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SUMMARY:Railroads\, Market Access\, and Indigenous Land Dispossession
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, April 1\, at 2 PM in 104 Lawrence Hall\, Robert Gillezeau will present\, “Railroads\, Market Access\, and Indigenous Land Dispossession.” This talk will explore how railway construction accelerated the displacement and dispossession of Indigenous nations across North America. Using spatial data on land cessions up to 1894\, Gillezeau will examine how increased market access\, driven by rail expansion\, led to more land losses among Indigenous peoples. He will also discuss how these disruptions contributed to greater assimilation with settler populations\, changes in physical stature\, and long-term income effects. This presentation provides a nuanced view of the complex consequences of colonization\, revealing how some nations faced harsher impacts while others benefited from higher-quality reserves. \nRobert Gillezeau is an Assistant Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. His is an affiliated scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-economic Inequality\, a research fellow at the Center for Indian Country Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis\, and a J-PAL invited researcher. His research is primarily focused on the economic history of Indigenous peoples and state discrimination. \nThis talk is part of the Inequality and Institutions Series at the Center for Governance and Markets.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/railroads-market-access-and-indigenous-land-dispossession/
LOCATION:Lawrence Hall\, 3942 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15260\, United States
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SUMMARY:Doing Policy that Prioritizes People: The Challenge of Reflexivism
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, April 2\, at 4 PM in the Alcoa Room of Barco Law Building (Room 229)\, Vijayendra Rao will present\, “Doing Policy that Prioritizes People: The Challenge of Reflexivism.” The talk will explore why traditional international policies often fail to address people’s real needs and will introduce a new approach called “Reflexivism\,” which emphasizes listening directly to communities\, helping people overcome inequalities related to power\, decision-making\, and their aspirations. Rao will share examples from India\, illustrating how local democracy and citizen-driven research can create meaningful\, lasting improvements in people’s lives. \nVijayendra Rao\, is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank who works at the intersection of scholarship and practice. He integrates his training in economics with theories and methods from anthropology\, sociology\, and political science to study the social\, cultural\, and political context of extreme poverty in developing countries. \nThis talk is part of the Reimagining Development Assistance Project at the Center for Governance and Markets.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/the-challenge-of-reflexivism/
LOCATION:Barco Law Building\, 3900 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15260\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dynamics of Power in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan: Challenges and Survivability
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, April 7 at 12 PM\, Ali Ahmad Jalali will present\, “Dynamics of Power in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan: Challenges and Survivability.” This talk will explore Afghanistan four years after the Taliban’s return to power and examine the country’s ongoing instability despite relative peace. Jalali will discuss how the Taliban’s harsh policies\, including the suppression of dissent and the exclusion of women from public life\, have contributed to Afghanistan’s international isolation and economic crisis. He will also address the tension between the Taliban’s hardline ideology and the practical demands of governance\, particularly the power dynamics between Kandahar and Kabul. In this presentation\, Jalali aims to evaluate whether the Taliban government can survive amidst internal dissent\, economic hardship\, and isolation without embracing reform. \nAmbassador Ali Ahmad Jalali is a Distinguished Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies and has served as Afghanistan’s Interior Minister and Ambassador to Germany. He previously worked for over 20 years at Voice of America\, covering Afghanistan\, South and Central Asia\, and the Middle East. A prolific author in three languages\, his recent works include A Military History of Afghanistan and Afghanistan National Defense and Security Forces. \nThis event is part of the series\, Voices of People of Afghanistan: Exploring the Past\, Present\, and Future at the Center for Governance and Markets.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/voices-of-people-of-afghanistan-exploring-the-past-present-and-future/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T210000
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SUMMARY:Global Civil Society and China: Challenges and Prospects
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, April 10 at 9 PM\, Anthony Spires will present\, “Global Civil Society and China: Challenges and Prospects.” This talk will explore the unstable relationship between GCS and China and analyze the normative impacts it has had on China in recent decades. Examining the rhetoric and reality of GCS as an emancipatory project\, Spires will argue that “universal values” underpinned by principles of human rights and democracy have gained currency in China despite official resistance from the government. The talk will conclude with observations about diasporic activism and the increasing internationalization of Chinese civil society. \nAnthony Spires is an Associate Professor at The University of Melbourne’s Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies and serves as Deputy Associate Dean International (China) in the Faculty of Arts. His research on China encompasses political sociology\, civil society\, globalization\, organizational development\, and philanthropy. Spires is also the author of Everyday Democracy: Civil Society\, Youth\, and the Struggle Against Authoritarian Culture in China (Columbia University Press\, 2024) and Global Civil Society and China (Cambridge University Press\, 2024).
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/global-civil-china/
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SUMMARY:Transforming Landscapes of Aid: How Gulf Business\, the War in Ukraine\, and Equestrian Sports Change Small-Town Kyrgyzstan
DESCRIPTION:Join Till Mostowlansky\, Research Professor and Eccellenza Professorial Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at The Graduate Institute Geneva\, present his latest work: Transforming Landscapes of Aid: How Gulf Business\, the War in Ukraine\, and Equestrian Sports Change Small-Town Kyrgyzstan. \nOver the last decade\, international development in Kyrgyzstan has undergone significant transformations. Despite the ongoing presence of diverse foreign organizations\, notable shifts have occurred with the emergence of new contributors to aid\, such as entities from the Gulf states\, alongside increased trade revenues from China. This talk centers on a small town in southern Kyrgyzstan\, delving into the concrete materialization of these influences within its social and political landscape. Drawing upon continuous ethnographic research conducted since 2022\, the talk explores the intersection of Islamic charity with the state\, the influence of excess on ideas of the good\, and how equestrian sports serve as a catalyst for redistribution. \nTill Mostowlansky is a Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the Geneva Graduate Institute. He is the author of Azan on the Moon: Entangling Modernity along Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway (University of Pittsburgh Press\, 2017) as well as co-editor of Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia (University of Hawai’i Press\, 2023) and Humanitarianism from Below: The Alternative Politics of Universalism (UCL Press\, under contract).
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/transforming-kyrgyzstan/
LOCATION:Wesley W. Posvar Hall\, 230 S Bouquet St\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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SUMMARY:Parental Leave: Economic Incentives and Cultural Change
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, April 18\, at 1 PM in Posvar 5108\, Raquel Fernández will present\, “Parental Leave: Economic Incentives and Cultural Change.” This talk will explore Sweden’s 2002 parental leave reform\, which aimed to encourage more equal gendered leave distribution. Drawing on quantitative household models and Swedish administrative registers\, Fernández will evaluate the role of changing social norms\, wage-related factors\, and alternative policies to increase men’s share of parental leave. \nRaquel Fernández is a Professor of Economics at New York University and at the University of Oslo in Norway. She is a Research Fellow of CEPR (Centre for Economic Policy\, London)\, where she has been co-director of the Public Policy Program (1999-2007)\, a Research Associate of NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research)\, and a Research Fellow of IZA. Her research focuses on gender economics\, development economics\, economic inequality\, and sovereign debt.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/parental-leave-economic-incentives-and-cultural-change/
LOCATION:Wesley W. Posvar Hall\, 230 S Bouquet St\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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SUMMARY:Self Governance and Pluralism in Divided Times 
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with the Institute for Humane Studies\, CGM co-hosted an academic research symposium in Arlington\, VA\, exploring self-governance and pluralism in divided times. Sessions featured scholars discussing decentralization\, federalism\, and institutional reform. 
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/self-governance-and-pluralism-in-divided-times/
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