Global Issues Symposium

2017 Program

2017 Program

Challenging Borders: Migration, Rights and Security
in the 21st Century

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Poster MENA Speaker Series 2017
Monday, March 13
7:30 pm “The Latino Threat: Contextualizing the Anti-Immigrant Discourse in Presidential Politics”
Leo Chavez, University of California, Irvine
Science Center, Dye Lecture Hall
Tuesday, March 28
7:30 pm Trumpeando Latina/o Immigrants: Race, Gender, Immigration and New World Borders”
Anna Sampaio, Santa Clara University
Science Center, Dye Lecture Hall
Wednesday, March 29
7:30 pm “Torture Never Works: Regaining Lost Ground in the Prevention of Torture and Ill-Treatment in the U.S. and around the World”
Juan Méndez, American University – Washington College of Law
Science Center, Dye Lecture Hall
Wednesday, April 5
7:30 pm Lecture (to be confirmed)
Bassam Haddad, George Mason University
Science Center, Dye Lecture Hall
Thursday, April 6
4:30 pm “Studying the Middle East through The Knowledge Production Project”
Bassam Haddad, George Mason University
King 335
Tuesday, April 11
7:30 pm “The Crisis in Iraq: The Problem is the State, Not the Borders”
Marina Ottaway, The Wilson Center
Science Center, Dye Lecture Hall
Monday, April 17
4:30 to 6 pm “Borderlands and Refugee Integration in Mexico: an Intersectional View from the Ground”
Daniel Otero, community organizer
King 306
Tuesday, April 18
12:15 to 1:15 pm Workshop (lunch provided)
“Gaining a Global Perspective toward Migration: Intersecting Gender, LGBTQI Communities and Human Rights in Latin America”

Daniel Otero, community organizer
King 335