BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Class/Seminar DESCRIPTION:Bruce Cain\, the Charles Louis Ducommun Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences and professor of political science at Stanford\ , and Lee Drutman\, a senior fellow in the Political Reform program at New America\, discuss whether the United States Congress should pass legislatio n requiring proportional (as distinguished from winner-take-all) elections to the U.S. House of Representatives. \n\nDeep disagreement pervades our de mocracy\, from arguments over immigration\, gun control\, abortion\, and th e Middle East crisis\, to the function of elite higher education and the va lue of free speech itself. Loud voices drown out discussion. Open-mindednes s and humility seem in short supply among politicians and citizens alike. Y et constructive disagreement is an essential feature of a democratic societ y. This class explores and models respectful civic disagreement. Each week features scholars who disagree — sometimes quite strongly — about major pol icy issues. Each class will be focused on a different topic and have guest speakers. Students will have the opportunity to probe those disagreements\, to understand why they persist even in the light of shared evidence\, and to improve their own understanding of the facts and values that underlie th em.\n\nThis course is offered in the spirit of the observation by Hanna Hol born Gray\, former president of the University of Chicago\, that “education should not be intended to make people comfortable\, it is meant to make th em think. Universities should be expected to provide the conditions within which hard thought\, and therefore strong disagreement\, independent judgme nt\, and the questioning of stubborn assumptions\, can flourish in an envir onment of the greatest freedom.”\n\nThe speakers in this course are the gue sts of the faculty and students alike and should be treated as such. They a re aware that their views will be subject to criticism in a manner consiste nt with our commitment to respectful critical discourse. We will provide as much room for students’ questions and comments as is possible for a class of several hundred. For anyone who feels motivated to engage in a protest a gainst particular speakers\, there are spaces outside the classroom for doi ng so.\n\nWhen/Where?: Tuesdays 3:00-4:50PM in Cemex Auditorium\n\nWho?: Th is class will be open to students\, faculty and staff to attend and will al so be recorded.\n\n1/6 Administrative State: https://events.stanford.edu/ev ent/the-administrative-state-with-brian-fletcher-and-saikrishna-prakash\n\n 1/13 Israel-Palestine: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disa greement-israel-palestine-the-future-of-palestine\n\n1/20 COVID Policies in Retrospect: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-c ovid-policies-in-retrospect-with-sara-cody-and-stephen-macedo\n\n1/27 Gende r-Affirming Care: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreem ent-gender-affirming-care-with-alex-byrne-and-amy-tishelman\n\n2/3 Fetal Pe rsonhood: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-feta l-personhood-with-rachel-rebouche-and-chris-tollefsen\n\n2/10 Internet Regu lation: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-intern et-regulation-the-take-it-down-act-with-eric-goldman-and-jim-steyer\n\n2/17 Restrictions on College Protests: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democr acy-and-disagreement-restrictions-on-college-protests-with-richard-shweder- and-shirin-sinnar\n\n3/3 AI and Jobs: https://events.stanford.edu/event/dem ocracy-and-disagreement-ai-and-jobs-with-bharat-chander-and-rob-reich\n\n3/ 10 Ending the Russia-Ukraine War: https://events.stanford.edu/event/democra cy-and-disagreement-ending-the-russiaukraine-war-with-samuel-charap-and-gab rielius-landsbergis DTEND:20260225T005000Z DTSTAMP:20260313T140826Z DTSTART:20260224T230000Z GEO:37.428584;-122.162763 LOCATION:GSB Knight - Arbuckle / Cemex SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Democracy and Disagreement: Proportional Representation with Bruce Cain and Lee Drutman UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51569314202730 URL:https://events.stanford.edu/event/democracy-and-disagreement-proportion al-representation-with-bruce-cain-and-lee-drutman END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR