Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, Ukrainians remain more determined than ever to resist the Russian invasion. The defense of their country is happening beyond the front lines: ordinary people are going to extraordinary lengths to support the military, enrich democracy in their country, learn and practice emergency medicine, and preserve national culture. There is a sophisticated civic resistance that is largely female, tech savvy, decentralized, nonhierarchical, multilingual, and highly innovative. This is the new Ukraine.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Professor Bender of Northumbria University in Newcastle will deliver a Zoom talk addressing key issues related to human rights and refugees— particularly the limited role of morality in the refugee regime and the political function of refugeehood in international politics.
URL to virtual event: https://middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/register/kKUCLeMrSxeaGxHCDey3LA
Virtual Middlebury
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Autocracy and Democracy presents “Defending Democracy in Authoritarian Systems” with Nicholas Opiyo.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics, Development and Political Economy presents Marc Dunkelman and “Why Nothing Works: Who Killed Progress - And How to Bring it Back.”
America was once a country that did big things—we built the world’s greatest rail network, a vast electrical grid, interstates, abundant housing, Social Security, and more. But today, even we feel stuck. Why?
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Beyond Wall Street: A Field Guide for Students Studying Economics
The Field Guide is one of CCI’s most popular signature programs, designed to help students imagine the many possibilities open to them with an Economics major. It brings together a panel of alumni from a range of sectors and fields to share their stories—highlighting the variety of paths they’ve taken and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
The second Trump administration is implementing trade policies that have major impacts on international relations, supply chains, and more. This interdisciplinary symposium brings together leading scholars to assess how these policies are reshaping geopolitics and the global economy.
Speakers
Inu Manak, Fellow for trade policy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Robert Staiger, Loren M. Berry Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College; and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global and International History presents Dr. Sunil Purushotham and “India in the 1940s: War, Partition, and Decolonization.”
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Science, Technology, Environment and Global Affairs presents “Bridging Science and Community for Climate Solutions” with Kyla Westphal.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Are you passionate about international development, and poverty alleviation? Interested in connecting the dots between economics and policy and are passionate about working with organizations to form partnerships for evidence-informed development policy.
Register on Handshake for the virtual link to attend.
October 7, 2024 • 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) attending
Also, J-PAL has an entry-level job opportunity you might be perfect for:
Policy Associate
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
12:30–1:30 PM ET
Twilight 204
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Middlebury, VT 05753
Join us for an informal event to meet and learn from Pui Shen Yoong, a Senior Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC. Shen has spent a decade at the World Bank, covering various countries across Asia (Maldives, Indonesia and her native Malaysia) and Latin America (Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay).
She holds a Bachelor’s in International Politics and Economics from Middlebury College (‘12) and a Master’s in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (‘17). This will be a good opportunity to explore what careers in multilateral organizations such as the World Bank could look like and to ask questions. This is not a formal recruiting event.
Students can register on Handshake HERE.
This lecture by Jason Springs (Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame) introduces a novel understanding of what restorative justice is and how it should be implemented. It explores the ways in which restorative justice ethics and practices exhibit moral and spiritual dynamics, and what difference such “lived religious” dynamics can make in transforming structural violence.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Closed to the Public
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents David Cortright and “Protest and Policy.”
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Come hear how village residents, local officials, and urban investors draw on customary norms, family networks, and bureaucratic documents in order to conduct land sales and to produce vast areas of commercial forestry in Tanzania.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 338
Open to the Public
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Health presents “Health, Security and Diplomacy in 2025” with Ambassador Jimmy Kolker.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
Join Toby for this informal talk about post-Middlebury career options and his own career. Toby is a UK civil servant with a background in international relations, development and trade. He was a RAF reserve intelligence officer, ran defense and foreign policy for the CentreForum think tank, and teaches at the Cambridge University’s Institute for Continuing Education. Bring your questions. All students welcome.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Students, staff, alumni and the public are invited to attend this weekly nonpartisan discussion of recent political events, hosted by Professor Matthew Dickinson. Held in person and by zoom almost every Tuesday, 12:30-1:30 pm EST. Check the calendar for dates. No expertise assumed. All viewpoints welcome. To register for the zoom sessions, please contact Prof. Dickinson at his email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Global Fellows Program presents “Alter-Temporalities of the Futurist Right” with Benjamin Teitelbaum.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
In this talk, Greenhalgh (Professor of Chinese Society Emerita at Harvard University) tells the story of how, during 1995-2015, industry leader Coca-Cola mobilized allies in academia to create a soda-defense science that would protect profits by advocating exercise, not dietary restraint, as the priority solution to obesity, a view few experts accept.
Munroe 311
Open to the Public
