Past Events
Remembering a Presidency: The Obama Presidency Oral History Project
PCPSE Room 250
Between 2019 and 2024, Incite Institute at Columbia University completed the Obama Presidency Oral History project, the official oral history of the Obama Presidency and its times. Taking a novel approach to presidential oral history, the more than 400 interviews recorded for the…
Beyond the Pale: Politics and the Political
133 S. 36th Street
The Forum (Room 250)
Salman Sayyid is currently Professor of Rhetoric and Decolonial Thought at the University of Leeds, and Head of the School of Sociology and Social Policy. [1] He is the author of the ground-breaking work A Fundamental Fear and Reclaiming the Caliphate. He pioneered Critical…
Socialism as an Alternative to Liberal Democracy
PCPSE 250 (The Forum)
The Andrea Mitchell Center welcomes Peter Frase as he defends the proposition of socialism as a superior alternative to liberal democracy. This is the first event of the 2024-2025 Faculty Workshop Series, Other Ideals?: The Future of Democracy. Learn More about Other Ideals?…
Grad Student Workshop: Occupying the Narrative Space: Activism and Political Change
PCPSE 335
Join the Andrea Mitchell Center for its first Graduate Student Workshop, featuring Celia Eckert (Harvard School of Government) and Kalahan Brown ( Penn Annenberg). Celia Eckert: "Shifting Grounds: Protest Occupations as Worldmaking" Kalahan Brown: "Watermelon Fights: Narrative…
Democracy in Armenia: Historical and Contemporary Challenges in the Post Soviet Periphery
PCPSE Room 250 (The Forum)
Join the University of Southern California's Professor Richard Edward Antaramian for a conversation about democracy in Armenia, and the various pressures on the democratic process that exist in post-Soviet states. Heis joined by Penn's Dr. Rafael Khachaturian. Richard Antaramian…