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Item The 18th Annual Jankofsky Lecture (2017-03-14)(2017) University of Minnesota Duluth. Department of English, Linguistics, and Writing Studies; University of Minnesota Duluth. Department of Geography; University of Minnesota Duluth. College of Liberal ArtsItem Adventures of a Vatican Astronomer (2023-04-14)(2023) University of Minnesota Duluth. Marshall W. Alworth PlanetariumItem The Aesthetics of Remembrance: Documentary Films on Persecution and Political Incarceration during Spain’s Dictatorship (2020-10-15)(2020) Tobin-Stanley, Maureen; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesDr. Tobin Stanley, UMD Department of World Languages and Cultures, explores three documentaries based on Ángel Fernández’s testimonial narratives. Resistant fighter, sixteen-year political prisoner in Franco’s jails and current expatriate, Ángel Fernández has penned several written testimonies, participated in the documentary films Te doy mi palabra (I Give You My Word, 2012, dir. Quino González) and Au temps des roses rouges (Time of the Red Roses, 2013, dir. Francis Lapeyre), and protagonizes the biopic Ángel (2016, dir. Stéphane Fernandez). These works are a testament to his commitment to justice through memory. As a survivor of the cumulative traumas of war, exile and political imprisonment, his journey to make his story known through memory activism reach the apex of communication in the documentary Ángel.Item Afro-Indigenous Hondurans in Resistance: U.S. Drug War, Violent Displacement, and Migration (2015-10-15)(2015) Lopez, Alfredo; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesItem Alexander Boris De Pfeffel Johnson: ‘An Enigma Wrapped in a Whoopee Cushion’ (2019-11-07)(2019) Henderson, William; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesWho exactly is Boris Johnson? How is he best summed up as a political personality? Bumbling Boris, Biking Boris or Boris the ‘Brexit Beast’? Does he even have any defined and consistent political beliefs? Or are all these different, and carefully contrived, manifestations simply a convenient set of disguises for a ruthless personality driven solely by the desire to secure, and now attempt to keep, by a risky high-wire act, the post of Prime Minister? The timing of the talk means that, whilst maintaining a narrative format, it will, per force, adjust to or even be radically altered by a very fluid political environment.Item Aliento: Transforming Trauma into Hope + Action (2020-03-18)(2020) Montoya, Reyna; University of Minnesota Duluth. Office of Diversity and InclusionReyna Montoya is the founder and CEO of Aliento, a community organization for immigrant youth and migrant families. Learn about her journey from being isolated to using her voice for advocacy, action, and reaching across differences to center migrants' stories and strategies.Item Alworth Institute Global Migration Lecture (2 events)(2016-03)(2016) University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesItem Appropriating the Past: Language, Archaeology, and Ideology in South Asia (2013-04-11)(2013) Hock, Hans Henrich; University of Minnesota Duluth. Department of EnglishItem Are fluids at fault? Strain variations, geochemical alteration, and deformation mechanism shifts along the Willard Thrust Zone, northern Utah (2021-11-21)(2021) Czeck, Dyanna; University of Minnesota Duluth. Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesItem Argentina: Living In A Collapsing Economy (2014-12-04)(2014) University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies; Ellena, SavannaMartha B. Alworth International Brown Bag presentation by UMD student and 2013 Alworth Institute Study Abroad Scholarship recipient Savanna Ellena in the Martin Library.Item Art and Heritage in Urban Renewal: The Seaside Town of Folkestone, UK (2019-10-31)(2019) Henderson, William; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies; University of Minnesota Duluth. Office of Diversity and InclusionUsing the seaside town of Folkestone in the U.K., former Alworth Institute Director, Dr. Willie Henderson, will illustrate the connections amongst the Triennial Festival, the heritage of the Great War, and the successful establishment of a vibrant Creative Quarter, for the significant changes of perception of Folkestone, both within the town and nationally. The development of the once decayed Harbour area has something in common with the regeneration of Canal Park in Duluth, though the methods are different. Art works by international artists such as Yoko Ono, Spencer Finch, and Antony Gormley, remain as part of the legacy of previous Triennial Festivals.Item Art in Conflict: Themes and Styles in Soviet Arts (2020-01-21)(2020) Veldman Rudie, Carol; University of Minnesota Duluth. Tweed Museum of ArtThis lecture focuses on the Soviet era, when artistic methods and topics were employed to shape the Soviet citizen. Artists experimented with these issues and forms to tell another story about their cultural environment. Veldman Rudie shares how these different streams provided a nuanced picture of artistic conflicts and visual interactions that were part of this period of art. The exhibition, Art in Conflict, is currently on view at the Tweed Museum of Art. It's a presentation of thirty-four paintings, sculptures, decorative art and works on paper, on loan from The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) in Minneapolis, creating dialogues between nonconformist and state-sanctioned art during the final Soviet decades, from Stalin's death in 1953 to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.Item Art on the Edges: Non-Conformists and Spirituality (2020-02-18)(2020) Veldman Rudie, Carol; University of Minnesota Duluth. Tweed Museum of ArtCarol Veldman Rudie joins us to present a lecture that focuses on the ways artists used religious visual symbolism to show alternative cultural realities. Veldman Rudie shares both the original context of these symbols as well as their use in later 20th century Russian art. The use of religious visual vocabulary was forbidden to officially recognized Soviet artists, so non-conformist artists often used religious symbols to express their experience. In a society governed by a materialist philosophy, these symbols were often not used for religious reasons but to give an alternative view of the world. Exploring their use in the context of the Soviet art world opens another perspective on the artists’ work.Item Avoiding Error: Where Psychology Meets Moral Character (2014-03-13)(2014) University of Minnesota Duluth. Department of Philosophy; Phillips, KateItem The Battle for Thermopylae between Modern Historians and the International Far Right (2023-04-03)(2023) Rop, Jeffrey; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesItem Beyond the Headlines: An Authentic Russian Experience (2015-05-07)(2015) Heitmiller, Allison; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesItem Birding in Vietnam (2021-02-25)(2021) Bloom, Heather-Marie; Hatcher, John; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesWhile visiting Vietnam as a Fulbright scholar, John Hatcher and his partner, Heather-Marie Bloom, were able to explore the countryside in search of unique birds. Learn about their travels and meet a few of the fascinating people and birds they encountered along the way.Item Blood Memoirs Exploring individuality, memory, and culture through portraiture (2013-10)(2013) Bear Robe, Amber-Dawn; University of Minnesota Duluth. Tweed Museum of Art; Eyre, ChrisItem Bo Jones Story and my FIGHT to save DEATH ROW INMATES (2014-04-16)(2014) Rose, Ken