Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

Filmmaker Marilyn Solaya will travel all the way from Havana, Cuba to present her documentary In the Wrong Body (2010, 55 mins, Spanish with English subtitles). The film tells the story of Mavi Susel, who underwent the first gender reassignment operation in Cuba in 1988. In the Wrong Body explores such timely issues as the meaning of femininity in the macho and patriarchal society in Cuba where many stereotypes and prejudices still exist. Q&A with the filmmaker to follow screening.

A lecture by Aviv Chomsky, Professor of History and Coordinator of Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies, Salem State College. She is the author of A History of the Cuban Revolution (2010) and Linked Labor Histories: New England, Colombia, and the Making of a Global Working Class (2008). Sponsored by Latin American Studies Program.

The RCGA International and Global Colloquium Series presents “Answers to the Question ‘Is Russia Fascist?’” by Matt Walker, assistant professor of Russian.

In this panel, students will share their research on why democracies backslide today with specific reference to the experience of democratic backsliding and rise of populism in Poland, Hungary, Germany, Italy, and India. Organized by Prof. Sebnum Gumuscu and sponsored by the RCGA program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy.

Student presenters include: Matei Vasile Goina, Sarah O’Dell, Vera Roussef, Katrina Rowe, and Eva Stanley.

RAJ CON from 4:30-6 pm. Come and enjoy pizza and soft drinks!

Stop by the Davis Library entrance to meet the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board and hear more about opportunities to engage with global affairs at Middlebury College! RSAB will be available to discuss submitting your work to the Middlebury Journal of Global Affairs, Hot Topics discussions, and more. When you stop by be sure to grab some goodies to make your study session a little sweeter!

Please join the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board for our monthly Hot Topics Lunch  in the RAJ Conference Room. This month, Prof. Dima Ayoub of the Arabic Department will be speaking on the recent protests in Iran and what it means to be a woman in Iran. Q&A to follow. This event is for students only and will feature lunch from Noonie’s.

The RCGA program on Global History presents Andrew Liu who will discuss his book Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India (Yale University Press, 2020).

Hosted by the National Committee on US-China Relations, China Town Hall connects leading China experts with Americans around the country for a national conversation on the implications of China’s rise on U.S.-China relations and its impact on our towns, states, and nation.?Please join us on Wednesday, November 16, at 5:30 p.m. for a pre-webinar faculty-led talk on the history of Sino-US relations. Dinner to follow. The webinar will then be screened at 7:00 p.m. EST, and will feature former U.S. ambassador to Russia, China, and Singapore, Jon M. Huntsman Jr.

This inaugural event will feature two alums from Wellington Management Company LLP in a discussion about Applying Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors in the Capital Markets:

Sandhya Subramanian Douglas ’93, P’25, Partner, Senior Managing Director, Director of Strategic Analysis and Implementation Soyibou Sylla ’20, Investment Science Associate The conversation will be moderated by Amanda Frank ’23.5 and Samuel Sullivan ’23.

Professor Stafano Mula of the Italian department will give a talk on the results of the recent Italian election and the implications of the election of Giorgia Meloni on the state of democracy in both Italy and the EU as a whole. The talk, as with all “Hot Topics” lunches organized by the Rohatyn Center, will be for students only. Lunch will be provided from Noonie’s. Following the talk, Professor Mula will lead a Q&A.

Please RSVP by Oct. 25 to ensure that an adequate amount of food is provided.