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Middlebury Institute WorldViews speaker series features an array of Middlebury Institute faculty experts discussing current global issues. This theme for this year’s speaker series will focus on tools of change. Dr. Mary Kay Par and David Schmerler will be May’s featured speakers discussing “Understanding Power in a Nuclear Age”. For more information on topics and link to purchase tickets visit: go.miis.edu/worldviews.

Middlebury Institute WorldViews speaker series features an array of Middlebury Institute faculty experts discussing current global issues. This theme for this year’s speaker series will focus on tools of change. Dr. Anne Campbell will be April’s featured speaker discussing “An Eye on Mandela: Revisiting Education as a Weapon for Societal Growth”. For more information on topics and link to purchase tickets visit: go.miis.edu/worldviews.

Middlebury Institute WorldViews speaker series features an array of Middlebury Institute faculty experts discussing current global issues. This theme for this year’s speaker series will focus on tools of change. Dr. Fernando DePaolis will be March’s featured speaker discussing “Sustainable Cities in Mitigating the Threats of Climate Change”. For more information on topics and link to purchase tickets visit: go.miis.edu/worldviews.

Graduating Student Information Meeting Any student planning on graduating in the winter should attend this meeting. Details and information surrounding the December commencement will be presented, and graduating student speaker nominees will be presenting summaries of their speeches. A free raffle for used gowns donated by previous graduates will take place at the meeting. Location: Irvine Auditorium Time: October 26, 12PM-1:30PM Contact Linae Ishii-Devine

Giving Tuesday is a national philanthropic effort to promote the practice of giving. MIIS students will be on hand to receive donations in fulfillment of this year’s challenge: Bring in 50 donations, and receive $6500 from several of our generous donors towards MIIS student scholarships. Students will also be able to write short notes of thank you to our donor base.

Presented by Dr. Andy Curtis, the 2022 William H. and Susanne S. Tyler Visiting Fellow in Residence.

Before a bullet is fired or a missile launched, words are exchanged. Words to avoid loss of life, or words to make such catastrophic outcomes less likely. This talk, related to his research in New Peace Linguistics, explores and analyzes the words of some of the world’s most powerful people, with the power to bring peace or to start wars.

Includes Q&A session. Registration required.

Thom Shanker, guest lecturer for the course “Rise of Islamic State” with Jason Blazakis.

This talk is open to Terrorism Studies Club members.

“Wide-Angle to Zoom: Turning a Thesis or Dissertation into a Publishable Op-Ed,” writing workshop with Veteran foreign correspondent and former New York Times Editor Thom Shanker.

Location: MIIS campus, McGowan Building, MG 102, 411 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA.

Limited seating. Limited to students, faculty, and staff.

Registration required: go.miis.edu/shankerworkshop

The Washington-Moscow relationship has frayed to the point of rupturing into full-blown crisis, even war. What steps can—or should—Washington take to mend these fault lines? Veteran foreign correspondent and editor Thom Shanker provides his insights based on decades in the field.

This free event is sponsored by the Gerry Taylor Seminars Endowed Fund.

Zoom Webinar - Zoom details provided upon registration.

In Person Option - For MIIS faculty, students, and staff only.

An evening of activism, inspiration, celebration: Jan Knippers Black Human Rights Speaker Series featuring Aniket Shah.

“Human Rights Finance and Sustainable Development: The Needed Convergence”
We will explore the pivotal role of human rights in guiding international finance in promoting
sustainable development. This talk focuses on practical application and human rights thinking in achieving United Nations’ sustainable development goals.