Events 2018-2019
the clough center for the study of constitutional democracy
Spring 2019 Lectures & Conferences
Ruthless, Militant, Round: On Melville and the Aesthetics of Radical Democracy with Jennifer Greiman, Associate Professor of English at Wake Forest University
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
Devlin 101
4:30pm-6:00pm
Hosted by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy, with support from the English Department
Clough Distinguished Lecture in Jurisprudence: Professor Alexander Somek (University of Vienna)
Monday, February 11th, 2019
Barat House
5:00pm
Climate change: Science, Impacts, and Solutions: Dr. Phillip Duffy (Woods Hole Research Center)
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
5:30 p.m. | Higgins 310
Consent, Coercion and Democracy:
Trade & Foreign Relations in the Trump Era
Thursday, March 14th, 2019
4:30 PM
Barat House, Boston College Law School
Anders Fogh Rasmussen Lecture
Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
Clough Colloquium, Winston Center
4:00pm in Robsham Theater
Doors will open at 3:30 PM. Seating is based on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Constitutional Rights of Corporations Conference
Thursday, March 21st, 2019
1:00pm - 6:00pm
Barat House, Boston College Law School Campus
The Rise of Illiberal Member States within the EU, and How to Cope with Them?
Monday, March 25th, 2019
12:00 pm (Lunch will be served)
10 Stone Ave. Room 201
Boston College
Speaker: Gábor Halmai (European University Institute, Florence)
Human Rights in Aid of Development in Jinxed Africa
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Barat House, Boston College Law School
Speaker: Raymond Atuguba (University of Ghana)
Citizenship and Residency in the Age of Technology
Monday, April 1st, 2019
12:00 pm | East Wing 100 at the BC Law School
Lunch will be served
Speaker: Dimitry Kochenov
The Free Formation of Political Will
Judge Klemen Jaklič
Constitutional Court of Slovenia
Tuesday April 9, 2019 | 3:00-5:00 pm
Open only to current BC law faculty, students, staff and fellows.
Democracies in Peril
Friday, April 12-Saturday, April 13, 2019
Boston College Conference Center
2101 Commonwealth Avenue
Brighton Campus
Fall 2018 Lectures & Conferences
"Technocratic Governments" with Nicola Lupo
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
12:00 p.m.
10 Stone Ave, Room 201
Boston College
RSVP Here. Space is limited. Lunch will be available.
Historiography/Ideology/Law>>
Friday, September 21— Saturday, September 22, 2018
Barat House
Law Campus, Boston College
This event is co-sponsored by the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy and the Boston College Law School.
By invitation only, open only to current BC faculty and students. Email clough.center@bc.edu for more information.
"The Transition from Democracy to Tyranny Through the Fraudulent Use of Democratic Institutions: The Case of Venezuela" with Professor Allan R. Brewer-Carias
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
12:00 p.m.
10 Stone Ave. Room 201
Boston College
RSVP Here. Space is limited. Lunch will be available.
The Clough Fellows Welcome Reception
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
5:00 p.m.
Invitation Only
"The Protection of Human Rights by the Inter-American Court: Main Challenges and Perspectives" with Professor Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor, President of the Interamerican Court of Human Rights>>
Thursday, October 11, 2018
5:00 p.m.
Barat House
Boston College Law School
Electoral Integrity and Constitutional Democracy in Latin America>>
Thursday, November 1—Friday, November 2, 2018
2101 Commonwealth Avenue*
Boston College
*2101 Commonwealth Ave shares the same building as the McMullen Museum on BC's Brighton Campus
2018 Midterm Elections with Professor David Hopkins
Monday, November 5, 2018
12 p.m.
10 Stone Ave, Room 201
Boston College
RSVP Here. Space is limited. Lunch will be available.
US-China Trade War
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
12pm
Stuart 414 (Faculty Lounge)
Boston College Law School
RSVP here. Lunch will be available.
Access to Justice in Brazil and the US
Thursday, November 15, 2018
12:00pm-4:00pm
Stuart Hall, Room 402
Boston College Law School
RSVP here. Lunch will be served.
Politics after Bolsonaro's Election: Brazil and Latin America
Monday, November 19, 2018
10 Stone Ave, 2nd Floor
12:00pm-1:00pm
Speakers:
Professor Paulo Barrozo, Boston College Law School
Professor Pablo Riberi, Universitad Catolica de Cordoba, Argentina, & Clough Distinguished Global Fellow
RSVP here. Lunch will be available.