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Lecture by Sebnem Gumuscu in RCGA International and Global Studies Colloquium

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
“Islamist Governments in Turkey, Egypt, and Tunisia” by Sebnem Gumuscu, assistant professor of political science, Middlebury College; part of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs International and Global Studies Colloquium. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 11/4 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Lecture by Natalie Eppelsheimer in RCGA International and Global Studies Colloquium

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Lecture “Magnets from Auschwitz: Reflections on Holocaust Tourism” by Natalie Eppelsheimer, associate professor of German, Middlebury College; part of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs International and Global Studies Colloquium. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 3/9 to rcga@middlebury.edu.
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RCGA International and Global Studies Colloquium: Lecture by Damascus Kafumbe

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
“Recording and Remixing ‘Teach Me to Love’: Musical, Cultural, and Temporal Paradoxes in My Music”
by Damascus Kafumbe, associate professor of music, Middlebury College; part of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs International and Global Studies Colloquium. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 2/10 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Lecture by Carrie Anderson in RCGA International and Global Studies Colloquium

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
“Between Optic and Haptic: Tactility and Trade in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World” by Carrie Anderson, assistant professor of history of art and architecture, Middlebury College; part of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs International and Global Studies Colloquium. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 10/7 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Lecture "Slowing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons" by Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Middlebury Institute of International Studies

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress is a nuclear physicist whose work at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) bridges science and policy. He recently joined the AIT-Watchman project, a US-UK collaboration to deploy a neutrino detector in the UK’s deepest mine for remote monitoring of nuclear reactors around the world. At the Middlebury Institute he also teaches courses in Missiles and Missile Defense, Science & Technology for Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies, and Nuclear Treaty Verification.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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La Perricholi, a Peruvian Historical Icon

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Spanish Department, Latin American Studies, and Comparative Literature
Alonso Cueto, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru, will deliver a talk about his forthcoming historical novel (yet untitled) about the famous actress and entertainer María Micaela Villegas y Hurtado de Mendoza, known as La Perricholi, arguably the most famous Peruvian woman of the 18th century. Villegas y Hurtado de Mendoza was known for being the mistress of the Peruvian Viceroy Manuel de Amat y Juniet, but in his novel Cueto attempts to provide a nuanced portrait of this figure in order to shed light on Colonial life in Peru. Cueto’s novel will be released in mid 2019. Dr.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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