Events – Center for Global and Regional Studies (CGRS)

Saturday, Oct 28, 2023 - Sunday, Oct 27, 2024

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October 2023

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

December 2023

Thu 7

CGRS Travel Writing Contest (begins) Virtual

January 2024

Mon 15

5:00pm Sounds of the Movement: MLK on LP - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Music

Wed 17

4:30pm Black Power, Black Lives Matter, and Historical Roots and Ruptures in the Black Freedom Struggle - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Africana Studies

Thu 18

11:30am OCS World's Fair - 1h 30m In-Person • Sayles Great Hall • from Off-Campus Studies
12:00pm Classics Table in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Classics
12:00pm Cultura Profética - 1h In-Person • Leighton 416 • from Latin American Studies
5:15pm Ira T. Wender Lecture in Middle East Studies: From Syriac to Arabic: The Rise of Arabic as a Christian Language in the Middle East by Professor Jack Tannous, Princeton University - 1h Leighton 305 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
6:30pm Colombian Fusion Workshop - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Spanish

Tue 23

12:00pm Candidate public talk - Postdoctoral Fellow in Native American and Indigenous Studies - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from American Studies
12:00pm Cuéntama de Argentina... - 1h In-Person • Alumni Guest House • from Latin American Studies
5:00pm A Conversation with Damion Searls - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Russian
5:00pm New OCS Spanish Program Information Meeting - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Spanish

Wed 24

4:30pm Talk by Dr. Joshua Mugler, “Preserving the World’s Cultural Heritage in Minnesota: The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.” - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Thu 25

12:00pm Classics Table in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Classics

February 2024

Thu 1

12:00pm That Dark and Ominous Grove: The Anti-Garden of Seneca's Thyestes - 1h In-Person • LDC 244 • from Classics

Tue 6

12:00pm The Past in Public Space: Monuments and Memory in Antiquity and Today - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics

Thu 8

12:00pm Classics Table in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Classics

Mon 12

7:00pm International Film Forum: The Beasts - 3h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Tue 13

7:30pm Guest Concert: Moussa Diallo Trio - 1h 30m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music

Wed 14

3:30pm East and West - A Female Cultural Communicator - 1h In-Person • Applebaum Recital Hall • from Music
4:30pm Visiting and Enjoying Japan with the Roy F. Grow Fellowship - 1h Hybrid • LDC 104 • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Thu 15

12:00pm Falling in Love With the Ancients? All You Want to Know About Majoring and Minoring in Classics - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics
12:00pm Special Lunch Table: Center for Austrian Studies with Dr. Meyer Weinshel - 1h In-Person • '51 Dining Room (LDC) • from German
6:30pm History, Religion, and Urban Change in Medieval and Renaissance Rome Info Session - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Off-Campus Studies
6:30pm Mysticism as a Way of Being - 1h 45m In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Office of the Chaplain

Sun 18

3:00pm Chinese Music Ensemble Concert featuring Special Guests - 1h 30m Hybrid • Kracum Performance Hall • from Music
5:00pm Art & The Divine: Spiritual Rootedness and Black Joy - 1h In-Person • Chapel • from Office of the Chaplain

Mon 19

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

Wed 21

4:30pm Herbert P. Lefler Winter Lecture - Since Time Immemorial: Native Custom and Law in Colonial Mexico - Yanna Yannakakis - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305 • from History

Thu 22

12:00pm Public Talk: Dr. Christopher Saladin, "Visualizing Roman Carthage: Digital Mapping in an Ancient North African City" - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Mon 26

7:00pm International Film Forum: Gurumbé. Songs of your Black Memories - 2h In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from International Film Forum

Wed 28

7:00pm Screening of the Film " Gladiator " - 2h 45m In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics

Thu 29

12:00pm Classics Table in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Classics
12:00pm Conversation with Sanyu Mojola, PhD - 1h In-Person • Anderson 329 • from Pre-Health Program
4:00pm Tea and Cookies with Sanyu Mojola, PhD - 45m In-Person • SOAN Lounge (Leighton Hall) • from Sociology and Anthropology
5:00pm Public Talk: Benjamin Hansen (U of MN): Christians and Others in Umayyad Palestine: Religious Interaction, Competition, and Cooperation - 1h In-Person • Laird 205 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

March 2024

Thu 7

12:00pm Classics Table in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Classics
4:30pm AMST Colloquium Comps presentation for the Class of 2024 - 1h In-Person • The Weitz Center for Creativity Hamlin Creative Space • from American Studies
4:30pm Asian Studies Senior Comps Presentation - 1h In-Person • Boliou 161 • from Asian Studies

Mon 25

4:00pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Tue 26

4:00pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Wed 27

4:00pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Thu 28

12:00pm Lunch with Special Guest Dr. Ban Wang, Stanford - 1h In-Person • LDC 117/Shearer Dining Room • from Asian Languages & Literatures
12:00pm Mesa de español - 61d (begins) In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from Spanish
5:15pm Dr. Walter H. Judd Lectureship in Asian Studies: Artificial Intelligence, Affective Labor, and Death in Life - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Asian Studies

April 2024

Tue 2

12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC dining room • from French and Francophone Studies

Thu 4

12:00pm French for Your Future Event: Opportunities at Carleton - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from French and Francophone Studies

Sun 7

CGRS Travel Writing Contest (ends) Virtual

Wed 10

4:00pm Embodiment and Racial Bias in "Brendan's Voyage" - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Digital Arts and Humanities
4:30pm Candidate Talk - Alluring Sinography: Revisiting Imperial Japan and Colonial Taiwan - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Sat 13

6:00pm Bilingual Bingo Night - 1h 30m In-Person • Language Center (LDC 220) • from Language Center

Sun 14

6:00pm Screening of 'Black Panther' and Q & A with Dr. John Kani - 3h 30m In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from Arts at Carleton

Mon 15

7:00pm Reading of 'The Island' and Discussion with Dr. John Kani - 2h In-Person • Weitz Theater • from Arts at Carleton

Wed 17

4:30pm Candidate Talk - Why do Giraffes Have Spots? The Life, Discourse, and Patterns in 1930s Japan - 1h In-Person • LDC 244 • from Asian Languages & Literatures
5:00pm Talk by Dr. Amna Khalid and Dr. Jeff Snyder: "Free Expression and Academic Freedom Under Fire: Campus Censorship from the War on “Woke Indoctrination” to the War in Gaza" - 1h 30m In-Person • Olin 141 • from History

Fri 19

Foro Latinoamericano (begins) In-Person • Alumni Guest House • from Latin American Studies
7:00pm Conversation with Dr. John Kani - 2h In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Arts at Carleton

Sat 20

Foro Latinoamericano (ends) In-Person • Alumni Guest House • from Latin American Studies

Tue 23

5:30pm Mere hamnafas, mere humnawa: Fighting fascism with poetry, hope, and solidarities in South Asia - 1h 30m In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Asian Studies

Wed 24

5:00pm Flowing, Firm: Nature and Mastery in Bernini's Braids with Karen Lloyd - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History

Tue 30

11:30am Ancient Foods of Greece and Persia - 2h 15m In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Classics

May 2024

Wed 1

11:30am Ancient Foods of Greece and Persia - 2h 15m In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Classics
4:30pm Ukraine in the third year of Russian aggression: heroism, challenges and prospects - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from European Studies
6:30pm Screening of the film "300" (2006) In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics

Thu 2

11:30am Ancient Foods of Greece and Persia - 2h 15m In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Classics

Fri 3

11:30am Ancient Foods of Greece and Persia - 2h 15m In-Person • LDC East Dining Hall • from Classics

Wed 8

4:45pm On Faith, Peace, & Justice: Reflections of a Queer Palestinian Quaker - 1h In-Person • Chapel • from Middle East Studies
5:30pm Poetry Without Borders - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Center Commons • from Humanities Center

Thu 9

Taaja Foster '24 Presents "Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine: Examining TCM in Modern China" In-Person • LDC 244 • from Asian Languages & Literatures
12:00pm Student Conversation with Dr. Sa'ed Atshan - 1h In-Person • Chapel • from Division of Inclusion, Equity, and Community
8:00pm Join the French and Spanish TAs/Tutors for Ice Cream and Video Games - 2h In-Person • Language Center (2nd floor of LDC) • from Spanish

Mon 13

5:00pm Spanish Comps Presentations: Ben More, Aleks Prasolov, and Ahtziry Tinajero - 1h 30m In-Person • LDC 104 • from Spanish

Tue 14

5:00pm Spanish Comps Presentations: A.J. Ristino and Kaba Shalita - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Spanish

Thu 16

4:30pm American Precariat, Parables of Exclusion - 1h 30m In-Person • AGH Meeting Room • from Humanities Center
4:30pm Taaja Foster '24 Presents "Invented Traditional Chinese Medicine: Examining TCM in Modern China" - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Mon 20

12:30pm Chinese Restaurants in Minnesota: Life Stories of Generations of Immigrants In-Person • LDC 243 • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Wed 22

6:00pm Film Screening, "Queens of Syria" (Yasmine Fedda) - 2h 30m In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics

Mon 27

7:00pm Film Screening, "Pupa: I Don't Want to Go to School" (2012) - 2h 15m In-Person • Weitz Cinema • from Asian Languages & Literatures

Tue 28

12:00pm CGRS End of Year Celebration of Interdisciplinary Programs - 1h In-Person • Leighton 4th floor lounge
12:00pm Poster Session of CLAS 165: Race: Antiquity and Its Legacy - 1h In-Person • Anderson Atrium • from Classics
1:00pm Mesa de español (ends) In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from Spanish

September 2024

Tue 17

12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German

Thu 19

11:40am CGRS Welcome Ice Cream Social - 1h 40m In-Person • CGRS Lounge Leighton 4th Floor
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German

Tue 24

12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German
4:30pm Paris Lost & Found: Reading and Discussion with Scott Carpenter - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from English

Thu 26

12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German
5:00pm The Language Learner's Playbook - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Language Center

Fri 27

12:00pm Black Femicide and Morrisonian Democracy - 2h In-Person • Wetiz 236 • from Africana Studies
4:00pm Emilio Alvarez Quioto | Garífuna People and Culture - 3h In-Person • Great Hall • from Division of Inclusion, Equity, and Community

October 2024

Tue 1

12:00pm Can You Dig It? Summer Fieldwork and Research - 1h In-Person • Anderson 121 • from Classics
12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German

Thu 3

12:00pm Classics Table in LDC East Dining Hall - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Hall • from Classics
12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German

Tue 8

12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German

Wed 9

4:00pm Schreibwerkstatt - 1h (event repeats) In-Person • Language Center • from German
7:15pm Movie Night: Goodbye Lenin - 2h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from German

Thu 10

12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
5:00pm Organizing for Climate Justice in Germany and Beyond - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Commons • from German
5:10pm OCS in Madrid Info Session - 50m In-Person • LDC 104 • from Spanish

Fri 11

4:00pm Kaffeeklatsch - 1h In-Person • German Lounge (LDC 3rd Floor) • from German

Tue 15

12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German
12:00pm Paris Internship Info Session - 1h In-Person • LDC 104
5:15pm Fall Lefler Lecture - Dr. Jennifer Dominique Jones - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305 • from History

Thu 17

12:00pm Dr. Seamus Dwyer: Scripts and Literature: Graphic Design and Literary Criticism in the Manuscripts of England and France, 1370-1425 - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Medieval and Renaissance Studies
12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German
6:30pm Majors and Minors Fair - 1h 30m Great Hall • from Sophomore Week

Fri 18

4:00pm Kaffeeklatsch - 1h In-Person • German Lounge (LDC 3rd Floor) • from German
4:30pm Undergraduate Research and Internship Symposium - 2h In-Person • Weitz Commons, LOME • from Office of the Provost

Tue 22

12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German

Wed 23

5:30pm Lecture: Music Making in Palestine During the First Half of the Twentieth Century: Agency and Innovation; Dr. Issa Boulos - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Middle Eastern Languages

Thu 24

12:00pm French Language Table - 1h In-Person • LDC Dining Room • from French and Francophone Studies
12:00pm Mittagstisch (German Lunch Table) - 1h In-Person • LDC (Shearer Room) • from German
7:30pm Concert: An Evening of Palestinian Music: Songs of Resistance and Resilience; Dr. Issa Boulos: singing, oud; Majed Abu Ajamia, qanun. - 1h 30m In-Person • Kracum Performance Hall • from Middle Eastern Languages

Fri 25

4:00pm Kaffeeklatsch - 1h In-Person • German Lounge (LDC 3rd Floor) • from German

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