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“The Rhetoric of Environmental Policy”
The Department of Earth Sciences is pleased to announce a special public lecture by Hope Jahren, from the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Hawai‘i: “The Rhetoric of Environmental Policy” Wednesday, Oct. 23, 4 p.m. in…
Hendricks Chapel Choir to Perform in Germany and Poland
The Hendricks Chapel Choir will embark on a musical and cultural tour of Germany and Poland on Wednesday, May 15. The 40-member choir, ranging from first-year students to graduate students, will perform a program of music from Central Europe—including German…
Genocide and the Politics of Modern Turkey
Ronald G. Suny, the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Social and Political History at the University of Michigan, will give a talk, “Explaining the Persistence of the Past: Genocide and the Politics of Modern Turkey,” on Wednesday, April 24, at…
Political Theorist to Discuss ‘Ideas of Peace’ in Hebrew Bible April 24
One of today’s leading political theorists will give a lecture in The College of Arts and Sciences. Michael Walzer, professor emeritus of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, will deliver this year’s B.G. Rudolph Lecture,…
SU Holds First in Series of International Meetings about ‘Biopolitical Futures’ April 5-6
Participants hail from as far away as Australia, Sweden and United Kingdom The inaugural meeting of the Society for the Study of Biopolitical Futures will take place at Syracuse University April 5-6. Composed of scholars from SU, Cornell University, the…
‘Politics of the Middle East and Media Bias’
A panel discussion featuring Beirut Daily Star columnist Rami Khouri ’70, G’98 The misunderstanding of current events in the Middle East created by media coverage that may be biased will be the topic of a panel discussion sponsored by the…
Photographer Jim Richardson Discusses Light Pollution in Next University Lecture
As a photographer for National Geographic magazine, Jim Richardson has captured images from some of the most unique places on the globe—from the tops of volcanic peaks to below the surface of swamps and wetlands. He is equally known for…
Rubinstein: Anthropologists Should Contribute to National Security Discussion
Robert Rubinstein is generally known as a peaceable guy. The Maxwell School professor of anthropology and international relations is soft-spoken. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War. He was a cofounder of the Commission on Peace and Human Rights of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.
Water Politics Topic of 2013 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture
Water politics and distribution are the topics of the 2013 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar lecture, which will feature John A. Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Agnew will present “Rethinking the World…