Rogers Brubaker, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at University of California, Los Angeles and UCLA Foundation Chair, will speak on “Politics and Governance in the Digital Era: Between Populism and Technocracy” at Boston College on March 18 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall 110. Brubaker has written widely on social theory, citizenship, nationalism, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, populism, and digital hyperconnectivity. His books include Grounds for Difference; Trans: Gender and Race in an Age of Unsettled Identities, and, most recently, Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents, where he explores the pervasive and unsettling changes brought about by digital hyperconnectivity. His address is presented by the Lowell Humanities Series and cosponsored by the Sociology Department and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy. The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required.