Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents Daniel Barkhuff and “Transboundary Troops: US Military Training and Cooperation Across Borders.”

Dan is VFRL’s (Veterans For Responsible Leadership) Founder and President of the board. He was born in Maine and lived his childhood in New England. Dan attended the United States Naval Academy and graduated in May 2001. He served seven years on active duty as a member of Naval Special Warfare and completed multiple combat tours.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Health and Medicine presents Carlos Faerron Guzmán, co-founder and director of the InterAmerican Center for Global Health (CISG).

Join us for a talk by Prof. Cynthia Packert on depictions of history in Bollywood films and the recent trend towards the promotion of Hindu-centric narratives while vilifying Muslims. The event is for students only.

Via Zoom https://middlebury.zoom.us/j/3909208507?pwd=WFpTcS9UMlZENXBvdXBXbWE4eUtVQT09

Password: 253394

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Power, Wealth and Global Political Economy presents Dr. Ndongo Samba Sylla and his talk “The CFA Franc: Africa’s Last Colonial Currency.”

Representative Sean Casten ‘93 (IL-06) will visit campus virtually for a conversation about next steps for the U.S. in combating the climate crisis, moderated by students Mariia Dzholos ‘24 (Economics major) and Jack Torpey ‘24 (English major/Film & Media Culture minor).

Journaling the Pandemic: What 25,000+ Journal Entries Can Tell Us about the COVID-19 Pandemic – and Ourselves
How can a trove of first-person reflections on the changing texture of pandemic life – created with the ordinary tools of 21st century digital life – enrich, and challenge, our understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact close to home and around the globe?

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Health and Medicine presents “The Pandemic Journaling Project.”

“Football in Latin America: Cultural and Political Contexts” is a Rohatyn Student Advisory Board Hot Topics Lunch with a lecture by Professor Mario Higa of the Luso-Hispanic department. It will build off of the recent World Cup and Argentina’s win to discuss the significance of football in Latin America. This event will be held on Thursday, January 12th at 12:15 pm in the Robert A. Jones House Conference Room. The student-only event will consist of a brief lecture followed by a guided discussion and Q&A on the talk and the topic at hand.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affair International and Global Colloquium Series presents “Drawing on Dharma to Define Religion in the Humanities and Social Sciences” by Jen Ortegren, assistant professor of Religon, Middlebury College.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affair International and Global Colloquium Series presents “Vision and Varietas in Ottonian Manuscript Illumination” by Eliza Garrison, professor of History of Art & Architecture, Middlebury College.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affair International and Global Colloquium Series presents “Trauma and PTSD: Individual and Global Perspectives” by Matthew Kimble, professor of psychology, Middlebury College.

In-person event in the Robert A. Jones ’59 conference room.

Lunch provided beginning at 12:15 pm (lunch by RSVP to rcga@middlebury.edu by 2.20.23). Presentation begins at 12:30 pm.