Seminar: Environmental Economics: From Theory to Practice in Latin America

Date: September 20, 2022
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Address: Virtual

As a part of the Nicholas School of the Environment’s Global Week celebration, Duke’s Working Group on Environment in Latin America (WGELA) is co-sponsoring a seminar with Dr. Juan José Miranda about environmental economics in Latin America.

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Global Week is a series of speaker events featuring environmental professionals from different parts of the world and capped of with a Global Fest and potluck featuring our various cultures.

Dr. Juan José Miranda is a Senior Environmental Economist at the World Bank, where he started in 2013. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics at Georgia State University with a focus on environmental, behavioral, and developmental economics.

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A Night with Sones de México Ensemble Performance

Speaker: Sones de México Ensemble

Date: September 9, 2022
Time: 6:30PM
Address: Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History

Sones de México Ensemble promotes a greater appreciation of Mexican folk and traditional music and culture through innovative performance, education, and dissemination.

Sones de México Ensemble educates, researches, preserves, arranges, presents, performs, and disseminates Mexican folk and traditional music and dance to children and adults of all nationalities, physical abilities, and cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

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A Night with Sones de México Ensemble Workshop

Speaker: Sones de México Ensemble

Date: September 9, 2022
Time: 11:00AM-12:00PM
Address: Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History

Sones de México Ensemble promotes a greater appreciation of Mexican folk and traditional music and culture through innovative performance, education, and dissemination.

Sones de México Ensemble educates, researches, preserves, arranges, presents, performs, and disseminates Mexican folk and traditional music and dance to children and adults of all nationalities, physical abilities, and cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

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UNC Global Whistle-Stop Tour

Date: August 24, 2022
Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm
Address: Front Patio and Atrium of Global Education Center

Stop by the FedEx Global Education Center for free food, games, prizes and more at the UNC Global Whistle-Stop Tour!

In the atrium, use your ticket to visit each station to discover upcoming global events, programs, courses and other opportunities. It’s all part of Carolina’s Global Guarantee, our promise that a global education is available to all students. Outside, enjoy yard games and free treats including Italian ice from SweetWater Ice and WonderPuff cotton candy!

This event is hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Affairs and co-sponsored by International Student and Scholar Services, Study Abroad Office, Curriculum in Global Studies, Phillips Ambassadors Program, Russian Flagship Program, and Area Studies Centers including African Studies Center, Carolina Asia Center and Center for European Studies.

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Sustainable Community Development: Perspectives from Mexico

Speaker: Adriana Maria Cortés Jiménez

Date: October 6, 2022
Time: 6:00pm
Address: FedEx Global Education Center, 4th Floor Space

Many North Carolinians celebrate ancestry in the heartland of Mexico in an agricultural region called the Bajío. Speaker Adriana Cortés Jiménez is the director of a grassroots organization in the Bajío state of Guanajuato that has spent decades working to sustainably advance education and economic development in collaboration with local communities, the private sector, and government. Some examples of this work include expanding rural access to secondary education, organizing residents to install community sanitation systems, and building a cultural heritage tourism industry to revitalize towns depopulated by emigration. Adriana Cortés Jiménez will describe what can be accomplished when members of affected communities take the lead in development initiatives. This presentation will be in Spanish with English language interpretation.

Parking is available for $1/hour after 5pm in the parking garage under the FedEx Global Education Center and in other locations on campus. Visitors must use the ParkMobile (zone 4500) app. The FedEx Global Education Center is located near several bus stops serving Chapel Hill and surrounding areas. The closest stops are located on Pittsboro Street at State Employees’ Credit Union and S. Columbia Street at Sitterson Hall/UNC NROTC Naval Armory.

This event is co-sponsored by GoGlobalNC and Fundación Comunitaria del Bajío.
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Muchas personas de Carolina del Norte celebran sus orígenes en el corazón de México en una región agricultora llamada el Bajío. La ponente Adriana Cortés Jiménez es la directora de una organización de base en el estado Bajío de Guanajuato, ella ha trabajado por varias décadas para avanzar la educación y el desarrollo económico de forma sostenible en colaboración con comunidades locales, el sector privado y el gobierno. Algunos ejemplos de este trabajo incluyen expandir el acceso rural a la educación secundaria, organizar residentes para instalar sistemas de saneamiento comunitarios y crear una industria de turismo de patrimonio cultural para revitalizar los pueblos que fueron despoblados por la emigración. Adriana Cortés Jiménez describirá lo que se puede lograr cuando los miembros de comunidades afectadas asumen el liderazgo en iniciativas de desarrollo. La presentación será en español con interpretación al inglés.

Hay estacionamiento disponible por $1/hora después de las 5 p.m. en el garaje de estacionamiento debajo del Centro de Educación Global de FedEx y en otros sitios en el campus. Los visitantes tienen que usar la aplicación ParkMobile (zona 4500). El Centro de Educación Global de FedEx está ubicado cerca de varias paradas de autobús con servicio en Chapel Hill y sus alrededores. Las paradas más cercanas están ubicadas en Pittsboro Street en State Employees’ Credit Union y S. Columbia Street en Sitterson Hall/UNC NROTC Naval Armory.

Co-patrocinado por American Friends of the Bajío y Go Global NC.

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George and Ann Platt Lecture Series: Hurricanes, Central America, and Climate-driven Migration

Speaker: María Cristina García

Date: September 19, 2022
Time: 6:00pm
Address: FedEx Global Education Center, Room 1005

María Cristina García is the Howard A. Newman Professor of American Studies at Cornell University. Her most recent book, State of Disaster, examines the intersection between climate change-related extreme weather events and migration patterns from Central America. Her book also incorporates the history of U.S. migration policy and its new relationship with “climate refugees”. Her talk will cover the connections between the history, current politics, and extreme weather events in Central America and its impact and relationship to the U.S.

This event is available for Campus Life Experience (CLE) credit.

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Cielos del Sur | Southern Skies

Date: November 12, 2022
Time: 12:00PM
Address: Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

The Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center present Southern Skies: Stories from Latin America.

Humans have looked at the night sky for thousands of years to understand the world around us. Take a journey in our Dome to see Latin American skies and listen to stories from indigenous Inca and Maya communities. Presentation will be in both Spanish and English languages.

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for K-12 and College students. Tickets are available at go.unc.edu/SouthernSkies.
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El Instituto de Estudios de las Américas y el Planetario y Centro de Ciencias Morehead presentan: Cielos Del Sur: Historias de América Latina.

Los seres humanos han mirado el cielo nocturno durante miles de años para comprender el mundo que nos rodea. Te invitamos a nuestra cúpula del planetario para ver los cielos de América Latina y escuchar historias de las comunidades indígenas Inka y Maya. En español e inglés.

Los boletos $10 por adultos y $8 por estudiantes. Boletos son disponible at go.unc.edu/SouthernSkies.

Save the Date! – NCLAFF

Date: October 11, 2022

Save the date for the North Carolina Latin American Film Festival, October 11-19, 2022.

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ISA Graduate Reception

Date: September 15, 2022
Time: 5:30pm
Address: FedEx Global Education Center, First Floor Patio

ISA wishes to invite all new and returning graduate students with an interest in Latin America, the Caribbean or Latino/a communities in the U.S. to join us at the ISA graduate Student Orientation and Reception. Students can meet ISA staff, catch up with colleagues, and learn about funding opportunities, events, working groups, and other initiatives sponsored by ISA.
Light refreshments will be provided.

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FLAS Fellowship Information Session

Date: January 13, 2023
Time: 12:00pm
Address: Virtual

Information session for the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship. Come learn about opportunities to study less-commonly-taught languages, such as Portuguese and the indigenous and creole languages of Latin America!

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