| The year 2020 was one of gloom on many fronts. Join Middlebury Institute faculty experts to discuss what we’ve learned and how we, together, build a path forward. |
| Free to attend. Includes Q&A session. Sponsored by the Gerry Taylor Seminars Endowment Fund. Zoom webinar details will be provided after you register. All times are Pacific (PDT/PST). |
| Featured Speakers and Dates |
| Wednesday, March 3, 2021 12:30–1:30 p.m. Pacific Time “COVID-19 as a Prism to Reexamine the Past and Imagine a New Future” with Professors Netta Avineri and Mahabat Baimyrzaeva COVID-19 has forced us to reexamine our reality in relation to foundational issues such as democracy, education, and societal inequities. How has the pandemic exaggerated and exposed our limits, illusions, and doubts, and how has it shaped and reshaped our perspectives and actions? Professors Netta Avineri and Mahabat Baimyrzaeva co-taught (with colleagues Fernando DePaolis and Phil Murphy) a fall 2020 course, COVID-19: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on the Pandemic, which facilitated students’ exploration of the local, broad, and global impact of COVID-19. This WorldViews talk will discuss COVID-19 as a prism to critically view the past and the future, with an eye to leadership, higher education and pedagogy, media, and public discourse. Wednesday, April 7, 2021 4:00–5:00 p.m. Pacific Time Freedom and the U.S. Economy: From Trump to Biden with Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Institute Jeff Dayton-Johnson How is the U.S. economy performing? What changes can we expect under the Biden administration? We’ll look at America’s freedom and challenges in the post-pandemic economy. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Institute Jeff Dayton-Johnson is the Institute’s chief academic officer and works in tandem with the senior leadership team to ensure the overall success and functioning of the Middlebury Institute. As both a student and a practitioner of economic and political development, particularly in Latin America, he offers unique expertise on emerging economies, immigration, poverty, inequality, and natural disasters. |
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MIIS 2020 Fall WorldViews Speaker Series
Middlebury Institute Center directors discuss today’s vexing world problems of race relations, domestic/global terrorism, climate change, and nonproliferation.
General Information
Due to COVID-19, our fall 2020 speaker series will take place online via Zoom. Free to attend. Includes Q&A session. Sponsored by the Gerry Taylor Seminars Endowment Fund. All times are Pacific (PDT/PST).
Fall Schedule
September 9, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Center for Conflict Studies (CCS)
October 14, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. – Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC)
October 28, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Center for the Blue Economy (CBE)
November 11, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. – James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)
For more information: https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/middlebury-institute-giving-speaker-series
Register at: http://go.miis.edu/worldviewsfall20
