The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy
On Thursday, May 1, 2025, the Andrea Mitchell Center held the 18th Annual Undergraduate Conference. The conference was divided into three panels, titled: Layers of Political Economy, Place and Displacement, & Interpretation: Text, Interview, Violence, Embodiment. See the poster below for more information.
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May 22, 2025
May 22, 2025
On May 8, 2025, the Mitchell Center co-sponsored an event on the enduring legacy of the COVID-19 Crisis. See below for the full event description:
Apr 24, 2025
The Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law has released a report, "The Trump Administration, the Rule of Law, and the Future of Business." This report stems from an event that took place on April 14th, 2025, for which the Andrea Mitchell Center was a co-sponsor.
To read the full report, please follow this link.
Mar 20, 2025
The Andrea Mitchell Center and the Middle East Center hosted a roundtabel exploring Lebanon’s rapidly shifting political, economic, and social landscape. The discussion featured Andrea Mitchell Center Graduate Fellow Yara Damaj and researcher Jowel Choufani, who offered critical insights that moved beyond typical media portrayals of the country’s ongoing crises.
Mar 17, 2025
The Andrea Mitchell Center and the Philomathean Society are proud to have welcomed Slavoj Žižek for the Philomathean Society's Annual Oration.
Dec 12, 2024
2025-2026 Academic Year
Application Deadline: March 7, 2025
The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy will award 2 graduate fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year to University of Pennsylvania graduate students with approved prospectuses for dissertation topics in any discipline relevant to the study of democracy, its theory or practice, or related topics of citizenship and constitutional government.
Dec 12, 2024
2025-2026 Academic Year
Application Deadline: March 7, 2025
Dec 11, 2024
Andrea Mitchell Center Associate Director Ibrahim Bakri was featured on TVNZ Breakfast to discuss the future of Syria and the Middle East after the recent collapse of the Assad regime in Syria.
Nov 13, 2024
Mitchell Center Director Professor Jeffrey Green, along with the Penn Political Union, were featured in a recent article by Inside Higher Ed.
Click here to read the full article.
Nov 11, 2024
The Daily Pennsylvanian recently published an article spotlighting Poetry and Politics, a new initiative by the Andrea Mitchell Center. Click here to read the full story: https://www.thedp.com/article/2024/11/penn-andrea-mitchell-center-poetry-politics-initiative.