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From Afghanistan to Iraq and Syria The failures of US Middle East Policy

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Middle East Policy Lecture “From Afghanistan to Iraq and Syria: The failures of US Middle East Policy” by Ahmed Rashid, journalist; author of “The Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or Nationalism” and “Descent into Chaos.” The Middle East Policy Lecture Series aims to promote a more nuanced understanding of contemporary politics, economics, and security in the Middle East.

The series is generously funded by the Aronson Foundation.

Available via livestream

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Lecture on the Uyghur community in northwest China by Aynur Kadir, media anthropologist

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Aynur Kadir is an interdisciplinary scholar, ethnographic film maker and doctoral researcher at the Making Culture Lab, Simon Fraser University, Canada. She works with the Uyghur community in northwest China. As a media anthropologist, she is interested in using digital media for the research, preservation, management, interpretation, and representation of cultural heritage. Her research involves designing an applied digital archiving prototype to examine how digital technology might be used to transform institutional cultures, methods, and relationships with audiences.
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Reforming Frontier Banks and Economies

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Lado Gurgenidze was the prime minister of Georgia in 2007-2008. He attended Middlebury as an exchange student in the early 1990s. Mr. Gurgenidze will be speaking to students about his country’s economic challenges.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Lecture by Ioana Uricaru, Barksdale Jr. Assistant Professor of Film and Media Culture, Middlebury College

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “Making Lemonade” by Ioana Uricaru, Barksdale Jr. Assistant Professor of Film and Media Culture, Middlebury College.

Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; suggested $5 donation for others; RSVP by 4/2 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Lecture "Race Matters in France" by Pap Ndiaye

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Pap Ndiaye is an acclaimed historian at the Institut d’études politiques (Sciences-Po, Paris), author of several works on Blacks in France and African Americans. He has been a visiting professor at NYU’s Institute of French Studies, is currently a professor at Middlebury’s French Summer school, and will be visiting at Northwestern University in the fall.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Refugees in the USA - Law and Politics

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and Political Science
International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “Refugees in the USA - Law and Politics” by Rebecca Hamiln, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; suggested $5 donation for others; RSVP by 4/26 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Sponsored by Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs. Department of Political Science. 

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Lecture by Guntram Herb, Professor of Geography, Middlebury College

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “Crossing the Line: Indigenous Nations along the US-Canada Border” by Guntram Herb, professor of geography, Middlebury College.

Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; suggested $5 donation for others; RSVP by 3/12 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public