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Today at 12:30pm EDT, Walden Bello, Bhumika Muchhala, @pauladlerstein.bsky.social, and @llchristyll.bsky.social will discuss lessons from the history of global activism directed at the World Bank, IMF, WTO, and more. Register here: tinyurl.com/HPEAAWL
May 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
More than 25 years after the WTO protests in Seattle, what lessons can global activists draw? Register to join Walden Bello, Bhumika Muchhala, @pauladlerstein.bsky.social, and @llchristyll.bsky.social for a discussion tomorrow at 12:30 EDT. tinyurl.com/HPEAAWL
May 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Friday! Join Walden Bello, Bhumika Muchhala, @pauladlerstein.bsky.social, and @llchristyll.bsky.social
for a discussion on global activism and global governance. Register here: tinyurl.com/HPEAAWL
May 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You won't want to miss this! Next Friday 5/30 we are hosting a conversation on the history of activism and advocacy directed at global governance institutions, with @pauladlerstein.bsky.social, Walden Bello, Bhumika Muchhala, and @llchristyll.bsky.social. Register here: tinyurl.com/HPEAAWL
May 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
🚨 Tomorrow at 1pm EDT:
Join us for a webinar on Reform from the South with Andrés Arauz, Anush Kapadia, Robert Wade, and @llchristyll.bsky.social. Cohosted with our friends @gdp-center.bsky.social.
Register! tinyurl.com/HPEGGRS
April 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Our Histories and Futures of Global Governance initiative continues this Friday at 1pm ET.

Join us for a webinar on Reform from the South with Andrés Arauz, Anush Kapadia, Robert Wade, and @llchristyll.bsky.social

Cohosted with our friends @gdp-center.bsky.social Register! tinyurl.com/HPEGGRS
April 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We're live! You can also follow along on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLCK...
February 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
12pm ET today! Kicking off our Histories and Futures of Global Governance initiative with @quinnslobodian.com @aabdenur.bsky.social @jamiemartin2.bsky.social and Richard Kozul-Wright. Register here: gdpcenter.org/HPE-Webinar-1
February 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This Friday! @gdp-center.bsky.social hosting @aabdenur.bsky.social, Richard Kozul-Wright, @jamiemartin2.bsky.social, and @quinnslobodian.com as we consider the histories and futures of global governance.
February 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Next Friday! Join us as we launch our Histories and Futures of Global Governance initiative to bring policy reform advocates and historians into conversation.

First webinar: Feb 21 at 12pm EST with Adriana Abdenur, Richard Kozul-Wright, @jamiemartin2.bsky.social, and @quinnslobodian.com.
February 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Heading to the AHA conference this weekend? We’ve got you covered with a guide to panels featuring HPE co-directors and advisory boardmembers
January 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We closed out the conference with a phenomenal keynote from @charmainechua.bsky.social on the logistics counter-revolution as a response to intertwining Third World national liberation and labor struggles in the 1960s. Read some of Charmaine's work here: www.charmainechua.com/publications
December 14, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Presentations continue! Stefan Yong on seasteading and flags of convenience, and Eylem Taylan on labor struggles in Chinese-owned Greek ports. Megan Black and Ian Kumekawa respond.
December 14, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Day 2 of Neoliberalism's Citadels and Chokepoint! Peter Vale and Joel van de Sande on limits to postcolonial sovereignty in Congo and Djibouti, with commentary from @priyalalista.bsky.social and Zachary Mondesire
December 14, 2024 at 4:31 PM
And we close the day with a trio of rich presentations from @jacober.bsky.social, José Antonio Galindo Domínguez, and @juliangomezdelgado.bsky.social on banking, politics, and new narratives of neoliberalism. Sarah Babb, Amy Offner, and Stefan Link joined them in discussion.
December 13, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Dylan Gottlieb delivered a searing keynote on yuppies and the violent history of urban displacement accompanying financialization in U.S. cities. Read some of the research here: bentleydownloads.s3.amazonaws.com/general/Gott...
December 13, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Next, Eve O'Connor, Roxanne Houman, and Jeremy Goodwin discussed their fascinating papers on NGOs, cooperatives, and small business development with @gavinbenke.bsky.social and @pauladlerstein.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Incredible first day of presentations at this year's HPE grantee conference. We kicked things off with Asensio Robles, @atrasi.bsky.social, Eric Helleiner, and Jamie Martin discussing the role of private banks in Spain's democratization, and neoliberalism in Thailand's "sufficiency economy"
December 13, 2024 at 7:52 PM