Upcoming Forum Programs
The Forum collaborates with Colby College's Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs, the Margaret Chase Smith Library, and various other community organizations to bring informed and stimulating programs to the Waterville micropolitan region. In addition to our monthly luncheon talks, each year we strive to bring one of our speaker programs to a local high school to engage students in global affairs. The Forum hosts a larger, summer event - the Linda Cotter Speaker Series - where we bring a nationally recognized expert in global affairs to keynote an evening addressing a global issue.
Professor Nazli Konya, Government Department, Colby College, will speak on the Rise of Authoritarianism in Turkey
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 8, 2024, noon / Where: Chace Forum, 9 Main St.
Nazli Konya investigates contemporary critical and democratic theory, with a focus on protest politics, populism, and authoritarianism. Her current book project, The Inappropriable People of Gezi, takes the 2013 Gezi Protests of Turkey as its case to engage with questions of peoplehood, refusal, and power in popular mobilization, offering a new framework to study protest and popular mobilization. At Colby, she teaches upper-level thematic courses on protest and populism; sexuality, gender, and feminism; race and ethnicity; and mass incarceration and decarceration. Konya earned her doctorate in government (political theory) at Cornell University.
Unless otherwise noted, MMGF lunch-time speaker events are held at the Chace Community Forum at 9 Main Street, downtown Waterville and are free and open to the general public. Lunch is available to order in advance. Click below to view lunch options and place your order. Orders must be submitted to us by 10/4.
Mark your calendars! A Colby staff/student panel on the impact of study abroad experiences
Date & Time: Tuesday, November 12, 2024, noon / Where: Chace Forum, 9 Main St.
Ally Hawkins, Colby's Assistant Director of Off-Campus Study, has gathered a select panel of students who have participated in distinct study abroad programs to share about their experiences around the globe. More panelist details coming soon!
Unless otherwise noted, MMGF lunch-time speaker events are held at the Chace Community Forum at 9 Main Street, downtown Waterville and are free and open to the general public. Lunch is available to order in advance. Closer to the event, you will be able to place your lunch order via this site.
Stay in touch with MMGF
Use the form below to subscribe to the MMGF e-newsletter to stay in touch with our organization and learn about upcoming events and community-wide opportunities to stay engaged with global affairs. If you have a direct inquiry, please contact us at midmaineglobalforum@gmail.com.