Choi Auditorium

Professor Gil Anidjar from Columbia University will be speaking on Civil War. This event is co-sponsored by MENASA and The Young Initiative.

What do Sid Grauman (Grauman's Chinese Theatre), Alexander Pantages (Hollywood Pantages Theatre), and Frederick Trump (Donald Trump's grandfather) have in common?

They all made their fortunes entertaining the gold miners in Dawson City.

DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME depicts the unique history of this Yukon town where the gold rush met the silver screen by piecing together a long-lost collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s buried in the ice. 

Azza Karam is a member of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Advisory Board on Multilateralism, the founding President and CEO of Lead Integrity, and former Secretary-General of Religions for Peace.

A pre-keynote reception will be held in the Johnson Hall Global Forum beginning at 5:15 pm.

How to Manage the Future: Artificial Intelligence and the Road Ahead

As a member of the inaugural TIME100 AI list, Dr. Alondra Nelson is a leading expert on artificial intelligence and its profound influence on culture, business, and politics. In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, organizations face the critical challenge of crafting AI strategies that balance innovation with regulation. How will emerging policies shape these strategies and what transformative opportunities may lie ahead if AI is used ethically and responsibly? Dr.

This event is free and open to the public.

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The John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy is pleased to announce the availability of financial support for students to conduct independent research, undertake internships, and participate in conferences, colloquia, or workshops. Projects must be related to world affairs or the global economy for support. Well-executed research proposals focused on world affairs and political economy are prioritized.

The John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy is pleased to announce the availability of financial support for students to conduct independent research, undertake internships, and participate in conferences, colloquia, or workshops. Projects must be related to world affairs or the global economy for support. Well-executed research proposals focused on world affairs and political economy are prioritized.

Topics discussed will include understanding immigrant rights under the new presidential administration, how colleges and universities can protect those rights, and materials and resources for future reference.  You can register for the event 

On Feb. 18, Cooper Owens will deliver a lecture titled “Slavery, Gynecology and Black Placental Resistance: Why Black Mothers Matter.” A reception in the Johnson Hall Global Forum will take place from 5:30-6:45.

She will also hold a panel and healing circle on Feb. 19 from 3:30-5 p.m. in Choi Auditorium. The panel title is "On Reproductive Justice: On Communal Care and Resilience."

This collaborative talk by Drs. Lorena Sekwan Fontaine (University of Manitoba) and Dorota Glowacka (University of King's College) focuses on material objects and photographs that narrate the experiences of gender-based violence during the Holocaust and settler-colonial genocides in North America.