Global Archives

Olga Livshin will discuss how culture, translation, history, current events and her own biography intermingle in her 2019 book of poems, A Life Replaced, which reflects on the experience of living as an immigrant under the Trump administration and with Putin’s war on Ukraine looming. Raised in Odessa and Moscow, Livshin writes witness poetry about xenophobia, war, and strongmen at the helm on both sides of the world. The book braids original poetry in English with translations from Anna Akhmatova, the great poet of 20th-century Russia, and Vladimir Gandelsman, fellow immigrant and winner of the Moscow Reckoning, Russia’s highest prize for poetry. Livshin’s poems, translations, and essays appear in The Kenyon Review and Poetry International, and are widely published. She holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literature, and taught at the university level for a number of years before focusing on writing and translation.

Please join us in the May Room for a reception immediately following the lecture.
Sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University and by the Russian Department at Wheaton College.

For this final connection of International Education Week, share a cup of coffee with Portalgoers in Berlin and chat about how you spend your down time.

What do you like to do on the weekend? How to you practice self care? What’s your favorite sport or hobby?

Stop by the Club Hub in Balfour to check out the portal and connect! All connections are free to attend and while there is no required time commitment, we recommend that you dedicate at least 20 minutes to participate. You can sign up online for a 20-minute time slot in advance at www.sharedstudios.com/wheaton-college

Wheaton educators meet with university educators in Lagos, Nigeria for a global dialogue on how we are preparing university students to be tolerant in the classroom and in the workforce after graduation.

Connect with students in Mexico City to discuss what it means to be a first generation college student.

Wheat does it being a first-gen student to you? What are the challenges and benefits of this distinction with your family and community? What can universities do to be more inclusive of first-gen students?

Leadership comes in a variety of ways, and everyone has a different experience of what good leadership is or should look like. For this connection, leders in Kigali gather with Wheaton members for an open conversation on leadership in their lives.

Wheat does good leadership look like to you? Who has inspired you in your life and why?

Meet young women in Afghanistan over morning tea and coffee. A heroic group of young entrepreneurs there recently won a major European robotics prize, and young women coders continue to tackle major global – and local – problems, In a war-torn country where only 40% of girls attend school, teenagers are creating major innovations.

How were their imagines sparked? What tools helped them become makers?

From the Fine Arts Center at Colorado College to the yearly What If? Festival, to the Cottonwood Center for the Arts, the art scene in Colorado Springs is deepening, creating more community and engagement than ever. In this connection, meet artists, organizers, and teachers in Colorado.

Where to you go to find community and inspiration? How do you maintain a regular creative practice? What local resources are there that deepen and support the arts in your city.

Influenced by technology, education, culture, and religion in a rapidly changing world, how are youth in the Arab world conceiving of – and building – their senses of self? What are young people most concerned about, and what makes them feel hopeful? What does it mean to celebrate your identity? This connection brings Wheaton together with youth in Gaza to discuss their identities and questions of Muslim identity in the world.

For the first connection for IEW, students, faculty, and staff at Wheaton will meet virtually with educators and students in Honduras.

Why is education important to you? Who supports you the most in your education journey? What motivates you to keep going?

Led by the Global Ed Peer Advisors, join your peers for a night of internationally-themed Bingo, and enjoy an open tab at the Lyon’s Den! There will be prizes for Bingo winners!