Fall 2021

Where:
In person events: MidWestOne Bank (across from the Pentacrest) or UI Campus Locations
All in-person events will be livestreamed via City Channel 4
Online Zoom events - Please register to receive the link to join the program online
*Events may be subject to change based on Covid-19 developments in our community*

Date​	When and ​Where	Speaker	Title/Topic	Important Links
Thursday, ​September 9th	In Person @ MidWestOne Bank 12pm-1pm	Dr. Sara Mitchell and Yufan Yang	"Climate Change and Conflict"	Watch Here!
Wednesday,  ​September 22nd	Online 12-1pm	Dr. Maxime Boutry In Collaboration with UI Center for Asian Pacific Studies	"Protesting, the Military Coup & Burma's Future"	Watch Here!
Monday, September 27th	In Person @ Old Capitol Building, Old Senate Chamber 7pm-8:30 pm	Dr. Brian Lai, Dr. Mike Hais, Carolina Herrera, Amelia Thoreson, and Amna Haider In Collaboration with UI Dept of Political Science	"Gen Z and Foreign Policy	Watch Here!
Tuesday, September 28th	Online 4pm-5pm	​Ambassador Charles A. Ray	"Race, American Diplomacy, & Why Diversity is so Important"	Watch Here!
Wednesday, October 6th	Online ​12pm-1pm	Dr. Marilyn Seiber	"35 Years on the Ground in Cuba"	Watch Here!
Thursday, ​October 14	In Person @ MidWestOne Bank ​12-1pm	Sanam Maher, Journalist & Author from Pakistan ​In Collaboration with UI International Writing Program (IWP)	"Is the Transgression Worth It?"	Watch Here!
Wednesday, October 20th	​In Person @ MidWestOne Bank ​12pm-1pm	Dr. Jerry  Schnoor In Collaboration with Iowa UN Association	Climate Change and the Road to Glasgow COP26	Watch Here!
Wednesday, October 27th	​​In Person @ MidWestOne Bank ​12pm-1pm	Deb Dunkhase	Iowa MOST: Bringing Miles Of Smiles To The Indigenous Mayans Of Guatemala	Watch online soon!
Wednesday, November 3rd	Online ​12pm-1pm	Dr. Margarita Balmaceda	"Game Over? Russia, Ukraine, and the EU After the US-German Agreement on Nord Stream"	Watch online soon!
CANCELLED - to be rescheduled	CANCELLED	Blake Rupe	​Plastics in the Ocean
Wednesday, November 17th	Online 4pm-5pm	Dr. Marcella David	International Perspectives on Black Lives Matter	Watch online soon!
Wednesday, December 1st	Online 12pm-1pm	Dr. Madhav Joshi	"Intra-Afghan Peace Process, the Taliban Victory and Women's Rights"	Watch online soon!
Thursday, December 16th	Online ​12pm-1pm	Mak Suceska	"Resettling Afghan Refugees in Iowa"	Register Here!

MORE EVENTS COMING SOON!