| | | | | CISSR affiliate Marco Garrido discusses his findings on populism in the Philippines—recently published in the American Journal of Sociology—and calls for a new way of studying the social connections that keep voters loyal.
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CISSR provides funding and office space for doctoral students who have completed most of their fieldwork and are at the write-up stage of their dissertation. Advanced doctoral students in the Division of the Social Sciences are eligible. Apply now » | |
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| | | Field Research The Center supports students conducting short-term research abroad for MA theses, qualifying papers, pilot projects, and/or portions of dissertation research. All graduate students in the Division of the Social Sciences are eligible. Apply now » | |
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| | Theodore Jun Yoo (Yonsei University) | | | |
| | Laura Engelstein (Yale) in conversation with Faith Hillis and Kenneth Pomeranz (both UChicago) | | | |
| | lya Kutik (Northwestern) & Lyn Hejinian (University of California, Berkeley) | | | |
| | Tommy Beaudreau (former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of the Interior)
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| | Carl Fuldner & Shane DuBay (UChicago)
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| | Huda J. Fakhreddine (University of Pennsylvania)
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| | | Austin Carson, Robert A. Pape, Paul Poast, Paige Price Cone, Paul Staniland (all UChicago)
Moderated by Steve Edwards (WBEZ) | | | |
| | Xavier Albertí( Teatre Nacional de Catalunya) Anton Pujol (University of North Carolina) Isaias Fanlo, Mario Santana (UChicago) | | | |
| | Héctor Carrillo (Northwestern) | | | |
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Kathryn Gin Lum (Stanford) | | | |
| | Neda Maghbouleh (University of Toronto) | | | |
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| | Tatiana Seijas (Penn State) | | | |
| | Q&A with filmmaker E. Samantha Cheng
2pm • Chinese-American Museum
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| | Davide Casali (clarinet) & Elisa Frausin (piano)
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| | | Austin Wright (UChicago), Derran Moss-Dalmau (United Nations), Michelle Breslauer (Institute for Economics and Peace) | | | |
| | Michael J. Abramowitz (Freedom House)
Jeremy D. Rosner (Greenberg Quinlan Rosner) Susan B. Glasser (POLITICO)
5:30pm • Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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| | 5:30pm • Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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| | | | | | | SAVE THE DATEThis conference will be an opportunity to reflect on the state of the comparative study of race and new directions inspired by political scientist Mark Q. Sawyer (PhD’99, 1972-2017). Learn more & RSVP » | | | |
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| | At first glance, Zonia Baber’s legacy appears to be that of an educator and reformer. Yet at the same time, she transformed the field of geography, by seeing it not as a means of colonization but of connection and understanding between cultures. Smithsonian magazine recalls her efforts in the University’s early years to make geography a means of uniting—not conquering—the globe. | | | |
| | UChicago psychologist John Cacioppo, who has studied loneliness and its effects for decades, said the British initiative "constitutes an important recognition for the significance of loneliness in people's life."
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| | UChicago historian Orit Bashkin addresses the cultural and emotional connections of a treasure trove of Judaica held by the National Archives and Records Administration since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. | | | |
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| | | Research from the University of Chicago finds immigrant populations within the United States assimilate in different ways, with demographics and geography playing critical roles, according to a study by Angela S. García, a sociologist and assistant professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
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| | Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo was recognized by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany for his work in global history, as well as his more recent pursuit studying the history of 19th-century world philology of the languages of the Iberian Peninsula, a region in Portugal and Spain.
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| | | | Speaking on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, Bruce Cumings, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of History and a specialist on modern Korean history, said he believes conciliatory moves made toward the South by North Korea’s leader in a New Year’s speech could be significant.
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