Fall 2020

When: 12:15pm-1:15pm 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, July 21	Morten Schlutter & Cuma Ozkan, Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa	​ “State Regulation of Religion: Understanding Islam in the People's Republic of China”	Registration for this program is closed.
Tuesday, September 1st	Kimberly Datchuk & Cory Gundlach, ​UI Stanley Museum of Art	"African Art in Iowa: New Approaches to Collecting, Curating, and Engagement at the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art"	Registration for this program is closed.
Thursday, September 10th	Charles Connerly, Professor and Director, UI School of Urban and Regional Planning	"Why is Iowa So White?"	Watch Here
Wednesday, September 16th	Jovana Davidovic, Associate Professor, Dept of Philosophy, University of Iowa	"Political Neutrality ​in the Military"	Watch Here
Wednesday, September 22nd	Russ Ganim, Dean of International Programs, University of Iowa	“From Pandemic to Promise: Rebuilding International Education in the Wake of COVID-19”	Watch Here
​Tuesday, ​September 29th	​Erica Frantz, Associate Professor, Dept of Political Science, Michigan State University	​"How Today's Democracies ​Fall Apart"	Watch Here
Wednesday, ​October 7th	Craig Just, Associate Professor, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa	“Community-based Drinking Water Improvements in La Sirena, Nicaragua”	Watch Here
Thursday, ​October 15th	​Chad Hart, Associate Professor of Economics, Crop Markets Specialist, Iowa State University	"COVID-19 and Global Agriculture"	Watch Here
Thursday, ​October 22nd	Elizabeth Bernal and Nicole Novak, Johnson County Chapter of UNA-USA	"Promoting Health and Wellbeing and Reducing inequalities in Iowa: Immigration Policy, Stress, and Community Health"	Watch Here
Wednesday, October 28	Nick Grossman, Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois	"Russian Electoral Interference and 21st Century Information Warfare"	Watch Here
Thursday, November 12th	​Mark Kende, Director of the Drake Constitutional Law Center, Drake University	"The Truth About the South African Truth & Reconciliation Commission"	Watch Here
Wednesday, November 18th	Ted Powers, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Iowa	"COVID-19, Austerity, and State Violence in South Africa"	Watch Here
Tuesday, December 1	Emily Haber, German Ambassador to the United States of America	"German-American Relations After the Elections"	More Info ​Register Now
​Wednesday, December 9th	Tom Countryman, Board Chairman of the Arms Control Association	​"13,000 Ways to Die: the Risk of Nuclear War Today"	​Coming Soon!