March 30, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm About the presentation: The relation between the United States and Cuba is always a controversial topic, given its history and complexity. The 21st century has seen some of the …
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Schooling as Uncertainty: An Ethnographic Memoir
March 31, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Click here to join the event on Zoom. Speaker: Frances Vavrus Presentation Description In today’s uncertain world, few beliefs remain as firmly entrenched as the optimistic view that more schooling …
On the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Cuban Economy, and Remittance Flows to the Island
April 6, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Click here to register. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Cuba was suffering an economic crisis. With the pandemic, the crisis has aggravated as the remittances and tourism, the second …
Healing Hmong Experiences of Historical Trauma
April 7, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Register here to join a conversation with Dr. Ia Xiong on Hmong historical trauma and the possibilities of healing for our community. Dr. Ia Xiong is a licensed psychologist …
Pajdee Yang: A Journey of #Becoming
April 14, 2021 @ 7:00 pm Register here to join this conversation about meditation, mental health, and healing in the HMong community with Pajdee Yang. Pajdee Yang, CEO & Founder of EmPajwer Meditations. Pajdee has been …
Sociological research on gender inequality in conversation with development economists
April 8, 2021 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Click here to join on zoom. This is part of The Sociology of Gender Brownbag (FemSem). Rachael Pierotti is a Social Development Specialist for the Africa Gender Innovation …
Negotiating and Challenging “Dirty Work”: Cape Verdean Institutional Cleaning Service Workers in Lisbon
April 15, 2021 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Click here to join on zoom. This is part of The Sociology of Gender Brownbag (FemSem). Speaker: Celeste Vaughan Curington, Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina …
Steven Brooke: “Mosques and Islamist Activism: Spatial Evidence from Interwar Cairo”
April 19, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Steven Brooke Political Science, UW-Madison About the talk: Why do Islamists mobilize in some mosques, but not others? We answer this question by matching a list of mosque-based …
Olivier Kugler: “Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees”
April 20, 2021 @ 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm UW-Madison’s Program in German, Center for South Asia, Human Rights Program and the Institute for Regional and International Studies (IRIS) invite you to a virtual event with: Oliver Kugler the …
Steven Kamin: The Federal Reserve in the Global Economy
April 21, 2021 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm On April 21, 2021, Steven Kamin was a guest lecturer in Professor Menzie Chinn’s course: Macroeconomic Policy and International Financial Regulation in the Master of International Public Affairs (MIPA). Presentation …