22 results in Meetings & Events
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1.Witnessing Professionals and Climate Change
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- Princeton University, Wallace Hall, Room 300
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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2.Distribution Conference
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.
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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3.Announcing the 2017-2018 Negotiating Agreement in Congress Grant Recipients
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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4.Climate Change working group meeting
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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5.SSRC-IFS Conference: "Democracy and Future Generations"
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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6.“Political Equality,” a public talk by Danielle Allen
Renowned scholar, author and political theorist Danielle Allen concluded her activities as the 2017 Democracy Fellow of the SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program last week with a public lecture in New York City. Professor Allen presented a powerful, provocative lecture on political equality to a capacity audience at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Nov. 16, followed by a response from NYU Law professor Jeremy Waldron. Following the formal program Professor Allen signed copies of her recent books Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A and Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Defense of Equality. Professor Waldron also signed copies of his book One Another’s Equals: The Basis of Human Equality. As the 2017 Democracy Fellow, Professor Allen also conducted three graduate seminars for New York-area students and junior faculty from University Fund institutions. Professor Allen is among the most respected political theorists today, and serves as the James Bryant Conant Professor at Harvard, as well as director of the university’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. Much of her work and writings have been focused on issues surrounding democracy, race and inequality in all its forms – educational, economic, political, and judicial.
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- Roosevelt House at Hunter College
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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7.Negotiating Agreement in Congress Selection Committee Meeting 2017
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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8.Negotiating Agreement in Congress Grantees' Workshop
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- Social Science Research Council
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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9.SSRC-DFG Workshop: "Polarization, Institutional Design and the Future of Representative Democracy"
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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10.Negotiating Agreement in Congress Panel at APSA 2017
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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11.SSRC-DFG Workshop: “Democratic Anxiety – Democratic Resilience”
This workshop, held in Mainz, Germany, continued the partnership between SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program and the Democratic Anxieties project supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The workshop provided a collegial space for early career American and German scholars of democracy to present their research to each other and a set of senior social scientists from both sides of the Atlantic. Topics included minority representation, the success of populism, and the surveillance state.
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- Mainz, Germany
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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12.SSRC-IFS Workshop: "Performance of Democracies"
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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13.SSRC-DFG Workshop: "Democratic participation – a broken promise?"
This workshop, held at Villa Vigoni on Lake Como in Italy, was the second convening of the partnership between SSRC’s Anxieties of Democracy program and the Democratic Anxieties project, supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Bringing key issues focused on by Anxieties of Democracy into comparative perspective, this conference was a meeting between members of the Anxieties of Democracy’s Participation working-group and several prominent European scholars of political participation assembled by DFG. Issues raised included the deepening connection between economic and political inequality and the possibilities and limits of democratic deliberation.
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- Villa Vigoni, Lake Como
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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14.Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants, 2016 Awardees
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- Brooklyn, NY
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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15.Negotiating Agreement in Congress Research Grants, Selection Committee Meeting
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- Brooklyn, NY
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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16.Working Group on Climate Change Workshop
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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17.Working Group on Institutions Conference
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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18.'Democratic Exclusion: A Think-In in Three Acts,' featuring Charles Taylor
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- Civic Hall (156 5th Ave., NY, NY)
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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19.2016 Democracy Seminar with Professor Charles Taylor
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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20.'Ways Democracy Can Slip Away,' a talk by Charles Taylor
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- Roosevelt House (47-49 East 65th St., NY, NY)
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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21."Equality in a New Age of Inequalities," a lecture by Pierre Rosanvallon
On November 12, 2015, Roosevelt House welcomed the Social Science Research Council’s Anxieties of Democracy program in a continuing series during which scholars and practitioners analyze current anxieties of democracy. The evening featured Professor Pierre Rosanvallon of the Collège de France in his inaugural lecture as the Council’s first Democracy Fellow. His lecture and the ensuing dialogue with the audience sought to energize the conversation and inspire thoughtful and original solutions to the growing democratic problem of inequality. The event was introduced and moderated by Ira Katznelson, President of the Social Science Research Council, Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University, and Roosevelt House Advisory Board Member.
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- Roosevelt House
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- Anxieties of Democracy
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22.2015 Democracy Seminar with Professor Pierre Rosanvallon
Professor Pierre Rosanvallon, the Anxieties of Democracy program's inaugural Democracy Fellow, led a two-part Seminar on current 'anxieties of democracy' with twelve doctoral students, representing a range of disciplines and universities, who competed for a spot at the table.
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- Anxieties of Democracy