Common Interests - Diverse Perspectives: 2018-19 Graduate Working Groups on Global Issues

Timothy Dobe and Sumathi Ramaswamy will present, compare and discuss several visual images of M.K. Gandhi, each of which embodies important dimensions of Islamic traditions. They will consider, for example, images of Gandhi by the Indian Sufi...

Keith Mines serves as Director of Andean Affairs in the State Department with responsibility for managing U.S. relations with Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Prior to this, he was an interagency fellow in residence at the U....

This talk will provide an overview of divergent international geopolitical influences on gender roles and relations in Afghanistan. The talk will begin by reflecting on the development of socialist feminisms in Afghanistan associated with Soviet...

Double Bind: Women of Color in STEM

This will be a roundtable discussion of Research Africa, an Africa Initiative-funded mailing list. The purpose of the platform is to develop and facilitate a scholarly network on and about Africa and African issues. Its primary task is:...

The Economic History of the Rise of Trumpism

Health is Everyone's Business: A United Nations Global Compact Platform to Address SDG3

Dr. Michael Haglund will speak on the development of a comprehensive neurosurgery effort in Africa that focuses on the 4Ts: Twinning, Training, Technology, and the Top-Down Approach. His effort over the last 12 years in collaboration with the...

Lost Stages and Words: A Historical Perspective of Ottoman and Turkish Theater