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Vietnam 50 Years Later: Insurgency, Genocide, Dissent & Peace Through Agriculture
Ambassador Kenneth Quinn is a distinguished diplomat and humanitarian. He served as the 10th United States Ambassador to Cambodia from 1995 to 1999 under President Bill Clinton. Before his ambassadorship, he had a 32-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, including roles such as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and a member of the National Security Council staff at the White House. Ambassador Quinn will be joined in conversation...
Incorporating and Engaging Native Histories on Public Lands
Many concepts of Manifest Destiny and the American West continue to permeate non-native communities across the Midwest. As a result, Native American historical interpretations and perspectives are often purposely left out or forgotten. As public history becomes more professionalized and part of the local community, Native peoples are finding new opportunities and benefits to return to their traditional homelands and share their own...
The Next Pandemic Could Strike at Any Time: Are We Prepared?
Associate Professor of Mathematics Claus Kadelka will discuss how refined infectious disease models can better predict and mitigate future outbreaks, bridging a variety of disciplines from mathematics and statistics to sociology, biology, and public health. Using compelling examples from his extensive research, Kadelka will demonstrate how multi-disciplinary insights can lead to more accurate, real-world epidemic models and ultimately...
The Wall and the Bridge: Fear and Opportunity in Disruption’s Wake
Free-market economists often have noted that there are winners and losers in a competitive capitalist world. The question of how to deal with the difficult real-life consequences faced by the losers, however, has largely been ignored. Populist politicians have tried repeatedly to address the issue by creating wallsâ€"of both the physical and economic kindsâ€"to insulate communities and keep competition at bay. While recognizing the broad...
Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities
Dr. Mari Castañeda will discuss approaches to university-community partnerships within Latinx communities. Such partnerships highlight the importance of developing collaborative higher education pedagogies that recognize Latina/o/x communities as specific sites of creative and dynamic civic engagement. The lecture will provide a context to explore community-university projects that bring together faculty, students and local...
Will Wilson and the Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange Series
As an Indigenous artist working with both historic and contemporary processes in photography, Will Wilson (Diné) is endeavoring to recreate a contemporary vision of Native North America. Historically, Edward S. Curtis and other early Euro-Americans, used photography as a method of recording the disappearing Native population, which led to the image of Native Americans as frozen in time. Through the Critical Indigenous Photographic Exchange...