Events

The Global & Area Studies Program hosts a variety of events through collaborations across campus, with the Wyoming Humanities Council, and through the support of a Department of Education grant. The Global & International Studies Scholars Lectures Series promotes discussion among Wyoming citizens of important global issues by bringing renown speakers to the UW campus and locations across Wyoming.

World to Wyoming Series 2013 - Spring & Summer Schedule of Presentations

“What in the World?” – International Studies Field Work Presentations

 The “What in the World?” program highlights the excellent and varied fieldwork of three University of Wyoming MA students from the Global and Area Studies program. They will be presenting their work in the

Library Inner Circle at the Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library in Sheridan on Wednesday, May 22 at 5:15 pm and in the Grizzly Room at the Park County Library in Cody on Thursday, March 23 at 5:15 pm 

Centennial Branch Libraray, Centennial, Wyoming on Wednesday, June 5 at 5:30 pm.

Jennifer Cheddar (MA International Studies, May 2013) from Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania focused on the plight and discrimination of Haitian Immigrés in the Dominican Republic.  Lindsay Olson (MA International Studies/Environment and Natural Resources, May 2013) from Laramie, Wyoming worked with subsistence farming communities in the Peruvian Highlands.  Rahimjon Abdugafurov (MA International Studies, May 2013) from Uychi, Namangan, Uzbekistan focused his research on modern Muslim views of Christians and Jews in Uzbekistan.  These projects highlight the kind of exciting and innovative projects that international studies’ students at UW complete for their degrees.

"What in the World?" - Faculty Research Presentations

Wednesday, July 10 at 5:30 pm in the Centennial Branch Library:
Dr. David Messenger - "Memory of the Spanish Civil War and Contemporary Nationalism in Catalonia" 

Wednesday, August 7 at 5:30 pm in the Centennial Branch Library:
Dr. Tom Seitz - "Nation Building: Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost"

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