Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics

Join the Andrea Mitchell Center for our second graduate student workshop, featuring Clara Beccaro and Ran Wang.This workshop brings together two works in progress that examine how people make sense of power that does not explain itself, and what that work costs them. Across different sites, both papers treat legibility as something produced from below: assembled by those subject to unaccountable forms of governance, and never fully secured.Clara Beccaro (Anthropology, The New School for Social Research) draws on ethnographic fieldwork with Les Mutilés Pour l'Exemple, a French collective of protesters maimed by police "non-lethal" weapons. She traces how the collective's

Exploring the geography of well-being.Where we live matters.Join us for the next session in the Politics of Well-Being series, exploring the geography of well-being: how neighborhood infrastructure, environmental justice, urban design, and housing access shape physical and mental health. This conversation will examine how place-based policies can foster or undermine equitable outcomes — and how communities reclaim agency over space.Featured Speakers:🔹 Millan AbiNader, MSW, PhD – Assistant Professor, SP2🔹 Alice Xu, PhD – Assistant Professor, SP2🔹 Moderator: Rebecca Del Rossi, MSW---Speaker Biographies:Dr. Millan AbiNader is a mixed-methods researcher who seeks to understand the social ecology of gender-based violence, with particular

Join Mockler for a conversation about the state of democracy today and the role of the rising social media space in shaping our politics.In these uncertain times of Trump’s second presidency, Gen-Z political commentator Adam Mockler has built a growing platform on social media from his direct and straightforward commentary, viral moments, and debates with everyone from political pundits to ordinary American citizens. His YouTube channel has over 1.5 million subscribers. Join him for a conversation about the state of American democracy today, and the role of the rising social media space in shaping our political future.Event begins at 6:30pm.

Exploring how identity-based disparities are embedded in social policy, housing, education, and healthcare.How do race, gender, sexuality, and other aspects of identity influence well-being? This conversation centers on how identity-based disparities are embedded in social policy, housing, education, and healthcare systems. Our speakers will explore how intersectional approaches to well-being can illuminate paths toward greater justice and inclusion.Speakers: DeMarcus Jenkins & Amy Hillier. Moderated by Ayana Colvin.Speaker Biographies:Amy Hillier, PhD, MSW, is a social worker and an Associate Professor in the School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2). Her most recent research focuses on transgender youth and their families. With

This month's graduate student workshop examines how political upheavals reshape the rights and recognition of minorities.This session examines how political upheavals reshape the rights and recognition of minorities. By tracing how states, international organizations, and revolutionary leaders redefine who counts as a protected subject, the two papers show how marginalized groups invoke and contest legal categories to secure mobility, political voice, and substantive equality.Paper Abstracts:Jewish Refugees in the Age of the Jewish Nation: Soviet Jews as "Cold War Refugees" or "Israeli Repatriates" 1971-1991Alexandra (Sasha) ZborovskyIn 1951 members of the United Nations gathered to draft the modern definition of “refugee.” There