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Lon Marum: People of the Volcano
The film “Lon Marum” is a documentary that examines the interconnectedness of language, culture, place, and tradition on the active volcano of Ambrym in Vanuatu. It critically addresses the limitations of scientific perspectives, particularly in the context of climate-related disasters, by highlighting the often-overlooked indigenous knowledge systems. Co-directed with local scholars, the film provides an anthropological lens on how these communities understand and navigate their environment, offering a nuanced view of resilience and adaptation grounded in centuries of lived experience. About the filmmaker Soraya Hosni is a 2024 Yale World Fellow, anthropologist, cultural activist, and entrepreneur. In this project, she combines her expertise in research, storytelling, video, and photography to…
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The World Fellows program will host a screening of the Oscar-winning film “Navalny,” which details the 2020 assassination attempt of Russian opposition leader and former World Fellow Alexei Navalny. The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with Christo Grozev, an investigative journalist with Bellingcat; Leonid Volkov, 2018 World Fellow and Navalny’s chief of staff; and Anna Biriukova, 2024 World Fellow and a pollster at the Anti-Corruption Foundation. This event is open to the public, but registration is requested.
More InformationInvestigative Insights into Putin's Worldwide Malign Networks
2024 World Fellow Anna Biriukova will lead a discussion with investigative journalist Christo Grozev (Spiegel, The Insider, ex-Bellingcat). Grozev’s investigations into the identity of the suspects involved in the 2018 poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal earned him and his team the European Press Prize for Investigative Journalism. He played a crucial role in identifying the details of Alexei Navalny’s poisoning in 2020. The talk is open to the public.
More InformationPursuing Justice for Mass Atrocities via Universal Jurisdiction
Panel discussion with Hayley Evans, Max Planck Institute (Recent Developments in Universal Jurisdiction for International Crimes), Priya Pillai, 2024 World Fellow (Avenues for Universal Jurisdiction for Myanmar Cases), and Janine di Giovanni, The Reckoning Project (Can Universal Jurisdiction Provide Justice for Ukraine?). Lunch will be served. Sponsored by the Yale MacMillan Center Genocide Studies Program.
More InformationLon Marum People of the Volcano (Film screening and conversation)
2024 World Fellow Soraya Hosni will be joined by 2019 World Fellow Alex Munoz for the screening of her film “Lon Marum: People of the Volcano.” The film will be followed by discussion with the audience.
More InformationCrossroads of Innovation: Policy, Science and Entrepreneurship in Latin America
The Council on Latin America and Iberian Studies will host a panel on the Crossroads of Innovation: Policy, Science and Entrepreneurship in Latin America. Panelists include 2024 World Fellows include Gabriel Silva, Gonzalo Moratorio, and Leticia Jauregui. The panel will be moderated by Prof. Ligia Fabris Campos.
More InformationBuilding Inclusive Societies in Post Conflict Context: Cambodia and Timor-Leste
The World Fellows Program will host a panel discussion on building inclusive societies in post conflict context with 2024 World Fellows Sokny Onn and Fausto Ximenes.
More InformationWhat Do Russians Think of Putin and War?
2024 World Fellow Anna Biriukova and 2018 World Fellow Leonid Volkov, from their work with the Anti-Corruption Foundation, will discuss What Russians Think of Putin and War.
More InformationGlobal Leadership in Practice
Mr. Ximenes is a 2024 World Fellow and Oxfam International Country Director for Timor-Leste where he leads an international country team and strives, alongside local civil society partner organizations and communities, to tackle challenges of climate justice, gender equality and gender justice, inclusive economic development, and civic participation. Before joining Oxfam, Fausto was a Development Economist and Senior Policy Advisor to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a Graduate Researcher with the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War (CCW) Centre where he undertook research and developed a case report on the Philippines’ Moro conflict, a Senior Access to Justice Manager on a USAID project, as well as a Human…
More InformationGuaranteeing Legal Aid & Access to Justice in post-conflict societies- the case of Timor-Leste
2024 World Fellow Nino Ximenes, will discuss legal aid and access to justice in post-conflict societies by sharing the example of his home country of Timor-Leste. Mr. Ximenes is Oxfam International Country Director for Timor-Leste where he leads an international country team and strives, alongside local civil society partner organizations and communities, to tackle challenges of climate justice, gender equality and gender justice, inclusive economic development, and civic participation. Before joining Oxfam, Fausto was a Development Economist and Senior Policy Advisor to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), a Graduate Researcher with the University of Oxford’s Changing Character of War (CCW) Centre where he undertook research and developed a case…
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