2022-2023 Events
September 2022
Virtual
Abortion Rights in the U.S.: A Global Comparative Perspective
Lecture by Katherine Mayall, director of strategic initiatives at the Center for Reproductive Rights. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Health and Medicine.
Mahaney Arts Center and Virtual
A Global Call to Heal the Planet
A program in celebration of the life of Donella Meadows, lead author of “The Limits to Growth” (1972); with special guests Sandrine Dixson-Decleve, co-president of The Club of Rome, and Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Franklin Environmental Center, Middlebury College; introduction by Middlebury President Laurie Patton; moderation by Olivia Reposa ’24 and Dylan Taylor ‘24.
Virtual
Violent Borders
Lecture by Todd Miller, journalist. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs.
October 2022
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
To Love an Island: Reading and Conversation with Poet / Organizer Ana Portnoy Brimmer
Poetry reading by Ana Portnoy Brimmer.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room and virtual
Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal
Lecture by James A. Morone, the John Hazen White Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy.
Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy is supported by the Cangiano Family in memory of Leon M. Cangiano, Jr., ’63.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Music Gonna Teach: Decolonizing International Relations Theory through a Musical Exploration of Knowledge
International and Global Colloquium lecture by Kemi Fuentes-George, associate professor of political science, Middlebury College.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Hot Topics Lunch: Implications of the Italian Elections
Presentation and discussion with Stefano Mula, professor of Italian, Middlebury College. Hosted by the Rohatyn Student Board. For students only.
Virtual
Global Food Security in 2022: How the Invasion of Ukraine Has Exacerbated a Looming Food Price Crisis
Lecture by by David Laborde, senior research fellow in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPR). Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Power, Wealth, and Global Political Economy.
November 2022
Virtual
From Victimhood to Aggression: Russia's Path to War
Lecture by Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, professor, Russia Institute, King’s College London. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global and International History.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room and virtual
Metafication: Towards a Theory of Absence and Presence in Global Forensics and Investigations of Mass Atrocity Violence
Lecture by Kamari Maxine Clarke, Distinguished Professor of Transnational Justice and Sociolegal Studies, Centre for Criminology and Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Health and Medicine.
Virtual
The Great Unmooring: China, the United States, and the Politics of Reaction
Lecture by Edward Steinfeld, the Howard R. Swearer Director of the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Dean’s Professor of China Studies, professor of political science, director of the China Initiative, Brown University. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Addressing Global Health Challenges through Environmental Justice and Microbiomes
International and Global Colloquium lecture by Erin Eggleston, assistant professor of biology, Middlebury College.
Virtual
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Its Lessons for COVID-19
Lecture by Martin Saavedra, the William G. Smith & Jeanette W. Smith Associate Professor of Economics, Oberlin College. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Economics.
Robert A. Jones '59 House and virtual
Applying Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors in the Capital Markets
The Global Sustainability Alums Speaker Series inaugural event– a discussion featuring two alums from Wellington Management Company LLP:
*Sandhya Subramanian Douglas ’93, P’25, partner, senior managing director, director of strategic analysis and implementation
*Soyibou Sylla ’20, investment science associate
Virtual
Cause for Alarm? Global Data on Democracy and Autocracy
Lecture by Staffan Lindberg, professor and director of the V-Dem Institute at University of Gothenburg. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy.
Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy is supported by the Cangiano Family in memory of Leon M. Cangiano, Jr., ’63.
Axinn Center 229 and virtual
China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections
Hosted by the National Committee on US-China Relations, China Town Hall connects leading China experts with Americans around the country for a national conversation on the implications of China’s rise on U.S.-China relations and its impact on our towns, states, and nation; featuring former U.S. ambassador to Russia, China, and Singapore, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. Cosponsored by the Rohatyn Student Board.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Hot Topics Lunch: Women and the Politics of Life in Iran
Presentation and discussion with Dima Ayoub, assistant professor of Arabic, Middlebury College. Hosted by the Rohatyn Student Board. For students only.
Virtual
Tea War: A History of Capitalism in China and India
Lecture by Andrew Liu, associate professor of history, Villanova University. Sponsored by RCGA Program on Global and International History.
December 2022
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Yankee Reaction to French-Canadian Migration to New England in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
International and Global Colloquium lecture by William Poulin-Deltour, professor of French and Francophone Studies, Middlebury College.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
How and Why Democracies Die: A Panel Discussion
Student researchers presenting on why democracies backslide today, with specific reference to the experience of democratic backsliding and rise of populism in Poland, Hungary, Germany, Italy, and India. Student presenters: Matei Vasile Goina, Sarah O’Dell, Vera Rousseff, Katrina Rowe, and Eva Stanley. Sponsored by the RCGA program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy.
Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy is supported by the Cangiano Family in memory of Leon M. Cangiano, Jr., ’63.
January 2023
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Hot Topics Lunch: Football in Latin America: Cultural and Political Context
Presentation and discussion with Mario Higa, professor of Luso-Hispanic studies, Middlebury College. Hosted by the Rohatyn Student Board. For students only.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Answers to the Question "Is Russia Fascist?"
International and Global Colloquium lecture by Matthew Walker, assistant professor of Russian, Middlebury College
February 2023
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Hot Topics Lunch: The Sanitization of History in Bollywood: Threats from the Hindu Right
Presentation and discussion with Cynthia Packert, the Christian A. Johnson Professor of History of Art, Middlebury College. Hosted by the Rohatyn Student Board. For students only.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Trauma and PTSD: Individual and Global Perspectives
International and Global Colloquium lecture by Matthew Kimble, professor of psychology, Middlebury College.
March 2023
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Vision and "Varietas" in Ottonian Manuscript Illumination
International and Global Colloquium lecture by Eliza Garrison, professor of history of art and architecture, Middlebury College.
Dana Auditorium and virtual
A Big Step Forward on Climate; Many More Needed
A Global Sustainability Alums Speaker Series event featuring Representative Sean Casten ‘93 (IL-06).
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Transboundary Troops: US Military Training and Cooperation Across Borders
Lecture by Dan Barkhuff, UVM Medical Center and Veterans for Responsible Leadership. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs.
Virtual
Journaling the Pandemic: What 25,000+ Journal Entries Can Tell Us about the Pandemic – and Ourselves
Lecture by Sarah Willen, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Connecticut; and Katherine Mason, associate professor of anthropology at Brown University, Sponsored by RCGA Program on Global Health and Medicine.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Will Brexit Make Britain Great Again?
Lecture by Toby Fenwick ’95, fellow at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, UK.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
The Role of Intelligence in US Foreign Policy
Lecture by Colonel Jack Gill ‘77, US Army, retired. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs.
April 2023
Virtual
Planetary Health: Health in the Anthropocene
Lecture by Carlos Faerron Guzmán, co-founder and director of the InterAmerican Center for Global Health. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Health and Medicine.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Ukraine, Russia, and US Foreign Policy
Lecture by Matthew Rojanski, president and CEO of the US Russia Foundation and distinguished fellow at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Drawing on "Dharma" to Define Religion in the Humanities and Social Sciences
International and Global Colloquium lecture by Jennifer Ortegren, assistant professor of religion, Middlebury College.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Israel’s Democracy in Peril
Lecture by Tamar Mayer, the Robert R. Churchill Professor of Geosciences, Middlebury College. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy.
Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy is supported by the Cangiano Family in memory of Leon M. Cangiano, Jr., ’63.
Virtual
Social Change in an Unchanging State: Life and Protest in Contemporary Iran
Lecture by Mehran Kamrawa, professor of government, Georgetown University Qatar. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy.
Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy is supported by the Cangiano Family in memory of Leon M. Cangiano, Jr., ’63.
Dana Auditorium and virtual
Advancing Climate Solutions through Venture Capital
A Global Sustainability Alums Speaker Series event featuring Peter Hirsch ‘12.
Virtual
The Future of International Carbon Offsets
Lecture by Teevrat Garg, associate professor of economics at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California - San Diego. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Economics.
Virtual
Anti-Veiling Campaigns in Turkey: Gender, Power and Resistance under the Kemalist Regime
Lecture by Sevgi Adak, assistant professor, Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, UK. Sponsored by RCGA Program on Global and International History.
Virtual
The CFA Franc: Africa’s Last Colonial Currency
Lecture by Ndongo Samba Sylla, senior research and program manager, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Dakar. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Power, Wealth, and Global Political Economy.
May 2023
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Russian and Ukrainian Orthodoxy in Light of the War in Ukraine
Lecture by Scott Kenworthy, professor of comparative religion, Miami University. Sponsored by the RCGA Program in Global and International History.
McCardell Bicentennial Hall
Hot Topics Lunch: New Developments in the Yemeni Civil War
Presentation and discussion with Samuel Liebhaber, professor of Arabic, Middlebury College. Hosted by the Rohatyn Student Board. For students only.
Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room
Middlebury Journal of Global Affairs Release Party
Join the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board to celebrate the release of this year’s volume of the Middlebury Journal of Global Affairs, a peer-reviewed undergraduate journal featuring students’ incisive academic papers and research on global issues.