Upcoming events:
Global Indigenous Forum Talk: An Evening with UNHCR Public Engagement Officer, Mandi Lindner
A record number 120 million people are displaced globally by violence, conflict and persecution. Hear about the work of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in the United States and around the world, providing emergency assistance and developing sustainable solutions for those forced to flee. A brief presentation of UNHCR’s work will be followed by an open Q&A session.
Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: PCA 171 & Zoom
Zoom ID: 882 3366 1449 Passcode: 3qKxYS
GSSA's Social Studies Welcome Back Social
On behalf of the students within the Global and Sociocultural Student Association (GSSA), the Anthropology Honors Society, and the Sociology Honors Society, we are excited to invite you to our Welcome Back Social.
This event offers a casual environment for faculty and students to network, discuss, and celebrate our shared interests within the larger GSS community.
Please feel free to stop by at any time during the event. Food and refreshments will be provided!
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: SIPA II, Room 102
Open to all FIU students!
GSS-SAGGSA Colloquium Speaker Series, Spring 2025
*SAGGSA: Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography Graduate Student Association
Jan 23 (Thursday 3:30-5:00 pm): Xiang Zhou, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Location (in person & online):
MANGO 222
Feb 20 (Thursday, 3:30-5:00 pm): Stephanie Wakefield, Assistant Professor of Geography, Florida Atlantic University
"Miami in the Anthropocene: Urban Imagination and Infrastructure"
Location (in person & online):
MANGO 222
Mar 14 (Friday, as part of the SAGGSA Annual Conference, Time TBA): Arturo Escobar, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Designing against Hegemony: Relationality and care as foundations for pluriversal transitions"
Location (in person & online):
MANGO 221
Apr 10 (Thursday, 3:30-5:00 pm): Vivek Ventakesh, Dean of the Faculty of Education, McGill University
"Social pedagogy for building sustainable resilience with dispossessed communities"
Location (in person & online):
MANGO 222