The Equality Development and Globalization Studies (EDGS) program at Northwestern University.
EDGS promotes research, publications, intellectual engagement, and public dialogue focused on issues confronting the post-colonial or developing world. The creation of the EDGS program is an example of Northwestern’s emphasis on international studies and reflects the University’s strategic goals of discovering creative solutions and engaging with the world.
04/27/2022
Join us next week for our last EDGS Speaker Series of the academic year! Wed May 4th, Dr. Rudolf Mrázek, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Michigan, on The Complete Lives of Camp People: Colonialism, Fascism, Concentrated Modernity. Register: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkf-2orT4jGdfZ6Qj15XKXECAgJPUnvWsB
04/20/2022
Join us on Monday, April 25th at 10am (central) for an EDGS Speaker Series with Dr. Gustav Papanek, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Boston University speaking on "Indonesia's Narrowing Paths to Prosperity: Deep Reforms to Eliminate Poverty and Achieve High Income Status by 2045" Register to attend this virtual talk: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvdu2gqzIvGdC7US1iCmwNF9FIs2zZhDUB
04/18/2022
Join us this Thursday as we welcome Pak Luhut Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment from the Republic of Indonesia, to campus! RSVP to attend: http://bit.ly/3KBgLN6
03/29/2022
Join us for our next talk on Tuesday, April 12th! Dr. Tania Li and Dr. Pujo Semedi present their book Plantation Life: Corporate Occupation in Indonesia's Oil Palm Zone. Register to attend: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0uf-mupjIjHdAjoKvcTSHawEg46k61ZDX7
03/09/2022
Register to virtually attend this interesting and timely talk tomorrow at Northwestern University
Please join the Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program and the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs Thursday March 10 at 3pm CT for this webinar with experts on the Ukrainian and Russian militaries.
REGISTER: https://northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-WAzt3gGSW6VX_qA6qr-dw
02/21/2022
Join us next week, March 2nd, for our next EDGS Speaker Series with Dr. John Sidel presenting his book Republicanism, Communism, Islam: Cosmopolitan Origins of Revolution in Southeast Asia. Register to attend: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlduyvrTouH9xE0AE6w8TP3f2E29dJ0GOu
02/08/2022
Please join us virtually this Friday, February 11th (9am Central) as EDGS hosts Dr. Sylvia Tidey, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Virginia, who will present her new book, Ethics or the Right Thing? Corruption and Care in the Age of Good Governance. Register here: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpcuurrjovG9AgDAuVzX6ZHhWHwRxXUOlm
01/07/2022
Please join us for our first talk of the winter quarter on Jan. 18th. Dr. Risa J. Toha, Asst Professor of Political Science, Yale-NUS College, Singapore, will present her book Rioting for Representation: Local Ethnic Mobilization in Democratizing Countries. Register: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYuc-uhrj8pH9DynnfSu0AwsZR9OTe0RydF
11/02/2021
Join us next week, Friday, November 12th for our next virtual lecture in our EDGS Speaker Series--Dr. Intan Suwandi on her book Value Chains-the New Economic Imperialism. To register: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrfuyqqjIrGtYoQ_u6YB6_i3iX2dFHYbZr
10/01/2021
Join us on Friday, October 15th with Dr. Arnout van der Meer for a virtual lecture on Performing Power: Cultural Hegemony, Identity, and Resistance in Colonial Indonesia. More info and to register: https://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/580492
06/25/2021
Congrats to Arryman Scholars Wara Urwasi and Dhika Utama on being recognized for your research.
Arryman Scholars' Award Winning Research: Equality Development and Globalization Studies (EDGS) - Northwestern University Two of our Arryman Scholars and PhD Candidates in the department of Sociology were recently recognized with academic awards. (Click here for more information on all of our Arryman Scholars' accomplishments.)
05/20/2021
Join us on May 29th for our 9th Annual Arryman Symposium! Our Arryman Scholars present and discuss their research. Register to attend here: https://northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ufu6orzotGNdZMr95qtJ6NauLOFjF5wNq