Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs RCGA

RSAB Hot Topics Discussion

Join the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board for November’s Hot Topics Lunch covering the impact of the fall of Afghanistan. Professor Allison Stanger will deliver this month’s talk followed by a Q&A and discussion period.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Closed to the Public

"Can Israel become an inclusive Society" by Professor Yael (Yuli) Tamir

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Anti-Racism presents Professor Yael (Yuli) Tamir, President of Beit Berl College and an adjunct professor at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University.

Representing the Labor Party she served as Israel’s Minister of Immigration (1999-2001) and as Minister of Education (2006-2009), as well as the deputy speaker of the Knesset and a member of the Finance committee, the Education committee and the Security and Foreign Affairs committee.

Virtual Middlebury

Open to the Public

The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy

What effect do protests have on voters, politics, and elections? Drawing on historical evidence, statistical data, and detailed interviews about protest activity from the 1960s to the present, Daniel Gillion shows that protests affect every facet of the electoral process – from voter turnout to campaign contributions to incumbents’ chances of reelection. Activists from 1960s civil rights demonstrators to Black Lives Matter protesters have shaped democracy by affecting voter behavior and heralding electoral change.

Virtual Middlebury

Open to the Public

The Israeli Left

Lior Erez will be discussing the contours of the political left in Israel as part of the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs (RCGA) Program on Power, Wealth, and Global Political Economy.

Virtual Middlebury

Open to the Public

Vladimir Putin: Weak Strongman

Tim Frye ‘86, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Politics, Department of Political Science, Columbia University will be sharing highlights from his recent book about Vladimir Putin. One theme of the book is how political science research on authoritarian regimes can illuminate the constraints that Putin operates under.

Presented by the International and Global Russian & East European Studies Program. Co-sponsored by the Russian Department, International Politics and Economics and the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Open to the Public

Legacy and denial: The New Russian Intelligentsia

The RCGA International and Global Colloquium series presents Titiana Smorodinska, Middlebury College Professor of Russian, and the lecture “Legacy and denial: The New Russian Intelligentsia” on Friday, December 3, 2021 from 12:30-1:30 pm.

Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, the International and Global Colloquium offers students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to learn about global and international research activities. Speakers include Middlebury College faculty and alumni, as well as other scholars and professionals in the global arena.

Virtual Middlebury

Open to the Public

How Democracies Die: Lessons from Turkey

The RCGA International and Global Colloquium series presents Sebnem Gumuscu, Middlebury Assistant Professor of Political Science.

Sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, the International and Global Colloquium offers students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to learn about global and international research activities. Speakers include Middlebury College faculty and alumni, as well as other scholars and professionals in the global arena. 

Virtual Middlebury

Open to the Public