GETTING EARTH RIGHT: Global Village, Spaceship Earth and Gaia Revisited

Mergenthaler 266

In honor of Earth Day, Johns Hopkins Professor Daniel Deudney, author of Dark Skies: Space Expansionism, Planetary Geopolitics, and the Ends of Humanity (Oxford University Press, 2020), will discuss his out-of-this-world work on planetary geopolitics. Pizza will be served! Accurate mental maps are vital for all practical activity, but humanity’s maps are now profoundly outdated, and […]

Labor Unrest in Chinese-Invested Enterprises in Turkey: Local Dynamics and Global Implications

Mergenthaler 266

Burak Gürel is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-director of the Center for Asian Studies at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. China, once a hub for foreign manufacturing investment, has become a major investor in overseas factories and mines. Disputes at Chinese-owned businesses are now notably influencing labor unrest globally. This study shows that between […]

IS-Cream Social

Keyser Quad (outside Mergenthaler Hall)

The annual IS-Cream Social is back! Come meet the new International Studies majors, hang out with your friends, celebrate the end of the semester, and enjoy sweet treats from Prigel Family Creamery (while supplies last!).

The Nexus of Senate Procedure and Foreign Policymaking

Mergenthaler 266

Join the ISLC and the SNF Agora Institute for a talk with Reema Dodin, the Chief of Staff for Senator Brian Schatz (D-HL) and the former White House Deputy Assistant to the president for legislative affairs, focusing on senate procedure and how the Senate engages with questions of national security and foreign policy! 

International Studies Welcome Back Party

Mergenthaler 240

Welcome in the fall semester with the International Studies and East Asian Studies Programs! Catch up with old friends, meet some new ones, pick up some IS swag, and enjoy some delicious food and drink. Hope to see you there!

Political Theory Workshop – Night Vision: Climate-Induced Night Work and the Degrowth Imperative

Macauley 101

Paul Apostolidis (London School of Economics) has written two books on immigration labor activism: (Fight for Time (Oxford UP) and Breaks in the Chain (University of Minnesota Press)), and will be presenting on climate change and night farm work. Professor Apostolidis will also be meeting with graduate and undergraduate students in Mergenthaler 366 at 4:00pm. This event […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Contesting Race and Citizenship

Mergenthaler 526

Group discussion about: Camilla Hawthorne (UC Santa Cruz) Contesting Race and Citizenship (2022, Cornell University Press)  This event is co-sponsored by the Program in International Studies.

“Bridging the Political Divide: Two Dads Defending Democracy” with Joe Walsh and Fred Guttenberg

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center 555 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Former Republican Congressman Joe Walsh and Fred Guttenberg have strongly opposing political views. Walsh is an ardent gun rights advocate, and Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter was killed in the 2018 Parkland School shooting, is a prominent gun safety activist. Join the Johns Hopkins community to hear from Walsh and Guttenberg as they tell their story […]

Arrighi Center Seminar: Bankers and Empire

Mergenthaler 526

Group discussion about: Peter Hudson (UCLA) Bankers and Empire (2018, University of Chicago Press) This event is co-sponsored by the Program in International Studies.