Events – Center for Global and Regional Studies (CGRS)

Thursday, Feb 09, 2023 - Thursday, Feb 08, 2024

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February 2023

Thu 9

12:00pm German Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from German
4:30pm Food and the Making of Russian National Identity - 1h 30m Gould Library Athenaeum • from Russian

Sat 11

3:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org or 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 13

4:30pm Early African Americans in SE MN with Mica Anders - 1h 30m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Office of Intercultural Life
7:00pm Beuteltier - 2h In-Person • Parish House • from German

Tue 14

12:00pm German Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from German
7:00pm International Black Love Through the Arts - 1h Leighton 402 • from Africana Studies

Wed 15

11:00am Spanish Studies Abroad Info Table - 3h Sayles Hill Great Space • from Off-Campus Studies
4:30pm AFST Poetry Reading - 1h Leighton 402 • from Africana Studies
4:30pm AMST Welcome Back Event! - 1h In-Person • AMST Lounge on 4th Willis • from American Studies
4:30pm Spanish Studies Abroad Info Session - 1h 30m Leighton 426 • from Off-Campus Studies
7:00pm Spanish TV Series Night! - 1h In-Person • Parish House Basement • from Spanish

Thu 16

12:00pm German Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from German
4:30pm Winter Term Grimké Lecture - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 402 • from Africana Studies
5:00pm Phi Beta Kappa Lecture: Dr. Ricardo Padron-The Location of China: Spanish Encounters with the Middle Kingdom, 1521-1621 - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Fri 17

9:40am Messing with Maps: A Informal Workshop with Dr. Ricardo Padrón - 1h 5m In-Person • Leighton 301 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
3:30pm AFST Music Hour & Office Hours - 1h In-Person • Leighton 4th floor lounge • from Africana Studies
4:30pm Wynia Lecture Series - 2h Anderson 121 • from Political Science and International Relations
9:30pm Après-Ski Party - 1h 30m In-Person • Parish Basement • from German

Sat 18

3:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org or 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
7:00pm Africana Studies Week - ACA Gala - 2h In-Person • Severance Great Hall • from Africana Studies

Thu 23

12:00pm German Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from German

Sat 25

3:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org or 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
4:00pm International Winter Market - 1h 30m In-Person • Sayles • from German
7:00pm Fasching / Mardi Gras Karaoke - 2h In-Person • The Cave • from German

Mon 27

7:00pm International Film Forum: Better Days - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Tue 28

12:00pm "We'll hear that song again": (Re)interpreting Shakespeare's Songs for the Contemporary Stage - 1h In-Person • Laird 205 • from English
12:00pm German Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from German
5:15pm Winter Lefler Lecture - Artemy Kalinovsky - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305 • from History

March 2023

Wed 1

7:00pm Spanish TV Series Night! - 1h In-Person • Parish House Basement • from Spanish

Thu 2

12:00pm German Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from German
4:30pm One King, Two Swords, Three Heads: Lu Xun's "Forging Swords" in translation - 1h Hybrid • LDC 330 • from Asian Languages & Literatures
5:00pm Yeniter Poleo: Literature, Social Memory and Urban Violence in Caracas - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Spanish
7:00pm Pompeii Movie Night - 2h 30m In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics

Fri 3

10:40am History Department OCS Info Sharing and Bagels - 1h 20m In-Person • History Lounge Leighton Hall 204 • from History

Sat 4

3:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org or 88.1 FM • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 7

12:00pm German Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from German
12:00pm ‘Doff White Shirts, Don Overalls’: Urbanophobia, Rural Enterprise and the Ideal of Masculine National Identity in Postcolonial Botswana - 1h Virtual • from History
4:30pm One King, Two Swords, Three Heads: Lu Xun's "Forging Swords" in translation - 1h Hybrid • LDC 244 • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Wed 8

7:00pm Spanish TV Series Night! - 1h In-Person • Parish House Basement • from Spanish

Thu 9

12:00pm German Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from German

Thu 30

5:00pm Where are the Women? Gender and the Representation of Art-making in Medieval Europe - 1h 30m In-Person • Boliou 161 • from Art & Art History

April 2023

Sun 2

4:30pm Screening of Hearing Radmilla! - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from American Studies

Wed 5

4:30pm Spring Term Book Group - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz LOME

Thu 6

5:00pm Bryn-Jones Endowed Lecture - Home Fire: Kamila Shamsie’s Conversation with Sophocles - 1h AGH Meeting Room • from Humanities Center

Thu 13

5:00pm Anton Wilhelm Amo: the African Philosopher in 18th Century Germany - 1h 15m In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from German
5:00pm Finding Women's Stories during New York's 1798 Yellow Fever Epidemic - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 305 • from History

Wed 19

5:15pm Queen of Diamonds: A comic book about a Black Madam in Jim Crow New Orleans - 1h 15m In-Person • Weitz 230

Thu 20

5:00pm REFLECTIONS: African Art, Civic Projects and the State of the Field - 1h 30m In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History

Fri 21

Foro Latinoamericano (begins) In-Person • Alumni Guest House Meeting Room • from Latin American Studies

Sat 22

Foro Latinoamericano (ends) In-Person • Alumni Guest House Meeting Room • from Latin American Studies
8:00pm ACA Night: Etan Conway-Burreddu and Taia Bush '24 - 1h In-Person • Weitz Center • from French and Francophone Studies

Mon 24

5:15pm The Free Speech Recession and how to Reverse it - 1h 30m In-Person • Great Hall • from History

Wed 26

4:30pm Elder in Residence Ida Downwind: Indigenous ways of Making Relatives with Plants, Trees, and Water - 2h Weitz Center: Larson Meeting Room 236 • from Center for Community and Civic Engagement
5:00pm AFRICA: Transformation Amidst Current Global Uncertainties - 1h 30m In-Person • Anderson 121 & Daughtery Atrium • from Political Science and International Relations

Thu 27

4:30pm Harmony in Nature: The Environmental Art of Cai Guo-Qiang and Yang Yongliang and Its Historical Roots - 1h In-Person • LDC 244 • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Fri 28

4:30pm Cathy Yandell Retirement Celebration - 1h 30m In-Person • AND101: Daugherty Atrium • from French and Francophone Studies

May 2023

Mon 1

African Diaspora Film Festival: Book Exhibit (begins) In-Person • Northfield Public Library • from Spanish
7:00pm Screening of More Than A Word - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from American Studies

Tue 2

11:30am Foods of the Inca Empire - 2h 15m In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Archaeology
5:00pm Bernhard/Swanser Comps Presentation - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 304 • from History

Wed 3

11:30am Foods of the Inca Empire - 2h 30m In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Archaeology
5:30pm Poetry Without Borders - 1h Weitz Commons • from Humanities Center
7:00pm Musics from Morocco's Jewish & Muslim Communities - 1h 30m In-Person • Applebaum Recital Hall, Weitz Center • from Middle Eastern Languages

Thu 4

"Democracy will win!" Exhibition (begins) In-Person • Hamlin Space (Weitz) • from German
11:30am Foods of the Inca Empire - 2h 15m In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Archaeology
12:00pm A Garden Turned Inside-Out: On the Afterlife of the Mausoleum of Augustus - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics
12:00pm Dancing with the Devil: literature and devotion in Oruro's Carnival. - 1h In-Person • Alumni Guest House Meeting Room • from Latin American Studies
4:30pm Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides under China’s Global Rise - 1h In-Person • Library Athenaeum • from Asian Languages & Literatures
6:30pm African Diaspora Film Festival: Roundtable - 1h 30m In-Person • Northfield Public Library • from Spanish
7:30pm Spring Term Theater Production: Much Ado About Nothing - 2h In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Fri 5

11:30am Foods of the Inca Empire - 2h 15m In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Archaeology
4:00pm Kimball/Newman Comps Presentation - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 402 • from History
4:30pm Christine Lac Retirement Celebration - 1h 30m In-Person • WCC 236: Larson Family Meeting Room • from French and Francophone Studies
4:30pm What We Talk About When We Talk About Gentrification - 1h In-Person • Willis 204 • from Linguistics
7:30pm Spring Term Theater Production: Much Ado About Nothing - 2h In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Sat 6

2:00pm Spring Term Theater Production: Much Ado About Nothing - 2h In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance
7:30pm Spring Term Theater Production: Much Ado About Nothing - 2h In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Sun 7

11:00am Democracy Will Win Exhibit Opening Reception - 2h In-Person • Applebaum Recital Hall and Hamlin Space Weitz Center for Creativity • from German
2:00pm Spring Term Theater Production: Much Ado About Nothing - 2h In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Theater + Dance

Mon 8

African Diaspora Film Festival: Book Exhibit (ends) In-Person • Northfield Public Library • from Spanish
7:00pm International Film Forum: Une histoire d’amour et de désir [A Story of Love and Desire] - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Tue 9

5:00pm Understanding the Life of Mishima Yukio: From Fiction to Action - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Asian Languages & Literatures
6:00pm Rosenberg Comps Presentation - 45m In-Person • Great Hall • from History

Wed 10

4:30pm Reading by David Wright Faladé - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from French and Francophone Studies
7:00pm International Film Forum: Africa Mia - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Thu 11

4:30pm K-pop Artists Speak Out: Global Fame and the Psychological Fallout - 1h In-Person • LDC 244 • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Sun 14

4:30pm International Film Forum: Paper Mulberry Days: Life in the Mountains of Shikoku - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Mon 15

7:00pm International Film Forum: Dreams of Chonta - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Tue 16

11:45am LTC Lunch - Academic Civic Engagement in the Humanities - 1h 15m In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Learning and Teaching Center

Wed 17

4:30pm The War in Ukraine - One Year On - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from European Studies

Thu 18

11:00am OCS Photo Contest Reception - 4h In-Person • Upper Sayles • from Off-Campus Studies

Mon 22

4:00pm Approaches to Translating Onomatopoeia in Manga - 1h In-Person • LDC 244 • from Asian Languages & Literatures
7:00pm International Film Forum: Soy Tambor - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Wed 24

4:30pm Fête de fin d'année! - 1h In-Person • On the patio in front of LDC if nice weather. If raining or cold LDC 3rd floor • from French and Francophone Studies
4:30pm Middle East Studies Forum - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Middle East Studies

Fri 26

4:30pm Scott Carpenter's Retirement Celebration - 1h 30m In-Person • Alumni Guest House. • from French and Francophone Studies

Mon 29

7:00pm International Film Forum: Clementina - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Wed 31

"Democracy will win!" Exhibition (ends) In-Person • Hamlin Space (Weitz) • from German

September 2023

Tue 12

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian

Thu 14

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
12:00pm Weekly Classics Table Talk in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • East Dining Hall in LDC • from Classics

Tue 19

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian

Wed 20

4:30pm Spanish Studies Abroad Info Session - 2h In-Person • Leighton 236 • from Off-Campus Studies

Thu 21

12:00pm Can You Dig It? Summer Fieldwork and Research - 1h In-Person • Anderson 121 • from Classics
12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
12:00pm Special Collections Open House: New Arrivals in Medieval and Renaissance Studies - 1h 15m In-Person • Gould Library 170 (Special Collections) • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 26

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
4:30pm The Four Seasons in Modern Japanese Literature and Cultures: In Search of "Literature" - 1h 30m In-Person • LDC 104 • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Thu 28

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
12:00pm Weekly Classics Table Talk in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • East Dining Hall in LDC • from Classics
4:00pm The Philosopher and the Poet: Hobbes's Homer - 1h In-Person • Laird 205 • from English

Sat 30

4:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX (88.1 FM) or https://content.krlx.org/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

October 2023

Tue 3

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian

Wed 4

8:00pm Jonathan Paradise Israel Experience Information Meeting - 1h In-Person • Middle Eastern Languages Lounge, LDC 260 • from Judaic Studies

Thu 5

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
12:00pm Weekly Classics Table Talk in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • East Dining Hall in LDC • from Classics
5:00pm Public Talk by Dr. Margot Fassler, Musical Confrontations and a Cosmic Closing in Hildegard's Ordo Virtutum - 1h In-Person • Applebaum Recital Hall • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Fri 6

7:30pm Mystical Voices of Medieval Germany: Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) – A Concert by Sequentia - 1h 30m Kracum Performance Hall • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Sat 7

8:30am Archaeology Field Trip to Mower County Historical Society and Grand Meadow Chert Quarry - 8h 30m In-Person • Catch the bus in front of Sales-Hill, which will depart to Mower County Historical Society and Grand Meadow Chert Quarry • from Classics
4:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX (88.1 FM) or https://content.krlx.org/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 10

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
4:30pm Hopkins-Nanjing Center at Johns Hopkins University Information Session - 1h In-Person • Language & Dining Center 104; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center
5:00pm Intro to OCS for 1st and 2nd Year Students - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Off-Campus Studies

Wed 11

1:00pm Japan Study Info Table - 1h In-Person • LDC 203 • from Off-Campus Studies

Thu 12

12:00pm Colorado College Activism Institute Information Session - 1h In-Person • Sayles-Hill 251; For more information or to register, see Handshake • from Career Center
12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
12:00pm Weekly Classics Table Talk in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • East Dining Hall in LDC • from Classics
6:30pm Majors and Minors Fair - 1h 30m Great Hall • from Sophomore Week

Fri 13

4:30pm 2023 Undergraduate Research and Internship Symposium - 2h Weitz Center for Creativity • from Office of the Provost

Sat 14

4:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX (88.1 FM) or https://content.krlx.org/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 17

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
5:00pm Clay Journey from Shigaraki to North Carolina - 1h 30m In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History
9:00pm Submission Deadline for Proposals for the Boyd-Niles Travel Fellowship In-Person • Online • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Wed 18

5:00pm Middle East Studies Program Teach in: Behind the Violence in Israel and Palestine - 1h 30m In-Person • Olin 149 • from Middle East Studies
5:00pm Spanish Studies in Madrid Info Session - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Off-Campus Studies

Thu 19

12:00pm Looking for Roman Mosaicists: From the Ground Up - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics
12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian

Fri 20

5:00pm Woven in Olive Green: The Fabric of Cuban Revolution and its Discontent - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz 230 • from Latin American Studies
5:15pm Woven in Olive Green: The Fabric of Cuban Revolution and its Discontent - 1h In-Person • Weitz 230 • from Spanish

Sat 21

4:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX (88.1 FM) or https://content.krlx.org/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
7:00pm GUEST: Mohammed Bin Faris Band - 1h 15m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Mon 23

7:00pm International Film Forum: White Snake - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Tue 24

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
8:00pm The Forkosh Family Lecture in Judaic Studies: Language, Longing, and Belonging: Growing up Middle Eastern Jewish in Israel - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Judaic Studies

Thu 26

12:00pm "Images of Motherhood in the Ashburnham Pentateuch" by Dr. Jennifer A. Freeman, Visiting Professor of Art History (Winter/Spring) - 1h 10m In-Person • Boliou 161 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
12:00pm Weekly Classics Table Talk in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • East Dining Hall in LDC • from Classics

Sat 28

3:00pm Chinese & Global Music Concert - 1h 30m Hybrid • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music
4:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX (88.1 FM) or https://content.krlx.org/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 30

7:00pm International Film Forum: The Last Shelter - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Tue 31

12:00pm Musical Guest: Sophie Lukacs - 1h In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Arts at Carleton
12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian

November 2023

Wed 1

11:00am CUPA Paris Info Table - CANCELLED - 3h In-Person • Anderson Atrium Table 1 • from Off-Campus Studies

Thu 2

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
12:00pm Special Lunch Table: East Germany in Mozambique with Dr. Katrin Bahr - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall '51 Dining Room • from German
12:00pm Weekly Classics Table Talk in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • East Dining Hall in LDC • from Classics

Sat 4

4:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX (88.1 FM) or https://content.krlx.org/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 7

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian

Thu 9

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
12:00pm The Music and Dance of Greek Tragedy: New Approaches - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics
12:00pm The Objects That Remain - Criminal Evidence, Holocaust Artifacts, & the Work of Doing Justice - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Religion
4:30pm Applying to Graduate School - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics

Sat 11

4:00pm The MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX (88.1 FM) or https://content.krlx.org/ • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 14

12:00pm Russian Lunch Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining in the '51 Dining Room • from Russian
2:00pm Carleton's Community Archaeology Day - 3h In-Person • Anderson 121/122 • from Archaeology