As Indiana University returns to in-person classes, Themester will offer online as well as in-person events. Using technology to host engaging guest speakers, film screenings, and discussion panels, this fall’s online-only events will be more accessible to the global student, faculty and community of IU friends that Themester endeavors to serve.
Films, lectures and discussions will be available to an IU audience around the world. IU Global Gateways will bring together international alums and friends of IU to discuss pressing global issues, while the Environmental Resilience Institute continues its popular lunch-time Zoom discussion with far-flung climate change experts.
September online events are listed below. Links take you to more information about each event.
Film screening: Tanna in IU Cinema’s Virtual Screening Room | part of series Islands of Resilience
Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m.
Tanna was shot in and around the village of Yakel on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, and tells a story of star-crossed lovers who defy tradition. One underlying thread of the narrative is that resilience of traditional culture can be served by compromise and change from within. In the Nauvhal language with English subtitles.
A Conversation with author and journalist Elizabeth Kolbert | part of the Media School Speaker Series
Monday, September 13, 7:00 p.m.
Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer and journalist Elizabeth Kolbert will discuss her work regarding climate change and the environment. Kolbert is the author of The Sixth Extinction and 2021’s Under a White Sky.
Film screening: Gather in IU Cinema’s Virtual Screening Room
Tuesday, September 14, 7:00 p.m.
Gather is an intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.
Panel discussion: “Let’s Talk About Mental Health” | part of the Self-Care Saturday series
Saturday, September 18, 11:00 a.m.
Join us for a conversation and hands-on activities exploring mental health that you can use at home.
Panel discussion: “Devastation, Recovery, and Resilience: Haiti’s enduring Struggle with Natural Disasters”
Wednesday, September 22, 7:00 p.m.
Join us for a discussion on disaster resilience in the developing world, focusing on the recent earthquakes that have devastated Haiti.
Speaker: “Rendered Surplus: The Struggle for Schooling Amidst Anti-Migrant Policies in Beijing” with Dr. Eli Friedman | part of the Resilient Global Cities: Global Positioning Series
Wednesday, September 22, 7:00 p.m.
Join us for a discussion on disaster resilience in the developing world, focusing on the recent earthquakes that have devastated Haiti.
Speaker: Jacqueline Patterson, director of the Chisholm Legacy Project | part of the Environmental Resilience Speaker Series
Thursday, September 23, 2021, 12:00 p.m.
Jacqueline Patterson is the founder and executive director of the Chisholm Legacy Project, a non-profit dedicated to connecting Black communities on the frontlines of climate justice with resources to advance equitable change.
Panel discussion: “Art as Resilience in the Anthropocene”
Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 7:00 p.m.
Join us for a panel discussion on the manifestations of the Anthropocene in popular culture in Asia, and the role of the creative arts in fostering ecological resilience.
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