Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs RCGA

Lecture by Natalie Eppelsheimer in RCGA International and Global Studies Colloquium

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

“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

“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

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

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

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

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

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
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