• Outgoing NPR Editor-in-Chief on Journalism and Democracy

    Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics 133 South 36th Street, Suite 335, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    A conversation with Edith Chapin, the former Editor-in-Chief and Chief Content Officer of NPR.Join PPR and the Andrea Mitchell Center for a Fireside Chat and Q&A with Edith Chapin, Former Editor-in-Chief of NPR. The event will feature a half-hour moderated conversation between Chapin and Dr. Jeffrey Green, Professor and Andrea Mitchell Endowed Director of the […]

  • Russian Responses to the Armenian Velvet Revolution

    CGIS South 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Join us for a talk about the Armenian Velvet Revolution and the surprising Russian response.Armenia has traditionally been a Russian ally in the South Caucasus. It is a Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Eurasian Economic Union member. In April-May 2018 Armenian nationwide protests toppled the authoritarian regime. One remarkable aspect about the Armenian Revolution […]

  • Contesting the Past: Graduate Student Workshop

    Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics 133 South 36th Street, Suite 335, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    How do societies remember their past, and how do those memories shape the present?How do societies remember their past, and how do those memories shape the present? This workshop brings together two graduate researchers whose work interrogates struggles over memory, media, and history in democratic and journalistic contexts.Hybrid event -- if you would like to […]

  • Putting the Iranian nuclear program in a broader context

    Riverside Room 121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA, United States

    Join us for a panel discussion on Iran's nuclear program.Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been the focus of international diplomacy for several decades. Faced with accusations of nuclear weapons pursuits and subject to far-reaching sanctions, Iran concluded the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015 to restrict its nuclear pursuits. The United States’ decision to withdraw […]

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