Events 2016-2017

Free speech, safe spaces, and academic freedom

Wednesday, April 19, 2017, 7:30 pm, Community Foundation Theater, Gund Gallery

Susan Kruth earned her B.A. from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2007, with a concentration in music and film. While attending the University of Virginia School of Law, she completed internships with the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union LGBT & AIDS Project. Susan earned her J.D. in 2011 and is now a member of the Virginia State Bar. After graduation, she worked for the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression in Charlottesville, Virginia, before moving to Philadelphia to work at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Susan was editor-in-chief of FIRE’s blog for two years and now works in FIRE’s Legal and Public Advocacy department.

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The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy: A Conversation with Bret Stephens

Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 7:30 pm, Community Foundation Theater, Gund Gallery

Bret Stephens writes “Global View,” the Wall Street Journal’s foreign-affairs column, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2013. He is the paper’s deputy editorial page editor, responsible for the international opinion pages of the Journal, and a member of the paper’s editorial board. He is also a regular panelist on the Journal Editorial Report, a weekly political talk show broadcast on Fox News Channel.

His awards include a South Asian Journalists Association prize for his coverage of the Kashmir earthquake (2006), the Breindel Prize for excellence in opinion journalism (2008), the Bastiat Prize for his columns on economic subjects (2010) and the University of Chicago’s Professional Achievement Award (2014). In 2005 he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2016 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Niagara University.
Mr. Stephens is author of "America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder," published by Sentinel Books in 2014.

This event is cosponsored by CSAD and the Kenyon Israel Club.

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Presidential Debate Watch Parties

Community Foundation Theater, Gund Gallery 8:30 p.m.

Join the Gund Gallery and the Center for the Study of American Democracy for the three debates between the 2016 presidential candidates.

The events will begin with light refreshments and commentaries. The debate will air starting at 9 p.m.

Monday, September 26: 1st Presidential Debate
With discussants Kurt Pyle, Assistant Professor of Political Science;
Emily Margolin K’17; Brooks Alderman K'18

Tuesday, October 4: Vice Presidential Debate
With discussant Kurt Pyle, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Sunday, October 9: 2nd Presidential Debate
With discussants Jackie McAllister, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Gilda Rodriguez, Visiting Instructor of American and Women’s & Gender Studies

Wednesday, October 19: 3rd Presidential Debate

"I can make this country great again!" What Scholars Know about Populism in Democracy

Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, 7 p.m., Brandi Recital Hall, Storer Hall

Despite weak support from his party's establishment and no governing experience, Donald Trump has won over millions of supporters with a promise to make their country "great again." What explains voters' enthusiasm for unconventional candidates promising greatness? If a populist candidate wins office despite a deeply divided electorate, what then?

The Center for the Study of American Democracy convenes Professors Pam Camerra-Rowe, Celso Villegas and Nancy Powers to explore the populist experience in Western Europe, Latin America and the Philippines. Join us for a lively panel and discussion that puts the current political moment in a wider context.

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