Please join the departments of Anthropology and Political Science for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines.
The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.
Anthropology | MBH 219 | 3:30-4:15 pm
Political Science | MBH 216 | 4:45-5:30 pm
McCardell Bicentennial Hall
Research on law in authoritarian countries has revealed that authoritarian leaders are masters at creatively and pragmatically using law and courts to achieve their political goals. Putin’s Russia is a stark example.
Warner 100
The United States has used economic sanctions many times to try to achieve foreign policy goals. Sanctions were used extensively on Russia after it invaded Ukraine. How effective were these sanctions and what can we learn from their use going forward? Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes in the Biden Administration, played a key role in the sanctions effort and will discuss these issues with Q and A afterwards.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Iran has entered one of the most consequential crises in its recent history when the United States and Israel launched coordinated and unprovoked air strikes across the country on February 28. These strikes killed hundreds, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran since 1989. The country has retaliated with missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases, Israel, and other targets in the Gulf countries, raising the risk of a full-scale regional war. How did we get here?
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents “Watching Power Politics in the UN Security Council at Close Quarters” with Richard Gowan.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents “Resilient Democratization: Social and Political Change in Iran and Beyond” with Norma Claire Moruzzi.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy presents “Democratic Decline: What Happens to Minority Representation When Section II Protections are Gone” with Loren Collingwood.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
St. Francis of Assisi is celebrated as the patron saint of animals and is also recognized as a symbol of pacifism and brotherhood. How then could the figure of St. Francis end up serving the Fascist political project, most tellingly by being declared the Patron Saint of (Fascist) Italy in 1939? Why, and how, would this scrawny Saint become the emblem of a nation dedicated to war?
Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)
Students in ANTH 211 and PSCI 214 will present their research projects on environmental anthro and environmental politics in a poster session.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall Tormondsen Great Hall
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
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
