The SPIA Faculty Lecture Series provides a valuable opportunity to learn from and
provide feedback to the outstanding scholars in the School of Public and International
Affairs. During the sessions, each speaker presents for approximately 15 minutes,
then leads a 12 to 15-minute question-and-answer session with the audience.
Upcoming Discussions
There are no upcoming discussions scheduled at this time.
Past Discussions
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Featured Presenter:
Sarah Federman | Last Train to Auschwitz: The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability
Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022
Featured Presenter:
Shuchi Karim | Academic Freedom: Researching Taboo Subjects—Risks and Responsibilities
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021
Featured Presenter:
Joshua Kassner | Climate Change and Sovereignty: An Essay on the Moral Nature and Limits of State
Sovereignty
Monday, April 12, 2021
Featured Presenter:
Ñusta Carranza Ko | Truth, Justice, and Reparations in Peru, Uruguay, and South Korea: The Clash of
Advocacy and Politics
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Featured Presenter:
Lorenda Naylor | Social Equity and LGBTQ Rights: Dismantling Discrimination and Expanding Civil
Rights
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020
Featured Presenters:
Ñusta Carranza Ko | Truth, Justice, and Reparations in Peru, Uruguay, and South Korea: The Clash of
Advocacy and Politics
Sarah Federman | Corporate Historical Integrity: Rethinking the Financial Industry and Slavery
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020
Featured Presenters:
Alan Lyles | Access to Pharmaceuticals: Understanding a System When Clinical and Business Goals
Conflict
Kelechi Uzochukwu | Can Institutionalized Participatory Mechanisms Increase Citizen Coproduction and
Mitigate Race and SES Bias?
