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Dec

12

Film Studies Event

LUFFest - Lehigh University Film Festival

Location:
Maginnes 102
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Come check out short films by over 20 lehigh students in FILM 001! Popcorn and refreshments will be provided! Sponsored by Film & Documentary Studies. For more information, please contact the Office of Interdisciplinary Programs, incasip@lehigh.edu.
Nov

13

Latin American and Latino Studies Event

Las Abogadas: Attorneys on the Front Lines of the Migrant Crisis (Documentary Screening)

Location:
Butz Lobby Zoellner Arts Center
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LAS ABOGADAS follows four immigration attorneys over a multi-year odyssey as the U.S. government under President Trump upends every law meant to protect those fleeing from persecution, violence and war. From setting up a legal clinic in a Volkswagen bus in the middle of five…
Nov

1

Latin American and Latino Studies Event

Día de los Muertos (5x10)

Location:
Williams Hall Global Commons
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The Día de los Muertos event (5x10) is being organized by the Latin American and Latino Studies Program in collaboration with several student organizations: ALPFA, Fuerza Mexicana, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Latino Students Alliance, Phi Sigma Chi…
Oct

17

Oct

15

Africana Studies Event

Art in Dialogue: Placemaking Practices by Folk Artists from the American South—Walk and Talk with B. Brian Foster (5x10)

Location:
LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center
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Join  B. Brian Foster, an ethnographer and multi-medium storyteller,  and Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) Curator of Education, Stacie Brennan for an Art in Dialogue discussion about Nellie Mae Rowe and the importance of her artwork and its intersection with…
Oct

15

Environmental Studies Event

The True Nature of the Climate Crisis

Location:
Williams Hall Global Commons
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Join Zach Brown, PhD, to explore the barriers to climate action and how we can overcome them. This action-oriented talk will focus on the real tools the climate movement is using to drive a rapid & just transition to a clean economy – and how you can join. For more…
Oct

11

Africana Studies Event

We Travel, We Dance, We Make—Film Screening and Talkback with B. Brian Foster (5x10)

Location:
Sinclair Auditorium
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We will screen two of Brian’s award winning short films, We Travel (2020), We Dance (2021), and his forthcoming film We Make. Brian’s films explore the future of the south. After the screening, Brian will join Lehigh Professor of Political Science, Vera Fennell in&nbsp…
Oct

10

Africana Studies Event

Trouble in Mind—Theatrical Performance and Talkback with B. Brian Foster (5x10)

Location:
Zoellner Diamond Theater
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Written by Alice Childress. Wiletta Mayer, an African American actress of a certain age, has spent her career playing stereotypes, trapped on a merry-go-round of mammies, maids, and other menials. The curtain rises on the first day of rehearsal for Chaos in Belleville, a…
Sep

25

Global Studies Event

Lunch Around the World

Location:
Williams Hall Global Commons
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Enjoy a casual lunch with the Global Studies community and celebrate those who have returned from studying abroad and bid a bon voyage to those planning to spend spring semester away! Winners of the Study Abroad Photo Contest will be announced at the lunch! For more…
Sep

12

Global Studies Event

Help Global Studies Solve World Problems (5x10)

Location:
Williams Hall Global Commons
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How do we solve problems like international conflict, world hunger, global pandemics, climate change, human rights violations, or increasing inequality? According to Global Studies scholars, the only way is to combine the power and perspectives of multiple different disciplines…