December 2024 Newsletter

December 2024

Greetings,

Winter is on the way! As the year comes to an end, we can reflect on the informative events and engaging speakers we hosted fall semester. Check out the recap below to see all of the wonderful events and programs we worked on. January and spring semester will bring many more interesting programs to campus.

For more information on our 2025 events or for information regarding the Center for the Study of Democracy, please visit our website or send us an email. I also encourage you to follow the Center on Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

Happy Holidays!

Antonio Ugues Jr., PhD

Director, Center for the Study of Democracy

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:

Exiting Slavery and Remaking Citizenship in Civil War Contraband Camps

Chandra Manning, Professor of History at Georgetown University, is an American historian specializing in 19th century U.S. History. A graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Manning received her Ph.D. from Harvard in 2002. Manning is the author of the books What This Cruel War Was Over and Troubled Refuge: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War. This program is co-sponsored by the St. Mary's County Historical Society.

Book Presentation with Professor Colin Flint

The Center and The Patuxent Partnership are pleased to welcome Colin Flint, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Utah State University. Flint will present his book Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower. He has published research on the topics of geopolitics, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, World War II, world-systems analysis, and just war theory. This program is co-sponsored by The Patuxent Partnership.