Weekly Event Highlights

• Spotlight on South Africa
  
  Ruth First Memorial Lecture
  Mon. 2/11, 5:30 p.m., Lurias 1, 2, 3, Hassenfeld Conference Center
  South African Ambassador to the U.S. Wilile Nhlapo will present "South Africa's Time Has Come - Achievements and Prospects."  Reception to follow.
  
  HIV/AIDS and the Gendered Politics of Care
  Tues. 2/12, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Olin-Sang 101
  A panel discussion will be held in conjunction with exhibition 'Healing, Community, and Transformation," on display in the Women's Studies Research Center.
  
  
• "Is Iraq Viable? Reflections on the Future of Iraq"
  Tues. 2/12, 12 - 1:30 p.m., Heller-Brown 163   
  Brandeis Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies professor Kanan Makiya will present this Tuesday's Crown Center Brown Bag Lunch Seminar.
  
  
• International Valentine's Day
  
  Just for Play: Unmasking a Midsummer Night's Dream
  Thurs. 2/14, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Usdan International Lounge
  In celebration of Valentine's Day, noted cultural anthropologist Bradd Shore delivers the annual Saler Lecture in Religious Studies on the theme of love in culture, religion and theater. His lecture will be followed by a response by Stephen Greenblatt (Harvard University).
  
  Also check out the Brandeis Theater Company's performance of 'As You Like It'
  
  Russian Folk Music and Song Concert: Zolotoy Plyos
  Thurs. 2/14, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m., Shapiro Theater
  An evening of authentic traditional folk music and songs by a renowned trio from Belgium. The program includes many traditional Russian love songs to mark the occasion of Valentine's Day.
  
  
• Contemporary China Seminar: Dr. Murray Scot Tanner
  Thurs. 2/14, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m., Heller School Schneider G1
  Dr. Murray Scot Tanner, former member of the U.S. Congressional Executive Commission on China, will be speaking on China's current state and future direction.
  
  
• SID Friday Speaker Series: Haiyan Hua
  Fri. 2/15, 12:15 - 1:45 p.m., Heller G3
  Harvard International Education Group senior associate Haiyan Hua will talk about issues related to monitoring and evaluating education in developing countries.
  
  
• Corporate Responsibility Forum: Mike Lawrence
  Fri. 2/15, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Sachar International Hall
  Join the International Business School community for a conversation with Mike Lawrence, Executive VP for Corporate Responsibility and Crisis Prevention Management, Cone Inc. and an Emmy-winning broadcast journalist.

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Related Events

• Entrepreneurs Forum: Cynthia Fisher
  Tues. 2/12, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m., Lemberg, Lee Lecture Hall
  Join the International Business School community for a discussion with Cynthia Fisher, founder of ViaCord and ViaCell.
  
  
• Channel Surfing: Collapsing Boundaries in Contemporary Art and Culture
  Thurs. 2/14, 1:30 - 3:20 p.m., Rose Art Museum
  This roundtable discussion explores the art of borrowing across a range of categorical domains in contemporary art and culture with anthropologist Bradd Shore in the Rose Art Museum's re-mounting of the exhibition "Broken Home."

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