• Cross-Cultural Collaborations: Opportunities for Addressing Social Issues in the North Atlantic

    Glickman Family Library 314 Forest Ave, Portland, ME, United States

    Social work professors Dr. Charlothe Petersen Mørkhøj of Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland
    Dr. Dorothea Ivey of University of Southern Maine
    Lars, BSW Social Work student, Ilisimatusarfik/University of Greenland, and Sandra Perez, MSW student, University of Southern Maine.

    Moderator: Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt, Professor of Social Work at University of Southern Maine and member of the Maine-Greenland Collaborations research team.

  • Mixing West African Traditional Sounds and American R&B

    State Theatre 609 Congress St, Portland, ME, United States

    Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo is one of the greatest artists in international music today, a creative force with fourteen albums and innumerable accolades to her name. Kidjo cross-pollinates the West African traditional sounds of her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences from Europe and Latin America.

  • Nuclear Weapons: U.S. Politics, Activism, and Global Views

    University of Southern Maine, 102 Wishcamper 34 Bedford St, Portland, ME, United States +1 more

    Nuclear Weapons: U.S. Politics, Activism, and Global Views Dr. Stephen Herzog  Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey   Dr. Lauren Sukin London School of Economics and Political Science Nuclear... Read more »

    Free
  • From Yerevan to Jerusalem with Ambassador Edward Djerejian

    University of Southern Maine, 102 Wishcamper 34 Bedford St, Portland, ME, United States +1 more

    Join the Armenian Cultural Association for an insightful discussion on the evolving geopolitical relationships between Armenia and the broader Middle East. The conversation will examine Armenia’s strategic challenges, the balance... Read more »

    Free

Community Calendar

Is your organization holding an internationally focused event in Maine? The World Affairs Council of Maine is eager to promote global goings on around the state. If you would like to include your event on our calendar please submit your request HERE. We will need two to three days to review and approve community submission.