International & Global Studies

Commencement reception for International Politics & Economics and International & Global Studies seniors and their families.

Remarks & awards for graduating seniors and their guests in MAC 125 followed by a reception in the Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby at 4:30 p.m.

Virtual screening of the documentary, The Celine Archive, followed by an hour of discussion with the filmmaker, Prof. Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Distinguished Professor of Film and Digital Media at UC Santa Cruz and Dean of the Arts. Registration required; please register right here. 

In this talk, Julian Portilla describes his work with Haitian farmers, the Haitian government, and the Inter-American Development Bank to develop a plan for compensating farmers who were displaced by an industrial plant built after the 2010 earthquake.

Your favorite South Asian drag auntie brings the nightclub to the classroom (and vice versa) to explain how critical social theory matters in queer nightlife. Touching on themes that include globalization, black feminist theory, diva worship, and islamophobia, she stages the nightclub as a site of politics and pleasure. Part lecture, part lipsync, part audience participation, the show demonstrates how much drag teaches us, even requires us, to be in relation with the rest of the world.

Open to students, faculty and staff only.

Lessons in Drag- Kareem Khubchandani

Your favorite South Asian drag auntie brings the nightclub to the classroom (and vice versa) to explain how critical social theory matters in queer nightlife. Touching on themes that include globalization, black feminist theory, diva worship, and islamophobia, she stages the nightclub as a site of politics and pleasure. Part lecture, part lipsync, part audience participation, the show demonstrates how much drag teaches us, even requires us, to be in relation with the rest of the world.

Jeffrey Lewis, Professor and Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Project.

IGST Graduating Seniors Reception

Friday, May 21, 2021 at 11:30 am ET

The Middlebury College Program in International and Global Studies is hosting a virtual reception with IGST faculty and graduates. 

Zoom link.

LASTESIS, the Chilean feminist performance collective, shows today how popular art can entertain and help transform minds and lives. As part of the Juana Gamero de Coca Day of Learning on Global Gender and Cultures, LASTESIS will present and discuss some of its performances in the context of the 21st century global feminist movement. LASTESIS will share videos of the performances in Chile and the spontaneous global movement they have spearheaded.