GLOBAL BRANDEIS COVERING THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14 - 20, 2009 Home       Office of Global Affairs       Blog       Submit your event       Brochure       Contact Us       Subscribe EVENTS Campus Events Memory and Yir'ah: Awe in an Age of Skepticism Monday | 7:30 p.m. Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library A public lecture by Yehuda Kurtzer, Charles R. Bronfman Visiting Assistant Professor in Jewish Communal Innovation. Read More International Perspectives on Democracy Tuesday| 10 - 11:30 a.m. Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex Room 204 International students from the Master's Program in Coexistence and Conflict will reflect on "democracy" in the context of their home countries, including Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, Jamaica, the U.S., and Venezuela. Read More Cinematic Journeys and Personal Exploration of Holocaust Narratives Tuesday | 1:30 - 3 p.m. Golding 103 Film screening by documentary filmmaker and Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Scholar-In-Residence Ornit Berkai. Read More Three Months to Save the Planet - Visiting Scholar William Moomaw Wednesday 5:10 - 6:30 p.m. Volen 106 Tufts University professor William Moomaw, expert on environmental policy and a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, visits Brandeis for a timely talk three months before the major Copenhagen summit. Read More Sixth Annual Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture: Mexicana Feminist Journalist Activista Thursday | 4:30 p.m. Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library A public talk by senior PBS correspondent and NPR host Maria Hinojosa. Read More Academic Lectures by Region/Department Anthropology Colloquium Series: Megan McCullough Thursday | 3:30 - 5 p.m. Lown 2 Visiting Research Scholar Megan McCullough presents a talk, "Refuting 'I Am Woman': Stratified Reproduction and the Hierarchy of Knowledge in a Doula Workshop." Read More Global Event Calendar 09-10 September 2009 events Global Event Highlights 09-10 NEWS "Go Away" with Study Abroad On Thursday, Sept. 17 from 1 -4 p.m. in Levin Ballroom, over 40 program and university representatives from around the world will be presenting at the annual Study Abroad Fair.  This is an excellent way for first and second year students to begin exploring the different options available for study abroad. Read More Brandeis in the world: Bringing Israel Studies to China Chinese interest in the Middle East and Israel is growing. So, The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, headed by Stoll Family Prof. Ilan Troen (right), recently convened the first-ever Jewish/Israeli/Chinese seminars on Israel for officials at Beijing and Shandong Universities. Read More Announcing the fall Global Brandeis Symposium "New Knowledge Spaces and Places" (Nov. 2 & 3) will feature visiting scholar Dr. Kris Olds, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Read More International Business School students get a head start with Global Directions Program 33 new IBS students from 13 countries took part in the summer program, which prepares students for academics and life in the U.S. Read More News recaps Free the Slaves co-founder highlights opening SoJust Leadership Series event Blog reports and video from the conference "TMI: Social Justice in the Age of Facebook" All global news Campus Resources Global Brandeis Portal Areas of Study International Students and Scholars Office Office of Study Abroad Global Studies Program Hiatt Career Center - International Experiential Learning OPPORTUNITIES Info Sessions & Fairs Study Abroad Info Session Monday | 4 - 5 p.m. Usdan 122 Your first step to studying abroad. Read More Summer Internship Funding Sessions Tuesday | 5 - 6 p.m. Abraham Shapiro Academic Complex Atrium Learn about internship funding opportunities for Summer 2010, including Hiatt WOW, Sorensen Fellowship, Louis D. Brandeis Social Justice Fellowship, and more. Read More "Go Away" Study Abroad Fair Thursday | 1 - 4 p.m. Levin Ballroom Meet providers and program reps from all over the world at this annual fall event. Read More Deadlines Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Research Awards Program Proposal Deadline 9/15 Study Abroad Spring 2010 and Calendar Year 2010 Application Deadline 9/30 at noon Bridging Scholarship for Study in Japan - Spring 2010 Deadline 10/6 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship - Spring 2010 Deadline 10/6 Sorensen Fellowship Preliminary Project Proposal Deadline 10/7 by midnight Sorensen Fellowship Application Due 11/2 by 5 p.m. Study Abroad for Spring 2010 or Calendar Year 2010 Notification Deadline 11/6 by noon NSEP Boren Undergraduate Scholarship - Internal Campus Deadline 12/11 Copyright © 2009 Office of Global Affairs at Brandeis University | All rights reserved.

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