Event Type: Talks and Lectures
Global Migration and Youth Leadership in the Pursuit of Freedom
According to the UNHCR, 89.3 million people around the world were forced to flee their homes as a result of persecution, conflict or violence in 2021. That figure reached 103 million in mid-2022. Among them are nearly 27.1 million refugees, around half of whom are under the age of 18. While these young people require support, they are also uniquely capable of effective change and leadership of mobilizing civic engagement in their home communities and in the world. Yet, the odds often seem to be stacked against them. What can be done about this? This panel tries to piece together a framework for the role of youth leadership in systemic…
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Tombs, Ghosts, Djinns, Shadows: The Decade in South Asian Fiction
Join 2022 World Fellow and Editor-in-Chief of Penguin Random House India Manasi Subramaniam for a lunchtime discussion on South Asian fiction. Open to the Yale community.
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Nature Conservation and Public Participation: Seventeen Years Practice of a Grassroots Environmental NGO in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
The Yale community is invited to hear from 2022 World Fellow Zhao Zhong, founder and director of Green Camel Bell, as he discusses conservation efforts in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau.
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Pierson College Tea with Sahar Albazar
Join 2022 World Fellow and Egyptian MP, Sahar Albazar, for a Pierson College Tea. Open to the Yale community. Please RSVP your attendance to taunya.williams@yale.edu.
More InformationPublic Sphere Salon @Yale: Elon Buys Twitter: What’s Next for the World's Town Square?
You are invited to join World Fellows Belabbes Benkredda and Raheel Khursheed for the inaugural Public Sphere Salon @Yale. On Friday, November 11 at 9AM ET, Belabbes and Raheel will host a virtual discussion titled “Elon Buys Twitter: What’s Next for the World’s Town Square?”. Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link: https://yale.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vzLTpjmZTPKelTtzdoxzBQ The Public Sphere Salon @Yale is a new initiative from Belabbes and Raheel and is supported by the International Leadership Center at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs.
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Voices of New Belarus
The Yale community is invited to hear the 2022 Yale World Fellows read and discuss the documentary play of Belarusian playwright and civil activist Andrei Kureichik. The play features 14 real monologues of Belarusians chosen from more than 700 stories of victims of Lukashenko’s repressive machine. In the play, politicians, journalists, activists, people of all ages and professions share their experience of political repression. This reading is an invitation to a broad discussion about the problem of political prisoners in the world and ways you can help.
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Creative Industries in Latin America
Join 2022 World Fellow Martin Inthamoussú as he leads a conversation on the cultural and creative sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. There will be a closing performance by David Alzate (Jackson School of Global Affairs MPP candidate). Open to the Yale community.
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Accelerating Sustainable Development in the age of COVID, Conflict, and Climate
We invite you to hear 2022 World Fellow Babatunde Omilola speak about sustainable development in Africa. Open to the Yale community, tune in virtually via Zoom or in-person (registration required): https://yaleconnect.yale.edu/YSEAD/rsvp_boot?id=1873319
More InformationDialectics of Mentalities of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. History and Prospects
Members of the Yale community are invited to a lunchtime seminar of the European & Russian Studies MA Program and the REEES Program with Andrei Kureichik, 2022 Yale World Fellow. Andrei will lead a discussion on “Dialectics of Mentalities of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. History and Prospects” Please RSVP to Christina Andriotis at christina.andriotis@yale.edu
More InformationChallenges to "Freedom of Expression" in Developing Countries Under Authoritarian Regimes
Join 2022 World Fellow Fakhar Durrani as he discusses challenges facing journalists in Pakistan. Fakhar is an investigative journalist for The News International, Pakistan’s leading English-language newspaper where he reports in-depth stories often in high-risk situations. This event is part of Saint Anthony Hall’s 2022 lecture series and is open to the Yale and New Haven communities.
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