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Past Events

Mar

6

Global Studies Event

Thesis Workshop: How to Review Literature

Location:
UC 225
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Join Global Studies and Melanie Hughes, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director, Gender Inequality Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh as she discusses how to review the state of the field, targeted towards thesis writers.  Lunch will be included! For more…

Mar

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Feb

27

Global Studies Event

Film Screening of Writing with Fire

Location:
BIB 108
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Join us as we watched "Writing with Fire", followed by a faculty discussion and Q&A! Food and drinks will be provided.About the Documentary: In a male-dominated media landscape, the women journalists of India's all-female Khabar Lahariya ("News Wave") newspaper risk it all,…

Feb

24

Africana Studies Event

Black History Month Celebration

Location:
Linderman 200
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Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Creative Writing program and Africana Studies program Black History Month Celebration featuring the work of the great Nikki Giovanni. Refreshments provided! Contact: spw3@lehigh.edu.

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11

Asian and Asian American Studies Event

A Narrative Nonfiction Workshop with Author Peter Hessler

Location:
Linderman Library, Room 200
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What does it take to research and write a piece of narrative nonfiction? Peter Hessler will explain the process by way of a discussion of his New Yorker article "Dr. Don." He will talk about how he got the idea for the piece, some of the challenges in research, and the decisions…

Feb

4

Health, Medicine, and Society Event

Film Screening of Black Motherhood Through the Lens

Location:
Sinclair 106
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Join us for a public screening of Black Motherhood Through the Lens, a documentary about four Black women's experiences navigating the reproductive and maternal healthcare system from conception to postpartum. The screening will be followed by discussion and Q&A with the…

Jan

31

Latin American and Latino Studies Event

Lehigh Launch Student Lunch

Location:
BI 221
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Join us for a special event designed to reconnect students who participated in the Lehigh Launch program and introduce the Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) program and its faculty.This is a wonderful opportunity to catch up with friends, meet new faces, and explore the…

Jan

28

Africana Studies Event

Africa, the West and the Durability of Historic Colonial Ties: Exploring the Growing Salience of la Françafrique in the 21st Century with Joe Gazeley

Location:
STEPS 101
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This lecture, based on his forthcoming book (Hurst and Oxford University Press), identifies the increasing salience of the idea of la Françafrique as new African military regimes deploy it as a tool of regime legitimation. It also highlights the deep flaws inherent to this idea,…