Spring 2025 Chronological Program Summary
January
Thursday, January 16 - 2:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Special Event (Book Reading and Talk) - The End of Drum-Time - Presented by Hanna Pylväinen, Author and 2024 Finlandia Foundation National Lecturer of the Year - Sponsored by the Kathryn A. Martin Library, the Finlandia Foundation Northland and supported by the Alworth Institute.
Thursday, January 30 - 6:00 pm – KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) in Honduras and Central America: Its Progress and New Opportunities for Collaboration – Presented by Professor Jorge Ernesto Matamoros Canales, Coordinator of the language Center & COIL Program at the National Pedagogical University of Honduras (UPNFM)
February
Wednesday, February 19 - 4:00 pm - Cina Hall 214 - Information Session - Internships and Careers with the US State Department - Presented by Thomas Hanson, Former U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Alworth Institute Diplomat in Residence
Thursday, February 20 - 7:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - The Politics of Disruption: US Foreign Policy Today - Presented by Thomas Hanson, Former U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Alworth Institute Diplomat in Residence
Thursday, February 27 - 6:00 pm - Solon Campus Center 120 - International Lecture - The Gulag from Stalin to Putin - Presented by Dr. Alan Barenberg, Hubert H. Humphrey Visiting Professor (2024-2025), Department of Russian Studies, Macalester College
(This event is cosponsored by the UMD History Program.)
March
Thursday, March 20 - 12:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Travel Talk - From Coast to Cathedral: Discovering Galicia and Santiago de Compostela (Spain) - Presented by Dr. Jennifer Brady - Interim Dean, UMD College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Monday, March 24 - 7:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - Russian-Ukrainian War: Roots, Stages, Prospects - Presented by Dr. Oleksandr (Alex) Komarenko, Visiting Associate Professor of the Institute of Global Studies and the Department of History, University of Minnesota, and Professor of the Faculty of History, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine
Thursday, March 27 - 12:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Travel Talk - Been Through the Desert on a Horse with No Name - (Mongolia) - Presented by Sara Floerke, Literacy Therapist with Teaching, Testing and Texts, and Shaun Floerke, CEO of Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
April
Tuesday, April 1 - 6:00 pm (check-in) 7:00 pm (game starts) - UMD Kirby Student Center Ballroom - Special Event - WorldQuest International Trivia Competition
Monday. April 7 - 6:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Special Event: Presented in memory of Dr. Richard (Dick) Hudelson -Mina Carney and "The Truth" in Duluth - Presented by Dr. James Curry, Historian and former Alworth Institute International Fellow
(This event is cosponsored by the UMD History Program.)
Thursday, April 10 - 12:00 pm - Kirby Student Center Garden Room - International Travel Talk - Khorezm Uzbekistan - Birthplace of Algebra - Presented by Dr. Kate Petersen, Department Head and Professor in the UMD Mathematics and Statistics Department
Monday, April 14 - 7:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Memorial Lecture - The Global South and the New World Order (exact title to be determined) - Presented by Aude Darnal - Research Analyst and Project Manager, founder and leader of the Global South in the World Order Project, the Stimson Center, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, April 17 - 12:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Travel Talk - Kilts, Castles, and Classes: A Semester Studying in Scotland - Presented by Adelaide Poskozim, UMD Senior with a major in History and minor in Psychology
Tuesday, April 22 -1:00 to 2:15 pm OR 2:30 to 3:45 pm- UMD Rafters - Special Event - Interactive Refugee Exhibit - Hosted by Dr. Khalil (Haji) Dokhanchi and students from the University of Wisconsin Superior
Tuesday, April 22 - 5:30 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - A More Perfect Union: Public Scholarship and the US Constitution in a Polarized Society - Dr. Adam Hjorthén, Associate Professor of History and Senior Lecturer in American Studies, Swedish Institute for North American Studies, Uppsala University
(This event is cosponsored by the UMD History Program.)
Wednesday, April 23 - 5:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Lecture - The US Presidential Election from a Swedish Perspective - Presented by Dr. Dag Blanck - Professor of North American Studies, The Swedish Institute for North American Studies, Uppsala University
(This event is cosponsored by the UMD History Program.)
Friday, April 25 - 12:00 pm - KAM Library 4th Floor Rotunda - International Travel Talk - Obrigada (Not Obrigado), Portugal - Presented by Deborah Good retired UMD Study Abroad adviser and Dr. Cindy Christian, Director of the Alworth Institute for International Studies