History and political science faculty will discuss the impacts and implications of actions taken during the first 100 days of the Trump administration.
Professor Aziz Rana will deliver the Constitution Day Lecture, addressing the question: “What is the relationship between the constitutional system and today’s democratic backsliding, including with respect to basic civil liberties?” The talk will explore the strengths and weaknesses of the Constitution, highlighting its role in current legal crises as well as the costs of […]
Please join the Departments of History and Political Science, and the Higgins Institute for Arts and Humanities to commemorate the life and impact of Professor Amy G. Richter. Professor Richter taught history and women’s and gender studies at Clark for twenty-five years. She made an indelible mark on the University through her brilliance, service, teaching, […]
Professor Cynthia Enloe will bring her series of regularly scheduled fall lectures at Clark to a close with a talk on the importance of having feminist-informed skills in gender analysis with everything: war and peace, climate and equality, governance.
27 October 2025 | 6:00pm | Rose LibraryStrassler Center Speaker: Anna Ohanyan (Richard B. Finnegan Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Stonehill College) Moderator: Dr. Elyse Semerdjian (Robert Aram and Marianne Kaloosdian and Stephen and Marian Mugar Chair of Armenian Genocide Studies; Professor, Department of History) In September 2023, Azerbaijan expelled the […]
In her book, Hamilton College professor Alexsia Chan offers a new perspective on how authoritarian regimes practice political control.
This webinar explores how storytelling, music, and art in displacement serve as acts of resistance, healing, and collective empowerment.
Professor Serena Mayeri will deliver a talk on her new book, “Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law,” which examines the history of challenges to marriage’s primacy as a legal institution and a source of public and private benefits.
Professor Peter Krause in conversation with the students of the Politics Science course, PSCI 174, Politics of the Middle East, on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 12 – 1:30 pm, Grace Conference Room, Higgins University Center. Peter Krause is Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College and research affiliate in the MIT Security Studies […]
A panel of Clark faculty will discuss Martin Luther King Jr.’s continued legacy in today’s society.
Award-winning journalist and author Pagan Kennedy will examine how 1970s activists fought for a “feminist forensics” and transformed the way police and the courts handled sexual-assault evidence.
Party at the Ballot Box The Spring 2026 William V. Shannon’47, LITT.D. ’64 Lecture will be presented by Dr. Melissa Michelson, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Menlo College, she will speak on her new book titled, Party at the Ballot Box. Black voters continue to transform America’s electoral landscape and can play a powerful […]
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