{"id":23404,"date":"2018-01-29T12:04:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T17:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=23404"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:53:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:53:58","slug":"global-spotlight-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=23404","title":{"rendered":"UNC area studies centers host Global Spotlight Week Feb. 17-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-23403 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2024\/07\/Global-Spotlight-Artwork_480x320_2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Artwork for Crises of Citizenship. Global Spotlight Week. February 17-24, 2018\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>UNC-Chapel Hill centers for the study of Africa, Asia, Europe, Russia and East Europe, Latin America and the Middle East present \u201cGlobal Spotlight Week: Crises of Citizenship,\u201d Feb. 17-24, 2018. The week\u2019s art exhibit, films, concert, lectures and panels will highlight critical approaches to the contested issue of citizenship, exploring experiences of migration and belonging across world regions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week will showcase the multifaceted opportunities area studies centers at UNC give to students, faculty, staff, K-16 educators and community members across North Carolina and the world,\u201d said Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, senior associate dean for social sciences and global programs in the College of Arts &amp; Sciences. \u201cTheir work connects a diverse range of individuals and groups, inviting us to examine how crises of citizenship affect societies around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of the events will be held in the <strong>FedEx Global Education Center <\/strong>unless noted otherwise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Feb. 17 \u00ad\u2014 Latin America: <\/strong>Conference: &#8220;&#8221;Context and Relationality in Latin American and Caribbean Studies,&#8221; in honor of Arturo Escobar, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at UNC, 9 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Feb. 19 \u2014 Asia: <\/strong><em>Documented<\/em> film screening &amp; panel, 5:30 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Feb. 20 \u2014 UNC Global:<\/strong> Open house art reception and Global career night, 5 p.m. in the Florence and James Peacock Atrium and 6 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Feb. 21 \u2014 Europe:<\/strong> <em>The Other Side of Hope <\/em>film screening and panel, 5:30 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Feb. 22 \u2014 Africa:<\/strong> &#8220;African Immigrants in Canada and the Racial Discrimination Boomerang,&#8221; talk by York University Professor Joseph Mensah, 5:30 p.m. in Room #1005.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Feb. 22 \u2014 Russia and East Europe:<\/strong> &#8220;Moment of Truth: How Russian-Style Reality Came To America,&#8221; talk by <em>New York Times<\/em> correspondent Jim Rutenberg, 7 p.m. in the Nelson Mandela Auditorium.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Feb. 24 \u2014\u00a0Middle East<\/strong>: Omar Offendum in Concert, 7 p.m. in the theater of The Sonya Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Global Spotlight Week will also include <em>Voices in the Water: Stories of Belonging Across Borders<\/em>, a textile installation in the Florence and James Peacock Atrium of the FedEx Global Education Center by local artist Bryant Holsenbeck. The exhibit includes an interactive component, which provides visitors with a way to reflect on the shared humanity of people affected by crises of citizenship across borders.<\/p>\n<p>The week is sponsored by the UNC College of Arts and Sciences and organized by six UNC area studies centers: Carolina Asia Center; Carolina Center for the Study of the Middle East and Muslim Civilizations; African Studies Center; Center for European Studies; Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies; and Institute for the Study of the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/areastudies.unc.edu\/spotlight\/\">UNC&#8217;s area studies website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC-Chapel Hill centers for the study of Africa, Asia, Europe, Russia and East Europe, Latin America and the Middle East present \u201cGlobal Spotlight Week: Crises of Citizenship,\u201d Feb. 17-24, 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