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Europe Week 2023: TransAtlantic Masters Alumni Panel

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join the Center for European Studies for our Spring TransAtlantic Masters Program Alumni Panel. Reception and refreshments to follow. This is a hybrid event: you can attend in-person at the FedEx Global Education Center or online via Zoom. Panelists … Read more

Migration in Central America as a Challenge for Human Development

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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) … Read more

Roundtable-Ukraine: One Year After Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

On the one-year anniversary of Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine, the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies invites you to join a conversation with scholars from UNC, the Kyiv School of Economics, Dublin City University, and community members with … Read more

Career Paths in Intelligence: Meet with CIA Directorate of Operations Staff

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

What does a career in the CIA really look like? Join UNC Global’s Diplomacy Initiative for a panel discussion with CIA Directorate of Operations (DO) staff to learn about career tracks within the intelligence community and national security. Panelists will … Read more

Donuts with a Diplomat

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Please join Diplomat in Residence for the Mid-Atlantic Andy Sisk in informal conversation with current Foreign Service Officer (and UNC-Chapel Hill alum) Jaime Zea Cifuentes to learn more about Jaime's experiences as both a Foreign Service Officer and a former … Read more

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire in Palestine

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Covering more than two hundred years of history, Caroline Elkins reveals an evolutionary and racialized doctrine that espoused an unrelenting deployment of violence to secure and preserve the nation’s imperial interests. She outlines how ideological foundations of violence were rooted in … Read more

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Film Screening: ‘Flee’ (2021) & ‘Night Ride (Noćna Vožnja)’

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted … Read more

Film Screening: ‘Stalker’ (1979)

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Grab some popcorn and take a trip into the Zone! Join the UNC Russian Flagship Program and Professor McGarry, GSLL, for a film screening of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Ста́лкер (Eng. Stalker), based on Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s Roadside Picnic. Follow the … Read more

Galapagos Seed Grant Funding Workshop

FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005 301 Pittsboro St., Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC faculty and researchers are invited to learn about ways of getting involved with the UNC Center for Galapagos Studies, including the upcoming deadline for their seed grant program. Early-career faculty can receive up to $5,000 grants to conduct research … Read more