September 2021

9/23-25: Clifford Symposium on “Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency.” Check out the program highlights and speakers here.

October 2021

10/1: “New Directions in the Study of Global Police Power” workshop organized by Max Ward, associate professor of history, and Amit Prakash, visiting assistant professor of global studies and FYS, Middlebury College. For further information: https://www.middlebury.edu/office/rohatyn/events-calendar/workshop-new-directions-study-global-police-power

10/4: “The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy” lecture by Daniel Q. Gillion, the Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt Presidential Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Anti-racism.

10/5: “The Israeli Left” lecture by Lior Erez, University of Haifa, Israel. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Power, Wealth, and Global Political Economy. Click here for a link to this recording.

10/7: “Learning to Be Healthy, and Being Healthy to Learn” lecture by Scott Pulizzi, visiting associate professor, Graduate School of International Policy and Management, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Health Challenges. Click here: https://vimeo.com/636287917 for a link to this recording.

10/8: “Big Tech and Socioeconomic Inequality” International and Global Colloquium lecture by Gary Winslett, assistant professor of political science, Middlebury College.

10/21: “Recent Developments in the South China Sea” Hot Topics lunch Discussion with Jeffrey Lunstead, diplomat in residence, Middlebury College. Hosted by the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board.

10/25: “The War Origins of the Liberal Order: World War I and the Founding of International Economic Organizations” by Paul Poast, associate professor of political science, University of Chicago. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs. Click here for a link to this recording.

10/29: “Vladimir Putin: Weak Strongman” lecture by Tim Frye ‘86, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Politics, Department of Political Science, Columbia University.  Click this link to view the recording.

November 2021

11/3: “Can Israel Become and Inclusive Society?” lecture by Yael Tamir, president, Beit Berl College, Israel. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Anti-Racism. To watch a recording of this webinar, click here https://vimeo.com/643531757

11/4: “How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China’s Rise” lecture by Scott Rozelle, Helen F. Farnsworth Senior Fellow and co-director of Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions in the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University.

11/11: “Life of Permafrost: A History of Frozen Earth in Soviet Science” lecture by Pey-Yi Chu, associate professor of history, Pomona College. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global and International History.

11/12: Annual International Politics and Economics Symposium “Crisis of Capitalism and Democracy” featuring talks by Pippa Norris (Harvard University), Brendan Nyhan (Dartmouth College), and Stephan Haggard (UCSD) followed by small group discussions with the speakers and students. Use this link for further information.

11/15: “Entrepreneurial Reluctance: Talent and Firm Creation in China” lecture by Ruixue Jia, associate professor of economics, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California San Diego. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Economics. To see the video recording for this event, use this link.

11/17: “Artists in Dialogue about Police Brutality” with photographers Jon Henry and Mikael Owunna. Moderated by Andrew Plumley ’11, senior director of equity & culture, American Alliance of Museums. Organized by the Middlebury College Museum of Art; cosponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Anti-racism. Learn more: https://bit.ly/OwunnaHenry.

11/19: “How Democracies Die: Lessons from Turkey” International and Global Colloquium lecture by Sebnem Gumuscu, assistant professor of political science, Middlebury College.

11/30: “Fascism and Its Global Rise” panel with Julia Adeney Thomas, University of Notre Dame, and Geoff Eley, University of Michigan. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global and International History.

December 2021

12/2: “Argentina: Economic Challenges, Sovereign Debt, and Implications for the Global Economy” lecture by Cecilia Nahón, alternate executive director for Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, World Bank Group. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Power, Wealth, and Global Political Economy. Click here for a link to this recording.

12/3: “Legacy and Denial: The New Russian Intelligentsia” International and Global Colloquium lecture by Tatiana Smorodinska, professor of Russian, Middlebury College.

January 2022

1/21: “Diné (Navajo) Health Concerns on the Global Stage: Transnational politics of uranium mining and settler colonialism in the late 1970s to early 1980s” International and Global Colloquium lecture by Jacob Tropp, John Spencer Professor of African Studies, Middlebury College.

1/28: “Understanding 9/11: Causes, Legacies, Lessons” winter-term conference.

Panel I, Causes and Impact

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Shibley Telhami (University of Maryland): Causes and Impact on Regional Stability

Stan Sloan (Atlantic Council): Impact on America’s Allies

Faiza Patel (Brennan Center for Justice): Impact on Arab Americans & US-Muslim Relations

Spencer Ackerman (journalist): 9/11’s Impact on American Politics, part I



Panel II, Legacies and Lessons

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Juliette Kayyem (Harvard Kennedy School): Counter-terrorism and Security: Before 9/11 and After

Linda Bilmes (Harvard Kennedy School): The True Costs of 9/11

James Morone ‘75 (Brown University): 9/11’s Impact on American Politics, part II 

Andrew Bacevich (Quincy Institute): Lessons and Closing Remarks

February 2022

2/1: “Exemplars in Vaccine Delivery: How Understanding Positive Outliers Can Inform Global Health Policy and Practice” lecture by Nancy Fullman ‘07, research fellow, and Gloria Ikilezi, associate director, Exemplars in Global Health, Gates Ventures. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Health Challenges. Click here for a link to this recording.

2/24: “Ukraine-Russian Relations in Historical Context” lecture by Serhy Yekelchyk, professor of history and Germanic and Slavic studies, University of Victoria (Canada). Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global and International History. Click here for a link to this recording.

2/25: “Linguistic Development during Study Abroad: Research on a corpus of spoken learner Chinese” International and Global Colloquium lecture by Hang Du, professor of Chinese, Middlebury College.

March 2022

3/1: “The War in Ukraine: A Roundtable Discussion” Click here for a link to this recording.

Moderator: Rebecca Mitchell, Associate Professor of History (Middlebury College)

Panelists:

Vitaly Chernetsky, Professor, Slavic Languages & Literatures (University of Kansas)

Jeff Buettner, Christian A. Johnson Professor of Music (Middlebury College)

Sarah Bidgood, Director, Eurasia Nonproliferation Program, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey)

Kevin Moss, Jean Thomson Fulton Professor of Modern Languages & Literature (Middlebury College)

Michael Kraus, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of Political Science (Middlebury College)

Mariia Dzholos (Middlebury College Class of ’24)

3/1: Screening of “Human Flow” directed by Ai Weiwei, a detailed and heartbreaking exploration of the global refugee crisis. Sponsored by Museum of Art; Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs; History of Art and Architecture; Religion; American Studies; English & American Literatures; Global Health Minor Program.

3/2: “Digital Health: Supporting the Decentralization of Health Care to Increase Access to Quality Care Globally” lecture by Megan McLaughlin, ThinkMD and Fordham University. Sponsored by the RCGA Program in Global Health Challenges. Click here for a link to this recording.

3/3: “Explaining Putin’s War on Ukraine” Hot Topics lunch discussion with Michael Kraus, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College. Hosted by the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board.

3/3: “Commerce, Coalitions and the Rise of the Firm: The New Politics of New Trade” lecture by Mary Anne Madeira, assistant professor of international relations, Lehigh University. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Power, Wealth, and Global Political Economy.

3/4: “Exiting Communism’s Enduring Effect on Russian Public Opinion” International and Global Colloquium lecture by Will Pyle, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics, Middlebury College.

3/8: “Impact of the Fall of Afghanistan on the US in Asia” lecture by Lisa Curtis, senior fellow and director, Indo-Pacific Security Program, Center for New American Security. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs. Click here for a link to this recording.

3/11: “Decarbonization and Prospects for Agriculture in Africa’s Oil-Rich Economies” International and Global Colloquium lecture by Obie Porteous, assistant professor of economics, Middlebury College. Click here for a link to this recording.

3/16: “The UK and the World from Brexit to Boris: Toward “Global Britain” or Back to “Little England?” lecture by James Morrison, assistant professor, International Relations Department, London School of Economics. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs. Click here for a link to this recording.

3/17: “Indigenous Perspectives on Decolonial Futures” lecture by Yin Paradies, Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair in Race Relations Deakin University, Australia. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Anti-racism. Click here for a link to this recording.

3/28: “Understanding and Managing Climate Risk” lecture by Frances C. Moore, assistant professor of environmental science and policy, University of California Davis. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Economics. Click here for a link to this recording.

3/31: “Highlighting Diverse Voices in Global Affairs” symposium with keynote by Hadeil Ali, Center for Strategic and International Studies; and panel featuring Erin Clancy, Meta and (formerly) U.S. State Department, Terri Batch, U.S. International Trade Administration, Sarah Bidgood, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Hosted by the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board.

April 2022

4/4: “The Caribbeanization of Black Politics” lecture by Sharon Wright Austin, professor of political science, University of Florida. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global-antiracism. Click here for a link to this recording.

4/7: “Undoing the Property Form: Feminist Consciousness Raising as a Practice of Freedom” lecture by Liz Kinnamon, PhD candidate, University of Arizona.

4/12: “The Economic Implications of Connections between Corporations and Politicians” lecture by Cihan Artunç, assistant professor of economics, Middlebury College. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Economics. Click here for a link to this recording.

4/14: “Giving Voice to the Voiceless? Contemporary Social Movements, Civil Society and Governments in Africa” lecture by Edward R. McMahon, visiting associate professor of political science, Middlebury College, and adjunct associate professor, Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, Department of Political Science, University of Vermont. Click here for a link to this recording.

4/18: “Carbon Technocracy: Energy Regimes in Modern East Asia” lecture by Victor Seow, assistant professor of the history of science, Harvard University. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global and International History.

4/20: “The COVID-19 Pandemic and Security in Latin America” lecture by Michael Touchton, global health associate faculty lead, University of Miami. Click here for a link to this recording.

4/21: “Ethiopia’s War: What We Need to Know” Hot Topics lunch discussion with Nadia Horning, associate professor of international and global studies, Middlebury College. Hosted by the Rohatyn Student Advisory Board.

4/25: “The White Indians of Mexican Cinema: Revolutionary Politics, Colonized Aesthetics” lecture by Mónica García Blizzard, assistant professor of Spanish, Emory University.

4/27: “Information Warfare and Peacebuilding: Lessons from Ukraine and Kenya” lecture by Theo Dolan ‘94, peacebuilding technical advisor, FHI 360. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs. Click here for a link to this recording.

May 2022

5/2: “Trapped: High Inequality and Low Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean” lecture by Marcela Meléndez, UNDP chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Economics. Click here for a link to this recording.

5/6: “The Ukraine War’s Middle East Nexus” lecture by Hanna Notte, senior research associate, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs. Co-sponsored by Middlebury in DC. Click here for a link to this recording.

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