June 6-7, 2007

The Patuxent Summer Institute

The U.S. Military and the World

(Co-sponsored with the Patuxent Partnership and RMC)

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

"The Close Race that Wasn't Close: The Story of Tommy McKay for Maryland 2006 State Senate Campaign"

Elizabeth Lewis ('07) Political Science SMP Documentary

Saturday, March 3, 2007

"Finding a Balance: Growth and the Environment in the Chesapeake Bay Region"

(co-sponsored with The Environmental Studies Program and the St. Mary's River Watershed Association)

Fall 2006

Maryland Professors at the Polls

The Center and the American Association of University Professors

Tuesday, October 3, 2006

The 2006 St. Mary's County Candidate Debates

(State Senate, House of Delegates, and County Commissioners)

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

(House of Delegates and Sheriff)

(Co-sponsored with The SlackWater Center, The Enterprise newspaper and the St. Mary's County Chamber of Commerce)

June 5-7, 2006

The Patuxent Summer Institute at St. Mary's College

Future Roles of the US Navy

(Co-sponsored with the Patuxent Partnership, Wyle Laboratories and RMC)

(photo at right: SMCM Professor Sociology Louis Hicks with Dr. Thomas Mahnken of Johns Hopkins SAIS and the US Naval War College)

5 April 2006

30 March 2006

Il nostro soggiorno italiano: SMCM students share the highlights of their spring break trip to Alba, Italy

(photo at left: SMCM students with their Italian teacher Stefano Minetti)

4, 11,18,24 October 2005

Ramadan Film Series

Co-sponsored with Philosophy and Religious Studies and Asian Studies

19-24 June 2005 and 26 June - 1 July 2005

The Center and Historic St. Mary's City -- NEH Landmarks in American History Program:

"Life Liberty, and Opportunity: The Struggle for Freedom in Tidewater Maryland, 1634-1865."

6 March 2004

"A Day of Dialogue about Religion and Violence: America and the Middle East,"

Panel 1: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East -- Fostering Violence or Helping to Create Understanding between Religions?

Panel 2: The Dangers of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Islamic Sentiment in a Democracy;

(photo at right: More than 60 students, faculty and memebrs of the community  attended the conference)

15 November 2003

"Ponded, Unplugged." St. Mary's College band plays a concert to benefit the St. Mary's Votes voter registration campaign;

Introduction by Joseph Rieu ('05) and Ramtin Arabluoei ('05), Co-Directors of St. Mary's Votes!

17 October 2003

"The Constitutional Implications of Watergate,"

The 2003 Bradlee Lecture with Washington Post editor Bob Woodward,

Introduction by Zach Messitte, Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy

(Photo at left: Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee.)

14 April 2003 -- "Sites of Memory and Atrocity: Germany -- The Fate of a Jewish Community."         A presentation by students from Dinslaken, Germany   (Co-sponsored with the International Summer Program on the Holocaust)

7-15 December 2002 – Lectures, colloquia, discussion with Russian leaders. Topic: Understanding Federalism.                                                                        

2-10 November 2002 – Lectures, colloquia, discussion with Russian civic leaders.
Topic: 2002 Elections: Federal, State, and Local.     

"Russian Delegates Meet with Political Science Class" (by Joseph Rieu, '05, Student Researcher, Center for the Study of Democracy).

23-31 October 2002 – Lectures, colloquia, discussion with Russian civic leaders.
Topic: Women Leaders in Academia, Business, and Government.

24 July- 1 August 2002 - Lectures, colloquia, discussion with Russian civic leaders.
Topic: Managing the Environment in Southern Maryland.