Interested in working in National Security? Join Roy Savoy, an Executive Liaison Support Officer for the Defense Language and National Security Education Office, for a discussion on career opportunities in the government and non-government sectors. Mr. Savoy will discuss how … Read more
The Carolina community welcomes Frederick W. Smith, founder and executive chairman of FedEx Corporation, for a special lecture celebrating the 15th anniversary of the opening of the FedEx Global Education Center. Smith will be joined by Barbara Stephenson, vice provost … Read more
Indigenous language revitalization has taken an urgent and creative turn globally. The new practices that aim to strengthen the use of native languages have important lessons for Indigenous politics, identity, and global activism. Professor Tuaza Castro and Professor Frey will … Read more
Dr. Heather Ashby is the senior program officer for the Center for Russia and Europe at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Dr. Ashby joined USIP after seven years with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she worked at the … Read more
Clinical Ethics Grand Rounds This event is part of the Ethical Issues in Language & Culture Lecture Series. Dr. Hsieh has been involved in research on bilingual health communication for over a decade. She has conducted ethnographic studies, in-depth interviews, … Read more
About the Speaker Brian Billman Associate Professor Area of Interest: Archaeology of Chiefdoms and States, Political Economy, Human Violence, the Evolution of Human Behavior, Heritage Preservation, Settlement Pattern Analysis, the prehistory of the Andes and the American Southwest. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- … Read more
National recognition and respect of Asian Americans is surging, whether in politics, media, the corporate sphere or elsewhere. And yet, racial violence against Asian Americans is rising as well. How can we make sense of this seeming contradiction? Rather than … Read more
Does discrimination play a role in our interpretation of humanitarian principles? What is the difference between equality and equity-based understandings of humanitarian action? And what are some practical ways we can apply an anti-racist lens to humanitarian action with the … Read more
On March 6, 2022, only several days after Russia waged its war against Ukraine, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill stated that this war “has not a physical, but metaphysical meaning.” Indeed, Putin’s metaphysical ideas about the world … Read more
This virtual event is part of the TransAtlantic Masters Program Fall Friday Lecture Series. Register for the event. Brandon Bohrn joined the Bertelsmann Foundation in January 2020 as Manager of Transatlantic Relations. Specifically, he manages the German-American relations project. Before … Read more
