Spring 2012 Program Summary

February

9th – 12:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Brown Bag - Bugs, Sweat, & Fears: A Family Vacation in the Jungle of Belize – Presented by Dr. Cindy Christian, Director of the Alworth Institute

16th – 12:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Brown Bag - The Impact of Confucianism on Personal Relationships and Communication –Presented by Dr. Hairong Feng, Assistant Professor in the UMD Department of Communication (This presentation is co-sponsored by the UMD Confucius Institute)

23rd – 6:00-9:30 PM – KSC Ballroom - WorldQuest - Registration required. For more information go to http://www.d.umn.edu/alworth/main/worldquest.php

27th – 7:00 PM – Montague Hall 70 - International Lecture - A New Middle East? The Arab Spring and its Aftermath - Presented by Thomas Hanson, Former Career U.S. Foreign Service Officer & Alworth Institute Diplomat in Residence

27th - 4:00 PM - Solon Campus Center 22 - Thomas Hanson, Former Career U.S. Foreign Service Officer & Alworth Institute Diplomat in Residence will meet with students interested in careers in the US Foreign Service

29th – 7:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - Obama & American Diplomacy - Presented by Thomas Hanson, Former Career U.S. Foreign Service Officer & Alworth Institute Diplomat in Residence, and Dr. Paul Sharp, Professor, UMD Political Science Department

March

1st – 12:00PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda – Brown Bag - Global Poverty through a Human Rights Lens – Presented by Mayra Gomez and Bret Thiele, Co-Executive Directors of The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

5th – 12:00 PM - Library 4th Floor Rotunda – Brown Bag - Observations of Chile – Presented by Justin Anderson, UMD Organizational Management and Honors Student

7th – 6:30-8:30 PM – Teatro Zuccone (222 Superior St., Duluth, MN) – Women Rising up for Peace and Justice: Mighty Be Our Powers - Film Screening of Pray the Devil Back to Hell with an introduction of the film and discussion following led by Doris Parker, Executive Director of Liberian Women's Initiatives of Minnesota (LiWIM) (Reception from 6:30-7:00 PM; program follows)

8th - 11:30-1:00 PM - Griggs Center, UMD - International Women's Day Celebration and Luncheon - Keynote Speaker, Doris Parker, Executive Director of Liberian Women's Initiatives of Minnesota (LiWIM) (For more information about the luncheon, contact 726-6292 or 726-8444 or e-mail wrac@d.umn.edu)

19th – 4:00 PM - Montague Hall 70 - International Lecture - Counteracting Modern Threats and Challenges: Terrorism and Human Trafficking - Presented by Kirill Boychenko and Tajik Sohail Habib, 2011-2012 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows

20th - 7:00 PM - Kirby Student Center 355-357 - Reading Group - Discussion of Leymah Gbowee's Mighty be Our Powers

22nd - 12:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Brown Bag - Pakistan Revisited: Between the West and the Worst – Presented by Waqas Ahmad, Graduate Student, and Hammad T. Quddusi, Undergraduate Student, UMD Engineering Management Department

29th – 12:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Brown Bag - Border Politics from Above and Below: Fighting for Democracy in Spite of Elections - Presented by Macrina Cardenas de Alarcon, Community Activist & Educator, Tijuana, Mexico (This presentation is co-sponsored by the Latino/Chicano Student Association & Latino/Chicano Student Programs)

29th – 7:00 PM – Montague 70 – International Lecture –Sisterhood of War – Minnesota Women in Vietnam –Presented by Kim Heikkila, Adjunct Instructor, History Department, St. Catherine University, and author of the book Sisterhood of War – Minnesota Women in Vietnam (This presentation is co-sponsored by the UMD History, Women's Studies and Writing Studies Departments)

April

4th – 7:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Memorial Lecture - India and her Neighbors: The Foreign Policy Projections & Strategic Partnerships of a Rising Power - Presented by Dr. Anuradha Chenoy, Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

5th – 12:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda – Brown Bag - Transforming Agricultural Development and Production in Africa: Learning from Local Practitioners - Presented by Dr. Randel Hanson, Assistant Professor, UMD Geography Department

5th – 4:30 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - Roots and Challenges of Insurgency in India – Presented by Drs. Anuradha & Kamal Chenoy, Professors, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

11th – 7:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - Geographies of Nationalism – Presented by Dr. David Storey, Senior Lecturer, Geography, University of Worcester, and 2012 Alworth Institute International Fellow

12th – 12:00 PM – The Rafters – Brown Bag - Religion and the Jewish Question – Presented by Mrs. Leonore Baeumler, UMD Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration Committee, and Dr. Deborah Petersen-Perlman, Associate Professor in the UMD Department of Communication

12th – 4:30 PM - Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Alworth Institute UMD Alumni Lecture - New Political Realities in Hungary - Presented by Katie Evans, Program Specialist, Center for German & European Studies, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

17th – 4:30 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture – National Heritage and Place Promotion - Presented by Dr. David Storey, Senior Lecturer, Geography, University of Worcester, and 2012 Alworth Institute International Fellow

25th – 4:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - Confessions of a War Criminal - Presented by Dr. James Dawes, Chair and Professor of English, Macalester College  

26th – 12:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda – Brown Bag - Rattle Your Dags" and Other Terms of Endearment I learned in New Zealand/Aotearoa – Presented by Dr. Pat Farrell, Associate Professor, UMD Geography Department

26th – 7:00 PM – Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - Tackling Poverty in Nigeria through Sustainable Agriculture - Presented by Nnaemeka Ikegwuono, Executive Director of the Smallholders Foundation CANCELLED - WILL BE RESCHEDULED IN FALL 2012

May

1st - 7:00 PM - Kirby Student Center 355-357 - Reading Group - Discussion of Peter Schnieder's The Wall Jumper and Jana Hensel's After the Wall

2nd – 7:00 PM – Bohannon Hall 90 - International Lecture – Transfering National Allegiance: Sport & Identity – Presented by Dr. David Storey, Senior Lecturer, Geography, University of Worcester, and 2012 Alworth Institute International Fellow

3rd – 12:00 PM – Griggs Center – Brown Bag – (K)ein Einwanderungsland: Redefining German-ness in the 21st Century - Presented by Mylii Pukema, UMD International Studies and English Student