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Past Events

Oct. 23, 2024
Oct. 23, 2024
Campus Center - Cole Cinema
7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

As part of the Amɘrica Dialogue Series, Pier-Philippe Chevigny's film Richelieu (2023) will be screened, followed by a discussion with the director. This film delves...

Oct. 21, 2024
Oct. 21, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Aaron Yates will discuss major developments in Black intellectual approaches to emancipation. His talk will examine the life of W.E.B. Du Bois and the contextual...

Oct. 16, 2024
Oct. 16, 2024
Campus Center - Cole Cinema
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

The Center for the Study of Democracy and The Patuxent Partnership are pleased to host experts from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)...

Oct. 2, 2024
Oct. 2, 2024
Anne Arundel Hall - Blackistone Room
4:45 – 6 p.m.

Madeline Hsu, Professor of History and Director of the Center for Global Migration Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park will give a historical...

Oct. 1, 2024
Oct. 1, 2024
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center - Concert Hall
7 – 8:30 p.m.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and to coincide with Governor Wes Moore's proclamation of 2024 as Maryland's Year of Civil...

Sept. 25, 2024
Sept. 25, 2024
Campus Center - Aldom Lounge
11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Help Voters Be Counted by becoming a Voter Registration Volunteer. A Voter Registration Volunteer, who has received training from a State or local election official...

Sept. 19, 2024
Sept. 19, 2024
Montgomery Hall - Bruce Davis Theater
4:45 – 6:30 p.m.

A mid-autumn festival talk and music performance event Historian and Professor Krystyn Moon will introduce the history of orientalist sounds in American popular music in...

Sept. 17, 2024
Sept. 17, 2024
Nancy R. and Norton T. Dodge Performing Arts Center - Concert Hall
7 – 8:30 p.m.

Sherrilyn Ifill, civil rights lawyer and scholar, to deliver the 2024 Judge William O.E. Sterling Constitution Day Lecture at St. Mary's College of Maryland. The...

April 25, 2024
April 25, 2024
5 – 8 p.m.

The Board of Education District 4 Candidate Forum will be held at the Lexington Park Library in Rooms A&B on Thursday, April 25, 2024. The...

April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024
Campus Center - 2nd Floor Hallway
11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Are you interested in taking part in our democracy? The Center for the Study of Democracy invites you to register to vote.

April 13, 2024
April 13, 2024
Campus Center - Cole Cinema
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The Center for the Study of Democracy is cosponsoring the local competition of the National Civics Bee with the St. Mary's County Chamber of Commerce...

April 11, 2024
April 11, 2024
5 – 8 p.m.
Meet the candidates for local office who are on the 2024 Presidential Primary Election ballot from 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm Candidate forum begins at...
April 11, 2024
April 11, 2024
Anne Arundel Hall - Blackistone Room
11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

Mapuche Curator Francisco Huichaqueo will deliver a presentation on non-Western approaches to museum curatorial practices. Francisco Huichaqueo is a Mapuche filmmaker, artist, curator, and a...

April 10, 2024
April 10, 2024
Campus Center - Cole Cinema
7:30 – 9 p.m.

Mapuche filmmaker Francisco Huichaqueo joins us for a screening of Künü (2023), which was produced in collaboration with Imaginaria Audiovisual, a film production group based...

March 27, 2024
March 27, 2024
Daugherty-Palmer Commons (DPC)
7 – 8:30 p.m.

There will be a reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres from 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. and Ms. Mujawayo's talk will begin at 7:30 p.m. The Center...