Special Events
"Dead in the Water": Global Lessons from the World Bank's Model Hydropower Project in Laos
Event Time: Fri, 11/30/2018 - 3:00amPresented by co-editors Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaud
For decades, large dam projects have been undertaken by both nations and international agencies with the aim of doing good: preventing floods, bringing electricity to rural...
Youth Navigating the 21st Century City of Amman: Securing Education and Livelihoods
Event Time: Mon, 10/29/2018 - 10:30amFida Adely, Georgetown University and Betty Anderson, Boston University
In May and June of 2018, thousands of Jordanians took to the streets. What was initially a protest against a regressive tax bill, evolved into broader protests...
What is the University For?
Event Time: Mon, 10/15/2018 - 12:00pmDr. Premesh Lalu, Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape
NOTE LOCATION CHANGE: Wilkins Room, Humphrey 215
"What is the University For?"
Dr. Lalu's seminar will include a...
Designing Intersectional Policy for Inclusion of Afro-Peruvian Girls
Event Time: Mon, 10/08/2018 - 3:30pm to 5:00pmEliana Villar, "Designing Intersectional Policy for Inclusion of Afro-Peruvian Girls," Echida Scholar, Brookings Institution
How can educational policy be designed to...
Film Screening of: Vivek ("Reason") (2018) and Discussion with Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan
Event Time: Thu, 09/20/2018 - 5:30pmAnand Patwardhan’s Reason (the Hindi title is Vivek) was premiered in Toronto on September 9. Reason is easily one of the most important documentaries to emerge in the Age of Modi. The film dives fearlessly into the debates that hit the...
Specters of Survivance: Cuban Art at the edge
Event Time: Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:30amMaria de Lourdes Marino. Art historian, curator, and critic. MPA (Candidate) School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware.
...The Little Grey Wolf Will Come: Childhood and Soviet imaginary in 1980s Cuba
Event Time: Mon, 04/23/2018 - 3:30pmDashel Hernandez. Visual artist, art educator, and writer. EMPA (Candidate) Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
Abstract: The Little Grey Wolf Will Come was the original title...
Film Screening: "Memories of a Penitent Heart" (2016) with Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo
Event Time: Mon, 03/26/2018 - 5:30pmJoin us for UMN alumna Cecilia Aldarondo's moving and critical film "Memories of a Penitent Heart" (2016).
Discussion moderated by Dr. Jane Blocker, Department of Art History
Combining a wealth of recently discovered...
Film Screening of "Difret" (2014) and Video Interview with Filmmaker Zeresenay Mehari
Event Time: Tue, 03/20/2018 - 5:30pmDiscussion with Meron Getnet (Actor in Difret)
Moderated by: Surafel Wondimu Abebe, PhD Candidate, Department of Theatre arts and Dance & ICGC Research Assistant...
Maisha Badaaye, “Life Comes Later”: Gendered Performances of Secondary Schooling and Aspirations in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Event Time: Tue, 11/14/2017 - 12:00pmPresented by: Emily Morris, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development & Abrahman Faki Othman, Ministry of Education and Vocational Training of Zanzibar, Tanzania
Challenging the...