International & Global Studies

Commencement reception for International Politics & Economics and International & Global Studies seniors and their families.

Juana Gamero de Coca Day of Learning 2023

This annual event honors Juana Gamero de Coca (1959-2017), associate professor of Spanish at Middlebury College.

World-renowned calligrapher Masako Inkyo will be giving a calligraphy performance based on Oborozukiyo from The Tale of Genji. After her performance, she will lead two calligraphy workshops at 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM where attendees will have the opportunity to practice the art of calligraphy. You must RSVP to attend the workshop at go/inkyo or by emailing japaneseclub@middlebury.edu.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents Daniel Barkhuff and “Transboundary Troops: US Military Training and Cooperation Across Borders.”

Dan is VFRL’s (Veterans For Responsible Leadership) Founder and President of the board. He was born in Maine and lived his childhood in New England. Dan attended the United States Naval Academy and graduated in May 2001. He served seven years on active duty as a member of Naval Special Warfare and completed multiple combat tours.

Cecilia Needham ’22.5, Global Security
Mira Vance ’22.5, Global Gender & Sexuality

Cecilia Needham ’22.5, Global Security
San Sante pa gen Lavi: An Ethnographic Analysis of State & NGO Healthcare Services in Centre, Haiti

This event will place in conversation two high profile translators of Asian novels. Stephen Epstein, translator of The Wandering by Intan Paramaditha, and Stephen Snyder, translator of The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa will discuss their work as professional translators of novels in Asian languages. Epstein, Director of the Asian Languages and Cultures Programme at Victoria University in Wellington has translated multiple novels from Korean and Indonesian to English.

Dr. Edison Cassadore, San Carlos Apache Tribal Member Faculty for Writing, Tohono O’odham Community College Tohono O’odham Nation Reservation (Southern Arizona) At a screening of Skins at a major American university, and in a racially mixed audience, young Indian college spectators found this film unsettling. They deplored the stereotype of drunken Indians and the impoverished economic conditions. These spectators also felt the issues were so deplorable that it should only be viewed by other Indian people.

Professor Sutton has authored three books and edited two on issues of food and culture, drawing extensively from his fieldwork in Greece. His work has focused on food and memory, as well as cooking and the senses, and food and economy, particularly its relationship to the politics of austerity. He teaches at Southern Illinois University.

Commencement reception for International and Global Studies Seniors and their families.