Event Highlight
Building Peaceful Partnerships in the 21st Century: The Importance of the Peace Corps
A lecture by Aaron Williams: Director of the Peace Corps
4:15 PM
Daughtery Palmer Commons
Thursday, November 17
Lectures and Events:
Student Spotlight
St. Mary's Votes!
Since its inception in 2004, the club has registered over 850 young people to vote in State and National elections. In 2008, the club expanded its role in civic engagement to include working as election and poll judges during primary and general elections.
Patuxent Defense Forum
The Patuxent Defense Forum, formerly the Patuxent Summer Institute, at St. Mary’s College of Maryland is a meeting of academics, military officers, government employees, and defense contractors. The conference, co-sponsored by The Patuxent Partnership, is held at St. Mary’s College of Maryland during the month of April to encourage the participation of students in the discussions.
The 2012 Patuxent Defense Forum: The Future of Conflict: The Ethics of Robotic Defense and Unmanned Warfare
The 7th Annual Patuxent Defense Forum will be held at St. Mary's College of Maryland on April 24 - 25, 2012 in St. Mary's City, Maryland. The Patuxent Partnership and the Center for the Study of Democracy jointly present this conference with the generous support of SAIC
Panels will include topics on:- Integrating Robotic Defenses and Unmanned Wafare into
U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policies
- Ethical and Legal Challenges for Understanding Unmanned Warfare
- Adapting National and International Institutions for 'long wars' and
Autonomous Defenses
We are currently soliciting paper proposals for our 2012 theme. Please e-mail the title of your paper and abstracts of no more than 150 words to Dr. Michael Cain, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, St. Mary's College of Maryland, at mjgcain@smcm.edu before January 16, 201. For more information click here.
2009 Patuxent Defense Forum: The Role of the U.S. Military in Fragile and Failed States (PDF)
2008 Patuxent Defense Forum: The Privatization of the Military (PDF)
2007 Patuxent Defense Forum: The U.S. Military and the World (PDF)
2006 Patuxent Defense Forum: The Future Roles of the U.S. Navy (PDF)
