Spring 2024
The Voices of Tomorrow: Essays by FIU Students on the Meaning of Democracy
March 26, 2024 | 2:00 PM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Ziff Education Building 150
Violence and Devaluation: Reflections on "I Pagliacci"
January 21, 2024 | 1:30 PM | Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ, Coral Gables
Fall 2023
Exploitation and Coercion: The Reality of Human Trafficking in the United States
October 5, 2023 | 10:00 AM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, Graham Center 150
Summer 2023
Totalitarianism: History, Legacy and Lessons
May 24, 2023 | 1:00 PM | Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Washington D.C.
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Spring 2023
Ceasefire and Humanitarian Crisis: Understanding the Ethiopian Peace Process
February 3, 2023 | 10:00 AM | Live Webinar
Fall 2022
Compelled to Leave Home: A Reflection on "America's Family"
December 1, 2022 | 6:00 PM | O Cinema, Miami Beach
A New Life: The Creation of a Reimagined Cuban Culture in the 1980s
October 23, 2022 | 3:00 PM | Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ, Coral Gables
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An Evening with Lech Wałęsa
September 6, 2022 | 7:00 PM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion
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Summer 2022
Exploring Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: Agency Over One’s Own Body
Panel Discussion
June 7, 2022 | 12:00 PM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion
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Conceptualizing a Democratic Cuba: The Legal Dimensions of Transition
Panel Discussion
June 1, 2022 | 10:00 AM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion
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Spring 2022
Contemporary Human Trafficking: An Escalating Global Scourge
Panel Discussion
April 26, 2022 | 11:00 AM | Live Webinar
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Ukraine Between the Past and the Future: A Conversation with Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev
April 14, 2022 | 2:00 PM | Live Webinar
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A Hero's Legacy: A Conversation with Ambassador Michael Žantovský
April 12, 2022 | 2:00 PM | Live Webinar
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New Government, Same Challenges: Structural Problems, Migration and Political Change in Honduras
Panel Discussion
April 12, 2022 | 10:00 AM | Live Webinar
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Myanmar: Between the Past and the Future
March 29, 2022 | 2:00 PM | FIU MMC, SIPA 103
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Fall 2021
Destination Retrograde: A Reflection on "Fellow Travelers"
Panel Discussion
October 24, 2021 | 3:00 PM | Coral Gables Congregational United Church of Christ, Coral Gables
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"Hotel Rwanda" Hero Behind Bars: Paul Rusesabagina After the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi
Panel Discussion
October 22, 2021 | 12:30 PM | Live Webinar
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Martin Palouš: Totalitarianism, its Past and its Presence
Panel Discussion
October 13, 2021 | 10:00 AM EDT | Ostrovní 13, Prague 1, Czech Republic
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Asylees and Offshore Processing: Australia’s Attempts to Deter Immigration through Isolation
Panel Discussion
October 12, 2021 | 7:00 AM | Live Webinar
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Summer 2021
LGBTQ+ Advocacy Under Attack: The Case of Ghana
Panel Discussion
July 30, 2021 | 10:00 AM | Live Webinar
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S.O.S. Cuba: The Significance of Protests on the Island
Panel Discussion
July 20, 2021 | 2:00 PM | Live Webinar
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LGBTQ+ Rights in Islamic Law: The Case of Malaysia
Panel Discussion
May 27, 2021 | 9:00 AM | Live Webinar
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Ethiopia in Crisis: An Analysis of Internal Conflict and its Consequences in 21st Century Africa
Panel Discussion
May 6, 2021 | 11:00 AM | Live Webinar
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Spring 2021
The Plight of the Rohingya: An Assessment of a 21st Century Genocide
Panel Discussion
April 8, 2021 | 11:00 AM | Live Webinar
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Freedom in the World 2021: Political Rights and Civil Liberties in Latin America
Panel Discussion
March 8, 2021 | 10:30 AM | Live Webinar
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Fall 2020
On Human Dignity and Identity: Observing International Human Rights Day
Panel Discussion
December 10, 2020 | 2 PM | Live Webinar
UN Fact-Finding Mission’s Report on Venezuela: Crimes against humanity
Panel Discussion
September 25, 2020 | 9 AM | Live Webinar
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Spring 2015
Democratic Transitions in the World of Today: Cuba after the 2015 Summit of the Americas
Panel Discussion
April 16, 2015 | 6 PM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion
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Cuba and the World in 2015: Between the Past and the Future
Panel Discussion
March 4, 2015 | 6 PM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion
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Fall 2014
The Power of International Solidarity
Panel Discussion and Town Hall Meeting
December 4, 2014 | 6:30 PM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion
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An Uncanny Era: Conversations Between Václav Havel and Adam Michnik
Conversation with Adam Michnik and Elzbieta Matynia
October 15, 2014 | 6:30 PM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, GC 243
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Beyond Conflict: The Project on Justice in Times of Transition
Book Presentation by Timothy Philips
September 25, 2014 | 6:30 PM | The Bookstore at the Grove, 3390 Mary St Miami, FL 33133
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Summer 2014
A Conversation on the Economics of Transition in Cuba
Lecture by Jan Švejnar, Jorge Salazar-Carillo, and Rolando Castañeda
May 14, 2014 | 6:30 PM | Biltmore Hotel, Laguna Room, 1200 Anastasia Ave., Coral Gables
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International Human Rights and Cuba in 2014
Panel Discussion with Glenn Hughes, Alexis Jardines, Elizardo Sanchez, and Hannibal Travis
June 28, 2014 | 9:30 AM | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, MARC Pavilion
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