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Darién Davis: “Cannibalizing the Cannibals: The Consumption & Circulation of Brazilian 'Culture' in France in the 1960s

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
International and Global Studies Colloquium Cannibalizing the Cannibals: The Consumption and Circulation of Brazilian ‘Culture’ in France in the 1960s Darién Davis, professor of history, Middlebury College. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; suggested $5 donation for others; RSVP by 4/5 to rcga@middlebury.edu.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Britain Lost Its Empire Years Ago and Is Still Looking for a Role

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Lecture “Britain Lost Its Empire Years Ago and Is Still Looking for a Role” by Toby Fenwick ’95. With apologies to Dean Acheson, 54 years after he uttered his memorable line, British international policy is more adrift than ever. Having appeared to make its peace as a leading - if obstinate and challenging - European player in 1973, 2016’s Brexit vote forces Britain and NATO Europe - as well as the EU - to look again at Britain’s role in Euro-Atlantic security and economic policy.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Bridging Differences: Creating Lasting Social Change through Youth-led Street Sports

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and Center for Creativity, Innovaton and Social Entrepreneurship
Simon Prahm is the co-founder and current managing director for GAME. Founded in 2003, GAME is a Danish-based Top 500 NGO headquartered in Copenhagen with 12 dedicated full time employees, 70 coaches and more than 100 volunteers. Using the ’sport-for-all’ approach its objective is to reach out to underprivileged youth, who have limited or no access to sport in order to strengthen the participants self-esteem, create social empowerment, and counteract marginalization. GAME has been running activities in Denmark since 2002 and started projects in the Middle East in 2007. Mr.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Can we find the right balance?

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs
Lecture by Ambassador Robert Ford, who is currently a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute. In 2014 he retired from the U.S. Foreign Service after serving as U.S. Ambassador to Syria (2011-2014). For his leadership of the American Embassy in Damascus he received a Presidential Honor award in 2012, and for his work on Syria he received in 2014 the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award, the State Department’s highest award. Previously, he served as Deputy U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (2008-2010), U.S. Ambassador to Algeria (2006-2008), Political Counselor to the U.S.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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"All the King's Horses, All the President's Men: The Transnational Politics of Yemeni Disintegration"

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies
Dr. Philbrick-Yadav (Associate Professor of Political Science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges) has been writing about Yemen’s opposition politics for more than a decade. Dr. Philbrick-Yadav’s book, “Islamists and the State: Legitimacy and Institutions in Yemen and Lebanon” (2013), explores the dynamics of Islamist activism and alliance building. Dr. Philbrick-Yadav’s lecture will address the ongoing conflicts in Yemen and critique the international response to them.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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Advocating for Animal Rights in China

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Greenberg-Starr Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Environmental Studies, and East Asian Studies
“Advocating for Animal Rights in China,” by Zhang Dan. Ms. Zhang has served as China’s Ambassador for World Animal Day and is the vice chairman of the China Small Animal Protection Association and co-founder of the China Animal Protection Media Salon. She was awarded the first Andrew Award for Outstanding Media Contribution at the 7th Asia for Animals Conference in 2011. She is the editor of the 2012 “Dongwuji” (Animal Essays), which collects Chinese writing on non-human animals and has a preface by Hsing Yun, the founder of the Fo Guang Shan International Buddhist Order. Ms.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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A Queer Feminist in the Tech World: Leveraging Capital for Inclusive Sex Education in a White Man’s World

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Center for Careers & Internships, Center for Creativity, Innovaton and Social Entrepreneurship, and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies
Andrea Barrica is a Filipina-American queer serial entrepreneur and activist. She co-founded inDinero, generating the company’s first $1M, a venture partner and entrepreneur-in-residence at 500 Startups. She is a powerful force in the tech start up world and is the founder of O.School, a shame-free platform for female and gender diverse pleasure education.

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A Fresh Start in Latin America? Drug War Policy Reform and Cuba-US Relations

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Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Int'l Politics & Economics, Portuguese, Political Science, and Latin American Studies
Panel “A Fresh Start in Latin America? Drug War Policy Reform and Cuba-US Relations” by Adam Schaffer ’12, program officer for drug policy at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), and Dan Egol ’13, chief of staff at Ross Cook, Inc.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

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