Events
| APRIL 2021 LAC-FIG MEETING Featured Presentation: Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education Internationalization: An Approach from Abroad Dr. Muñoz from Universidad Católica Argentina Thursday, April 15th at 4:00 PM Meeting via Teams (Email GlobalAffairs@ecu.edu to join the LAC-FIG Team.) |
| Latin America and the Caribbean Faculty Interest Group Monthly Meeting Discussion: Applying for a Faculty Fulbright Scholarship Thursday, March 11th at 4:00 PM Meeting via Teams (Email GlobalAffairs@ecu.edu to join the LAC-FIG Team.) |
| FEBRUARY 2021 LAC-FIG MEETING Featured Presentation: Discussion: ECU’s bilateral exchange partnerships in the region. Thursday, February 11th at 4:00 PM Meeting via Teams (Email GlobalAffairs@ecu.edu to join the LAC-FIG Team.) |
| ECU International Student Writing Colloquium Organized by Dr. Mark Johnson, Associate Professor of TESOL and Applied Linguistics, East Carolina University®. Sponsored by the ECU Office of Global Affairs and the ECU Graduate School. February 10-11, 2021, 12:00pm - 2:00pm All sessions delivered via Zoom (Register Now!) |
| Geographies of Social Justice Colloquium Series Alex Moulton, University of Tennessee Geographies of the Plantationocene: Human Environmental Change and the Post-Colonial Caribbean Sponsored by the ECU Department of Geography, HCAS, and the Office of Global Affairs February 19, 2021 3:30pm Meeting via WebEx WebEx Link Meeting number: 120 412 1930 Password: ExZpyV27rh5 |
| 2021 NC Conference on Latin American Studies (NCCLAS 2021) Presented by The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke, in partnership with the UNC Charlotte Latin American Studies Program February 19 and 20, 2021 Meeting via Zoom (Register here. Registration deadline is Friday, February 12, 2021. |
| UNC Global Art Exhibit: Submissions Wanted The FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks proposals for a fall 2021 art exhibition from Latina and Latino artists based in North Carolina to celebrate the breadth and diversity of artists who call North Carolina home. Artwork will be displayed from mid-August through December 2021. Artists using paint, sculpture, textile, photography and other mediums are welcome to submit proposals. Each semester, UNC Global features the works of global artists in exhibitions that touch on a variety of themes and topics. The exhibits offer perspectives from a range of places, histories and peoples, but convey themes that are universal. Artwork is displayed from the first to the third floor of the FedEx Global Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to inspire the Carolina community and further infuse a global dimension throughout the University’s teaching and research. The deadline for submission is March 31, 2021. Proposals should be submitted to Ingrid Smith, interim director of communications and events for UNC Global, at ingrid.smith@unc.edu. Learn More! |
| JANUARY 2021 LAC-FIG MEETING Featured Presentation: Problem-Based Learning Provides Path for Global Awareness Ramiro Murata, ECU School of Dental Medicine Thursday, January 14th at 4:00 PM Meeting via Teams (Email GlobalAffairs@ecu.edu to join the LAC-FIG Team.) |
| Latitude Zero Talks II Presentation: Ecuador's Role in the History of Scientific Discoveries Carlos Montufar, President and Professor of Physics, University of San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador) Friday, November 13, 2020 at 8:00 PM Meeting via Zoom. Register here! |
| Latitude Zero Talks I Presentation: Learning about large animals in the most biodiverse site of Amazonia David Romo, Co-director, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, University of San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador) Friday, October 30, 2020 at 1:00 PM Meeting via Zoom. Register here. |