Jan 30, 2023
Upcoming Watson Events
To request special services, accommodations, or assistance for any events, please contact the Watson Institute at WatsonEvents@brown.edu or (401) 863-2809.
Brown University abides by public health guidance and health and safety protocols to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19. Event attendees, including visitors and guests, must comply with all University policies and protocols in place at the time of the event, including current University policy regarding face masks and coverings (see the University’s COVID-19 Campus Activity Status page for the current policy for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals).
For more information please see the Vaccination Requirement and Mask Protocol for Visitors and Guests.
Jan 30, 2023
Politics & Policy Lunch: A Look Ahead to the 118th Congress
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Catered lunch provided.
Student Events
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Feb 2, 2023
Fulya Pinar — The Bus that Transports Undocumented Migrants: Experimental Solidarities across the Refugee vs. Citizen Divide in Istanbul
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street *registration required
Feb 2, 2023
"Freedom's Captives: Slavery and Gradual Emancipation on the Colombian Black Pacific" Book Talk with Yesenia Barragan
4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Meet the Author
Feb 3, 2023
Bidenomics and Climate Action: The Case of the Inflation Reduction Act
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 6, 2023
CLACS Visiting Faculty Symposium
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Jouwkowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 6, 2023
Politics & Policy Lunch: Preview of President Biden's State of the Union Address
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Catered lunch provided
Student Events
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Feb 7, 2023
Feb 10, 2023
Feb 13, 2023
Feb 13, 2023
Politics & Policy Lunch: How to Secure a Summer Internship
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Catered lunch provided
Student Events
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Feb 17, 2023
AI For Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response: Its Human Element
9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, 111 Thayer Street or register here for virtual event
Feb 17, 2023
Aasim Khan and Zehra Hashmi — Prehistories of the Information Age and the Politics in South Asia
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 22, 2023
Watson's Spoken Word and Open Mic Night
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. The Agora, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Feb 23, 2023
Lena Salaymeh — Performing Legality in Service of Colonialism: ‘Anti-Antisemitism’ as Censorship
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 23, 2023
Rory Truex — Thinking about the Party: Public Opinion in Contemporary China
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Leung Conference Room, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Feb 24, 2023
Faiza Moatsim - Planning Bureaucracy and its Encroachments: The Making of Islamabad as a Master-planned City
2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Feb 24, 2023
Rethinking the Dynamic Interplay of Migration, Race, and Ethnicity in the Caribbean and Latin America: A Literary Event
5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Martinos Auditorium, 154 Angell Street
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Meet the Author
Feb 27, 2023
Politics & Policy Lunch: Making the most of Law School with Ari Gabinet
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Catered lunch provided
Student Events
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Feb 28, 2023
Jacob Soll - Free Market: The History of an Idea
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Mar 6, 2023
Politics & Policy Lunch: Representative David Cicilline
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Catered lunch provided
Student Events
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Mar 9, 2023
Justin Driver — The Alexander Meiklejohn Lecture: Schooling Free Speech
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. True North Classroom, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Student Events
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Mar 10, 2023
Metaphysical Revolutions in the Ancient Andes
12 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Giddings House, 128 Hope Street, Room 212
Mar 13, 2023
Politics & Policy Lunch
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Catered lunch provided
Student Events
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Mar 15, 2023
Martin Dimitrov — Dictatorship and Information: Authoritarian Regime Resilience in Communist Europe and China
4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Leung Conference Room, Stephen Robert '62 Hall, 280 Brook Street
Mar 17, 2023
Mar 20, 2023
Politics & Policy Lunch: Careers in Politics
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. McKinney Conference Room, Watson Institute, 111 Thayer Street
Student Events
Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Mar 21, 2023
Mary Weismantel — Making Kin: Indigenous Perspectives from Ancient South America
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Giddings House, Room 212, 128 Hope St
Apr 6, 2023