Spring 2021

When: 12:00pm-1:00pm on the dates listed below
Where: Online via Zoom - Please register to receive the link to join the program online.

Date ​	​Speaker	​Topic / Title	Important Links
Tuesday, ​January 26th	James Zogby	"​The Middle East's Tumultuous Decade: The World Biden Inherits"	Watch here!
Tuesday, ​February 2nd	William Etienne	"COVID 19 and Resistant Malaria Elimination in Cambodia"	Watch here!
Thursday, ​February 11th	Jerry Schnoor	"Climate Change and the Paris Agreement"	Watch here!
Wednesday, ​February 17th	Polumbaum & Sidel	"China-US Relations in the Biden Era: A New Start?"	Watch here!
Tuesday, ​February 23rd	Tyler Priest	CANCELLED
Wednesday, March 3rd	Sarah Tynen	​"Uyghurs in China: Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict"	Watch here!
Thursday, ​March 11th	Blake Rupe	CANCELLED
Tuesday, ​March 16th	​Hassan El-Tayyab	"Returning to Diplomacy with Iran"	Watch here!
Tuesday, ​March 23rd	Eric Hirsch	"Three Faces of Growth: Development and the Politics of Abundance in Peru's Andes"	Watch here!
Thursday, ​April 1st	​Alumni Panel Discussion	​Topic: University of Iowa Mandela Washington Fellows	Watch here!
Wednesday,  April 7th	​Michael Zmolek	"Impeachment and Empire"	Watch here!
Wednesday, April 14th	Luis Martin-Estudillo	"EU: Europe Undreamed. Artistic Responses to a Political Initiative"	Watch here!
Tuesday,  ​April 20th	Ana Rodriguez-Rodriguez	"Neglected Women Writers of the Spanish Golden Age"	Watch here!
Thursday, April 29th	Christine Petersen	"Why Viral Variants Form and What it Means for Global Trends of Sars-Cov2 Now and Moving Forward with Vaccination"	Watch here soon!
Tuesday, ​May 4th	Craig Kafura & Brendan Helm Chicago Council for Global Affairs	Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy: Attitudes from a Turbulent Year	Watch here soon!
Thursday, ​May 13th	David Burger	"A Year in Kabul: My Assignment in Afghanistan and Reflections of a Career Diplomat"	Register here!