January 2025 Newsletter

January 2025

Greetings,

We are looking forward to an exciting Spring semester filled with excellent programs and speakers. Last semester featured exemplary programs that illustrate the diverse range of activities that the Center engages in.

In this newsletter, you will find information regarding some of our upcoming events. For more information on our past events or for information regarding our 2025 programs or 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 New Year!

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. Learn more here.

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. Read more here.

ASIAN STUDIES SERIES:

The Color Curtain Project

The Color Curtain Project is a series of culinary experiences and art book presentations that explore the multitudes of relationships shared between Africa and Asia. Inspired by the writer Richard Wright's reflections as an American attending the 1955 Bandung Conference of African and Asian nations, the project uses food, writing, and art as mediums for constructive dialogue around political and social justice challenges that entwine African and Asian experiences globally and interpersonally. Find out more here.