African Studies Program Events
Speaker: Hisham Mayet, film director
Date: March 21, 2024
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Close-Hipp Building, Lumpkin Auditorium
Speakers: Boubacar Ndiaye. Baye Cheikh Mbaye, Pape Ndiaye Paamath
Date: October 25, 2022
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia Museum of Art Theater
Affiliation: Columbia Museum of Art Theater
Speaker: Dr. T.J. Tallie
Date: Nov. 5, 2020
Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Affiliation: Department of History, University of San Diego
Speakers: Dr. Robin Chapdelaine, Assistant Professor
Date: March 11
Time: 11: 40 a.m. - 12:50 p.m.
Affiliation: Department of History, Duquesne University
Recorded lecture available upon request
Speaker: Dr. Tiffany Florvil, Associate Professor
Date: March 23
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Affiliation: Department of History, The University of New Mexico
Co-sponsored by the Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology and Society
Speaker: Dr. Olusade Taiwo
Date: March 23
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Affiliation: Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research
Co-sponsored by the USC College of Social Work
Speaker: Lindsey Green-Simms
Affiliation: Associate Professor of Literature, American University
Asian Studies Program Events
Speaker: Nishant Tiku, Himalayan Institute of Alternatives Ladakh (India)
Date: October 3, 2024
Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Jones 006
Co-sponsored by School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment and Asian Studies
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Wu Wei, sheng with Trudy Chan in Conversation
Date: September 27, 2024
Location: School of Music Recital Hall
Co-sponsored by Composition, Spark, and Asian Studies
Speaker: Joowon Park, Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Director of the Asian Studies Program at Skidmore College
Date: April 4, 2024
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell, Room 412
Speaker: Dr. Anne Rose Kitagwawa, Chief Curator of Collection & Asian Art and Director of Academic Programs at UO's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Date: March 28, 2024
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: McMaster, Room 329
Speaker: Dr. Dimitri Vanoverbeke, The University fo Tokyo
Date: March 13, 2024
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: Sloan College, Room 104
Speaker: Sung Soo Lee, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto
Date: September 21, 2023
Time: 11:40 a.m. - 12:55 p.m.
Location: Virtual Event
Sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Speaker: Dr. Eric Hung
Date: Friday, March 18, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Boyd Plaza (in front of the Columbia Museum of Art)
Hosted by: Transpacific Intercultural Collaboration Research Group, The Humanities Collaborative
Co-sponsored by The School of Music and the Music History Area, Peake Colloquium, The Music of Asian America Research Center
Speaker: Dr. Colleen Laird
Date: March 24, 2023
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Richland Library-Main Branch Auditorium
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Japanese Popular Culture at the University of British Columbia
Co-sponsored by the School of Visual Art and Design, Humanities Collaborative
Link: https://www.richlandlibrary.com/event/2023-03-24/promoting-women-arts-digital-era
Speaker: Linda Rui Feng
Date: December 8, 2022
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Richland Library-Main Branch Auditorium
Affiliation: Cultural Historian at the University of Toronto
Co-sponsored by Transpacific Intercultural Collaboration Research Group, USC Humanities Collaborative Center for Asian Studies, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Speaker: Dr. Prasenjit Duara
Date: October 11, 2022
Time: 4:00 p.m.
McKissick Museum Theater
Affiliation: Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies at Duke University
Co-sponsored by History Center, Department of History, Transpacific Intercultural Collaboration Research Group, Humanities Collaborative
European Studies Program Events
Speaker: Georgia Cowart, Case Western Reserve University
Date: November 22, 2024
Time: 1:10 p.m.
Location: School of Music Room 232
Speaker: Dr. Austin Crane, Walker Institute of International & Area Studies, The University of South Carolina
Date: September 13, 2024
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Callcott, Room 201
Speaker: Dr. Malene Jacobsen, NUAcT Fellow in Geography at Newcastle University, UK
Date: March 23, 2023
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Speaker: Dr. Jelena Subotic, Department of Political Science at Georgia State University
Date: January 24, 2023
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Affiliation: Professor in the Department of Political Science at Georgia State University
Speaker: Dr. Kara Dempsey
Date: January 18, 2023
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Affiliation: Associate Professor of Geography at Appalachian State University
Sponsored by Department of Geography
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Islamic World Studies Program Events
Speaker: Richard Bulliet, Columbia University
Date: November 22, 2024
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall 245b
Speaker: Tessa Farmer
Date: March 15, 2023
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: Callcott Room 104
Affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia
Speaker: Jessica Barnes
Date: October 28, 2022
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Callcott, Room 101
Affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and School of Earth, Ocean, and the Environment.
Speaker: Musa Syeed
Date: October 26, 2022
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: The Nickelodeon
Speakers: Dr. Drucilla Barker, Dr. Farzad Salamifar, Dr. Carl Dahlman
Date: October 25, 2022
Time: 4:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Location: Close-Hipp Building, Lumpkin Auditorium
Latin American Studies Program Events
Speaker: Krista Schlyer
Date: September 26, 2024
Location: Richland County Public Library
1431 Assembly Street, Columbia, SC 29201
Sponsored by USC Departments of Anthropology and Geography, the School of Earth,
Ocean, and Environment, the Walker Institute of International and Area Studies,
and by the Richland County Public Library
Speaker: Dr. Miguel Arnedo-Gomez
Date: March 26, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m. (Virtual Event)
Sponsored by Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latinx Studies Program,
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Eugene Lynch
Date: February 22, 2024
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Sponsored by Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latinx Studies Program, the Spanish Program, and the Department of Languages, Literature, and Cultures
Speaker: Professor Julia López-Robertson, Professor of Instruction and Teacher Education, Chair, Orbis Pictus Award Committee, NCTE
Date: February 7, 2024
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Sponsored by Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latinx Studies Program.
Speaker: Professor James Kirylo, Professor of Education at the University of South Carolina
Date: November 15, 2023
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Sponsored by Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latinx Studies Program.
Speaker: Professor Oswaldo Estrada, Spanish and Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, director of the Faculty Fellows Program, and editor of Hispanófila and Palabras de América
Date: November 2, 2023
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Sponsored by the Spanish Program and the Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latinx Studies Program.
Speakers: Professor Paul Malovrh, Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, Associate Professor of SLA and Hispanic Linguistics, Core Faculty of the Linguistics Program University of South Carolina; Professor Nina Moreno, Associate Chair and Undergraduate Director of the Department of Languages, Literatures, & Cultures, Associate Professor of SLA and Hispanic Linguistics
Date: October 12, 2023
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Thomas Cooper Library, Scholar's Corner
Sponsored by University Libraries and the Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latinx Studies Program.
Speaker: Mr. Ivan Segura, Director of Multicultural Affairs for SC Commission for Minority Affairs
Date: September 21, 2023
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Location: Thomas Cooper Library, Scholar's Corner
Sponsored by the Latin American, Caribbean and, US Latinx Studies Program.
Art display featuring Palmetto Luna's Latino Art Collection
Date: September 18 - October 13, 2023
Location: Thomas Cooper Library
Sponsored by University Libraries, the Latino and Hispanic Faculty Caucus at USC, and the Latin American, Caribbean and US Latinx Studies Program.
Speaker: Dr. Rafael Ocasio, Charles A. Dana Professor and Chair of Spanish, Faculty Fellow for the Gay Johnson McDougall Center for Global Diversity and Inclusion at Agnes Scott College
Date: March 29, 2023
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Affiliation: Charles A. Dana Professor and Chair of Spanish and the Faculty Fellow for the Gay Johnson McDougall Center for Global Diversity and Inclusion at Agnes Scott College
Sponsored by the Latin American, Caribbean and US Latinx Studies Program and the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Speaker: Sedra "Amy" Snipes, Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health at The Pennsylvania State University
Date: February 24, 2023
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Close-Hipp Building, Room 401
Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, The Walker Institute, Latin American, Caribbean, & US Latinx Studies Program, Department of African American Studies
Speaker: Dr. Greg Dawes
Date: February 14, 2023
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Affiliation: Distinguished Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature at North Carolina State University
Sponsored by the Latin American, Caribbean and US Latinx Studies Program and the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Speaker: Dr. Araceli Hernandez-Laroche
Date: January 26, 2023
Time: 4:30p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Affiliation: Director of South Carolina Centro Latino, Professor of Modern Languages and Coordinator of French Global Studies at USC Upstate
Sponsored by the Latin American, Caribbean and US Latinx Studies Program/Latino and Hispanic Faculty Caucus
Speakers: Dr. Rebecca Janzen, Dr. Jorge Camacho
Date: November 2, 2022
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell 429
Sponsored by Latin American Studies Program, US Latinx Studies Program
Speaker: Dr. Michael Zeuske
Date: October 12, 2022
Time: 3:30 p.m. (Zoom)
Affiliation: Professor of Latin American and Iberian History at the University of Köln (Cologne), Germany
Sponsored by Latin American Studies Program
Speaker: Stephanie Pidgeon
Date: March 25
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, Bates College
Co-sponsored with Jewish Studies and Film and Media Studies
Speaker: Stephanie Pidgeon
Instructor: Dr. Rebecca Janzen
Date: March 25
Virtual class visit to SPAN 575/SPAN 783
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies, Bates College
Speaker: Paul Joseph López Oro
Instructor: Dr. Sherina Feliciano-Santos
Date: March 15
Virtual class visit to ANTH 271 - Language and Popular Culture
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Smith College
Russian and Eurasian Studies Program Events
Speaker: artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, peace anthropologist Dr. Douglas P. Fry
Date: October 28, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Virtual Event
Speaker: Dr. Natalia Tšuikina, Associate Professor at Tallinn University (Estonia) and Erasmus scholar
Date: September 13, 2024
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 217
Speaker: Dr. Vitaly Chernetsky, Professor Of Slavic Languages And Literatures At The University Of Kansas
Date: February 23, 2024
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Speaker: Dr. Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University (Ukraine)
Date: April 18th, 2023
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Sponsored by Russian and Eurasian Studies Program
Speaker: Dr. Dovilė Budrytė
Date: April 13, 2023
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Sponsored by Russian and Eurasian Studies Program
Speaker: Isabelle Khurshudyan
Date: March 14, 2023
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Close-Hipp Blgd. East View Room, 8th Floor
Affiliation: Ukraine Bureau Chief, The Washington Post
Sponsored by Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Speaker: Dr. Emily Chanell-Justice, Director of The Temerty Contemporary Research Institute, Harvard University
Date: February 14, 2023
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Close-Hipp Building 8th Floor, East View Event Room
Affiliation: Director of the Temerty Contemporary Ukraine Program at the Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Sponsored by Russian and Eurasian Studies Program
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Pauly
Date: January 20, 2023
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Gambrell Hall, Room 429
Affiliation: Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University