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CISSR Fellows Mark Deming and Michael Albertus contributed to Foreign Policy magazine last week. Exploring the legacies of authoritarian regimes, their article analyzes Chile’s ongoing protests and political turmoil. "When former authoritarian elites capture important posts across a new democratic government, they can use their leverage to push policy decisions toward protecting their own interests over citizens’...” Read the article here
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| | | | | | Final Call: Call for Faculty Fellowship Proposals 2020-2021The Center for International Social Science Research (CISSR) invites University of Chicago faculty to submit proposals to join our cohort of Research Fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year. Through our Faculty Fellows program, CISSR funds individual and collaborative international, transnational and global projects that address contemporary and historical questions. Projects should be theoretically informed and empirically grounded and should stand to benefit from critical dialogue across disciplinary, methodological, and geographic boundaries. For more information, go to https://cissr.uchicago.edu/research/faculty/cfp. Submit applications via fundingopportunities.uchicago.edu no later than 11:59 pm CST on November 22, 2019. | | | |
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| | TUESDAY, Nov. 12Seminary Co-Op, Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture The Patchwork City: Class, Space, + Politics in Metro Manila Marco Garrido, University of Chicago 6:00pm, 57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St., Chicago, IL
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| | African Studies Workshop, Smart Museum
Lecture in Conjunction with the Smart Museum Exhibition, Meleko Mogosi: Bread, Butter, and Power Hlonipha Mokoena, Witwatersrand University
5:30pm, Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Katz Center for Mexican Studies
Symbolic Ethnicity? The Re-emergence of Indigeneity in Mexico René D. Flores, University of Chicago 12:30pm, Social Science Research, Room 224 Lunch provided with registration 1126 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Oriental Institute
A New Iron Age Kingdom in Anatolia: King Hartapu and his Capital City James Osborne and Michele Massa 7:00pm, Oriental Institute, Breasted Hall Refreshments will be provided 1155 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
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| | WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13International HouseThe Future of the Liberal Order Ralf Fücks, Center for Liberal Modernity 12:00pm, International House, Coulter Lounge Regestration Required 1414 E 59th St., Chicago, IL | |
| | Oriental Institute, Office of the Provost
Community Scholars Lecture: Ancient African Empires of Nubia Brian Muhs, University of Chicago 6:30pm, Blackstone Branch Public Library 4904 S Lake Park Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | THURSDAY, Nov. 14Demography WorkshopTemporary Work Contracts and Female Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the Japanese Airline Industry Yukio Asai, University of Chicago 12:30pm, NORC Seminar Room, Room 232/233 1155 E 60th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Center for East Asian Studies, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office
Walking across Cities and Texts in Colonial Taiwan: Urban Modernization of Taipei and Tainan 1895-1945 Ping-Sheng Wu, National Cheng Kung University 5:00pm, Classics Building, Room 110 1010 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | | MONDAY, Nov. 18Center for Latin American StudiesRemaking the City, Unmaking Democracy: The Afterlives of Urban Renewal in Rio de Janeiro Nicole Rosner, University of Chicago 12:00pm, Foster Hall, Room 103 RSVP Requested 1130 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | MONDAY, Nov. 18 through WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20Divinity School, Joyce Z. and Jacob Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies Jewish Difference Under Empire
Conference 12:00pm, Swift Hall 1025 E 58th St., Chicago, IL
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| | TUESDAY, Nov. 19Katz Center for Mexican StudiesDemocracy in (the Other) America: Tocqueville's Reception in Latin America José Antonio Aguilar Rivera, División de Estudios Políticos-CIDE 12:30pm, Social Science Research, Room 224 Lunch provided with registration 1126 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory
Technocracy and Political Judgment Guido Niccolò Barbi, Research Foundation Flanders 5:00pm, Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory RSVP Requested 1130 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Gender and Sexualities Studies Workshop
Risky Roads, Safe Suspicions: Gender, Class, and Cabs in Hyderabad, India Sneha Annavarapu, University of Chicago 5:00pm, Centers for Gender/Race Studies, Room 103 5733 S University Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | FRIDAY, Nov. 22Center for Middle Eastern StudiesFarouk Mustafa Memorial Friday Lecture Series Asli Bali, University of California-LA 4:30pm, Swift Hall, Third Floor Lecture Room 1025 E 58th St., Chicago, IL | |
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| | | | | | AROUND TOWN & DOWN THE ROAD | | | |
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| | Nov. 12Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical StudiesAnn Fabian, Rutgers University 12:00pm, Harris Hall, Leopold Room (108)
1881 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208
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| | Nov. 21Seminary Co-OpLis Harris, Columbia University 6:00pm, 57th Street Books
1301 E 57th St., Chicago, IL
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| | Dec. 2CISSREmpires and Atlantics Forum Kate Fullagar, Macquarie University Time to be announced, CISSR Suite, Room 105 Refreshments will be provided 5828 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Dec. 3African Studies WorkshopAfrican Habits: Vocation & Daily Life at the Convent of Saint Joseph Johanna Pacyga, University of Chicago 5:30pm, Foster Hall, Room 107 1130 E 59th St., Chicago, IL
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| | | Dec. 5Seminary Co-OpAmerican Warsaw: The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of Polish Chicago Dominic Pacyga, Columbia College Chicago 6:00pm, Seminary Co-Op 5751 S Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Dec. 6Seminary Co-OpDiscovering New Pasts: The OI at 100 Theo van den Hout, Oriental Institute 6:00pm, Seminary Co-Op 5751 S Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL
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Empires and Atlantics Forum Fanny Malegue, EHESS 12:00pm, CISSR Suite, Room 105 Refreshments will be provided 5828 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Through Dec. 15Smart Museum of Art
Bread, Butter, and Power Meleko Mokgosi
Smart Museum of Art 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL
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| | Through Dec. 23The University of Chicago Library
Exhibit: Understanding North Korea Through Stamps Jee-Young Park Regenstein Library, 5th Floor Reading Room
1100 E 57th St., Chicago, IL
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| | "When authoritarian-era elites return to positions of power under democracy, what are the implications for the quality of democracy?"
2018-19 CISSR Dissertation Fellow Mark Deming presented collaborative research at St. Hugh's (Oxford) conference on Authoritarian Diasporas. The associated working paper “How Former Authoritarian Elite Spread Across Government Impacts the Quality of Democracy” is available through SSRN. Read more here...
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| | AIDS, Anti-Retroviral Expansion,and Childbearing in Malawi
CISSR Director Jenny Trinitapoli and co-authors published new findings related to their ongoing Tsogolo la Thanzi study. Based on six years of survey research in a high-fertility community in southern Malawi, they show a transformation in attitudes toward who should have children and how many. Read more here...
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| | "India’s favorable domestic coalition in the US may be facing new strains in the coming years"
In his most recent blog post, CISSR Faculty Research Fellow Paul Staniland asks if the recent debates amongst lawmakers regarding India policy are reflected in a public split in opinion through an examination of public opinion polls and recent news. Read more here…
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| | Exploring North Korea Through Stamps
The University of Chicago Library’s new digital collection provides students and researchers a new way to explore North Korea. Made of images of approximately 2,000 stamps spanning from 1962 to 2017, the stamps depict images from a wide range of topics from dinosaurs and native animal breeds to international and political events, giving researchers insight into the shifting politics and culture of North Korea. Read more here...
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Freakonomics: Speak Softly and Carry Big Data
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| | CISSR Board Member Paul Poast participated in a live show for the podcast Freakonomics. Topics centered on questions about American foreign policy, and Professor Poast discussed developing democracies, international institutions, and regime change. To listen...
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