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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs RCGA

Juana Gamero de Coca Symposium in Hispanic Studies: Femicides and Gendered Violence in Latin America

Sponsored by:
Luso-Hispanic Studies, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Film & Media Culture, History, Religion, South Asian Studies, Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies, Juntos, Sociology, Anthropology, and Latin American & Caribbean Studies

On the second day of the symposium, Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera will answer questions (in English) about her acclaimed debut film Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022). This will be followed by a conversation in Spanish between Michelle and Rita Segato, offering a broader dialogue on gender-based abuse and violence against women in Latin America. The conversation between Michelle and Rita will be translated into English for the audience.

Cookies and drinks will be provided.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Juana Gamero de Coca Symposium in Hispanic Studies: Femicides and Gendered Violence in Latin America

Sponsored by:
Luso-Hispanic Studies, President of the College, Provost's Office, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Film & Media Culture, History, Religion, South Asian Studies, Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies, Juntos, Sociology, Anthropology, and Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Presented in Spanish with real-time translation to English

The symposium will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Argentine anthropologist Rita Segato, followed by an open discussion with students, faculty, and community members. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided in Sunderland Lobby beginning at 4:00 PM.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public
Event poster: Economic Santions, Lessons Learned from Ukraine and Future Use April 9, 2026 at 4:30pm in RAJ CON

Economic Sanctions: Lessons Learned from Ukraine and Future Use

Sponsored by:
Political Science and Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

The United States has used economic sanctions many times to try to achieve foreign policy goals. Sanctions were used extensively on Russia after it invaded Ukraine. How effective were these sanctions and what can we learn from their use going forward? Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes in the Biden Administration, played a key role in the sanctions effort and will discuss these issues with Q and A afterwards. 

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public
Alzo Slade sitting on sand

Certainty Is Overrated

Sponsored by:
Dance, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Philosophy, and Education Studies

A workshop for people smart and brave enough to be wrong.

We live in a world full of hot takes, strong opinions, and people who are very sure they’re right. The problem? Certainty makes connection harder. Certainty Is Overrated is an interactive workshop that treats curiosity as a serious (and understanding) superpower. 

Through games, conversations, and thought experiments, you will explore how curiosity fuels imagination, softens snap judgment, and opens the door to empathy, understanding, and freer thinking. 

Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center

Open to the Public
A poster for The Media and Other Blockades webinar with an image of the Venezuelan flag, the Cuban flag, and the guest speaker, Alina Duarte.

The Media and Other Blockades: The U.S. Siege on Venezuela and Cuba

Sponsored by:
Luso-Hispanic Studies and Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

A conversation in Spanish with Alina Duarte

With the Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, the recent U.S. invasion of Venezuela, and the current blockade on Cuba, several Latin American countries have entered a new stage of threats to their sovereignty. In this context of vulnerability, the dearth of anticolonial, non-diasporic Latin American perspectives on the news we consume becomes increasingly problematic. 

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