Past Events
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Scheduled
Date and time: Sept. 9, 2020, midnight
Location:Zoom Webinar
Hospitals have been the epicenter for fighting the coronavirus since its arrival on U.S. shores in early 2020. Although they prepare and train their staff to fight such outbreaks, the magnitude of this global pandemic has pushed the capabilities of many hospitals to access critically needed supplies like PPE, ventilators, and more — and to care for sickest of the virus victims.
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Scheduled
Date and time: Aug. 5, 2020, midnight
Location:Zoom
The Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with the National Security Law Program at Columbia Law School, presents the latest installments in an ongoing series of national security law webinars. In this lecture, Professor Waxman will discuss how the Constitution allocates authority over the actual waging of war among the branches, as well as constitutional disputes regarding the termination of war.
Event Status
Scheduled
Date and time: Aug. 5, 2020, midnight
Location:Zoom
The Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with the National Security Law Program at Columbia Law School, presents the latest installments in an ongoing series of national security law webinars. In this lecture, Professor Waxman will explore the Constitution's distribution of power of the decision to take the nation to war or to otherwise initiate military operations, with an emphasis on what has changed over time.
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Scheduled
Date and time: July 29, 2020, midnight
Location:Zoom
The Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with the National Security Law Program at Columbia Law School, presents the latest installments in an ongoing series of national security law webinars. On July 29 and Aug. 5, Professor Matt Waxman of Columbia will present a series of lectures concerning the Constitution and war powers.
Event Status
Scheduled
Date and time: July 29, 2020, midnight
Location:Zoom
Join the LBJ School's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy for an event in the William C. Powers Jr. Speaker Series: Pedro Noguera on "The Search for Racial Justice in Education: Uprooting Structural Racism."
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Scheduled
Date and time: June 3, 2020, midnight
Location:Streamed live on Zoom
Register and join the conversation featuring Austin Mayor Steve Adler and Austin City Council Members Alison Alter and Natasha Harper-Madiso, moderated by Dr. Peniel Joseph and Dr. Jeremi Suri.
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Scheduled
Date and time: May 26 to Aug. 25, 2020, midnight
The 2020–21 academic year resumes on Aug. 26, 2020. Enjoy your summer.
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Scheduled
Date and time: May 23, 2020, midnight
Location:Virtual commencement ceremony
The LBJ School 2020 Virtual Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 23, at 3 p.m.
Students will also have the opportunity to participate in the virtual university-wide commencement ceremony. Please note that you must have already graduated or be a spring or summer 2020 degree candidate to participate in this ceremony. EMPL students are also invited to participate in this ceremony.
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Scheduled
Date and time: April 7, 2020, midnight
Location:SRH 3.122, The LBJ School
*This event has been canceled.* On April 7, the Clements Center for National Security will host Brian Katulis, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and Michael Rubin, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, for a talk on their recently published book Seven Pillars: What Really Causes Instability in the Middle East? as part of our Focus on the Middle East Series.
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Scheduled
Date and time: March 25, 2020, midnight
Location:SRH 2.108 in the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
*This event has been canceled.* On Wednesday, March 25, 2020 the Strauss Center will welcome Dr. Ping Chen, research fellow of China Institute at Fudan University in Shanghai and retired professor of National School of Development at Peking University in Beijing, China, to give a talk on the main features and historical path of China as a development state. Chen will also discuss China's rise and the resulting impact on international order and security law. This talk will be part of the Strauss Center’s Brumley Speaker Series.