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Spring Speaker Series

Unless otherwise noted, all events this semester (2020-2021) will be virtual, using zoom from 5:30-6:30 p.m. AZ time.

The Utility of Special Operations: Facing Challenges of Great Power Competition And Compound Security
February 3, 2021 | 5:30pm

Col. (ret) Isaiah Wilson, President, Joint Special Operations University, decorated combat veteran with tours in Afghanistan and Iraq and author of "Thinking beyond War: Civil Military Relations and Why America Fails to Win the Peace"

Inside the Walled Garden: Understanding the Chinese Internet
February 11, 2021 | 5:30pm

Yi-Ling Liu, ASU Future Security Fellow at New America, award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s Magazine, Foreign Policy, The Economist, The New Yorker, and elsewhere

The Challenge of Black Patriotism
February 17, 2021 | 5:30pm

Theodore R. Johnson, Senior Fellow, Director of the Fellows Program, Brennan Center for Justice, former National Fellow at New America, retired Commander in the United States Navy, author of forthcoming "When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America"  

When Does Resistance Become Insurrection? Free Speech and the Defense of the Republic
February 23, 2021 | 5:30pm

Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, author of multiple books, including "Cool War: The Future of Global Competition" and "Divided By God: America's Church-State Problem and What We Should Do About It".

Transnational Feminist Movements: Reflections on International Women’s Day 2021
March 8, 2021 | 5:30pm

Pardis Mahdavi, Dean of Social Sciences, ASU, author of multiple books including "Crossing the Gulf: Love and Family in Migrant Lives" and Mi-Ai Parrish, Sue Clark-Johnson Professor in Media Innovation and Leadership, ASU and former President and Publisher of USA Today Network Arizona.

Co-sponsored with the ASU Global Human Rights Hub and Zócalo Public Square.

Renewal and Remaking of Democracy
March 11, 2021 | 5:30pm

Craig Calhoun, ASU University Professor of Social Sciences, former director and president of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), author of many books including the forthcoming "Degenerations of Democracy"

Preventing Atrocity Crimes in a Violent World
March 17, 2021 | 5:30pm

David Scheffer, Director Emeritus of the Center for International Human Rights and former Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and first U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes

Co-sponsored with the ASU Global Human Rights Hub and the Martin-Springer Institute, Northern Arizona University

The Right Way to Censor: Addressing Internet Harm and Improving Security
April 1, 2021 | 5:30pm

Jen Daskal, ASU Future Security Fellow at New America, Professor and Faculty Director of the Tech, Law, Security Program at American University Washington College of Law

Co-sponsored with the ASU Global Human Rights Hub and the Center for Law, Science and Innovation