Past Events

Date & Time October 27, 2020 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Location
Virtual
Program
IGL General

SURGE Annual Book Talk: 'China's Good War' with Professor Rana Mitter

We welcome Professor Rana Mitter from the University of Oxford to talk about his new book - China's Good War: How World War II is Shaping a New Nationalism. The book reviews China's radical reassessment of its collective memory of the brutal Sino-Japanese War. Prof. Mitter argues that this new view on its World War II experience is central to China's newfound confidence abroad and to mounting nationalism at home.

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Date & Time October 23, 2020 3:00pm
Location
Virtual
Program
Latin American Committee

The Latinx Vote: Past, Present, and Future

For the first time in history, Latinx voters will form the largest minority voting bloc in the United States. With some 32 million Latinos eligible to vote in the upcoming presidential election, the Latinx vote has taken center stage during this year’s election cycle. The growing presence and power of Latinx voters brings pressing questions to the fore. Can candidates capture the Latinx vote? What motivates Latinx voters to go to the polls, and what dissuades them? How has the Latinx voting bloc developed from the 20th century to present day?

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Date & Time October 23, 2020 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location
Virtual
Program
IGL General

Global Perspectives on Race, Justice and Equity Conversation Series with Sir Hilary Beckles -REPARATIONS: The Jury says yes: waiting for the judge to say how much

Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, 8th Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is a distinguished academic, international thought leader, Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, and global public activist in the field of social justice and minority empowerment.

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