Royal D. Alworth Jr. Institute UMD for International Studies UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH Driven to Discover Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Memorial Lecture Pandemic Preparedness and Global Health Governance Presented by Dr. Rebecca Katz Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University Medical Center; Senior advisor on the global COVID-19 response and global health security, US Department of State. Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 7:00 pm (CDT) Register at z.umn.edu/Katz-Spring2021 Brown Bag Presentations Conceptualizing the North: Three Presentations from Norway, Canada, and the United States Includes "It matters what worlds world worlds": "There Is No - A (de) colonial project - Or Not?"; and, "The Canadian North as the Place where Peoples meet in the Comics of Jeff Lemire" Presented by scholars from the three countries. Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 12:00 to 2:00 pm (CDT) with an intermission Register at z.umn.edu/TheNorth-Spring2021 NOWRUZ: The Iranian Celebration of a New Day Presented by Cindy M. Christian, Director of the Alworth Institute Thursday, April 8, 2021, 12:00 pm (CDT) Register at z.umn.edu/Nowruz-Spring2021 Exploring Lima and the Sacred Valley Pre-pandemic Presented by Dr. Maureen Tobin-Stanley, Professor of Spanish Studies, UMD Department of World Languages and Cultures, and Thomas Stanley, Senior Attorney, St. Louis County Thursday, April 15, 2021, 12:00 pm (CDT) Register at z.umn.edu/Peru-Spring2021 All events are free and open to the public. For more information go to www.alworth.org. The University is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Royal D. Alworth Jr. Institute UMD for International Studies UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH Driven to Discover Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Memorial Lecture Pandemic Preparedness and Global Health Governance Presented by Dr. Rebecca Katz Professor and Director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security, Georgetown University Medical Center; Senior advisor on the global COVID-19 response and global health security, US Department of State. Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 7:00 pm (CDT) Register at z.umn.edu/Katz-Spring2021 Brown Bag Presentations Conceptualizing the North: Three Presentations from Norway, Canada, and the United States Includes "It matters what worlds world worlds": "There Is No - A (de) colonial project - Or Not?"; and, "The Canadian North as the Place where Peoples meet in the Comics of Jeff Lemire" Presented by scholars from the three countries. Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 12:00 to 2:00 pm (CDT) with an intermission Register at z.umn.edu/TheNorth-Spring2021 NOWRUZ: The Iranian Celebration of a New Day Presented by Cindy M. Christian, Director of the Alworth Institute Thursday, April 8, 2021, 12:00 pm (CDT) Register at z.umn.edu/Nowruz-Spring2021 Exploring Lima and the Sacred Valley Pre-pandemic Presented by Dr. Maureen Tobin-Stanley, Professor of Spanish Studies, UMD Department of World Languages and Cultures, and Thomas Stanley, Senior Attorney, St. Louis County Thursday, April 15, 2021, 12:00 pm (CDT) Register at z.umn.edu/Peru-Spring2021 All events are free and open to the public. For more information go to www.alworth.org. The University is an equal opportunity educator and employer.