The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy

The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy aims not just to promote, but to understand, democracy. Global in its outlook, multifaceted in its purposes, the Mitchell Center seeks to contribute to the ongoing quest for democratic values, ideas, and institutions throughout the world.

Upcoming Events

Loyalty, Resentment, and Memory in Syria

Politics on the Edge

Join Samer Abboud, Professor of Global Interdisciplinary Studies and Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at Villanova University, for a discussion of the legacies of the Assad regime and the challenges facing Syria's political transition. Drawing on his recent…

Drawing the Line: Law, Access, and the Boundaries of the Common

Grad Student Workshop

Who gets access to resources, and who decides where the boundaries are drawn? This graduate workshop brings together two papers exploring how law, ownership, and political institutions shape questions of access and belonging. Abbie LeBlanc examines the commodification of the Moon…
Drawing the line

Rahul Sagar: Title TBD

Registration Details TBD

Rahul Sagar, Global Network Associate Professor of Political Science at NYU Abu Dhabi and author of To Raise a Fallen People: The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Indian Views on International Politics. The Forum at PCPSE.

Intimations of a New World Order

Annual Theme 2027

Through monthly events involving leading scholars and other thought leaders from around the world, the Mitchell Center each year investigates a topic central to the study of democracy. This series will explore shifting global political dynamics, in such areas as trade, migration, sovereignty, technology, democratization, democratic backsliding, and the foreign policy ambitions of major states, to examine how the middle of the 21st century may differ markedly from its opening decades.

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Daily Pennsylvanian Covers Joint AMC/Katz Center Event

In July, Penn resolved its dispute with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission without turning over personal information about its Jewish employees. Months later, questions about the investigation and its implications for the University remain.

The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast

The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy aims not just to promote, but to understand, democracy. Global in its outlook, multifaceted in its purposes, the Mitchell Center seeks to contribute to the ongoing quest for democratic values, ideas, and institutions throughout the world. In Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast, we interview scholars, journalists, and public thinkers grappling with the challenges facing our democracy.