Global Migration & Diaspora

Restorative Justice and Lived Religion: Transforming Mass Incarceration in Chicago

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:40:05 +0000

Restorative Justice and Lived Religion: Transforming Mass Incarceration in Chicago Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/17/2025 - 14:40 Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103 Open to the Public

This lecture by Jason Springs (Professor of Religion, Ethics, and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame) introduces a novel understanding of what restorative justice is and how it should be implemented. It explores the ways in which restorative justice ethics and practices exhibit moral and spiritual dynamics, and what difference such “lived religious” dynamics can make in transforming structural violence.

Harder, Caitlin 802-443-5671 harder@middlebury.edu Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs; Religion; International & Global Studies; Global Migration & Diaspora

Politics or Morality? Normative Responses to Refugee Crises

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:25:06 +0000

Politics or Morality? Normative Responses to Refugee Crises Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/16/2025 - 14:25 Virtual Middlebury

Professor Bender of Northumbria University in Newcastle will deliver a Zoom talk addressing key issues related to human rights and refugees— particularly the limited role of morality in the refugee regime and the political function of refugeehood in international politics.

URL to virtual event: https://middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/register/kKUCLeMrSxeaGxHCDey3LA

Preregistration required

Sponsored by IGS’s Global Migration & Diaspora Studies and co-sponsored by RCGA’s program on Security and Global Affairs

Sullivan, Heidi (802) 443-2603 hsullivan@middlebury.edu Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs; Global Migration & Diaspora

The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 12:55:03 +0000

The Home I Worked to Make: Voices from the New Syrian Diaspora Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 08/02/2024 - 08:55 Johnson Classroom 204 Open to the Public In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our times, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. In her new book, Wendy Pearlman (Northwestern University) draws upon hundreds of interviews conducted across more than a decade to probe an intimate and universal question. What is home? Syrians now on five continents share stories of leaving, losing, searching, and finding (or not finding) home. Recasting “refugee crises” as acts of diaspora-making, The Home I Worked to Make challenges readers to grapple with the hard-won wisdom of those who survive war and to see, with fresh eyes, what home means in their own lives. Stroup, Sarah (802) 443-2316 sstroup@middlebury.edu Arabic; Political Science; International & Global Studies; Global Migration & Diaspora; Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation

Our Palestine Question

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 12:25:01 +0000

Our Palestine Question Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/17/2024 - 07:25 Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room Open to the Public

Title: Book talk: Our Palestine Question

Geoffrey Levin (Emory University) will discuss his new book, Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978 (Yale 2023), a new history of the American Jewish relationship with Israel, which focuses on its most urgent and sensitive issue: the question of Palestinian rights.

Denis, Danielle 802-443-5532 ddenis@middlebury.edu History; Hebrew; Modern Hebrew; African Studies; Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies; International & Global Studies; Jewish Studies; Global Migration & Diaspora

Gaza in Context: Tracing Violence and Reconciliation in Palestine/Israel

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 13:50:01 +0000

Gaza in Context: Tracing Violence and Reconciliation in Palestine/Israel Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/25/2023 - 09:50 Twilight Auditorium 101 Closed to the Public

In this lecture, Dr. Sa’ed Atshan will provide an overview of the hostilities between the Israeli military and Hamas, reflecting on the past, present, and future of this crisis. The talk will also address the impact on Palestinian and Israeli civilians, the provision of international humanitarian aid, the role of the United States, and prospects for reconciliation.

Ayoub, Dima 443-5653 dayoub@middlebury.edu Arabic; African Studies; Middle East Studies and North Africa Studies; Global Migration & Diaspora

Elaine Rocha Guest Lecture

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:45:01 +0000

Elaine Rocha Guest Lecture Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 01/25/2023 - 08:45 Axinn Center 219 Open to the Public Mayer, Judy (802) 443-5124 jmayer@middlebury.edu History; Latin American Studies; International & Global Studies; Black Studies; Global Migration & Diaspora

Juana Gamero de Coca Day of Learning 2022: Reproductive Justice

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 17:40:02 +0000

Juana Gamero de Coca Day of Learning 2022: Reproductive Justice Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 03/18/2022 - 13:40 Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room Open to the Public

Middlebury’s Annual Day of Learning on Global Cultures was established in 2018 in memory of Middlebury College professor Juana Gamero de Coca and as a way to honor her intellectual contributions. This annual event focuses on Professor Gamero de Coca’s passionate commitment to dignity and justice, and maps the intellectual possibilities she brought to bear on ‘misrecognized’ social and political concerns.

For 2022, we will host a panel discussion and reception. Our featured speakers are Alicia Gutierrez-Romine and Sydney Calkin, who will engage in a discussion on reproductive justice. Gutierrez-Romine (La Sierra University) is author of “From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969.” Calkin (Queen Mary University of London) is co-editor of “After Repeal: Rethinking Global Abortion Politics.”

Stroup, Sarah (802) 443-2316 sstroup@middlebury.edu International & Global Studies; Global Gender & Sexuality; Global Migration & Diaspora