Upcoming Events

  • Restorative Justice and Lived Religion: Transforming Mass Incarceration in Chicago

    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

  • The War On Ukraine: How The Civic Resistance Is Defining The New Ukraine

    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

  • Carnaval Fever: Storytelling & Translation

    On the eve of the English language publication of her debut novel, Afro-Ecuadorian writer, poet, teacher and DJ, Yuliana Ortiz Ruano will be joined by her literary agent, Elianna Kan ‘10.5, in a broad-ranging conversation about translation. They will discuss the literal process of Yuliana’s experience working with a translator to convey her novel from Spanish into English, as well as translation across media: how does Yuliana approach the work of translating carnaval—its movements and sounds—from the corporeal experience into words?

    Axinn Center 229

    Open to the Public

  • Tabi Joda: One Billion Trees for Africa

    Tabi Joda is an internationally influential figure in the ecological, sustainable development, and resilient agriculture movement. He is the Ambassador of the Great Green Wall Initiative of the African Union, UN Consultant, and coordinator for One Billion Trees for Africa—a movement promoting tree planting to combat the Sahara Desert and building sustainable micro-agriculture systems across the Sahel. While his work is in the realm of ecology, his work rests first on the local human ecosystems that must be strong and healthy for sustainable local projects to succeed.

    Munroe 317

    Open to the Public

Past Events

  • Protest and Policy

    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

  • Soda Science: Making the World Safe for Coca-Cola

    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

  • IGS Majors Reception

    The IGS program welcomes majors, prospective majors, and faculty to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. The reception is also meant as a way for students returning from abroad to reconnect with friends and professors.

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Closed to the Public

  • Reporting From a Lost Country

    Elena Kostiuchenko will talk on the state of journalism in Russia today, her work at Novaia Gazeta, and her book, “I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country.” (2023)

    Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

    Open to the Public

  • War and Forced Displacement: A Global Reckoning

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents “War and Forced Displacement: A Global Reckoning” with David Vine.

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Io Capitano Movie Screening

    The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on International and Global Security presents the film screening of “Io Capitano.”

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • Turkey at a Crossroad

    A conversation with Professor Sebnem Gumuscu

    Moderated by Professor Ata Anzali

    Virtual Middlebury

    Open to the Public


News


Matt Martignoni IGST 2021-2022 Thesis Aware Recipient

Congratulations Matt Martignoni, for being selected as the 2022 winner of the International Global Studies Award!

Awarded to the graduating senior who, in the judgment of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Advisory Committee, has written the best senior thesis in the area of international and global studies, broadly conceived.


IGST Cecilia Needham Award Pic 2022

Congratulations Cecilia Needham, for being awarded funding from Middlebury’s Senior Research Project Supplement and Hoskin Family Fund to support research on public health in Haiti for her senior thesis work, “How NGO & State Interactions Influence Public Health Outcomes.”


IGST 2022-23 Kellogg Fellows

Rain Ji ‘23 (IGST, Middle East & North African Studies)

Hitting Below the Belt? Official and Youth Perceptions of the Belt and Road initiative in Jordan

 

Mira Vance ‘23 (IGST, Global Gender & Sexuality Studies)

The Body of a Nation: Ableism and Constructions of Masculinity Through Primary School Education in Modern China

 


Recordings of Past Events

Reproductive Justice NOW – Juana Gamero de Coca 2022 Day of Learning

April 26, 2022
4:30–6:00 PM ET