King George’s Generals: How the British Army Lost America, 1774-1781 …British commanders I study lay in their inability to translate operational success into political outcomes by dismantling the revolutionary government they fought. Survival meant success for the fledgling United States….
Of Rebels, Spirits, and Social Engineers: The Problems with Ending Female Genital Cutting …role of Africans in transforming and ending cutting was both unacknowledged and unexamined. My book The Twilight of Cutting: African Activism and Life after NGOs (2017) argues that the political…
At the Crossroads …local political movements—to close Rikers Island, to halt the building of new jails, and to defund the police. These developments serve as backdrop for a disconcerting increase in the number…
“True Equity Means Everyone’s Life Has Equal Value”: A Conversation with Shani Buggs …can then use the social and political capital of those leaders to help curb violence among their followers. Violence has evolved in a number of different ways since the 1990s….
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Welcomes Its 2021 Emerging Scholars …Rights in Mexico Mariana Carvalho (University of California, San Diego). The Causes and Consequences of Political Assassinations Madeleine Hamlin (Syracuse University). Policing the Projects: Crime, Carcerality, and Chicago Public Housing…
Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series …of scholars and practitioners, seek to illuminate the causes, manifestations, and responses to violence in areas such as war, crime, terrorism, intimate relationships, climate instability, and political extremism. The 90-minute…
“We Need to Value Black Lives in the Same Way That We Value Others”: A Conversation with Kami Chavis …in reducing gun violence along with the Joyce Foundation, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and the Urban Institute. That report included a survey. Half of Black respondents…
“Intimate Partner Violence and Armed Conflict in Colombia”: Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz Dr. Maria (Mayte) Restrepo-Ruiz is a Research Associate with the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut. She completed her PhD work in the…
“Old Hatreds Die Hard: ‘New’ Developments in Far Right Extremism”: Dr. Pete Simi …of Sociology at Chapman University. Dr. Simi’s presentation examined the current U.S. socio-political landscape through a discussion of his work on white supremacist groups, the rise of far-right extremism, and…
“Sex Work: Does Legitimization Mitigate Violence?” …seek to illuminate the causes, manifestations, and responses to violence in areas such as war, crime, terrorism, intimate relationships, climate instability, and political extremism. Watch Panel I: “Weapons of War:…
