Expand your knowledge this week at a lecture or teach-in. Or pick up some snacks for finals!

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Student Spotlight:

May Finals Care Package

• Thursday, May 1, 6 to 7 pm, Nussbaum 3rd Floor Lounge.
• Pick up some snacks and goodies to fuel your studying!
• No registration required.

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Recommended:

Protest Waves After the Arab Spring and Gezi Park

• Monday, April 28, 4:30 to 7 pm, Italian Academy Teatro.
• Join the Sakıp Sabancı Center for Turkish Studies as they present their Annual Lecture, this year presented by Princeton University Sociology and Public Affairs Professor Zeynep Tüfekçi.
• Register here.

Accountability and Influence Over the Taliban for Human Rights

• Tuesday, April 29, 4 to 6 pm, 1512 International Affairs Building.
• As part of a series titled “Beyond the Headlines: Overlooked Conflicts and Prospects for Peace,” this talk will focus on international relations strategies to influence the Taliban to uphold its agreement to honor the rights of women and inclusive governance. The event is hosted by the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and sponsored by the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy. Speakers include Associated Director of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stanford University Halima Kazem and Head of External Relations at the Pro-Republic Democratic Movement of Afghanistan Shahmahmood Miakhel. 
• Register here.

Climate Knowledge, Science Skepticism, and White Supremacy in 20th-Century Southern Africa

• Wednesday, April 30, 4:30 to 6 pm, 513 Fayerweather Hall.
• In this talk, Professor Meredith McKittrick of Georgetown University will share an unexplored aspect of Apartheid in South Africa—climate science. Discussing the skepticism and knowledge of climate change, McKittrick will explain how white people ultimately set aside their disagreements in order to maintain a racially segregated and unjust society.
• Register here.

Teach In: Student-Faculty Collaborations to Reimagine the University

• Friday, May 2, 2 to 3:30 pm, 104 Jerome Greene Hall.
• As part of a series of teach-ins, this event will bring together Naomi Flowers, Columbia Student Union, Alia Nahra, JD/PhD Student in Sociology, Sohum Pal, SWC-UAW, Wena Teng, University Senate and CCSC member, and Selah Williams, Black Law Students Association.
• Register here.

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