Panels will convene on two campuses in Dublin and New York City to discuss the current political climate. The first portion of the event (Nov. 6-7) will take place at Trinity, College Dublin and the second portion (Nov. 9-10) will be at Columbia. For other events in this series see:

November 6-7. Trinity College Dublin

November 9th, Barnard Hall, James Room

November 10, Heyman Center, Common Room

9:30 am: Welcome

9:45- 12:00

"Challenges of Digital Media"

Joan Donovan, “You are the Media"

Peter Koechley, “When fake is truer, when newness is less important, and other tangents”

Andie Tucher, "Not Exactly Lying": 300 Years of Fake News in America"

Cathy O’Neil, and Matthew L. Jones

Moderated by Darryl Jones

1:30-3:15 pm

“Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Democratic Futures”

Maria Abascal, “Anxiety and Backlash to the Changing Face of America (And What We Can Do About It)"

Andreas Wimmer, “Ethnic Diversity, Nationalism, and Democracy"

Bruce Western, "Race and Citizenship in the Era of Mass Incarceration"

Moderated by Jürgen Barkhoff

3:30-5:15 pm

"Religion, Capitalism, and the Rural White Working Class"

Jarod Roll, “Make Believe: White Workers and the Elusive Promise of Capitalism"

Molly Worthen,“Theologies of Evangelical Trumpism"

Whitney Dow, "The Whiteness Project"

Special thanks to Mark Hansen, Shamus Khan, Manan Ahmed, Bernard Harcourt, and Matthew Jones.