Newsletter Volume 11 Issue 6 - November 13, 2024 | |
Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, November 18, 2024 | |
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Danielle Jung
Associate Professor of Political Science
Monday, November 18, 2024
11:30am-1:00pm
“Rebel Governance in the Age of Climate Change”
Climate-induced hazards have been increasing in frequency and intensity and are projected to worsen in the next decades even under stringent climate mitigation policy. Understanding of climate responses globally and in conflict-affected countries in particular, however, is limited. Much of the attention from academics and practitioners focuses on government responses at the national level or on the implementation of climate agreements and treaties. The roles of many other actors, from traditional authorities and community leaders to armed groups and criminal organizations, are still poorly understood. Despite a large literature on rebel governance, there is currently little recognition of the fact that rebel groups engage in environmental governance and how their actions are impacted by climate change. We build on existing knowledge of alternative governance to introduce, theorize, and empirically examine climate governance by rebel groups using novel data on rebel environmental governance.
About Danielle Jung:
Danielle F. Jung is Associate Professor of Political Science. Her research focuses on understanding legitimacy and governance in fragile and emerging states. Dr. Jung uses agent-based models, surveys, focus groups, survey experiments, and field experiments, and she conducts impact evaluations. Using these techniques, she studies social organizations (particularly illicit organizations), accountability, collective action, fraud, and how political mobilization enhances legitimacy (or not) in emerging democracies.
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Lunch Colloquium -- Monday, December 2, 2024 | |
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BookFest
Various Members of the Emeritus College
Monday, December 2, 2024
11:30am-1:00pm
“Recommendations for Fall Reading”
Read any good books lately? Might you be willing to recommend one (or two) of those good books to those of us wondering what to read next? We are looking for volunteers to describe books they have enjoyed that others might enjoy, as well. If you’ve got one to discuss, we’ll be happy to allot you five minutes of our BookFest time. If you’ve got two we can schedule you for ten minutes. NOTE: Five minutes per book will be enforced.
And of course, you can choose a book or books of any kind at all. If you would like to volunteer, please do so in an email to Ron Gould - rg@emory.edu Deadline is Friday, November 29, 2024.
Please supply Ron with the name the book or books you’ll be recommending, and let him know if you will need five or ten minutes. We will schedule accordingly. First come, first scheduled, until we run out of time.
Suggestions for book presentations:
--Why are you recommending this book?
--Why do you think others would like this book?
--What is noteworthy about this book?
--Any criticism of the book?
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Upcoming MedShare Volunteer Opportunity | |
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If you’d like to join this group, we are doing this the second Thursday afternoon of each month. Next dates are TOMORROW-November 14 and Thursday, December 12. Registration on the MedShare web site is required.
To register:
Visit the MedShare event registration page at: https://www.cervistech.com/acts/console.php?console_id=0319&console_type=event&ht=1&res_code=EmoryEmeritus
Click the "Sign Up" button for your event and enter your email and first name. If you don't have a MedShare volunteer account, you'll be prompted to create one.
Select the listed event and click “Register."
For registration issues, questions or information about carpooling, please contact Marianne Skeen, marskeen@comcast.net.
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Emeritus Meet/Greet/Eat at Athens Pizza | |
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Another Emeritus Meet/Greet/Eat!
Join us at noon on Saturday, November 23, 2024 at Athens Pizza, 1341 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033.
We will relax and enjoy talking and eating with old and new friends. This is an opportunity to get out of the house, buy yourself a nice lunch, meet other Emeritus College members, and have a little fun. Significant others are welcome.
Please let us know if you are planning to attend by clicking here.
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New members are the lifeblood of any organization.
Please make a special effort to welcome them to the EUEC!
Lisa Kobrynski
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Allergy and Immunology
Emory School of Medicine; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
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Theater Emory: The Other Shore
Mary Gray Munroe Theater | 630 Means Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322
Thursday, November 21, 2024, 7:30pm EST
Theater Emory 2024-2025 Season
$15 | Emory Students Free
Purchase Tickets Here
The Other Shore, an experimental and improvisation-based minimalist production, follows the journey of one central character, known simply as The Man, who is continually harassed and pressured by the masses to conform.
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Details and other information, as well as additional campus events, can be found on the Emory Events Calendar.
If you'd like to share an event/program of interest before the next newsletter
please contact Dianne Becht Dianne.becht@emory.edu
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Walking the Campus with Dianne | |
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The wooden doors with the carved handles can be found on the William R. Cannon Chapel, 515 South Kilgo Circle. That doorway is located off the courtyard area between Cannon Chapel and White Hall.
The chapel was designed in the Brutalist style by internationally-acclaimed architect Paul Rudolph, the son of one of Emory's Candler School of Theology's first graduates. It was named for William R. Cannon, a Candler dean and later Methodist bishop. Ground was broken on August 30, 1979, and the chapel was dedicated on September 30, 1981.
Cannon Chapel houses the Office of the University Chaplain and Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life and staff, Candler School of Theology's Assistant Dean for Worship and Music and colleagues, a large multifaith chapel, several prayer rooms, a pipe organ, academic classrooms, and meeting and fellowship spaces. The chapel is topped with a traditional red tile roof, blending in with other Emory buildings. Soaring above it is a gray concrete arch with a cross, the only permanent Christian symbol on or in the building.
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For our next walk let's go to another building that also has a cross on its exterior. This cross is more intricate than the one on Cannon Chapel and I'll give you a hint: This building has been extensively renovated and houses something completely different than when it was constructed.
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Where will you find this on the Emory campus?
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