Volunteer for Saturday Conference, register for Saturday Conference!

The Center for the Study of Global Change presents,

Indiana Network for Early Language Learning Fall Conference

October 2, 2010

IU School of Education

Volunteers are still needed for the Indiana Network for Early Language Learning Fall Conference. Those interested would participate in either the language camp in the afternoon or the general conference (morning, mid-day, and afternoon).

If interested, please contact Naomi Spector at nspector@indiana.edu.


Registration for the Conference is required. To register please go to http://in-nell.org/registration-fall-2010-nnell-event/ , print out and complete your registration form, then drop it off at any of at the Center for the Study of Global Change or the Department of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education (SOE).

The conference features many amazing speakers and interactive sessions, ranging from Dr. Bott van Houten, World Langauge Consultant ot the KY Department of Education, to hands on computer tutorials focusing on newest and best technology available for the foreign language classroom.  

Volunteers and SOE Graduate Students register for FREE,  SOE and other undergraduates not volunteering, pay $20.00.  Registration fee includes the cost of lunch.

19th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference

"Arab-US Relations Going Where?"

The 19th Annual Arab-U.S. Policy Makers Conference will be hosted this year in Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Washington DC from October 21 to 22, 2010.

Registration form required and is available at, www.ncusar.org/programs/19AUSPC-registration-form.pdf

Confirmed Featured Speakers Include

Lieutenant General John R. Allen

Lieutenant General John R. Allen is Deputy Commander of United States Central Command, a position he has held since July 2008. From 2006-2008, Lieutenant General Allen served as Deputy Commanding General, II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), and Commanding General, 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, deploying to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving as the Deputy Commanding General of Multinational Force - West and II MEF (Forward) in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Lieutenant General Allen was the first Marine Corps officer inducted as a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the first Marine Corps officer to serve as the Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy.

HRH Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud

His Royal Highness Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Sa'ud served as the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States from September 13, 2005 until February 12, 2007. From 1977 to 2001, he served as the Director General of the General Intelligence Directorate, the Kingdom's main foreign intelligence service. Prince Turki is one of the founders of the King Faisal Foundation and is the Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh. Prince Turki serves as a member of the Boards of Trustees of the International Crisis Group and the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies.

H.E. Samir Sumaida'ie

H.E. Samir Sumaida'ie was appointed Iraq's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in July 2004. In April 2006, he moved to Washington DC to serve as Iraq's first ambassador to the United States of America in sixteen years. Ambassador Sumaida'ie has led a distinguished career in politics. In 2004 he served as Minister of Interior in Baghdad where he managed a domestic security force of over 120,000 and in 2003 he became a member of the Governing Council in Iraq where he was Chairman of the Media Committee and played a central role in founding Iraqi Telecoms and Media Commission and the Public Broadcasting Institution.

Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker

Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker is the Immediate past United States Ambassador to Iraq, and Dean and Executive Professor at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, where he also holds the Edward and Howard Kruse Endowed Chair. Mr. Crocker joined the Foreign Service in 1971 and served in Iran, Qatar, Iraq, and Egypt as well as Washington, D.C. He was named Career Ambassador in 2004 and retired from the Foreign Service in 2009, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush for his valor, professionalism, and "masterful diplomacy."

Dr. Kathleen Hicks

Dr. Kathleen Hicks was appointed as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces in February, 2009. Dr. Hicks is responsible for advising the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Secretary of Defense on all matters pertaining to the development of U.S. national security and defense strategy. She oversees the strategic guidance development, review, and assessment for military contingency plans and the plans for the day-to-day military activities of Combatant Commanders.

H.E. Dr. Hussein Hassouna

H.E. Dr. Hussein Hassouna is Ambassador of the League of Arab States to the United States. In 2006 he was elected a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission, the principal arm of the United Nations tasked with codifying international law. During his distinguished diplomatic career, Ambassador Hassouna has served as Ambassador of the League of Arab States to the United Nations (1997 to 2002); Assistant Foreign Minister of Egypt for International Legal Affairs and Treaties (1996 to 1997); and Ambassador of Egypt to Morocco (1992-1996) and to Yugoslavia (1989-1992).

Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman, Jr.

Ambassador Chas. W. Freeman, Jr. is President Emeritus of the Middle East Policy Council. He was a member of the Iraq Study Group and served as United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Ambassador Freeman is Chairman of the Board of Projects International, Inc., a Washington, DC-based business development firm. His new book, America's Misadventures in the Middle East, will be released in October.

This Week at the IU Art Museum - 9/27-10/2

Lecture: The Social Work of Museums

Friday, October 1, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Hope School of Fine Arts, Room 102

From reuniting families to promoting social justice, museums around the world are making remarkable differences in our most precious relationships, our communities, and in society itself. What is the growing evidence base for this emerging new age of museum service, and how do we build for the future? Join Lois H. Silverman for an exploration of inspiring ideas from The Social Work of Museums (Routledge, 2010), and the personal journey that led her to write this essential new book. You may never look at museums the same way again!

Lois H. Silverman, PhD, MSW, is an interdisciplinary scholar, project innovator, and consultant to museums and social agencies for more than 25 years. A leader in the field of museum studies, she is a former Smithsonian Institution Fellow, IU-Bloomington faculty member, and graduate of the IU School of Social Work.

Reception and Book Signing

"Celebrating the Museum" Kick-Off
Friday, October 1, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
IU Art Museum, Thomas T. Solley Atrium

Following the lecture, please join us in the IU Art Museum Solley Atrium for a reception to kick-off "Celebrating the Museum." The museum's galleries will be open and Lois Silverman will sign copies of her books.

Special Exhibition

From the Steppes and the Monasteries: Arts of Mongolia and Tibet
Continuing through December 19, 2010
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor

Mongolia. Flint Striker, 19th-20th century. Bronze, leather, silver. Promised gift, IU Art Museum LTL 5047.115.2

Spanning a time period from the Bronze Age to the twentieth century, this exhibition offers a tantalizing glimpse of the arts of Tibet and Mongolia, whose practice of Buddhism has joined them together at key moments in their history.

India Studies Lecture Series

The Indiana University India Studies Program presents,

Teashops, Toastmasters and Transnationalism:

Urdu Poets and Global Flows in North India and the Arabian Gulf

Christopher Lee

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Canisius College

Monday, October 4 

7:00 pm

Woodburn Hall

Room 004

ABSTRACT

This paper will consider the impacts of transnational processes on two South Asian Muslim communities, working-class silk weavers in Varanasi, India, and white-collar South Asian expatriates in the Arabian Gulf, using the lens of contemporary Urdu language poetry performances. While Urdu literary culture may seem an unusual locus for an examination of the impact of globalization, the performance and reception of poetry is a fruitful way to consider the experiences of globalization by South Asians of disparate economic, regional and religious backgrounds, as poetry is a significant cultural performance that brings into focus local and transnational processes while reflecting upon and helping construct important aspects of community as well as cultural and religious identities.

For more information, contact the India Studies Program: 812-855-5798 <> india@indiana.edu <> http://www.indiana.edu/~isp/

East Asian Colloquium

Autobiographical Dream Records in Seventeenth Century China

Lynne Struve
Professor Emerita, History & East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University Bloomington.

In the late Ming period, certain trends in the religious, philosophical, and sociopolitical thought of Chinese intellectuals combined to generate both a heightened interest in subjective dream experience and a surge in various forms of self-writing. The result - many self-accounts that included records of the author's own dreams - was accentuated by the severe psychological stress and turmoil suffered by intellectuals during the fall of the Ming dynasty and the Manchu-Qing conquest of China, which occupied most of the seventeeth century. Such records offer vaulable insights on the subjective consciousness of individuals, on how non-waking experience was understood in later-imperial China, and on the self-salvific and rhetorical uses of dream-state reports by writers in an age of intense change.

Friday, September 17, 2010
12:00 - 1:15 pm
Ballantine Hall 004

Light refreshements will be served. You are also welcome to bring your own lunch.

Voter Registration

The Higher Education Act, as amended, requires that Indiana University make a good faith effort to distribute voter registration forms to students enrolled at the University. This message must be clear and separate from any other notifications.Voter registration materials are made available in the Herman B. Wells Library and the Office of the Registrar. Additional information is available online:
http://registrar.indiana.edu/voterreg.shtml

Indiana residents may also register to vote online here: http://indianavoters.in.gov/PublicSite/OVR/Introduction.aspx

The Indiana voter registration deadline for the 2010 General Election is Monday, October 4.

FREE two day shipping at Amazon.com!

Students can receive FREE two-day shipping for a year by joining Amazon Prime. If interested, please check out http://www.amazon.com/ and take advantage of this amazing deal!

The Indiana University India Studies Program presents

Visibly Muslim:
The Emergence of New Islamic Fashions in the West

Emma Tarlo
Reader
Department of Anthropology
Goldsmiths, University of London


Thursday, September 23 at 7:00 pm
Woodburn Hall
Room 004

Emma Tarlo  is the author of the award winning book, Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India (Chicago 1996), Unsettling Memories: Narratives of the Emergency in Delhi (California 2003) and co-editor (with Annelies Moors) of Muslim Fashions, a special double issue of the Journal, Fashion Theory (2007). She runs the British wing of the Norface comparative international project on the emergence of Islamic fashion in Europe and is a co-researcher on an AHRC project on Modest Fashion and Internet Retail which focuses on Muslim, Christian and Jewish  perspectives. Her most recent book, Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith traces transformations in Muslim dress practices and the emergence of Islamic fashion in Britain (Berg 2010).

ABSTRACT

Visibly Muslim dress has in recent years become a focus of intensive media scrutiny and controversy, but very little attention has been paid to the wide range of new Islamic fashions emerging in the West. Based on her recent research on transformations in Muslim dress practices in Britain and Europe post 9/11, Emma Tarlo will explore how ideas of the Islamic are conceptualized by designers and wearers of Islamic fashion and how they are represented in online Islamic stores catering to Muslims in the West. How are ideas of fashion and faith integrated by a new generation of Western Muslims? And what role are new Islamic fashions playing in combating negative stereotypes of Muslims, transgressing national and ethnic boundaries and challenging the polarity often assumed between eastern and western, religious and secular modes of dress?

For more information regarding this and other India Studies events, please contact the India Studies Program at india@indiana.edu or 812-855-5798.

Copies of the latest book by author Emma Tarlo, /Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith/, are available at the IMU Bookstore and can be signed by Dr. Tarlo at her lecture this evening.

2010 Fall Reception

IU Arabic English Language Exchange

Dear All:

The Arabic-English Language Exchange got off to a great start last week with quite a formidable showing from our Arabic-speaking colleagues at the Intensive English Program. We are very excited about the upcoming discussion groups for this fall which will meet every Thursday at 7:00pm, beginning next week at the Starbucks in the IMU.

Due to the interest of a large number of native Arabic speakers, we need more English-speaking students of any level of Arabic. We would like to form small groups of 4 with an even number of Arabic and English speakers.

If you are interested in participating in the Language Exchange, please send the following information to Justin Kitchens at jukkitch@indiana.edu:

1) Name & preferred email address
2) Approximate level in Arabic
3) Interests (to be used for formulating discussion topics)

After supplying your information, you will be placed into an appropriate small group and receive a reminder email concerning this week's meeting, and all following meetings.

Please contact Justin with any additional questions you might have.

Best regards,
Arabic-English Language Exchange (AELEx)

East Asian Colloquium

Tanizaki on the Essence of Language, Japanese and Western: The Views of a Japanese Novelist

Anthony Chambers
Professor of Japanese, International Letters and Cultures
Arizona State University

Friday, September 24, 2010
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Ballantine Hall 004

Professor Anthony Chambers, a distinguished scholar and award-winning translator of Japanese literature, will explore Tanizaki Jun'ichiro's views on the essential nature of Japanese and Western languages and of their speakers. The chief text for his discussion will be Tanizaki's A Style Reader (Bunsho tokuhon, 1934), which is still used in Japan as a composition primer. Chamber argues that Tanizaki's statements about Western languages are often misleading (his choice of Theodore Dreiser as a representative writer of English prose, for example), and that Tanizaki's essentialist generalizations about language led him to misrepresent issues concerning translation from Japanese into English, specifically in the cases of The Tale of Genji and classical waka poetry. He will also show that Tanisaki's 1934 analysis contradicts his own earlier writings on Japanese and Western languages.

Author of The Secret Window: Ideal Worlds in Tanizaki's Fiction (1994) and other critical works, Professor Chambers has published translations of many of Tanizaki's works, including The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot (1982), Naomi (1985), The Reed Cutter and Captain Shigemoto's Mother (1994), and three stories in The Gourmet Club: A Sextet (2001). He has also translated short works by Zeami, Natsume Soseki, Mishima Yukio, Miyamoto Teru, Hirano Keiichiro, and others. For his 2006 translation of Ueda Akinari's Tale of Moonlight and Rain (1776), he won the 2007 Japan U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Classical Japanses Literature. Having taught at Wesleyan University, he is currently Professor of Japanese at Arizona State University, where he teaches literary translation and Japanese literature, pre-modern and modern.

Light refreshments will be served. You are also welcome to bring your own lunch.

For more information contact:

East Asian Studies Center
Memorial Hall West Room 207, 1021 E Third St
Phone: 812-855-3765
Email: easc@indiana.edu

This Week's Workshops for Faculty & Graduate Students

Over the next week, the Wells Library Government Information & Kent Cooper Services department will offer several workshops exploring the many diverse resources available through the IUB Libraries for researching government information. Sessions include:

Getting the Goods on Congress: Where to Find All You Want to Know


The World According to Congress: An Invitation to Research


Government Secrets Revealed: How and Where to Find Declassified Documents


LexisNexis Congressional Digital Collections

The Reference Services Department also continues to offer workshops on a variety of topics. This week’s sessions include:

Overview of the IUScholar Works Program and the Open Access Movement


Advanced Googling: Finding Scholarly Information on the Web


Teaching the Research Process: Timing, Outcomes, and Results


Zotero: Easily Managing Your Citations Online

To see the complete schedule, workshop descriptions, and to sign up, go to http://www.libraries.iub.edu/workshops and click on the Faculty & Graduate Student Workshops button. More workshops will be offered throughout October; watch for additional email announcements, monitor the website, and check out our online calendar of events: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=5866.

This Week at the IU Art Museum

September 20, 2010

Be among the first to check out the IU Art Museum's newest exhibitions! Celebrate the opening of From the Steppes and the Monasteries: Arts of Mongolia and Tibet and African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture at a special reception this Friday at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. The event is free, so don't miss it!

Please note that the student-produced fashion show, Our Deco: Then & Now, listed in the IU Art Museum's September printed calendar has been cancelled.

Opening Reception

From the Steppes and the Monasteries: Arts of Mongolia and Tibet

African Reinventions: Reused Materials in Popular Culture

Friday, September 24
6:30-8:00 p.m.
Thomas T. Solley Atrium

Special Exhibition

From the Steppes and the Monasteries: Arts of Mongolia and Tibet

September 25 through December 19, 2010
Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor

Mongolia. Flint Striker, 19th-20th century. Bronze, leather, silver. Promised gift, IU Art Museum LTL 5047.115.2

Spanning a time period from the Bronze Age to the twentieth century, this exhibition offers a tantalizing glimpse of the arts of Tibet and Mongolia, whose practice of Buddhism has joined them together at key moments in their history.

/Visibly Muslim: The Emergence of New Islamic Fashions in the West/

*Emma Tarlo* Reader
Department of Anthropology
Goldsmiths, University of London

*Thursday, September 23 at 7:00 pm
Woodburn Hall, Room 004*

Emma Tarlo is the author of the award winning book, /Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India/ (Chicago 1996), /Unsettling Memories: Narratives of the Emergency in Delhi/ (California 2003) and co-editor (with Annelies Moors) of /Muslim Fashions/, a special double issue of the Journal, /Fashion Theory/ (2007). She runs the British wing of the Norface comparative international project on the emergence of Islamic fashion in Europe and is a co-researcher on an AHRC project on Modest Fashion and Internet Retail
which focuses on Muslim, Christian and Jewish perspectives. Her most recent book, /Visibly Muslim: Fashion, Politics, Faith/ traces transformations in Muslim dress practices and the emergence of Islamic fashion in Britain (Berg 2010).

ABSTRACT

Visibly Muslim dress has in recent years become a focus of intensive media scrutiny and controversy, but very little attention has been paid to the wide range of new Islamic fashions emerging in the West. Based on her recent research on transformations in Muslim dress practices in Britain and Europe post 9/11, Emma Tarlo will explore how ideas of the Islamic are conceptualised by designers and wearers of Islamic fashion and how they are represented in online Islamic stores catering to Muslims in the West. How are ideas of fashion and faith integrated by a new generation of Western Muslims? And what role are new Islamic fashions playing in combating negative stereotypes of Muslims, transgressing national and ethnic boundaries and challenging the polarity often assumed between eastern and western, religious and secular modes of dress?

/For more information regarding this and other India Studies events, please contact the India Studies Program at india@indiana.edu  or 812-855-5798./

Office for Women's Affairs -- Fall Open House

Empowering Women, Empowering Our Community

September 23, 2010

4:00-6:00 PM

Memorial Hall Lawn and Patio

1021 E 3rd Street

An interactive afternoon of empowerment and relationship building with information, food, and music! Come to learn about the offices and businesses that empower women at IU and beyond.

Guest speakers: Provost Karen Hanson, and IU Women's Basketball Coach,  Felisha Legette-Jack.

Free and Open to the Public!

IDAH Fellowship Information Sessions for IU Faculty

Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities

2011 Fellowship Information Sessions

Monday September 20, 12-1pm

Thursday September 23 12-1pm

IDAH Conference Room E170 Wells Library

(Around the corner from the East Tower Circulation Desk)

IDAH invites interested IU faculty to come learn about fellowship opportunities available for the coming year. Please see the call for submissions below and follow the link to the IDAH website. Email idah@indiana.edu for more information.

2011 IDAH Faculty Fellowships in the Digital Arts and Humanities

Deadline: October 19, 2010 by 9:00am

The Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities (IDAH)is now offering one-semester to one-year 2011 Fellowships for IUB faculty. The Institute’s mission is to guide faculty through the process of developing, and bringing to fruition, innovative projects in the digital arts and humanities. IDAH welcomes proposals from faculty who are in any stage of developing a digital project. For further information and an application go to http://www.iub.edu/~idah and look on the right hand side of the page under Call for Proposals.

Liberal Arts Colleges.org

Interested in learning unusual and delicious Ramen recipes? New safety tips for campus cruising? How about the sleekest bag to wear this year? Top 20 discount textbook sites?

http://www.liberalartscolleges.org/ offers a wide variety of fun and unique facts that might catch your eye. Check it out!

The India Studies Department Lecture Series

Each semester, the Indiana University India Studies Program sponsors a series of guest lectures and other events designed to bring the leading figures of the politics, arts, and cultures of India and South Asia to the Bloomington campus. Our events are presented free of charge and are open to students, faculty, and the community at large.

The full lineup of fall programming:

September 23 - Lecture, Visibly Muslim: The Emergence of new Islamic Fashions in the West, Emma Tarlo, Lecturer in Anthropology, Goldsmith's College, University of London. 7:00 pm in Woodburn Hall, RM 004.

October 4 - Lecture, Teashops, Toastmasters and Transnationalism: Urdu Poets and Global Flows in North Indiana and the Arabian Gulf, Christopher Lee, Associate Professor of Religous Studies, Canisius College. 7:00 PM in Woodburn Hall RM 004.

October 11 - Lecture,  Representing the Aural: Reflection on Music Histories in South Asia, Lakshmi Subramanian, Professor of History, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta. 7:00 pm in Morrison Hall, RM 007.

October 23 - Performance of classical Indian dance, Pallabi Chakravorty, Assistant Professor, Department of Music and Dance, Swarthmore College. Time and location to be announced.

November 11 - Lecture, Jain Satire and Religious Identity in Tamil-Speaking Literary Culture, Anne Monius, Professor of South Asian Religions, Harvard University. 7:00 PM in Myers Hall, RM 130.

November 18 - The Shiva and Ram Avtar Tiwari Memorial Lecture, Gandhian Approaches to Land and Water Rights, Whitney Sanfor, Associate Professor of Religion, University of Florida. 7:00 PM in Ballantine Hall RM 005.

December 6 - Lecture, Sita Sings the Blues, Aseem Chhabra, Writer and journalist, New York, 7:00 PM in Morrison Hall, RM 007.

The latest information about these events can be fount at http://www.indiana.edu/~isp/events-f10.shtml.

To receive e-mail notices of India Studies events, send a message to india@indiana.edu

Lecture from the India Studies Department

Visibly Muslim:

The Emergence of New Islamic Fashions in the West

Thursday, September 23 at 7:00 pm

Woodburn Hall Room 004

Emma Tarlo Reader,

Department of Anthropology,

Goldsmiths, University of London

ABSTRACT:

Visibly Muslim dress has in recent years become a focus of intensive media scrutiny and controversy, but very little attention has been paid to the wide range of new Islamic fashions emerging in the West. Based on her recent research on transformations in Muslim dress practices in Britain and Europe post 9/11, Emma Tarlo will explore how ideas of the Islamic are conceptualised by designers and wearers of Islamic fashion and how they are represented in online Islamic stores catering to Muslims in the West. How are

ideas of fashion and faith integrated by a new generation of Western Muslims? And what role are new Islamic fashions playing in combating negative stereotypes of Muslims, transgressing national and ethnic boundaries and challenging the polarity often assumed between eastern and western, religious and secular

modes of dress?

For more information, contact the India Studies Program: 812-855-5798; india@indiana.edu; http://www.indiana.edu/~isp/  

Indiana Artists, Organizations, Events, Classifieds

This website is Indiana’s only statewide arts information online resource. Its centralized portal and online community contains detailed registries of artists, organizations, and arts-related businesses. The site’s registered members can publish online portfolios, event listings with images, classified ads, and subscribe to opt-in email communications.

The site offers a wide range of member services free-of-charge to artists, arts organizations and qualifying business across the state. During the last 9 years, this arts portal has evolved into a popular online destination and has a growing member base of more than 3,400 registered users, with an average of 25,000 web page views per month from members and the general public.  IndianaArts.org supports the mission and vision of Indiana’s 12 Regional Arts Partners, the Indiana Arts Commission, and Traditional Arts Indiana.

2010 Women in the Workplace Conference

Friday, November 12, 2010

8:15-5:00 PM

Hilton Garden Inn

245 N College Ave

Bloomington, Indiana

The Office of Women's Affairs is having its annual Women in the Workplace Conference. If interested in participating, please email Linda McCammon at lcmccamm@indiana.edu for further information.

Polish Studies Center Picnic

to welcome friends of the Polish Studies Center to a new academic year.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

12:00 - 3:00 PM

Woodlawn Shelter, Bryan Park

(intersection of Woodlawn St and E Southdowns Dr)

Please bring a dish to share: salads, meats (there will be a ready grill), side dishes, deli items, desserts, etc. All picnicware will be provided. Polish dishes are highly appreciated if you are able.

All are welcome! Please come!

Sponsored by the Polish Studies Center of Indiana University
1217 E Atwater Ave, Bloomington, Indiana
Tel: (812)-855-1507

www.indiana.edu/~polishst

Caveat Emptor: Used and Rare Books

112 N Walnut on the East Side of the Square

Interested in purchasing used and rare books?

Caveat Emptor offers a wide variety of  rare and used books available for purchase.

Hours:
Mon. - Sat. 11 AM - 9 PM
Sun.: Noon - 5 PM

Phone: 332-9995
Mastercard, Visa and Discover accepted.

IU Bike Auction

All Bikes Must Go!

No Bid Refused!

Saturday, September 11

9 AM (Preview begins at 8 AM)

Auction will be held in the old IU Dimension Mill (behind IU Press at 10th and Morton and across the street from Upland Brewery on 11th St).

All types of bikes, from 10-speed to mountain, will be up for auction. Just place your bid!

Cash and checks accepted. All sales final.

Fall 2010 Lectures and Events - University of California at Berkeley

Center for Middle Eastern Studies Lecture Series
The Center for Middle Eastern Studies of University of California at Berkeley is offering an interdisciplinary lecture series throughout the 2010-2011 academic year. Such lectures include, "Cultivated but Deat: The Legal Geogrpahy of Land Control in Israel/Palestine", "Re/Covering Islam: Challenging American Mainstream News Coverage of the Middle East", and many more!

For further information and dates, please follow:  http://cmes.berkeley.edu/events/EventsIntro.html

IU Opera and Ballet Theater 2010-2011 Season

Opera

Il Barbiere di Siviglia
(The Baber of Seville)
Sept. 24, 25 and Oct. 1, 2

Little Women
Oct. 22, 23, 29, 30

Die Fledermaus
(The Bat)
Nov. 12, 13, 19, 20

Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi
Feb. 4, 5, 11, 12

Faust
Feb. 25, 26 and Mar. 4, 5

Vincent
*World Premiere
April 8, 9, 15, 16

Ballet

A Choreographer's Evening
Oct. 8, 9

The Nutcracker
Dec. 3, 4, 5

New York, New York!
Mar. 25, 26

One Day Only, 60% Off Online Sale!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Shop online at: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/

In celebration of its 60th anniversary, the Indiana University Press is delighted to offer 60% off all regularly priced items in our online store for one day onle.

Within the US receive free domestic ground shipping with a a purchase of $25.00 or more.

Enter code SIXTY at checkout to redeem your discount.

Jewish Studies Fall Welcome Dessert

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

4:30-6:00 PM

Hoosier's Room

(Around the corner from the East Lounge, Mezzanine Floor)

Indiana Memorial Union

Come meet Jewish Studies faculty and students! Learn more about Jewish Studies!

Questions?
Call: 855-0453

After 100: the Legacy of Claude Levi-Strauss

All sessions will be open to the public

Friday, 10/22 (Law School Room 122)

Session 1. Beyond Structure, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• James Boon, Princeton University - “Lévi-Strauss' Last Laugh: Encore, Encore”
• Emmanuel Désveaux, E.H.E.S.S. - “Farewell to Primitivism: How Lévi-Strauss Read Ethnography”
• Raymond DeMallie, Indiana University - “Pensée Sauvage in the Great Plains”

Session 2. Lévi-Strauss in the Arts and Humanities, 2:30-5:00 p.m.

• Marie Mauzé, Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale and E.H.E.S.S. – “Northwest Coast Art and Lévi-Strauss’ Ethno-Aesthetics”
• Joëlle Bahloul, Indiana University -“Anthropology at the Académie Française"
• Galit Hasan-Rokem, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - “Transformation: Lévi-Strauss in the Rabbis’ Academy"

Film showing “À Propos de Tristes Tropiques” by Patrick Menget 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Saturday, 10/23 (Law School Room 122)

Session 3. Mythology Studies, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m

• Anthony Seeger, UCLA - “Performing Claude Lévi-Strauss’ Fugue of the Five Senses: Myths, Aromas, Tastes, Feelings and Music in the Brazilian Amazon”
• Greg Schrempp, Indiana University -“Scientific Fire Myths: A Lévi-Straussian Analysis of Four Variants"
• Jeffrey D. Anderson, Colby College - “Lévi-Strauss and the Mysteries of the Arapaho Porcupine Redaction Myth”

Film showing: “Auprès de l’Amazonie” by Marcelo Fortaleza Flores 11:30-12:30 p.m.

Session 4. Anthropology and History, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

•  Cesar Gordon, Universidad Federal Rural de Rio de Janeiro - “L'Apothéose d'Auguste: Claude Lévi-Strauss’ Despair and Hopefulness”
• Christopher Peebles, Indiana University - “Lévi-Strauss among the Archeologists: From Structuralism to Logicism”
• Allen Douglas, Indiana University, - “Space and Time: The Philosophy of History in Tristes Tropiques” 

Session 5. Lévi-Strauss in the Twenty-First Century: A Roundtable Summation, 5:15-6:30 p.m.

For questions or additional information, contact Joëlle Bahloul (bahloul@indiana.edu) or Raymond DeMallie (demallie@indiana.edu)

2010 Global Studies Speaker Series

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

7 p.m.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Latin Music: Beyond Salsa

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
7 p.m.
Dr. Norman Gevitz
The DOs: Osteopathic Medicine in America...and the World

Tuesday, October 26, 2010
7 p.m.
Dennis Donahue '62
Christianity in the People's Republic of China

Friday, November 12, 2010
noon
Dr. Madeleine Albright
Personal Insights on International Diplomacy

Sunday, December 12, 2010
7 p.m.
Senator Richard G. Lugar
Annual Global Studies Address

Thursday, January 13, 2011
7 p.m.
William Canny
Haiti: One Year after the Earthquake

Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Two-Part Series on "Torture and Interrogation in an Age of Terrorism"
7 p.m.
Greg Hartley

Thursday, April 14, 2011
Interrogation in the Era of Non-Traditional Combatants
7 p.m.
Peter Brooks
Ethics, Interpretation, and the Torture Memos

Navruz Student Association, 2010-2011 Call-Out

Attention interested IU Undergraduate and Graduate Students!

The Navruz Student Association is an Indiana University Student Association formed with the goal of expanding understanding and interest in Central Eurasian culture and history on IU's campus.

Following a successful 2009-2010 Academic Year with several sponsored events celebrating the histories and traditions of people from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan, Turkey to Iran and everything in-between, we're hoping to build an even greater presence on the Bloomington campus. We're looking for those who would like to join as members or volunteers. You determine your own level of involvement! Want to help out, but don't have time except to serve as a Volunteer at our events? No worries! In your email to us, simply put "Volunteer" in the subject line. Want to help out by donating some time, however minimal? The please put "Member" in the subject line. We'll have our first informational meeting for members in early October after gauging the meeting size so that we can pick an appropriately sized room on campus.

Email us at navsta@indiana.edu - Remember, please identify yourself as either a potential MEMBER or VOLUNTEER.
If you would like to know when events take place, bookmark our website!
http://navruz.wordpress.com/

Events will be announced there first, and within a month we'll be putting up all of our campus events (and related Central Asian events from other providers) in a calendar list, also on the website.

Those interested in being MEMBERs, don't be afraid to let us know ahead of time which days of the week you would prefer for meetings, with an eye to meetings potentially occurring at 5pm.

This Week at the Art Museum 9/10 - 9/16

Coffeehouse Nights

Thursdays, September 9 & 16

7:00-9:00 p.m.

Thomas T. Solley Atrium

The Art Museum kicks off the new school year with its popular Coffeehouse Nights series featuring the fusion of music, art, coffee, and more! Enjoy coffee samples and sweet treats compliments of Bloomingfoods and Angles in the museum's atrium. See art from a new perspective as you browse the galleries while enjoying a related performance. Each night one of the museum's three permanent galleries will be featured. Participate in an art scavenger hunt for a chance to win prizes from the IU Art Museum and Angles Cafe & Gift Shop.



September 9

Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor
Spanish art featuring Spanish guitar music

September 10
German Expressionist Prints
Meet in the Museum's third floor offices
3:00-4:00 p.m.
September 16

Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the Arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas, third floor
African art highlighted by the beats of African drumming

Nineteenth-Century Art Reinstallation

Opening September 7, 2010

Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor

This reinstallation provides an opportunity to display several important acquisitions in our permanent collection gallery for the first time. New works include paintings by the Austrian symbolist painter Walter Sigmund Hampel, Italian impressionist Giacomo Favretto, and German landscape painter Julius Lange. In addition, favorite nineteenth-century landscape and impressionist paintings from the collection have been newly reinstalled.

The Indiana University Art Museum's galleries are open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday from Noon to 5:00 p.m. Angles Café & Gift Shop is open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday Noon to 5:00 p.m. The Art Museum's galleries are closed on Mondays and major holidays. The museum and all exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public.

Student Body Supreme Court Vacancy

Are you interested in seeing how the IU judicial system works?

Thinking about applying to law school?

If so, you may be interested in serving on the Student Body Supreme Court of Indiana University. Due to a vacancy on the Court, we are currently accepting applications from all majors for an Associate Justice position for the 2010-2011 school year. You can download the application online at http://www.indiana.edu/~court/justices/applications.shtml.  Applications are due on Friday, September 10, at 11:59pm via e-mail to court@indiana.edu.  Please also feel free to contact the Court at this email address if you have questions.

What is the Student Body Supreme Court?

The Court is the judicial branch of the Indiana University Student Association (IUSA). Court members hear appealed judicial board cases, acting as student representatives on three-person judicial hearing commissions. The Court confirms the new IUSA executive administration each year and makes decisions regarding IUSA campaign issues and election results. Additionally, each year the Court hosts a conference with campus judicial boards for the purposes of education on the campus judicial system. Court members also serve on student appointees on advisory boards across campus. The Court is unique in that its decisions have the potential to impact the entire IU-Bloomington community. We encourage you to apply and look forward to receiving your application.

International Events Across Indiana Septemeber 2010

 1 • First day of classes for "Conversational Chinese III." 6-7:30 p.m. $150. Wednesdays through 20 October. Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. Information, Confucius Institute. Registration, online.
2 • First day of classes for "Accent Reduction". 6:30-8:30 p.m. $149. Eight Thursdays through 21 October. Park 100 Learning Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 5980 West 71st Street, Indianapolis. Information and registration, online.

3 • Presentation by Mohamed Ixa, president of Tidene. 10 a.m. Free. Indiana Interchurch Center, 1100 West 42nd Street, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Cold Spring Institute. "The semi-nomadic Taureg people in Niger are being hammered by drought. Meet Mohamed Ixa, a leader of the Tauregs who is mobilizing the world's attention."
• Presentation by Tokihiro Sato, one of Japan's best-known artists working in contemporary photography. 5 p.m. Free. Room 102, Fine Arts Building, Indiana University Bloomington. Co-sponsored by IU's Center for Integrative Photographic Studies, the College Arts & Humanities Institute and the School of Fine Arts.

3-6 • "Little Italy Festival". Clinton. Information, website.
4 • "Kenya Carnival". 2-6 p.m. Second Presbyterian Church, 7700 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis. "The Kenya Carnival is an event to bring faith-based congregations, organizations, and schools together to raise awareness and money for orphans and vulnerable children in Western Kenya as part of the Umoja Project."
• "Running the Sahara" (film). 7 p.m. Free. Earth House Cafe, Lockerbie Central United Methodist Church, 273 North East Street, Indianapolis. "Directed by James Moll, narrated by actor Matt Damon, the expedition and film project followed the ultra-marathoners on a quest to become the first people to run from the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Senegal to the Red Sea in Egypt. Along the way, the team found a second mission: to raise awareness about the critical need for safe drinking water."
• Enjoy the international tastes at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market runs every Saturday morning at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 8 am to noon. Look for your favorite Indiana lamb, beef, veal, pork, and chicken, Indiana perch, quail eggs and meat, farm fresh eggs, fresh herbs, oils, artisan fermentations, and veggies from around the world! Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on www.BinfordFarmersMarket.com for details.
7 • First day of classes for "Conversational Spanish for Beginners". 6-8:30 p.m. $149. Six Tuesdays through 12 October. Arthur M. Glick JCC, Indianapolis. Information and registration, online.
• "Long Life, Happiness" (film; Canada). 7 p.m. Free. Indianapolis Senior Center, 708 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis.
• "Irish Castles", presentation by Hardin Gregg. Regularly scheduled meeting of Irish Society of Kentuckiana. 7:30 p.m. Commonwealth Bank, 286 North Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY.
8 • First class of "Conversational Spanish for Beginners". 9:15-11:30 a.m. $149. Seven Wednesdays through 20 October. Park 100 Learning Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 5980 West 71st Street, Indianapolis. Information and registration, online.
• "The Give and Take of International Aid to Health and Healthcare in Africa: A Village-level View", presentation by Dr. Ellen Einterz. Noon. Room MS B26, Van Nuys Medical Science Building, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 635 North Barnhill Drive, Indianapolis. Reservations, Rebecca Cervenka, 317:278-1669.
• Regularly scheduled meeting of Indiana German Heritage Society. Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis.
• First class of "Functional Arabic. 6-8 p.m. $169. Eight Wednesdays through 27 October. Cavanaugh Hall, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. Information and registration, online.

9 • "Breaking the Global Cycle of Violence: Connecting Immigrant Communities". 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. $90. Sheraton Downtown, 31 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis. Registration and more information online. Sponsored by Latino Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence. "This conference is open to any professional providing services related to domestic and sexual violence and those interested in advocacy. Keynote speakers will be E. Benjamin Skinner, author of A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery, and Denise Brown, author of If Our Kitchen Table Could Talk: From One Friend to Another.

9-10 • Citizenship in the United States: Integrating Domestic and International Horizons. Indiana University Bloomington. Jointly presented by Asian American Studies and Latino Studies with funding from a New Frontiers/New Perspectives Grant, Office of the Vice Provost for Research, Indiana University. Co-sponsored by: The College of Arts and Sciences, IU Asian Pacific Alumni Association, African American and African Diaspora Studies, the Department of English, and the Department of History. http://www.citizenshipconference.com/.

9-12 • "Oktoberfest". $3. German Park, 8600 South Meridian Street, Indianapolis. Sposored by German-American Klub. Information, 317:266-9816.

10-26 • "Eighth Quadrennial International Violin Competition". Various Indianapolis locations. Information, 317-637-4574.

10-11 • "37th Annual Indianapolis Greek Festival". Friday, 4-11 p.m.; Saturday, noon-11 p.m. Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 3500 West 10th Street, Carmel.

11 • "Penrod Art Festival". 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $17. Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 North Michigan Road, Indianapolis.
• Workshop with L. Subramaniam. 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis. "Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam is an acclaimed Indian violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition and Western classical music, and renowned for his virtuoso playing techniques and compositions in orchestral fusion."
• "French Market Festival". Noon-10 p.m. St. Joan of Arc Roman Catholic Church, 500 East 42nd Street, Indianapolis.
• Performance by L. Subramaniam on the violin. 5 p.m. $25. Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center, University of Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Fine Arts Committee of the India Association of Indianapolis in collaboration with the Carnatic Music Association of Indianapolis. Information, Arvind Thakkar, 317:872-0740. "This program will feature Grammy nominee Dr. L. Subramaniam and his talented son Ambi. Dr L. Subramaniam's reputation, outside India, is perhaps second only to that of Pt. Ravi Shankar. He has been acclaimed as 'The Paganini of Indian Classical Music'. Dr. Subramaniam will perform raga music that will appeal to both North and South Indian music lovers."
• Enjoy the international tastes at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market runs every Saturday morning at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 8 am to noon. Look for your favorite Indiana lamb, beef, veal, pork, and chicken, Indiana perch, quail eggs and meat, farm fresh eggs, fresh herbs, oils, artisan fermentations, and veggies from around the world! Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on www.BinfordFarmersMarket.com for details.

11-12 • 19th Annual Columbus Scottish Festival". 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. -4 p.m. Sunday. $10 adults (Saturday), $7 adults (Sunday); children 6-12, $2, under 6, free. Bartholomew County Fairgrounds, Columbus. Information, email or 800:468-6564.
• Andersontown Powwow and Indian Market". 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday. $5; children 8 and under, free. Information, Ralph L. Day, 800:533-6569 or 765:643-5633.

12 • "Chinese Festival". 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Military Park, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Indianapolis Mayor Gregory Ballard. Information, Yini Wang, 317:327-7955.

13• Regularly scheduled meeting of Nationalities Council of Indiana. 7 p.m. Max Kade Room, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Information, Marlon Alfonso, president. All are welcome to attend.
• First day of classes for "Conversation and Pronunciation for Beginning ESL Students". 6:30-8:30 p.m. $149. Eight Mondays through 1 November. Community Life and Learning Center, 815 East Main Street, Carmel. Information and registration, online.
• First day of classes for "Italian for Tourists". 6:30-8:30 p.m. Four Mondays through 4 October. Community Life and Learning Center, 815 East Main Street, Carmel. Information and registration, online.
• Board meeting and Stammtisch (no program), Athenaeum.

14 • First day of classes for "Vocabulary and Verb Practice for ESL Students". 6:30-8:30 p.m. $149. Six Tuesdays through 19 October. Nursing Building, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. Information and registration, online.

15 • Presentation by Andrew Exum on Afghanistan. 6 p.m. $24. Marten House, 1801 West 86th Street, Indianapolis. Regularly scheduled dinner meeting of Indianapolis Council on World Affairs. Reservations, Matt Fox. "Exum is a Fellow with the Center for a New American Security."

16 • Regularly scheduled luncheon meeting, Association of International Women.

16-18 • Oktoberfest. 11 a.m. to midnight Thursday and Friday, 4 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Downtown Terre Haute at Ninth and Cherry streets. Sponsored by Terre Haute German Oberlandler Club

16-19 • "17th annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival". Bloomington. This year's Lotus is right around the corner -- with music from Timbuktu to Brasília, two Saturday parades, an Arts Village humming with activity, a walking tour that's a puzzle, and way, way too much fun for just one weekend. For a seventeenth great season, the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation brings a stellar roster of international performing artists to downtown Bloomington stages for a weekend of music, global and local community, and warm southern Indiana vibes. Presented by the National Endowment for the Arts and Indiana University Bloomington, with corporate sponsorship from Bloom Magazine, the City of Bloomington's Entertainment and Arts District, Carey Worldwide Limousine Service, Ivy Tech Community College, Lifecyle, Medical Friends of Lotus, and Schulte Corporation. The festival is also made possible with the support of these sponsors and patrons. For more information on sponsors, contact Deborah Klein (dklein@lotusfest.org)
17 • Annual Conference of Diversity Roundtable of Central Indiana. 8 a.m.-2 p.m. $65. Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 3000 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis.
• FOW Square Dance. 6:30 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Allen County/Fort Wayne at the Hoagland Hayloft at 15112 Brunson Road, Hoagland, IN. Fund Raiser for the Preservation of F.C.D. Wyneken House - $25.00 per person includes the meal. Info Elaine Ahrens 260-483-4122.
17-19 • Indy Irish Fest. Military Park, downtown Indianapolis.

18 • Demonstration and workshop on contemporary South Asian Music. Reilly Room, Atherton Union, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis. "Led by Srinivas Krishnan, provost of Chennai Conservatory, you will hear four Indian musicians perform and teach the music of current India. Featured will be the music of A. R. Rahman, composer of the music for 'Slumdog Millionaire'."
• First day of classes for "Conversational Spanish for Beginners". 10 a.m. -12:30 p.m. $149. Six Saturdays through 30 October. Community Life and Learning Center, 815 East Main Street, Carmel. Information and registration, online.
• "(Hispanic) Fiesta. American Legion Mall, 700 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis. Sponsored by La Plaza.
• "Family Picnic and (German-style) Oktoberfest. Sponsored by the Jasper Deutscher Verein. Jasper Outdoor Recreation Club. Information, Al Bennett, president.
• Enjoy the international tastes at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market runs every Saturday morning at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 8 am to noon. Look for your favorite Indiana lamb, beef, veal, pork, and chicken, Indiana perch, quail eggs and meat, farm fresh eggs, fresh herbs, oils, artisan fermentations, and veggies from around the world! Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on www.BinfordFarmersMarket.com for details.
• The Ivorian Community of Indiana Presents 2010 “IVORY COAST is 50.” Saturday Night Live Gala @ The Venue Conference Center, 5110 West Pike Plaza Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254, 9 pm – 3am, $20 in Advance / more at the Door. Join us for an unforgettable night of celebration made in CI: Great fashion show * Ivorian food tasting *, African drums beats *, Traditional dance showdown, Ivorian plethora of dances and deejay mixes : Coupé Decallé * Techtonik * Zouglou * Zoblazo * Mapouka * Atchouman Lébé and many more. Info Line: 317-459-3117 * 317-603-7812. ivoriancommunity317@gmail.com.

18-19 • "Trail of Courage Living History Festival". 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday. Four miles north of Rochester on US 31 and Tippecanoe River. $6 adults, $4 children 6-11; 5 and under, free. Sponsored by Fulton County Historical Society. "Pre-1840 events held on the banks of the Tippecanoe River, featuring frontiersmen and Native Americans."

21 • "FREE Naturalization Information Session" - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. held at Nora Elementary School (1000 E. 91st Street). For local immigrants, refugees, and community groups – these informative workshop sessions will cover topics related to how to begin the naturalization process. Q&A session will follow the presentation. Study materials will also be distributed. Call?955-5150 ext 226 for more information. Hosted by International Center of Indianapolis. Website link: http://www.icenterindy.org/content.asp?PageID=290.

22 • "Argentine Tango". 8-9 p.m. $89. Six Wednesdays through 27 October. Fred Astaire Dance Studio--Indy South. Information and registration, online.
23-25 • "Campecine Film Festival". Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Latino/a Youth Collective.

24 • "The History of Blood Transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa", prsentation by William H. Schneider (Part of the 2010-2011 Sabbatical Speaker Series sponsored by the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts). 4:30-5:30 p.m. Room 268, Campus Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis. Reservations, email or 317:278-1839. "Dr. Schneider is a Core Faculty member of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics with an adjunct appointment in the Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics in the School of Medicine. He is a Professor of History, Baker-Ort Chair of International Healthcare Philanthropy in the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, and Director the Medical Humanities program, based in the School of Liberal Arts."
• "Follow Me Home" (film). 7 p.m. Free (ticket required). Tobias Theater, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Part of Campecine Film Festival. "The film follows four racially diverse characters on a road trip filled with conflict and revelation."
25 • "Campecine Films". Noon-5 p.m. Free (ticket required). The Tobias Theater, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. "Screens short films made by Latino/a youth followed by youth-led dialogue."
• Performance by Pandit Nayan Ghosh on sitar and tabla. 7 p.m. $20. Tobias Theater, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Fine Arts Committee of India Association of Indianapolis with support from the IMA Asian Art Society. Information, Arvind Thakkar, 317:872-0740. "Pandit Nayan Ghosh is acclaimed around the world as one of India's foremost musicians, with an unusual dimension: the only soloist with superlative commands on two diverse instruments, the Sitar and the Tabla. He will regale us with both instruments. His son, Ishaan Ghosh, a child prodigy, will accompany him on the tabla. The two of them will also do a tabla duet."
• Gala sponsored by the Indianapolis Prize. Westin Hotel, downtown Indianapolis. "The Indianapolis Prize is an award given every other year to an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to (global) conservation efforts involving a single animal species or multiple species."
• "Rouladen Dinner". Indianapolis (German-American) SaengerChor, 1824 West 15th Street, Indianapolis. Information, 317:637-CHOR.
• Enjoy the international tastes at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market runs every Saturday morning at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 8 am to noon. Look for your favorite Indiana lamb, beef, veal, pork, and chicken, Indiana perch, quail eggs and meat, farm fresh eggs, fresh herbs, oils, artisan fermentations, and veggies from around the world! Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on www.BinfordFarmersMarket.com for details.

25-26 • "15th Annual Gathering of the People (Native American) PowWow". 10 a.m. opening each day. VCCC Club Grounds, 10382 Grotto Road, Terre Haute. Sponsored by Vigo County Conservation Club. Information, email or Steve Witt, 765:435-3041.
27 • "Maria's Journey". Noon. Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis. "Authors Ray and Trisha Arredondo will present the story of an immigrant's journey from Mexico to Indiana during the early 20th century."
• First class for "Conversational Spanish". 6-8:30 p.m. $149. Six Mondays through 1 November. Greenwood Learning Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 555 East County Line Road, Greenwood. Information and registration, online.
• First class for "Keep It Up: Practicing Your Spanish". 6-8:30 p.m. $149. Six Mondays through 1 November. Greenwood Learning Center, Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis, 555 East County Line Road, Greenwood. Information and registration, online.
• Presentation by Greg Mortenson. 6:30 p.m. Sanctuary of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 100 West 86th Street, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Spiritual Life Center of St. Luke's United Methodist Church and Pedal for Peace. Information, Lynn Jackson, 317:842-0993. "Mortenson, the author of Three Cups of Tea (with David Oliver Relin), Listen to the Wind and Stones into Schools, is founder of the Central Asia Institute."
• Presentation by Iain Douglas-Hamilton (Part of 2010-2011 J. James Woods Lectures in the Sciences and Mathematics). 7:30 p.m. Reilly Room, Atherton Union, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis. "Douglas-Hamilton, 2010 winner of the Indianapoils Prize, founded Save the Elephants in 1983 and has led emergency anti-poaching efforts in Uganda to bring the elephant population there from the brink of extinction.
29 • First class of "Conversational Italian I". 6-8:30 p.m. $149. Six Wednesdays through 10 November. Community Life and Learning Center, 815 East Main Street, Carmel. Information and registration, online.

30 • "Good Fortune" (film; Kenya). 7 p.m. Tobias Theater, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road. $9. Presented by the IMA and the Committee on African and African American Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis. "2009; directed by Landon Van Soest; 73 minutes. Through portraits of two Kenyans receiving aid, "Good Fortune" explores how massive international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. Discussion follows film."

Model Arab League

Interested in taking your studies of the Middle East to the next level?

The Model Arab League is an academic simulation program geared toward increasing knowledge of the Middle East and building leadership skills among students. It allows students to play an active role in their own education by encouraging independent research as well as responsibility for some organizational aspects of the team, much like a student organization. Beyond learning just facts, the students develop a more comprehensive understanding of the Middle East and its peoples through this experiential learning program.

Josh Hilbrand, Program Assistant and representative of the Model Arab League, will be coming to Indiana University September 7 at the IMU Starbucks to meet with any students interested in participating.

The Silk Road Ensmeble at the IU Art Museum

September 2

Gallery of the Arts of Asia and the Ancient Western World, second floor.
Please join us for a concert by a few members of the Silk Road Ensemble to be performed on Thursday, September 2, 7-9 p.m. at the Indiana University Art Museum.

For more information about the Silk Road Ensemble: http://www.silkroadensemble.com/