Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Knowledge Against Violence Speaker Series provides timely research and analysis for an informed audience from leading violence experts.
Guest speakers, drawn from the Foundation’s network 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 one-hour events are open to the public.
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Speakers
“Why Have Homicide Rates Gone up Since 2015? A Historical Perspective”: Dr. Randolph Roth
Randolph Roth is College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History and Sociology at Ohio State University, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the author of the book American Homicide.
Watch Video“Protectors or Predators: Understanding Urban Gang Violence Around the World” Panel
Nicholas Barnes is a Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, David C. Brotherton is Professor of Sociology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Adeem Suhail is an assistant professor in social anthropology at Franklin and Marshall College, and Rosette Sifa Vuninga is Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of the Western Cape’s Centre for the Humanities Research.
Watch Video“Understanding the Drivers of Violent Extremism in Africa” Panel
Daniel Agbiboa is Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Rachel Sweet is Assistant Professor of Politics and Global Affairs at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, at the University of Notre Dame.
Watch Video“Rising Violent Crime in Mexico” Panel
Angélica Durán-Martínez is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Global Studies PhD program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Guillermo Trejo is Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Violence and Transitional Justice Lab at the University of Notre Dame. Javier Osorio is an Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Arizona.
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“Why We Fight”: Dr. Chris Blattman
Dr. Chris Blattman is the author of Why We Fight: The Roots of War and Paths to Peace and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago, in Harris Public Policy and The Pearson Institute.
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“Old Hatreds Die Hard: ‘New’ Developments in Far Right Extremism”: Dr. Pete Simi
Pete Simi is co-author (along with Robert Futrell) of the book American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate and an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Chapman University.
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“Intimate Partner Violence and Armed Conflict in Colombia”: Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz
Dr. Maria Restrepo-Ruiz is a Research Associate with the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut.
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“Soldiers in Exile”: Dr. Godfrey Maringira
Godfrey Maringira is author of Soldiers and the State in Zimbabwe and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Sol Plaatje University, South Africa.
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“The Long History of Anti-Asian Violence in the US”: Dr. Beth Lew-Williams
Beth Lew-Williams is a historian of race and migration in the U.S., specializing in Asian American history and Associate Professor of History at Princeton University.
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“Violence and the Law at War”: Dr. Craig Jones
Craig Jones is author of The War Lawyers and a lecturer in political geography in the School of Geography, Sociology, and Politics at Newcastle University.
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