The Lewis Global
Studies Center is a bustling center of opportunities and events. Check back often for the latest
announcements and events from the GSC. All events take place in the Lewis Global Studies Center in Wright
Hall unless otherwise noted.
Lewis Global Studies Center Annual Report 2011-2012
Events Spring 2013
Workshop
Human Trafficking: Perspective and Activism
Tuesday, January 22
Film Series
Trading Women
Directed by David Feingold, 2003
Wednesday, February 6
WHAW
Earthquake or Status Quo? Interpretation the Israeli Election
With Donna Robinson Divine, Professor of Government,
Michal Frenkel, Visiting Professor of Israel Studies and Sociology, and Justin Cammy, Professor of Jewish Studies
Tuesday, February 14
WHAW
The Crisis in Mali: Implications of the French Intervention
With Alfred Babo Lecturer of French Studies, and Catharine Newbury, Emeritus Professor of Government
Thursday, February 14
Summer Abroad Opportunities Fair
Tuesday, February 19
Film Series
Trade
Directed by Marco Kreutzpaintner, 2007
Wednesday, February 27
Global Commons
Blasphemy in the Land of the Pure
Thursda, February 28
Report Back
From West Point to Africa: Student Experience at Academic Conferences
Wednesday, March 6
Film Series
Price of Sex
Directed by Mimi Chakarova, 2011
Wednesday, March 14
WHAW
Mariage Pour Tous: The Implications of the Marriage Equality Law Currently in the French National Assembly
With Mehammed Mack, Assistant Professor of French Studies
Thursday, March 14
Global Commons
Life after Hugo Chavez
Thursday, March 28
Global Salon
Video Artwork: Constructing a Virtual Chinese City
With Ann Musser, Smith College Musuem of Art, Suzanne Gottschang, Professor of Anthropology, Jim Middlebrook, Professor of Architecture, and John Slepian, Professor of Art
Film Series
Very Young Girls
Directed by David Schisgall and Nina Alvarez, 2007
Wednesday, April 3
WHAW
An Update on Kenyan Elections and the Forced Displacement of Omo River Peoples in Ethiopia
With Professor Noel Twagiramungu, Visiting Professor of Government, and Professor Elliot Fratkin, Professor of Anthropology
Thursday, April 4
Global Salon
The Transformational Power of Women in Public Roles
With Jane Harman '66, former U.S. Representative
Monday, April 8
Global Salon
Russians, Jews, and the Orthodox Church
With Judith Deutsch Kornblatt, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Friday, April 12
Symposium
Trafficking Sex: Politics, Policy, Personhood
Smith College offers a two-day symposium on the complex and controversial issues of human sex trafficking. A keynote event with Gloria Steinem and Ruchira Gupta will open the event. A set of panels will follow that feature presentations and open debate by a range of prominent experts. Subjects treated will examine the the interplay between public policy, advocacy, human rights, and technology - in the United States and around the world.
Thursday, April 18 - Friday, April 19
Global Commons
Demystifying North Korea: A Conversation about the Situation Today
Article about the recent development in North Korea and timeline of their nuclear program
Thursday, April 25, at 4:15 p.m.
WHAW
Where is Chechnya? The Caucasus Conflict and Boston Terror Attacks
With Sergey Glebov, Assistant Professor of History
Tuesday, April 30
Film Screening
Jiwasa: Decolonizing the historical practice of Bolivian politics
With Ismael Saavedra, Filmmaker and Academic Director for SIT Study Abroad, Bolivia
Wednesday, March 1
