Events

Dr. Erin Lockwood is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. Her research areas include International Political Economy, Global Financial Politics, Global Inequity, and many other areas at the intersection of International Relations and Economics. 

On Friday, September 27th, activist Miry Whitehill came to Oxy to talk about her nonprofit, a refugee resettlement organization based in Northeast LA called Miry’s List.

On Thursday, September 26, 2019, Dr. Momin Rahman, a professor of sociology at Trent University, lectured students on Queer Muslim Challenges to the Understanding of LGBT Rights: decolonizing human rights through intersectionality. In his talk, Professor Rahman identified issues that the queer Muslim community faces and offered solutions to empower the community.

On September 3, Alison Brysk, a leading researcher and professor of human rights, spoke at Occidental College on the topic of reproductive rights regression.

Dr. Steven Jensen of the Danish Institute for Human Rights presented a narrative of human rights which highlights new scholarship on the Global South's important role.

Juergen Pelzer, Professor Emeritus

Dr. Lawson-Remer's experience includes serving as a Senior Advisor to Obama's Treasury Department, an award-winning author, and an innovative political organizer.

Angela Stent is a foreign policy expert specializing in US and European relations with Russia and Russian foreign policy.

David Goldblatt visited Occidental College on April 1, 2019 to give a talk regarding contemporary football (soccer) and how it operates within the globalized world we live in today.

David Goldblatt is a University Lecturer, sociologist, journalist, and author. In 2015, Goldblatt won the William Hill  Book of Sports Award of the Year for "The Game of our lives" and was acclaimed by the Sunday Times as "the best football historian there has ever been."