2024-2025 Past Events
These are past events sponsored or co-sponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs.
A Multi-disciplinary Conversation with Henk Handloetgen about "Babylon Berlin"
Henk Handloetgen is the co-writer and co-director of the hit TV-series “Babylon Berlin.” Organized by the Department of German.
From "leiteiras" to farm owners: Rural Women and Dairy Production in Galicia (Spain) in the Twentieth Century
Lecture in Spanish by Ana Cabana Iglesia, associate professor of Hhstory, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Organized by the Department of Luso-Hispanic Studies.
Saving Liberalism from Crisis
Lecture by Sam Moyn, Kent Professor of Law and History, Yale University. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Global Fellows Program.
Firebrands of Anti-Modernity: Populist Elitism in the United States and the Russian Federation
Lecture by Alexandar Mihailovic, author of “Illiberal Vanguard: Poplulist Elitism in the United States and Russia.” Organized by the Department of Russian.
Are Elections in Post-conflict States Doing More Harm than Good?
Lecture by Toby Fenwick ‘95, professor, Cambridge University Institute for Continuing Education. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Global Fellows Program.
From Victims to Peace Builders: Challenging Dominant Views of Women in Conflict
Lecture by Kelebogile Zvobgo, the Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor of Government at William & Mary and founder and director of the International Justice Lab. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Global Scholars Program.
A Behavioral Economics Perspective on Climate Action: Turning Concern into Change
Lecture by Peter Andre, assistant professor, Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe) and assistant professor, Goethe University Frankfurt. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Economics.
Japan, 1972: Consumer Nation
Lecture by Yoshikuni Igarashi, professor of history, Vanderbilt University. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global and International History.
The View from the Border: US Migration Policy and the Presidential Election
Lecture by Gabriella Sanchez, research fellow, Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues at Georgetown University. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Security and Global Affairs.
From Growth to Glut: The Four Ds Shaping China’s Economy and Global Geopolitics
Lecture by Zongyuan Zoe Liu, the Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Power, Wealth, and Global Political Economy.
Asylum Policy in the U.S. and Beyond
Hot Topics Lunch and Discussion with Rachel Joo, professor of American studies, and Justin Doran, assistant professor of religion, Middlebury College. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Student Board.
Global Trivia Night
Sponsored by the Rohatyn Student Board.
Prosperity, Sustainability, and the Future of Global Finance
Discussion with Nancy Birdsall, founding president, Center for Global Development, and Umar Serajuddin, manager, World Bank’s Development Data Group. Part of the 2024 International Politics and Economics Symposium.
Gaza, Israel, and US Foreign Policy: A Conversation with Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi is the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Global Fellows Program.
Global Health Governance: Emergent Practices, Policy, and Research in Canada and the World
Lecture by Erica Di Ruggiero, director, Center for Global Health, and associate professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Health and Medicine.
Student Panel: The Future of U.S. Democracy
Student presenters in PSCI 481 “The Future of U.S. Democracy”: Caitlin Budzik, Celia Chorzempa, Ben Greer, Nicole Lara, Ryan Muller, Maddie Sauders, Viraj Shankar. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy.
Inheriting the Bomb: Ukraine’s Nuclear Disarmament and Why It Matters
Policy and Public Health in the United States: Impact of the COVID pandemic on both
Lecture by Ambassador Deborah Birx, a globally recognized public health expert and former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Health and Medicine.
United for Ukraine 2025
A Beneficiary Showcase of Ukrainian Resilience through Art
How does the media cover difficult topics? From Gaza to DEI
Hot Topics Lunch and Discussion with Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science Erik Bleich. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Student Board.
India's Democratic Backslide: Manifestations, Drivers, and Implications
Lecture by Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Autocracy and Democracy.
Legacy of Lies: From the Salvadoran Civil War to the U.S. Border Crisis
Lecture by Robert Nickelsberg, photojournalist.
Putin and the Rewriting of Russian History
Lecture by Mikhail Zygar, journalist and author.
Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
Lecture by Katherine Stewart, author of The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism. Sponsored by the Rohatyn Global Fellows Program.
What’s Next for the Trump Tax Cuts
Lecture by Marc Glodwein, senior VP and policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Power, Wealth, and Global Political Economy.
Peacebuilding, Activism and Social Change
Lecture by Emily Welty H’24 and Matthew Breay Bolton H’24, members of a Nobel Prize winning campaign to abolish nuclear weapons.
Actually, You *Do* Trust the Mainstream Media
Annual van de Velde lecture by Olivier Knox, senior national correspondent, U.S. News and World Report.
Is the United States Still a Democracy? Political Scientists Discuss the Present and Future of Our Country
With Middlebury College Professors of Political Science panelists Matt Dickinson, Bert Johnson, and Jessica Teets; moderator Erik Bleich. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Trends in Autocracy and Democracy.
Screening of "Yo Capitan"
Sponsored by the RCGA Program in Security and Global Affairs.
Climate Change and the Global Financial System
Lecture by Galina Hale, Professor of Economics at UC Santa Cruz. Sponsored by the RCGA Program on Global Economics.