Bwog hopes that this first break of the semester gives you the well-deserved rest you need. Feeling renewed after the break, don’t miss out on the multiple events taking place on campus, from a panel spotlighting food entrepreneurs to a mutual aid teach-in!

Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you have a correction or addition, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

Student Spotlight:

Food for Thought

  • Wednesday, November 8, 8 pm, Hamilton 702.
  • Gourmand and CORE have come together to hold the first speaker event in their new series “Food For Thought.” In this opening panel discussion, Sophia Cheng, CEO and Founder of Oddball, and Andrea Hernandez, Founder of Snaxshot, will share their experiences in the food entrepreneur world.
  • Register here.

Harvard Law Dean and Howard Law Dean Panel

  • Thursday, November 9, 8 to 9:30 pm, Fayerweather 310.
  • The Black Pre-Law Society will welcome the Dean of Students for Harvard Law School Stephen L. Ball and the Interim Dean of Howard Law School Lisa A. Crooms-Robinson for a panel on the Black law school student experience, law school application advice, HBCU or Ivy League Law School, and more.
  • Register here.

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Recommended:

Public Health and Humanitarian Impacts of the Israel-Hamas Conflict

  • Monday, November 6, 10 to 11:30 am, online.
  • In this webinar by the Program on Forced Migration and Health, a panel of distinguished experts will seek to contextualize and analyze the Israel and Hamas conflict in Gaza by considering humanitarian, legal, public health, and geopolitical perspectives. It will be moderated by Professor Monette Zard, Director of the Program.
  • Register here.

Book Talk: Democracy on the Ground

  • Wednesday, November 8, 4:30 to 6:30 pm, International Affairs Building 802.
  • In co-sponsorship with the Department of Sociology, the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) will host Gabriel Hetland, Associate Professor at Albany SUNY, to discuss his new book Democracy on the Ground: Local Politics in Latin America’s Left Turn. He will examine the case studies of Venezuela and Bolivia to understand the complex relationship of the Left, the Right, and democracy in Latin American politics.

Mutual Aid and the Young Lords: A Teach-in With Dr. Jorge Juan Rodríguez V and the 116th Initiative

  • Wednesday, November 8, 4 to 6 pm, Milstein Center LL002.
  • Organized by the Barnard Library and The 116th Initiative, this teach-in will be led by Jorge Juan Rodriguez V, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Historical Studies at Union Theological Seminary. He will offer a history of the New York Young Lords Organization (YLO), a group with a vision of a socialist society, as well as discuss mutual aid and collective imagining. 
  • Register here.

Matthew Bogdanos: Repatriating Stolen and Looted Cultural Property

  • Thursday, November 9, 12 to 1 pm, Columbia Law School, Jerome Green Hall 104.
  • Hosted by the Columbia Law School, this event will spotlight Matthew Bogdanos, Manhattan assistant district attorney who leads the Antiquities Trafficking Unit, in a discussion around the legal and ethical issues involved in repatriating stolen and looted cultural property. Lunch will be provided.
  • Register here.

American Voter Project: Sports & Democracy

  • Thursday, November 9, 6 to 8:30 pm, Pulitzer Hall, Joseph D. Jamail Lecture Hall 300.
  • This special panel discussion will explore the important role that professional sports teams have in voter mobilization in the United States, particularly considering the upcoming elections. Panelists include Eric H. Holder Jr., former Attorney General of the United States, and Sherrie Deans, former Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association, among other distinguished professionals in the sports, legal, and political fields. The panel will last from 6 to 7:30 pm, with a reception being held during the remainder of the time.
  • Register here.

Grace Lee Boggs ‘35 Lecture with Mariame Kaba

  • Thursday, November 9, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Barnard Event Oval.
  • This second annual Grace Lee Boggs ‘35 lecture will host Mariame Kaba—organizer, educator, librarian, and co-author of Let This Radicalize You—who will also discuss the role of dialogue in driving change with Athena Center for Leadership Director Umbreen Bhatti ’00. Dinner will be provided.
  • Register here.

Caste, Gender, Diaspora

  • Thursday, November 9, 7:30 to 9 pm, Barnard Hall, Sulzberger Parlor (3rd floor).
  • Organized by the Barnard Center for Research on Women, this conversation will center around caste and race as sites for rethinking global activism and political praxis, drawing on the legacy of activism and focusing on the relationship of sexual reproduction and social distinction in making global caste. Speakers will include leading anti-caste expert Yashica Dutt, associate professor of journalism and English at Rutgers University Gaiutra Bahadur, and Columbia professor of History and MESAAS Anupama Rao. 
  • Register here.

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