Macalester College Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship

Happy Thursday! Come join us TODAY, April 28th, 4:30-6 pm in the Weyerhaeuser Boardroom to hear from and celebrate our Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship Global Citizenship Awardees at our annual Spring Celebration! Refreshments will be served!

Happy Monday! Come join us Thursday, April 28th, 4:30-6 pm in the Weyerhaeuser Boardroom to hear from and celebrate our Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship Global Citizenship Awardees at our annual Spring Celebration! Refreshments will be served!

Happy Thursday! Come join us Thursday, April 28th, 4:30-6 pm in the Weyerhaeuser Boardroom to hear from and celebrate our Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship Global Citizenship Awardees at our annual Spring Celebration! Refreshments will be served!

Hey good people! The Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship is looking to hire a skilled and creative student graphic designer for summer and fall 2022. The applicant must have a work study award, be able to commit to 30 hours/week throughout the summer (flexible schedule), and 10 hours/week during the fall semester. In addition, they must have experience working with various graphic design and social media platforms. See the full job description and submit your application through JobX by April 5th for best consideration!

This year the Geography Department will be hosting Lanegran Days from March 24-26. We are so excited to be welcoming Dr. LaToya Eaves from the University of Tennessee Knoxville to our campus. Dr. Eaves is a geographer who is focused on Black, feminist, and q***r geographies. She will be giving her plenary address titled, “…but not under conditions of our own choosing.”: Black livingness as a method in geography on Thursday, March 24th from 4:45 pm to 6:15 pm in the Kagin Ballroom. The entire Macalester community is invited to this lecture to learn from the incredible work Dr. Eaves is doing for the field of geography. Please RSVP through the link below to reserve your spot at the plenary. Attendance is also available via Zoom; request the Zoom link through the link below.

RSVP link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIYOuGEUVR24AwXWDRk7ZHAhqsVlwyYpUvbR_VWAOqQrCXvA/viewform?fbzx=7708675396204732969

Request the Zoom link: https://macalester.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EdXhJ1uNQeKPm7C7VoqqJw

All students who are returning in the fall are invited to submit proposals to lead a session at International Roundtable 2022, October 13-15. Proposals for student-led sessions may be submitted by completing the IRT Proposal form by March 25. Check out the short slide deck in our instagram bio for more details about the IRT.

Working abstract for International Roundtable 2022:

There has been a recent growth in calls and arguments for decolonizing frameworks of knowledge, and the concomitant “coloniality of power” by which social and cultural systems reinforce Eurocentric hierarchies that presume “others” as inferior and less valuable. This global condition has also produced anti-colonial and emancipatory epistemologies which have contributed to decolonizing possibilities for governance, education, social movements, international relations, environmental practices, the media, for race and sexualities, and more. Our 2022 IRT will create the space to discuss decolonization efforts and also ask critical questions: Who can decolonize? What has worked as decolonial praxis and what are the limits? Can decolonization ever be attained? Can decolonizing approaches decenter power? What are some of the fissures and fractures within decolonial practices? What tensions, solidarities, and collectivities can emerge from encounters with intersectionality, critical race theory, indigenous ontologies and pluriverse thinking, ecology, feminism, and q***r theory just to name a few? How does decolonization work across space, geopolitics, and borders? Can the global South and the West ever achieve “having a discussion of equals”?

Questions? Contact Professor Olga Gonzalez [email protected], Paul Cosme, '22 [email protected], or Meg Thorson [email protected]

International Roundtable 2022 - Student Information Session
Sponsored by the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship
Thursday, March 3, Markim Hall, Davis Court

On the Im/possibilities of decolonizing knowledge and power
(working title for International Roundtable 2022)

All students returning in the Fall are invited to hear Paul Cosme, ‘22 and Prof. Olga Gonzalez (Anthropology and Associate Dean in the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship) describe the opportunity for student leaders of International Roundtable (IRT) sessions. IRT 2022 will be held October 12-14 and students who lead sessions will submit proposals by March 25th. Students will hear about the resources and support available for IRT student session leaders, as well as the first hand experience of a seasoned student session leader.
Lunch will be served.

Please complete the short form linked below to help us plan food quantities.
Lunch will include GF, vegetarian, and vegan options.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddgkkKZRY9qpdDPA5Huz2PQGuCyyw8kDdOS1Hr-p39OS_ykQ/viewform

Have you ever considered joining a PhD program in the Humanities or becoming a professor? Come find out about the Mellon Mays fellowship program and meet current fellows and faculty. MMUF provides students from under-represented backgrounds the opportunity to work closely with Humanities professors to preview what it would be like to make a career of teaching and research.

Check today's Mac Daily to register for one of two brief Zoom information sessions on Tuesday, Feb. 8 from 11:30am-12pm or Thursday Feb. 10 from 5-5:30pm.

Link: https://linktr.ee/MacalesterIGC

Happy Monday! Be sure to check out this event!

Why Do We Miss the Soviet Union? Memories and Lessons of the Soviet Collapse

Thursday, December 2
11:30 am-1pm (CST), hybrid event
Harmon Room, DeWitt Wallace Library, Macalester College
Zoom: https://macalester.zoom.us/j/92848713385?pwd=Kzllc3djZGVqcStkK09PbnUwWlpvZz09

The Soviet Union fell thirty years ago. In a 2020 poll conducted by the Levada Center, 75% of Russians declared the Soviet era to be the best period in the history of the country. Reminiscing about stability, standards of living, and Soviet childhood, rarely did they mention shortages, food lines, and repressions. According to the poll, 65% of Russian citizens lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union and argued that it could have been avoided. However, only 28% were ready to resurrect the Soviet system.

• Why do people in Russia (and beyond) yearn for the Soviet past?
• Why is the Soviet experiment relevant today?

Come and reflect on these questions with our guests:
Local emigre and K-12 educator Natallia Antanovich (Black Hawk Middle School)
Professor James von Geldern (Russian Studies and International Studies, Macalester College)
Historian Alexei Titkov (Editor-in-Chief, Istoricheskii vestnik/The Historical Herald)

This event is co-sponsored by the Macalester Russian Studies Department and the Russian-American Business and Culture Council.

It’s that time of year! Kofi Annan IGC Annual Spring Celebration

More information at this link: https://www.macalester.edu/igc/opportunities/2021-celebration-of-global-citizenship/

French Lecture (lecture in English)- Bernard Salva
Celebrating a World Theatre: From L’Odyssée to Persepolis on the Stage of Campus Saint Jean-University of Alberta
Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 4:45 -6:00 PM (CST)
https://macalester.zoom.us/j/92417303397?pwd=aVBhZjZybXl6anRuWXp2WDduNlFSQT09

Théâtre à l' Ouest, the student company of Campus Saint Jean, is without a doubt the most multicultural theatre group in Edmonton, Canada. Directed by the travelling actor, director and teacher, Bernard Salva, Theatre à l' Ouest is dedicated to exploring playwrights and stories of the world. In this talk, Bernard Salva will be discussing the new francophone canadian mosaic, especially in the west, that has been the inspiration for new theatre practices in recent productions that he has directed, including Dalia, une odyssée by M. Salva, and an adaptation of the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.

Bernard Salva is the founder and artistic director of Théâtre à Grimône in France, and Teaching Professor of Dramatic Arts and Scene Writing at the francophone campus of the University of Alberta, le Campus Saint Jean in Edmonton.

This event is co-sponsored by the French and Francophone Studies Department, the Theater Department and Mellon Renewed Purpose grant.

Please be sure to check out this upcoming event!

The Macalester Anthropology Department along with the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship invite you to join us Friday, April 23, at 4:45 p.m. CDT for the Sixth Annual David W. McCurdy Distinguished Anthropology Lecture.

Held via Zoom, this year’s speaker is Dr. Duana Fullwiley, associate professor of anthropology at Stanford University. Dr. Fullwiley’s lecture is titled "Breaking anthropology open: art, science and the vibrational possibilities of ethnographic un-disciplining."

In this talk Dr. Fullwiley will explore the sensory and curious nature of ethnographic sensibility in its relation to artistic ways of knowing that exceed the dividing lines of culture, of anthropologist and subject, of self and other. By taking scenes, questions, and field notes from her work that join genetics, race, migration, the pandemic as well as conveyance forms from the arts—the exhibit and the poem— Fullwiley’s hope is to share how the back-and-forth of an anthropological approach of sense-making stimulates conceptual openings with the potential to both unsettle and ground us in new ways.

Please note that you must pre-register in order to receive the Zoom link. For more information, contact Jackie Walcome at [email protected].

Registration link: https://macalester.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUoduuhrTkoGtakeZJsGboneGqhOj2WQYUf

Another great event to check out!

The 8th Annual Critical Theory Symposium will be on zoom Friday, April 16, 4:45 pm CST.

This year's symposium—Island: An Image as Philosophy—focuses on the practice of engaging images as philosophy, which our speakers will showcase through the specific image of the island. We are honored to have as our speakers professors Joëlle Vitiello (French and Francophone studies), an established scholar of, among others, Caribbean literature and culture, who will speak on Trans-Island Networks: Ecotonic Spaces and Archipelagos from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean and Brad Stiffler (media and cultural studies), a Mac alumnus and promising cultural theorist, including of punk subculture, who will speak on When Adam Ant "Signed Up With Margaret Thatcher to Sing at the Falklands Ball": "Island(s) of No Return."

Co-sponsored by the departments of Anthropology, Art & Art History, English, French and Francophone Studies, German & Russian Studies, International Studies, Media & Cultural Studies, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, and the Annan Institute for Global Citizenship.

Note that you have to pre-register in order to receive the Zoom link. BYOF & BYOD. For more information email Professor Kiarina Kordela at [email protected].

Copy and paste this link into your browser to register: https://macalester.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYkfuGhpjsqHdFnUZxiFu8jN0FlD41sOSec

Looking for ways to get involved? Check out this event!

"When does protest make a difference?" An informal discussion of the evidence with Lisa Mueller (Political Science)

With the latest mobilizations surrounding Daunte Wright's killing, many people are deciding whether to take some form of action, or have already done so. Students may be wondering, "Does my participation make a difference? How can activism do the most good for the communities I want to help?" Professor Lisa Mueller will host an informal, interactive presentation summarizing the scientific evidence on why protests succeed or not, including recent findings on how to increase support for reforming police violence. This session complements other important spaces for processing the emotional and ethical dimensions of anti-Black violence.

The event will take place Friday, April 16 on Zoom, 12:30-1:30pm central. All are welcome.

Copy and paste this link into your browser to attend: https://macalester.zoom.us/j/91209102439?pwd=WVBBRDJpdmViWUpzYld4NXBHUzFNdz09

image credits: NYT

Happy Tuesday everyone! Please be sure to read the following information regarding Honoring the Senior Journey:

Honoring the journey is a special gathering that honors the families of those who are amongst the first generation in their family to graduate from college. Graduating first-generation seniors will have an opportunity to acknowledge family members and friends who have supported their journey as a first-generation college student.

Copy and paste this link into your browser to RSVP to honor your family at our live watch party on Friday, May 14th, from 6-7 pm CDT!

Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17cqQ-8VzjllHZS7npkwAeD7nF8oV2S2U4tpuVNjF_Q8/edit?ts=6075cdbe&gxids=7628

How amazing was this panel discussion?! In cased you missed Community Aid vs. Policing Bodies, hosted by Prof. Harry Waters Jr. and feat. an amazing panel, it is now available on YouTube!

Community Aid vs Policing Bodies Panel discussion hosted by Harry Waters, Jr. Recorded: Thursday, March 25, 4:45-6 p.m. CDT.Panelists: Tish Jones, founder, TruArt Speaks; Duaba Unenra, direc...

🚨 TODAY 🚨 Community Aid vs. Policing Bodies.

Panel discussion hosted by Prof. Harry Waters, Jr. 4:45-6:00 p.m. CDT.

Panelists: Tish Jones, founder, TruArt Speaks; Duaba Unera, director of neighborhood engagement and learning, Confluence Studio; Shá Cage ’95, co-founder, Tru Ruts; Roxanne Anderson, executive director, RARE Productions; Natalia Davis, artistic director; Mariana Morgan Sawyer, facilitator lead; and Jan Mandell, program director, Irreducible Grace Foundation

In these tense times of the trials for the murder of George Floyd, recent unfortunate violence at George Floyd Square, ongoing attacks on communities, and environmental suffering, we have grown more aware of the great toll on the bodies of us all. The work of these activist artists, who use the arts and creative methods to care for each other and their communities, has resonance that is generally overlooked in traditional media. Traditional media outlets will feature the needed protests, marches, and public cries for justice. We’ll gather with these community leaders to hear how to take an active role in aiding those with the most to lose: youth, elderly, LGBTQIA2S, unsheltered, and others among the most vulnerable. This casual discussion format will provide an opportunity to hear these creative leaders talk to each other, share tools, and participate in a Q & A exchange.

Please join us! Zoom registration link: bit.ly/ComAid.

Sponsored by the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship.

Happy Wednesday everyone! Please be sure to check out this upcoming event!

How is the model minority myth connected to criminalizing Blackness -- and what does this have to do with anti-Asian violence?, Weds., Mar. 24, 4-5 pm CDT (zoom link)

Please join Karin Aguilar-San Juan (Professor and Chair, American Studies) and Donna Maeda (Dean, Annan IGC and Professor, American Studies) in a conversation about reclaiming our own narratives for sustenance in a time of grief and rage. How might we draw from radical solidarity movements in our communities' histories for where we are today? Where are sources of inspiration in these heavy times?

Zoom link: https://macalester.zoom.us/s/99654997964

Be sure to check out this cool event!

Panel discussion hosted by Harry Waters, Jr. Thursday, March 25, 4:45-6 p.m. CDT.

Panelists: Tish Jones, founder, TruArt Speaks; Duaba Unera, director of neighborhood engagement and learning, Confluence Studio; Shá Cage ’95, co-founder, Tru Ruts; Roxanne Anderson, executive director, RARE Productions; Natalia Davis, artistic director; Mariana Morgan Sawyer, facilitator lead; and Jan Mandell, program director, Irreducible Grace Foundation

In these tense times of the trials for the murder of George Floyd, recent unfortunate violence at George Floyd Square, ongoing attacks on communities, and environmental suffering, we have grown more aware of the great toll on the bodies of us all. The work of these activist artists, who use the arts and creative methods to care for each other and their communities, has resonance that is generally overlooked in traditional media. Traditional media outlets will feature the needed protests, marches, and public cries for justice. We’ll gather with these community leaders to hear how to take an active role in aiding those with the most to lose: youth, elderly, LGBTQIA2S, unsheltered, and others among the most vulnerable. This casual discussion format will provide an opportunity to hear these creative leaders talk to each other, share tools, and participate in a Q & A exchange.

Please join us! Zoom registration link: bit.ly/ComAid.

Sponsored by the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship.

Happy Tuesday! Please be sure to check out this event!

Student Activism Across Borders

On Tuesday, March 23 at 11:30 am - 1 pm CST, join us online for a roundtable featuring pro-democracy student activists in Belarus in conversation with students at Macalester. Learn about the challenges that student activists share and the common ground they share. This event will be in English, and all are welcome. Kevin Reiling '98, Regional Director at American Councils for International Education, will moderate the discussion.

To receive a zoom link for this event, please register by March 22 at this link:
https://forms.gle/1CkX8Kzoe5aVP2zK6

For questions, contact Julia Chadaga at [email protected]

Sponsored by Macalester Russian Studies and the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship

Upcoming Event! Weds., Mar. 24, 4-5 pm CDT. How is the model minority myth connected to criminalizing Blackness -- and what does this have to do with anti-Asian violence?

Please join Karin Aguilar-San Juan (Professor and Chair, American Studies) and Donna Maeda (Dean, Annan IGC and Professor, American Studies) in a conversation about reclaiming our own narratives for sustenance in a time of grief and rage. How might we draw from radical solidarity movements in our communities' histories for where we are today? Where are sources of inspiration in these heavy times?

https://macalester.zoom.us/j/99654997964

Event Today! International Roundtable 2021 Brainstorming Session! Monday, March 22, from 4:45-5:45 p.m. CDT.

The 2021 International Roundtable theme looks at how student protests provide leadership, interrupt power relationships, involve risk, and inspire hope.

Come to the meeting to share your ideas about this topic and to express your interest in engaging with the 2021 IRT process.

https://macalester.zoom.us/j/94151605527

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Happy Wednesday! Please be sure to check out this event!

Student Activism Across Borders

On Tuesday, March 23 at 11:30 am - 1 pm CST, join us online for a roundtable featuring pro-democracy student activists in Belarus in conversation with students at Macalester. Learn about the challenges that student activists share and the common ground they share. This event will be in English, and all are welcome. Kevin Reiling '98, Regional Director at American Councils for International Education, will moderate the discussion.

To receive a zoom link for this event, please register by March 22 at this link:
https://forms.gle/1CkX8Kzoe5aVP2zK6

For questions, contact Julia Chadaga at [email protected]

Sponsored by Macalester Russian Studies and the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship

🚨Event Alert!🚨 Register at bit.ly/ComAid for:

Community Aid vs Policing Bodies

Thursday March 25, 2021, 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm (central)

Panel discussion hosted by Harry Waters, Jr.
Featuring Panelists: Tish Jones, Founder, TruArt Speaks; Duaba Unera, Director of Neighborhood Engagement and Learning, Confluence Studio; Shá Cage ‘95, co-founder, Tru Ruts; Roxanne Anderson, RARE Productions, Executive Director; Jan Mandell, Program Director, Irreducible Grace Foundation

In these tense times of the trials for the murder of George Floyd, recent unfortunate violence at George Floyd Square, ongoing attacks on communities, and environmental suffering, we have grown more aware of the great toll on the bodies of us all. The work of these activist artists, who use the arts and creative methods to care for each other and their communities, has resonance that is generally overlooked in traditional media. Traditional media outlets will feature the needed protests, marches, and public cries for justice. We’ll gather with these community leaders to hear how to take an active role in aiding those with the most to lose: youth, elderly, LGBTQIA2S, unsheltered, and others among the most vulnerable. This casual discussion format will provide an opportunity to hear these creative leaders talk to each other, share tools, and participate in a Q & A exchange.

Check out the video of last week's panel titled, Understanding Authoritarianism in the U.S. and Abroad.

Professors Erik Davis, Religious Studies; Olga González, Annan IGC, Anthropology, Latin American Studies; Bill Hart, Religious Studies, American Studies; and Lisa Mueller, Political Science discuss a worrisome rise in authoritarianism around the world, including here in the US. This rise sparks fears about the development of totalitarian regimes and raises questions about relationships between authoritarianism and democracy. Panelists offer multiple disciplinary approaches as they provide lenses for us to understand what we are seeing around the world and in Macalester's local contexts.

Understanding Authoritarianism in the U.S. and Abroad In the news and on social media, we see a worrisome rise in authoritarianism around the world, including here in the US. This rise sparks fears about the dev...

Looking to learn more about the international rise of authoritarianism and its connection to democracy?
Be sure to check out “Understanding Authoritarianism in the U.S. and Abroad”, a panel discussion with Professors Erik Davis (Religious Studies), Olga González (Annan IGC, Anthropology, Latin American Studies), Bill Hart (Religious Studies, American Studies), and Lisa Mueller (Political Science), moderated by Dean Donna Maeda (Annan IGC, American Studies) on Wednesday, February 17th, 2021, from 4:45-6:00 pm!

Click this link to register!

https://macalester.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqc-uoqToiH9afN0BLEpL0jsdJfdN3F5eN

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone had a wonderful wellness day! A reminder to check out this awesome French lecture series TODAY (February 16th) from 11:30-1pm CST!

Check out www.gabriellecivilartist.com for more information!

Follow this link to join the Zoom!

https://macalester.zoom.us/j/95275143064?pwd=MzJ3aVJDTm9yNHVsdmVzNG9CdWRMUT09

Happy Thursday! Be sure to check out this awesome French lecture series on February 16th from 11:30-1pm CST!

Check out www.gabriellecivilartist.com for more information on the artist, and click the Zoom link below to attend the event or save it to your calendar!

Zoom link: https://macalester.zoom.us/j/95275143064?pwd=MzJ3aVJDTm9yNHVsdmVzNG9CdWRMUT09

Are you interested in conducting student-led undergraduate research in the humanities or social sciences? Are you considering graduate school? Apply to the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF)! A research fellowship dedicated to increasing the number of students from underrepresented backgrounds in academia & eradicating racial disparities within the professoriate.

Learn more about MMUF and GradX at Macalester during our 30-minute informational sessions February 9th at 5:00 PM and 11:30 AM. Sign up for Feb 9th at www.bit.ly/MMUF9 and for Feb 11th at www.bit.ly/MMUF11

Follow the MMUF instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mmuf.mac/ for more information & updates on what the fellows are up to. Also visit the website at https://www.macalester.edu/igc/deansoffice/mmuf/