Graduate Student Symposium: The Decline of Democracy
The Inaugural Joint Graduate Student Symposium of the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (DAMES), Global Studies, and TransAtlantic Master’s Program
March 2-3, FedEx Global Education Center
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Thursday, March 2
- 5:30-6:30pm Symposium Opening and Keynote Address – Dr. Urban Strandberg from the University of Gothenburg and International Youth Think Tank presents “Youth for Democracy! Meeting Democratic Backsliding with Empowerment and Democracy Renewal” (Nelson Mandela Auditorium)
- 6:30-7:30pm Reception (Atrium)
Friday, March 3
- 8:00-8:30am Breakfast
- 8:30-10:00am Panel I (Room 2008-2010)
- 10:00-10:30am Coffee Break
- 10:30-12:00pm Panel II (Room 2008-2010)
Graduate Student Panels I & II
PANEL I – Chair: Dr. Yaron Shemer & Discussant: Dr. Jonathan Weiler
- The Global Gazette – Introduction: co-editors Scarlett Hawkins and Eleni Econopouly (Global Studies), Abstract presentation: Sophia Brown (Global Studies), Abstract presentation: Anshu Shah (Business Administration major)
- Samir Sefiane – DAMES: “The Roots of Leftist Movements in Morocco”
- Eleni Econopouly – Global Studies: Making Refuge: Radical Adaptation and Community Resilience in Anarchist Athens
- Alexander Weber – Global Studies: Nations of the South Caucasus as an active battlefield for Russian and European influence
PANEL II – Chair: Banu Gökarıksel & Discussant: Dr. Jessie Barton Hronešová
- Jordyn Cooper – Global Studies: “The US visa immigration system as a tool that upholds Global Apartheid”
- Daniela Liberatore – TAM: “Conditionality and the safeguarding of the rule of law in the European Union”
- Cate Small – TAM: “Pandemic Backsliding and the European Union”
- Sophia Brown – Global Studies: “An Investigation into Mass Incarceration and Mass Deportation: How the Concerted Creation of “the Other” Corrodes Citizenship Rights”
