Reves Center for International Studies Events

Spotlight Event

Spotlight Event

Abby Rapoport, cofounder and publisher of Stranger’s Guide, will speak at the Reves Center.

March 17
5pm
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room

Abby Rapoport, cofounder and publisher of Stranger’s Guide, will deliver the 2025 McSwain-Walker Lecture, "Place-Based Journalism: Perspectives from Independent Media."

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2025 Ampersand International Arts Festival March 17 - March 23
Multiple Locations View Full Event
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Optional Practical Training (OPT) Session March 17
12pm - 1pm Virtual View Full Event
Abby Rapoport headshot (courtesy photo)
Place-Based Journalism: Perspectives from Independent Media March 17
5pm Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room View Full Event
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Visualizing Ideas in Comics: Q & A with Mana Neyestani March 18
2pm - 3pm Swem Library, Ford Classroom (and via Zoom) View Full Event
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Study Abroad Info Session March 18
4pm - 5pm Monroe Hall, 1st floor Program Room View Full Event
Qurʾān excerpt
Trapped in History? Sex, Gender, and Creation in the Qurʾān - Rahel Fischbach March 19
11:30am - 1pm Wren Building, Room 204 View Full Event
Professor Amy Malek
Cyromania: Imperial Nostalgia and Iranian-American Strategies of Inclusion in Los Angeles March 19
3:30pm - 4:30pm Washington Hall, Room 101 View Full Event
Swem Library
GRI Book Launch: The Origins of the Contemporary Global Order March 20
5:30pm - 7:45pm Swem Library, The Hive Event Space, G30, ground floor of Swem Library View Full Event
Betsy Korona
Alumni Lunch Discussion with Betsy Korona '03 March 24
12pm - 12:50pm Blow Memorial Hall, Room 201 View Full Event
Omaid Sharifi
ArtLords March 24
5pm - 7pm Music Arts Center, Concert Hall View Full Event
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Artist, Author, Activist Katie Holten: The Language of Trees: Forest Thinking to Reimagine the World March 25
3pm - 4:15pm Swem Library, Ford Classroom View Full Event
Kaqchikel Artist, María Elena Curruchiche
A Conversation with Kaqchikel Artist María Elena Curruchiche March 26
12pm - 1pm Washington Hall, Room 101 View Full Event
Swem Library
GRI Book Launch: Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe: People Power March 26
4pm - 6pm Swem Library, The Ford Classroom View Full Event
Swem Library
Research in Progress:  Joshi & Karakaya-Stump March 27
3:30pm - 5pm Swem Library, Ground Floor, The Hive Events Space View Full Event
Iman Zaki
Iman Zaki March 31
5pm - 7pm Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room View Full Event
2025 Ampersand International Arts Festival
Monday, March 17 - Sunday, March 23
Multiple Locations

The week-long Ampersand Festival features special guests, films, music, theater, dance, author talks, and professional workshops.

Optional Practical Training (OPT) Session
Monday, March 17
12pm - 1pm
Virtual

Are you an F-1 student who wants to work in the U.S. after graduation? You'll most likely need Optional Practical Training (OPT). Attend a virtual OPT session to learn more about this work authorization.

Place-Based Journalism: Perspectives from Independent Media
Monday, March 17
5pm
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room

Abby Rapoport, cofounder and publisher of Stranger’s Guide, will deliver the 2025 McSwain-Walker Lecture, "Place-Based Journalism: Perspectives from Independent Media."

Visualizing Ideas in Comics: Q & A with Mana Neyestani
Tuesday, March 18
2pm - 3pm
Swem Library, Ford Classroom (and via Zoom)

Join Prof. Ghobadlou's "Image, Text, Story" FREN/ COLL 100 class for a Q&A with graphic novelist Mana Neyestani.

Study Abroad Info Session
Tuesday, March 18
4pm - 5pm
Monroe Hall, 1st floor Program Room


Trapped in History? Sex, Gender, and Creation in the Qurʾān - Rahel Fischbach
Wednesday, March 19
11:30am - 1pm
Wren Building, Room 204

Dr. Rahel Fischbach will present part of her forthcoming book, Between God and History: Politics of Modern Muslim Qurʾānic Hermeneutics. 

Cyromania: Imperial Nostalgia and Iranian-American Strategies of Inclusion in Los Angeles
Wednesday, March 19
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Washington Hall, Room 101
    GRI Book Launch: The Origins of the Contemporary Global Order
    Thursday, March 20
    5:30pm - 7:45pm
    Swem Library, The Hive Event Space, G30, ground floor of Swem Library

    Join GRI for the launch of The Origins of the Contemporary Global Order (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) by former W&M Dean of Faculty Carl Strikwerda. Co-sponsored by W&M Libraries.

    Alumni Lunch Discussion with Betsy Korona '03
    Monday, March 24
    12pm - 12:50pm
    Blow Memorial Hall, Room 201
    ArtLords
    Monday, March 24
    5pm - 7pm
    Music Arts Center, Concert Hall

    Omaid Sharifi, President and Co-founder of ArtLords, will speak about the role of art in fostering freedom and democracy, for the third event of the Spring 2025 Scholarly Perspectives Series on Arts & Democracy. 

    Artist, Author, Activist Katie Holten: The Language of Trees: Forest Thinking to Reimagine the World
    Tuesday, March 25
    3pm - 4:15pm
    Swem Library, Ford Classroom

    NEW DATE!  Artist, activist, and bestselling author, Katie Holten to speak on the Language of Trees and what it means to love a forest.

    A Conversation with Kaqchikel Artist María Elena Curruchiche
    Wednesday, March 26
    12pm - 1pm
    Washington Hall, Room 101
      GRI Book Launch: Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe: People Power
      Wednesday, March 26
      4pm - 6pm
      Swem Library, The Ford Classroom

      Join GRI for the launch of Activism in Hard Times in Central and Eastern Europe: People Power (Routledge, 2024), co-written by Paula Pickering. Co-sponsored with W&M Libraries, Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and Government.

      Research in Progress:  Joshi & Karakaya-Stump
      Thursday, March 27
      3:30pm - 5pm
      Swem Library, Ground Floor, The Hive Events Space

      The Global Research Institute presents the Research in Progress:  Joshi & Karakaya-Stump

      Iman Zaki
      Monday, March 31
      5pm - 7pm
      Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room

      Iman Zaki, cultural manager, researcher, consultant, and theater maker, is the second event of the Spring 2025 Scholarly Perspectives Series on Arts & Democracy. 

      Ongoing Events

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      Spring Break
      Saturday, March 8 - Sunday, March 16
      Location not specified
      Andrews Gallery Presents: Juan Brenner - Abundant, Life Giving and Cruel
      Monday, February 3 - Thursday, April 3
      Andrews Hall, Andrews Gallery

      POSTPONED: Due to Inclement weather, the artist talk and reception will take place on Friday (2/21) from 4-7pm.  The Lecture will begin at 5pm at the Muscarelle Museum of Art conference hall next door.

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      Spring Break March 8 - March 16
      Location not specified View Full Event
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      Andrews Gallery Presents: Juan Brenner - Abundant, Life Giving and Cruel February 3 - April 3
      Andrews Hall, Andrews Gallery View Full Event