Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

The study of police power has taken on a new urgency in many societies around the world. Social theorists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, activists, and everyday people are increasingly scrutinizing the nature and interrogating the origins of the police institutions and practices that structure our lives in various ways. What are the common and distinct features of police power across the global landscape and in different eras?

The RCGA Security and Global Affairs Program presents Paul Poast, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Chicago.

The RCGA International and Global Colloquium series presents Gary Winslett, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and the lecture “Big Tech and Socioeconomic Inequality” on Friday, October 8, 2021 from 12:30-1:30 pm.

Philip Ackerman-Leist will give a presentation based on his recent book, A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage and Started a Movement, accompanied by film and photos. The presentation will be followed by a reception.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Program on Anti-Racist Theory and Action around the Globe presents Ghyslain Vedeux, who will discuss the shared history of racism in the US and France and challenge the myth of difference between two countries. He will also unpack normalized, symbolic, and structural racism in France, and what CRAN has done to address different forms of racism from police violence to discrimination in employment, education, and healthcare.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs along with the International and Global East Asian Studies Program, present Aaron Guy Leroux, “Disperse, Or We Fire.”

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Program on Global Economics presents a talk with Claudia Sahm, founder of Stay-at-Home Macro (SAHM) Consulting and a Senior Fellow at
the Jain Family Institute.

In The Dissent Channel former diplomat Elizabeth Shackelford chronicles how the problems facing U.S. diplomacy—exacerbated under the last administration—aren’t new. One is impunity: the U.S. turned a blind eye to gross injustices and human rights abuses by South Sudan’s government, and—determined to see South Sudan a success—failed to prioritize accountability. This not only insulated Sudan’s government from consequence, but contributed to a deterioration that ended in war. U.S.

Clayton Thomas-Muller is a member of the Treaty #6 based Mathias Colomb Cree Nation, also known as Pukatawagan, located in in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Based in the prairie city of Winnipeg, Clayton is the “Stop It At The Source” Campaigner with 350.org as well as a founder and organizer with Defenders of the Land. Clayton is involved in many initiatives to support the building of an inclusive movement globally for energy and climate justice.

Participants: Jim Bittermann(Senior International Correspondent CNN) & Nicolas Roussellier (Sciences Po Paris & Middlebury College School in France)

Visit: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/french for zoom link.