Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The Evolution of India-Israel Relations - Rajendra Abhyankar

The Evolution of India-Israel Relations  - A Lecture by Rajendra Abhyankar, Diplomat-in-Residence at the Center for American and Global Security.
 Wednesday, April 13 - 4:15 p.m. -  Law School, Room 124

Soon after independence on 15 August 1947, one of the first foreign policy decisions that India confronted was its relations with the recently established State of Israel. Fresh out of the trauma of Partition, India decided to recognize the State of Israel, but only allowed consular relations on a non-reciprocal basis. Thereafter, sporadic and intermittent attempts were made to move the relationship forward. But India did not open up full diplomatic relations with Israel until May 1992 following the commencement of the Madrid Peace Process.
         
In contrast to the fallow decades of the past, the last 20 years have seen an explosive growth in the diversity of contact between the two countries. Beyond consultations on national security issues, defense exchanges became the corner-stone of the relationship in the 90’s, buttressed in recent years by business ventures based on technology and innovation. The future of the relationship between the two countries now finally appears to be divorced from the ups and downs of short-term political and security imperatives.i

Rajendra Abhyankar also is Chairman of the Kunzru Centre for Defence Study and Research, Pune. A former diplomat, he was Indian Ambassador to Syria, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and the EU, and served as Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs with responsibility for Asia, North Africa, and Oceania. From 2006 to 2008 he was Director of the Centre for West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Co-sponsored by the Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program, the Center for the Study of the Middle East and the Department of Political Science.
 

Horizons of Knowledge Lecture - A Holocaust Object and the Story of Its Production

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Polish Studies Center, Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program, and the Russian and East European Institute present Horizons of Knowledge Lecture by Bożena Shallcross, from the University of Chicago - "A Holocaust Object and the Story of Its Production"

Monday, April 11, 2011
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Ballantine Hall 013
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

This lecture discusses one of the most notorious cases of the Nazi practice of commodification and
recycling of the body: utilizing human fat to manufacture soap. The narrative of its actual making
complements the story of its cultural production, in particular, its literary representation.

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Bożena Shallcross works in the area of 20th century Polish literature and the visual arts; her other interdisciplinary research interests include the “thing” discourse, as well as the interrelationship between questions of identity and the home. Before teaching at the University of Chicago she was a member faculty at Indiana University, where she directed the Polish Studies Center. Professor Shallcross is the author or editor of ten books, including The Holocaust Object in Polish and Polish-Jewish Culture, recently released by Indiana University Press. Among her teaching interests are theories of vision, pictorial and literary representation of objects, single book/author courses (Adam Mickiewicz’s Pan Tadeusz, Czesław Miłosz), the Holocaust in literature, and (post)modernist culture.

If you have a disability or need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs.
Please call 855–9906.

Monday, March 28, 2011

STARTALK 2011 Teacher Training for Arabic and Turkish

The Uneasy Evolution of International Criminal Justice in Africa in an Age of Impunity: Issues, Lessons, and Prospects

The Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study 
(together with the Center on the Global Legal Profession, African Studies Program, and Center for Constitutional Democracy) 
presents a lecture by
E R N E S T   K O F I   A B O T S I 

The Uneasy Evolution of International  Criminal Justice in Africa in an Age of Impunity:
Issues, Lessons, and Prospects

The development and consolidation of international criminal justice in Africa has been challenged by complex political, legal and social matrixes peculiar to the African region. Significantly, however, key players have continued to ignore the unique juridical nature of international criminal law as an emergent institution within the scope of general international law and how this institution fits within different regions of the world. This lecture explores the issues incumbent on the international criminal justice project in Africa.

Ernest Kofi Abotsi is a prominent lawyer and a lecturer at the faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (KNUST) and the Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA) in Ghana.  He holds an LL.B degree from the University of Ghana, Legon, a BL from the Ghana School of Law, and an LLM from Harvard Law School.  Abotsi is an accomplished scholar and public intellectual who specializes in constitutional and comparative law and frequently comments on the state of law, policy, and social developments occurring both in Ghana and in other parts of Africa.  He will visit the Institute March 26-April 1, 2011.  For more information contact his primary sponsor, Jayanth K. Krishnan (jkrishna@indiana.edu), the Maurer School of Law, or the Institute.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - Noon - Faculty Conference Room 335 - Maurer School of Law, IUB


Study of Contemporary Antisemitism Conference

Please note that the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism's inaugural conference previously announced is by invitation only.

However, the following two presentations will be open to the public as part of the Simona and Hart Hasten Visiting Scholars program:
  • Bernard Harrison will speak on "Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, and the Rhetorical Manipulation of Reality" at 8 p.m. on April 3 in the Frangipani Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. Harrison, an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Utah and the University of Sussex in England, is the author of The Resurgence of Antisemitism: Jews, Israel and Liberal Opinion.
  • Irwin Cotler will speak on "Lawfare: Delegitimizing Israel under the Cover of Law" at 8 p.m. on April 4 in the Frangipani Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. Cotler, an international human rights lawyer and legal scholar, is a Canadian member of Parliament and a former minister of justice of Canada.
The Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism welcomes the public to attend the above noted lectures. However conference sessions, including the talk at Wells House, are not open to the public at large.

Ninth Annual Danner Memorial Lecture & NELC Spring Reception

Please RSVP via Facebook

Friday, March 25, 2011

Second IU World Language Festival

Are you prepared to engage and thrive in the 21st century global economy?

All IU students are invited to attend the Second IU World Language Festival on SaturdayApril 9th, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.  It will be lots of fun, with live language and culture lessons, musical performance, twisty balloons, face painting, exhibitions, and more.   It is free and open to the public.   Register NOW - spaces are limited and they fill up fast:  http://www.indiana.edu/~wlf/reg_11_ind.html.   For more information, go to http://www.indiana.edu/~wlf/.   

WLF is designed to encourage K-16 students to study world languages by introducing them to the endless language opportunities offered at IU Bloomington and by actively engaging them in exhibitions and presentations led by IU’s wonderful language faculty and associate instructors.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Navruz 2011 - Concert & Dinner Reception

Navruz 2011

Concert: Friday, March 25th, 7:00-9:00pm
(Willkie Residence Center Auditorium, 150 North Rose St.)

Dinner Reception: Saturday, March 26th, 6:00-7:20pm, Music at 7:30pm
(Leo R. Dowling International Center, 111 S. Jordan Ave.)

Two Great Events!  100% Central Eurasian Fun!  

The Navruz Student Association has created these events with the active help and sponsorship of many groups on campus, including the Afghan Student Association, the Turkish Student Association, the Kazakh Student Association, the Association of Central Eurasian Students, with funding support from IUSA and the Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center.

This year the Navruz Student Association is planning to fun events to celebrate Navruz.  Friday night's concert will feature a great mix of music, dance, poetry, cultural displays and informational talks.  In addition to the events put on by the Navruz Student Association, there will also be a Central Eurasian themed DANCE PARTY!  Yes, "Peasant Disco" returns to Bloomington, held downstairs at The Vid Nightclub, doors open at 9pm, with a Balkan Fusion Funk Band creating the atmosphere for the first hour or so!  Unfortunately, this is a 21+ event.

In addition, the Navruz Student Association will be selling T-shirts to raise money for future events!  Please feel free to bring your cash/check-books to purchase a T-shirt ($8-$10).  Donations also accepted!

Dhar India Studies Lecture Series

Monday, March 28 - 630 PM - Dogwood Room IMU
Ananda Lal, Jadavpur University, presents "Crisis in Civilization: Seventy Years On". This lecture presents the problems of our century as identified by Rabindranath Tagore.

Wednesday, March 30 - 630PM - State Room East IMU
Ananda Lal, Jadavpur University, presents "Aesthetics, Education and the Religion of Man". This lecture presents the theory and praxis of Rabindranath Tagore's vision.

Friday, April 1 - 530PM - Oak Room IMU
Mukulika Banerjee, London School of Economics, presents "Unarmed Pathans: History or Future?". This lecture considers the significance of the Pathan nonviolent history for contemporary global politics: how notoriously violent Pashtuns converted to an ethic of non-violence while remaining true to Islam and ideals of honor.

Jacobs School Of Music Presents:

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 8PM Auer Hall - The Wind Ensemble

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 8PM Musical Arts Center - The Concert Band & The Symphonic Band

You are cordially invited to attend these concerts. There is no admission charge.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Digital Arts and Humanities Brown Bag Series

Digital Arts and Humanities Brown Bag Series
Presented by the Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities (IDAH)
Thursday, March 24
12-1 p.m.
IDAH Conference Room Wells E170D
(To the left of the elevators in the East Tower)

“Ethnography in Digital Environments: Theory, Practice, and Teaching”
Panel Discussion With:

David Hakken
School of Informatics
For Thirty years now, my ethnography has focused on the relationship between social change and the use of Digital Technologies. After briefly describing the trajectory of my research career, I will discuss several current research projects and what they suggest about the dynamics of contemporary social formation reproduction.

Gracia Clark
Department of Anthropology
Dozens of devout Muslim laymen and women from Kumasi, Ghana volunteered to record video interviews for a website on West African Islam, aimed at high school and small college students and teachers in the United States. Many addressed the imagined US public directly through the camera, explaining the most important values in Islam and the phenomenon of suicidal violence as they understood them. I will address how questions of reciprocity, confidentiality and representation emerge in this context, as well as new obligations and responsibilities for ethnography.

Ilana Gershon
Department of Communication and Culture
I am going to talk about some of the methodological quandaries that emerged when studying how people use new media to end romantic relationships. I will talk about how interviewing people about breakups was a productive lens for asking questions about people's media ideologies and experiences of remediation. I will also talk about the limitations of studying what is often a private ritual. 

Remote connection also available via Adobe Acrobat Connect:
To join the meeting: http://breeze.iu.edu/bbidah/.

Please join us! Feel free to bring your lunch.
To receive a reminder and an abstract of upcoming IDAH presentations, send an email to listserv@indiana.edu with nothing in the subject line and the message body: sub IDAH_BROWNBAG-L Your Full Name

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

STARTALK 2011 - Teacher Training for Arabic & Turkish

TEACHER TRAINING FOR ARABIC AND TURKISH

                       Online:         May 16 - June 3
                       Onsite:         June 10 - July 1
                       Follow Up:      July 1 – August 20
WHY:  
  • To train teachers of the critical languages Arabic and Turkish in community settings
WHAT:
  • Participate in an intense residential, professional development institute with pre- and post-work at home
  • Learn how to teach Arabic or Turkish to Pre-K to grade 6 youngsters using appropriate teaching methods for young learners. 
  • Design lessons, materials, & developmentally appropriate assessment
  • Gain strong skills in community language advocacy & twice weekly afternoon practicum experiences at different community-based sites such as preschools & Girls Inc.
  • Receive credit for two courses - language teaching methods & practicum
WHO:
  • Current and prospective teachers of Arabic or Turkish who wish to learn appropriate teaching methods for young learners in a community setting
  • University graduate or undergraduate students of Arabic or Turkish who wish to add a teaching credential to their portfolio
  • Enrollment is limited to 10 graduate & 5 undergraduate students
WHEN:
May 16 -June 3          3-week online preparation and class
June 10 -July 1                 3-week residential program
July 1 –August 20               follow up portion- finalization of projects
One-year commitment to create a community-based program

WHERE:          
Residential program - School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

PROVIDED:
Tuition, housing, program materials, Certificate of Completion, & $100 upon completion

IU PARTNERS:    Department of Literacy, Culture & Language Education of the School of Education,
Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures, Center for the Study of Global Change & Center for Social Studies and International Education

FUNDED BY:   STARTALK & the National Foreign Language Center
Details & application forms please e-mail jonesc@indiana.edu or call (812) 855-0447

**Course Questions contact:  Martha Nyikos, Nyikos@indiana.edu or (812) 856-8272**

Asia in Aragon: Carpet Production in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain

Department of the History of Art presents a lecture given by Dr. Heather Ecker from the Detroit Institute of Arts.

Asia in Aragon: Carpet Production in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain

Monday April 4th - 5PM
Woodburn Hall 120
Flyer can be viewed here

Holland Award for Exemplary Teaching and Service to Students in the College of Arts and Sciences

Holland Award for Exemplary Teaching and Service to Students in the College of Arts and Sciences

We encourage all undergraduate students in the College to nominate a faculty member for the James Philip Holland Award for Exemplary Teaching and Service to Students in the College of Arts and Sciences. The award honors College of Arts and Sciences faculty “who excel at teaching and have a demonstrated history of service to students.”  This award is funded by a gift in honor of Professor James Philip Holland, an exceptional educator who gave many years of exemplary service to the students of Indiana University and who earned numerous university-wide teaching awards.

To nominate a College of Arts and Sciences faculty member (AIs are not eligible) for this prestigious award, undergraduate students in the College must send a substantive statement, not to exceed 400 words, detailing the reasons why their professor deserves this award. Please note: only College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate students – not students in other IUB schools and not alumni or graduate students – may nominate College faculty members for this award. The nomination needs to be addressed to Dean Stephen Watt, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences, and sent by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, 1 April 2011, to the Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Education email address of asug@indiana.edu Students should describe their professor’s outstanding qualities, with whatever supporting information they wish to provide.


Stephen Watt

Monday, March 21, 2011

Richard M. Dorson Memorial Lecture - The Zoot Suit Kid Goes Global: From Tango to Hip Hop

Richard M. Dorson Memorial Lecture: Roger Abrahams
Join us for the 1st Annual Richard M. Dorson Memorial Lecture with Dr. Roger Abrahams.

"The Zoot Suit Kid Goes Global: From Tango to Hip Hop"

Tuesday, April 5th
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Wells House, 1321 E. 10th St.

Roger D. Abrahams is a prominent folklorist whose work focuses on the expressive cultures and cultural histories of the Americas, with a specific emphasis on African American peoples and traditions. He is the Hum Rosen Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, at the University of Pennsylvania where he taught in the Department of Folklore and Folklife. He is the author of a large number of books, among which "Everyday Life: A Poetics of Vernacular Practices" is a recent title.

Having earned his Ph.D. there, Abrahams returned to the University of Pennsylvania in 1986 after teaching previously at the University of Texas and at Scripps and Pitzer Colleges in Claremont, California. He was the founding Director of Penn's Center for Folklore and Ethnography, a research and public outreach unit associated with the Department of Folklore and Folklife. He was awarded the Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership by the American Folklore Society in 2005 and is also an American Folklore Society Fellow.

A light reception will follow the lecture.

Greater Israel's Bleak Future and the Consequences for the United States

Christians for Peace and Justice in the Middle East presents:

Dr. John J. Mearsheimer, University of Chicago

"Greater Israel's Bleak Future and the Consequences for the United States"

SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011 - 2:30 p.m.
IUPUI LECTURE HALL, ROOM 101
325 University Boulevard - (Between Michigan St. and New York St.)

Dr. John J. Mearsheimer is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political
Science and Co-Director of the Program on International Security Policy, University of Chicago,
and co-author of The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy.

Japan Relief

The Nationalities Council of Indiana expresses its heartfelt concern and support for Japan, the Japanese people, and their families around the world. During the past few days, we have all seen the heart-breaking images and heard the reports of lives lost, especially in the Sendai coastal region. Thousands of people have been evacuated near the Fukushima nuclear plants and millions are without adequate food or shelter.
I have received many calls from local individuals and organizations, each asking how they can be a part of the massive humanitarian efforts that will be necessary in the coming months. Two member organizations of the Nationalities Council have begun relief programs that might provide a local reference for your donation.
The Asian Services of Indiana (ASI) is asking for packages of new socks for Japanese disaster victims. Local Alliance members are in contact with business associates near the heart of the disaster who will personally coordinate distribution. If possible, Alliance members ask that you include a small note of encouragement with each package. Deadline for drop off is Thursday, March 31, 2011. Drop off locations include Thuan Phat Supermarket, 3654 Lafayette Rd, Indianapolis, IN 317-387-1023, and The Promotion Company, 838 N. Delaware, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Hours 9 AM – 5 PM.
The Japan American Society of Indiana (JASI) is accepting cash donations for individuals and organizations through the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund on their website. Other available website services include providing current news, helpful links for current disaster updates, and services for contacting and locating people in Japan.http://www.japanindiana.org/
Please join me in keeping the people of Japan in your thoughts and wishing them strength and hope as they begin to recover and rebuild.
Marlon Alfonso

Sunday, March 13, 2011

African Modernity and Identity in the Era of New Media

2011 Symposium Schedule:  Saturday, April 2, 2011
8:30-9:15   Registration & Breakfast, Woodburn Hall
200, Political Science Library lobby

9:30-11:30 Welcome and Panel 1, Woodburn Hall 200,
Political Science Library

Rudo Mudia, Indiana
University, Communication and Culture
“You Won’t See Me
in Your History Books: The Performance and Mediation of Zimbabwean Identity in
the Work of Comrade Fatso”


            Kristofer Olsen, Ohio University,
Interdisciplinary Arts

“Takai on YouTube:
What Effect Does New Media Have on Traditional Ghanaian Musical
Creativity?”


            Carinna Friesen, Indiana University,
Ethnomusicology

“Internet, iTunes
and Rap: The role of music, globalization and technology in the construction of
identity among West African Canadians”


11:30-1:30  Lunch, School of Fine Arts (SOFA)
Gallery


1:30-2:30    Panel 2, Woodburn Hall 200, Political
Science Library


                Hans Aschim, University of Wisconsin
Madison, Journalism and Public Health

                “The BBC Effect in the Global
Village: Africa”


               John Hames, University of Florida,
Anthropology

“Pulaar Online:
Language Promotion, the Internet, and the Creation of a Common
Front”


3:00-4:15 Keynote
Lecture by Dr. Victoria Bernal, Associate Professor of Anthropology,  
University of California at Irvine, followed by Closing
Remarks


4:15-5:30   
Reception, Woodburn Hall 200, outside the Political Science
Library


Sponsored by the
following Departments & Programs at Indiana University -
Bloomington:

Assertive Gifts: Art and Diplomacy in the Age of the Ottoman-Safavid Conflict

Department of the History of Art

Presents a lecture given by
Sinem Arcak
University of Minnesota

"Assertive Gifts: Art and Diplomacy in the Age of the Ottoman-Safavid Conflict"

Monday, March 21, 2011 in Woodburn Hall 120 from 5:00 –6:00 p.m

Navruz 2011

Concert: Friday, March 25th,
7:00-9:00pm
(Willkie Residence Center Auditorium, 150 North Rose
St.)
Dinner Reception: Saturday, March 26th,
6:00-7:20pm
, Music at
7:30pm
(Leo R. Dowling
International Center, 111 S. Jordan
Ave.)
  
Two Great Events!  100% Central Eurasian Fun!
The Navruz Student Association
has created these events with the active help and sponsorship of many groups on
campus, including the Afghan Student Association, the Turkish Student
Association, the Kazakh Student Association, the Association of Central Eurasian
Students, with funding support from IUSA and the Inner Asian & Uralic
National Resource Center.
 
This year the Navruz Student Association is
planning two fun events to celebrate Navruz
.  Friday night's concert
will feature a great mix of music, dance, poetry, cultural displays and
informational talks.  In addition to the events put on by
the Navruz
Student Association, there will also be a Central
Eurasian themed DANCE PARTY!  Yes, "Peasant Disco" returns to Bloomington, held
downstairs at The Vid
Nightclub, doors open at 9pm, with a Balkan Fusion Funk
Band creating the atmosphere for the first hour or so!  Unfortunately, this is a
21+ event.
 
In addition, the Navruz Student Association will be
selling T-shirts to raise money for future events!  Please feel free to bring
your cash/check-books to purchase a T-shirt ($8-$10).  Donations also
accepted!

Reminder Deadline March 20th: Re-Scripting Islam: Muslims and the Media

Re-scripting Islam:
Muslims and the Media

 
March 23 and 24,
2011


DeVault Alumni
Center
– Indiana University
Bloomington

Registration and information: www.indiana.edu/~global/Re-scriptingIslam/

[Registration Deadline: March 20,
2011]


A quick Internet search of the terms “Islam” and
“Muslim” turns up news stories with headlines about “radical Islam” or Islam’s
war against the First Amendment or honor killings.  The stories attached to such
headlines ask whether Islam is compatible with the West; whether Muslims can
ever truly be American.  Such framing of Muslims, and Islam, is not new.  In
fact, it goes back centuries both in the United States and
abroad.

A conference organized by Indiana University’s Voices
and Visions Project will dissect this framing as well as highlight what some
Muslims are doing to counteract these seemingly hegemonic narratives about their
faith and themselves.


Re-scripting Islam:  A conversation between media
professionals and scholars
will take place March 23 and 24 on
Indiana University’s Bloomington campus.  This free conference is designed to
bring together academics, journalists and communication students to discuss the
media’s portrayal of Islam and Muslims.  The international slate of panelists
features bloggers, journalists, and experts on the framing of Muslim women as
well as Muslim use of new media.

The conference’s keynote address will be given by Andrea
Elliott of The New York Times.  A Pulitzer Prize winner, and the creator
the Islam beat at the Times, Elliott will speak about her experience
covering “Muslims in a Post-9/11 America.”

Project Coordinator:  Rosemary Pennington (rompenni@umail.iu.edu or 812-855-0353)

International NGO Networking Event

We are currently finalizing all of our panelists for the
first-ever International NGO Networking event. Please have your students mark
their calendars for Friday, April 1 from 1-3pm. We will begin with a panel
discussion from 1-2:30pm in the Whittenberger Auditorium and end with networking
from 2:30-3pm. I will send out a fully confirmed list of panelists and marketing
materials to be distributed to your students on Monday, March 20. As of right
now, we have fully confirmed representatives from the Pan American Health
Organization (Regional Office of the World Health Organization), Amnesty
International, and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). We are currently in
discussion with Oxfam America and UNDP. Thank you for marketing this event to
your students!

Annual International Public Affairs Association (IPAA) Spring Conference

Faculty and students are invited to attend the 4th Annual International Public Affairs Association (IPAA) Spring Conference, which will take place on Friday, March 25, 2011 at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA).

The IPAA Spring Conference is an annual, entirely
student-run conference that seeks to promote cross-disciplinary research and
inquiry in the fields of global public policy and international affairs. This
year, the conference theme is
"Global
Problems, Sustainable Solutions: Creating Policy for a Rapidly Changing
World"
and will
feature panels on economic development, international aid, administrative
policy, international law, education, vulnerable populations, and environmental
challenges.


This year's keynote address will be delivered by Mr. Carl Gershman,
President of the National Endowment for Democracy.  The title of his talk is
"Democracy's New Moment: A Forward
Strategy for Advancing Freedom in the World."


The conference is free and open to the public, and
those interested are encouraged to register for the conference.  Registered
participants will receive breakfast and a copy of the conference prospectus.  A
limited number of seats at a luncheon following the keynote address are reserved
for registered participants on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Participants
may register by emailing
ipaa@indiana.edu.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Buddhism & Islam on the Silk Road

The Islamic Studies Program and the Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center would like to invite you to attend the inaugural Studies in the Formation of Islam lecture. This year’s lecturer, Dr. Johan Elverskog, will speak about Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road. Please join us inaugurating the lecture series by welcoming Dr. Elverskog in the Indiana Memorial Union’s Walnut room from 4-6 pm on April 21st,  2011.

The meeting of Buddhism and Islam is often conceived as one of violent confrontation. Indeed, the Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 readily confirmed our preconceived imaginings: Islam is bad and violent, while Buddhism is good and peaceful. Yet, how accurate are these stereotypes? Moreover, how do these contemporary views shape our understanding of the past? The aim of this talk is to explore these questions by exploring the cultural exchanges that took place between Buddhists and Muslims in medieval Central Asia.

Dr. Elverskog is Altshuler University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University.  He is also the Director of Asian Studies and the SMU-in-Suzhou Program. He teaches various courses on the history of Asian religions, and his research focuses on the history of Inner Asia. He is the author and editor of seven books, including most recently Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road.

African Modernity and Identity in the Era of New Media

2011 Symposium Schedule:  Saturday, April 2, 2011

8:30-9:15   Registration & Breakfast, Woodburn Hall 200, Political Science Library lobby

9:30-11:30 Welcome and Panel 1, Woodburn Hall 200, Political Science Library

Rudo Mudia, Indiana University, Communication and Culture
“You Won’t See Me in Your History Books: The Performance and Mediation of Zimbabwean Identity in the Work of Comrade Fatso”

                Kristofer Olsen, Ohio University, Interdisciplinary Arts
“Takai on YouTube: What Effect Does New Media Have on Traditional Ghanaian Musical Creativity?”

                Carinna Friesen, Indiana University, Ethnomusicology
“Internet, iTunes and Rap: The role of music, globalization and technology in the construction of identity among West African Canadians”

11:30-1:30  Lunch, School of Fine Arts (SOFA) Gallery

1:30-2:30    Panel 2, Woodburn Hall 200, Political Science Library

                Hans Aschim, University of Wisconsin Madison, Journalism and Public Health
                “The BBC Effect in the Global Village: Africa”

                John Hames, University of Florida, Anthropology
“Pulaar Online: Language Promotion, the Internet, and the Creation of a Common Front”

3:00-4:15 Keynote Lecture by Dr. Victoria Bernal, Associate Professor of Anthropology,   University of California at Irvine, followed by Closing Remarks
           
4:15-5:30    Reception, Woodburn Hall 200, outside the Political Science Library

Sponsored by the following Departments & Programs at Indiana University - Bloomington:

Please contact iu.gsas.symposium@indiana.edu with any questions or for more information.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Department of Folklore Research Colloquium Series: The Aesthetics of Fear

The Legacy of a Pious Trickster: Incorporating the Christian Other in a Muslim Saint's Festival by Cassandra Chambliss

March 11 3:30 - 5pm
Performance and Lecture Hall
800 N. Indiana Ave.

ACC Thursday Series: Interview Attire Fashion Show & Resume Critique

Enjoy a fun and informative fashion show, where you will learn about appropriate attire for professional interviews. We will also address the basics of resume writing and interviewing etiquette. At the conclusion of this event, several career advisers will be available to do resume critiques, so bring a draft of your resume! This event is co-sponsored by the IU Asian American Association & Career Development and Services

March 24, 2011
5-6:00 PM
Asian Cultural Center, 807 E. 10th Street
acc@indiana.edu

Annual Apahm Creative Writing Contest

Contest Theme: We are looking for creative examinations of issues in identity, ethnicity, race, heritage and citizenship in the American experience through three genres in creative writing: short fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction. The theme for the contest is "Borders and Pathways: Shaping Identity in Modern America"

Criteria for Judging: The submissions will be evaluated on creative quality of their expressions as they address this topic. Emphasis will be placed on literary merit of entry.

Prizes: 1st - Ipad 2nd - $150 giftcard 3rd - $100

Guidelines: Deadline for submission is March 23rd. For details visit www.indiana.edu/~acc

Open to all IUB undergraduate students.

Holi 2011 - Asian Cultural Center

Come join us in celebrating Holi 2011!

March 25th, 2011
Dunn Meadow - 4-6PM
Holi Color Fight to follow program at 5:15Pm

This Week @ Art Museum

Warhol Happenings:

In celebration of the special exhibition, Shot by Warhol, the Indiana University Art Museum hosts a series of three Thursday night events in March. Like the 1960s "Happenings," they will feature a lively mix of music, film, art, food, and personal spectacle. The exhibition will also be open each evening. Support for these events has been provided by the Lucienne M. Glaubinger Endowed Fund for the Curator of Works on Paper and the IU Art Museum's Arc Fund.

Warhol Happening I: Concert by Tammar

Thursday, March 10
8:00-10:00 p.m.
Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor
Re-capture the spirit of Warhol's famed Factory through the
sounds of the indie band Tammar, featuring both experimental originals and Velvet Underground cover songs

One Hour Exhibition:

Women Artists
Friday, March 11
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Visitors should meet in the museum's third floor office. No pre-registration is required, but space is limited. Admission will be on a first come-first served basis.

In celebration of Women's History Month, this month's "drop-in" works-on-paper viewing room exhibition will feature a wide range of prints, drawings, and photographs by women artists from Julia Margaret Cameron and Mary Cassatt to Sonia Delaunay and Helen Frankenthaler.
 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Asia in Aragón: Carpet Production in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain

THIS EVENT HAS  BEEN CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS.

IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED

 

The Department of the History of Art would like for you to attend a lecture give by Dr. Heather Ecker, Detroit Institute of Arts. Please see the attached flyer.


Flyer

Walter Salz Family Award

For the best
ESSAY
on some aspect of

THE HISTORY OF GERMAN JEWS
from the earliest times to the present day

IU undergraduate or graduate students enrolled on any of the university's eight campuses in any instructional session during academic year 2010-2011 are eligble to submit an essay.

Essays, of any suitable length, may either have been written for a course or be original compositions.

Essays (typed or printed out double-spaced) should be submitted to:

Walter Salz Family Award Committee
Department of Germanic Studies
1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Ballantine Hall 644
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405-7103

by June 1st, 2011

The winner or winners will receive a prixe of up to $500.

Harmony School Celebration of Peace & Social Justice

Harmony School 5th and 6th Grade
Peace Museum and Art Exhibit

Public Exhibition with Student Docents:
Friday March 4th, 11am - 2pm

Unitarian Universalist Church
2120 North Fee Lane
Bloomington, IN

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Hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington Just Peace Task Force

Ethnic Hoosier

March 2011


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• Red/Black: Related Through History: Through Aug. 7th. Explores the shared history of Native Americans and African Americans; created by the Eiteljorg Museum and the Smithsonian's traveling panel show, Indivisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas. Eiteljorg Museum, 500 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, IN. Info: http://www.eiteljorg.org/.

• "Interrogation in the Era of Non-Traditional Combatants", presentation by Greg Hartley (part one of two-part series on "Torture and Interrogation in an Age of Terrorism") 7 p.m. Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium, Marian University, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis. Sponsored by The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. Information, Dr. Pierre M. Atlas, 317:955-6336. "Hartley graduated from the United States Army Interrogation School, the Anti-Terrorism Instructor Qualification Course, the Principle Protection Instructor Qualification Course, and Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) school. His skills as an expert interrogator earned praise while he served as SERE instructor, operational interrogation support to the 5th Special Forces Group during operation Desert Storm; interrogation trainer; and as a creator and director of several joint-force, multi-national interrogation exercises from 1994-2000."

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• 100th Anniversary International Women’s Day "Celebrating a Century of Progress in Health & Unity." Thursday, March 3, 2011, 5pm – 9pm, Wall Ballroom, IPFW. Free admission. Featuring Keynote Speaker: Dr. Linda Malkas, Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. For more information, visit our website: http://www.iwdevents.com/.

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• "Brazilian Carnival". 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Sponsored by Indiana Partners of the Americas and Brazilian Mothers of Indiana. Rathskeller, Athenaeum, 401 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis.

• Dinner and Movie: "Edge of America" Mar. 4, 2011, 6:00-9:00 pm. NAECC - Purdue University, 503 Harrison Street, South Campus Courts Bldg. B (intersection of Sheetz & Steely St.), West Lafayette, IN. Join us for movie night and we'll provide the dinner. Featured film, Edge of America is inspired by a true, made in New Mexico story focused on girls' high school basketball team.

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• Indiana Falun Dafa Association. Proudly presented by Indiana Falun Dafa Association, New York based Shen Yun Performing Arts is returning to Indianapolis at Clowes Hall at Butler University on March 4 and 5, bringing its exhilarating and highly acclaimed blend of classical Chinese dance and music. Don’t miss this marvelous show that has astounded millions audiences in over twenty countries. http://www.indianashows.org/.

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• Drawings by Frank Big Bear: Mar. 7 - April 23, 2011. Stewart Center Gallery, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts, 552 West Wood Street, West Lafayette, IN. Gallery exhibit featuring color pencil drawings by contemporary Native American Frank Big Bear (White Earth Ojibwe). Exhibit is presented in collaboration with Purdue University Galleries. Artist Reception - Frank Big Bear: Mar. 10, 2011, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Stewart Center Gallery.

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• Storytelling Arts of Indiana and the IndyFringe Festival are proud to present next month’s Jabberwocky: International Flair Tuesday, March 8, starting at 5:30 p.m. at the IndyFringe Theatre. Our guests, each with their own history, will share how and why they immigrated or transplanted themselves to central Indiana. Afterward, you can share your own 3-5 minute immigration story during the open-mike portion of the program. IndyFringe Theatre, 719 E. St. Clair St., Indianapolis. To learn more about the IndyFringe Festival, visit www.indyfringe.org, and for upcoming storytelling events, please call (317) 576-9848 or visit http://www.storytellingarts.org/.

• Naturalization Information Sessions Presented by representatives from the United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) Topics covered at these FREE informational workshops include: the Naturalization Process; the new Naturalization Test; Rights and Responsibilities of U.S. Citizenship. Tuesday, March 8 - 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. St. Michael Elementary School, 3354 W. 30th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46222. For more information, call (317) 236-1553. Hosted by Catholic Charities Indianapolis.

• The School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI will celebrate the opening of a new Spanish language and culture center with a lecture featuring a Spanish diplomat. Ambassador Javier Rupérez, Consul General of Spain in Chicago, will give a lecture entitled "Europeans and Americans: So Similar So Different," at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, in Room 405 of the IUPUI Campus Center, 420 University Blvd.

• The World Trade Club of Indiana is proud to announce the second in the 2011 series of "Doing Business in.." Luncheons and we invite you to join us. Register now to ensure your seat in "Making Sense of Germany" - An overview of key issues that American companies generally face in Germany followed by a discussion of specific questions, presented by Herr Linhard Stepf President, FrankfurtRhineMain Corp (Chicago). Baker & Daniels, 300 North Meridian St, Downtown Indianapolis, 11:30 am - 1:00pm. Make your reservation now to learn more about doing business in Germany and enjoy the lunch, socializing and business networking. Non-Member Reservation; Member Reservation.

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• Indiana German-American Heritage. Wednesday, Mar. 9: Board Meeting, Stammtisch and Program. "Student presentations by the Essay Contest winners. See article elsewhere in the newsletter). Connor Rudman, a freshman from Fishers High School" will give a power point presentation on his winning essay "Environmental Issues: Energy Consumption, Depletion, and Disruption. " The topic for the essay contest is part of the "Transatlantic Climate Bride" which has the U.S. and Germany working together to avoid a global temperature increase of over 3.6 degrees F."

• March 9th- 6:30 PM The Scottish Society of Indianapolis will be hosting its monthly pitchin dinner and program at The Latvian Center located at 1008 W. 64th Street, Indpls, IN. Guests are free as always. Our program for the evening will be presented by The Tudor Rose Players and will be on Mary Queen of Scots. Please come and join us. http://www.indyscot.org/ for more details.

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• Indy Fringe Theatre. Friday, March 11 @ 8pm, “Welcome to Afghanistan.” “Its 1839, See History as it repeats itself.” Tickets $12:00 adults, $8 seniors/students. The American Premiere of this critically acclaimed show from the Edinburgh Fringe. “Join up with Lt John Greenwood as he travels to India and is hurled into the First Anglo-Afghan war. Based on Greenwood’s memoir published in 1844 and other accounts from the time, it’s filled with “wicked barrages of humour and deadly historical accuracy…taken beyond Edinburgh as this show should and must do,” The Stage, Must-See Show.” 719 E St. Clair Street, Indianapolis, http://www.indyfringe.org/. 317.271.9458.



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• IndyFringe Theatre. Friday, March 11 @ 9:30pm, Saturday, March 12 @ 9:30pm. “Welcome to the UK.” Both shows : Adults $20, Students $15; Individual shows : Adults$12, Seniors/Students $8. “Monkey Poet returns with a set of stand up poetry promoting his full-cast album of the same name.” 719 E St. Clair Street, Indianapolis, http://www.indyfringe.org/. 317.271.9458.

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• "La Tragedie de Carmen", adapted by Peter Brook from the opera by (French) Georges Bizet. Basile Opera Center, 4011 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis. Presentation of the Indianapolis Opera.

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• Annual Gala sponsored by Association of International Women. 6 p.m. social hour, 7 p.m. dinner and entertainment followed by dancing. Skyline Club, One American Square, Indianapolis.

• Wabash Valley Scottish Society. "We meet the second Saturday of every month in the Vigo County Public Library. This is the link to our site: http://www.wabashvalleyscottishsociety.org/." 

• "The Next Best Thing", performance by Antonio Sacre. 7:30 p.m. Basile Theater, Indiana Historical Society, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Endowment of Storytelling arts of Indiana. "Sacre was born in Boston to a Cuban father and an Irish-American mother."

• Indianapolis Lithuanian Community, Inc. “Please join us as we celebrate Lithuania’s independence, Saturday, March 12, 2011, from 4 to 7 p.m. Latvian Community Center, 1008 W. 64th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260. We cordially invite you, your families and friends to this special event that will include a powerful program, “The Road to Freedom,” which traces Lithuania’s long and valiant struggle for independence. In addition, we will introduce and welcome the recently elected officers and board members of the Indianapolis Lithuanian Community. A pitch-in dinner will be followed by singing and dancing to our folk ensemble Biru Bar. As always, we ask that you bring a favorite main course or salad to share for our buffet! Admission is $10 per person or $20 per family.”

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• Mid West Fashion Week. "Midwest Fashion Week is dedicated to empowering the creative efforts of the clothing design community through events that connect people to take positive action for the common good while discovering new ways to express individuality through fashion." Contact information: Midwest Fashion Week, PO BOX 24784, Indianapolis, IN 46038, Phone: 317 408 9186, Fax: 317 536 3544, Email: info@midwestfashionweek.com.

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• Regularly scheduled meeting, Nationalities Council of Indiana. 7 pm, Max Cade Room, Athenaeum, 401 E. Michigan. All are welcome!

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• Indianapolis-Campinas (Brazil) Sister City Callout Meeting. “Get involved in the Indianapolis-Campinas Sister City program, an initiative of Mayor Ballard’s Office of International & Cultural Affairs!”March 16th, 2011, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. International School of Indianapolis, 4330 N. Michigan Road, Cafeteria of the Taurel Building. Please RSVP to Jane Gehlhausen, Director of International and Cultural Affairs at global@indy.gov or call 327.3145.

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• March 17th-10:30 AM we will gather near the Elbow Room at Pennsylvania Ave and Fort Wayne Street for the St. Patrick's Day Parade. So put on your favorite kilt or Scottish or Irish attire and join us. Our unit will consist of The Scottish Society, Re-enactors and Mary Queen of Scots and our Bagpiper as we walk the parade route. We will also have a vehicle non walkers can ride on for the entirety of the parade. http://www.indyscot.org/.

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• IndyFringe Theatre. Transformations Fashion Show. March 18 @ 7:30pm. One Hour Show. Tickets $10 Complimentary Barefoot Bubbly Champagne. Grant Recipient Presents Transformations Fashion Show. “Bold, textural, possibly even bizarre, this intimate fashion show will feature apparel which transforms the human silhouette. Catherine Fritsch’s design inspirations spring from historical underpinnings: corsets, hoop skirts, panniers, petticoats. Her designs take on an architectural feel, constructed with plastic, Styrofoam, steel and rattan armatures.” 719 E St. Clair Street, Indianapolis, http://www.indyfringe.org/. 317.271.9458.

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• "Changing Africa: Helping Orphans". 6 p.m. $125. Fountain Square Theater, Indianapolis. Invitation online Sponsored by Anchors of Hope Charities. "Featuring dancers straight from the Heartland of Zambia."

• Caribbean Association of Indiana, “Tribute to Bob Marley”. Saturday, March 19, 2011, 9PM-3AM. Madame Walker Theatre Center (617 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis 46202). Live reggae performance by Gizzae Reggae Band. DJ sets by “The Original Music Master”. Tickets $15 Advance $20 Door. Details: http://bobmarleytributeindy.eventbrite.com/. For more information contact: 317.289.8282 or wiai.news@gmail.com.

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• "Exploring Tales in the West End...and Beyond!", presentation by Terri Bourus (part of the 2010-2011 Sabbatical Speaker Series sponsored by the Indiana University School of Liberal Arts). 4:30 p.m. Room 268, Campus Center, 420 University Boulevard, Indianapolis. Reservations, Patti Hair. "Researching Shakespeare and the theatre, one determined, but slightly daft professor lost (and then found) her way through passages she never anticipated in the foggy back streets and dimly lit story-places of London, England."

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• Would you like to be involved in the Indianapolis-Hangzhou sister city initiative and help strengthen the relationship between these two cities? Join the callout meeting on March 24! On March 24, 2011, the committee will hold its callout meeting at the International School of Indiana (4330 N. Michigan Rd.) from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. You will find plenty of volunteer, networking and idea-sharing opportunities. Everyone is welcome to attend! To sign up for the callout meeting or learn more about the Indianapolis-Hangzhou sister city initiative, contact Jane Gehlhausen, director of International & Cultural Affairs, Office of Mayor Greg Ballard - City of Indianapolis, at jane.gehlhausen@indy.gov or 317-327-3145.

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• National Center for Great Lakes Native American Culture, Incorporated. The 10th Annual NCGLNAC Spring Cultural Arts Classes will be held March 26 and 27 in the Women's Building, Jay County Fairgrounds in Portland, Ind. Four classes for ages 12 and over and one class for ages 6 and up are planned. Adult classes are Lawrence Norcross, Loom Beading; William Blalock, Stone Tools; Boni Bent Nelson, Tobacco Bags; and Cathy Mowrey, Gourd Head Corn Husk Dolls. Tina Burns will teach Cherokee Culture to the class for children ages 6 and up. Doyle Blooding will provide another delicious meal Saturday evening. Robin McBride Scott will talk about "Canebrakes: An Indispensable Resource: Native Peoples Use of River Cane in Indiana" at 7 p.m., part of the 2011 NCGLNAC Lecture Series, which is free and open to the public.

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• "Second Annual Art Battle". 7-9 p.m. LaFortune Student Center, University of Notre Dame, South Bend. Sponsored by Native American Students Association of Notre Dame. Information, Kara Strass. "Teams of three will create original artwork in timed sessions."

April 2011

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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

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• "Reading at the Table: The Society of Dilettanti: Archeology and Identity in the British Enlightenment", presentation by Jason Kelly. 11:30 a.m. $10. Faculty Club, University Place, 900 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis. Registration online. Information, Gail Williamson. "In 1732 a group of elite young men who had met on the grand tour formed a convivial dining club called the Society of Dilettanti. By the middle of the 18th century the Dilettanti took on an influential role in cultural matters, organizing archaeological expeditions, forming the Royal Academy and the British Museum, and ultimately becoming one of the most prominent and influential societies of the British Enlightenment. The author sheds new light on 18th-century grand tourism, elite masculinity, sociability, aesthetics, architecture, and archaeology."

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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

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• Performance by Quatuor Ebene Quartet from France. 7:30 p.m. Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis. Sponsored by Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis.



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• "Ethics, Interpretation, and the Torture Memos", presentation by Peter Brooks (part two of two-part series on "Torture and Interrogation in an Age of Terrorism"). 7 p.m. Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium, Marian University, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis. Sponsored by The Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. Information, Dr. Pierre M. Atlas, 317:955-6336. "Brooks is Sterling Professor of comparative literature and French at Yale University."



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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

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• Anti-Hate Workshop - When Hate Hits You: dealing with anti-Asian sentiment. Monday, April 18, 2011 7-8:30 pm at IUPUI, Campus Center (CE) Building. 420 University Blvd, Indianapolis, IN. Room 450 A and B (4th floor). Free admission. Speaker: Bill Yoshino, Director, Midwest Regional Office, Japanese Citizens League (JACL). Topics: Why is it important to be concerned about hate crimes? What are the prevailing stereotypes directed at Asian Americans? What is the history of hate crimes directed at Asian Americans? What is the best way to respond to hate crimes? JACL is co-sponsoring this event with the Asian American Alliance, Inc., and the Asian Student Union of IUPUI.

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• K.P. Singh will be our presenter at the next BRAG Leaders Luncheon on Tuesday, April 19th at 11:30 am at George's Neighborhood Grill on the southeast corner of Binford and East 71st Street. This will be a unique opportunity to find out more about K.P.'s extraordinary artistic career. RSVP to kasvargo@gmail.com and bring $15 to cover your gourmet lunch.

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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

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• Enjoy the international tastes and flavors at the Binford Farmers Market! Our Market opens on Saturday morning, April 2nd at the northwest corner of Binford Boulevard/East 62nd, 9 am to 12:30 pm. Look for your favorite lamb, goat, pork, veal, beef, chicken, eggs, cheeses, fish, game birds of all descriptions, rabbit, herbs, venison, oils, artisan fermentations, unique prepared foods, garden plant starts, and early lettuces! Artists and craftsmen will present their unique items. Free entertainment. Convenient parking. Click on http://www.binfordfarmersmarket.com/ for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.