Williams in the World: Global Questions, Global Research. An Undergraduate Symposium

Program

9.00 am
Welcome and Introductions (Professors Magnús Bernhardsson and Jennifer French)

9.15 am – 10.15 am
Global Scholars Panel I: Ideologies, Conformity and Embroidered Realities

Elijah Adu ’27, Ideology’s Price: Coercion, the Academy, and the Architecture of Development in Chile
Hugh Kane ’27, Narrativizing Reality: Constitutional Discourse in Chile’s El Mercurio between Jan. 1 and Sept. 4, 2022
Maite Rivera ’27, The Power of Image: Unraveling Chile’s Embroidered History Through Chilean Arpilleras
Yunae Zou ’27, Conformity in Context: Lessons in Cultural Psychology from Chilean Perspectives

10.15 am – 10.30 am Coffee Break

10.30 am – 11.30 am
Global Scholars Panel 2: Migration, Immigration, and Belonging

Nifty Haile ’27, Migration in a Neoliberal State: Challenges for Chilean Democracy and Social Cohesion
Addis Cone ’27 , Basketball Callejero in Santiago, Chile: A Site of Belonging for Migrants
Erika Jing ’27, Between Watan and Mahjar: Palestinian Transnationalism in Chile
Hannah Marx ’27, Identity and Belonging: A Study of Santiago’s 15,000 Jews

11.30 am – 11.45 am Coffee Break

11.45 am – 12.45 pm
Global Scholars Panel 3: Health, Energy, Technology, and the Environment

Herbert Ferreira ’27, Navigating Chile’s Green Transition: Sociopolitical, Technological, and Economic Intersections
Doralynn Ventura Lopez ’27, Looking Upstream: How the Social World Influences Healthcare Outcomes in Chile
Lana Mahbouba ’26, Mamitas Del Plomo: Motherhood, Migration and Toxic Waste in Chile
Arman Rysmakhanov ’27, Implementing AI: Insights from Chilean Industry Engagement

12.45 pm – 1.30 pm Lunch Break

1.30 pm – 2.30 pm
Global Studies Honors Panel: War, Immigration, and Nationalism

Lauren Bassett ’25, Dead in the Water: Analyzing the Role of Maritime Cyber Operations in Hybrid Warfare
Caleb Ockman ’25, A Nation on Stage: Constructing Putin’s Myth at the 2014 Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony
Alexa Cerda ’25, The Local is Global: Immigrant Resettlement in Rural New York Public Schools