UCF Global Events: by Category “Speaker/Lecture/Seminar”

  • Cyprus: A Crossroads of Europe and the Middle East

    Barbara Ying Center

    Cyprus is an island shaped by crossroads. Situated between Europe and the Middle East, its location has long made it a natural harbor, lookout, and relay point for sailors, merchants, armies, and empires moving between regions. Politically, Cyprus embodies the tensions of a borderland. It is European in its institutions, Middle Eastern in its proximity, and Mediterranean in its temperament. …

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  • Puerto Rico Political Status Dialogue with Martin E. Rivera and Alberto C. Medina

    Barbara Ying Center: BYC-101

    The Puerto Rico Research Hub presents a moderated dialogue on Puerto Rican political status featuring Martin E. Rivera, Director of Advocacy for the Puerto Rico Statehood Council, and Alberto C. Medina, President of Boricuas Unidos en la Diáspora (BUDPR). Drawing on backgrounds in public policy, advocacy, journalism, and authorship, both speakers will examine the historical context and contemporary realities surrounding …

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