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Monday, Oct. 17 // 4–5:30 p.m. (ET)
The fate of the Christian project in any time and place depends on who holds the franchise. Evangelical Protestants wrested control from the rival, “mainline” Protestants by providing white Americans with a way to be counted as Christian while avoiding the challenges of an ethnoracially diverse society and a scientifically informed culture. The mainliners insisted Christians must face these challenges, even at the cost of enabling the growth of post-Protestant secularism and thereby diminishing Christianity’s size and public role.
Wednesday, Oct. 19 // 9–10:15 a.m. (ET)
The heatwaves that blasted China, the EU and parts of the United States mark yet another sign of the intensifying climate crisis. Driving this crisis are greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s existing high carbon transport, energy, and building infrastructure. Countries need to move faster on a new wave of infrastructure that meets, and perhaps surpasses Paris Climate Commitments and Sustainable Development Goals. In this program, speakers will help bring into focus the increasingly busy landscape of global green infrastructure initiatives.
Wednesday, Oct. 19 // 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. (ET)
The Mexico Institute and the Mexican Senate's Special Commission Charged with Addressing the Cases of Femicide of Girls and Adolescents are pleased to co-host the "National Forum on Femicide: Visions and Solutions." The National Forum will convene legislators, public officials, scholars, and civil society leaders to discuss the factors that enable gender-based violence, the institutional challenges that impede a swift response and a thorough investigation of gender-related crimes, and the mechanisms needed to prevent and ultimately eradicate gender-based violence, including in its most extreme form of femicide. These discussions will help inform Mexican lawmakers in their process to introduce bills on these issues.
Note: This event will be held in Spanish, without translation to English.
Wednesday, Oct. 19 // 3–4:30 p.m. (ET)
The Wilson Center’s Canada Institute invites you to celebrate hockey and diplomacy at an exclusive in-person audience preview and panel discussion. The event will feature the new documentary, Ice Breaker, highlighting the story of Ambassador Gary Smith’s role in the 1972 Summit Series and his book, Ice War Diplomat, published by Douglas & McIntyre.
Note: This event will be held in-person at the Wilson Center. A recorded version of the event will be available next week.
Thursday, Oct. 20 // 10–11:00 a.m. (ET)
Widespread protests have engulfed the streets of Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan. This is yet another wave of protests against the Islamic Republic and its conservative political rule since 2009. At the same time, the Arab world has witnessed various waves of social movements starting in 2011. This discussion, featuring Marina Ottaway, co-author of A Tale of Four Worlds: The Arab Region After the Uprisings, and Haleh Esfandiari, Middle East Program Director Emerita and Distinguished Fellow, will compare the protest movements in Iran and the Arab world, with a focus on the dynamics at play today.
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