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March 2023
The Center for the Middle East and Islamic Studies 20th year anniversary: Comedy and Hip-Hop Show
Students, faculty, and members of the community are all invited to join us for an evening of entertainment featuring Tehran Ghasri, a Black-Persian stand-up comedian, followed by a performance by Syrian-American hip-hop artist Omar Offendum and accompanied by Palestinian-American musician Ronnie Malley and NC local DJ Rang. More about the performers: Tehran Ghasri is a comedian, actor, host, television and radio personality, and philosopher with a law degree. Self-described as part Black, part Persian and part amazing, Tehran has been compared to a mix of Dave…
Find out more »Migration in Central America as a Challenge for Human Development
Join Héctor Pérez-Brignoli, National Humanities Center fellow, for his presentation on challenges for human development caused by Central American migration. Héctor Pérez-Brignoli attended the University of Buenos Aires (BA, 1967) and the Institut d'études du développement de la Sorbonne (IEDES) (MA, 1970). In 1975, he received his PhD in economic history from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Since 2004, he is professor emeritus at the University of Costa Rica. He has been a Fellow at the Wilson Center (Washington DC),…
Find out more »Mahler Chamber Orchestra with Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director
Mitsuko Uchida, one of the greatest Mozart interpreters of our time, shares a long-term collaboration with the MCO, focused on Mozart’s piano concertos. Mitsuko Uchida leads the orchestra from the keyboard. The partnership brings Mitsuko Uchida and the MCO to major venues and multiple-concert residencies across the world. It kicked off in January 2016 with an extensive European tour with 5 concerts in Spain (Alicante, Valencia, Barcelona, Oviedo, and Bilbao) and further performances in Luxembourg, Salzburg, and Frankfurt. Each concert…
Find out more »Forum on Southeast Europe-The War in Ukraine: Language, Identity and the Legacy of the Yugoslav Conflicts
This presentation explores the cultural and linguistic ramifications of the ongoing war in Ukraine arguing that the Russian invasion has accelerated processes of Ukrainianization especially among the country’s Russian speakers. These processes have arisen in direct defiance of Vladimir Putin’s declared aims of liberating and protecting Ukraine’s Russian speaking population. Like Slobodan Milošević in the Yugoslav conflicts of the 1990s, Putin has used historical grievances and language issues to justify his country’s attacks on Ukrainian cities, towns and villages. As…
Find out more »Diplomatic Discussion with Rana Foroohar, Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, Thomas Friedman declared globalization the new economic order in The World Is Flat. But the reign of globalization as we’ve known it is over, argues Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst Rana Foroohar, and the rise of local, regional and home-grown business is now at hand. Foroohar will explore economic localization, the subject of her latest book, "Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post Global World," in a Diplomatic Discussion with the…
Find out more »Introduction to COIL for UNC Faculty
The Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs is hosting a session for faculty interested in incorporating Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) activities into their courses. The workshop is 2-3 p.m. on March 22 via Zoom. This workshop will include: An introduction to COIL, a flexible pedagogical approach that allows instructors to partner with peers from across the world to develop collaborative activities that connect their students and meet the original learning objectives of each course, even across different disciplines. …
Find out more »Business in Africa Series: UNDP Africa’s Anthonia Joy Kategwa
Dr. Joy Kategekwa is UNDP’s Strategic Advisor for Africa.
Find out more »Germany’s Global Influence: From Trading Power to the Ukraine War
William Glenn Gray, Associate Professor of History at Purdue University, and Dr. Ulrike Franke, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, will discuss Germany's global influence and Russia’s war on Ukraine with Klaus Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor. This event will take place on Zoom. No registration or RSVP required. This event is organized by the Krasno Global Events Series. This event is supported by the Office of Vice Provost for Global Affairs, the Triangle Institute for Security Studies,…
Find out more »African Studies Center Language Fair 2023
Celebrate African Languages at UNC-Chapel Hill. The African Language Fair has become one of UNC’s traditions of celebrating Africa’s linguistic and cultural presence on campus. This year’s event will be mostly in-person with student performances and guest artists. Swahili (Jabali Afrika) Wolof (Diali and Diable) Yoruba (Talking Drum by Oluwadamilare Adeoye)
Find out more »Alumni Speaker Series with Kathryn Hewitt
The Transatlantic Forum for Education and Diplomacy is pleased to host guest speaker Kathryn Hewitt. Kathryn will discuss “Nuclear Weapons: Deterrence, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation.” Kathryn will discuss the current security environment with China and Russia and the evolving dynamics of NATO, AUKUS, the P5 and more… Kathryn is a Policy Advisor for the US Department of Defense, a UNC Alum, with a master's in International/Global Studies, and an Advisor for Girl Security, a non-profit “driving change in national security through mentoring, workforce training, and professional advancement for girls, women, and…
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