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Dec
5
2024

Global Cafe Office Hours

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Join the Global Cafe mentors for a study break during reading week. There will be coffee, tea, and pastries from...

Nov
21
2024

Global Café: GESI Info Session

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café would like to invite you to our upcoming event on Thursday November 21 at 5-6pm to learn...

Nov
20
2024

Film Screening of Bittersweet

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Please join Professors Jili Sun, Asian Languages and Cultures, and Peter Carroll, History for a free screening of: Bittersweet (苦甜） This documentary...

Oct
24
2024

Office of Fellowships Workshop

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join us for this EPC-sponsored workshop on grants and fellowships with Jason Kelly Roberts, Assoc. Director for Outreach &...

Oct
22
2024

LACS | Small Presses of Latin America

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Recent years have seen an explosion in small press activity in Latin America, particularly—but not only—concentrated in its major cities....

Oct
19
2024

Pre-screening of Juntando orillas

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Join us for a special pre-screening of the documentary Juntando Orillas, followed by an engaging conversation with the director, producers,...

Oct
9
2024

Global Café Mixer!

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

On Wednesday October 9 at 5pm, please join the Global Café in the International Studies program for a student mixer...

Oct
4
2024

WCCIAS Ice Cream Social

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Welcome back to campus for the new academic year! We hope you will join us for an informal ice cream...

Oct
4
2024

WCCIAS Ice Cream Social

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Welcome back to campus for the new academic year! We hope you will join us for an informal ice cream...

Oct
4
2024

WCCIAS Ice Cream Social

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Welcome back to campus for the new academic year! We hope you will join us for an informal ice cream...

Oct
4
2024

WCCIAS Ice Cream Social

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Welcome back to campus for the new academic year! We hope you will join us for an informal ice cream...

Jun
6
2024

Global Graduates Celebration

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Congrats, Class of 2024! You and your families and friends are invited to celebrate our global graduates in Environmental Policy and...

Apr
5
2024

Inside Putin's Russia

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

What do Russians think about the war in Ukraine? How are they reacting to sanctions? In a recent cover story...

Feb
23
2024

Vigil for Ukraine

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

As February 24th marks two years since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this event will be an...

Nov
8
2023

China Confrontation or Cooperation?

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The US-China relationship is important for the well-being of both countries, but the relationship has grown increasingly tense. The rhetoric...

Nov
7
2023

Global Cafe - Alumni Talks

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Join us for a special talk with Nneka Onyeka '18 (Political Science) on her postgraduate journey in international affairs work.  Onyeka...

Oct
10
2023

Global Café Meet and Greet

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Please join us for the first Global Café of the year! The winners of the raffle for taking the poll...

Oct
6
2023

Frank Safford Symposium

9:00 AM - 8:00 PM

Author of some of the most influential scholarship on nineteenth-century Colombia and Latin America, Professor Frank Safford passed on June...

Sep
29
2023

WCCIAS Ice Cream Social

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Welcome new students and welcome back returning students! Join us to learn more about our 4 undergrad programs: * InternationalStudies * Middle East...

May
29
2023

Global Cafe: Office of Fellowships

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us as we welcome Stephen Hill from the Office of Fellowships   Lunch will be provided! All undergrads welcome!

Apr
24
2023

MENA Mondays: Book Talk: Iran in Motion

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Completed in 1938, the Trans-Iranian Railway connected the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Drawing on newspapers, industry publications, travelogues,...

Apr
10
2023

Global Cafe: Undergraduate Research

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join us for the next Global Cafe lunch for a conversation with Diamond Jones from the Office of Undergraduate Research....

Feb
21
2023

Global Cafe Series: Neil Helbraun

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Students will the opportuity to speak with Neil Helbraun, American diplomat, and learn more about the United States Department of...

Feb
8
2023

Colombian Truth Commission Series

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

LACS and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese will be hosting the fourth dialogue of the series Colombia's Truth Commission...

Jan
11
2023

Conversatorio: WHAT'S GOING ON IN PERU?

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join us online for a discussion about the political upheaval in Peru, particularly in light of President Castillo's self-coup...

Oct
25
2022

Faculty Roundtable: Family and Identity

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Héctor Carrillo and Gerry Cadava in dialogue Please join us for our first interdisciplinary faculty dialogue of the year. Héctor Carillo...

Oct
18
2022

Fall Book Forum: Jesús Escobar

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Please join us for the first meeting of the 2022-2023 academic year for a forum on LACS faculty affiliate Jesús...

Oct
17
2022

Global Café: Meet and Greet

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

A great resource and opportunity for students to connect with graduate student mentors to acquire the tools and resources necessary...

May
9
2022

Archives without Documents — A MENA Conversation

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/archives-without This conversation will bring together scholars working on questions of archives and documents, or their absence,...

Mar
7
2022

Indigenous Struggles to Preserve Their Land in Brazil

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Register for the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/indigenous-struggles-brazil Simultaneous translation between Portuguese and English will be available. Please join us for a virtual roundtable featuring...

Feb
28
2022

Roundtable on Publishing in MENA Studies Journals

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join Rebecca Johnson (Associate Editor, Journal of Arabic Literature), Roberto Mazza (Executive Editor, Jerusalem Quarterly), and Jessica Winegar (Co-Editor, Political...

Dec
8
2021

Histories of the Iranian Left—A Conversation

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

A conversation with Naghmeh Sohrabi (Brandeis), Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (Goldsmiths), and Manijeh Moradian (Barnard). Moderated by Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi (Princeton). Recent scholarship has...

Oct
13
2021

Seedlings Green Careers Event

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

On Wednesday October 13, join three top speakers from the media, NGO and startup worlds to learn about their career...

Jun
8
2021

Minimal Computing for Open Education

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Minimal Computing is a critical framework for using technology to produce and distribute digital texts. Open education is the practice...

May
18
2021

Virtual Talk: Dina Gilio-Whitaker

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

On Tuesday, May 18, 3PM, Dina Gilio-Whitaker will speak on the topic, "Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Justice". Through the unique lens...

May
10
2021

MENA Graduate Student Colloquium

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Presenter: Jesús C. Muñoz (PhD Student, Comparative Literary Studies/MENA Program) Title: “Poetics of Glowing Histories in Flesh and Art: Witnessing the...

May
3
2021

MENA Graduate Student Colloquium

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Presenter: Jesús C. Muñoz (Comparative Literary Studies/MENA) Title: Poetics of Glowing Histories in Flesh and Art: Witnessing the Lives of the...

Nov
23
2020

MENA Graduate Colloquium

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Fall Quarter MENA Graduate Colloquium Presenters Maryam Athari (Art History): "Diagnostic Revelations: Rifat Chadirji's Street Photography" Issrar Chamekh (Political Science) "Pathways to Elective Office: Candidate...

Nov
12
2020

COVID, Governance & Society

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Please join us for the second event of Global Governance in the Age of COVID, an iniative of the Weinberg...

Oct
22
2020

Liberating History: Fatma 75 (1975)

All day

Online screening of FATMA 75 followed by a live discussion with a scholar of Maghrebi women's cinema Florence Martin FATMA 75 (Selma...

Jan
23
2020

Careers for EPC Minors Workshop

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Interested in a career that addresses environmental issues but don't know where to start?  Come to this informational workshop led...

Jan
22
2020

Careers for EPC Minors Workshop

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Interested in a career that addresses environmental issues but don't know where to start?  Come to this informational workshop led...

Dec
2
2019

MENA Graduate Student Colloquium

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Presentations by MENA doctoral students Open only to Northwestern graduate students and faculty   Hazal Ozdemir (Department of History) “They Migrate by Renouncing Their...

Nov
7
2019

Study Abroad Fair

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Come to the 2019 Study Abroad Fair to learn more about all undergraduate study abroad opportunities at Northwestern! Speak directly...

Sep
25
2019

International & Area Studies Open House

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Stop by to learn about the majors and minors in: International Studies Latin American & Caribbean Studies Middle East & North African Studies Enjoy...

multi-day

Serbest Kurdish Studies Conference

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The conference convenes annually to discuss the experiences and struggles of Kurds, and the historical and comparative study of Kurdish...

multi-day

Serbest Kurdish Studies Conference

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

The conference convenes annually to discuss the experiences and struggles of Kurds, and the historical and comparative study of Kurdish...

May
6
2019

MENA Graduate Student Colloquium

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Presentations by MENA doctoral students Open only to Northwestern graduate students and faculty   Özge Karagöz (Department of Art History) Turkish Post-Revolutionary Figuration in the...

May
3
2019

CHSS workshop - Mounira Charrad

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

"Mounira (Maya) Charrad is an award-winning author. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and her undergraduate degree from the...

Apr
25
2019

Reporting Islam: Media, Policy, Politics

All day

This international symposium will bring scholars of Islam, international and public affairs, education, race, and law together with practicing journalists...

multi-day

Thinking Andean Studies Conference

All day

The Thinking Andean Studies conference continues its mission to strengthen the interdisciplinary network of scholars working in the growing field...

Apr
12
2019

CHSS workshop - Isaac Reed

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

"Isaac Ariail Reed works in social theory, historical sociology, and cultural sociology. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Yale...

multi-day

Thinking Andean Studies Conference

All day

The Thinking Andean Studies conference continues its mission to strengthen the interdisciplinary network of scholars working in the growing field...

Apr
11
2019

Saharan Futures Conference Keynote

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

  Keynote Address by Ann McDougall, University of AlbertaShifting Desert Sands: Mobility, Migration and Memory in Saharan Time and SpaceReception to...

Apr
2
2019

Hertie School Information Session

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

The Hertie School of Governance is one of Europe’s top professional schools for public policy based in Berlin, Germany, offering...

Mar
1
2019

CHSS Workshop - Phillip Gorski

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

"Philip S. Gorski (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1996) is a comparative-historical sociologist with strong interests in theory and methods...

Feb
20
2019

MENA Movie Night: Amreeka

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Please join us for the 1st screening of the new MENA Film Series! We will see Amreeka, by the Palestinian-American director...

Feb
8
2019

CHSS Workshop - Matt Lange

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

"PhD, Brown University, 2004). Lange has been a professor at McGill since 2004. His work focuses on state building, nationalism,...

Jan
23
2019

Translation and fieldworks

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

On translation and fieldworks, featuring a conversation with the Phd candidate Gorgui Ibrahima Tall.

Jan
18
2019

CHSS Workshop - Hillel Soifer

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

"Hillel Soifer (PhD, Harvard University, 2006) is Associate Professor and Graduate Chair of Political Science at Temple University. His research interests...

Jan
8
2019

LACS Colloquium - Ed Gibson

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

In contemporary scholarship on democratic regimes the U.S. tends to be held up as a model of institutionalized democracy and...

Nov
12
2018

MENA Study Abroad Information Session

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Come learn from the Undergraduate Learning Abroad Office about study abroad options in the MENA region including Israel, Jordan, Morocco,...

Nov
12
2018

CHSS - Mathew Lange

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

"Professor Lange (Ph.D., Brown University, 2004) has been a professor at McGill since 2004. His work focuses on state-building, nationalism,...

Nov
12
2018

CHSS - Phillip Gorski

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

"Philip S. Gorski (Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1996) is a comparative-historical sociologist with strong interests in theory and methods...

Nov
5
2018

Master Class with Thomas Christiano

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Global Capitalism and Law Research Group is having its first master class of the academic year with Tom Christiano,...

Oct
26
2018

CHSS Workshop: Sasha Klyachkina and Omri Tubi

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Sasha will present a paper entitled "Dimensions of Governance: Institutional Configurations Across the Post-Conflict North Caucasus." I am a PhD Candidate...

Oct
19
2018

Ben Schonthal: Methods Master Class

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Master Class on Research Methods for the Study of Religion and Law with Dr. Benjamin Schonthal (Associate Professor of Buddhism and Asian...

Oct
16
2018

Richard W. Leopold Lecture: Vicente Fox

5:00 PM - 6:45 PM

29th Annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture Perspectives and Challenges in US-Mexico Relationships Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico, will be joining us...

Oct
10
2018

Global Cafe

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Going Global: Fellowships and International Funding Opportunites. Featuring a conversation with Dr Jason Kelly. 

Oct
10
2018

Global Cafe

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Going Global: Fellowships and International Funding Opportunites. Featuring a conversation with Dr Jason Kelly. 

Oct
10
2018

Global Cafe

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Going Global: Fellowships and International Funding Opportunities.  Featuring a conversation with Dr Jason Kelly

Oct
8
2018

Timothy Mitchell - "On Capitalization"

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

  Speaker Timothy Mitchell, Columbia University Title On Capitalization Abstract We have recently come to understand “the economy” not as a feature of all societies,...

multi-day

Serbest Kurdish Studies Conference

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Buffett Institute for Global Studies is hosting its inaugural Kurdish Studies Conference. The Kurdish Studies Conference Series aims to support...

multi-day

Serbest Kurdish Studies Conference

9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Buffett Institute for Global Studies is hosting its inaugural Kurdish Studies Conference. The Kurdish Studies Conference Series aims to support...

multi-day

Regional Colloquium on Global Capitalism and Law

All day

Program: http://buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/global-capitalism-law/regional-colloquium/2018-regional-colloquium-program.html Location: Woods Conference Room, American Bar Foundation The Global Capitalism & Law Research Group at the Buffett Institute invites you and relevant...

multi-day

Regional Colloquium on Global Capitalism and Law

All day

Program: http://buffett.northwestern.edu/programs/global-capitalism-law/regional-colloquium/2018-regional-colloquium-program.html Location: Woods Conference Room, American Bar Foundation The Global Capitalism & Law Research Group at the Buffett Institute invites you and...

May
30
2018

Professionalization: How to Get Published

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program is excited to host Gianna F. Mosser, Editor-in-Chief of Northwestern University Press, for...

May
9
2018

Global Café - Mitali Thakor

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Mitali Thakor, Postdoctoral Fellow in Sexuality Studies and Anthropology! Dinner will be provided.

May
4
2018

Pacific Island Studies Now Symposium

8:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Featuring: Vicente Diaz (Univ of Minnesota), Christina DeLisle (Univ. of Minnesota), and Hokulani Aikau (Univ. of Utah). Northwestern scholars include:...

Apr
25
2018

Global Café - Prof. Doris Garraway

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Professor Doris Garraway (French & Francophone Studies)! Dinner will be provided.

Apr
11
2018

Global Café - Michelle Huang

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Michelle Huang, College Fellow and upcoming Assistant Professor with English & Asian American...

Apr
4
2018

Global Café - Angel Escamilla

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Angel Escamilla, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology! Dinner will be...

Mar
2
2018

Comparative Politics Workshop

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

“Bipolar Disorders:Varieties of Capitalism andSubtypes of Populism in LatinAmerica and Europe” Kenneth Roberts Professor, Department of Government Cornell University

Feb
28
2018

Global Café - Alyssa Lynne

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Alyssa Lynne, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology! Alyssa Lynne is a Doctoral student...

Feb
26
2018

A Conversation with Writer Elif Batuman

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

This event is open to Northwestern students and faculty only. Please join the MENA Program, the Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program,...

Feb
26
2018

Engage Chicago Regular Deadline

All day

Engage Chicago is an immersive summer program. Through hands-on experience, thoughtful reflection, and a summer living with a vibrant community...

Feb
23
2018

Approaching Kurosawa’s Rashomon

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Paul AndererMack Professor of Humanities and Professor of Japanese Literature, Columbia University In his recent study of Kurosawa Akira’s most famous...

Feb
23
2018

EES Seminar Series: Vidya Venkataramanan

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

When Technology Isn’t Enough: Tales of Community-Based Sanitation Behavior Change Programs from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean Sanitation remains one of...

Feb
21
2018

Global Café - William Hurst

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Professor William Hurst from the Department of Political Science! Dinner will be provided.

multi-day

Sandra Greene: Embracing Happenstance

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Join the Program of African Studies for our weekly lunch and lecture. Embracing Happenstance: An Academic Journey Sandra Greene, Stephen ’59 and...

Feb
14
2018

Global Café - Bennie Niles

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Bennie Niles, a Doctoral student in the Department of African American Studies at...

Feb
14
2018

LACS Graduate Research Seminar

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as Veronica Davila Ellis, Carlos Halaburda, and Catalina Rodriguez (all from Spanish and...

multi-day

Adeline Masquelier: The Taste of Prayer

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Cosponsored by the Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa (ISITA) ISITA seminar: The Taste of Prayer: Making Sense...

Feb
7
2018

Global Café - Fatema Zohara

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Fatema Zohara, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology at Loyola University...

Jan
31
2018

Global Café - Yannick Coenders

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Yannick Coenders, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology! Dinner will be...

Jan
31
2018

LACS Graduate Research Seminar

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as Jayson Porter (History) and Walther Maradiegue (Spanish and Portuguese) present the latest...

Jan
24
2018

Nao Lecture: Tatiana Seijas

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

This year's Nao Lecture will feature Tatiana Seijas from Penn State University, who will speak about indigenous peoples' confrontation with...

multi-day

Perspectives on the Korean Peninsula

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Tensions between North and South Korea have repeatedly escalated and deescalated since the signing of the Armistice Agreement in 1953...

Jan
17
2018

Global Café - Alvita Akiboh

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Alvita Akiboh, a Ph.D. student with the Department of History! Alvita Akiboh is a Doctoral...

Jan
15
2018

Global Health Corps Deadline

All day

Global Health Corps recruits and selects highly qualified applicants with diverse skill sets to work with high-impact organizations in year-long...

Jan
10
2018

Global Café - Sonia Planson

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Café is excited to host Sonia Planson, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Sociology! Sonia is a dual...

Jan
2
2018

MENA Monday: Karen Rignall

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Karen Rignall is Assistant Professor of Community and Leadership Development in the College of Agriculture, Food and the Environment at...

Nov
27
2017

MENA Graduate Student Colloquium

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Presentations by MENA graduate students Keegan Terek (Anthropology), Matthew Bent (Theatre), and Safa Al-Saeedi (Political Science). Open to Northwestern graduate students...

Nov
17
2017

Film Screening and Discussion with Paromita Vohra

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Mumbai-based documentary filmmaker Paromita Vohra will be here to screen three of her short films - "Where's Sandra?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooy3bnvMagM), "Cosmopolis"...

Nov
17
2017

CHSS Workshop: Matt Lesch and Omri Tubi

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Join CHSS for two presentations from Northwestern community members: "Bringing the Temperature Down: Managing the Public Acceptability of Consumption Tax Reform...

Nov
16
2017

In Search of an Indian Contemporary

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

A LECTURE BY ULKA ANJARIAAssociate Professor of English, Brandeis University Internationally-celebrated Indian English novels of the 1980s and 1990s, from Midnight’s...

Nov
8
2017

Migration Film Series: Dheepan

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Three Sri Lankan refugees pose as a family unit and attempt to make their lives better by seeking asylum in...

Nov
8
2017

Global Cafe - Hafsa Oubou

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Cafe is excited to host Hafsa Oubou, a Ph.D. student with the Department of Anthropology! Hafsa's specialty is cultural anthropology. Dinner...

Nov
6
2017

Master Class with Barry R. Weingast

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Barry R. Weingast is Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at...

Nov
1
2017

Global Cafe - Joy Sales

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Global Cafe is excited to host Joy Sales, a Ph.D. student with the Department of History and a Mellon...

Oct
12
2017

GC&L Master Class with Dieter Grimm

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Global Capitalism and Law Research Group is having its first master class of the quarter with Dieter Grimm.  Dieter Grimm is a...

Oct
10
2017

A Celebration of Hafez’s Birthday

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Join Northwestern Persian language students for a celebration of the 14th-century Persian lyric poet on his birthday! Just as Iranians celebrate Hafez's birthday with...

Sep
18
2017

Weinberg Career Summit

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

This all-day event will feature morning skills-building workshops, an inspiring lunchtime keynote speaker and afternoon career clusters. This event, targeting...

May
26
2017

Obsesion Cultural Exchange

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Please join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as we welcome Cuban hip-hop duo Obsesion to Northwestern for a...

May
26
2017

Dorit Geva

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

After completing a Ph.D. in Sociology at New York University, Dorit was the Vincent Wright Fellow in Comparative Politics at...

May
25
2017

Art/Politics/Protest

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Art/Politics/Protest: Local and Global EngagementThursday, May 25, 2017Crowe 1-132Join us at 5pm for drinks and appetizers. Event will begin at...

May
10
2017

Global Cafe - Couchsurfing in Iran

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

The International Studies Program is excited to welcome Heiwon Shin to the Global Cafe for a conversation about pop culture in...

Apr
28
2017

Martha Wilfahrt

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Martha Wilfahrt researches the political economy of development, with a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Martha is currently working on...

Apr
21
2017

Erica Simmons

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Erica Simmons is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies and is the Department of Political Science Board...

Apr
12
2017

Global Cafe - Honors Research Symposium

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

The International Studies Program is excited to host Int'l Studies majors as they present their senior thesis projects. We hope that you...

Apr
7
2017

Nitsan Chorev

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Nitsan Chorev is the Harmon Family Professor of Sociology and International Studies at Brown University. She was a Member at...

Mar
8
2017

LACS Research Workshop

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as our very own Roberto Rosado (Dept. of Anthropology) and Caroline de...

Mar
3
2017

Aliza Luft

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Aliza Luft's research focuses on ethnic, racial, and religious boundary processes, gender, high-risk mobilization, and the causes and consequences of violence.These...

Mar
3
2017

LACS Research Workshop

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese as our very own Jack...

multi-day

Journalism and Censorship in Mexico

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Mexico is currently ranked 149th in Reporters Without Borders' World Press Freedom Index, the lowest in Latin America. By this...

Feb
24
2017

Paul Staniland

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Paul Staniland is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Chicago, where he co-directs the Program on...

Feb
15
2017

LACS Research Workshop

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as our very own Rodrigo Barrenechea and Nathalia Justo (Dept. of Political...

Feb
6
2017

SHC Klopsteg Lecture: ELIZABETH ROBERTS

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

ELIZABETH ROBERTS: Anthropology, University of Michigan "What Gets Inside: Violent Entanglements and Toxic Boundaries in Mexico City" Description: Entanglement is a key...

Feb
1
2017

Global Cafe - GlobeMed

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Featuring a conversation with: Shengxiao Yu, Director of Partnerships, Asia and the Americas, GlobeMed We hope that you can join us for...

Feb
1
2017

LACS Research Workshop

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as our very own Mariana Barreto and Pedro Varguillas (Dept. of Spanish and...

Jan
18
2017

LACS Research Workshop

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Join the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program as our very own Ana Arjona (Dept. of Poli Sci), Jorge Coronado...

Jan
6
2017

Robert Braun

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Robert Braun an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Political Science at Northwestern University. He combines archival work with geographical information...

Dec
7
2016

GESI Info Session

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Interested in studying abroad? Come learn about the Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI), a study abroad program run by the...

multi-day

Global Café

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

11/2/16- A conversation with Sally Nuamah, scholar and filmmaker, on her documentary: Her Story 11/9/16- A conversation with Marisa Chumil, Senior...

multi-day

Global Café

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

11/2/16- A conversation with Sally Nuamah, scholar and filmmaker, on her documentary: Her Story 11/9/16- A conversation with Marisa Chumil, Senior...

Nov
9
2016

Study Abroad Fair

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Study Abroad Fair is a comprehensive information event for anyone interested in learning more about the many exciting study...

Nov
9
2016

Nikolas Kompridis: Secularism and Critique

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

In the lively debate over the question “Is Critique Secular?,” very fundamental questions have been raised about critique itself, which...

Nov
3
2016

Chinese Immigration in Cuba

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

LACS are delighted to announce the visit of the Cuban anthropologist María del Rosario Díaz, who will be our guest...

Nov
3
2016

GESI Info Session

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Interested in studying abroad? Come learn about the Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI), a study abroad program run by the...

multi-day

Global Café

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

11/2/16- A conversation with Sally Nuamah, scholar and filmmaker, on her documentary: Her Story 11/9/16- A conversation with Marisa Chumil, Senior...

Oct
28
2016

Festival LatiNU

6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Festival LatiNU is the signature event for Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration. Alianza-The Hispanic/Latino Student Alliance and Multicultural Student Affairs sponsor...

Oct
27
2016

Beyond Occitania

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

The Department of French & Italian Annual Fall Colloquium: Beyond Occitania, an interdisciplinary conference on medieval poetry in honor of...

Oct
11
2016

GESI Info Session

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Interested in studying abroad? Come learn about the Global Engagement Studies Institute (GESI), a study abroad program run by the...

Oct
10
2016

SHC Klopsteg Lecture: MICHAEL GORDIN

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

MICHAEL GORDIN: History, Princeton University “Scientific Babel: The Languages of Science Before and After Global English” Description: Communication, especially publication, in the...

Sep
21
2016

Global Cafe - Open House

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Come learn about the International Studies Program and exciting events planned for this year, enjoy special treats by FRIO Gelato!   September...

May
20
2016

CHSS Workshop with Jocelyn Viterna

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Jocelyn Viterna is Associate Professor of Sociology and Co-director of the Transnational Studies Initiative. Author of an award-winning book and...

May
6
2016

CHSS Workshop with Philip Roessler

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Dr Roessler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at the College of William and Mary as well...

Apr
29
2016

CHSS student presentations

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Mariana Borges Martins da Silva (NU, Political Science) Rahardhika Arista Utama (NU, Sociology)

Apr
13
2016

Block Cinema Migration Film Series: "Mediterranea"

5:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Mediterranea Introduction by Thomas Simpson (Department of French & Italian) (Jonas Carpignano, 2015, Italy/France/USA/Germany/Qatar, DCP, 107 min.)Jonas Carpignano’s striking feature-film début follows...

Apr
8
2016

CHSS Workshop with Stephanie Mudge

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Professor Mudge will be presenting her paper titled, "Biography, History, and Huge Comparisons: The End of Ideology Revisited."

Apr
8
2016

CHSS Workshop with Stephanie Mudge

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Professor Mudge will be presenting her paper titled, "Biography, History, and Huge Comparisons: The End of Ideology Revisited."

Apr
6
2016

Matthew Engelke: Expertly Secular

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Matthew Engelke is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology. He also co-ordinates the School’s Programme for the Study of...

Mar
21
2016

MENA Monday Night. Islamophobia 101

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Join NU Associate Chaplain and Director of Interfaith Engagement Tahera Ahmad at the Evanston Public Library for a discussion of...

Mar
4
2016

Japonisme as Global Modernism

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Cultural histories of Europe of the late 19th and early 20th centuries almost universally describe japonisme as an exoticizing, aestheticizing...

Feb
24
2016

Global Cafe - WorldChicago

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Maria Krasinksi, Director of Programs at WorldChicago. Maria will share information about WorldChicago and how you can get involved. Maria Krasinski is the...

Feb
19
2016

CHSS Meeting with Nader Sohrabi

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Our speaker will be Nader Sohrabi, visiting Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and a Faculty Fellow at the Buffett...

Feb
16
2016

Vampires in Havana Film Screening

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Block Cinema and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program invite you to a film screening of Vampires in Havana. A...

Feb
9
2016

*CANCELLED* BIP & IS Present... Career Chats

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

If you are interested, Northwestern Career Advancement is hosting a similar event at the same time (Tuesday, 4pm-6:30pm).More information:Practice Speaking...

Feb
9
2016

Movie Screening: Juan of the Dead

3:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Block Museum Cinema feature film. A group of slackers face an army of zombies. The Cuban government and media claim the...

Jan
25
2016

Boren Scholarship - Campus Deadline

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 to U.S. undergraduate students to study abroad in areas of the world that are...

Jan
19
2016

Where is Cuba Going?

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

What are the challenges faced by Raúl Castro's government? Is he likely to succeed in his reform program or is...

Jan
15
2016

CHSS Meeting with Damon Mayrl

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Damon Mayrl is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Sociology at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. His research uses comparative and...

Jan
11
2016

No MENA Monday Today

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Due to an otherwise packed winter schedule, no MENA Monday will be held today.

Nov
20
2015

CHSS Meeting with Kimberly Kay Hoang

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Kimberly Hoang is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and the College at the University of Chicago. Dr. Hoang is the...

Nov
16
2015

GESI Info Session

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Interested in going abroad? GESI is a unique program that combines study abroad with an internship and volunteering. Hear from GESI staff...

Nov
11
2015

Annual Study Abroad Fair

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Attending the Study Abroad Fair is a great first step for undergraduates to gain more information about study abroad opportunities...

Nov
6
2015

CHSS Meeting with Richard M. Valelly

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Richard M. Valelly is Claude C. Smith '14 Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College, where he has taught since...

Nov
3
2015

Reading Seminar on contracts

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Please join us on Tuesday, Nov. 3 for a discussion of three readings on contracts and contractual relations, selected by...

Oct
19
2015

SHC Klopsteg Lecture: STEFANIE GRAETER

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

STEFANIE GRAETER: SHC and Anthropology, Northwestern University TITLE "An Ethical Objectivity in a State of Corruption: Catholic Science and Heavy-Metal Monitoring...

Oct
15
2015

Master Class with Dani Rodrik

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Please join us on Oct. 15 at 3pm in University Hall 201 (Hagstrum Room) for a members-only master class with...

Oct
9
2015

CHSS Meeting with Tianna Paschel

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Our speaker will be Tianna Paschel, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Berkeley University. She is interested in the...

Oct
7
2015

International Studies Open House!

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

The International Studies Program is hosting an Open House. Come learn about the International Studies Program and exciting events planned...

Oct
6
2015

Graduate Student Information Session

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Northwestern graduate and visiting students are invited to attend an information session about the Global Capitalism & Law Research Group...

Jun
8
2015

MENA Monday: MENA Graduate Colloqium

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Speaker: Arif Çamoğlu, English Department  Respondent: Taymaz Pour Mohammad, English Department   Title: Bandits and All: The Construction of Turkishness as an Absolute Political...

Jun
1
2015

MENA Monday: New Directions in MENA Series

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Speaker: Dr. Talinn Grigor, Brandeis UniversityAssociate Professor of Art History Title: “Iranian or Not?” That Might Not Be the Question Three...

May
22
2015

Student Presentations

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Mariana Borges, Political Science, "Beyond Poverty: A Cultural Analysis of the Persistence of Clientelism" Tatiana Poddubnykh, Political Science, "UNESCO: Politics on the...

May
8
2015

SHC Midwestern STS Conference

4:00 PM - 7:30 PM

SPECIAL EVENT:MAY 8-9, 2015 Making Knowledge and the Problem of Place:A MIDWEST CONFERENCEfor Science and Technology Studies Friday, May 8 -- location...

May
6
2015

Lunch & Learn with AIESEC - Global Cafe

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

AIESEC Northwestern is an international non-for profit organization that provides students with leadership training and internship opportunities at for-profit and...

Apr
22
2015

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Did you know the first Earth Day was celebrated right here at Northwestern University in 1970?  Join us again for...

Apr
13
2015

Monday Night MENA

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Title: "Four Myths About The Middle East" Description: Monday, April 13, 6 pm, Community Meeting Room, Main Library Four members of Northwestern...

Apr
9
2015

"A Political Theology of Climate Change."

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Lecture by Professor Michael S. Northcott,  University of Edinburgh Professor Northcott will discuss nations as key agents in the climate crisis,...

Mar
10
2015

Russia - New Cold War or New Reality?

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Russia - New Cold War or New Reality?John Beyrle, former US ambassador to Russia John Beyrle served as an American diplomat...

Mar
2
2015

MENA Monday: New Directions in MENA Series

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Event co-sponsored by the Buffett Institute for Global Studies Title: "Writing a History of Sectarianism" Speaker: Dr. Ussama Makdisi, Rice University, Professor of...

Feb
26
2015

Human Rights in Mexico After Ayotzinapa

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

Alejandra Ancheita, Founder and Executive Director of ProDESC 7pm at the McCormick Tribune Forum1870 Campus Dr.  Alejandra Ancheita is a Mexico City...

Jan
26
2015

MENA Monday: MENA Graduate Colloqium

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Speaker: Matthew Brauer Respondent: Hasheem Hakeem, Dept of French and Italian  Title: "The Imperial Future of Ruins: French travelers in Morocco before...

Oct
13
2014

MENA Mondays Series. Porochista Khakpour

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

"Last Illusions: Porochista Khakpour on Writing, Myth, and the Refashioning of History"Iranian-American novelist, essayist, journalist, and professor Porochista Khakpour discusses...

Oct
1
2014

LACS Welcome Reception

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

An occasion to say hello to friends and colleagues, and most especially, to welcome our new faculty and graduate students....

Feb
13
2014

4th Annual Global Health Research Symposium

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

The Global Health Research Symposium showcases global health research conducted by current Northwestern undergraduates both here and abroad. Presenters include...