Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

The RCGA Program in Global and International History lecture “Life of Permafrost: A History of Frozen Earth in Soviet Science” by Pey-Yi Chu, associate professor of history, Pomona College.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Anti-Racism presents Professor Yael (Yuli) Tamir, President of Beit Berl College and an adjunct professor at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University.

Representing the Labor Party she served as Israel’s Minister of Immigration (1999-2001) and as Minister of Education (2006-2009), as well as the deputy speaker of the Knesset and a member of the Finance committee, the Education committee and the Security and Foreign Affairs committee.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Program on Global Health Challenges hosts Dr. Scott Pulizzi, Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of International Policy and Management at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

What effect do protests have on voters, politics, and elections? Drawing on historical evidence, statistical data, and detailed interviews about protest activity from the 1960s to the present, Daniel Gillion shows that protests affect every facet of the electoral process – from voter turnout to campaign contributions to incumbents’ chances of reelection. Activists from 1960s civil rights demonstrators to Black Lives Matter protesters have shaped democracy by affecting voter behavior and heralding electoral change.

Lior Erez will be discussing the contours of the political left in Israel as part of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs (RCGA) Program on Power, Wealth, and Global Political Economy.

Tim Frye ‘86, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Politics, Department of Political Science, Columbia University will be sharing highlights from his recent book about Vladimir Putin. One theme of the book is how political science research on authoritarian regimes can illuminate the constraints that Putin operates under.

Presented by the International and Global Russian & East European Studies Program. Co-sponsored by the Russian Department, International Politics and Economics and the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs.

The RCGA International and Global Colloquium series presents Titiana Smorodinska, Middlebury College Professor of Russian, and the lecture “Legacy and denial: The New Russian Intelligentsia” on Friday, December 3, 2021 from 12:30-1:30 pm.

Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, the International and Global Colloquium offers students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to learn about global and international research activities. Speakers include Middlebury College faculty and alumni, as well as other scholars and professionals in the global arena.

The RCGA International and Global Colloquium series presents Sebnem Gumuscu, Middlebury Assistant Professor of Political Science.

Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, the International and Global Colloquium offers students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to learn about global and international research activities. Speakers include Middlebury College faculty and alumni, as well as other scholars and professionals in the global arena. 

The study of police power has taken on a new urgency in many societies around the world. Social theorists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, activists, and everyday people are increasingly scrutinizing the nature and interrogating the origins of the police institutions and practices that structure our lives in various ways. What are the common and distinct features of police power across the global landscape and in different eras?

The RCGA Security and Global Affairs Program presents Paul Poast, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Chicago.