Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

A panel and discussion with James Fitzsimmons, associate professor of anthropology at Middlebury College, presenting on “Native Perspectives and Reinterpretations of the Conquest”; and Paul Monod, Principal of the Middlebury - CMRS Oxford Humanities Program, presenting on “The Americas through European Eyes, 1492-Present.”

“Bodies and Culture: Toward a comparative history of medicine” by Soyoung Suh, who is an assistant professor of history, the Korea Foundation Professor, and an assistant professor of Middle Eastern studies at Dartmouth College. This lecture is part of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs’ Future of the Past Series; it is cosponsored by the Center for Careers and Internships, the Global Health Minor, and Ross Commons.

Lecture “From Post-racialism to Black Lives Matter: Waking Up in the Obama Age” by Michael Jeffries, associate professor of American studies at Wellesley College. A sociologist by training, Jeffries’ research has emphasized the sociology of race and ethnicity, identity and politics, and popular culture. His book — “Paint the White House Black: Barack Obama and the Meaning of Race in America” (Stanford 2013) — uses Obama-related topics to demonstrate how race relies on other social forces, like gender and class, for its meaning and impact.

Summary

Summarizers: Francesca Conde ’17, Diana Luna ’16, Angelica Segura ’16

The Politics of Food Security What’s on Your Plate? Is global diet change the key to food and climate justice? David Cleveland, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara Governance and Power in Food (in)Security Molly Anderson, Food Studies, Middlebury College

War and Memory of Famine Food Security in Times of War Paula Schwartz, French, Middlebury College Bitter Greens and Sweet Potatoes: Food as embodied memory in rural China Ellen Oxfeld, Sociology and Anthropology, Middlebury College

Migration and Changing Foodscapes Seeds Sent from Home: Migrant farm worker gardens and food security in Vermont Jessie Mazar, University of Vermont, with Teresa Mares Insecure Urban Footprints Colleen Hammelman, Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University

Cultural Adaptation to Scarcity The Politics of Adequacy: Food provisioning, entitlements, and everyday life in post-Soviet Cuba Hannah Garth, Anthropology, University of California, Irvine No Roi (already full): Dealing with food insecurity in contemporary Vietnamese rituals Nir Avieli, Sociology and Anthropology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Agroecology Access to Land and Seeds Food Security and Maya Land Rights: Crafting paths of “development with identity” Mark Chatarpal, Anthropology Department and Food Studies Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington Food Security, Agro-biodiversity, and the State: The struggle to defend native corn systems in southern Mexico Laurel Bellante, Geography and Development, University of Arizona Agroecology and Food Sovereignty Margarita Fernandez, Vermont Caribbean Institute