2020 International Roundtable - Video Live on YouTube!
The theme for the 27th Annual International Roundtable is Facing Pandemics of Disease and Race: Radically Rethinking for Liberatory Futures. The main Plenary Speaker Session, State of Emergency or State of Opportunity? Tools and Practices for Self-Determination, can be viewed now by clicking the image above.
Karin Vélez Re-Joins KAIGC as MMUF, GSEF, and GradX Faculty Coordinator
Dr. Vélez is once again joining the KAIGC as faculty coordinator for MMUF, GSEF, and GradX. As an MMUF fellow herself, Karin is a perfect fit for the position! Dr. Vélez is an Assistant Professor of pre-1800 Global History and has been at Mac since 2011. Her research interests include the history of the Atlantic World, early Modern Iberian and French empires, and popular religion.
Video Available! How Does Race Matter?: Anticolonial and Anticapitalist Struggles Across the Globe
How Does Race Matter?: Anticolonial and Anticapitalist Struggles Across the Globe, the second installment of our 2020 Summer Series, titled Untangling Racial Politics and Ontologies: Local and Global Antagonisms and Possibilities, took place on August 13! Click the picture to be taken to the Registration view the video!
Video Available! The Pandemic of Anti-Blackness
The Pandemic of Anti-Blackness, the first installment of the summer series Untangling Racial Politics and Ontologies: Local and Global Antagonisms and Possibilities, presented by the Macalester College Annan Institute for Global Citizenship, American Studies, and Latin American Studies, is now live on YouTube if you would like to view it! Click on the picture above to view the video.
2020 IGC Photo Contest Winner
Congratulations to Lakshmi Somala ’20, whose photo "The Untold Story of a Jeanius" was selected as the winner of the 2020 IGC Photo Contest.
Brian Lozenski Named First Faculty Fellow in Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship
Professor Brian Lozenski, a newly tenured faculty member in Educational Studies, will be working to build alternative intellectual spaces for students, staff, and faculty to connect. He will engage people on campus with broader networks that build on knowledges that are not always present in academic institutions. In addition, Brian will be helping to build faculty capacity to mentor diverse students.
CEC provides multi-faceted ways for students to engage with the larger community
Students in the Outdoor Environmental Education Course teach elementary school students at the Ordway Field Station. Each year, about 60 academic courses include a community-based engagement component, just one of the ways students can become involved during their time at Mac through the Civic Engagement Center.
The Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship fosters global citizenship by advancing scholarship, reflection, and ethical action in our local, national, and international communities.
A unique feature of Macalester College, the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship (Annan IGC) houses diverse programs that connect rigorous academics with hands-on experience and exploration outside the classroom. From the annual International Roundtable to study away, to civic engagement, our programs unite students, faculty, and community partners toward the common purpose of advancing scholarship, reflection, and ethical action. More
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