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.

Dr. Ira Helfand: Public Health Consequences of Nuclear War: We Must Prevent What We Cannot Cure

Remsen 1

Dr. Helfand co-founded Physicians for Social Responsibility, is past president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize), and is a member of the international steering group of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (recipient of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize). This event is co-sponsored by International […]

A World (Almost) without Money: Demonetization and Everyday Life in Collective-Era Rural China

Mergenthaler 266

Jacob Eyferth Associate Professor Departments of History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago During the collective era (1956–80), China’s farmers earned an average annual cash income from collective sources of ¥15, equivalent to US $9 in terms of purchasing power. Total income was higher, since members of collectives received much of their pay in […]

Hopkins Lecture Series: Andrew Yang and Adam Kinzinger – The Future of the Two-Party System

Shriver Hall, Auditorium

In collaboration with the SNF Agora Institute, the Aronson Center for International Studies and the International Studies Leadership Council (ISLC), the Hopkins Lecture Series is thrilled to host Andrew Yang and Adam Kinzinger. Andrew Yang is the co-founder of the Forward Party, former presidential candidate and entrepreneur, founding Humanity Forward and Venture for America. With […]