Area Studies and Careers in the State Department

*This event is in-person as well as virtual. Click here to register for the webinar.

Current and past students of Tulane are invited to join us in a seminar with three officials in the U.S. State Department, two of whom are Tulane alums.

J. Nathan Bland

Douglas Pitkin (BA, 1989)

Ruth Urry (MA, 1997)

 

J. Nathan Bland, Diplomat-in-Residence, Central South (LA, MS, AR, OK), U.S. Department of State

The Problem of Piracy: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Plunder across the World from the Ancient to the Modern

An International Conference on World Piracy Past and Present

All sessions are in-person, with two fully virtual panels. For presentation times, please see the program below the virtual panel registration.

Coffee, light snacks, and sandwiches will be served. 

Virtual Panel Registration

VIRTUAL Panel: Perception, Representation, and State Interest in Predation by Sea

Date: Thursday, June 15th

Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: Environmental Justice

 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

Dates
July 11 - 15, 2023

Space is limited to 25 educators (ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT!)

Location
Tulane University | New Orleans, LA

This institute is part of a four year series in collaboration with the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies at Vanderbilt University. This summer’s institute is hosted by Tulane University and will take place on campus in New Orleans, LA. 

Bilingual Reading by Jorge Argueta, Noted Salvadoran Author of Children’s Books


 

Jorge Argueta, Noted Salvadoran Author of Children’s Books, Will Give a Free Bilingual Reading at East Bank Regional Library ​

 

METAIRIE, LA – Jorge Argueta, an award-winning Salvadoran poet and author of many highly acclaimed bilingual children's books and short stories, will perform a bilingual reading on Wednesday, July 12 at 12:30 PM at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 West Napoleon Avenue, Metairie. Sixty copies of Argueta's book La Madre Tierra are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

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