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Thursday, May
17, 2007
Ascension of
Christ (Christian)
Wednesday, May
23 - Thursday, May 24, 2007
Shavuot (The
Feast of Weeks) (Jewish)
Sunday, May 27,
2007
Pentecost (Christian)
Tuesday, May 29,
2007
Ascension of
Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
June 7-10, 2007
Virginia Woolf, the 17th Annual Conference
Art, Education,
and Internationalism
http://www.units.muohio.edu/english/woolf
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Global Rhythms
at the Oxford Community Arts Center
7:00 p.m.
Tickets to the Global
Rhythms event are available at the
Miami Box Office, 513-529-3200, www.tickets.muohio.edu or the Oxford Community Arts Center,
10 S. College Ave, Oxford, OH 45056.
513-524-8506.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Classes begin
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Thursday,
August 30, 2007
Kevin
Bales, President,
"Free the Slaves"
"Ending
Slavery"
4:30 p.m. Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the
Center for American and World
Cultures
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Monday, September
3, 2007
Labor
Day
No classes, no programs
Thursday, September
6, 2007
Professor Ali
Mazrui, Director, Institute
of Global Cultural Studies and Albert
Schweitzer Professor in the Humanitites,
Binghamton University
Islam and the
Black Experience
7:00 p.m. 100 Laws Hall
Sponsored by the Black World Studies
Program, the Grayson Kirk Lecture
Fund, and the International Studies
Program
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Friday,
September 7, 2007
"Fifth
Annual Latin American and Caribbean
Festival"
5:00 - 10:00 p.m. Oxford
Uptown Parks
PROGRAM
5:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. Welcome
to the Festival
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. “Made
in Brazil” Brazilian band
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. “Kai Kweol”
Caribbean music and dance
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. “Danza
Contigo Peru” Dance troupe
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. “Freddy
Montes y Su Son” Cuban band
Music, food,
balloon works, crafts,petting
zoo (llamas and alpacas, and
other friends from the animal
kingdom) information booths
and much, much more.
For more information
about the performers at the
festival visit:
Made in Brazil
http://www.myspace.com/madeinbrasilband
Kai Kweol – Music
and dance from the Caribbean http://www.kaikweol.org/introduct.htm
Danza Contigo
Peru – Dance Troupe
http://geocities.com/danzacontigoperu/
Parick Hernly,
World Drummer, USA
http://www.myspace.com/patrickhernly
Sponsored by the
Center for American and World
Cultures, the Office of Diversity
Affairs with support from the
Association of Latin American
Students-Hamilton and Oxford,
the Departments of Anthropology,
and Spanish and Portuguese,
the Latin American Studies Program,
the Multicultural Concerts and
Lecture Board-Committee of Campus
Activities Council, the Miami
University Parents Fund, the
Miami University Partnership
Office, and the School of Fine
Arts
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Wednesday, September
12, 2007
Erev Rosh Ha'Shonah
No programs
Thursday and Friday,
September 13-14, 2007
Rosh Ha'Shonah
No programs
Monday, September 17,
2007
Constitution
Day Program
7:00 p.m. 212 MacMillan Hall
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cutlures, College
Democrats, College Republicans and
the University Libraries
Wednesday, September
19, 2007
Bernard Woma
Trio
A Celebration of 50 Years of Ghanian
Independence Through Music
7:00 p.m. Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Black World Studies
Program with support from the Center
for American and World Cultures and
the John Altman Fund
http://www.jumbierecords.com/Artists/bwoma.html
Thursday, September
20, 2007
Cecelia
Cutler
" 'Keepin'
It Real': The Sociolinguistics of
Authenticity in White Hip-hop"
4:00 p.m. 101 Bachelor Hall
Sponsored by the Linguistics Program
with support from the Center for American
and World Cultures, Department of
Anthropology, Department of Educational
Psychology, Department of German,
Russian, and East Asian Languges,
Department of Music, Department of
Spanish and Portuguese, Department
of Theatre, and the Women's Studies
Program
For further information,
please contact Professor Jacquelyn
Rahman, Linguistics Program, 529-5262.
Thursday, September
20, 2007
Afghan War Rug
Symposium
7:00 p.m. MU Art Museum, Room
100
Co-sponsored by the
Center for American and World Cultures
and the Women's Studies Department
Friday, September 21,
2007
Erev Yom Kippur
No Programs
Saturday, September
22, 2007
Yom Kippur
No Programs
Monday, September 24,
2007
Rob
Gifford, NPR Foreign Correspondent,
London
"China
Road"
3:30 p.m. Hall Auditorium
Precededy by a book signing at 3:00
p.m. in the Green Room of Hall Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures, the Havighurst
Center, WMUB @88.5 and the Richard
T. Farmer School of Business
For more information, contact Jenny
Callison, Office of External Relations,
Farmer School of Business, 513 529-2851
Wednesday, September
26, 2007
"Speaking
of Africa..."
1:00 - 5:00 p.m., Shriver MPR
Sponsored by ASAP (African School
Advancement Program) and AFC (Ambassadors
for Children) with support from the
Center for American and World Cultures
and ASG
Thursday, September
27, 2007
Succoth
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Thursday,
September 27, 2007
Clara
Rodriguez,
Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, Fordham University
"Invisible
Latina/os in Hollywood and the
Media"
4:30 p.m. 100 Laws Hall
“Using Writing
Assignments on Movies and TV
Shows to Advance Students’ Understanding
of Social Justice”
3:00 p.m., Great Room - 212
MacMillan Hall
For more information
about the Writing Workshop visit
the Roger and Joyce Howe Center
for Writing Excellence website
at http://muohio.edu/cwe
Sponsored
by the Center for American and
World Cultures with support
from the American Studies Program,
the Departments of Anthropology,
Communication, English, History,
and Sociology and Gerontology
, the Film Studies Program,
the Latin American Studies Program,
the Office of Diversity Affairs,
the Office of Residence Life,
the Women's Center and the Women's
Studies Program.
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Saturday,
September 29, 2007
"Global
Rhythms - Levels of Intensity"
A Panorama of World Music and
Dance featuring several Guest
Artists from across the world
8.00 p.m. Hall Auditorium
Tickets: $9 - general public
and $5 students with ID, available
at the MU Box Office: www.tickets.muohio.edu
, (513) 529-3200
Sponsored
by the Center for American and
World Cultures, the Honors Program,
the Kris and Vicky Joshi Foundation,
the Miami University Parents
Fund, the Office of International
Education, and the School of
Fine Arts
http://www.units.muohio.edu/globalrhythms
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Monday, October
1st, 2007
Writing
Contest Begin!
First
Human Rights and Social Justice Writing
Contest at Miami
The contest is open to all Miami students
on all campuses.
There will be three $100 awards in
each of the following categories:
research papers and essays, photos,
Op-Ed commentaries, posters, creative
writing, journalism, electronic media,
special international prizes.
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, the
Office of International Education
and the Roger and Joyce Howe Center
for Writing Excellence
Submissions will
be accepted from October 1 through
31 at www.muohio.edu/Howe
Questions and more information: Email
the Roger and Joyce Howe Center for
Writing Excellence at Howe@muohio.edu.
Wednesday, October 3,
2007
"Ramadan
Break-Fast: Breaking the Fast, Building
Community"
8:00 p.m. Faith Luthern Church
and Campus, Campus Ministry
420 S. Campus Avenue, Oxford, Ohio
Sponsored by the Abowitz/Knight
Family, the Campus Ministry Center/Lights
on Campus, the Center of American
& World Cultures,
Jerome Conley, Dr. Steve DeLue, Senior
Associate Dean, the College of Arts
and Science and Professor of Political
Science, the Episcopal Campus Ministry
& Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,
Hillel at Miami University, the Office
of Equity and Equal Opportunity, the
Office of Residence Life, Dr. Jim
Rubenstein & Bernadette Unger,
Student Affairs Special Events Funding,
the St. Mary Church & Catholic
Campus Ministry
Wednesday, October
3, 2007
"Bollywood
Calling" Film Series
Lage Raho Munnabhai (Keep
At It Munnabhai). Dir. Rajkumar Hirani
7:00 p.m. 1 Upham Hall
- In the equally popular sequel to
the blockbuster original Munnabhai
MBBS, India's favorite lighthearted
gangster Munna steps up yet again
to help a cause, especially after
coming face-to-face with Mahatma Gandhi
and his ideals of non-violence. In
his attempt to meet the popular radio
presenter Jhanavi, Munna pretends
to be a history professor, and soon
finds himself as the leader of a fight
to save a retirement home from being
demolished to make way for an apartment
block. This comic caper takes Gandhian
principles out of the picture frame
and places it once again in the hearts
and minds of contemporary India, applying
it to modern issues.
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, Film
Studies Program, Indian Student Association,
and the Office of Diversity Affairs.
Tuesday,
October 9, 2007
Annual Mahatma
Gandhi BirthDay
Ronald Terchek,
Professor, Department of Government
and Politics,
University of Maryland
7:00 p.m. 304 Harrison Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy
with support from the Center for American
and World Cultures, the Department
of Comparative Religion, John W. Altman
Funds, and the Office of International
Education
For more information, please contact
Professor S.S. Rama Rao Pappu, Department
of Philosophy.
Wednesday, October 10,
2007
"Bollywood
Calling" Film Series
Omkara. Dir. Vishal Bhardwaj
7:00 p.m. 1 Upham Hall
- Shakespeare goes Bollywood as this
adaptation of Othello transplants
the classic play to the rustic heartland
of India, Uttar Pradesh. After a well-received
attempt at adapting Macbeth onto Indian
celluloid in the form of Maqbool,
Director Bhardwaj presented Bollywood
fans with another Shakespeare adaptation
packed with award-winning performances,
chartbusting songs, and a well-scripted
and thrilling plot that appealed to
the popular masses.
Sponsored by the Center for
American and World Cultures, the Film
Studies Program, the Indian Student
Association, and the Office of Diversity
Affairs
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Thursday,
October 11, 2007
Noemi
Ulla,
Short Story Writer
5:00 p.m.
Place: TBA
Sponsored
by the Department of Spanish
and Portuguese with support
from the Center for American
and World Cultures
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Thursday, October
11, 2007
Professor
Jeff Shandler
5:00 p.m. 212 MacMillan Hall
Sponsored by the Jewish
Studies Program
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Friday,
October 12, 2007
"Night
of Tango"
7:00 p.m. Alexander Dining
Hall Lower Level
Sponsored by the
UniDiversidad Planning Committee |
Monday, October
15, 2007
African
Children's Choir
7:30 p.m., Hall Auditorium
$7 Student/Youth, $13 Seniors, $14
Public
Comprised of children ages seven to
11 who have lost one or both parents
to poverty or disease. The African
Children's Choir performs throughout
the world bringing hope and joy to
everyone they meet. Their programs
are a colorful mix of song and dance
from many regions of Africa as well
as popular, gospel and contemporary
music,much of which is accompanied
on traditional instruments by the
children. Founded in 1984, the choir
has performed at many prestigious
events, including for Kofie Annan
at the UN General Assembly, and with
Mariah Carey and Sir Paul McCartney
at Live 8.
Sponsored by the Performing
Arts Series with support from the
Center for American and World Cultures,
Knolls of Oxford, and the Western
College Alumnae Association
Thursday, October 17,
2007
Gee's Bend Quilt
Exhibit Opening
Hiestand Galleries, Department
of Art
Hiestand Galleries will
be open to the public on the following
weekends:
October 27 and 28; and November 10,11,
and 12
4:30 p.m., in association with Pieces
of Power: a Selection of Quilts from
Gee's Bend
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures and
Hiestand Galleries, Department of
Art with support from the Western
College Program
Wednesday, October 17,
2007
"Bollywood
Calling" Film Series
Devdas. Dir. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
7:00 p.m. 1 Upham Hall
- The well-known tragic love story,
India's answer to Romeo and Juliet,
gets a fifth film adaptation in the
form of Bollywood's most expensive
and opulent musical. A sensual overload
of a film, Devdas brings together
Bollywood's leading man and two of
its most popular actresses of recent
times for the first time in the popular
story of a love that was never meant
to be. Devdas was also the first Bollywood
film in decades to be screened at
the Cannes Film Festival, and its
leading lady Aishwarya Rai became
the first Indian woman to serve on
the festival jury.
Friday, October 19,
2007
Fall Break
No classes, no programs
Wednesday, October 24,
2007
"Bollywood
Calling" Film Series
Don - The Chase Begins Again. Dir.
Farhan Akhtar
7:00 p.m. 1 Upham Hall
- The incredibly stylish and thrilling
remake of one of Bollywood's most
popular films of the 1970s. The film
tells the action-packed story of a
notorious druglord gangster known
only as 'Don' who, after numerous
attempts, is finally caught and replaced
by a lookalike - a fact known only
to the one cop assigned to catch him
- only to crack down on the wider
network of the underworld. An answer
to India's political instability of
the 70s, the story takes viewers once
again on the exciting mission through
countless twists that involve love,
murder, revenge, secrets, and betrayal.
Made on a lavish budget by one of
Bollywood's most promising young directors,
this remake released to a record-breaking
opening and quickly became one of
the highest grossing films of 2006.
7:00 p.m. 1 Upham Hall
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, the
Film Studies Program, the Indian Student
Association, and the Office of Diversity
Affairs.
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Friday,
October 26, 2007
"Pieces
of Power: Cultural Empowerment
Through the Visual Arts"
Symposium
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Heritage
Room, Shriver Center (Oxford
campus)
Matt Arnett, (Art Historian);
Mary Lee Bendolph (Gee's Bend
quilter); Louisiana Bendolph
(Gee's Bend quilter); and Lonnie
Holley, (Visual Artist and art
educator); and Dr. Kinshasha
Holman Conwill,( Deputy Director
Smithsonian Institution, National
Museum of African American History
and Culture)
PROGRAM
Thursday, October 25,
2007
“Meet the Artists” Reception
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Hiestand Galleries
Friday, October 26, 2007
“Pieces of Power: Cultural Empowerment
Through the Visual Arts” Symposium
Heritage Room, Shriver Center
Miami University (Oxford campus)
8:30 a.m
Coffee
9:00 a.m.
Introduction,
Dr. Mary Jane Berman, Director,
Center for American and World
Cultures, Miami University
9:05 a.m.
Welcome
Dr. James P. Lentini, Dean of
the School of Fine Arts, Miami
University
9:10 a.m.
Introduction of Dr. Conwill,
Dr. dele jegede, Chair, Department
of Art, Miami University
9:15 a.m.
Dr. Kinshasha Holman Conwill,
Director, Museum of African-American
Culture and History
“Power and Glory: African American-Women
Artists”
10:05 a.m. -10:20
a.m.
Question and Answer period
Dr. Mary Jane Berman, Moderator
10:20 -10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m. -10:50
a.m.
Introduction
Susan Ewing, Distinguished Professor,
Department of Art, Miami University
10:50 -11:10 a.m.
Tracy Featherstone, Assistant
Professor of Art, Miami University
"Temporary Permanence"
11:10-11:30 a.m.
Ellen Price, Professor, Department
of Art, Miami University
“So Many Whys”
11:30-11:50 a.m.
Lonnie Holley, Artist
“Support for the Burning Spirit”
11:50 a.m. -12:15
p.m.
Question and Answer
Susan Ewing, Moderator
12:15 -1:30 p.m.
Meet the quilters over lunch
or view the film, “The Quiltmakers
of Gee’s Bend”
1:30 -2:30 p.m.
Matt Arnett, Louisiana Bendolph,
Mary Lee Bendolph
Reflections
2:30-2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45-3:45 p.m.
Question and Answer
Matt Arnett, Moderator
3:45-4:30
p.m.
Gee’s Bend Quilters, Louisiana
Bendolph and Mary Lee Speak
About Their Quilts
Hiestand Gallery
Note- this represents a change
from the original program. We
will walk as a group to the
Hiestand Galleries.
"Power and Glory: African
American Women Artists"
Hiestand
Galleries will open to the public
on the following weekends:
October 27 and 28; and November
10, 11 and 12
4:30 p.m., in association with
Pieces of Power: a Selection
of Quilts from Gee's Bend
Lonnie Holley
will be in residency in the
East Gallery during the following
times. Students, faculty, and
community members are invited
to co-create, watch him work,
and ask questions.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
1:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Lonnie will be presenting a
talk entitled, "Supporting
the Burning Spirit" at
the "Pieces of Power: Cultural
Empowerment Through the Arts"
Symposium on Friday, October
26 at 11:30 a.m. in the Heritage
Room.
Sponsored by the Center for
American and World Cultures,
the Hiestand Galleries, Department
of Art, the School of Fine Arts,
the School of Interdisciplinary
Studies-Western College Program
with support from the American
Studies and the Women's Studies
Programs
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Wednesday, October 31,
2007
"Bollywood
Calling" Film Series
Bunty Aur Babli (Bunty and Babli) Dir. Shaad Ali Sehgal
7:00 p.m. 1 Upham Hall
- Hailing from Yash Raj Films, India's
largest and most successful production
company known for its family-friendly
lavish films, Bunty Aur Babli follows
the lives of two ambitious and daring
individuals from smalltown India who
meet at a train station when they
both decide to run away from home.
What begins then is a fun-filled adventure
as the duo con their way to excitement,
money and fame, as a determined and
annoyed police officer is tracing
their steps to halt their chaos. The
film brings together the father-son
duo of megastar Amitabh Bachchan (as
the cop) and Abhishek Bachchan (as
one half of the crime duo) for the
first time, along with Rani Mukherjee,
currently India's highest paid actress.
Releasing to unprecendented hype,
the film quickly shot to blockbuster,
and even cult status as everything
from the dialogues, songs, and costumes
became the rage with Indian youth.
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, the
Film Studies Program, the Indian Student
Association, and the Office of Diversity
Affairs.
Wednesday, October 31st,
2007
Deadline for
Writing Contest entries!
First
Human Rights and Social Justice Writing
Contest at Miami
The contest is open to all Miami students
on all campuses.
There will be three $100 awards in
each of the following categories:
research papers and essays, photos,
Op-Ed commentaries, posters, creative
writing, journalism, electronic media,
special international prizes.
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, the
Office of International Education
and the Roger and Joyce Howe Center
for Writing Excellence
Submissions will
be accepted from October 1 through
31 at www.muohio.edu/Howe
Questions and more information: Email
the Roger and Joyce Howe Center for
Writing Excellence at Howe@muohio.edu.
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Saturday, November 3,
2007
Divali
Time: TBA
Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Indian
Students Association and the Center
for American and World Cultures
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Tuesday,
November 6, 2007
Dan
La Botz, Independent
Scholar, Writer, and Activist
"Latino Immigrants: Hidden
in Ohio"
4:30 p.m. 212 MacMillan
Hall
Sponsored by the
Center for American and World
Cultures
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Wednesday, November
7, 2007
"Bollywood
Calling" Film Series
Lagaan - Once
Upon A Time in India (Tax).
Dir. Ashutosh Gowariker
7:00 p.m. 1 Upham Hall
- A fictional story set against the
backdrop of historical fact. The film
takes us to the village of Champaner
towards the end of the 19th century
in British India. The farmers, forced
to pay stringent taxes from their
crops during a drought season, plead
to the local British authorities for
relief. The captain of the cantonement,
however, challenges the farmers to
a game of cricket, a sport invented
by the English but unknown to the
farmers. The stakes of the sporting
battle are high - no tax on the farmers
for three years if they win against
the British, but triple the tax payments
if they lose. Termed 'A Modern Classic'
by the BBC, Lagaan is a story of determination,
love, struggle, and triumph. After
its release in 2001, the film became
one of the highest earning films in
Indian history, and was nominated
for the Best Foreign Film award at
the Oscars.
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, the
Film Studies Program, the Indian Student
Association, and the Office of Diversity
Affairs
Thursday, November 8,
2007
Thomas
S. Weisner, Professor of
Anthropology Semel Institute, Center
for Culture and Health and the Department
of Anthropology University of California,
Los Angeles
"Higher
Ground: New Hope for working families
and their children"
4:30 p.m. 100 Laws Hall
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Wednesday,
November 14, 2007
Human
Rights and Social Justice Day
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.MPR A,
B, C - Shriver Center
Keynote speaker
Anna Bosseman, Ghana
Commission on Human Rights and
Administrative Justice
Title: TBA
4:30 p.m. 212 MacMillan Hall
Sponsored by the
Center for American and World
Cultures, the Black World Studies
Proram, the Center for Community
Engagement in Over-the-Rhine,
the Center for the Enhancement
of Learning and Teaching, the
Etheridge Center for Reflective
Leadership, the Harry T. Wilks
Leadership Institute, the International
Studies Program, the Office
of Community Engagement and
Service, the Office of International
Education, and the Roger and
Joyce Howe Center for Writing
Excellence with support from
the Departments of Anthropology
and Geography, and the Latin
American Studies Program
To enter the Writing
Contest click here
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Wednesday, November
14, 2007
"Bollywood
Calling" Film Series
Rang De Basanti (Color Me Saffron). Dir. Rakeysh Omprakash
Mehra
7:00 p.m. 1 Upham Hall
- A reporter from England goes to
New Delhi to make a historical documentary
on the young freedom fighters of India's
independence struggle against British
rule. She enlists a group of college
youth to act as the martyrs, and then
begins the journey of self-discovery
as the group find the revolutionaries
within themselves, and take on a cause
of social justice in their lives.
In a youthful, energetic, and moving
story, the students learn about the
past that their nation is quickly
forgetting, and the present struggles
that are unfolding in their society.
With the tagline 'A Generation Awakens',
Rang De Basanti is infused with a
patriotic spirit, a fresh energy,
and an elightening spiritual awakening
of a group of youngsters who take
on the challenge to steer the future
of their country. The film has gained
cult status among the Indian youth,
and was nominated in the Best Foreign
Film category at the British Film
Academy (BAFTA) awards. Due to its
tremendous international success,
the producers are in the process of
re-editing the film for a much larger
international re-release targeted
at non-Indian audiences.
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, the
Film Studies Program, the Indian Student
Association, and the Office of Diversity
Affairs.
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Thursday,
November 15, 2007
Mark
Hauser, Assistant
Professor, Department of Anthropology,
University of Notre Dame
"Slavery
Between Empires: Formal and
Informal Slave Economies in
the Eighteenth Century Caribbean"
4:30 p.m.
100 Laws Hall
Sponsored by the Center for
American and World Cultures
with support from the Archaeological
Institute of America-Oxford
Chapter, Black World Studies
Program, and the Department
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Wednesday & Thursday,
November 21 and 22, 2007
Thanksgiving Holiday Break
No Classes, No Programs
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Thursday,
November 29, 2007
Thomas
George Caracas Garcia,
Assistant Professor, Department
of Music, Miami University
"El
Condor Pasa: The Andean Band
Phenomenon"
5:00 p.m. 212 MacMillan Hall
This event will
be followed by a Peruvian meal
in the Alexander Dining Hall.
Contact Dorothy Falke at (513)
529-8309 or falkeda@muohio.edu
by November 16 if you would
like to reserve a space for
the dinner. You must attend
the lecture to be eligible to
attend the meal. Tickets will
be issued.
Sponsored
by theCenter for American and
World Cultures and the UniDiversidad
Planning Committee
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Friday, December 7,
2007
Last Day of
Classes
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Martin
Luther King Day
10:00 a.m.
March begins at Uptown Parks (Oxford)
11:30 a.m.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 25
Walnut Street, Oxford, 513-523-7559
"The Influence of Dr. King in
my Life" - Reflections from Various
Perspectives
Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
with support from the Black History
Celebration Committee, the Center
for American and World Cultures, and
the Office of Diversity Affairs
Thursday, January
24, 2008
Stephen
Lewis
United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS
in Africa
"Time to Deliver: Winning
the Battle Against Poverty and Disease
in the Developing World"
4:30 p.m. , Heritage Room, Shriver
Center (Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures with
support from the College of Arts and
Science, Department of Anthropology,
Department of Geography, Department
of Political Science-Marian Finch
Endowment and Ernest Siefert Capstone
in Political Science, Department of
Sociology and Gerontology, Department
of Physical Education, Health, and
Sports Studies, Department of Zoology,
Etheridge Center for Reflective Leadership,
the Graduate School, Honors and Scholars
Program, Joyce and Roger Howe Center
for Writing Excellence, Institute
of Environmental Sciences, Office
of Intercollegiate Athletics, Office
of Health Education, Office of International
Education Visiting Scholars Program,
Office of Lifelong Learning, the Grayson
Kirk Fund of the International Studies
Program, and the Harry T. Wilks Leadership
Institute
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Thursday, January 31
Latin Dance Night featuring Tropicoso and Son del Caribe
7:30 p.m. Millett Hall
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$9 Students/Youth,
$17 Seniors, $18 Public
Tickets available
at the Shriver Box Office
Come dance the
night away as Millett is turned
into a Latin dance club! Complete
with tasty Latin food, this
will be a night to immerse
yourself in Caribbean culture!
Sponsored by
the Center for American and
World Cultures, the Elizabeth
Wakeman Henderson Foundation,
and the Performing Arts Series
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Monday, February 4,
2008
19th Annual
African American Read In
1:00-4:00 p.m., 320 King Library
http://staff.lib.muohio.edu/diversity/
Thursday, February 14,
2008
Racial Legacies
& Learning XIX: How to Talk about
Race presents
I CAN FIX IT!
10 Practical Solutions for creating
healthier, more productive racial
interactions with author, artist and
activist, Damali Ayo
5:30 p.m.
Public Reception
221 Hight Street, Hamilton
(MUH-Downtown)
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Town Meeting
Harry T. Wilks Conference Center
Sponsored by the
City of Hamilton Department of Human
Relations, the
Freedom Center, the Hamilton Journal
News, the Center for American for
American and World Cultures and Miami
University Hamilton
For more information:
http://www.damaliayo.com/home.html
http://damaliayo.com/
Thursday, February 21,
2008
George H. Wood,
Principal, Federal Hocking Middle
and High School
Executive Director, The Forum for
Education and Democracy
"Leave
No Child Behind: From Slogan to Commitment"
4:30 p.m., 115 Shideler Hall
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures with support from
the Department of Educational Leadership,
the Department of Teacher Education,
the Honors and Scholars Program, the
Miami University Partnership Office,
the School of Education and Allied
Professions, and the Miami University
Libraries
Saturday, February 23,
2008
“Fusion”
presented by the Asian American Association
2:00-4:00 p.m, Hall Auditorium
5:15 p.m, Dinner at Talawanda High
School
Tickets ($5 for show
only, $8 for show & dinner) are
available at the Shriver Center Box
Office and the Shriver tables.
Sponsored by the Asian
American Association with support
from the Center for American and World
Cultures, the Office of Diversity
Affairs, the Department of Educational
Psychology, the Higgin Kim Asia Business
Program, the Miami University Special
Events Fund, and the Indian Student
Association.
Monday, February 25
Charlayne Hunter Gault
"New News
From Africa"
7:00 p.m., Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Women's
Studies Program with support from
the John W. Altman Humanities Scholar-in-Residence
Program, Center for American and World
Cultures and Department of Journalism
Thursday, February 28,
2008
THIS EVENT HAS
BEEN MOVED FROM MARCH 27, 2008
John
L. Jackson, Jr.
, Richard Perry University Associate
Professor of Communication and Anthropology
and Associate Dean of Undergraduate
Studies, Annenberg School for Communication,
University of Pennsylvania
"Racial
Paranoiz: What Dave Chapelle can teach
Don Imus about Contemporary American
Society"
4:30 p.m., 115 Shideler Hall
Sponsored by the
Center for American and World Cultures,
the Black History Celebration Committee,
the Black World Studies Program, the
Department of Anthropology, and the
Department of Communication
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Women
of Color Celebration and Luncheon
Photo Display
Spring 2008 - March
The annual Women
of Color Celebration and Luncheon
was launched in 1992 to bring people
together to celebrate the cultural
diversity and accomplishments of women
of color at Miami University and in
the larger community. Typically held
around March 1 as a bridge between
Black History Month (February) and
Women’s History Month (March), this
event features a keynote speaker,
student testimonials, an international
buffet, award ceremony and scholarship
presentation. This event is sponsored
by the Women’s Center with support
from several University offices. Photos
on display are from several past celebrations
since 2001.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Faculty Development
Seminar
Disability activist and author, Simi
Linton
Noon-2:00 p.m.
Location: TBA
For more information, please call
Professor Kathy McMahon-Klosterman
mcmahok@muohio.edu, 9-1758
Endowed the Kate Welling
Disability Studies Lecture Fund with
support from: Office of Equity and
Equal Opportunity/ Office of Disability
Resources; Bernard B. Rinella, Jr.
Learning Center; Housing, Dining,
and Guest Services; Parking and Transportation;
the Associate Vice President for Institutional
Diversity; the Honors Program; Pi
Kappa Phi; School of Education, Health,
and Society; Scripps Gerontology Center;
Center for American and World Cultures;
Speech and Hearing Clinic; Women’s
Center; Best Buddies; Naval Reserve
Officer Training Corps; and Academic
Departments of Architecture; Art;
Communication; Educational Leadership;
Educational Psychology; English; Family
Studies and Social Work; Kinesiology
and Health; Manufacturing and Mechanical
Engineering; Political Science; Sociology
and Gerontology; Teacher Education;
Theatre
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Nick Kristof, NY Times
"The Second
Sex in the Third World"
4:00 p.m., Hall Auditorium
Co-sponsored by the
John W. Altman Humanities Scholar-in-
Residence Program, Center for American
and World Cultures, Department of
Journalism, Farmer School of Business,
Office of the Provost, and the Women's
Center
Wednesday, March 5,
2008
Women of Color Celebration
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Shriver Center
Multipurpose Room
Tickets are required for this event.
Tickets ($8 for students, $16 for
non-students) will go on sale February
1, 2008 at the Shriver Center Box
Office.
Sponsored by the Women's
Center with support from the Center
for American and World Cultures, the
Office of Diversity Affairs and the
Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity
Wednesday, March 5,
2008
Disability Activist and Author, Simi
Linton
My Body Politic:
An Illustrated History
7:00 p.m. 128 Pearson Hall
Produced and Directed
by Simi Linton and Christian von Tippelskirch
“My Body Politic: An Illustrated History”
is a multi-media performance piece
based on Simi Linton’s memoir, My
Body Politic, published in 2006. As
narrator and tour guide, Linton embeds
a personal story of the lived experience
of disability within its social, political
and artistic context
Endowed the Kate Welling
Disability Studies Lecture Fund with
support from: Office of Equity and
Equal Opportunity/ Office of Disability
Resources; Bernard B. Rinella, Jr.
Learning Center; Housing, Dining,
and Guest Services; Parking and Transportation;
the Associate Vice President for Institutional
Diversity; the Honors Program; Pi
Kappa Phi; School of Education, Health,
and Society; Scripps Gerontology Center;
Center for American and World Cultures;
Speech and Hearing Clinic; Women’s
Center; Best Buddies; Naval Reserve
Officer Training Corps; and Academic
Departments of Architecture; Art;
Communication; Educational Leadership;
Educational Psychology; English; Family
Studies and Social Work; Kinesiology
and Health; Manufacturing and Mechanical
Engineering; Political Science; Sociology
and Gerontology; Teacher Education;
Theatre
Saturday , March 8 -Sunday,
March 9
30th Annual
Southwestern Ohio High School Jazz
Festival
7:30 p.m. , Center for Performing
Arts
A special 30th
anniversary event with area high-school
performances, clinicians, and guest
artists, the Saturday night concert
will feature the Miami University
Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Tom Billing
in addition to guest artists. The
Sunday night gala concert will feature
the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, Jack
Schantz conducting, with guest artists
Bergeron, DiMartino, DiBlasio, and
Wiester.
Free admission Saturday
Sunday admission $10 for the public
Sponsored by the Department of Music
with support from the Center for American
and World Cultures
Monday, March 10
Daniel K. Richter, the Richard S.
Dunn Professor of History and Director
of the McNeil Center, University of
Pennsylvania
"William Penn and Native
Americans, Revisited"
4:00 p.m., 212 MacMillan Hall
Sponsored
by the Department of History and the
Charles R. and Elizabeth C. Wilson
Endowed Lecture Series in History
with support from the American Studies
Program and the Center for American
and World Cultures.
Monday, March 24 - Friday,
March 28, 2008
2nd Annual African
American Film Festival
Oxford - Hamilton - Middletown
Campuses
Thursday, March 27,
2008
THIS EVENT HAS
BEEN MOVED TO FEBRUARY 28, 2008
John L. Jackson,
Jr. , Richard Perry University
Associate Professor of Communication
and Anthropology and Associate Dean
of Undergraduate Studies, Annenberg
School for Communication, University
of Pennsylvania
Friday-Sunday, March
28-29
Myaamia
Language Conference
Sponsored by the Miami Nation of Oklahoma
Monday, March 31, 2008
Olympics in
Asia: Beijing 2008
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Laws 113
Dr. Elise Edwards, Department
of History and Anthropology, Butler
University "Framing the 2008
Games in Beijing: East Asian Olympics
Past and Present"
Dr. Marc Dollinger,
Department of Management, Kelley School
of Business, Indiana University "Entrepreneurship
and the Beijing Olympics: How will
the mega-event create entrepreneurial
rent-sharing opportunities?"
Sponsored by the
East Asian Studies Program with support
from the Center for American and World
Cultures, Higgin Kim Asian Business
Program, and the Department of German,
Russian and East Asian Languages
March 31, 2008
Cesar
Chavez
6:00p.m. -Harriet Tubman Theatre,
National Underground Railroad Freedom
Center - Reception sponsored by Miami
University will follow.
Cesar E. Chavez
is one of the most important leaders
of the 20th century and numerous community
organizations around the national
are calling for a national holiday
to recognize his efforts. Chavez,
the late founder and president of
the United Farm Workers, focused national
attention on the plight of farm workers,
winning millions of Americans to his
cause. He was a tireless champion
for civil rights, environmental justice,
labor rights, non-violence and rights
for the poor and disenfranchised.
Please join people from around the
greater Cincinnati area to celebrate
Cesar E. Chavez and his civil rights
efforts.
Sponsored by Su Casa,
LULAC (League of United Latin American
Citizens) of Greater Cincinnati, LULAC-NKU
Chapter, NKU Latino Student Affairs,
NKU African American Student Affairs,
NKU Literature and Language Dept,
NKU Honors Program, NKU Afro-American
Studies, Ohio Civil Rights Commission,
San Carlos Borromeo Parish Council,
St. Julie Billiart Parish, Cristo
Rey Parish, National Underground Railroad
Freedom Center, Xavier University
Office of the Vice President for Diversity,
Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati,
Centro de Amistad,
La Jornada Latina, Miami University,
English Language Learning Foundation,
Inc., Intercommunity Justice and Peace
Center, Greater Cincinnati Latino
Coalition, National Park Service,
Norwood Service League, Thomas More
College
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Thursday, April 3, 2008
Annual Holocaust
Awareness Program
Judith Meisel,
Holocaust Survivor and Civil Rights
Activist
"Survival
of a Human Spirit"
4:30 p.m. 115 Shideler Hall (CHANGED
FROM MPR A&B)
Holocaust survivor,
retired educator, and civil rights
activist, Judith Meisel will discuss
her life and answer questions following
the screening of "Tak for Alt:
the Survial of a Human Spirit."
Winner of the Anti-Defamation League's
Dore Shary award, the National Educatinal
Media Network Gold Apple award, and
the Judah Magnes Museum Jewish Video
award, "Tak for Alt," which
means "Thanks for Everything"
in Danish, chronicles Meisel's experiences
from Eastern Europe to the Kovno ghetto,
to the the Stutthof concentration
camp, to her liberation and recuperation
in Denmark, and finally to the U.S.,
where she began to her life's work
championing social justice and civil
and human rights.
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures, the Center for
Holocaust and Humanity Education,
and the Hillel Foundation at Miami
University with support from the Association
of Jewish Students, the Department
of Comparative Religion, the Department
of Communication, the Department of
English, the Department of German,
Russian, East Asian Languages, Arabic,
Hebrew, and Hindi, the Havighurst
Center for Russian and Post-Soviet
Studies, the Jewish Studies Program,
the Office of Diversity Affairs, the
School of Interdisciplinary Studies-Western
College Program, and the Women's Center
Dinner to follow at the Miami University
Hillel Foundation
RSVP Dorothy Falke, falkeda@muohio.edu
or 529-8309 by March 14
Thursday, April 10,
2008
"Democracy,
Democratization and Elections in West
Africa" International
Conference on "Democracy, Democratization
and Elections in West Africa, 1990-2007"
1:00 - 7:00 p.m. 112 Pearson Hall
Sponsored by the Department
of Political Science, the Office of
the Provost & Executive vice-President,
the Office for the Advancement of
Research and Scholarship (OARS), the
International Programs Office, the
College of Arts and Science, the International
Studies Program, the School of Education,
Health and Society, the Black World
Studies Program, the University Honors
Program, and the Center for American
and World Cultures
For more information
contact:
Abdoulaye Saine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Int'l. Political-economy/African
Studies Department of Political Science
Miami University
513 529 2489
sainea@muohio.edu
Friday, April 11, 2007
The Watts Prophets
7:30 p.m. Hall Auditorium
In 1967, these three, the best of
the students in the prestigious Watts
Writers Workshop,won their first amateur
talent contest as a nameless group.
An audience member—dazzled by their
performance— shouted,“They must be
the Watts Prophets!” The earliest
work by the twenty-something aged
poets was an expression of their rage
against powerlessness.
Racism,poverty, and violence were
their everyday reality and provided
the thematic foundation for what was
a very unique style—what many today
acknowledge as the roots of rap.Now,
their message is tempered by 30+ years
of working in Watts, bringing to the
stage the same fire that ignited their
birth but tempered by time and wisdom.
The Prophets will be in our community
for two weeks, building bridges through
the process of developing our own
hip hop poetry choir. The residency
will culminate in a showcase of the
choir and the Prophets.
$5 Students/Youth
$9 Seniors
$10 Public
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures and the Talawanda
Miami Partnership
Monday, April 14, 2008
Annual Middle
East and Islamic Studies Forum
"Islam in Africa"
Dr. Valerie Hoffman, Department of
Religion, University of Illinois-Urbana
2:00 - 5:00 p.m. 212 MMH
Sponsored by the Middle East and Islamic
Studies Minor with support from the
Black World Studies Program, Center
for American and World Cultures, College
of Arts and Science, Department of
Comprative Religion, Department of
French and Italian, Department of
Geography, International Studies Program,
Miami University Libraries, and Office
of the Provost. For more information,
please call Dr. Stanley Toops, 513-529-5558.
Saturday, April 19
First Seder
No programming
Sunday, April 20
Passover begins
Thursday, April
24, 2008
A Poetry
Reading by 2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner,
Natasha Tretheway,
2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner and Phillis
Wheatley Distinguished Chair Professor
of Poetry, Emory University
8:00 p.m. Heritage Room, Shriver Center
Sponsored by the Institute of Learning
and Retirement with support from the
Center for American and World Cultures,
Creative Writing Program, Department
of English, John W. Altman Humanities
Scholar-in-Residence Program, Office
of the President, and the Women's
Studies Program
For more information:
http://www.creativewriting.emory.edu/faculty/trethewey.html
Saturday, April 26,
2008
Culture Clash
of Sexuality, Religion, Gender, and
Art
A multi-media dance and theatre production
directed by Mark Weil, choreographed
by David Rousseve.
Contains Adult Themes. Performed in
Russian with English surtitles.
7:30 pm Gates-Abegglen
Theatre, Center for Performing Arts
$20 Public, $19 Seniors, $9 Students/Youth,
PAS
Inspired by the true
story of the painter Usto Mumin, the
play explores the relationships between
the Sufi culture and the Russian Soviet
military stationed in Tashkent. In
Uzbekistan, there were no dances for
women until the 1920s.The Bacha Boys,
whose dances were very much a part
of court life from ancient times,
played a unique part in the evolution
of the country's historical culture.
http://montgomery.cas.muohio.edu/nimissa/ilkhom.mp4
Sponsored by the
Center for American and World Cultures,
the Havighurst Center for Russian
and Post-Soviet Studies, the School
of Fine Arts’ Scholarship and Teaching
Fund, Arts Midwests’ Performing Arts
Fund, and the New England Foundation
for the Arts’ National Dance Project
Monday, May 26, 2008
Memorial Day
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