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Monday, January 31, 2022
New Books in Asian Studies: The Sound of Salvation with Guangtian Ha
In this upcoming edition of the 2022 New Books in Asian Studies series, the Sigur Center will host a discussion of The Sound of Salvation: Voice, Gender, and the Sufi Mediascape in China with author Guangtian Ha, Assistant Professor of Religion at Haverford College. The event will be moderated by Eric Schluessel, Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs at GW.
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- Elliott School of International Affairs
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Ruth Ben-Ghiat on "Personality Cults and the Authoritarian Playbook"
As part of its program on "Truth and Lies," The GWU Humanities Center welcomes NYU Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat (history and Italian studies) for her distingusied (online) lecture on "Personality Cults and the Authoritarian Playbook."
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- Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
- Elliott School of International Affairs
Friday, February 4, 2022
The Chemistry Department Presents: Multiplexing Neurochemical Detection Using Multielectrode Arrays and Fast Scan Cyclic Voltammetry
The brain is by far the most heterogeneous organ, and it is critically important to monitor various brain regions simultaneously in order to understand complex pharmacological, drug, and behavioral states. High temporal resolution neurochemical measurements must be made to study the phasic firing of neurons in several brain regions concurrently.
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Thursday, February 10, 2022
Lumbering State, Restless Society: Egypt in the Modern Era with Nathan Brown, Amr Adly & Mona Atia
Lumbering State, Restless Society offers a comprehensive and compelling understanding of modern Egypt. Nathan J. Brown, Shimaa Hatab, and Amr Adly guide readers through crucial developments in Egyptian politics, society, and economics from the middle of the twentieth century through the present.
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Friday, February 11, 2022
Southeast Asia and the Future of the Rules-Based (Liberal) Order
On February 11th, the Sigur Center for Asian Studies will host Benjamin Ho, Assistant Professor at the China Programme of the S.
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- Elliott School of International Affairs
Coupling Electronic Structure Theory with Machine Learning for Chemical Applications
Dr. Vogiatzis' recent efforts on the development of new computational methods that couple quantum chemistry with machine learning will be discussed. First, a novel molecular fingerprinting method based on persistent homology, an applied branch of topology, that can encode the geometric and electronic structure of molecules for chemical applications will be presented.
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- Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Physical Activity and Brain Health in Older Adults
Join the GW Institute for Brain Health and Dementia for a presentation on "Physical Activity and Brain Health in Older Adults" by Dr. Kirk Erickson, the Director and Principal Investigator of the Brain Aging and Cognitive Health Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh and Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. This event is part of the Institute's University Seminar Series on "Addressing Dementia Across the Public Health
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Friday, February 18, 2022
Bigger Data About Smaller People: Investigating Children's Language Learning at Scale
Every typically developing child learns to talk, but children vary tremendously in how and when they do so. What predicts this variability? In this talk, Michael C. Frank describes his efforts to create predictive models of early language learning. This goal has led him to create open data resources like Wordbank, childes-db, and Peekbank that capture data from tens of thousands of children learning dozens of different languages.
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- Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
Monday, February 21, 2022
Transnational and Intersectional Feminism In Conversation
The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies department will host "Transnational and Interesectional Feminism in Conversation," a panel which includes Jennifer Nash (Duke U), Srila Roy (U Witwatersrand, S Africa), Millie Thayer (UMass-Amherst) and Ashwini Tambe (GWU).
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Thursday, March 3, 2022
Visions of Beirut: The Urban Life of Media Infrastructure with Hatim El-Hibri and Will Youmans
In Visions of Beirut Hatim El-Hibri explores how the creation and circulation of images have shaped the urban spaces and cultural imaginaries of Beirut. Drawing on fieldwork and texts ranging from maps, urban plans, and aerial photographs to live television and drone-camera footage, El-Hibri traces how the technologies and media infrastructure that visualize the city are used to consolidate or destabilize regimes of power.
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- Elliott School of International Affairs
Thursday, March 10, 2022
This is How They Tell Me the World Ends
Join us for a conversation with leading cybersecurity expert, award-winning journalist, and bestselling author, Nicole Perlroth, on her new book, This is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyber-Weapons Arms Race (Bloomsbury, 2021). What is the global cyber-weapons arms trade? In what ways is it altering the balance of global politics?
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