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Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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The Future of Modi’s India

1307 E 60th St, Chicago, 60637

Apr 02, 2024 5:30pm – 6:45pm CST

In a year in which half the world votes, India, the largest democracy, stands out. Ethnic tensions, nationalist rhetoric, and concerns about the influence of AI and other misinformation campaigns form a tense background for this spring's election. What is the historical context for such a[...]
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Journalists On the Front Lines: A Year of War and Conflict

1407 E 60th St, Chicago, 60637

Apr 15, 2024 5:30pm – 6:45pm CST

Join a panel of expert journalists from around the world as they discuss their coverage of the defining conflict of our time: the Israel-Hamas war. This panel will be moderated by New York Times opinion columnist and former foreign correspondent Lydia Polgreen. This event kicks off the IOP’s[...]
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Are Liberals Now Illiberal?

1414 E 59th St, Chicago, 60637

Apr 17, 2024 5:30pm – 6:45pm CST

While Democrats and Republicans have been deeply divided for a century and the right has largely coalesced around Trumpism, the newest political rift has formed within the political left. The latest, and perhaps most politically consequential battle has formed around the war in the Middle East, but[...]
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Samar Ali | Difficult Conversations in Difficult Times: Roadmaps Toward Better Discourse

5707 S Woodlawn Ave,

Apr 18, 2024 12:30pm – 1:45pm CST

IOP Fellow Samar Ali on "Difficult Conversations in Difficult Times: Roadmaps Toward Better Discourse" *This seminar is open to the public What are the specific techniques and skills that we all need right now to truly listen to one another and to honestly confront our own multitude of[...]
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Does the Truth Still Matter: In Conversation with Chris Christie

1414 E 59th St, Chicago, 60637

Apr 23, 2024 5:30pm – 6:45pm CST

No Republican politician illustrates the power and peril of Donald Trump and his takeover of the G.O.P. quite like New Jersey's two-term governor, Chris Christie. Christie, once the exemplar of Republican pugilism, went from competitor to wingman in Trump's successful rise to the presidency only to[...]
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Frank Bruni: The Age of Grievance (A Live Taping of the AxeFiles)

5707 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, 60637

Apr 26, 2024 12:30pm – 1:30pm CST

In his new book, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni examines how perpetual grievance has come to define our political culture on both sides of the aisle. How do we sort grievance as an agent of needed change from invented, ostentatious outrage? Where is the path out of this zero sum game, in[...]

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