Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global and International History presents “Fascism and its Global Rise.”

Stop by the Davis Library entrance to meet the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board and hear more about opportunities to engage with global affairs at Middlebury College! RSAB will be available to discuss submitting your work to the Middlebury Journal of Global Affairs, Hot Topics discussions, and more. When you stop by be sure to grab pastries and a hot drink to make your study session a little sweeter!

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Economics presents Professor Ruixue Jia and “Entrepreneurial Reluctance: Talent and Firm Creation in China.”

Join the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board for November’s Hot Topics Lunch covering the impact of the fall of Afghanistan. Professor Allison Stanger will deliver this month’s talk followed by a Q&A and discussion period.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Political Economy, welcomes Dr. Cecilia Nahón, Alternate Executive Director at the World Bank Group representing Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay

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.