Spring 2024 Chronological Program Summary
February
Thursday, February 8 – 4:00 pm – KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda – The Dangers and Promise of Lake Kivu: Defusing an Explosive African Great Lake – Presented by Dr. Sergei Katsev, Professor, UMD Large Lakes Observatory and Department Head, Physics and Astronomy Department
Tuesday, February 20 - 6:00 pm check-in and dinner; 7:00 pm game begins - UMD Kirby Student Center Ballroom - WorldQuest: International Trivia Game
Thursday, February 22 – 12:00 pm – KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda – Slowing Down: A Fulbright Year in Sweden – Presented by Dr. Scott Laderman, UMD Professor of History, 2023-2024 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award, Uppsala University, Sweden
Thursday, February 29 – 12:00 pm – KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Writing in Times of the Holocaust: Elias, Auerbach, and Cassire - Presented by Dr. Barbara Buchenau, Professor, North American Literary and Cultural Studies at the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Thursday, February 29 - 6:30 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - - Aurora to Go: How New Trends in the Internationalization of European Higher Education Are Changing Educational and Research Partnerships - Presented by Dr. Barbara Buchenau, Professor, North American Literary and Cultural Studies at the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
March
Thursday, March 14 - 7:00 pm - Virtual via Zoom The Past, Present and Future of U.S.-Israel Relations- Presented by Professor Dov Waxman, Director, of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and Professor of Political Science and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair of Israel Studies at UCLA - Register at https://z.umn.edu/Waxman2024
Thursday, March 21 - 12:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - A Fulbright Year in Kazakhstan: Learning to Expect the Unexpected - Presented by Dr. Igor Melnykov, Associate Professor, UMD Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Thursday, March 28 - 12:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Under the Midnight Sun, An Environmental and Outdoor Education Expedition - Presented by Jeanette Johnson, UMD Alum, Environmental and Outdoor Education Major, Park Ranger, Army Corps of Engineers at the Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, Duluth
April
Tuesday, April 2 - 4:30 pm - Cina Hall 102 - Information Session on Internships and Careers with the U.S. State Department - former Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. State Department and UMD Alworth Institute Diplomat in Residence
Wednesday, April 3 - 7:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Global Issues in an Election Year - Presented by Thomas Hanson, former Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. State Department and UMD Alworth Institute Diplomat in Residence
Thursday, April 4 - 4:00 pm - Griggs Center - A Semester in Ireland: Studying and Traveling - Presented by Elliot Schatz, UMD Junior, Political Science Major with minors in International Studies and Economics, and Recipient of the 2023 Alworth Institute Study Abroad Scholarship
Thursday, April 11 - 12:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Visiting South Korea - Presented by Dr. John Schwetman, Associate Professor, English Graduate Faculty, and Dr. Chongwon Park, Professor, Linguistics, both from the UMD Department of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies
Thursday, April 18 - 12:00 pm - Virtual via Zoom - Queen of the Danube: The Wonder that is Budapest - Presented by Cindy Christian, Director of the Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies - Register at z.umn.edu/Budapest24
Please note: The following lecture was originally scheduled for Monday, April 15.
Wednesday, April 24 - 6:30 pm - Virtual via Zoom - Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Presented by Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, Center for a New American Security, and author of Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - Register at z.umn.edu/AI2024
The Alworth Institute is a sponsor of the UMD Department of Music series, Shades of Africa 2024. Go to Special and Co-sponsored Events for information on dates and events.