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Governing Global Health: Institutions, Policies, Politics by Pam Berenbaum

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Pam Berenbaum, Middlebury Director of the Global Health Program and Professor of the Practice of Global Health, will explore the institutions responsible for population health at the international, national, and local levels, the limitations on their powers, their history, and changes over time in their governance and their reach. What power do they have? What challenges exist to those powers? How do the private and non-profit sectors contribute to their work, and what are the benefits and drawbacks to the involvement of those sectors?

Virtual Middlebury

Gloria Estela González Zenteno lecture "Latin American Stories of Resistance: A Literary Reading"

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Spanish Department, and Portuguese
International and Global Studies Colloquium lecture “Latin American Stories of Resistance: A Literary Reading” by Gloria Estela González Zenteno, professor of Spanish, Middlebury College. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; $5 for others; RSVP by 2/18 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Garrett Graff: "Preserving American Power and Democracy in the Trump Era"

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and Political Science
A talk by noted Vermont native writer and commentator Garrett M. Graff.  Graff is a distinguished magazine journalist, bestselling historian, and regular TV commentator has spent more than a dozen years covering politics, technology, and national security—helping to explain where we’ve been and where we’re headed. His presentation is set in the context of the J-term course “American Power: Hard, Soft and Smart” and will address questions related to the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency on the future of America’s democracy and its role in the world. 

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

100 Years of Influenza: The Ongoing Challenge for Science and Society" by Bob Cluss

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Future of the Past series lecture “100 Years of Influenza: The Ongoing Challenge for Science and Society” by Bob Cluss, professor of chemistry and biochemistry.
The Rohatyn Center’s Future of the Past series highlights a historical idea, invention, or event calling attention to how it has shaped our lives—thus ensuring that the past has a future, not only in the material world, but also in our intellectual lives. Refreshments provided.

Sponsored by Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Free Online Film Screening of Border South/Frontera Sur

Sponsored by:
Museum of Art, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Education Studies, and Anthropology
Fragmented stories from individuals crossing through southern Mexico assemble a vivid portrait of the thousands of immigrants who have disappeared along the trail running from southern Mexico to the US border. “Border South” reveals the immigrants’ resilience, ingenuity, and humor as it exposes a global migration system that renders human beings invisible in life as well as death. (Guatemala, Mexico, USA, 83 minutes. Director: Raúl O. Paz Pastrana.)

Virtual Middlebury

Free
Open to the Public

Ethnic Minority Poetry in China: A Conversation with Aku Wuwu and Mark Bender

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and Chinese
Aku Wuwu is a poet of the Yi ethnic group, one of the largest ethnic minority groups in southwest China. His poems, mixing traditional and contemporary imagery, often inspired by visions and dreams, are written in Northern Yi and Mandarin. He says he is a “cultural hybrid” who writes in “two mother tongues.” Professor Mark Bender of The Ohio State University specializes in traditional Chinese performance literature.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Screening & Discussion of UN Sex Abuse Scandal, a Frontline Documentary as part of the 2019 Student-Organized Conference

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Sarah Stroup, Associate Professor of Political Science, will lead a discussion following the documentary. This event is part of a series on the topic of sexual violence on the world stage, in conjunction with the 2019 Student-Organized Conference entitled Beyond #MeToo: Global Responses to Sexual Violence in an Age of Reckoning

Axinn Center 232

Open to the Public

Cinema of the Crisis: Feminist and Queer Filmmaking in Puerto Rico in 2018

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Film & Media Culture, Spanish Department, Latin American Studies, and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
Screening of two short documentaries

“The Feminine Creature Within,” is an experimental short film directed by Lorraine Jones of FemTrap, a project that focuses on feminine empowerment through breaking norms and stigmas. FemTrap is a collective of female artists who came together after Hurricane Maria, and collaborate with other women and men: artists, dancers, photographers, DJ’s, trap singers, and skaters.

McCardell Bicentennial Hall 216

Open to the Public