Student Engagement with World Leaders - a few spots remaining, sign up links below
3/8 | 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
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up for a unique opportunity to talk with justices, ambassadors, and
other members of the Ethics Center International Advisory Board.
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The Discourse on Veiling in Islam
3/9 | 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Epstein Lecture Hall
The veiled woman has become the symbol of Islam in the contemporary
world. Since the beginning of the twentieth century the veil has
emerged as a potent signifier, connoting not merely the social meaning
of gender but also matters of far broader political and cultural import.
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Screening and Q&A Session with Sayed Kashua
3/9 | 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Wasserman Cinematheque
Celebrated author, Ha'aretz columnist, screenwriter and satirist Sayed
Kashua screens the pilot episode of his hit Israeli
Television comedy series Arab Labor.
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Russian Program Student Variety Show in Celebration of International Women's Day
3/10 | 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Swig, Intercultural Center
Celebrate this popular Russian holiday with authentic Russian food, singing and dancing, and other spectacular performances.
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Brandeis from the Beginning
3/10 | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Pearlman Lounge
Professor Stephen J. Whitfield of the American
Studies Department describes Brandeis University's distinctive heritage.
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Cocktail Time in Cuba
3/11 - 3/14
Spingold, Laurie Theater
The Brandeis Theater Company presents a new play from Rogelio Martinez, set in modern day Cuba. Tickets are $10.
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| Lectures & Panels by Region/Department |
Identity & Boundaries: Laboring the Self among Sex Workers in Israel
and Chinese Leather Workers
3/8 | 12:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Kutz 102
Priyanka Nandy (Anthropology)
and Dana Zahrin (Sociology) will present papers challenging how boundaries, the body, and ideas about the
self are consitituted in particular social, political, cultural and
economic contexts.
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Photographing The Jewish Nation
3/9 | 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Lown 315
A lecture and slide presentation of pictures from S. An-Sky's Ethnographic Expeditions, by Eugene Avrutin and Harriet Murav.
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IBS Speaker Series: Barbara Thornton
3/9 | 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Lee Lecture Hall
A talk by Barbara Thornton, founder and president of InVestments, Fine Fashion Shoes, Inc.
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Teaching Confusion: Crossing Dimensions of Time in a Jerusalem History Classroom
3/10 | 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Abraham Shapiro 204
A talk by Chava Sagiv, a doctoral student at Hebrew University.
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SID Friday Speaker Series
3/12 | 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Heller G4
A talk by Susan Murcott,
Senior Lecturer in MIT's Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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The Arab
Monarcho/Presidential Security States:
Their Origins, Trajectories and Possible Futures
3/9 | 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
MIT
Tang Center, Room 95
Roger Owen, A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History at Harvard
University, will examine the ways in which Arab presidential families have been constructed over time.
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Inside the Activist's Study
3/9 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Tufts University
Barnum Hall, Room 8
163 Packard Avenue
Medford, MA
Amy Goodman, host of "Democracy Now," and investigative journalist
David Goodman will discuss how the promise of media can influence
social change.
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Gender Matters Lecture: "War, States and Women's Activism, A Conversation Between Two Historians"
3/11 | 2:50 - 4:30 p.m.
Northeastern University 440 Egan Research
Christina Gilmartin and Laura L. Frader both former Directors of
Women's Studies at Northeastern, talk about how periods of war and
post-war recovery in the twentieth century have shaped women's activism
and gender-based state policies.
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Paromitra Vohra's Documentaries Explore Contemporary Indian Culture
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Acclaimed Mumbai-based filmmaker Paromita Vohra delivered the second Soli Sorabjee Lecture following the screening of two of her recent documentaries, Cosmopolis: A Tale of Two Cities, and Morality TV and Loving
Jehad: A Thrilling Tale. Click on the image above to view her interview with Ulka Anjaria of the South Asian Studies Department.
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Brandeis Theater Presents: Cocktail Time in Cuba
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The Brandeis Theater Company presents a new play from Rogelio Martinez. In August 2006, Michael, an American journalist, travels to an awakening Cuba with the hope of interviewing Fied Castro, but
first he must navigate apost-Communist labyrinth of quirky
bureaucracy. Cuba casts a spell on Michael that lures him away from a
life and world he thought he knew and loved. Showing Thursday through Sunday. Tickets are $10. Read More.
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Brandeis Haiti Relief Effort
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The Brandeis Haiti Relief Effort has raised over $10,000 towards their goal of raising $25,000 to help support and rebuild Haiti
as well as to educate the Brandeis community about Haiti's rich cultural
history. Check out their new website for news, upcoming events, and how to donate.
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Ethical Inquiry: Request for Proposals
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The Ethics Center is seeking proposals from Brandeis graduate students who wish to
contribute to the Ethical Inquiry series, in exchange for a $250
honorarium and research/writing credit. If interested in exploring a
healthcare/health policy-related issue, please submit a proposal by
Friday, March 12. All other proposals due April 9.
Full Request for Proposals
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(EL)2 is coming
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The March 16 - 18 (EL)2 Experiential Learning, Engaged Learners Symposium will showcase student work from around the world. Learn a bit of Chinese or Arabic at the
Tuesday Pre-symposium Workshop. Experience
Israeli Theater from the eyes of a Brandeis student on Wednesday. Or travel around the world through student poster and panel
presentations on Thursday.
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Watch this Saturday's 'Musika Rox' coexistence show live on the web
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B'yachad, the
university's Israeli Dance troupe, will join student Arab jazz fusion
band Mochila, in an original, cross-cultural coexistence
show, "A Coming Together...Musika Rox" at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 6, in
Levin Ballroom.
The show will be streamed live on the university's Web site (viewers
on campus will be redirected from the streaming page to IPTV; click
"Tune In" and then click on the event).
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