01/15/2025
We've got an exciting lineup for the winter and spring!
In the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics’ 2025 lecture series, nationally renowned authors, political commentators, professors, theorists, and advocates will highlight topics from examining the relationship between civil society and nonprofits to historical issues between labor and the working class. Save the date to attend one—or all—of these free community events:
Jan. 30
Conflict and Chaos: Geopolitics in 2025, with Ben Rhodes
Feb.5
2025 Ruhl Lecture—Our Hidden Conversations, with Michele Norris
Sponsored by the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication; cosponsored by the WMC.
Feb. 25
Winter Roundtable—Disruption versus Stability: Impacts on People and Policy Under a New Republican Majority
March 6
Finding Hope in Dark Times for Democracy, with Frances Moore Lappé
March 12
Can Nonprofit Organizations Do Political and Policy Advocacy? Nonprofits and Politics in Comparative Perspective, with Mark Sidel
April 10
Rep. Peter DeFazio Annual Lecture: National Politics with E.J. Dionne, Jr
Cosponsored with University of Oregon Libraries
April 17
Morse Bookmarks: The Political Development of American Debt Relief, with Emily Zackin and Chloe Thurston
April 24
Robert Bussel Labor History Lecture, with William Jones
Sponsored by the University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center - LERC and cosponsored by the WMC.
May 1
Conversation on Democracy’s Future, with Francis Fukuyama and Larry Diamond
May 8
Annual Wayne Morse Chair Lecture, with Danielle Allen
Find out more here: https://www.waynemorsecenter.uoregon.edu
