Past Events

Each year The Pearson Institute hosts a variety of lectures, workshops and seminars. Unless noted otherwise, all events are held on the University of Chicago campus.

02.19.20

Comparative Politics Workshop

The Pearson Institute will cosponsor an edition of the University of Chicago Comparative Politics Workshop featuring Elisabeth Wood, Franklin Muzzy Crosby Professor of the Human Environment and Professor of Political Science, International and Area Studies at Yale University. Professor Wood will present "Ideology and Policy, Impunity and Practice: Assessing the Myanmar Military's Patterns of Sexual Violence Against the Rohingya."

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Foster Hall Room 107

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01.31.20

Russian Hybrid War, Ukraine, and US policy

The Pearson Institute's January Lunch and Learn will feature Colonel (ret.) Liam Collins, PhD, to discuss US - Russian hybrid war in Ukraine, US policy, and ways to counter Russian aggression. 

Friday, January 31, 2020

12:45 - 1:45 PM

Keller Center Room 1002

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01.10.20

Gangs of Medellín: How Organized Crime is Organized

The Becker Friedman Institute (BFI) at the University of Chicago will host Chris Blattman, Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris School of Public Policy, and Co-Director of BFI’s Development Economics Initiative, for a Friedman Forum lecture on the Gangs of Medellín, exploring the industrial organization and political economy of organized crime.

Friday, January 10, 2020

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Saieh Hall for Economics, Room 021

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James Robinson in Ukraine

Institute Director James Robinson presents themes from his internationally bestselling book, Why Nations Fail, at an event in Ukraine.