Past Events
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Mar 17International Studies Careers: International EducationJoin us for an International Studies career event designed to support you in developing your career path in international fields. Our theme will be International Education (careers related to: international educational development, international education in higher education, and international teaching). Register to attend to learn about: career advice and ways to network recommendations for skills …
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Mar 1Stories from The Gambia with Assemblyman Baldeh and Sister City Chair KujabiJoin us for a book club with Samba Baldeh, Wisconsin State Assembly Member, and Jerreh Kujabi, Madison- Kanifing Sister City Committee Chair, who will share contemporary stories about life in The Gambia. Our speaker, Samba Baldeh, was recently sworn in as the Assemblyman of the 48th Assembly District of Wisconsin after serving three terms on …
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Feb 24Teaching About the Middle East and North Africa – Rethinking Approaches (2/24/21)Join us for a book club with Dr. Maria Hantzopoulos, Associate Professor and Chair of Education and Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education, Vassar College. Professor Hantzopoulos was the primary investigator for and recipient of the British Council/Social Science Research Council “Our Shared Past” Grant (along with four other co-investigators), which culminated in the curriculum “Rethinking …
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Feb 17International Studies Careers: Global SecurityJoin us for an International Studies career event designed to support you in developing your career path in international fields. Our theme will be Global Security. Register here. Register to attend to learn about: career advice and ways to network recommendations for skills development practical issues on career searching Speakers Lili Dalton and Tristan Tafolla …
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Feb 2Using Persepolis to Teach About the Middle EastJoin us for our online February Film Club event with Professor Roozbeh Shirazi from the University of Minnesota, who will present about the film and graphic novel Persepolis and its use in the classroom. Professor Roozbeh Shirazi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development and one of the co-authors of Rethinking the region: …
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Jan 28Understanding Windrush and the Black Caribbean Diaspora in the U.K. (1/28/2021)Join us for our online January Film Club event with academic, poet, playwright, and publisher Professor Joan Anim-Addo from Goldsmiths, University of London. Professor Anim-Addo will present about The Windrush scandal and Black Caribbean diaspora in the U.K. The Founder and Director of Goldsmiths’ Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies, Professor Anim-Addo is the first Black female …
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Dec 8When Stars are Scattered: Somali Refugee Communities in KenyaDecember 2020 Book: When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Speaker: Safiya Jama Resources: Teacher’s Guide
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Dec 2From Local to Global: Promoting Community Immunity in the Time of COVID
December 2020 Film: Frontline: The Vaccine War and COVID’s Hidden Toll Speaker: Dr. James Conway