International & Global Studies

Croatian film critic, prominent LGBT activist and media personality will host a screening and discussion of the first Croatian LGBT film, 'Fine Dead Girls.'

MIMA SIMIĆ: Croatian writer, film critic, activist, media personality, and Croatian LGBT person of the decade.  Mima will talk on "LGBT Politics and Activist Strategies of Media Subversion,” discussing how she and other activists and organizations have used strategies of media subversion to affect public and social attitudes on homosexuality and gender in Croatia. Katherine McFarland Bruce, Elon visiting assistant professor of sociology, will join Mima and compare and discuss LGBT activism in the United States, specifically the South. 

Professor Laura Roselle co-authored a book that explores the way world leaders and policy makers interact with each other, and with their citizens, through the narratives they share.

Madison Ann “Maddy” Clough, an international studies major with an interest in working as an Arabic speaker for the United States government, is the first Elon student to receive a William Jefferson Clinton Scholarship to study at the American University in Dubai.

Jasmine Whaley '13 is seeking to raise $30,000 to expand the Rita Rose Garden in Kisumu, Kenya, a sustainable community garden led by 88 women entrepreneurs that works to feed and support more than 900 people.

Witness for Peace speaker Anibal Perez talks about environmental and social justice in Colombia. 

Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in LaRose Digital Theater, Koury Business Center

Maggie Liston '16 has known since high school that she wanted to incorporate the French language into her career plans, and with guidance from Student Professional Development Center staff, she found an internship this summer in New York City with the French Embassy.

"An important exploration of the complex psychology of mass murderers.” -Journalist Chris Hedges

“I have not seen a film as powerful, surreal, and frightening in at least a decade... it is unprecedented in the history of cinema.” –Documentarian Werner Herzog  

“A Masterpiece – an examination of institutionalized violence, guilt on individual and national scales, and the role of cinema to both shape and reflect our darkest impulses.” –Village Voice 

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