Event | March 11, 2024
Challenges of Democratic Representation in Latin America
How have organized groups in Latin America achieved government action on wages, abortion, and transgender rights?
Past Events
Event | February 29, 2024
Co-Opting AI: Campaigning
What are the roles data-driven systems and AI play in political campaigning and the democratic process?
Event | February 22, 2024
Secrecy and Transparency in the Era of Revolutions
Was secrecy ever legitimate during the French and American Revolutions?
Event | February 15, 2024
'The Algorithm': AI, Civil Rights, and the Workplace
How has AI taken over the world of work, creating one of the biggest civil rights issues of our time?
Event | February 6, 2024
The 14th Amendment: When Should a Presidential Candidate Be Disqualified?
Retired Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig examines the 14th Amendment and what it might mean for the 2024 presidential election.
Event | February 2, 2024
'Democracy for Busy People'
How can we make democratic participation more inclusive?
Event | December 6, 2023
Co-Opting AI: Athletics
How do data-driven technologies intersect with athletics—ranging from performance optimization and injury risk reduction to labor, surveillance, and the global economy of sports?
Event | November 30, 2023
African American Thought Advancing Democracy
Melvin Rogers (Brown University) and Lawrie Balfour (UVA) examine how thinkers’ “light of faith” was darkened but not extinguished by slavery.
Event | November 20, 2023
Co-Opting AI: Origins
Taking a step back to trace the origins of AI and the various inventions and technologies that comprise it.
Event | November 16, 2023
Is Immigration Law Broken?
How polarized politics shape the law and policy of our current immigration system