Jeff Spinner-Halev (Political Science): "The Idea of Democratic Community in an Age of Global Capital."

Douglas MacKay (Public Policy): "Are Skill Selective Immigration Policies Just.”

Brett Rushforth (William and Mary College) will talk about his book, Bonds of Alliance: Indigenous & Atlantic Slaveries in New France (UNC Press, 2012), winner of the 2012-2013 Laurence Wylie Prize in French and Francophone Cultural Studies. Laurent Dubois (Duke), Thavolia Glymph (Duke), Lloyd Kramer (UNC-CH) and Ellen Welch (UNC-CH) will respond to Professor Rushforth

Reeve Huston (Duke), "Democratic Pentecost: Explaining the Emergence of Multiple Democracies in the United States, 1826-28"

Gerard Baker is Editor-in-Chief of Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal. He served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief between 2009 and 2013. Previously, he was U.S. editor and an assistant editor of the Times of London. In 1994, he joined the Financial Times as Tokyo correspondent, moving on to head the paper’s Washington bureau and serving …

The Institut Francais d'Amerique is happy to sponsor a talk by Laura Auricchio, a historian from the New School, about her new book The Marquis: Lafayette Reconsidered. The talk will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Lloyd Kramer as well as a book signing.

The annual IFA Beaujolais-tasting fundraiser. Advance tickets ($26 each) are required for this event and may be purchased by cash or check payable to the Institut Francais d'Amerique, sent to the IFA Treasurer, 109 Sonoma Way, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. This annual event helps sustain the IFA scholarship program.

Liz Ellis (UNC), "Friends or Enemies?: The Petites Nations' Shifting Alliances in the Eighteenth-Century Lower Mississippi Valley"