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US-Brazil Relations: Historical Perspectives and Future Possibilities Post-2024

The international webinar, “The Impact of the 2024 US Elections on Brazil: Political, Economic, and Social Implications,” organized by...

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Five Key Insights on Innovation and the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Education

The Orfalea Center, in partnership with Georgetown University Qatar (GU-Q) and the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE –Qatar...

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Terra Vista Settlement: 32 years of Struggle and Creation, Dreams and Practice, Eye to Eye and Hands in the Dirt

By Noa Cykman “Defend Joy, Organize Rage” is the phrase I read on my wall every time I step into my shared home at Terra Vista. It...

3 days ago9 min read

Chocolate and Sovereignty: A Journey into Terra Vista, Bahia, Brazil

By Noa Cykman The documentary “Terra Vista” depicts the journey of a settlement of Brazil’s Landless Peasants Movement (MST) to recover a...

3 days ago6 min read

Future Infrastructure: From Research to Pedagogy

By Surojit Kayal Origin In Spring 2023, my colleague and former fellow of the Future Infrastructure cluster, Stephen Borunda and I were...

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Knowledge Exchange as Resistance: Predatory Mining in the Zona da Mata

By Russell Nylen On a brisk early morning in July, the employees and volunteers of Iracambi, a research/reforestation NGO, rushed to...

Oct 179 min read

Carceral Realities and Freedom Dreams

Lisa Hajjar Basil Farraj Samia Errazzouki Leila Katibah Asim Qureshi On October 11th,...

Oct 1042 min read

Security in Context: Mapping Urban (In)Securities in the Middle East and Reconceiving De-imperial Justice across the Global South

Between February 20-24th, 2024, activist scholars and filmmakers from around the world, including Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan,...

Oct 37 min read

My Brother, My Land: A Story of Resistance and Memory

Siren Sawalha and Sami Hermes launching My Brother, My Land at UCSB in February 2024 On September 30th, 2024, the Orfalea Center for...

Aug 719 min read

Sudan: Revolutionary Consciousness & Transnational Solidarity

On October 31st, 2023, the Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, directed by Professor Paul Amar, hosted a live webinar...

Jul 217 min read

A Matriarchal Memory and a Patriarchal Reality: The Place of Gender in Nubian Memory and Post-Displacement in Present-Day Egypt

Yahia Saleh Fatima Emam Mayada Madbouly On Monday, July 15th, 2024,...

Jul 131 min read

Tunisia Podcast Series: "Episode 1. Tunisia’s Amatuer Autocrat: The Rise of Kais Saied"

Episode 1: Tunisia’s Amatuer Autocrat: The Rise of Kais Saied This episode delves into the current state of democracy in Tunisia and...

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