Did you study abroad in 2025-26? Come meet up with other Middlebury students who did too at our returnee reception. IGST faculty and study abroad staff will be on hand to welcome you back, raise a glass, and listen to your stories. [Bring your government ID for 21+ libations.]
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
How has geography become the central infrastructure of political authority in Putin’s Russia? Dr. Sofia Gavrilova (Fung Global Fellow, Princeton and Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography), argues that that propaganda in Russia operates less through persuasion than through participation — by enrolling ordinary people in the everyday work of imperial reproduction. At the heart of the project is the concept of the “Volunteer Empire”: an empire reproduced through organized presence, care, and curated experience.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Interested in learning more about the Rohatyn Global Scholars Program? Join us for one of our Information Sessions to find out more.
Tuesday, September 22nd at either 12:30 pm (with pizza) or 4:00 pm (with snacks) in the Robert A. Jones ‘59 building conference room.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Closed to the Public
Are you interested in learning more about the Rohatyn Global Scholars Program? Join us for one of our Information Sessions to find out more.
Tuesday, September 22nd at either 12:30 pm (with pizza) or 4:00 pm (with snacks) in the Robert A. Jones ‘59 building conference room.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Closed to the Public
This public event will welcome a delegation of Maori and Pasifika colleagues visiting Middlebury College from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Panel members will discuss the role of purakau (storytelling), waiata (song), and whakatauki (proverbs) in Indigenous Maori and Polynesian practices of wellbeing and planetary stewardship. Through the teachings of the kuaka, a shorebird known for its remarkable migration from Aotearoa to North America, this event invites attendees to explore the idea that journeys are collective and community futures can soar in spaces of mutual learning, responsibility, and relationship.
Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)
Open to the Public
International and Global Studies’ Global Migration and Diaspora Program presents “Democratic Drain: Global Migration and the Struggle for Democracy” with Justin Gest.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs Global Fellows Program presents “Interactive Peacemaking and Coordination in Complex Peace Processes” with Susan Allen.
Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room
Open to the Public
