At a Ford School event during the University of Michigan's Democracy Week, "Decolonizing imagination: Narratives, memory and political possibility in the U.S. Territories," Ford School associate research professor Mara Cecilia Ostfeld led panelists i...
During a recent Democracy Week event, Ford School faculty considered what cross-national and historical research reveals about democratic resilience and erosion.
Holly Bass, the Ford School's fall 2026 Towsley Policymaker in Residence and U-M's 2026 Roman J. Witt Artist in Residence, explored these questions and more as part of a special Penny Stamps Speaker Series during the University of Michigan's Democrac...
As part of the University of Michigan's Democracy Week, join the Ford School for a bipartisan conversation with the Michigan leadership team of the Democracy Defense Foundation on election security, public trust, and democratic participation.
The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness begins with good health for all. Since George Washington ordered mass smallpox inoculation for soldiers during the Revolutionary War, public health has quietly protected our unalienable rights over the past 250 years.
As part of the University of Michigan's Democracy Week, the Ford School will host Democracy in Global-Historical Perspective, a public-facing discussion examining democratization, democratic backsliding, and the resilience of democratic institutions across time and place.
A lunch-and-learn conversation exploring how territorial status shapes daily life for the millions of U.S. citizens and nationals living in Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories.
Scholars, curators, writers, and civic leaders from Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico discuss how communities excluded from full democratic representation are reshaping political narratives and imagining new political futures.
In this talk, Bass will discuss the ideas behind We Hold These Truths, how she transformed UMMA’s iconic Apse into an environment, and the role art plays in helping communities consider these varied histories. Drawing on her practice across performan...
As part of the University of Michigan's Democracy Week, join the Ford School for a bipartisan conversation with the Michigan leadership team of the Democracy Defense Foundation on election security, public trust, and democratic participation.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham come together at U-M for a conversation about political differences, democratic dialogue, and what it takes to move forward when we don't see eye to eye.
