Do you want to work in the U.S. after you graduate? Are you on an F-1 visa? Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation.

This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2021 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.

When you join the workshop, make sure that you sign in/login to Webex with your passport name or net ID, so that we can identify who you are. If your passport name or Net ID is not visible, we cannot give you credit for attending.

How to join:


WebEx Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=m37a37ab6571c0a74ecde7a088118b1f4


Meeting number:
120 217 0350


Password:
opt21

Opening Remarks (1PM - 1:30PM) with Jacqueline Loss, Reynaldo Lastre, Samuel Martínez, Melina Pappademos, and Michael Lynch.

Translation and Ethnography (1:30PM - 3:30PM)
Moderated by Jane Gordon.


● Emily Maguire, Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese, Northwestern University, “Cuban Ethnography as a Translative Exercise: Ortiz’s Early Work”



● Damián Deamici, PH.D Student, Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, UConn, “Traducciones, transacciones y correspondencias de imaginarios raciales entre Estados Unidos y Cuba: Du Bois-Ortiz, Hughes-Guillén”



● Víctor Fowler Calzada, UNEAC, Cuba, “Locke en Urrutia: Variaciones al ‘nuevo negro’”



● Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann, Assistant Professor, Emerson College, “Translating the
Dawn: On Aimé Césaire's first Cuban translators, Lydia Cabrera and Virgilio Piñera”


Here is the link for registration: https://hclleap-prod2.its.uconn.edu/apps/anon/org/app/74d2e505-9a7b-4daa-801e-027dc45ec11c/launch/index.html?form=F_Form1

This symposium is co-sponsored by the University of Connecticut’s Department of Literatures, Cultures & Languages; UConn Humanities Institute; El Instituto Seed Grant; the John N. Plank Lecture Series; and Global Affairs

(1:00 pm - 1:15 pm)
Translation Studies and World Poetry Books at the University of Connecticut, Peter Constantine (Director of Literary Translation Program & Professor, Literatures, Cultures & Languages, UConn) and Brian Sneeden (Visiting
Assistant Professor, Literatures, Cultures & Languages, UConn).

(1:15PM- 3:15PM)
Disciplines and National Identity
Moderated by Melina Pappademos


● Jacqueline Loss, “ El choteo and lo fino”


● Pedro Marqués de Armas, Poet, Essayist, Novelist,
and Psychiatrist, “Recepción del psicoanálisis en Cuba en los décadas del 20 y 30 y su relación con la psiquiatría, la eugenesia y la higiene mental”


● Odette Casamayor-Cisneros, Associate Professor of Romance
Languages, University
of Pennsylvania, “Entre el Atlántico y las Antillas: traducción, raza e invención nacional”


● Justo Planas, Ph.D. Candidate, City University of New York, “Parábola de la infancia y la muerte. Una traducción republicana”



Here is the link for registration: https://hclleap-prod2.its.uconn.edu/apps/anon/org/app/74d2e505-9a7b-4daa-801e-027dc45ec11c/launch/index.html?form=F_Form1


This symposium is co-sponsored by the University of Connecticut’s Department of Literatures, Cultures & Languages; UConn Humanities Institute; El Instituto Seed Grant; the John N. Plank Lecture Series; and Global Affairs

The group is intended to provide a safe and comfortable space for international students to discuss various concerns and to connect with each other.

https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/international-support-group/

Sponsored by International Student and Scholar Services
Hosted by UConn Student: Sana Haroon, Huskies International and Salaam

Log on to enjoy a virtual ISSS Coffee Hour presentation in appreciation of Muslim women who decide to wear the head scarf. Join us to learn about the meaning behind the head scarf, the different styles it can be worn, and listen to stories about what it is like to wear the hijab in different parts of the world. Current active students that attend the virtual event will have the chance to be drawn in a raffle to win the next cup of coffee e-gift card from ISSS.

How to join:

https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=m10ebe221ece665610f3aed5b35928c94


Meeting number: 120 955 1201


Password: hijab

Dr. Kenny Schmitt of Al-Quds Bard College
Thursday, March 4, 2021, 12:30-1:45 pm
Sponsored by Middle East Studies, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Global Affairs, and History

Event address for attendees: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/onstage/g.php?MTID=ecc4ae9adaa13432732c9d4c6e1b4cc4e

Event password: MES21

No need to pre-register.
Gaza has been governed by no less than six political regimes over the past century. The Ottoman Empire, British Mandate authorities, Egyptian and Israeli Occupations, and two separate Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, have administrated the territory. Such repetitive political transitions have, unsurprisingly, led to the stifling and deterioration of all government and civil society institutions. Yet one institution has maintained a consistent presence, weathering the overwhelming upheavals of each regime change—the Ahli Arab Hospital. The hospital was founded in 1882 by Anglican Missionaries from the Church Mission Society (CMS) and has maintained its Christian heritage and identity since its establishment. Offering medical services to a predominantly Muslim community plagued by political transition and humanitarian crisis, the hospital has navigated countless challenges and opportunities, dilemmas and contradictions. This lecture highlights these obstacles and paradoxes through the lens of several critical junctures in the hospital’s history, demonstrating how the hospital has reconciled imperial entanglements and missionary motives with specific legitimating practices and community service.

The Translation of Letters and Ideas in Cuba’s Republic (Part 3)

(1:00PM - 3: 00pm) Philosophies, Geopolitics, and Translation
Moderated by Samuel Martinez


● César Salgado, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, The University of Texas at Austin, “Queering the Cold (War): Sexual geopolitics and Translation in F. O. Matthiessen and José Rodríguez Feo”


● Reynaldo Lastre, “Imaginarios nucleares: de la revista Bohemia a la comunidad letrada habanera”


● Rachel Price, Associate Professor, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Princeton University, “The Cuban Interpreters: Translating political concepts in republican revistas”


● Anke Birkenmaier, Professor of Department of Spanish &
Portuguese, Indiana University, Bloomington, "Wartime translations. Gaceta del Caribe's literary politics"


(3:15PM - 4:30PM)
Keynote
Introduced by Jacqueline Loss and Reynaldo Lastre, Q and A will follow

Rafael Rojas, Professor, Centro de Estudios Historicos ,
El Colegio de Mexico, “Tres políticas de traducción en la ideología cubana de los 60”


Here is the link for registration: https://hclleap-prod2.its.uconn.edu/apps/anon/org/app/74d2e505-9a7b-4daa-801e-027dc45ec11c/launch/index.html?form=F_Form1

This symposium is co-sponsored by the University of Connecticut’s Department of Literatures, Cultures & Languages; UConn Humanities Institute; El Instituto Seed Grant; the John N. Plank Lecture Series; and Global Affairs

Investing for Human Rights and Social Justice

A panel discussion on advocacy, activism, and engagement at the intersection of finance and human rights with:

Sara Blackwell, Business and human rights consultant

Ryan Bowers, Activest

Jillianne Lyon ('18), Investor Advocates for Social Justice

Bart Robertson, Global Fund to End Modern Slavery

Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3H_C59dgQtqNBoelCiB5-w

Come join ISSS for a monthly meeting where we will review important updates and reminders for international students and visiting scholars!

How to join:

https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=mb194201a127877890aed237a42efce3a

Meeting number:
120 936 1338


Password:
stayinformed21

ORIENTATION All J-1 scholars are required to attend a mandatory orientation about the J-1 visa regulations, life at UConn, and how ISSS can support you. Orientation sessions are held online via webex on the first Friday of each month.


How to join:


https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=m6d2354595d3ae7ed3074ebe1c548486b

Meeting number:
120 846 4762


Password:
j1scholar21

The Translation of Letters and Ideas in Cuba’s Republic (Part 4)

(1:00PM - 3:00PM)
Traveling Discourses
Moderated by Guillermo Irizarry


● Devyn Spence Benson, Chair & Associate Professor of Africana
Studies, Associate Professor, Latin American Studies, Davidson College, “Afrocubanas: Translating Black Cuban Feminisms”

● Pablo Medina, Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, the Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing, Emerson College, “What Are We Reading, The Poem or The Translation (Carpentier’s The Kingdom of This World)”

● Esther Allen, Professor, Modern Languages, Baruch College/CUNY, "Martí in the United States"

● Robert Lesman, Associate Professor, Global Languages,
Shippensburg University, “Óscar Rodríguez Feliú’s Translation of Joyce’s ‘Proteus’ Episode for Espuela de Plata”

(3:00PM - 3:30PM)
Closing Remarks



Here is the link for registration: https://hclleap-prod2.its.uconn.edu/apps/anon/org/app/74d2e505-9a7b-4daa-801e-027dc45ec11c/launch/index.html?form=F_Form1


This symposium is co-sponsored by the University of Connecticut’s Department of Literatures, Cultures & Languages; UConn Humanities Institute; El Instituto Seed Grant; the John N. Plank Lecture Series; and Global Affairs

Popular Music in Morocco: A Common Language between Jews & Muslims
Tuesday, March 9, 2021 | 11:00 AM EST/ 5:00 PM Morocco
Virtual. Free. Open to the Public.
RSVP Here (for zoom link)
https://abrahamicprograms.uconn.edu/literature-culture-arts/2021-03-09-popular-music-in-morocco/
Hosted by the University of Connecticut and Université Internationale de Rabat
Speaker:
Vanessa Paloma Elbaz, Ph.D.
Research Associate
University of Cambridge

Discussants:
Nicola Carpintieri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of Arabic & Islamic Studies
University of Connecticut
Najib Mokhtari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of MEdiNA Studies Program
Université Internationale de Rabat
Event Synopsis
Morocco’s population has used music for generations to transmit unofficial and unwritten knowledge. It is the medium par excellence that has been mobilized to express the ideas of the masses or to shape desired intellectual trends historically and until today.
This form of mediated communication cuts transversally through boundaries of gender, linguistic and minority societal frontiers. Addressing questions such as: Is Moroccan Jewish popular music a common language with Moroccan Muslims? Is there then, a sonic perception of commonality? What could be the difference between the popular music written and sung by a Jew and that by a Muslim after Independence, if any? This talk will explore the way Moroccan popular music, otherwise known as chaabi and the Jewish version which has been recently labeled chgouri, function as a common language between Muslims and Jews in contemporary Morocco. Focusing on the period after the Arab Spring and Morocco’s constitutional referendum, I will develop the way music has been deployed for the cementing of commonality within diversity and the intrinsic belonging of Jews to the contemporary Moroccan state.

Initiative on Campus Dialogues Fellows March meeting.

For more information visit: https://democracyanddialogues.dodd.uconn.edu/

Learn more about Virtual Global Internships from students who have participated in the program! Find out about academics, finances, scholarships and more!

Do you want to work in the U.S. after you graduate? Are you on an F-1 visa? Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation.

This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2021 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.



When you join the workshop, make sure that you sign in/login to Webex with your passport name or net ID, so that we can identify who you are. If your passport name or Net ID is not visible, we cannot give you credit for attending.


How to join:

WebEx Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=m9333742713355a338816874a6db09e36

Meeting number:
120 214 8114


Password:
opt21

Join us for a knitting night with ISSS staff and students. Are you stuck inside looking for something to do? Come to ISSS Craft Night and learn how to knit. Meet other students, learn a skill and watch as we all knit, purl, knit, purl, knit the quarantine away. Already know how to knit? Excellent! Come share your skills and socialize with us. Just want to watch? Come join us!
Meeting link:https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=mc6c90141e62782d663f690d973319c72
Meeting number: 120 064 1208 Password: Knitting!

What you will need: 2 knitting needles 1 ball of yarn. Storrs Campus Students - Come to ISSS Office to pick up a ball of yarn and some knitting tools!

You can get your knitting supplies at WalMart, Joanne Fabric or Michael’s Craft supply but as almost everyone will be in quarantine you can also order them online from Amazon or other retailers. RSVP to arthur.galinat@uconn.edu with questions.

This dialogue provides the opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to discuss, share experiences, and ask questions about race. There are two opportunities to attend: Thursday March 11 or Thursday March 18.

Given the immense amount of diversity on the UConn campus, it is important to engage in meaningful dialogues about race and racism. It is up to college campuses to respond to, engage, and reflect the diversity of their students. This workshop provides the opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to discuss, share experiences, and ask questions about race on campus. This session focuses on the barriers of creating a more diverse and accepting university as well as discussing concrete steps that we might take as a community, as an institution, and as individuals to combat racism and build a more diverse and inclusive campus environment.

For more information and a link to register for the event visit: https://democracyanddialogues.dodd.uconn.edu/2021/02/02/03-11-03-18-race-and-community-dialogue-3/

Co-hosted by the Democracy & Dialogues Initiative of the Dodd Human Rights Impact and UConn’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion. Contact Dialogues@uconn.edu with any questions.

Talk 2 of an ECE, CWP and Dodd Center sponsored Speaker Series on Human Rights.

https://eosmith-org.zoom.us/j/92776362355

Summer program deadlines. Some exceptions may apply. Contact Education Abroad, abroad@uconn.edu for more information!

This session is for UConn students who graduated from a STEM major, and who are currently on post-completion OPT. The STEM OPT Extension grants you a 24-month extension of your current post-completion OPT. This session will cover rules specific to STEM OPT and the application process.

If you will apply for STEM OPT Extension, this workshop is required. Attend before you apply for STEM OPT.


When you join the workshop, make sure that you sign in/login to Webex with your passport name or net ID, so that we can identify who you are. If your passport name or Net ID is not visible, we cannot give you credit for attending.

How to join:

WebEx Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=ma9c17e146dcc5d94bab18b3d554e96c1


Meeting number:
120 735 2344


Password:
stem21

The group is intended to provide a safe and comfortable space for international students to discuss various concerns and to connect with each other.

https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/international-support-group/

TBD

This session is for F-1 students who will do an internship or work off-campus before graduating, or for students who have internships and clinical placements as part of your academic curriculum. All internships, work and placements off-campus must be authorized through Curricular Practical Training (CPT) or Pre-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT), even if unpaid and required for your class or program.

If you are considering a future off-campus work opportunity or placement, you are required to attend this workshop before you apply for CPT or Pre-Completion OPT with ISSS.


When you join the workshop, make sure that you sign in/login to Webex with your passport name or net ID, so that we can identify who you are. If your passport name or Net ID is not visible, we cannot give you credit for attending.



How to join:

WebEx Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=mfe21b2b4875904c2a29a3a95852af946


Meeting number:
120 043 4093


Password:
cpt21

The global movement towards the adoption of human rights due diligence laws is gaining momentum. Starting in France, moving to the Netherlands, and now at the European Union level, lawmakers across Europe are accepting the need to legislate to require that companies conduct human rights due diligence throughout their global operations. The situation in the United States is very different: on the federal level there is currently no law that mandates corporate human rights due diligence. Civil society organization International Corporate Accountability Roundtable is stepping into the breach with a legislative proposal building on the model of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to prohibit corporations from engaging in grave human rights violations and to give the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice the power to investigate any alleged violations. Our paper discusses this proposal.

Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sHDLnOihS8uWBSyOkDvHeA

Do you want to work in the U.S. after you graduate? Are you on an F-1 visa? Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation.

This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2021 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.


When you join the workshop, make sure that you sign in/login to Webex with your passport name or net ID, so that we can identify who you are. If your passport name or Net ID is not visible, we cannot give you credit for attending.


How to join:

WebEx Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=m410479bde4e3782437eee31a0f1ee4c9

Meeting number:
120 006 9135


Password:
opt21

This year, Careers for the Common Good will be represented at UConn’s Spring Career Fair on Wednesday, March 24th, 2021. Please join us to learn about career fair best practices from a Human Resources professional, how to navigate a virtual fair, and successfully network with registered employers. You will walk away from this event with everything you need to be successful at a career fair!

Event link: https://zoom.us/j/94517793081?pwd=TlkyN0hyVnhJNGJxdS9hSjE4Z0E4UT09

Sponsored by: Careers for the Common Good (A collaboration with the Center for Career Development, Community Outreach, and the Human Rights Institute)

TBD

Do you want to work in the U.S. after you graduate? Are you on an F-1 visa? Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation.

This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2021 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.


When you join the workshop, make sure that you sign in/login to Webex with your passport name or net ID, so that we can identify who you are. If your passport name or Net ID is not visible, we cannot give you credit for attending.



How to join:

WebEx Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=md78059a041396372dd1abd1e506c877c


Meeting number:
120 321 3097


Password:
opt21

'Urban renewal’ and ‘beautification’ initiatives bring multiple benefits to our lives and communities. But what are the costs of such projects? We invite you to explore the ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ of urban revitalization through an evaluation of Bushnell Park on Hartford’s neighborhoods and residents.

Nineteenth-century reformers advocated for urban parks as a cure for increasing crime, poverty, and pollution in U.S. cities. Bushnell Park replaced a site referred to as "hell without the fire" filled with tanneries, tenements, livestock pens, and garbage alongside the polluted Park River. Its creation brought a beauty to the city which continues to define our public space; it also displaced two hundred people living in poverty--mostly Irish laborers and African American servants--working in Hartford's affluent households. How do we weigh the benefits of urban improvements with its impact on the most city's most vulnerable populations? How should past experiences of ‘improvement’ inform future projects? Join us for facilitated small group discussions addressing these questions.

Hosted by Connecticut's Old State House

For more information and a link to register, visit:

https://democracyanddialogues.dodd.uconn.edu/2021/02/02/03-24-21-bushnell-park-paradoxes-urban-renewal/

Join us for a knitting night with ISSS staff and students. Are you stuck inside looking for something to do? Come to ISSS Craft Night and learn how to knit. Meet other students, learn a skill and watch as we all knit, purl, knit, purl, knit the quarantine away. Already know how to knit? Excellent! Come share your skills and socialize with us. Just want to watch? Come join us!
Meeting link:https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=mc6c90141e62782d663f690d973319c72
Meeting number: 120 064 1208 Password: Knitting!

What you will need: 2 knitting needles 1 ball of yarn. Storrs Campus Students - Come to ISSS Office to pick up a ball of yarn and some knitting tools!

You can get your knitting supplies at WalMart, Joanne Fabric or Michael’s Craft supply but as almost everyone will be in quarantine you can also order them online from Amazon or other retailers. RSVP to arthur.galinat@uconn.edu with questions.

TBD

Do you want to work in the U.S. after you graduate? Are you on an F-1 visa? Attend this workshop to learn more about Optional Practical Training (OPT) and how to apply for a work permit to stay in the U.S. and work in your field of study after graduation.

This workshop is required for all students who will apply for OPT and will graduate in Spring 2021 semester. Attend this workshop BEFORE you apply for post-completion OPT.


When you join the workshop, make sure that you sign in/login to Webex with your passport name or net ID, so that we can identify who you are. If your passport name or Net ID is not visible, we cannot give you credit for attending.



How to join:

WebEx Link: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/uconnvtc/j.php?MTID=m28490ef09722c766ed59e4e0b0c0ed23


Meeting number:
120 742 7895


Password:
opt21