Spring 2023

Earth Day in the Pacific​

When: April 19, 2023
Speaker: Mike Roman, Kea Rutherford, Dr. Maria Teaiwa-Rutherford, Lulu DeBoer, Ruth M. Cross, and Baniti Semilota

Peace Corps Volunteer Service as a 50-Year-Old​​

When: March 29, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Darlene Grant​

Narrative Making and the Politics of Juxtaposition​

When: April 5, 2023
Speaker: Anam Zakaria​

We Were Ever Here: Chinese Exchange Students in Iowa, 1909-1937​

When: March 22, 2023
Speaker: Shu Wan

Islamic Feminism and Women's Rights​

When: March 8, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Vivienne Wee and Rozana Isa

From Victimhood to Aggression: Russia's Path to War Against Ukraine

When: February 23, 2023
Speaker: Professor Gulnaz Sharafutdinova

Cedar Rapids' Afghan Community, 18 Months On​

When: March 1, 2023
Speaker: Saadat Ahmadi and Zainab Afghan

Advocating for SWANA Community Members in Iowa City​

When: February 15, 2023
Speaker: Yasmina Sahir and Asel Nasr

Helping International Students Arrive & Thrive​

When: February 8, 2023
Speaker: Karen Edwards and Jon Edwards

The Indian Card: America's Native Identity Problem​

When: January 25, 2023
Speaker: Carrie Schuettpelz

Preventing Future Fish Wars

When: February 1, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Glaser

When Iowa Led the World in Moral Humanitarian Leadership​

When: January 18, 2023
Speaker: Ambassador Kenneth Quinn

Fall 2022

Russia’s Persistent Disinformation and Propaganda War Against the West

When: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022 
Speaker: ​Dr. Peter Gross

Coups d’état: Causes, Consequences, and Opportunities for Research and Policy

When:  Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
Speaker: ​Dr. Clayton Thyne

Using the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to Train Tomorrow’s Sustainability Leaders

When: Wednesday, October 26th, 2022​
Speaker: Dr. David Cwiertny
In Collaboration with Johnson County UN Association

The Russia/Ukraine War: Examining Africa in the Eye of the Storm 

When: ​Thursday, October 13th, 2022
Speaker:  Prof. Sunday Adebisi 

The Genealogies of Hope

When: Thursday, October 6, 2022
Speaker: Zaza Muchemwa​
In collaboration with The University of Iowa International Writing Program 

How Corruption Spawns International Crises, Not Least of Which is Ukraine

When: ​Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
Speaker:​ Dr. Sarah Chayes
In collaboration with the UI Public Policy Center, Department of Political Science 

Putin, Petro-Aggression, and the Future of Energy Geopolitics 

When: ​Thursday, September 29th, 2022​
Speaker: ​Dr. Cullen Hendrix 
In collaboration with the UI Department of Political Science 

Postrevolutionary Iran 

When: ​Tuesday, September 20th, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Robert Asaadi​

Spring 2022  

Refugees and Immigrants – How Their Stories and Experiences Inform Public Policy

When: Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Speaker: Cristina Ortiz, Caleb Knutson, Art Cullen, Cara McFerren

Challenges to an Equitable Net Zero Carbon Transition

When: ​Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Speaker: Stratis Giannakouros

The Authorization for Use of Military Force and U.S. Forever Wars

When: Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
Speaker: Heather Brandon-Smith  

Writing and Reading About the Refugee and Immigrant Experience ​

When: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
​Speakers: Andrea Wilson, Chuy Renteria, Eyad Said, Antonia Rivera ​

The Innovator’s Dilemma: Bitcoin in El Salvador

When: ​Tuesday, April 5, 2022
​Speaker: Dr. Eric Vazquez

Area Refugees and Immigrants in Pursuit of Higher Education

When: Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022
Speakers: Vinh Nguyen, Anne Kiche, Mallory Petsche, Rocio Lopez Riveros

Can Social Science Help Solve Corruption?

When: ​Friday, April 1st, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Monica Prasad

In Recognition of International Women’s Day - Food, Gender, and the Challenges Ahead

When: Tuesday, March 8th, 2022
Speaker: Emmy Simmons

What Do We Know About Cyber Security? Understanding Russian Cyber Aggression

When: ​Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Speaker: Brandon Valeriano

How Covid-19 Has Impacted Refugees and Immigrants in Iowa 

When: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
Speakers: Dr. Erin Hayward, Adrien Silva, Lata D’Mello, Alyssa Clayden

​Anne Frank’s Story in Iowa

When: ​Friday, February 25th, 2022
Speakers: Kirsten E. Kumpf Baele and Waltraud Maierhofer

The Universal Appeal of Foreign Film: A Journey through Latin American Cinema & Beyond

When: ​Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Speakers: Ben Delgado

​Gaining International Experiences When Study Abroad is Unavailable

When: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
Speakers: Dr. Erin C. Johnson, Hannah Gorsline, Grace Nelson, Allie Zucker

​LIFE IN IOWA AS A REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT​

When: Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
​Speakers: Zalmay Niazy, Elizabeth Bernal, Ines Pecuvcic-Jasarovic, Rex Mwamba   

Russia's Impending War Against Ukraine: Three Perspectives

When: Wednesday, Feb 2, 2022
Speakers: Dr. William Reisinger, Dr. Sara Mitchell, Dr. Paul van Hooft

Fall 2021

Resettling Afghan Refugees in Iowa

When: ​Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Speaker: Mak Suceska​

The Intra-Afghan Peace Process, The Taliban Victory and Women's Rights

When: ​Thursday, December 1st, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Madhav Joshi​

Refugees and Immigrants in Iowa

When: ​Thursday, December 8th, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Peter Gerlach​

International Perspectives on Black Lives Matter

When: ​Thursday, November 17th, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Marcella David​

Game Over? Russia, Ukraine and the Eu after the Us-German Agreement on Nord-Stream

When: ​Thursday, November 3rd, 2021
Speaker: Margarita M. Balmaceda​ 

Climate Change and the Road to Glasgow COP26

When: ​Thursday, October 20th, 2021
Speaker: Jerald Schnoor​

Iowa Most: Bringing Miles of Smiles to the Indigenous Mayans of Guatemala

When: ​Thursday, October 27th, 2021
Speaker: Deb Dunkhase​

​IS THE TRANSGRESSION WORTH IT?

When: ​Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Speaker: Sanam Maher

35 Years on the Ground In Cuba

When: ​Thursday, October 6th, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Marilyn Seiber​ 

Gen Z AND fOREIGN pOLICY 

When: ​Thursday, September 27th, 2021
Speakers: Dr. Michael D Hais, Carolina Herrera, Amelia Thoreson, Amna Haider

Race, American Diplomacy, & Why Diversity is So Important

When: ​Thursday, September 28th, 2021
Speaker: Ambassador Charles Ray​

Protesting, The Military Coup, and Burma's Future

When: ​Thursday, September 22nd, 2021
Speaker: Maxine Boutry

Climate CHange and Natural Disasters: Forces for War or Peace?

When: ​Thursday, September 9th, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Sara Mitchell and Yufan Yang​

Spring 2021

Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy: A Year in Kabul: My Assignment in Afghanistan and Reflections of a Career Diplomat

When: ​Thursday, May 13th, 2021
Speaker: David Burger

Why Viral Variants Form and What it Means​

When: ​Thursday, April 20th, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Christine Petersen

Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy: Attitudes from a Turbulent Year​

When: ​Thursday, May 4th, 2021
Speaker: Craig Kafura and ​Brendan Helm

Wise and Valiant: Spanish Women Writers and their Legacy

When: ​Thursday, April 20th, 2021
Speaker: Professor Ana Rodriguez​

Impeachment and Empire​

When: ​Thursday, April 7th, 2021
Speaker: Michael Zmolek​

Three Faces of Growth: Development and the Politics of Abundance in Peru's Andes

When: ​Thursday, March 23rd, 2021
Speaker: Eric Hirsch​

Alumni Panel Discussion - U of I Mandela Washington Fellows​

When: ​Thursday, April 1st, 2021
Speaker: Valeria Adzo Adzatia, Edgar Munatsi, and Sandra Ejang​

Returning to Diplomacy with Iran

When: ​Thursday, March 16th, 2021
Speaker: Hassan El-Tayyab​

Uyghurs in China: Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict

When: ​Thursday, March 5th, 2021
Speaker: Sarah Tynen

COVID-19 and Resistant Malaria Elimination in Cambodia

When: ​Thursday, February 2nd, 2021
Speaker: William Etienne​

China-US Relations in the Biden Era: A New Start?

When: ​Thursday, February 17th, 2021
Speaker: Judy Polumbaum and Mark Sidel

Climate Change and the Paris Agreement

When: ​Thursday, February 11th, 2021
​Speaker: Jerry Schnoor​

The Middle East's Tumultuous Decade: The World Biden Inherits

When: ​Thursday, January 26th, 2021
Speaker: James Zogby

Fall 2020

13,000 Ways to Die: the Risk of Nuclear War Today

When: ​December 9, 2020
Speaker: Thomas Countryman

COVID-19, Austerity, and State Violence in South Africa

When: ​November 18, 2020
Speaker: Ted Powers

German-American Relations After the Elections

When: ​December 1, 2020
Speaker: Ambassador Emily Haber

Russian Electoral Interference and 21st Century Information Warfare

When: ​October 28, 2020
Speaker: Nick Grossman

Promoting Health and Wellbeing and Reducing Inequalities in Iowa: Immigration Policy, Stress, and Community Health

When: ​October 22, 2020
Speaker: Elizabeth Bernal and Nicole Novak

How Today's Democracies Fall Apart

When: ​September 29, 2020
Speaker: Erica Frantz

COVID-19 and Global Agriculture

When: ​October 15, 2020
Speaker: Chad Hart

Community-based Drinking Water Improvements in La Sirena, Nicaragua

When: ​September 29, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Craig Just​

Rebuilding International Education in the Wake of COVID-19​

When: ​September 22, 2020
Speaker: Russel Ganim

Why is Iowa So White?

When: ​September 10, 2020
Speaker: Chuck Connerly

Political Neutrality in the Military

When: ​September 16, 2020
Speaker: Professor ​Jovana Davidovic

Spring 2020

State Regulation of Religion: Understanding Islam in the People's Republic of China

When: ​July 21, 2020​
Speaker: Morten Schlütter and ​Cuma Özkan

Teaching and Learning with Refugees and Immigrants in Iowa City

When: ​May 20, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Peter Gerlach

COVID-19 and Atrocity Prevention: Factors for Risk and Resilience

When: ​May 27, 2020
Speaker: Kelsey Paul Shantz and Jessica Kline

Coronavirus Response in South Africa

When: ​April 30, 2020
Speaker: Jackie Curnick​

Can Youth Reduce Their Risk of Joining a Gang?

When: ​April 22, 2020
Speaker: Robyn Braverman​

Observations from Afar: Recent Elections in Taiwan and Implications

When: ​April 9, 2020
Speaker: Dave Wu​

Scaling up our World View in the Face of COVID-19

When: ​April 16, 2020
Speaker: Janice Weiner​

Serving as 'Secretary of State' to America's Tribal Nations

When: ​March 11, 2020
Speaker: Kevin Washburn​

Combustion: A Feminist Perspective on Cookstove Improvement Campaigns in India

When: ​March 3, 2020
Speaker: Professor Meena Khandelwal 

African Elections as a Testing Ground: Cambridge Analytica in Nigeria and Kenya

When: ​February 18, 2020
Speaker: Professor Brian Ekdale

The Inevitable Pandemic of COVID-19

When: ​February 26, 2020
Speaker: Professor Hans House

Overcoming the One Inch Barrier: Experiencing the World Through Foreign Film

When: ​February 11, 2020
Speaker: Rebecca Fons

How Climate Change is Changing International Politics​

When: ​February 5, 2020
Speaker: Rei Tang

The New Nuclear Landscape: What You Need to Know​

When: ​January 16, 2020
Speaker: Rachel Bronson

Europe's Radical Right

When: ​January 29, 2020​
Speaker: Professor Lisa Heineman

Fall 2019

Climate and Culture Change in Spain​

When: ​December 11, 2019
Speaker: Katina Lillios

An Australian's Perspective on U.S. Politics​

When: November 12, 2019​
Speaker: Dr. Chloe Angyal

China's Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia: Interests and Challenges​

When: November 19, 2019
Speaker: Bo Xu

Bread and Circuses: The Female Patrons of Ancient Pompei​

When: ​October 30, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Brenda Longfellow

What Should We Know About Russia and Its Foreign Policy?​

When: October 24, 2019
Speaker: Dr. ​William M. Reisinger

The Crowd-Chinese Contemporary Theater​

When: ​October 8, 2019
Speaker: Nick Yu

 The United Nations and Human Rights​

When: ​October 16, 2019
Speaker: Professor ​Debra L. DeLaet

Immigration and Asylum: A View from the Border​

When: October 2, 2019
Speaker: Dr. ​Yolanda Rivera

Global Education Programs in Teacher Education​

When: September 24, 2019
Speaker: Dr. ​Will Coghill-Berhrends

Wither Democracy in Brazil and Venezuela?​

When: ​September 11, 2019
Speaker: Professor Amy Erica Smith

Floods, Tariffs, Deals: An Update for Global Agriculture​

When: ​September 18, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Chad Hart

Challenges of International Experience and Entrepreneurship​

When: ​September 4, 2019
Speaker: Dr. ​Pol Herrmann

Neoliberalism, Chicago Boys, and the Americas​

When: ​August 28, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Rossi

Spring 2019

Africa's Future Opportunities​

When: ​July 23, 2019
Speaker: Ernest Lefu Atem, Valeria Adzo Adzatia, Tendayi Mushonga, and ​Phyllis Kyomuhendo

University of Iowa Students' Experience with the International Student Observership Program in India​

When: ​May 9, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Dan Caplan and Kayla Erps

Disinformation in Social Media​

When: ​July 9, 2019​
Speaker: Alberto Puliafito and Giovanni Zagni

2019 UI Fulbright Student Awardees​​

When: April 25, 2019
Speaker: Jeffrey Clark, Alex Bare, Alexa Frank, and ​Michael Parisi-Mercado

UI Undergraduate Students Speak on Topics about Human Rights​

When: ​April 18, 2019
Speaker: Caitlin Chenus and ​Sara Hassan

Public Health is Global Health​

When: ​March 28, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Edith Parker​

The End of Multilateralism and the Post-WWII International Order?​

When: ​April 3, 2019
Speaker: Professor Jonathon Carlson​

Political Elites in Putin's Russia: Ideology, Foreign Policy and Public Support​

When: ​March 7, 2019
Speaker: Danielle N. Lussier​

Imposition and Termination of Economic Sanctions: Their Domestic and Economic Effects​

When: ​February 28, 2019
Speaker: Professor Menevis Cilizoglu​

Updates for Immigration Issues​

When: ​February 14, 2019
Speaker: Professor Bram Elias and ​Stella Burch Elias

Saving the World's Coral Reefs​

When: ​February 20, 2019
Speaker: Keith Sahm​

Plastic in the Oceans​

When: ​February 6, 2019
Speaker: Blake Rupe​

Trade and Small Business in Africa​

When: ​January 23, 2019
Speaker: Dimy Doresca​

The Chinese Model of Democracy is a Major Competitor to Liberal Democracy​

When: ​January 16, 2019​
Speaker: Professor John Reitz​

Fall 2018

How Mass Migration Is Changing Our Understanding of Language and Bilingualism​​

When: ​December 12, 2018
Speaker: Professor Mercedes Niño-Murcia

The Migingo Dispute between Uganda and Kenya​

When: ​November 14, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Rossi​

The Search for Life in the Solar System and Beyond​

When: ​December 5, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Don Gurnett

Corporate Social Responsibility in Latin America​

When: ​November 7, 2018
Speaker: Monica Gordillo​

New Challenges Facing the European Union​

When: ​October 30, 2018
Speaker: Joelle Adda​

Political and Policy Obstacles to Feeding the World​

When: ​October 18, 2018
Speaker: John Norris​

Bringing International Sports Competitions to Our Community; Diplomacy, Logistics, and Challenges​​

When: ​October 24, 2018
Speaker: Josh Schamberger​

Russian Artists vs. the Russian Government​

When: ​October 11, 2018
Speaker: Alisa Ganieva​

Religion and New Realities; Moscow, Kiev, and Shanghai​

When: ​October 4, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Robin W. Lovin​

Palliative Care is Everyone's Business: Community Participation in Health Care​

When: ​September 18, 2018
Speaker: Dr. M.R. Rajagopal​

The Golden Age of Russian Guitar​

When: ​September 25, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Oleg Vitalyevich Timofeyev​

Creating Alternative Worlds in Animation​

When: September 12, 2018​
Speaker: Peter Chanthanakone

Healthcare Delivery in Developing Countries​

When: ​September 5, 2018
Speaker: Dr. John Canady​

The Baltic States, NATO, and Russia​

When: ​August 22, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Ron McMullen​

Iowa's Role in Agriculture and International trade: Why Tariffs and Trade Agreements Matter​

When: ​August 29, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Chad Hart​

Spring 2018

Mandela Washington Fellows: Young Entrepreneurs Fostering Transformative Changes in Africa​

When: ​July 24, 2018
Speaker: Saeed Jumah, Awa Thiam, and Luana Edla Cardoso Pereira 

Reaching Out to the World Through Non-Fiction Film​

When: ​May 10, 2018
Speaker: Kevin Kelley​

Hollowing Out the Middle: Chinese and American Rural Depopulation​

When: ​July 12, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Rubie Watson​

Health Care for Underserved Populations in South India​

When: ​May 2, 2018
Speaker: Eesha Patel and ​Ashleigh Wallace

The Basque Country - Language, Culture, and Politics: A View from the Inside​

When: ​April 25, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Roslyn Frank​

Surviving Hurricanes in Puerto Rico​

When: ​April 11, 2018
Speaker: Professor Mariola Espinosa

South African Politics and Their Constitution: 20 Years Plus After Apartheid​

When: ​April 19, 2018
Speaker: Mark Kende​

Political Conflicts Among Ethnic Minorities in China​

When: ​April 4, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Elise Pizzi​

Here and Abroad: Three U of I Seniors Speak to the Relevance of Their International Experiences​

When: ​March 29, 2018
Speaker: Rachel Maggi, Daniel Valentin, and ​Ashley Chong

An International Rocket Field School at the Andoya Space Centre in Norway​

When: ​March 8, 2018
Speaker: Dr. David Miles​

State of State: One Year into the Trump Administration​

When: ​March 22, 2018
Speaker: Laura Kennedy​

A Story of Political Awakening and Activist Archives in South Africa​

When: ​March 1, 2018
Speaker: Debora Matthews​

RESISTANCE: Reclaiming an American Tradition​

When: ​February 22, 2018​
Speaker: Jeff Biggers​

Stranger in a Strange Land: Personal and Philosophical Reflections of an EU National in Brexit-Referendum Britain​

When: ​February 8, 2018
Speaker: Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz​

Good Governance? Prison Gangs and Informal Order in the Former Soviet Union​

When: ​February 15, 2018
Speaker: Gavin Slade​

Sixty Years of Space Research at Iowa: The Legacy of James A. Van Allen​

When: ​February 1, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Don Gurnett​

Sui Generis, Kosovo, and Iowa's Unique Relationship with this New Balkan State​

When: ​January 25, 2018
Speaker: Alle McNorton​

How the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Uses Innovation to Accelerate Equity in Low and Middle Income Countries​

When: ​January 18, 2018
Speaker: Jeff Murray​

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