Matrix on Point: Wealth and Taxes
How do the wealthy maintain their wealth through tax havens, and what can we learn about these opaque practices? Recorded on April 3, 2023, this panel featured experts explaining aspects of the global...
17 Apr 20231h 19min
Jo Guldi: Towards a Practice of Text Mining to Understand Change Over Historical Time
Recorded on March 8, 2023, this video features a lecture by Jo Guldi, Professor of History and Practicing Data Scientist at Southern Methodist University. Professor Guldi's lecture was entitled "Towar...
15 Apr 20231h 39min
Jo Guldi, "The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights"
Most nations in Asia, Latin America, and Africa experienced some form of "land reform" in the 20th century. But what is land reform? In her book, The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy ...
15 Apr 20231h 19min
Economics and Geopolitics in US International Relations: China, Europe, and the Global South
The pandemic and the war in Ukraine have reshaped global geopolitics, trade, and security. How will these changes affect the relationship between the US and China, Europe, and the Global South? How wi...
15 Apr 20231h 27min
Matrix on Point: Myths and Misinformation
Misinformation and conspiracy theories have become a central feature of modern life, but they have a long history that have served to justify surveillance and prosecution of marginalized groups. In th...
15 Apr 20231h 18min
To Defend This Sunrise: Black Women's Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua
Recorded on March 7, 2023 at UC Berkeley's Social Science Matrix, this Authors Meet Critics panel focused on To Defend This Sunrise: Black Women's Activism and the Authoritarian Turn in Nicaragua, ...
21 Mar 20231h 21min
Cooperating with the Colossus: A Social and Political History of US Military Bases in World War II Latin America
Recorded on March 6, 2023 at UC Berkeley's Social Science Matrix, this "Authors Meet Critics" panel focused on Cooperating with the Colossus: A Social and Political History of US Military Bases in Wo...
21 Mar 20231h 20min
Matrix Distinguished Lecture: Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, "Reimagining Global Integration"
On February 15, 2023, Social Science Matrix was honored to host Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, for a Matrix Distinguished Lecture entitled "Re...
1 Mar 20231h 20min
