• Music & Theater of China: The Orphan of Zhao
  Thurs. 3/27 through Sun. 4/6, Spingold Mainstage Theater
  Follow the link for times and ticketing information.
  
  
• Thursday, 3/27
  
  • Open Chinese Language Class(12:10 - 1:00 p.m., Slosberg Recital Hall)
• Introduction to World Music Class (1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Slosberg Recital Hall)
  
• Shanghai Free Jazz (5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Shapiro Campus Center Atrium)
  
  
• Friday, 3/28
  
• Innovation In East Asia: An Interdisciplinary Conversation with Econ 141b and Anthro 184b (9:10 - 10:30 a.m., Slosberg Recital Hall)
• Photography Exhibit Reception: Spotlight on China (12:00 - 1:30 p.m.,  Slosberg Recital Hall)
  
• Calligraphy Workshop (3:00 - 4:30 p.m., Women's Studies Research Center. RSVP required.)
  
• Chinese Musical Improvisation Workshop (4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Slosberg Recital Hall. RSVP required.)
  
• Intercultural Residency Film Series: Curse of the Golden Flower (7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Wasserman Cinematheque)
  
  
• Saturday, 3/29
• World Music Series: Chinese Modulations
  7:00 p.m. lecture, 8:00 p.m. performance, Slosberg Recital Hall
  Jiebing Chen and Yangqin Zhao present their innovative and world-acclaimed talents on the erhu (2-stringed vertical violin) and the yangqin (hammered dulcimer).
  

South Asia and Asian Heritages

• Mixed Heritage Discussion
  Mon. 3/24, 9:00 - 10:00 p.m., ICC Swig Lounge
  A discussion on mixed heritage accompanying a screening of the documentary "Hapa: One Step at a Time".
  
  
• Roots 'n' Rhythm - A Night of South Asian Fusion
  Wed. 3/26, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
  South Asian jazz, Ayurvedic teachings and a performance by the Boston University Bhangra dance team.
  
  
• Women, Walls and the World: Delhi, India
  Thurs. 3/27, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m., Epstein WSRC Lecture Hall
  Delhi is moving from a "walled" city to a "world" city. Can women be partners in this urban renewal?
  
  
• Anthropology Colloquium Series: Urban Space in Mumbai, India
  Thurs. 3/27, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Lown 2
  Jonathan Anjaria (ANTH) speaks on "Guardians of the Bourgeois City: Middle Class Activism and the Politics of Urban Space in Mumbai."
  
  
• Active Non-Violence in the Midst of War: The Sarvodaya Movement of Sri Lanka
  Fri. 3/28, 12:15 - 1:45 p.m., Heller Zinner Forum
  A lecture by Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne,  President of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka.
  
  
• "Re-envisioning Development: Grassroots Development from the Bottom Up": A Weekend Encounter
  Sat. 3/29, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Heller-Brown Room 163
  A program with Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, founder and President of the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka. RSVP required: dick@brandeis.edu.

• SID Friday Speaker Series: James Rowan
  Fri. 3/28, 12:15 - 1:45 p.m., Heller G3
  Professor Rowan shares his experience with the US shadow report to the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
  
  
• Middle East Film Series: West Beirut
  Fri. 3/28, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Lown Auditorium
  With Prof. Kanan Makiya's courses NEJS 190a and NEJS 161b, the Crown Center features open screenings of Middle Eastern films.
  

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Global News

• Heller School to Host First New England Ford Fellows Conference
  76 Ford International Fellows at New England colleges and universities will meet at the Heller School March 28-30 to discuss issues and challenges of leadership, social justice, and development.
  View the conference website
  
  
• Jewishfilm.2008 Annual Film Festival Screenings
  This week: Noodle, Being Jewish in France, The Cantor's Son, Jerusalem is Proud to Present. Follow link for times and ticketing.
  
  
• Ethics Center Fellow Margot Moinester '09 wins $10,000 Davis Projects for Peace grant for Rwanda Project
  
  
• Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams to speak at Brandeis
  
  
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