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 – Room TBA - 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 - Room TBA - - 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 - via Zoom - International Lecture - 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 - Room TBA - 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
Thursday, April 4 - 4:00 pm - Room TBA - 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 - Room TBA - 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 - Room TBA - Queen of the Danube: The Wonder that is Budapest - Presented by Cindy Christian, Director of the Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies
Also in April, date and time TBA, Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) will speak virtually about Artificial Intelligence and International Security.
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.