The North Korea Crisis
4/7 | 7:00 p.m.
Pearlman Lounge
A presentation about the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in North Korea.
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The Brandeis Visit to India: A Conversation with President Reinharz
4/8 | 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
SCC Multipurpose Room
President Reinharz will share photos and reflections from his recent trip to India, followed by Q&A with students and light refreshments.
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Jewishfilm.2010
4/7 - 4/18
Wasserman Cinematheque
The National Center for Jewish Film's 13th Annual Film
Festival will run from Wednesday, April 7 to Sunday April 18 at the
Wasserman Cinematheque with
additional screenings at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
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Rwandan Genocide Commemoration
4/9 | 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Heller, Zinner Forum
A panel discussion with Rwandan experts and showing of the film Shake Hands with the Devil.
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Rising from the Ashes: Jewish Families and Children During and After
the War
4/12 | 8:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Waltham Doubletree Hotel, 550 Winter Street
An HBI conference that explores the changing patterns of Jewish families and Jewish
childhood in Europe during and after the Holocaust. RSVPs strongly encouraged.
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The Personal and the Political: Historical Novels and the Jewish
Experience
4/13 | 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Usdan International Lounge
Anita Diamant, author of The Red Tent, and author Jennifer Gilmore '92 discuss their new books with John Plotz of the English Department.
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Soli Sorabjee Lectures in South Asian Studies: "Rule of Law, A Moral Imperative for South Asia and the World"
4/14 | 5:15 - 8:00 p.m.
Rapaporte Treasure Hall
A special lecture by Soli Sorabjee, former Attorney General of India and renowned human rights advocate.
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International Energy Security and Climate Change: A European Perspective
4/15 | 11:00 - 12:00 a.m.
Lee Lecture Hall
A talk by Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht, a leader in the European energy field and executive board member of Verbundnetz
Gas.
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Hoops for Haiti
4/15 | 5:30 p.m.
Gosman Main Arena
The Staff/Faculty vs Student Basketball Game will sell tickets to raise money for the Brandeis Haiti Relief Effort. Tickets are available in advance at the Campus Center Box Office for $5 ($7 at
the door).
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Heller Cultural Night: East and Southeast Asian Night Bazaar
4/17 | 6:00 p.m.
Heller, Zinner Forum
Learn about the culture, food, and beauty of East and Southeast Asia. It will be a night of dances,
music, food and celebration of the diversity that
Heller has to offer.
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| Lectures & Panels by Region/Department |
Diasporic Queers: Reading for the Intersections of Alterities in Recent German Cinema
4/7 | 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Kutz 130
A presentation by Professor Alice Kuzniar, Professor of German at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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'Thursdays this Spring' Buddhism Speaker Series
4/8 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Heller G3
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Sociology Colloquium Series: Is Sexuality Research 'Dirty Work?
4/8 | 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Pearlman Lounge
A talk by Janice Irving, Brandeis PhD ('84), and Professor of Sociology at the
University of Massachusetts - Amherst.
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Anthropology Colloquium Series
4/8 | 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Lown 2
A talk by Matthew J. Liebmann, Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the
Archaeology Program at Harvard University.
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Hitler's Priests: Discussion with Kevin Spicer
4/8 | 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Rappaporte Treasure Hall
Kevin Spicer will speak about his
book, which outlines the collaboration of many church
leaders with National Socialism and Hitler.
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SID Friday Speaker Series: Pablo Suarez
4/9 | 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Heller G4
A talk by
Pablo Suarez, Associate Director of
Programs for the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre.
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It's Nice to Be Different Than the Rest: Identity Building Within Chilean Urban Tribes
4/14| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Olin-Sang 112
A presentation by Anya Bergman '10, 2010 Jane's Travel Grant
recipient.
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Pictures of Resistance: The Wartime Photographs
4/14 | 5:00 p.m.
Shapiro Campus Center
A multimedia presentation and Q&A by Zvi Bielski, who will speak about the Bielski partisan brigade immortalized in the film Defiance.
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Sociology Purple Bag Colloquium
4/15 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Kutz 102
A talk by Professor Sharon Hewitt, a Kay Fellow for both Sociology and Philosophy.
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SID Friday Speaker Series: Don Edwards
4/16 | 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Heller G4
A talk by Don Edwards,
founder
and CEO of Justice and Sustainability Associates.
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Arab American Identity after 9/11: Anthropological and Comedic Perspectives
4/8 | 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Tufts University
Sophia Gordon Hall
Multipurpose Room
A talk by Dr. Nadine Naber with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Arab-American comedian Dean Obeidallah.
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Group Violence, Terrorism and Impunity: Challenges to Secularism and Rule of Law in India: A Workshop
4/9 | 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.
MIT
Wiesner Building, Rm. 70
A workshop to examine the causes and processes of group violence in India.
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Mosques, Malls and Monarchs: The New/Old Power Balance inside the Arab World
4/14 | 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.
Tufts University
Cabot Intercultural Center, 702
A talk by Rami Khouri, Director, Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut and Editor-at-large of Beirut's The Daily Star.
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Davis Grants Awarded to Student Peace Projects
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Peace projects by Shaina Gilbert '10, and Jonah Cohen '10 and Edward Crowley '10 will each receive $10,000 from the prestigious Davis Projects for Peace program. Gilbert will continue the Haitian summer camp she started last summer while Cohen and Crowley will make a documentary film about the Costa Rican Ministry of Peace.
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Bringing India to Brandeis: Two Events
 The Brandeis Visit to India: A Conversation with
President Reinharz
On Thursday, April 8, President
Jehuda Reinharz, Vice President for Global Affairs
Daniel Terris, and Prof. Harleen Singh will talk about the recent Brandeis
visit to India. The trip was a comprehensive effort to
strengthen the university's ties to the world's largest democracy
through partnerships and exchanges.
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"Rule of Law" with Former Attorney General of India
Soli Sorabjee
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On Thursday, April 14, the Honorable Soli Sorabjee, Former Attorney General of India and acclaimed human rights advocate, will speak on "Rule of Law: A Moral Imperative for South Asia and the
World".
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Brandeis Contributes to Successful CERN Experiment
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Brandeis played a role in the successful March 30th launch of CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in Europe. Brandeis Physics Professor James Bensinger leads Boston's high-energy physics group, which is responsible for part of the LHC's system.
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Developing an Intercultural Mindset
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On March 4 and 5, the Office of Global Affairs hosted Professor Darla Deardorff of Duke University to lead a symposium on developing an intercultural mindset.
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Brandeis to Celebrate Russian Culture Week
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Brandeis will host a series of events April 7 - 10 to celebrate Russian Culture Week. The events include a concert of Russian folklore
music, a lecture on post-Soviet nationalism, a tournament of the
popular Russian card game Durak, and will culminate in a Russian Ball Saturday night.
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IBS Named in Princeton Review for 2nd Year in a Row
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For the second year in a row, Brandeis' International Business School is one of 15 graduate schools of business
nationwide named to
The
Princeton
Review's "Student Opinion Honors for
Business Schools".
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Study Abroad Info Session
4/14 | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Usdan 122
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