TOUCHSTONES OF DEMOCRACY SERIES

Join the Democracy Initiative's Nau History and Principles of Democracy Lab for conversations about key events, places, texts, and thinkers that help us understand the history and principles of democracy. 

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Democracy Initiative Co-Director Laurent Dubois on earthquake in Haiti; political future

Democracy Initiative Co-Director Laurent Dubois comments for WMAU NPR on how the massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti influences their already unstable political future.  

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UVA Today: This Democracy Activist Found Shelter at UVA and Is Sharing His Wisdom With Students

Myo Yan Naung Thein, who has spent decades trying to bring democracy to his home country, fled Myanmar in disguise after a military coup in February with the help of the Democracy Initiative’s Democratic Futures Working Group.

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Schuler Democracy Forum Launch: Mark Little on "Media for Humanity’'| Wednesday, 9/15 at 11 am

Join for a lecture by Mark Little to launch the Trinity Long Room Hub’s Schuler Democracy Forum, a new three-year initiative that engages Trinity's research in the arts and humanities with questions relating to the media and democracy.

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How Activism Changed the Scholarly Frame Across Disciplines: The Lessons from Environmental Justice

Join the Democracy Initative's Repair Lab for a conversation with Dr. Gerald Torres on Tuesday Sept. 28th, 12:00-1:30 pm.

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UVA's Democracy Initiative

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Call for new Democracy Lab, Workshop, and Book Fellowships Proposals

The Democracy Initiative is pleased to announce a call for new Rotating Democracy Lab Proposals. Proposals are due on October 1, 2021. An information session will be held on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10tth at 2:00PM.

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  • Join the Democracy Initiative's Nau History and Principles of Democracy Lab for conversations about key events, places, texts, and thinkers that help us understand the history and principles of democracy. 

    LEARN MORE

  • Democracy Initiative Co-Director Laurent Dubois comments for WMAU NPR on how the massive 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti influences their already unstable political future.  

    Listen Here

  • Myo Yan Naung Thein, who has spent decades trying to bring democracy to his home country, fled Myanmar in disguise after a military coup in February with the help of the Democracy Initiative’s Democratic Futures Working Group.

    Read More

  • Join for a lecture by Mark Little to launch the Trinity Long Room Hub’s Schuler Democracy Forum, a new three-year initiative that engages Trinity's research in the arts and humanities with questions relating to the media and democracy.

    Register Here

  • Join the Democracy Initative's Repair Lab for a conversation with Dr. Gerald Torres on Tuesday Sept. 28th, 12:00-1:30 pm.

    Register Here

  • LEARN MORE

  • The Democracy Initiative is pleased to announce a call for new Rotating Democracy Lab Proposals. Proposals are due on October 1, 2021. An information session will be held on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10tth at 2:00PM.

    Register/Learn More

In the Spotlight

Call for new Democracy Lab, Workshop, and Book Fellowships Proposals

Proposals are due on October 1, 2021.

Deliberative Media Lab

Siva Vaidhyanathan writes for The Guardian on recent leaks exposing Facebook and Instagram.

Equity Center

The Equity Center worked with Albemarle County’s Office of Equity and Inclusion to create an Equity Profile anaylizing various conditions across demographic groups and geographic areas that contribute to well-being.

Memory Project

Memory Project Director Jalane Schmidt comments on Charlottesville's confederate statues finally coming down for CNN. 

CLEAR Lab

Professor Daniel Gingerich and Post-Doctoral Researcher Jan Vogler analyze what the Black Death can tell us about the impact of modern pandemics.

RELIGION, RACE, AND DEMOCRACY LAB

The lab's recent film, God $ Green: An Unholy Alliance, featured in Yale's Climate Connections.

Upcoming Events

28 Sep

Nature of Justice Workshop Series, How Activism Changed the Scholarly Frame Across Disciplines: The Lessons from Environmental Justice
18 Oct

Touchstones of Democracy: Democracy Dreams: José Martí and Cuba in the Nineteenth Century​
27 Oct

Repair Lab: A Conversation with Julie Sze

Democracy Initiative Graduate Seminar- Rethinking Sovereignty and Belonging in Colonial Contexts

Registration: http://bit.ly/DI_GradSeminar

This webinar is the culmination of the inaugural 2020-21 Democracy Initiative Graduate Seminar. Organized and facilitated by the DI Graduate Fellows, the conversation brings together two leading scholars of settler colonialism to discuss their work on state violence and Indigenous resistance, embodied citizenship and belonging, the role of the scholar and the politics of the archive. 

CLEAR Lab

Professor Daniel Gingerich and Post-Doctoral Researcher Jan Vogler analyze what the Black Death can tell us about the impact of modern pandemics.

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