Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

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

Socially Constructed Vulnerability and Food Insecurity Hunger and Land in Neoliberal Nicaragua: The collision of past and present Birgit Schmook, Senior Researcher, Department of Conservation and Biodiversity, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chetumal, Mexico, with Lindsey Carte and Claudia Radel The Causes and Consequences of Njaa (hunger) in the Household: Food insecurity and intimate partner violence within a Kenyan informal settlement Adam Gilbertson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Embodied Inequalities: Race, class, and food access in Washington, DC

The Role of the State and International Institutions GMO Trade Negotiations as Proxy for Cultural Differences Patricia Stapleton, Director, Society, Technology, and Policy Program, Worcester Polytechnic Institute “Erst Kommt Das Fressen”: Food insecurity and food sovereignty in Greece Harry Konstantinidis, Economics, University of Massachusetts, Boston Changing Contours of Discourses Surrounding “Food Security” Tomiko Yamaguchi, International Christian University, Japan

International and Global Studies Colloquium “Stateless Children? Surrogacy for Gay Couples in France” by William Poulin-Deltour, associate professor of French. While lesbian and gay couples in France obtained the right to wed legally in 2013, French bioethical laws prohibit these couples’ access to reproductive technologies. Medically assisted procreation is available only to “stable” infertile heterosexual couples of “childbearing age” and child surrogacy is banned in all circumstances.

David Austin is the author of Fear of A Black Nation: Race ,Sex and Security in Sixties Montreal winner of the 2014 Casas De Las America and winner of the silver medal at the 2014 Independent Mr. Austin has produced documentaries on Frantz Fanon and CLR James for CBC Radio’s Ideas .

What is it like to be working at the grass-roots level in Tibet today? What are the challenges as well as the bright sides? What positive social changes have been taking place in Tibet? What still needs to be done? Come join us for a talk by Dr. Losang Rabgey, founder of Machik, a leading grassroots organization devoted to incubating social innovation in Tibet. Following the talk, there will be a screening of “Tharlo”, the latest feature by the renowned Tibetan filmmaker Pema Tseden.

This talk will examine the ways that a growing awareness of food and foodways creates a national image for those inside and outside of the country. International attention has the paradoxical effect of enhancing a sense of shared identity as Brazilian while simultaneously strengthening people’s awareness of themselves as particular kinds of Brazilians.

The Mystery of the Israeli Detective Why are there hardly any detective stories in Hebrew? Is it true that there is no mystery in Israel? What can the marginal genre of crime writing teach us about Hebrew culture? What does crime fiction have to do with ethnicity and identity in Israel? Award winning author Dror Mishaani will discuss his best-selling detective series and his diverse scholarly work, ranging from Mizrahi culture and Hebrew literature to the history of crime fiction. The lecture will be followed by book signing and sale.