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W&M Innocence Club Host's Nilam Sanghvi to Speak About Prosecutorial Misconduct 
Tuesday, March 9
7pm - 8pm
Zoom

William and Mary Innocence Project's first guest speaker, Nilam Sanghvi, will speak on topic of Prosecutorial Misconduct's role in our criminal justice system, and particularly within wrongful incarcerations. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. 

Arab Spring Ten Years After: The Continuing Quest for Democracy in the Middle East
Friday, March 12
4pm - 5:15pm
Zoom

A lecture presented by Professor Tamara Sonn, the 2021 Virtual Kraemer Middle East Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence.  Presented in celebration of the Asian Centennial at William & Mary.

Asian American Plural: The Travels of Transnational Scheherazade in Alia Yunis' "The Night Counter"
Thursday, March 18
9:30am - 10:45am
Digital Streaming

Esteemed novelist and filmmaker Alia Yunis (The Night Counter) is the premiering author of Asian American Plural: Literature Across Borders, organized by Dr. R. Benedito Ferrao as part of his course OUTSIDE IN: TRANSNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE.

Healing Spaces on the Camino de Santiago in Medieval and Contemporary Settings
Thursday, March 18
6pm - 7pm
Online


"Can America be a Free Country?": A Lecture by Yale Professor Timothy Snyder
Tuesday, March 23
4pm - 5:15pm
Zoom
Yale Professor Timothy Snyder will deliver the 2021 George Tayloe Ross Address on International Peace.
Dr. Peter Meineck (PBK Visiting Scholar Lecture)    
Thursday, March 25
6:30pm - 8pm
Virtual
Asian American Plural: War & Borders in Paul Ocampo's "Butterfly"
Tuesday, March 30
9:30am - 10:45am
Digital Streaming

Author Paul Ocampo will speak on his short story "Butterfly" which appears in Maxine Hong Kingston's anthology, "Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace (2006), as part of Dr. R. Benedito Ferrao's series Asian American Plural: Literature Across Borders.