July 2021 Film: The Living of the Pigeons (2015) Speaker: Baha’ AbuShanab July 2021 Film: Roshmia (2014) Speaker: Salim Abu Jabal
Year
Ethical Fashion – Local Access, Global Impact
October 2021 Film: The True Cost (2015) Speaker: Nikki Anderson, Owner of Change Boutique Resources: Fashion Revolution Make Fashion Circular Climate Workbook
Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters
This Event Was Not Recorded, Sorry! March 2020 Book Link: Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters by Douglas Haynes Speaker: Douglas Haynes Resources
Discussion of The Best We Could Do
This Event Was Not Recorded, Sorry! September 2020 Books: The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui Speaker: Dr. Victor Jew Resources
Discussion of Revolution is My Name
October 2020 Books: Revolution Is My Name: An Egyptian Woman’s Diary from Eighteen Days in Tahrir by Mona Prince, Samia Mehrez Speaker: Professor Nevine El Nossery Resources: Presentation Slides
The Partition of South Asia through Literature
November 2020 Books: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani Speaker: Zara Chowdhary, Associate Lecturer in Hindi at UW-Madison Department of Asian Languages and Cultures Resources: Teacher’s Guide Discussion Questions and Activities Teaching Ideas and Resources Museum of Material Memory
When Stars are Scattered: Somali Refugee Communities in Kenya
December 2020 Books: When Stars are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed Speaker: Safiya Jama Resources: Teacher’s Guide
This Changes Everything
This Event was Not Recorded, Sorry! April 2020 Film: This Changes Everything
New Immigrant and Refugee Visions
This Event was Not Recorded, Sorry! May 2020 Film: New Immigrant and Refugee Visions
The Lethal Soviet Legacy in Kazakhstan
This Event was Not Recorded, Sorry! June 2020 Film: The Lethal Soviet Legacy in Kazakhstan (2019) Speaker: Dr. Andy Bruno, Stephen F. Cohen Chair of Russian History and Professor, Department of History at IU Bloomington