Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Political Theory Workshop (PTW) (March 5, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82022 82022-21006759@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 5, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

U-M Political Science doctoral student David Suell will present, "Grounding radical democracy: Nyerere, Cabral, and narrating the anti-colonial state." Suell's research and teaching focuses on critical theory, comparative political theory, and African politics and political thought.

The Political Theory Workshop provides a venue for political theory-oriented scholarship broadly construed. Participants include theoretically-inclined members of social science and humanities departments across the University of Michigan, as well as institutions throughout southwest Michigan.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:12:01 -0500 2021-03-05T14:30:00-05:00 2021-03-05T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Livestream / Virtual Suell
WCED Roundtable. Reviving Democracy, Globally and Locally (March 9, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80977 80977-20824922@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

How do we revitalize democracy, both globally and locally? And are there any common threads linking the two?

Hahrie Han is the inaugural director of the SNF Agora Institute, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science, and faculty director of the P3 Research Lab at Johns Hopkins University. She specializes in the study of organizing, movements, civic engagement, and democracy. Her newest book will be published by the University of Chicago Press in January 2021, entitled *Prisms of the People: Power and Organizing in 21st Century America*. She has previously published three books: *How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century*; *Groundbreakers: How Obama's 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America*; and *Moved to Action: Motivation, Participation, and Inequality in American Politics*. Her award-winning work has been published in the *American Political Science Review, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA),* and numerous other outlets, including the *New York Times, Washington Post*, and elsewhere.

Michael McFaul is the Ken Olivier and Angela Nomellini Professor of International Studies in Political Science, director and senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, all at Stanford University. He was also the Distinguished Mingde Faculty Fellow at the Stanford Center at Peking University from June to August of 2015. He joined the Stanford faculty in 1995. He is also an analyst for NBC News and a contributing columnist to *The Washington Post*. McFaul served for five years in the Obama administration, first as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russian and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council at the White House (2009-12), and then as U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation (2012-14). He has authored several books, most recently the *New York Times* bestseller, *From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia*. Earlier books include *Advancing Democracy Abroad: Why We Should, How We Can*; *Transitions To Democracy: A Comparative Perspective* (eds. with Kathryn Stoner); *Power and Purpose: American Policy toward Russia after the Cold War* (with James Goldgeier); and *Russia’s Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin*. His current research interests include American foreign policy; great power relations between China, Russia, and the United States; and the relationship between democracy and development.

Moderated by Dan Slater, WCED Director.

Registration for this Zoom webinar is required at https://myumi.ch/O4yPQ

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:23:07 -0500 2021-03-09T16:00:00-05:00 2021-03-09T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion WCED Roundtable
Inside The Cartel Project: The Power of Collaborative Investigative Journalism (March 24, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82579 82579-21124020@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 24, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

In 2012 Mexican journalist Regina Martinez was murdered in her home. She had been reporting on the links between drug cartels, public officials and thousands of individuals who had mysteriously disappeared. Eight years later, her investigations were published simultaneously around the world as The Cartel Project.

Forbidden Stories, a nonprofit newsroom created by Laurent Richard during his year as a Knight- Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan, organized the project, secretly bringing together an international network of journalists dedicated to continue the work of Martinez. Sixty reporters from 18 countries, followed her leads to expose a global network of Mexican drug cartels and their political connections around the world.

Join journalists Laurent Richard of Forbidden Stories, Dana Priest of The Washington Post and Jorge Carrasco of Proceso with moderator, Lynette Clemetson, for a behind the scenes look at the global investigation and learn how collaborative journalism can keep alive the work of reporters who are silenced by threats, censorship or death.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 02 Mar 2021 16:22:40 -0500 2021-03-24T12:30:00-04:00 2021-03-24T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Wallace House Center for Journalists Livestream / Virtual 2021 Eisendrath Symposium
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (March 26, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82450 82450-21100196@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 26, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan Shayla Olson will present her co-authored book chapter, "Political Content in Sermons and Changes in the Trump Era." Her research fits broadly within American political behavior, with a specific interest in the interaction between race and religion.

The Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics (IWAP) is a forum for the presentation of ongoing interdisciplinary research in American politics. Most of our presentations are given by graduate students. Each graduate student presenter is assigned a faculty and student discussant. IWAP circulates the work beforehand and the student presents it briefly at the start of the meeting. After discussant feedback, the bulk of the time is reserved for group discussion among all workshop participants. This format leads to informal yet highly interactive and productive conversations.

Email zcwalker@umich.edu/ for meeting link.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:48:11 -0400 2021-03-26T15:00:00-04:00 2021-03-26T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Livestream / Virtual Olson
WCED Lecture. Varieties of Populists: Paths to Power and Implications for Regime Stability (March 30, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/80863 80863-20815009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 30, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Scholars have spent more time arguing over definitions of populism than attempting to clearly identify and differentiate among populists. Jones and Menon develop a typology to identify types of populists based on two key dimensions: 1) their position within the political landscape; and 2) the degree of their ideological commitment to populism. They argue that these distinctions are key to our understanding of how populists gain power and their impact on regime stability and change.

Pauline Jones is professor of political science and director of the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum at the University of Michigan (U-M). Previously, she served as director of U-M’s Islamic Studies Program (2011-14) and of the International Institute (2014-20). Her work has contributed broadly to the study of institutional origin, change, and impact with an empirical focus on the former Soviet Union—primarily the five Central Asia states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Currently, she is exploring the influence of religion on political attitudes and behavior in Muslim majority states with an emphasis on the relationship between religious regulation, religiosity, and political mobilization.

Anil Menon is a political science PhD candidate and Gerald R. Ford Predoctoral Fellow at U-M. His dissertation explores the long-term political legacy of trauma across three different contexts: China, Germany, and Northern Ireland.

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/QArDq.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:15:47 -0500 2021-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 2021-03-30T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Pauline Jones & Anil Menon
WCED Roundtable. Submerging Democracy in America's States: An Emergency Roundtable (April 6, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83422 83422-21375694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Register at https://myumi.ch/jxjbw

Speakers:
Jenna Bednar, Edie N. Goldenberg Endowed Director for the Michigan in Washington Program, professor of public policy and political science, research professor at the Institute for Social Research's Center for Political Studies, U-M

Alexandra Filindra, associate professor of political science, University of Illinois, Chicago

Jake Grumbach, assistant professor of political science, University of Washington

Danielle McGuire, award-winning author and historian of the African American freedom struggle

Robert Mickey, associate professor of political science, U-M

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Apr 2021 09:17:26 -0400 2021-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-06T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Submerging Democracy in America's States
The 2021 Miller-Converse Roundtable (April 8, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81052 81052-20838704@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 8, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Join faculty members from the Center for Political Studies on Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 4 PM Eastern for a roundtable discussion of current challenges to democracy. This event is part of the annual Miller-Converse Lecture Series.

Panelists include:
Ken Kollman: Moderate and Extreme Swings in American Party Politics
Pauline Jones: Democratic Survival, Using Lessons from the Muslim World
Robert Franzese: What Causes People to Become Political Extremists?

Register for this event at https://myumi.ch/mnrbG
A link to participate will be emailed to registrants.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Mar 2021 14:30:19 -0400 2021-04-08T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-08T17:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer for Miller-Converse Roundtable
Political Theory Workshop (PTW) (April 9, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82025 82025-21006763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 9, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

U-M Doctoral Student in Political Science Amir Fleischmann will present "Popular Problems: Towards a Post-Liberal Conception of Popular Sovereignty.” Fleischmann's work is focused on critical and continental political theory. He is interested in questions concerning critical history, the history of capitalism, and democratic theory.

The Political Theory Workshop provides a venue for political theory-oriented scholarship broadly construed. Participants include theoretically-inclined members of social science and humanities departments across the University of Michigan, as well as institutions throughout southwest Michigan.

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:12:33 -0500 2021-04-09T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-09T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Livestream / Virtual Amir Fleischmann
CREES Noon Lecture. Poland and Hungary - Two Autocratic Attempts to Overthrow Liberal Democracy (April 14, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83410 83410-21375680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 14, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The Polish election results of 2015 seem to have brought Hungarian and Polish development into synchronicity again, a congruence that has been apparent many times throughout history. At first glance, it may appear that we are dealing with regimes of an identical nature, especially taking into account the similarities of the authoritarian politics practiced by Jarosław Kaczyński (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) and Viktor Orbán (Fiatal Demokraták Szövetsége, Fidesz), characterized by a tendency to eliminate autonomous social forces and control mechanisms, as well as the application of similar ideological frames. But beneath the superficial similarities, these attempts are aimed at establishing different types of autocratic regimes. Orbán’s regime, which Dr. Magyar defines as a mafia state, is built on the twin motivations of power centralization and the accumulation of personal and family wealth; the instrument of its power is the adopted political family, freed of the limitations posed by formal institutions. Kaczyński’s regime is better described as a conservative-autocratic experiment, driven by ambitions of power and ideological inclinations. In this lecture, Dr. Magyar will offer his comparative assessment of these two regimes.

Bálint Magyar is a Research Fellow at the Central European University (CEU) Democracy Institute (since 2020), holding a University Doctoral degree in Political Economy (1980) from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He has published and edited numerous books on post-communist mafia states since 2013. He was an Open Society Fellow carrying out comparative studies in this field (2015-2016), Hans Speier Visiting Professor at the New School (2017), Senior Fellow at the CEU Institute for Advanced Study (2018-2019), and Research Fellow at the Financial Research Institute (2010-2020). Formerly, he was an activist of the Hungarian anti-communist dissident movement, founder of the liberal party of Hungary (SZDSZ, 1988), Member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010), and Minister of Education (1996-1998, 2002-2006).

Registration is required for this Zoom webinar at:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5likEdQMSwCKcWD4qbLTyg

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Tue, 30 Mar 2021 08:24:53 -0400 2021-04-14T12:00:00-04:00 2021-04-14T13:20:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Livestream / Virtual Bálint Magyar, Research Fellow, Central European University (CEU) Democracy Institute
Political Theory Workshop (PTW) (April 23, 2021 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/82026 82026-21006764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 23, 2021 2:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Political Theory Workshop (PTW)

Ann Heffernan is an LSA Collegiate Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. Her research and teaching interests include contemporary political theory, disability studies, feminist theory, and American political development.

The Political Theory Workshop provides a venue for political theory-oriented scholarship broadly construed. Participants include theoretically-inclined members of social science and humanities departments across the University of Michigan, as well as institutions throughout southwest Michigan.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 11 Feb 2021 16:06:13 -0500 2021-04-23T14:30:00-04:00 2021-04-23T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Political Theory Workshop (PTW) Livestream / Virtual Heffernan
Learn about International Subtitling and Dubbing (October 12, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87969 87969-21648224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Flying Subtitles Collective

Who is behind those words on the screen that make it possible for us to watch films from across the world, regardless of our native language? How do streaming platforms and film festivals get their subtitles? What is the world of professional subtitlers actually like?

Over a year ago, students at the University of Michigan co-founded the Flying Subtitles Collective because they loved making subtitles for new and classic films as a way to work on their language skills and gain experience in translation. Now, they are inviting Andrea Raianu of the lyuno-SDI Group, a leading studio for dubbing, subtitling and more, to talk about the behind-the-scenes work of professional subtitlers.

All are welcome to tune into this Zoom meeting! If you are interested in translation, films, and subtitles, join us, and bring your questions!

**REGISTER IN ADVANCE** https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H80v1176RuygHuDppfoQsw

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:57:15 -0400 2021-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 2021-10-12T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Flying Subtitles Collective Careers / Jobs Flying Subtitles Collective
WCED Panel. Flashpoint: Nicaragua (November 9, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88476 88476-21654236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Panelists: Luciana Chamorro, WCED Postdoctoral Fellow, U-M; Jennifer Goett, Associate Professor of Comparative Cultures and Politics, Michigan State University; Kai M. Thaler, Assistant Professor of Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara; Emilia Yang, Annenberg Fellow and PhD Candidate in Media Arts + Practice, University of Southern California. Moderator: Dan Slater, WCED Director.

From the deadly suppression of nationwide protests in 2018 to the recent incarceration of dozens of political leaders, journalists, and human rights advocates, including seven presidential hopefuls, the Ortega regime in Nicaragua has consolidated an authoritarian dictatorship dependent on the use of force to sustain itself in power. In light of these events, scholars and Nicaraguan activists share their observations and insights on the political and social developments in Nicaragua.

Luciana Chamorro is a political anthropologist who specializes in Central America and writes on revolution and its afterlives, populist politics, authoritarianism, affect and aesthetics. She is currently preparing a book manuscript titled “Afterlives of Revolution: Authoritarian Populism and Political Passions in Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua,” which examines populist governance and affective attachments to the Sandinista political project after the return of Daniel Ortega to power in 2007. Luciana received her PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University in 2020 and was a Mellon Postdoctoral Research Associate for the “Neoliberalism at the Neopopulist Crossroads” Sawyer Seminar at the University of Arizona for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jennifer Goett is a cultural anthropologist, specializing in political and feminist anthropology. She has published work on Indigenous and Afrodescendant social movements in Central America, particularly Nicaragua, and on state violence, racialized policing, land dispossession, and infrastructure megaprojects. Goett is the author of *Black Autonomy: Race, Gender, and Afro-Nicaraguan Activism *(Stanford 2017). Her current research focuses on Nicaraguan asylum seekers in Costa Rica and the United States. In addition to her scholarship, she publishes editorials on Central American politics and works as a pro bono expert witness for asylum cases in U.S. immigration court.

Kai M. Thaler works on conflict and security, authoritarianism and democratization, and protest and repression, focused on Latin America and Africa. His research and commentary on Nicaraguan politics has been published in *Comparative Politics* and the *Journal of Democracy* and in public venues including *Foreign Policy*, *Latinoamérica 21*, the *Los Angeles Times*, and the *Washington Post*.

Emilia Yang is an artist, organizer, and scholar. Her art practice utilizes digital media, archives, film, games, performance, and urban interventions for the creation of transnational and speculative feminist media, and transformative justice projects. Her more recent project, “AMA y No Olvida, Memory Museum Against Impunity” (http://www.museodelamemorianicaragua.org/) is a transmedia memory museum that explores participatory forms of mediation for remembering victims of state violence in her home country Nicaragua. Emilia’s theory-practice work has been published in *Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case Studies of Creative Social Change* (NYU Press, 2020); *Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology*; and *The Additivist Cookbook* (Institute of Network Cultures, 2015).

This hybrid event will be presented in person at 1010 Weiser Hall and via Zoom. Register for the live-stream at https://myumi.ch/kxOxd

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Oct 2021 15:48:17 -0400 2021-11-09T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-09T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Flashpoint Nicaragua, photo by Luciana Chamorro
WCED Roundtable Discussion. Democratic Ceilings (November 16, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/89152 89152-21660698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Presenters: Aram Hur, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri; Gerardo L. Munck, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California; Grigore Pop-Eleches, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University; Daniel Treisman, Professor of Political Science, UCLA
Respondent: Ricarda Hammer, WCED Postdoctoral Fellow
Moderator: Dan Slater, WCED Director

Following transitions to democracy in the 1980s and 1990s, many countries have ceased making democratic progress. They have failed to improve the quality of their democracy even after being democracies for several decades. They have hit a democratic ceiling. The collection of papers offer an alternative to the influential “erosion narrative” and draw attention to the distinct problem of democratic ceilings. The papers consider the evolution of democracy on a global scale and analyze in depth cases in East Asia, Latin America, and East-Central Europe. They consider various factors (economic development, nationalism, patrimonialism, and citizen attitudes) that determine why democratic progress has stalled. Jointly, they show that scholarship on democracy should treat the problem of democratic ceilings as a central problem in global politics.

Registration for this Zoom webinar is required at https://myumi.ch/Qe7w7

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Aram Hur’s research focuses on nationalism and democracy in East Asia, with particular emphasis on issues of identity change, integration, and democratic support in the Korean peninsula and Taiwan. Her work has been published in the *British Journal of Political Science*, *Comparative Politics*, *Electoral Studies*, and the *Journal of East Asian Studies*.

Gerardo Munck's research focuses on political regimes and democracy, methodology, and Latin America. His forthcoming and most recent books include *Latin American Politics and Society: A Comparative and Historical Analysis* (with Juan Pablo Luna; Cambridge, forthcoming, 2022); *Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies: Insights and Methods for Comparative Social Science* (edited with David Collier; Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming, 2022); and *A Middle-Quality Institutional Trap: Democracy and State Capacity in Latin America* (with Sebastián Mazzuca, Cambridge, 2020).

Grigore Pop-Eleches' main research interests lie at the intersection between comparative and international political economy with a particular interest in Eastern Europe and Latin America. He is the author of two books: *From Economic Crisis to Reform: IMF Programs in Latin America and Eastern Europe* (Princeton University Press, 2009) and *Communism's Shadow: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes* (joint with Joshua A. Tucker, Princeton University Press, 2017).

Daniel Treisman’s work focuses on Russian politics and economics and comparative political economy. He has published four books and many articles in leading political science and economics journals including *The American Political Science Review* and *The American Economic Review*, as well as in the public affairs journals *Foreign Affairs* and *Foreign Policy*.

Ricarda Hammer's research interests lie at the intersection of global, historical, and postcolonial sociology. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Brown University in 2021, and she is currently working on her book manuscript, “Citizenship and Colonial Difference: The Racial Politics of Rights and Rule across the Black Atlantic.”

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:57:07 -0500 2021-11-16T16:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T17:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion WCED Democratic Ceilings
Webinar: Teaching Social Action – An Introduction (January 13, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90686 90686-21672281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 13, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Campus Compact’s National Webinar series returns for 2021-2022 with more to support and inspire you.

In social action courses, students develop and enact campaigns to change a policy, which provides them with first-hand experience with power and democracy. There is no better response by Higher Education to the growing anti-democratic forces than social action since it is designed to do democracy.

Join Bobby Hackett of the Bonner Foundation and Scott Myers-Lipton of San Jose State University for information, tools, and resources to help you in your work.

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 07 Jan 2022 16:05:32 -0500 2022-01-13T15:00:00-05:00 2022-01-13T16:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Livestream / Virtual Campus Compact logo
WCED Roundtable Discussion. Lobbying the Autocrat (January 25, 2022 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90825 90825-21674144@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 5:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Panelists: Sasha de Vogel, Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University's Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia; Manfred Elfstrom, Assistant Professor of Economics, Philosophy, and Political Science, University of British Columbia, Okanagan; Max Grömping, Lecturer at the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University; David Szakonyi, Assistant Professor of Political Science, George Washington University; Jessica C. Teets, Associate Professor, Middlebury College

Who influences the world's most influential autocracies? Contributors to the latest issue of the APSA newsletter "Democracy and Autocracy," dedicated to the theme "Lobbying the Autocrat," will discuss both the unique characteristics of advocacy under autocratic conditions and similarities to those in democracies, with case studies from China and Russia.

Sasha de Vogel received her PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 2021, and also holds an MA in Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Regional Studies from Columbia University. Her research focuses on the politics of authoritarian regimes and collective action, particularly in Russia and the post-Soviet region, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation/Harriman Institute, among others.

Manfred Elfstrom is the author of "Workers and Change in China: Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness" (Cambridge University Press, 2021). He has a doctorate from Cornell University and was previously a Postdoctoral Scholar and Teaching Fellow at the University of Southern California’s School of International Relations and a China Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. Before entering academia, he worked with non-profits supporting workers’ rights and improved grassroots governance in China.

Max Grömping researches interest group politics, comparative authoritarianism, and electoral integrity, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. Max previously worked as Research Associate at the Electoral Integrity Project (University of Sydney), and as Lecturer at Heidelberg University, Germany. He was a visiting Research Fellow at the Social Science Center Berlin (WZB) in 2016/17. Max’s work has been published in "Political Communication," "Governance," "Party Politics," and "Democratization," among others.

David Szakonyi is co-founder of the Anti-Corruption Data Collective. His research focuses on corruption, clientelism, and political economy in Russia, Western Europe, and the United States. His book—"Politics for Profit: Business, Elections, and Policymaking in Russia" (Cambridge University Press, 2020)—examines why business people run for elected political office worldwide, how their firms perform as a result, and whether individuals with private sector experience make better policy decisions. Other research looks at the effectiveness of anti-corruption campaigns, employers’ mobilizing their employees to vote, and nepotism under authoritarian rule.

Jessica C. Teets is Associate Editor of the "Journal of Chinese Political Science." Her research focuses on governance in authoritarian regimes, especially the role of civic participation. She is the author of "Civil Society Under Authoritarianism: The China Model" (Cambridge University Press, 2014) and editor (with William Hurst) of "Local Governance Innovation in China: Experimentation, Diffusion, and Defiance" (Routledge Contemporary China Series, 2014), in addition to articles published in "The China Quarterly," "World Politics," "Governance," and the "Journal of Contemporary China." Dr. Teets is currently researching local governance under Xi Jinping.

Register for the webinar at: https://myumi.ch/P11PP

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Livestream / Virtual Wed, 12 Jan 2022 14:43:38 -0500 2022-01-25T17:00:00-05:00 2022-01-25T18:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Livestream / Virtual WCED Roundtable Discussion. Lobbying the Autocrat
Webinar: Exploring Core Commitments and Building Blocks of Civic Identity – A Conversation (February 10, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90978 90978-21675120@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Campus Compact’s National Webinar series returns for 2021-2022 with more to support and inspire you.

Colleges and universities are often places where students critically examine and develop greater understanding around a wide range of identities: race, ethnicity, gender, spiritual, political, nationality, and many others. We develop courses, programs and support networks that allow students to experiment, explore, and develop greater understanding of how individual identities, and how systems of oppression and power and privilege afforded certain identities, impact our society.

Join Lauren Etchells, Alexandra Koch and Thomas Schnaubelt of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University for a discussion on what “civic identity” is, how it is formed, and how it intersects with our identities.

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Livestream / Virtual Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:33:50 -0500 2022-02-10T14:00:00-05:00 2022-02-10T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Ginsberg Center Livestream / Virtual Campus Compact logo
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren: Inequality (February 11, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91754 91754-21682708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 11, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Join us for a conversation between Senator Elizabeth Warren and Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr, as they discuss Senator Warren's distinguished career as a public servant, perspectives on poverty and inequality in the United States, and her work to create a more just and equitable economic system. Ford School student leaders Crystal Olalde-Garcia (MPP ‘22) and Janani Gandhi (BA ‘22) will also join the conversation.

For more information and viewing details please visit https://fordschool.umich.edu/event/2022/senator-elizabeth-warren

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Feb 2022 17:09:17 -0500 2022-02-11T16:00:00-05:00 2022-02-11T16:50:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren
Critical Conversations: Citizen/ship (February 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91066 91066-21692152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

"Critical Conversations" is a monthly lunch series organized by the English Department for 2021-22. In each session, a panel of four faculty members give flash talks about their current research as related to a broad theme. Presentations are followed by lively, cross-disciplinary conversation with the audience.

Presentations begin at 12:30pm, followed by discussion. The session concludes at 2:00.

Cathy Sanok will explore what kind of resources premodern conceptualizations of citizenship might offer to contemporary ones.

Raevin Jimenez will discuss the cannibals of early 19th century Southeastern Africa and colonialism.

Erin Brightwell will turn to 20th century Japanese Empire and "soft power".

Mrinalini Sinha will make a case for the continuing political and critical purchase of the concept of citizenship.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:47:05 -0500 2022-02-18T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-18T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion "We the People"