May
1
2024
Mourning Rituals, Lived Law, and the Time of Peacebuilding: A Scene of Insubordinate Religion In Afro-Colombia's Pacific Littoral
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
Carlos Manrique, Department of Philosophy (Universidad de los Andes)
Events
May
2
2024
Silver and Sovereignty: The sacramental logics of colonial rule in Mexico
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by WCCIAS
Power in colonial Spanish America was situated around the altar. Silver altarware tells this new materialist story that places Christ...
May
3
2024
LACS | Archaeology & Heritage | From Land to Sea: Human Colonization and the Dynamics of Precolonial Occupation of the West Indian Archipelago
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
This event will be online, and is part of our Archaeology & Heritage series. Benoît Bérard (University of the Antilles, Archaeology)...
May
6
2024
MENA Monday | Fraught Balance: The Embodied Politics of Dabke Dance Music in Syria
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Lunch will be served at this event. Dabke, one of Syria’s most beloved dance music traditions, is at the center of...
May
6
2024
The 1948 War | Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
Please note the location for this lecture in the series has changed. It will now take place in the Lake...
May
9
2024
MENA | Palestine in Context | Towards an Objective Legal Standard: Overcoming the Palestine Exception to Free Speech on Campus
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Please join MENA for this talk by Rima Kapitan, part of our ongoing Palestine in Context programming. As Israel continues to...
May
13
2024
MENA Monday | MENA Studies Graduate Student Colloquium, Part 1
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Lunch will be served at this event. MENA Program Graduate Students will present their original work. Featuring Griffin Berlin of Comparative...
May
14
2024
LACS | Coca Leaves/ Esx: Decolonizing the History of the Coca Plant
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Lunch will be served at this event. Alexandra McNichols-Torroledo worked in collaboration with the Wasak Kwewesx Nasa Indigenous School from the...
May
14
2024
Global Café Alumni Talks: Izabela Stankiewicz
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
Join the Global Café for a talk with NU alum Izabela Stankiewicz, medical school and global health.
May
14
2024
International Studies Lecture: Charli Carpenter - The Weaponization of International Law?
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
The Weaponization of International Law? The Enduring Power of Principle in an Era of Drones, Gender Apartheid, and Aggressive War CHARLI...
May
14
2024
Postcolonial Translation in the Cold War: Reading O Changhwan Translating Sergey Esenin in Seoul 1946
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by East Asia Research Forum
How does a translator come to choose their author? This talk explores the allegorical layers of meaning that emerge from...
May
15
2024
Competing for Hearts and Minds in Central Asia: Great Power Competition Between China, Russia and the United States.
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, sponsored by Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies (REEES) Research Program
The "East Meets West" scholar series of Northwestern University's Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies Research Program (REEES), the Center...
May
17
2024
LACS Archaeology & Heritage | Reconstructing Ecological Networks in the early to mid Holocene Caribbean: Trinidad as a Template
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
This event is on Zoom, and is part of our Archaeology & Heritage online series. Chike Pilgrim (University of Cambridge, Archaeology)...
May
20
2024
MENA Monday | MENA Graduate Students Colloquium, Part 2
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Lunch will be served at this event. MENA Program graduate students share their original work. Featuring Aseel Abulhab of Anthropology, Lauren...
May
20
2024
MENA | Palestine in Context | Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Join MENA, the Markaz Review, and City Lights Books for a book launch. Editor Jordan Elgrably and contributing author Sahar...
May
21
2024
Post-1948 Transformations I: The Nakba & Palestinian Identity | Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, sponsored by Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
Since this fall, intense attention has turned to Israel and Palestine. Many on campus who are following events find themselves...
May
21
2024
LACS | Book talk | La historia en ruinas. El culto a los monumentos y a su destrucción
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Lunch will be served at this book talk by Mauricio Tenorio (University of Chicago, History). Movements such as Black Lives Matter...
May
21
2024
Global Café End-of-Year Celebration
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, sponsored by International Studies
Join the Global Café for one last social meeting to wrap up the school year.
May
24
2024
MENA | Palestine in Context | Exile, Palestine, and the Limits of Dissent: Being Syrian in Germany after October 7th
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Middle East and North African Studies
Berlin-based Syrian exile playwright Mohammad Al Attar will explore the current climate for discussions of Israel/Palestine in Germany, as well...
May
28
2024
LACS | Climate Change and Transatlantic Slavery – and What It Can Teach Us About the Future
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Lunch will be served at this event. Keron Niles (University of the West Indies, International Relations) will present. He will examine...
May
29
2024
Post-1948 Transformations II: Arab-Jews before & after Israeli Statehood | Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Israel & Palestine: Joint Speaker Series Exploring Fundamental History
Please note that the location for this lecture in the series has changed. This event will take place in the...
Feb
12
2025
EPC Job/Career Workshop with Tracie Thomas
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Environmental Policy and Culture
Join Tracie Thomas from Northwestern's Career Advancement for a career workshop.