unequal-societies/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180601
DTSTAMP:20201008T145632Z
CREATED:20201008T145632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T145632Z
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SUMMARY:The Consequences of Misinformation
DESCRIPTION:The spread and correction of false information has historical roots in sensationalist journalism\, political disagreement\, foreign espionage\, state\, religious or ethnic propaganda\, and partisan debates: a collection of approaches far richer than suggested by the phrase “fake news.” “The Consequences of Misinformation” was a symposium on the history\, circulation\, and management of misinformation (untruths circulated without the intention to deceive) and disinformation (untruths intended to deceive). \nThe symposium was informed by social scientific and journalistic perspectives on the most effective means of understanding and countering false information\, even as it explores the challenges in doing so. The panelists spoke to three aspects of the current moment in misinformation: the status of facts/persistence of misinformation\, the speed\, virality\, and spread of misinformation\, and what we—or anyone—can do to correct or manage the misinformation that already exists. \n \nConference chairs:\nE.J. Dionne\, Senior Fellow\, The Brookings Institution and Syndicated Columnist\, The Washington Post\nJohn Sides\, Associate Professor of Political Science\, George Washington University \nConference hosts:\nMedia & Democracy program\, Social Science Research Council\nThe Brookings Institution \nWith support from:\nThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation\nThe Democracy Fund\nThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/the-consequences-of-misinformation/
LOCATION:Falk Auditorium\, The Brookings Institution
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180523
DTSTAMP:20200827T194822Z
CREATED:20200827T194822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200827T194822Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop on the state of Cuban studies in the United States
DESCRIPTION:The workshop on the State of Cubans Studies in the United States\, which was organized in collaboration with John Jay College of the City University of New York and Cuba’s Revista Temas convened in Barcelona May 21-22\, 2018 prior to the start of LASA. The workshop was a resounding success in accomplishing its stated purpose: to bring together scholars who reside in Cuba with those who reside outside the island for an intensive dialogue on the development of the field of Cuban Studies in the United States. A seminar on that same topic was held at Florida International University in 1990\, but with participation of only U.S.-based scholars. Since that initial seminar\, we have witnessed the multiplication of contacts between scholars on both shores\, the expansion in the scope of studies in Cuba of the island’s society and culture\, and the greater acceptance in Cuba of the work done by colleagues who do not reside in the island. A reassessment of the field of Cuban Studies in the United States was long overdue
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/workshop-on-the-state-of-cuban-studies-in-the-united-states/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180519
DTSTAMP:20210816T183438Z
CREATED:20210816T183438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T183438Z
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SUMMARY:SSRC-IFS Workshop: "The Future of Political Parties"
DESCRIPTION:This workshop\, held at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin\, was the third in a series of convenings organized as part of a collaboration between the SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program and our namesake European partner program\, Anxieties of Democracy\, at the Swedish Institute for Futures Studies. \nThe workshop explored political parties as an institution\, seeking to assess their current state and explore their future. Topics included changes in the typical left-right cleavages of parties\, the decline of traditional parties\, the rise of populist parties\, and the institutional and social contexts shaping political parties today\, such as personalism\, non-majoritarianism\, and direct democracy. The workshop was generously supported by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/ssrc-ifs-workshop-the-future-of-political-parties/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180514T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180514T200000
DTSTAMP:20201008T165555Z
CREATED:20201008T165555Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T165555Z
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SUMMARY:Confronting Algorithms of Oppression
DESCRIPTION:Safiya Umoja Noble\, Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Southern California\, gave a public talk on her new book\, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism\, on Monday\, May 14th at the Roosevelt House at Hunter College. \n \nAlgorithms of Oppression contests the idea that search engines are unbiased marketplaces of ideas. Rather\, Noble argues that search engines reflect the underlying power structures of the societies in which they are built\, and often weaken the voices of historically underrepresented groups. Following Prof. Noble’s talk\, Meredith Broussard\, Assistant Professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute\, New York University and author of Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World\, responded. A book signing and reception followed. \n \nThis event was made possible by funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation\, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, and the Democracy Fund.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/confronting-algorithms-of-oppression/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180512T170000
DTSTAMP:20200930T165810Z
CREATED:20200930T165810Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200930T165810Z
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SUMMARY:Witnessing Professionals and Climate Change Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Anxieties of Democracy program’s Working Group on Climate Change\, in collaboration with Princeton University\, hosted “Witnessing Professionals and Climate Change” a workshop on the ethics of professionals in the face of climate change. Chaired by Professor Nancy Rosenblum and Professor Melissa Lane\, “Witnessing Professionals” featured panels with lawyers\, scientists\, public health\, and university officials in order to discuss the role of professionals and institutions in combating climate change. \nVideo proceedings of the workshop may be found here. Some of the presenters have also made lightly-edited transcripts of their remarks available (links in the agenda below). \nThis event was made possible with funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York. \nAgenda \n9:00 am – Welcome: Melissa Lane\, Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University and director of the University Center for Human Values \n9:15 am – Introduction: Nancy Rosenblum\, Senator Joseph S. Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government at Harvard University (emerita) \n9:30-10:00 am – Witnessing Professionals: Robert Jay Lifton\, Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia University and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Psychology at the City University of New York \n10:00-11:15 am – Panel 1: Scientists\nChair: Elke Weber\, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment\, and Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University \nRobert Socolow\, Princeton University\, Climate Futures Initiative and Carbon Mitigation Initiative [Transcript] \nNaomi Oreskes\, Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University \n11:30-12:45 pm – Panel 2: Public Health\nChair: Adriana Petryna\, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania \nPatrick Kinney\, Beverly A. Brown Professor for the Improvement of Urban Health\, Environmental Health\, Boston University School of Public Health \nLise Van Susteren\, The Climate Project; Our Children’s Trust \nMark A. Mitchell\, President\, Mitchell Environmental Health Associates; Co-Chair\, National Medical Association Commission on Environental Health; Founder and Senior Policy Advisor\, Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice \n12:45-1:30 pm – Lunch Break \n1:30 – 2:30 pm – Panel 3: Law\nChair: Samuel Issacharoff\, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law\, New York University School of Law [Transcript] \nJustice Antonio Herman Benjamin\, National High Court\, Brazil; Chair of the World Commission on Environmental Law \nKatrina F. Kuh\, Haub Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University [Transcript] \n2:30-4:00 pm – Panel 4: Academia\nChair: Nancy Rosenblum\, Senator Joseph S. Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government at Harvard University (emerita) \nHarold T. Shapiro\, President Emeritus and Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University \nJessica F. Green\, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at New York University\nJacob Lipton\, Program Director of the Systemic Justice Project at Harvard Law School \n4:00-5:00 pm – Summary and Discussion\nDennis F. Thompson\, Professor of Government and the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (emeritus) [Transcript]
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/witnessing-professionals-and-climate-change-workshop/
LOCATION:Princeton University\, Wallace Hall\, Room 300
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180421
DTSTAMP:20201008T165914Z
CREATED:20201008T165914Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201008T165914Z
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SUMMARY:Social Media and Democracy: Assessing the State of the Field and Identifying Unexplored Questions
DESCRIPTION:The 2016 American elections intensified popular as well as scholarly interest in the relationship between media and democracy on topics like fake news\, information bubbles\, and algorithmic propaganda. \n“Social Media and Democracy: Assessing the State of the Field and Identifying Unexplored Questions” was the Media & Democracy program’s inaugural event. It convened researchers as part of a two-day conference to assess the current literature on social media and democracy\, and  set a research agenda for the field moving forward. \nConference chairs: \nNate Persily\, James B. McClatchy Professor of Law\, Stanford University\nDiana Mutz\, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication\, University of Pennsylvania \nConference hosts:\nMedia & Democracy Program\, Social Science Research Council\nStanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society\, Stanford University\nCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences\, Stanford University \nWith support from:\nThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation\nThe Democracy Fund\nThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation \nAgenda:  \nThursday\, April 19 \n8:30 – 9:00 am: Registration and Breakfast \n9:00 – 9:30 am: Opening Remarks \n9:30 – 11:00 am: Inflammatory Speech and Incivility Online \nSusan Benesch\, Harvard University\nBryan Gervais\, University of Texas\, San Antonio\nDiana Mutz\, University of Pennsylvania\nMonica Stephens\, University of Buffalo \n11:00 – 11:30 am: Coffee Break \n11:30 – 1:00 pm: Distribution and Effects of Fake News \nRenee DiResta\, Data for Democracy\nKelly Garrett\, The Ohio State University\nDavid Rand\, Yale University\nJosh Tucker\, New York University \n1:00 – 2:00 pm: Lunch \n2:00 – 3:30 pm: Correcting Disinformation \nJonathan Albright\, Columbia University\nMatt Baum\, Harvard University\nAdam J. Berinsky\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\nMatt Gentzkow\, Stanford University\nEmily Thorson\, Syracuse University \n3:30 pm: Adjourn \nFriday\, April 20 \n8:30 – 9:00 am: Breakfast \n9:00 – 10:30 am: Homophily in the Social Media Sphere \nDamon Centola\, University of Pennsylvania\nShanto Iyengar\, Stanford University\nJaime Settle\, College of William and Mary \n10:30 – 10:45 a.m: Coffee Break \n10:45 – 12:15 pm: Globalization of the Marketplace of Ideas \nNina Jankowicz\, The Wilson Center\nLinda Kinstler\, Freelance Journalist\nJennifer Pan\, Stanford University \n12:15 – 1:30 pm: Concluding Discussion Over Lunch
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/social-media-and-democracy-assessing-the-state-of-the-field-and-identifying-unexplored-questions/
LOCATION:Frances C. Arillaga Alumni Center\, Stanford University
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T200000
DTSTAMP:20210830T135200Z
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SUMMARY:National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum 2018
DESCRIPTION:Measure of America’s Sarah Burd-Sharps will speak at the National Association of Workforce Boards Annual Forum about Measure of America’s collaboration with the San Diego Workforce Partnership to address youth disconnection in San Diego.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/national-association-of-workforce-boards-annual-forum-2018/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180319T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180319T190000
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SUMMARY:National Reengagement Plus! Convening
DESCRIPTION:Co-director Kristen Lewis will speak about Measure of America’s latest disconnected youth research at the Philadelphia Youth Network’s sixth National Reengagement Plus! Convening. The convening is sponsored by the National League of Cities and will focus on strategies to reengage young people disconnected from school and work.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/national-reengagement-plus-convening/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180315T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180315T150000
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SUMMARY:Opportunity Youth San Diego Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Kristen Lewis participated in “New Data on Youth Disconnection: State of Opportunity Youth in San Diego County\,” a webinar unveiling the latest numbers on disconnected youth in San Diego calculated by Measure of America. The data is part of a collaboration between the San Diego Workforce Partnership and Measure of America to assess youth disconnection\, set goals and track progress in the county. \nYou can watch the recorded webinar and see the slides. For more information on the effort to reduce youth disconnection in San Diego\, visit OpportunitySD.org.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/opportunity-youth-san-diego-webinar/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180209
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DTSTAMP:20200930T191050Z
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SUMMARY:Distribution Conference
DESCRIPTION:On February 9th\, 2018\, the Anxieties of Democracy program’s working group on distribution convened at Yale University. The conference brought our working group members together to explore how changes in the structure of the global economy affect the viability of long settled features of distribution. \nThe conference was organized by the working group’s co-chairs: Frances Rosenbluth\, Damon Wells Professor of Political Science at Yale University\, and Margaret Weir\, Wilson Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science at Brown University. The conference was generously supported by Yale’s MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies\, and Yale’s Institution for Social and Policy Studies. \nConference participants will discuss extended paper outlines on the following themes: \nMacro Transformations: \nAlice Kessler-Harris (Columbia University) \nCarles Boix (Princeton University) \nSabeel Rahman (Brooklyn Law School) \nJacob Hacker (Yale University) \nThe New Precariat: \nBen Ansell (Oxford University) and Jane Gingrich (Oxford University) \nKathleen Thelen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)\, Andreas Wiedemann (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)\, and Bruno Palier (Paris School of International Affairs) \nElizabeth Ananat (Duke University)\, Anna Gassman-Pines (Duke University)\, and Yulya Truskinovsky (Harvard University) \nFrances Rosenbluth (Yale University)\, Ian Shapiro (Yale University)\, and Christian Salas (Yale University) \nJonathan Rodden (Yale University) \nExperiencing Inequality: \nKris-Stella Trump (Social Science Research Council) \nAndra Gillespie (Emory University) \nThe New Politics of Old Divisions: \nAndrea Campbell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Kimberly Morgan (George Washington University) \nMargaret Weir (Brown University) and Desmond King (Oxford University) \nDouglas S. Massey (Princeton University) and Jacob S. Rugh (Brigham Young University)
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/distribution-conference/
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