GLOBAL EVENTS >view all global events
"Net in Life 2004" by Atem Aleu, whose work will run the Schwartz Gallery through February. See more at the online gallery.
Global Memory, Collective Guilt
Beyond the Shadows of Guantanamo: Restoring the Rule of Law in the Post-Bush Era and the Symposium Hitting Close to Home: Art and Human Rights from Slavery to Guantanamo
Mon. 2/2, 7:00 p.m and Tuesday 2/3
Zinner Forum, Heller and other locations
Michael Ratner '66, part of the small group of lawyers that first took
on
representation of the Guantánamo detainees, speaks as part of the symposium "Hitting
Close
to Home: Art and Human Rights from Slavery to Guantanamo." Follow link
for more information on the full symposium schedule through Feb. 3.
Painting Faces on War: Spirit and Witness in the Art of Southern Sudanese Refugees
Feb. 3, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Schwartz Gallery
Since 2005, artist Atem Aleu has led the artists of the African Refugee Artists Club
(ARAC) in their powerful explorations of memory, loss and hope,
chronicling diverse experiences of the Sudanese civil war and its
aftermath. This exhibition features work developed during ARAC's summer
2007 workshops, as well as several
new works by Atem Aleu. his exhibition opening is held in conjunction with
the February 2-3 symposium, "Hitting Close to Home: Art and Human
Rights from Slavery to Guantanamo".
"Collective Guilt?": German author of "The Reader" visits Brandeis
Tues. 2/3, 3:00 p.m.
Goldfarb Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Bernhard
Schlink's celebrated 1995 novel has been turned into a Oscar-nominated
film. Schlink will visit and read from his works.
Global Affairs Table -- Democracy and Peacebuilding: Rethinking Conventional Wisdom
Wed. 2/4, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Usdan Alumni Lounge (above Levin Ballroom)
A brown-bag lunch discussion with former Congressman and Presidential
Special Envoy to Africa Dr. Howard Wolpe, Director of the Africa
Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. (sign up requested at link above).
National Climate Change Solutions Day
Wed. 2/4, 12 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center Atrium
At the beginning of the first 100 days of the new administration
Brandeis will participate in a national event will engage over a
million Americans in solutions-driven dialogue on climate change. We will learn about
change that is needed and solutions that have worked on our campus and
beyond. Includes video conferences and webinars.
Homi Bhabha On Global Memory: the inaugural speech of the new Comparative Literature Program
Thurs. 2/5, 4:00 p.m.
Goldfarb Rapaporte Treasure Hall
Homi Bhabha, the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of Humanities and
Director of the Humanities Center at Harvard University will be
delivering the Inaugural Speech of the new Comparative Literature
Program.
Master Class with Futureman: "Music, Masonry and the Black Mozart"
Sat. 2/7, 11:00 a.m.
Location TBA: Please consult web link.
Roy "Futureman" Wooten will conduct this class about music, art and
ideals from the past to the present. Learn how music and art have
survived hard economic times in the past and how we will survive the
future.
This class is open to all, but email
marqueeconcerts@brandeis.edu to reserve your seats.
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REGIONS: INDIA >view all regions
Siddhartha: A Jungian Fantasy in Three Movements with Prelude
Playing Feb. 5 - Feb. 15.
Laurie Theater, Spingold Theater Center
Experience Hermann Hesse's novel "Siddhartha" like never before - retold through the lens of its creator on the Brandeis Theater Company stage (BTC), featuring professional actors Scott Severance and Andrew Neiman with choreography by Sarah Hickler. In this adaptation by Eric Hill, the Barbara '54 and Malcolm L. Sherman Professor of Theater Arts and BTC artistic director, Hesse himself narrates the story of young Siddhartha's journey into manhood and enlightenment as he explores the world and discovers himself. The Spring 2009 edition of Brandeis arts magazine State of the Arts features more behind-the-scenes information.
For directions and more information, visit www.brandeis.edu/btc. Single tickets ($16 - $20) are on sale now via Internet Ticketing.
Siddhartha is part of an on-going focus on India at Brandeis.
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