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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs RCGA

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

Sponsored by:
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

Open to the Public

La Perricholi, a Peruvian Historical Icon

Sponsored by:
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

Open to the Public

Patricia Zupan Lecture "Italian Food, Family & Table on Film: Ivano De Matteo's The Dinner (I nostri ragazzi, 2014)"

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “Italian Food, Family, and Table on Film: Ivano De Matteo’s The Dinner (I nostri ragazzi, Our Kids, 2014)” by Patricia Zupan, C.A. Dana Professor of Italian, Middlebury College. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 10/29 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Erin Sassin Lecture "The Lodger Problem: Crisis of the Modern Age"

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “The Lodger Problem: Crisis of the Modern Age” by Erin Sassin, Assistant Professor of History of Art & Architecture, Middlebury College. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 11/26 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Middlebury ID holders: Free; Others: Suggested donation $5
Open to the Public

The Collective Memory Construction of the "Ianfu" System in Mainland China by Mari Tanioka '18

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Thesis in Dialogue with Mari Tanioka ’18 about her International and Global Studies Award-winning thesis “The Collective Memory Construction of the ‘Ianfu’ System in Mainland China” with analysis and discussion by Peipei Qiu, The Louise Boyd Dale and Alfred Lichtenstein Chair Professor of Chinese and Japanese, Vassar College, and Max Ward, associate professor of history, Middlebury College.
Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 11/12 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Nicolas Poppe Lecture "Coisas Nossas: Foreign Labor and the Emergence of Film Industries in Latin America"

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “Coisas Nossas: Foreign Labor and the Emergence of Film Industries in Latin America” by Nicolas Poppe, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Middlebury College. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 11/5 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Middlebury ID holders: Free; Others: suggested donation $5
Open to the Public

Daniel Silva Lecture "Global Fitness Culture and White Masculine Corporality"

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “Global Fitness Culture and White Masculine Corporality” by Daniel Silva, Assistant Professor of Portuguese, Middlebury College. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 9/24 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

College ID holders: Free; Others: Suggested donation $5
Open to the Public