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Item 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 Alworth Institute Global Migration Lecture (2 events)(2016-03)(2016) University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesItem Annual Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Memorial Lecture Invitation (1994-02-13)(1994-02-13) University of Minnesota, Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesItem 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 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 Breaking Barriers: How to Acquire and Maintain Multiple Languages (2023-03-22)(2023) Paul, Nathan; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesNathan Paul has studied Chinese, Russian, German, and Spanish. He recently returned to the US after living and working in China. He will share tips and strategies that he has discovered and used to learn these languages.Item Cambodia Kingdom of Wonder (2015-04-09)(2015) Wat, Chanraksar; Lean, Meng; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesA student presentation.Item The Case for a New Development Paradigm in Africa (2022-04-05)(2022) Gilpin, Raymond; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesItem China's Global Ambitions (2021-10-21)(2021) Freeman, Carla P; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesItem Chocolate in Trinidad (2021-10-05)(2021) Sternberg, Steven; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesDr. Sternberg discusses the UMD short-term Study Abroad trip to Trinidad and Tobago that focuses on making chocolate. If you are a student, sign in to learn about this Study Abroad opportunity opportunity for the 2021-2022 Winter term (applications due on October 15th); or, just join the webinar to experience a bit of what Trinidad and Tobago has to offer.Item Climate Change and Social Policy (2019-09-19)(2019) Qu, Jiansheng; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesDr. Jiansheng Qu from the Scientific Information Center for Resources and Environment at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will present Climate Change and Social Policy as part of the Alworth Institute International Brown Bag Series. Dr. Qu does research on Climatology, Social Policy and Energy Economics. His current project is on the "Political economy of climate change adaptation and disaster."Item Code-Mixing and Comparative Grammar (2015-05-06)(2015) University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies; Qadir, Sabah RasheedAn International Lecture titled Code-Mixing and Comparative GrammarItem Cold Love (2015-05-12)(2015) Dupre, Lonnie; University of Minnesota Duluth. Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International StudiesA film about the dramatic beauty and life- giving forces of our earth's frozen places, as well as the fragile state of its health.Item The Complex Iconography and Symbolism of Kali (2019-11-11)(2019) Malhotra, Meenakshi; University of Minnesota Duluth. Department of Women, Gender and Sexuality StudiesJoin us in welcoming Dr. Meenakshi Malhotra, associate professor at Hansraj College, University of Delhi. Dr. Malhotra examines the embodiment and conceptualization of Kali and what it says about oru understanding of good and evil, gender, motherhood, the maternal, and feminism.