NELC @ IU Announcement & Event Blog

Call for Papers: The Indiana University Linguistics Community

2011-05-13T09:48:00.001-07:00

The IULC Working Papers is currently accepting submissions for Volume 11. We accept submissions from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members from all departments, and other IU affiliated scholars in linguistics.

The IULC Working Papers is intended to be an outlet for original research in all fields of linguistics and to introduce graduate students to the publication process. Graduate students with outstanding term papers are especially encouraged to consider submitting their work.

For detailed information on the submission process, visit:

http://www.indiana.edu/~iulcwp

Bloomington Summer Festival of the Arts

2011-05-12T06:57:00.000-07:00

Summer in Bloomington means 113 days of music, visual art, cinema, and theatre. Spread out a blanket on the lawn of the Musical Arts Center, munch popcorn and watch an independent film, or cool off while browsing a rare book collection. Whether you're in town for a day, a week, or all 113 days of our summer festival, you'll find something to love about IU's hot summer art scene.

Abraham's Childern-A Prayer for Peace

2011-05-10T05:37:00.000-07:00

Please join us for Abraham's Childern-A Prayer for Peace, a concert promoting world peace through spiritual unity at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, Tuesday, May 10 at 7PM. This event is free and open to the public.

Please see the following website for more information: https://sites.google.com/site/abrahamschildrenaprayer/

This Week @ the IU Art Museum

2011-04-27T07:06:00.002-07:00

This Week @ the IU Art Museum

April 25, 2011

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Opening Reception Friday, April 29, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor Group 3 Yang Chen, photography Erin Goedtel, painting Cathy Marks, metals

COMING NEXT WEEK: One-Hour Exhibition

Student Picks

Friday, May 6, 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.

Robert Doisneau (French, 1912-1944). The Indignant Lady, Plate 14 from the portfolio, Robert Doisneau, 1948 (printed 1979). Gelatin silver print. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Vore, IU Art Museum 81.72.1A.

In celebration of IU's spring graduation, this one-hour "drop-in" exhibition will feature prints, drawings, and photographs selected by the IU Art Museum's Student Academic Committee for Mellon Programs. Among the students' diverse favorites are works by Jean Arp, Giorgio Vasari, Rembrandt van Rijn, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele, Salvador Dali, Paul Klee, Robert Doisneau, and Walt Disney.

COMING NEXT WEEK: Art is Ageless

Art is Ageless

Sunday, May 8, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor

The City of Bloomington Commission on Aging and the Center on Aging and Community invite you to participate in the Creative Aging Festival, a month-long city-wide celebration of Older Americans Month honoring our elders and their creative contributions to our community.

At the IU Art Museum, enjoy a gallery tour with several of the museum's leading elder docents. Then stay for a reading of works by Bell Trace Senior Living Center writers who have been working with Tonia Matthew of the Writers Guild.

In the art of aging, creatvity matters! Come be inspired. All events are free.

New at Angles Café & Gift Shop
Spring Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Sunday Noon-5:00 p.m.

Graduate Students in Digital Arts and Humanities: A Conversation with IDAH’s HASTAC Scholars

2011-04-27T07:06:00.000-07:00

Will Coogan

MA Student, Jacobs School of Music

“Multimedia Collaboration: the Process and the Results”

Will Coogan is currently a master’s candidate in Computer Music Composition. Most of his recent works involve collaboration between acoustic and electronic elements, including interactive computer processing for both audio and video. Will's new multimedia opera "Marabel" combines traditional operatic elements with interactive software, animation, video, and choreography. His discussion will focus on the collaborative process working with other artists, as well as on the use of mixed media as a way of engaging with audiences.

Grant Leyton Simpson

PhD Student, Department of English

Masters in Information Science Student, School of Library and Information Science

Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer for the Office of the Registrar

"Digital Humanities Prehistory and Future Pasts"

Is the digital humanities a sort of futurism? What might we find when we extend our gaze backward instead, to DH's prehistory? How did humanists and others involved in research and publishing conceptualize the relationship between computers and the humanities? How has this developed? In this presentation, Grant will pay particular attention to the visual aspects of published DH materials in his investigation of these questions. His dissertation in the department of English, Computing the English Middle Ages, deals with the hermeneutics of electronic objects and processes from roughly 1960 to the present. In it he traces the use of computers in Old and Middle English research from the early days of humanities computing to contemporary digital humanities.

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

The EU & Libya - Webinar

2011-04-27T07:05:00.001-07:00

Yasir Suleiman Lectures

2011-04-21T10:05:00.000-07:00

Language, Conflict and Inter-cultural (Mis)Communication

Monday, April 25 at 4:30 p.m.

Maple Room of the Indiana Memorial Union

Contextualising Islam in Britain

Wednesday, April 27 at noon

The Bridgwaters Lounge of the Neal-Marshal Black Culture Center

Please join us for light luncheon refreshments in conjunction with this noon lecture which is made possible with the assistance and support of West European Studies and the Center for the Study of the Middle East.

Goddesses, Bulls & Mounds - Archaeology of the Middle East

2011-04-15T07:53:00.000-07:00

Goddesses, Bulls & Mounds

Archaeology of the Middle East

Site Expo Poster Session

Join us as students from ANTH P341/P541 and CUES 389/589 share their research about the archaeology of the Middle East. Posters feature research on a range of fascinating sites -- with details about the excavations, data analysis, site preservation and management efforts, and contemporary socio-politics of 30 different sites!

Friday, April 15

Student Bldg. Main Floor

10:15-12:30

Nazr Necessities: Votive Practices and Objects in Iranian Muharram Ceremonies

2011-04-14T13:30:00.000-07:00

Friday, April 22, 1:30-2:30 pm
Fine Arts, room 007

"Nazr Necessities: Votive Practices and Objects in Iranian Muharram Ceremonies" by Prof. Christiane Gruber, Department of Art History
Abstract:

Votive practices have thrived in Arab, Turkish, and Persian lands since the beginning of Islam to today. At the center of Islamic popular devotional practices stands the votive offering (nazr), by which a pious aspirant uses an object to secure a bond with a sacred entity, be it a place or person. Although it is clear from textual sources that ex-votos have been used since medieval times to make a request or to give thanks for a wish granted, they rarely survive today. Turning to contemporary Iranian Shi'i mourning ceremonies, especially those performed during the month of Muharram, can shed further light on the matter, however. Muharram rituals preserve and expand Islamic votive traditions, while also forwarding sectarian discourses. Moreover, they share intriguing overlaps with Christian and Zoroastrian votive customs, such as processional parades and communal meals. Based on fieldwork carried out in Tehran during December 2010, this paper discusses votive practices and objects used in contemporary Muharram ceremonies in order to explore more broadly how a "world of representations" ('alam al-mithal) can enable a devotee's dealings with the divine within Islamic traditions-- traditions which, in this particular instance, converge into a highly artistic votum complex that fuses Shi'i martyrial narratives with Christian and Zoroastrian ritual practices.

Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road

2011-04-14T13:29:00.001-07:00

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 at 4:00 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

Fatih Yildiz Lecture

2011-04-12T10:20:00.000-07:00

Fatih Yildiz, Turkey's Consul General in Chicago, is giving a lecture concerning Turkey's foreign policy on April 28th.

Flier viewable here.

Khaos Play

2011-04-12T10:17:00.000-07:00

Professor Yasir Suleiman Talks

2011-04-12T10:13:00.001-07:00

The Center for the Study of the Middle East announces the upcoming visit of Professor Yasir Suleiman, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa'id Professor of Modern Arabic Studies and a Fellow of King's College.

Professor Suleiman's research covers the cultural politics of the Middle East with special focus on identity, conflict, diaspora studies and modernization in so far as these issues relate to language, modern Arabic literature, translation and memory. He also conducts research in Arabic grammatical theory and the Arabic intellectual tradition in the pre-modern period.

Prof. Suleiman will present two public talks during his visit to Indiana University:

Language, Conflict and Inter-cultural (Mis)Communication

Monday, April 25 at 4:30 p.m.

Maple Room of the Indiana Memorial Union

Contextualising Islam in Britain

Wednesday, April 27 at noon

The Bridgwaters Lounge of the Neal-Marshal Black Culture Center

Professor Suleiman’s many published works include the following books: Arabic, Self and Identity: A study in Conflict and displacement (forthcoming, 2011), A War of Words: Language and Conflict in the Middle East (2004), The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology (2003), The Arabic Grammatical Tradition: A Study in Tal'liil (1999), Living Islamic History: Studies in Honour of Professor Carole Hillenbrand (editor 2010), Literature and Nation in the Middle East (editor with Ibrahim Muhawi, 2006), Language and Society in the Middle East and North Africa (editor, 1999), Arabic Grammar and Linguistics (editor, 1998), Language and Identity in the Middle East and North Africa (editor, 1996) Arabic Sociolinguistics: Issues and Perspectives (editor, 1994), and Living Islamic History (editor 2010). Professor Suleiman is working on two books (under contract): Arabic in the Fray: Constructing Languages, Constructing Identities (2012) and Being Palestinian (editor, 2012). He is a member of the editorial boards of a number of journals and book series.

Professor Suleiman acted as project leader for Contextualising Islam in Britain: Exploratory Perspectives (http://www.cis.cam.ac.uk/http://www.cis.cam.ac.uk/). A second phase of this project, funded by the British government, is underway. Professor Suleiman lectured internationally, including in the Middle East, US, Europe and sub-Saharan Africa.

Professor Suleiman is Chair of the Panel of Judges, British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society Book Prize on Middle Eastern Studies. He serves as Trustee on the Boards of the following organisations: Arab-British Chamber of Commerce Charitable Fund, International Prize for Arab Fiction (in association with the Man-Booker Prize), Banipal Trust for Arab Literature and Gulf Research Centre-Cambridge. He is also Board Member of the Islamic Manuscript Association (TIMA).Professor Suleiman is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, formerly Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre of Islamic Studies.

This Week @ the IU Art Museum

2011-04-11T13:31:00.001-07:00

Special Event

Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817-1878). View of Dordrecht, 1872-73. Oil on panel. Gift of Stuart M. Sperry, IU Art Museum 2000.201

Europe Day Celebration

Wednesday, April 13,

5:00−7:00 p.m.

Thomas T. Solley Atrium

To commemorate Europe Day, the IU Art Museum will partner with IU's European Union Center to host a "Getting to Know Europe" celebration with works of art, music, and open dialogue between EU Center staff and visitors. In addition, the EU Center and IU Art Museum are pleased to welcome Sven Schumacher, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany to Indianapolis, and Ramin Navai, British Deputy Consul General to Chicago, as honorary guests and speakers at this event.

For more information, visit www.iub.edu/~eucenter.

Noon Talk

Inuit peoples, Alaska.Toggle in the Form of a Figure, nineteenth century (?). Sperm whale ivory, h. 1¾ in. Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection, IU Art Museum 2010.37

Whales, Ice, and Men: The Inuit and Artistic Change

Thursday, April 14, 12:15-1:00 p.m.

Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the Arts of Africa, the South

Pacific, and the Americas, Focalpoint, third floor

Teresa Wilkins, an IU Art Museum graduate

assistant, will discuss how the commercial
whaling industry impacted indigenous Inuit art practices, using objects on view in Cultures in Flux: Art of the Pacific Northwest, which she organized.

Special Poetry Event

INTERSECTIONS: Middle Eastern Poetries and the Arts

Thursdays, April 7, 14, and 21, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Meet in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium, second floor

In honor of National Poetry Month, the Indiana University Art Museum will host a series of three consecutive Thursday evenings of Middle Eastern poetry featuring different themes: Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew. Each evening will include poetry readings in both the original language and in English, live music, and opportunities to view Middle Eastern art from the museum's collections. INTERSECTIONS is presented in partnership with the IU Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. For more information please visit: www.indiana.edu/~nelc/ events/intersections.shtml.

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Opening Reception Friday, April 15 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor Group 2 Carmen Abbott, painting Robert S. Adams, ceramics Joel T. Dugan, painting

New at Angles Café & Gift Shop
Come see the spring umbrella collection inspired by Harold Feinstein's signature collection. His photographs can be found in MOMA as well as other major museums around the world. The new umbrellas come in two sizes (cane :48" and collapsible: 44") and various colors to choose from. Spring Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Sunday Noon-5:00 p.m.

Human Rights and Capacity Building in Emerging Democracies: The International Human Rights Law Institute in Iraq.

2011-04-11T13:29:00.001-07:00

Major General Charles Tucker

(Professor of Law at DePaul University and

Executive Director of the International Human Rights Law Institute)

April 14, 2011 (12:00 – 1:00 PM)
CCD Conference Room
624 E. 3rd Street
Bloomington, IN 47405

Abstract: “The International Human Rights Law Institute has undertaken seven multi-million dollar federally funded capacity building grants aimed at supporting human rights initiatives, the growth of civil society organizations, and the sustainability of democratic legal reform in Iraq. Working in cooperation with local universities, institutions and NGOs in Iraq, the International Human Rights Law Institute has primarily focused its efforts on the support and advocacy of women’s rights and sexual minorities, the improvement of law schools and legal education, and the institutionalization of democratic processes to support Iraq’s most vulnerable populations.”

Bio: Major General (Retired) Charles E. Tucker (USAF) is the Executive Director of the International Human Rights Law Institute. For more than 25 years, he has been an international rule of law and humanitarian law practitioner. He was routinely seconded to the US State Department and various International Organizations. He served multiple tours of duty with the United Nations in various countries and served as Economic and Legal Adviser for the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also served as an International Law Adviser in the Office of the US Secretary of Defense. Additionally, he served as Legal Adviser for the US Ambassador in Iraq, as well as for State Department and DOD missions in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, Central and South America. He was named the Air National Guard’s Outstanding Judge Advocate. In his civilian capacity, he served as a Senior Field Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, where he oversaw the NLRB General Counsel’s adjudication of complex labor rights cases.

Chuck is an accomplished lecturer and has authored numerous manuals on international legal matters. He was an Assistant Professor of Law at the US Air Force Academy, as well as Course Director of the Academy’s Comparative International Law Program. He is the founding Co-Editor of the USAFA Journal of Legal Studies. And he served as Adjunct Professor of Management for Bradley University and as an Adjunct faculty member for Wayland College. He is a 1979 graduate of the University of Notre Dame (BA, Government), a 1982 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law (JD) and a 2003 graduate of the US Air War College.

Prior to his military retirement, Chuck was Director of Joint Doctrine, Training and Force Development for the National Guard Bureau. He was responsible for developing training and exercise policies/programs to ensure joint units of the National Guard were ready to respond to their homeland defense and homeland security missions. He oversaw the Joint Commander Training Course, the Joint State Staff Officer Course, and the National Guard Homeland Defense & Joint Interagency Training Centers. He also formulated Joint Professional Military Education policy and coordinated review of all Joint Professional Military Education curricula.

Marian University - Global Policy Presentations

2011-04-11T13:28:00.001-07:00

"Ethics, Interpretation, and the Torture Memos"

Thursday, April 14, 2011

7 p.m.

Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium

Peter Brooks has written in the Chronicle Review about the ethics of the legal interpretation used to justify the so-called "torture memos" written by John Yoo." He is Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholar in the University Center for Human Values and the Department of Comparative Literature at Princeton. Among his other teaching, he has been directing a three-year seminar, open to students and faculty, on "The Ethics of Reading and the Cultures of Professionalism." He was also a Sterling Professor of comparative literature and French at Yale University, where he began teaching in 1965. Brooks was the founding director of Yale's Whitney Humanities Center (1981-91), and served again as director from 1996-2001. He also chaired the Departments of Comparative Literature and French. From 2003 to 2006, Brooks was a professor in English and law at the University of Virginia, where he founded the Program in Law and Humanities. He is also the author of several books. His essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, The New Republic, Times Literary Supplement, The Nation, London Review of Books, and elsewhere. He has served as a member of the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association, the Stanford Humanities Center Advisory Board, and the Humanities Advisory Council of the New York Public Library. He has held visiting professorships at the University of Texas, the University of Copenhagen, the University of Bologna, the Georgetown University Law Center, Harvard University and as Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School. Brooks received his bachelor of arts, and doctorate in comparative literature degrees from Harvard University and studied at the University of London as a Marshall Scholar. His current interests include law and literature, realism in literature, and painting, the study of character and identity. Dr. Brooks has written in the Chronicle Review about the ethics of the legal interpretation used to justify the so-called "torture memos" written by John Yoo.

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Tagore's "Religion of Man" - Martha Nussbaum

2011-04-08T09:17:00.000-07:00

Tagore’s “Religion of Man”

Martha Nussbaum
Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics
University of Chicago

Friday, April 22 at 5:30 pm
State Room East
Indiana Memorial Union

ABSTRACT
Nineteenth-century political thinkers grew obsessed with the question of how politics might
motivate citizens to depart from narrow egoism and greed, accepting sacrifices for the sake
of fair political institutions and a decent living standard for all. Auguste Comte’s “Religion of
Humanity” had enormous influence all over the world, including India, where leading Bengali intellectuals adapted his ideas to their own situation. Meanwhile, Comte’s proposals, which asked for a great deal of social homogeneity and control, were undergoing criticism and reformulation—by John Stuart Mill in Britain, and later by Tagore in his 1930 Hibbert Lectures in Oxford. Tagore and Mill agree in basing the new humanistic religion in a cultivation of individual freedom and self-expression, but Tagore, drawing on the Baul tradition, gives it a more richly emotional foundation.

Are We Stuck in the Nuclear Age?

2011-04-07T15:42:00.001-07:00

Sir Lawrence Freedman

Professor of War Studies and Vice-Principal

King's College, London

Sir Lawrence Freedman’s career has been marked by impressive contributions to the understanding of nuclear issues, both historic and strategic, culminating in his seminal publication The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, now in its 3^rd addition and widely acclaimed as a standard within the field. Sir Lawrence has been Vice Principal (Research) of King’s College since 2003 and a Fellow since 1992. He was elected Fellow of the British Academy in 1995 and appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1996 and Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 2003. Sir Lawrence served as Foreign Policy advisor to Tony Blair, and is the Official Historian of the Falklands Campaign. In June 2009, he was appointed to serve as a member of the official inquiry into Britain and the 2003 Iraq War.

Thursday, April 14 at 6:30 pm

President’s Room, University Club

Indiana Memorial Union

Getting Elected to Parliament with a Headscarf: The politics, the glass ceiling, and Islamophobia

2011-04-07T15:41:00.000-07:00

Getting Elected to Parliament with a Headscarf:

The politics, the glass ceiling, and Islamophobia

Mahinur Ozdemir

Monday April 11, 2011, 4:00 PM

Woodburn 120

Mahinur Ozdemir was elected at the age of 26 to Brussels’ Regional Parliament (2009) and is a member of the Belgian party Humanist Democratic Center (CDH). Before that, she served on the city council of the Schaerbeek district of Brussels. She serves on several organizations to help the advancement of minorities in Belgium and received several awards for her work. Mahinur Ozdemir earned a degree in political science and public administration from Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Horizons of Knowledge Lecture: Bozena Shallcross

2011-04-06T10:10:00.000-07:00

Flier may be viewed here.

Rebetiki Istoria Concert

2011-04-06T10:07:00.000-07:00

The Modern Greek Program and West European Studies at Indiana University Bloomington has the pleasure to host Rebetiki Istoria, one of Athens' finest traditional rebetika bands, at the Ivy Tech John Waldron Performing Arts Center Auditorium on Monday, April 11, at 7:00 p.m.

Rebetika, for the uninitiated, is an urban musical form that is roughly analogous to the blues in American culture. This syncretic music grew out of Greece’s population exchanges with Turkey in the 1920s and documents the experiences of the 1.3 million Orthodox inhabitants of Asia Minor who were forced to leave their homelands and migrate to Greece. It is an immensely passionate musical genre that speaks the international language of 20^th-century popular song with a Greek twist: talking about love and romance, migration and dispossession, the struggle to survive in challenging economic conditions, the temptations of drugs and alcohol, and the longing for a better world.

What makes the Rembetiki Istoria particularly special is that the audience is able to experience this amazing music across the boundaries of language and culture. The band is accompanied by Yona Stamatis, a doctoral candidate in Ethnomusicology at the University of Michigan, who, in addition to playing with the band, will provide an opening introduction. Additionally, song lyrics are translated into English so non-Greek speakers can better understand the performance.

UCLA Center for Near East Studies

2011-04-05T10:28:00.000-07:00

http://www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/

UCLA's CNES has a plethora of relevant events and classes.

SKOMP Distinguished Lecture - Penelope Eckert of Stanford University

2011-04-05T10:25:00.000-07:00

Indiana University's Anthropology Department presents the 2011 Annual David Skomp Distinguished Lecture in Anthropology: Dr. Penelope Eckert (Stanford University) Doing Adolescence: Linguistic Variation, Stylistic Practice, and the Construction of Social Meaning Sociolinguistic variation is best known for its correlations with broad demographic categories - class, gender, age, ethnicity. But the demographic patterns are in a sense epiphenomenal, reflecting indexical activity on a local level that connects indirectly, but systematically, to these categories. As a key element in stylistic practice, variation calls up social types and concerns that are constitutive of local, and ultimately global, social categories. This construction of social meaning is particularly active among adolescents, whose intense symbolic activity makes them the movers and shakers in linguistic change. This symbolic activity is an integral part of the emergence of a peer-based social order as the age cohort jointly appropriates social control from adults. Based on long-term ethnography in elementary and high schools, this talk will trace the emergence of a peer-based social order, showing how the formation of this social order is foundational to the organization of stylistic practice, and the emergence of an integrated system of social differentiation in language use. Penelope Eckert received her PhD in Linguistics from Columbia University in 1978. She is now a Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University, where she is also associated with the Department of Cultural and Social Anthropology. She is widely known for her ethnographic approach to the study of variation in language, and is the author of numerous books and articles which have explored the ways in which variable features of language are reflected in individual identities and are used in turn to build and shape those identities. Among her best known works are Jocks and Burnouts: Social Identity in the High School (1989), Linguistic Variation as Social Practice (2000), and Language and Gender (with Sally McConnell-Ginet, 2003).

Swain West 007
Thur April 21 - 530PM

Has Pakistan’s Democracy Progressed?

2011-04-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

The IU Dhar India Studies Program presents

Has Pakistan’s Democracy Progressed?

Akbar Zaidi
Visiting Professor of International and Public Affairs
and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies
Columbia University

Friday, April 15 at 5:30 pm
Dhar India Studies House
825 East 8th Street
(Corner of 8th & Woodlawn)

ABSTRACT

Unlike many other developing countries which have moved away from military rule in favor of strengthening democratic processes and institutions, Pakistan still struggles with weak democratic structures following its most recent period of military rule. This lecture will investigate why the country’s democracy is in such a state. Are Pakistan’s political actors and civil society able to strengthen democracy in Pakistan, or will the chronic dynamics of a security state continue to determine Pakistan’s political future? Has the United States played a role in strengthening democracy in Pakistan? Has the War on Terror along with Pakistan’s military compromised democracy? Do Pakistan’s political and civilian actors have the ability to establish democracy at all?

IU Art Museum Weekly Events

2011-04-04T16:00:00.000-07:00

Special Exhibition

Eyes behind the Camera:
The Congolese Share Their Story

April 1-April 22, 2011

Thomas T. Solley Atrium, second floor

Co-sponsored by Giving Back to Africa, Inc., and the IU Art Museum
In January 2011, orphans, students, and teachers at Program of Aid and Integration to the Underprivileged (PAID) in the Democratic Republic of Congo took photos of their community and lives as part of a participatory media project and exchange with schools in Bloomington.

New in the Galleries

The Prodigal Son: A Tale of Loss and Forgiveness

April 5-October 2, 2011

Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor

This installation features three scenes from the New Testament parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15: 11-32) by three Northern European printmakers: the prodigal son wasting his patrimony (Jacob Matham), the prodigal son hitting rock bottom in the pigsty (Albrecht Dürer), and the prodigal son's return home to the welcoming arms of his father (Rembrandt van Rijn).

Cultures in Flux: Art of the Pacific Northwest

April 5-July 31, 2011

Raymond and Laura Wielgus Gallery of the Arts of Africa,

the South Pacific, and the Americas, Focalpoint, third floor

From customary objects, such as a shaman's amulet, to those made for trade, such as a cribbage board in the form of a seal, the arts of Native American peoples of the Northwest Coast reveal both persistence and change through time. This small exhibition showcases a sampling of these artistic traditions drawn from the museum's permanent collections as well as loans from the Lilly Library, the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, and a private collection. Cultures in Flux is organized by Teresa Wilkins, a graduate student in the Department of the History of Art and a graduate assistant at the IU Art Museum for the arts of Africa, the South Pacific, and the Americas.

Continuing Studies Class

Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853-1890).Portrait of Dr. Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, 1890. Etching on paper. IU Art Museum 77.52

The World of Van Gogh in Art and Music

This spring marks the world premier of the opera Vincent at the IU Jacobs
School of Music. Join us at the IU Art Museum to look at van Gogh the
artist and to delve into the world of the opera. Heidi Gealt will provide a brief overview of van Gogh's career with
highlights of his finest works and discuss the van Gogh drawing in the museum's collection. Constance Glen will discuss the approaches taken by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Bernard Rands and librettist J. D. McClatchy. Experience the drama and the music of Vincent through the use of video, slides, recordings, and live piano.

IU Opera performance dates of Vincent are April 8, 9, 15, and 16.

Instructors: Heidi Gealt is the director of the IU Art Museum and curator of Western art before 1800.
Constance Cook Glen is the coordinator and a lecturer for the Music in General Studies Program (MGS) at the IU Jacobs School of Music.
Dates and Times: The class is offered at two different dates:
Tuesday, April 5, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and
Thursday, April 7, 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Tuesday Location: IU Art Museum
Thursday Location: Monroe County Public Library Auditorium, 303 E. Kirkwood Avenue
Senior Fee 55+: $40; Regular Fee: $50
For more information and to register, contact IU Bloomington
Continuing Studies at (812) 855-9335 or visitwww.continue.indiana.edu.

Noon Talk

Between Two Cultures

Wednesday, April 6, 12:15-1:00 p.m.

Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor

Vivian Nun Halloran, director of the Asian American Studies

Program and associate professor of comparative literature, will discuss the use of Japanese and American imagery and the role of cross-cultural identity in Roger Shimomura's Kansas Samurai. This program is presented in conjunction with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

One-Hour Exhibition

Garry Winogrand (American, 1928-1984).Hollywood Street Scene, 1969. Gelatin silver print. IU Art Museum 81.25.2

Street Photography

Friday, April 8, 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Gallery of the Art of the Western World, first floor

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.

This month's "drop-in" works-on-paper viewing room exhibition will feature work by urban documentary photographers who take their cameras out into the streets, including Weegee, Brassaï, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, André Kertész, Robert Frank, and Garry Winogrand.

This program is presented in conjunction with "Celebrating the Museum," a yearlong initiative to raise awareness about the treasures in Bloomington's museums.

Special Poetry Event

INTERSECTIONS: Middle Eastern Poetries and the Arts

Thursdays, April 7, 14, and 21, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Meet in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium, second floor

In honor of National Poetry Month, the Indiana University Art Museum will host a series of three consecutive Thursday evenings of Middle Eastern poetry featuring different themes: Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew. Each evening will include poetry readings in both the original language and in English, live music, and opportunities to view Middle Eastern art from the museum's collections. INTERSECTIONS is presented in partnership with the IU Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

For more information please visit: www.indiana.edu/~nelc/
events/intersections.shtml.

Art in Focus

Van Gogh in Focus

Sunday, April 10, 2:15 p.m.

Gallery of the Art of the Western

World, IU Art Museum

Nan Brewer, the Lucienne M. Glaubinger Curator of Works on Paper, will talk about the IU Art Museum's Vincent van Gogh etching,Portrait of Dr. Paul-Ferdinand Gachet.

Lust for Life (1956)

Sunday, April 10, 3:00 p.m.

IU Cinema

Vincente Minelli directed this biographical movie about Vincent Van Gogh's adulthood, from his dismissal from divinity school through his tempestuous relationship with drawing and painting. Through its re-creation of the spaces that haunt van Gogh's paintings-his sparse bedroom, the fields of flowers, and the starry nights-Lust for Lifeportrays a brilliant artist teetering on the edge of despair or success, sanity and insanity. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Kirk Douglas for Best Actor. The film will be introduced by James Naremore, author of The Films of Vincente Minnelli and Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication and Culture.

Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions

March 30-May 8, 2011

Special Exhibitions Gallery, first floor

Opening Receptions: Fridays from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Thomas T. Solley Atrium, first floor

Group 1

March 30-April 10

Eun Young Choi, metals
Travis Hinkle, painting
Stephanie Watters Flores, graphic design
Erin Robinson, digital art
Group 2

April 13-24

Reception: Friday, April 15

Carmen Abbott, painting
Robert S. Adams, ceramics
Joel T. Dugan, painting
Group 3

April 27-May 8

Reception: Friday, April 29

Yang Chen, photography

Erin Goedtel, painting
Cathy Marks, metals

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The Ethnic Hoosier - April 2011 Events Spotlight

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NOTE: Following are excerpts from our extensive website calendar. For more complete information, please go to: http://nationalitiescouncil.org/calendar.html.

Some events are provided in more detail at www.Provocate.org

Unless specified otherwise, all addresses are in Indianapolis. Abbreviations used: BU (Butler University), CMH (Clowes Memorial Hall), CTS (Christian Theological Seminary), IAC (Indianapolis Art Center), ICC (India Community Center), IHC (Indiana History Center), IMCPL (Indianapolis Marion County Public Library), IUB (IU Bloomington), IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis), JCC (Jewish Community Center), MU (Marian University), PPAC (Pike Performing Arts Center), PWL (Purdue University W. Lafayette), UIndy (University of Indianapolis), ZPAC (Zionsville Performing Arts Center).

April 2011

5th

Tournées Festival. "L'Ennemi Intime (Intimate Enemies)," 7:00 p.m.All films open to the public at no charge; registration is recommended. Marian University is proud to host the Tournées Festival of French films made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture. This is the only officially sanctioned French film festival in Indianapolis. Faculty-led discussions will follow each film showing. Each film will be shown at the Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium on the Marian University campus, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46222. For more information, contact: Carolyn Johnston, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History,317.955.6144. cjohnston@marian.edu. www.marian.edu/filmfestival

The Scottish Society of Indianapolis. 6:30 p.m. The Scottish Society of Indianapolis will be hosting its monthly pitch-in dinner and program at The Latvian Center located at 1008 W. 64th Street, Indpls, IN. Guests are free as always. Please come and join us. Change of Day for Tartan Day Service. Come get your Tartan blessed. www.indyscot.org for more details.

"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."
Tournées Festival. "La Fille du RER (The Girl on the Train)," 7:00 p.m. All films open to the public at no charge; registration is recommended. Marian University is proud to host the Tournées Festival of French films made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture. This is the only officially sanctioned French film festival in Indianapolis. Faculty-led discussions will follow each film showing. Each film will be shown at the Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium on the Marian University campus, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46222. For more information, contact: Carolyn Johnston, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History,317.955.6144. cjohnston@marian.edu. www.marian.edu/filmfestival.
Indiana University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Title: “Intersections: Middle Eastern Poetries in/and the Arts.” Location: IUB Art Museum, 2^nd Floor. Time: 7 – 9 p.m. Date: April 7, 14, and 21. “Bloomington, Ind. -- In honor of National Poetry Month, the IU Art Museum will host "INTERSECTIONS: Middle Eastern Poetries and the Arts," a series of three consecutive Thursday evenings of Middle Eastern poetry featuring different themes. The readings are scheduled for April 7, 14 and 21 from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium. Each evening will include poetry readings in both the original language and in English, live music and a gallery talk and tour of the Art Museum's Middle Eastern art holdings, presented by Juliet Istrabadi Graver, curatorial assistant for ancient art. ‘INTERSECTIONS’ is presented in partnership with the IU Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and the IU Art Museum.” For more details please visit our website;http://www.indiana.edu/~nelc/events/intersections.shtml.
Indianapolis Museum of Art presents a lecture at 5:30 and a panel discussion at 7 pm on National Identity, Cultural Diplomacy and the Role of Contemporary Art. The IMA has commissioned works by the Puerto Rico-based artist duo Allora & Calzadilla to represent the United States at the U.S. Pavilion this June at the Venice Biennale.

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 www.BinfordFarmersMarket.com for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.
Tournées Festival. “Panique au Village (A Town Called Panic),” 2:00 p.m. All films open to the public at no charge; registration is recommended. Marian University is proud to host the Tournées Festival of French films made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture. This is the only officially sanctioned French film festival in Indianapolis. Faculty-led discussions will follow each film showing. Each film will be shown at the Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium on the Marian University campus, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46222. For more information, contact: Carolyn Johnston, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History,317.955.6144. cjohnston@marian.edu. www.marian.edu/filmfestival.
Tournées Festival. “La France (La France),” 7:00 p.m. All films open to the public at no charge; registration is recommended. Marian University is proud to host the Tournées Festival of French films made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture. This is the only officially sanctioned French film festival in Indianapolis. Faculty-led discussions will follow each film showing. Each film will be shown at the Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium on the Marian University campus, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46222. For more information, contact: Carolyn Johnston, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History,317.955.6144.cjohnston@marian.edu. www.marian.edu/filmfestival.

Tournées Festival. “C'est dur d'être aimé par des cons (It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks),” 2:00 p.m. (sponsored by Nuvo). All films open to the public at no charge; registration is recommended. Marian University is proud to host the Tournées Festival of French films made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture. This is the only officially sanctioned French film festival in Indianapolis. Faculty-led discussions will follow each film showing. Each film will be shown at the Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium on the Marian University campus, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, Indiana 46222. For more information, contact: Carolyn Johnston, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History,317.955.6144. cjohnston@marian.edu. www.marian.edu/filmfestival.

Regular meeting of the Nationalities Council of Indiana. 7:00 p.m. Athenaeum, Max Kade Room, 401 E. Michigan Street. All are welcome..

The World Trade Club of Indiana. Speaker Sam Dani. “We now invite you to attend our April luncheon - "Doing Business in India" - An overview of key issues that American companies generally face in India, followed by a discussion of specific questions.” Baker & Daniels, 300 North Meridian St, Downtown Indianapolis. Multi-story parking can be accessed from Illinois St. 11:30 am - 1:00pm. Make your reservation now to learn more about doing business in India and enjoy the lunch, socializing and business networking. Members Free; Non-Members $35. Contact: 317.971.2638 (voice mail); http://www.wtcin.net/.

Performance by Quatuor Ebene Quartet from France. 7:30 p.m. Indiana History Center, 450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis. Sponsored byEnsemble Music Society of Indianapolis.
Indiana German Heritage Society. Board Meeting, Stammtisch and Program: Spring and Easter Season Baking presented by Juergen Jungbauer, Chef and proprietor extraordinaire of The Heidelberg Haus Restaurant and Bakery. He will share recipes and samplings as well as interesting anecdotes of his lifelong love of baking in Germany and America. His Heidelberg Haus Restaurant and Bakery is a one-of-a-kind cafe and restaurant in Indianapolis on the east side, comprised of a full-scale German deli, bakery and gift shop. As always, the programs are held at the Athenaeum, 401 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis. They are in English - free of charge and open to the public. Optional dinner with conversation at 6:30 p.m. with program at 7:30 p.m. For questions, contact Claudia Grossman at the Max Kade Center, 317.274.2330, cgrossma@iupui.edu.

"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."
United Way of Central Indiana's (UWCI) Volunteer Center is planning an interfaith exchange during the first-ever Faith United community summit on Thurs., April 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. With approximately 700 faith-based organizations in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion and Morgan counties, UWCI "sees great potential to develop meaningful experiences with prospective volunteers in the faith-based community," said UWCI's Volunteer Center Director Alan Witchey. The free summit will be at Broadway United Methodist Church on 609 East 29^thStreet with lunch provided. R.S.V.P. to Joyce Rose at 317.921.1271, joyce.rose@uwci.org or online at www.uwci.org.
Learn ways to use the fastest growing communication tool from The Fundraising School at Indiana University at United Way of Central Indiana’s (UWCI) Nonprofit Training Center’s Using Social Media in Fundraising workshop on Thurs., April 14 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The workshop is presented by Jeff Stanger of The Fundraising School. Located at the Hendricks County 4H Fairgrounds and Conference Complex in Danville, Ind., the workshop will cover effective ways to use e-mail, online tools and social networking sites for strategic fundraising success. Participants will leave with a better understating of organizational relationship development by creating a solid e-strategy. Through a special arrangement with The Fund Raising School of Indiana University and the Indiana Nonprofit Resource Network, the workshop is offered to interested participants at just 10 percent of the regular registration fee. The $75 fee for United Way agencies and $80 for others includes continental breakfast and lunch. For more information, visit http://www.uwci.org/ntc or contact Kim Donahue at 317.921.1212 orKim.Donahue@uwci.org.
Indiana University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Title: “Intersections: Middle Eastern Poetries in/and the Arts.” Location: IUB Art Museum, 2^nd Floor. Time: 7 – 9 p.m. Date: April 7, 14, and 21. “Bloomington, Ind. -- In honor of National Poetry Month, the IU Art Museum will host "INTERSECTIONS: Middle Eastern Poetries and the Arts," a series of three consecutive Thursday evenings of Middle Eastern poetry featuring different themes. The readings are scheduled for April 7, 14 and 21 from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium. Each evening will include poetry readings in both the original language and in English, live music and a gallery talk and tour of the Art Museum's Middle Eastern art holdings, presented by Juliet Istrabadi Graver, curatorial assistant for ancient art. ‘INTERSECTIONS’ is presented in partnership with the IU Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and the IU Art Museum.” For more details please visit our website;http://www.indiana.edu/~nelc/events/intersections.shtml.

14-15

United Way of Central Indiana. "Time is running out to be a part of United Way of Central Indiana (UWCI)’s 17^th Annual Youth Day of Caring on Fri., April 15, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. or 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sat., April 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Volunteers aged 5 to 25 are still needed to participate in this two-day event. The registration deadline is Fri., April 8, and volunteers from schools, faith-based organizations and youth groups are all encouraged to get involved. Currently, 2,300 youth are registered; however, UWCI hopes to reach 4,500 volunteers. In collaboration with Global Youth Service Day, UWCI’s Youth Day of Caring helps youth understand the value volunteerism brings to the community by organizing involvement in different service projects across Central Indiana. Individuals and groups are welcome, and volunteers may participate on one or both days. For more information or to register, visit www.uwci.org or contact Tiffany Dow at 317.921.1385 ortiffany.dow@uwci.org."

· 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 www.BinfordFarmersMarket.com for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

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.

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.

The Economic Club of Indiana. Gary Becker, Nobel Prize Winner in economics. "Economics surely does not provide a romantic vision of life. But the widespread poverty, misery, and crises in many parts of the world, much of it unnecessary, are strong reminders that understanding economic and social laws can make an enormous contribution to the welfare of people." These were the closing remarks of Gary Becker as he accepted his Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Becker's work centers on how economics explains social issues such as discrimination, crime and punishment and the role of the family. On April 20, come hear Becker on a most timely topic - "The Slow Recovery and Long Run Challenges to the American Economy." The lunch takes place at the Indiana Convention Center in the 500 Ballroom from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (EDT).
Monthly meeting of Diversity Roundtable of Central Indiana, at Citizens Energy Group, 2020 North Meridian, 8:00 a.m - 10:30 a.m. Topic: Issues Facing the Muslim Community of Central Indiana. Speaker: Shariq Siddiqui, Muslim Alliance of Indianapolis. This event is free and open to the public.

Indiana University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Title: “Intersections: Middle Eastern Poetries in/and the Arts.” Location: IUB Art Museum, 2^nd Floor. Time: 7 – 9 p.m. Date: April 7, 14, and 21. “Bloomington, Ind. -- In honor of National Poetry Month, the IU Art Museum will host "INTERSECTIONS: Middle Eastern Poetries and the Arts," a series of three consecutive Thursday evenings of Middle Eastern poetry featuring different themes. The readings are scheduled for April 7, 14 and 21 from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. in the Thomas T. Solley Atrium. Each evening will include poetry readings in both the original language and in English, live music and a gallery talk and tour of the Art Museum's Middle Eastern art holdings, presented by Juliet Istrabadi Graver, curatorial assistant for ancient art. ‘INTERSECTIONS’ is presented in partnership with the IU Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and the IU Art Museum.” For more details please visit our website;http://www.indiana.edu/~nelc/events/intersections.shtml.

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 www.BinfordFarmersMarket.com for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

30 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 www.BinfordFarmersMarket.com for details. Join us on April 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th as well.

The Evolution of India-Israel Relations - Rajendra Abhyankar

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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

2011-03-29T10:11:00.000-07:00

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.

STARTALK 2011 Teacher Training for Arabic and Turkish

2011-03-28T08:15:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-28T07:53:00.001-07:00

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

2011-03-28T07:49:00.001-07:00

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

2011-03-28T06:45:00.000-07:00

Please RSVP via Facebook

Intersections 2011: April 7, 14, 21

2011-03-27T10:12:00.000-07:00

Please RSVP via Facebook

Second IU World Language Festival

2011-03-25T12:19:00.001-07:00

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 Saturday, April 9^th, 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.

Navruz 2011 - Concert & Dinner Reception

2011-03-24T10:32:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-24T10:30:00.000-07:00

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:

2011-03-24T10:23:00.000-07:00

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.

Digital Arts and Humanities Brown Bag Series

2011-03-23T00:08:00.000-07:00

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

STARTALK 2011 - Teacher Training for Arabic & Turkish

2011-03-22T10:18:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-22T10:14:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-22T10:10:00.001-07:00

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

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

2011-03-21T17:30:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-21T17:29:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-21T17:23:00.000-07:00

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

African Modernity and Identity in the Era of New Media

2011-03-13T23:52:00.000-07:00

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:

African Studies Program

Office of the Vice President of International Affairs, Communications & Culture, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore & Ethnomusicology, Political Science, Department of History, School of Library & Information Science

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

2011-03-13T23:42:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-13T23:39:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-13T23:37:00.000-07:00

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.”

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

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

International NGO Networking Event

2011-03-13T23:30:00.001-07:00

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

2011-03-13T23:23:00.000-07:00

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.

Buddhism & Islam on the Silk Road

2011-03-09T10:23:00.001-08:00

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.

African Modernity and Identity in the Era of New Media

2011-03-09T10:21:00.001-08:00

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:

African Studies Program

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

Department of Folklore Research Colloquium Series: The Aesthetics of Fear

2011-03-08T10:31:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-08T10:29:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-08T10:26:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-08T10:20:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-08T10:18:00.000-08:00

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.

Symposium - Expressive Culture as Heritage in the Andes

2011-03-03T10:13:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-02T12:12:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-02T06:41:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-02T05:55:00.000-08:00

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

2011-03-02T05:30:00.000-08:00

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."

3

• 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/.

4

• "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.

4-5

• 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.

11

• 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.

11-12

• 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.

11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20

• "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.

14

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

16

• 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.

26-27

• 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.

India & West Asia: The Transformation of India's Policy Towards the Middle East After the Cold War

2011-03-02T05:25:00.000-08:00

Featuring:

Rajendra Abhyankar,

Diplomat-in-Residence at the Center for American and Global Security

Rajendra Abhyankar also is Chairman of the Kunzru Centre for Defence Study and Research, Pune. A former diplomat, he was Indian Ambassador in Syria, Turkey and Azerbaijan 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.

Co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Middle East and the Department of Political Science

Thurs., March 3rd, 5:30-7pm,

Ballantine Hall, Room 005

Since India’s Independence in 1947 a lot has changed in the region- especially at the political and geo-strategic level. While the cardinal points of India’s policy have remained constant, there has been a change of nuance and content at each major tipping point affecting the Middle East: the oil crisis of 1974, the end of the Cold War in 1989 and 9/11 and its aftermath. Possibly, 2011 may be viewed as another bench-mark. The lecture will attempt to posit India’s policy towards the Middle East, or West Asia, in the context of these momentous developments affecting the region.

Rethinking the "Post-Defeat" Discursive Space: Censorship during the Occupation Period

2011-03-01T10:10:00.000-08:00

Richi Sakakibara - Associate Professor of Modern Japanese Literature - Waseda University
Thursday March 10 - 4pm - Hoagy Carmichael Room, Morrison Hall 006

The occupation period was a time of ambivalence for writers of Japanese literature. It was undoubtedly a time of freedom, as they were liberated from the wartime regulations on writing. Yet, at the same time, it was a time of oppression, as they were forced to negotiate with the very power that granted that freedom, the General Headquarters/Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (GHQ/SCAP). This ambivalence manifests itself most clearly in their silence on censorship issues. Re-examining this silence is particularly important as recent research examining materials in the University of Maryland's Gordon W. Prange collection, an archive of Japanese censored publications, has begun to reveal the actual operations of censorship. My talk seeks to address this space of ambivalence while introducing recent scholarly developments on occupation censorship in literature.

Whose Legal Empowerment? Donor Funded legal Aid and Experiential Learning in China

2011-03-01T10:04:00.000-08:00

Veronica L. Taylor - School of Regulation, Justice, and Diplomacy - Australian National University
Friday March 4 - 12 Noon - Ballantine 004

This talk presents the results of a three-year project funded by the U.S. State Department in which we delivered Legal Aid funding and training in three impoverished regions in China: rural Hunan, rural Chongqing and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Alongside the project, we surveyed 1,800 households about their attitudes to rule of law and their experiences of family,land, labor and personal injury disputes. This is the most robust evaluation of a rule of law project conducted in China to date. On the basis of these results, we point to some important paradoxes in the way that donor legal assistance is designed and delivered and explain how we changed our project design to better accommodate local conditions.

athways for Mutual Respect and Yale University's Center for Faith & Culture Summer Institute

2011-03-01T10:00:00.000-08:00

Pathways for Mutual Respect and Yale University's Center for Faith & Culture are hosting our 3rd annual Summer Institute, entitled Islam & Intercultural Collaboration: Leadership Amidst Controversy. This year's Institute focuses on leadership development and a limited number of FULL scholarships are available. Successful applicants may choose from two session options, each one week long. Questions, or to nominate someone for a scholarship, please call or email me: Jennifer Hartley, 203-737-0841 jennifer.hartley@pfmr.org

The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program Faculty-Graduate Workshop Series, Spring 2011

2011-02-28T17:09:00.000-08:00

All My Life A Musician : The Art, Contexts and Aesthetics of East European Jewish Traditional Musical Performers - Michael Alpert Paul - Artist in Residence - Borns Jewish Studies Program - Friday March 4 - Distinguished Alumni Room - 12:00 Noon
Challenging Particularity: Jews as a Lens on Latin American Ethnicity - Jeffrey Lesser - Professor of History - Emory University - Friday March 25 - University Club President's Room IMU - 12:00 Noon
This Land is My Land, Your Land is My Land: Dueling Narratives Within Israel and Palestinian Jerusalem Amy Horowitz - Dept. of Comparative Literature - Mershon Center - Friday April 22 - University Club President's Room IMU - 12:00 Noon

Interrogation in the Era of Non-Traditional Combatants

2011-02-25T12:30:00.000-08:00

"Interrogation in the Era of Non-Traditional Combatants"

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

7 p.m.

Greg Hartley

Mother Theresa Hackelmeier Memorial Library Auditorium

Greg Hartley 's expertise as an interrogator, interrogation instructor and resistance to interrogation instructor first earned him honors with the United States Army. More recently, it has drawn national level intelligence organizations and international media to seek his insights about "how to" as well as "why." He 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. Hartley has trained government agencies, private investigators, human resource representatives, lawyers, and finance experts to read people and detect deception. He has worked as a business consultant to Fortune 500 companies in the U.S. and consulted with international clients. Hartley is also the author of seven books.
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2010-11 Global Studies Speaker Series
Sponsored by:

Two-Part Series on "Torture and Interrogation in an Age of Terrorism"

Tuesday, March 1, 2011
7 p.m.
Greg Hartley
Interrogation in the Era of Non-Traditional Combatants

Thursday, April 14, 2011
7 p.m.
Peter Brooks
Ethics, Interpretation, and the Torture Memos

Register Now!

The Challenge of Being the Majority: Intra-Jewish and Multicultural Issues in Israel

2011-02-24T16:29:00.000-08:00

Talk by Prof. Tamar Arieli, Schusterman Visiting Professor of Israel Studies, this coming Sunday, Feb. 27, 7 PM, om "The Challenge of Being the Majority: Intra-Jewish and Multicultural Issues in Israel" at Congregation Beth Shalom (near the corner of Third St. and Smith Rd.).

Flyer

Branigin Lecture by Christopher Melchert

2011-02-23T16:33:00.000-08:00

Dear friends/colleagues,Indiana University Institute for Advanced Study presents a Branigin Lecture by

Christopher Melchert

Agreeing to Disagree (or not): The Shaping of Islam In the Early Middle Ages

Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 4:00 p.m. - Wright Education Building, 1120 (201 N. Rose Ave.) IU Bloomington

The Sunni community formed in the ninth and tenth centuries CE around a series of agreements to disagree. Multiple texts of the Qur?an were accepted, multiple collections of sound hadith, and most importantly multiple schools of law. In the area of piety, Sufism evolved so as to avoid offence to the legal-minded, although tensions here have persisted to the present. Agreement was even more elusive in the area of theology, although with diminishing effects in time except as to the Sunni-Shi`i divide. Probabilism was the most important mechanism for keeping the peace: one felt sure that one?s own way was the closest to what God wanted but recognized that there was a certain chance that other ways were actually closer.

Christopher Melchert is University Lecturer in Arabic and Islam at the Oriental Institute and a Fellow of Pembrook College at the University of Oxford, England. He is one of the leading experts on Islamic law, focusing on the formation of Islamic legal traditions and on the early Hanbali school. His 1997 book, The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law, 9th-10th Centuries C.E. has already become a modern classic.

U.S. Policy and Strategy in Afghanistan - What Next?

2011-02-23T16:25:00.001-08:00

The Center of the Study of the Middle East announces the upcoming lecture

"U.S. Policy and Strategy in Afghanistan - What Next?"

by Larry P. Goodson, Professor of Middle East Studies U.S. Army War College

Friday, February 25 at 5:30 pm
India Studies House

For additional information see attached flyer or contact:

Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program
825 E 8th Street, Bloomington IN 47408
812 855 5798
http://indiana.edu/~isp
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This lecture is made possible through the support of The Indiana University India Studies Program, The Center on American and Global Security, and The Center for the Study of the Middle East.

Special ArtsWeek 2011 Program

2011-02-22T14:24:00.001-08:00

Special ArtsWeek 2011 Program

Saturday, February 26, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Sunday, February 27, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

The IU Art Museum is presenting Family ArtsWeekEnd, a unique program created for IU's ArtsWeek 2011 with funding from an ArtsWeek grant. This program will give families throughout south-central Indiana opportunities to explore four primary areas of K-12 curricula (history, math, science, and literature) through the visual arts.

Working closely with an ArtsWeekEnd team of Art Museum staff, IU students, and K-12 classroom and art teachers, the museum's education department will offer four curriculum-based gallery sessionsand four hands-on "work stations" that will showcase the visual arts as a vehicle for teaching and learning.

Each 30-minute gallery session will emphasize how artists from around the world and throughout the ages have clothed ideas in the language and media of the visual arts, using examples from the museum's extensive collection of worldwide art. Museum tour guides will tailor these curriculum-based gallery experiences to a range of age groups.

Saturday afternoon's program will focus on history and science; Sunday afternoon's program will spotlight math and literature. Tour guides will be available throughout both afternoons to repeat gallery sessions as requested.

"Work stations" will be positioned on the first and second floors of the museum's Thomas T. Solley Atrium, where families can participate in hands-on projects coordinated with the gallery sessions. There will be two work stations per day (history and science on Saturday; math and literature on Sunday). Practicum students and volunteers from the museum's education department will assist families with the various hands-on projects. At the end of each day's program, families will be able to take home resource materials that are designed to extend the museum's activities at home.

Live music will be provided by Bobbie Lancaster on Saturday and Mitch & Eileen Rice on Sunday. Free refreshments will be provided as well. No tickets are required to attend this event.

Family ArtsWeekEnd is made possible by a generous ArtsWeek 2011 grant through the IU Office of the Vice Provost for Research. Additional support comes from the IU Art Museum's ARC Fund, Learning Treasures, and Pygmalion's Art Supplies.

East Asian Studies Center - Spring 2011 Special Events

2011-02-18T12:22:00.000-08:00

Symposium on "Difference and Constitutionalism in Asia"
March 4-5 - 8am-5pm Maurer School of Law
Hosted by the ANU-IU Pan Asia Institute and the Mauer School of Law's Center for Constitutional Democracy

"Rethinking the 'Post-Defeat' Discursive Space: Censorship during the Occupation Period"
March 10 - 4-5:30pm Hoagy Carmichael Room, Morrison Hall 006
Richi Sakakibara, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University

East Asian Film Series - The Housemaid
March 26 - 6:30pm IU Cinema
Admission will be free, but tickets will be required. Tickets may be obtained through the IU Auditorium box office, Mon.-Fri. 10am - 5pm or in the IU Cinema lobby 30 minutes prior to screening.

Roundtable -"The Economic Recession: Opportunities and Challenges in Economies in Transition"
April 8 - 9am-22pm, 2-4pm IMU Stateroom East
Hosted by the Russian & East European Institute

Film & Director's Talk - Pinoy Sunday
April 21 6:30pm IU Cinema
Admission will be free, but tickets will be required. Tickets may be obtained through the IU Auditorium box office, Mon.-Fri. 10am - 5pm or in the IU Cinema lobby 30 minutes prior to screening.

East Asian Film Ceries - Japanese film, title TBA
April 23 6:30pm IU Cinema
Admission will be free, but tickets will be required. Tickets may be obtained through the IU Auditorium box office, Mon.-Fri. 10am - 5pm or in the IU Cinema lobby 30 minutes prior to screening

EALC/EASC Student Awards Ceremony
April 29 - 3:30-5pm Wells House (1321 East 10th Street)

Jacobs Presentations

2011-02-18T12:14:00.000-08:00

Jacobs School of Music is presenting numerous shows this February. Specifically, they are presenting:

Faust by Charles Gounod
Spring Ballet: New York, New York! by Stewart Kershaw

Scheduling and other details can be found by clicking on the above links.

David Cohen: Eastern China in the Early Bronze Age and the Search for the "Great City Shang"

2011-02-17T13:18:00.000-08:00

The Departments of Anthropology and East Asian Languages and Cultures Presents:

David Cohen

(Boston University)

Thursday, February 24, 2011

5:00 pm

Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology

Auditorium (GL 101)

Eastern China in the Early Bronze Age and the Search for “Great City Shang”

The origins of the Shang dynasty (ca. 1600-1045 BC) and of the great Bronze Age civilization it produced have been subjects long debated by archaeologists and historians studying ancient China. One central issue in these debates is the location of “Da Yi Shang,” or “Great City Shang”— a city that is thought to have been the political center of the Shang royal lineage in its predynastic stage (before 1600 BC) and then to have remained the principal ancestral cult center of the Shang kings throughout the dynastic period. Even as the Shang political capital moved a number of times across the landscape of the middle Yellow River region, the Shang kings would always return to Da Yi Shang to perform “telling” rituals to their highest ancestors. A traditional, historiographic view places Great City Shang in eastern Henan province, and this talk will show how archaeology can add support to this view. In doing this, however, we also consider that locating Great City Shang is not only an historical question, but an anthropological one as well, for it ties into other issues we will explore in this talk concerning Shang identity, Shang relationships with surrounding polities, and ethnic formation processes during the time period of state formation and urbanization on the North China Plain, and in particular, the Shang’s relationships with groups in the lower Yellow River region known later as the “Eastern Yi.”

David Cohen (PhD 2001 Harvard University) is a specialist in Chinese archaeology. With a twenty year background of field research at sites in North and South China, his research covers a wide range of issues in Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeology, including the origins of complexity and the beginnings of the early Bronze Age Shang dynasty, ethnicity and state formation, ancient Chinese urbanism, human adaptations during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, and the origins of rice and millet agriculture. Dr. Cohen has excavated a number of Neolithic and Bronze Age sites in the Yellow River region, and he is currently working on hunter-gatherer and early Neolithic village sites in the Middle Yangzi River region, where he and members of the Early Rice Agriculture Project team have recently dated the earliest pottery in the world at over 18,000 years ago. Over the past ten years, Dr. Cohen has helped establish a major research institute for East Asian archaeology at Boston University, where he is also managing the development of an international, collaborative, comprehensive, multilingual bibliographic database of East and Southeast Asian archaeology. He serves as an advisor to PhD students in Asian archaeology and has taught general archaeology and Chinese archaeology courses as a Lecturer or Adjunct Assistant Professor at Boston University and Harvard.

Horizons of Knowledge Lecture: Alex Chávez

2011-02-17T13:16:00.000-08:00

!Vamos a Da’ Las! (Let’s Go to Dallas!): Transborder Geographies of Illegality in Mexican Speech Play

Thursday, March 3, 2011
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Lindley Hall 102

This lecture explores a variety of common sociolinguistic practices –ranging from humorous verbal put-ons to the virtuosic use of the Spanish décima in poetic flyting– as interactional means of self-making across the U.S.-Mexico border among undocumented Mexican immigrants from the Sierra Gorda region of central Mexico.

Immigration and trans-border relations are among the most pressing concerns in the political economy of both countries. Dr. Chávez’s lecture, which offers a perspective on the immigration experience and the transnational border from the vantage point of the immigrants’ own forms of expression, will be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members in a wide range departments.

For Additional Information:

If you have a disability or need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-0043.

Liora Halperin Guest Lecture

2011-02-17T13:15:00.000-08:00

The Center for the Study of the Middle East

announces a lecture by

Liora Halperin, Visiting Fellow at Harvard University

Babel in Zion: Hebrew and the Politics of Language Diversity in Mandate Palestine

will be presented on

Monday February 21, at 1:00 p.m. in the Maurer School of Law, Room 335.

Liora Halperin is completing her Ph.D. in History at UCLA (Jewish history and Middle Eastern history fields) and holds her undergraduate degree in History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard. Since 2009 she has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard's Center for Jewish Studies and a Teaching Fellow in the Harvard History Department. Her research focuses on the politics of language within the Jewish community of interwar Palestine (known as the Yishuv) and considers how a society broadly committed to the Zionist ideal of Hebrew language exclusivity represented and negotiated linguistic difference in a society constituted of multilingual immigrants, under British rule, in heart of the Arabic-speaking Middle East.

Her broader research and teaching interests include the history of Israel and Palestine; language and nationalism in comparative perspective; sociolinguistics; cultural history; and the history of the everyday. Her article "Orienting Language: Reflections on the Study of Arabic in the Yishuv" appeared in the Jewish Quarterly Review (Fall 2006) and her article on Zionist attitudes toward foreign languages was recently published in Reflections on Knowledge and Language in Middle Eastern Societies (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2011). Her work has been supported by the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, the Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace, and the Foundation for Jewish Culture Doctoral Dissertation Grant.

Images and Public Culture: Understanding Images Across the Humanities

2011-02-17T06:48:00.000-08:00

Josh Carney, (Communication and Culture, Indiana University)

THE VALLEY IN TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS:

KURTLAR VADISI AND THE IMAGING OF CONFLICT

Friday February 25^th, 2011, 2:00 – 3:30 pm,

at CAHI, 1211 E. Atwater Ave (corner of Atwater and Ballantine)

Since the start of Operation Cast Lead in Gaza in late December of 2008, Turkish/Israeli relations have seen a steep decline. While this trend has much to do with concrete policies and governmental actions on both sides, the Turkish television and film franchise Kurtlar Vardisi (Valley of the Wolves) has played an unusually large role in the conflicts that have emerged. This presentation explores some of the texts from this franchise in light of DeLuca and Peeples' (2002) notion of “imagefare” in the era of the public sphere, suggesting that a central strategy of the imagefare they wage is a unique form of metapicture (WJT Mitchell, 1995) that blends fact and fiction in a particularly potent combination.

Questions: contact Jon Simons, simonsj@indiana.edu

Jon Simons, Associate Professor

Director of Graduate Studies

Department of Communication and Culture

Indiana University

800 E. Third St.

Bloomington, IN 47405

USA

Phone: 812 856 0896

Editorial board member: Culture, Theory & Critique

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14735784.asp

Co-editor (with Simon Tormey) of Manchester University Press book series, Reappraising the Political

http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/catalogue/aseries.asp?id=54

CEUS Colloquium

2011-02-16T07:44:00.000-08:00

The next CEUS Colloquium will convene Wednesday, February 23, from 5:15-6:30 pm (note different time) in the IMU Oak Room. Our guest speaker will be Professor Karl Reichl from the Universität Bonn, who will speak on "Voices and Presence: Performance Aspects of Turkic Oral Epics." Light refreshments will be served. See attached flyer:

Flyer

Upcoming Talks

2011-02-15T06:58:00.001-08:00

Upcoming talks:

Zouhair Ghazzal - Iliya Harik’s Work on Lebanon and Egypt in Light of His Critics - Feb 25th noon Woodburn 218 - http://www.zouhairghazzal.com/

Charles Kurzman - The Missing Martyrs: Why There Are So Few Muslim Terrorists - March 9th 4pm Woodburn 120 - : http://www.unc.edu/~kurzman/

Rescheduled Arabic Pedagogy Lectures with Mr. Kevin Burnham

2011-02-15T05:37:00.000-08:00