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Tuesday,
August 23 - Thursday, December
15, 2005
Latin
American Travel Posters 1930s-1962
Permanent Collection of Latin
American Art
Miami University
Art Museum Lobby |
The Latin American
travel posters are part of the Elma
Pratt Collection of International
Folk Art. Miss Pratt lived in Oxford
from 1971 until her death in 1977
at the age of 89. The collection consists
of more than 2,500 objects. Since
the collection was donated numerous
patrons have added to it.
Wednesday, August
31, 2005
Robin
Lakoff,
Professor of Linguistics, University
of California-Berkeley
“You Can
Always Tell A Harvard President: Larry
Summers on Women in Science and What
Public Discussions Tell Us”
7:00 p.m. Room
144 Benton Hall (Oxford Campus)
(Part of “The Power of Language”
Series)
Co-sponsored by the
Center for American and World Cultures
and the Honors and Scholars Faber
Scholar-in-Residence Program with
support from the Center for Writing
Excellence, Department of Communication,
and the Women's Studies Program
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Friday,
September 9, 2005
UniDiversidad
Latin Festival
5:00 -10:00
p.m. Uptown Park Oxford
Co-sponsored by the Center for
American and World Cultures,
City of Oxford, Division of
Student Affairs, Homecoming
Weekend Committee of the Campus
Activities Council, Oxford Chamber
of Commerce, Oxford Visitors
and Convention Bureau, and School
of Fine Arts
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Sunday,
September 11, 2005
Between
Two Worlds: Identity and Imagination
Jewish literature book discussion
Kaaterskill Falls by
Allegra Goodman
Facilitated by Professor Claire
Goldstein, Department of French
and Italian
6:00
p.m.
Hillel
Foundation
11 East Walnut
Oxford, Ohio
(513-523-5190)
Everyone welcome! |
Co-sponsored by the
Miami University Libraries, American
Library Association, Center for American
and World Cultures, Hillel Foundation,
Jewish Studies Program, Lane Public
Library
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Wednesday,
September 14, 2005
Coco
Fusco,
Professor, Department of Visual
Arts, Columbia University
“Only
Skin Deep: Changing Visions
of the American Self”
7:30 p.m.
Room 144 Benton Hall (Oxford
campus)
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Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures and
School of Interdisciplinary Studies,
Western College Program
Wednesday,
September 14, 2005
Gendered
Resistance Film Series
“Daughters of the Dust”
(1992)
7:00 p.m. Great
Room 212 MacMillan Hall (Oxford campus)
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Thursday,
September 15, 2005
Witness
for Peace Presentation
“Living Latin America:
Traveling with Witness for Peace”
6:00 p.m.
Great Room, 212 MacMillan Hall
(Oxford campus)
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Sponsored by Witness
for Peace
Monday, September
19, 2005
Constitution
Day Program
Dr. Augustus (Gus) Jones, Professor
of Political Science, will be leading
a panel of students in a discussion
of "The US Constitution and its
Role in Everyday Life."
6:00 p.m.
Room 239 Gaskill (Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the
Center for American and World Cultures
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Monday,
September 19, 2005
Greg
Downey,
Department of Anthropology,
University of Notre Dame
“How
Sports Shape Athletes: the Case
of the Afro-Brazilian Martial
Art, Capoeira”
4:00 p.m.
Room 100 Laws Hall (Oxford campus)
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Co-sponsored by
the Center for American and World
Cultures; Department of Anthropology;
Department of Physical Education,
Health and Sports Studies; and Intercollegiate
Athletics
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Monday,
September 19, 2005
Greg
Downey,
Department of Anthropology,
University of Notre Dame
Capoeira
workshop
9:00 a.m.
Great Room, 212 MacMillan Hall.
To reserve a spot, please call
Dorothy Falke at 9-8309 or e-mail:
falkeda@muohio.edu.
Please wear comfortable
clothes and shoes. |
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Tuesday,
September 20, 2005
Greg
Downey,
Department of Anthropology,
University of Notre Dame
Capoeira
workshop
4:30-6:30
p.m. Dance Studio, Room 115
Phillips Hall (Oxford campus) |
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, Department
of Physical Education and Health and
Sports Studies, and Intercollegiate
Athletics
Tuesday, September
20, 2005
Superseded:
Mediation & Meditation: Conflict
in Tibet, Cease Fire Lecture
7:00 - 8:00
p.m. Room 100 Art Building (Oxford
campus)
Lecture followed by questions, and
a short reception.
Tuesday,
September 20, 2005
Dr. Mieko Ono
"Everything you always wanted
to know about Japanese ...but were
afraid to ask"
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Bachelor Reading Room (Oxford campus)
Mieko Ono will
talk about typological characteristics,
language-particular
phenomena, cultural reflections on
language, orthography, and other
interesting features of the Japanese
language. This talk is for students
of linguistics, Japanese, foreign
languages, and anyone interested in
or
curious about the Japanese language.
Dr. Ono is a professor
of Japanese and Linguistics in GREAL.
She also does research on Korean.
Co-sponsored by the
East Asian Studies Program
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
"History,
Raw and Cooked: Possibilities for
Food Studies"
Timothy
Morton,
Professor of Literature and Environment,
University of California- Davis
4:00 p.m. Room 1 Upham Hall
(Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the
Department of History with support
from the American
Studies Program, Center for American
and World Cultures, College of Arts
and Science, Graduate School, Departments
of English, GREAL, and Spanish and
Portuguese
Thursday,
September 22, 2005
Rosh
Hashanah (New Year) (Jewish)
Thursday, September
22, 2005
Professor
Diane Glancy,
Department of English, Macalester
College
"If I Told
a Story" (tentative
title)
4:00 p.m. Great Room, MacMillan Hall
212 (Oxford campus)
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Thursday,
September 22, 2005
A
Day Without A Mexican Pre-Event
Showing
9:00 p.m. Sigma Lambda Gamma
Suite, Room 147 Richard Hall
(Oxford campus)
Everyone is invited. Anyone
who cannot get into Richard
Hall can call Jamie Bird 208-869-2805
to gain entrance. |
Tuesday, September
27, 2005
Using
the Center for American and World
Cultures' Power of Language Speaker
Series to Enrich Your Course
Practical Ideas for Incorporating
These Events into Any Course
4:00 p.m. Oxford Room, Miami Inn (Oxford
campus)
Tuesday,
September 27, 2005
Professor
Katya Gibel Azoulay, Professor
of Anthropology and American Studies
at Grinnell College
Curriculum Workshop with Faculty 4:00-5:30
p.m.
Lecture: "Omissions and Oversights:
The Politics of Race-ing Jews and
Blacks"
8:00 p.m. Great Room 212 MacMillan
Hall (Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the
Black World Studies Program and the
Jewish Studies Program with support
from the American Studies Program,
Center for American and World Cultures,
Department of Anthropology, Department
of Comparative Religion, Department
of Educational Leadership, Department
of History, Department of Sociology
and Gerontology, Hillel Foundation,
and Honors and Scholars Program
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Wednesday,
September 28, 2005
Imani
Winds with Paquito D’Rivera
7:30 p.m.
Hall Auditorium (Oxford campus)
$7 MU Student/Youth, $13 Senior,
$14 Adult
Curricular
discount
$5 for students
required to see the performance
for class
2 FREE tickets to instructors
who require students to attend
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A collaboration with
the Performing Arts Series
Thursday, September
29, 2005
St. Michael
and All Angels (Catholic/Protestant
Catholic)
Thursday, September
29, 2005
Provost’s
Welcome for Ethnically Diverse and
International Faculty & Staff
4:00 – 6:30 p.m. The
Tavern at the Miami Inn (Oxford campus)
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Thursday,
September 29, 2005
“A
Day Without A Mexican”,
a discussion by Sergio Arau
and Yareli Arizmendi, Writer/Actress
5:30 p.m.
Room 144 Benton Hall (Oxford
campus)
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Tuesday, October
4, 2005
First
Day of Ramadan (30 days) (Islam)
Tuesday, October 4 -Wednesday,
October 5, 2005
Rosh
Hashanah (New Year) (Jewish)
Tuesday, October 4-Wednesday,
October 12, 2005
Navaratra Dashara
(Hindu)
Tuesday, October
4, 2005
Mahatma Gandhi's
136th Birthday
6:00 p.m.
Film: Mahatma
Gandhi: Pilgrim of Peace
Professor
David L. Haberman, Professor
and Chair, Department of Religious
Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
Lecture: "Gandhi
and Deep Ecology"
7:00 p.m. Room
40 Irvin Hall (Oxford campus)
Sponsored by:
Department of Philosophy, Department
of Comparative Religion, Office of
International Education, and The Center
for American and World Cultures
The Gendered Resistance
Symposium is supported by the John
W. Altman Humanities Scholar-in-Residence
Program; the Center for American and
World Cultures, the Department of
History McClellan Fund, the Miami
University Graduate School; the National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center;
the Miami University Women's Center,
and the Department of Art. We are
particularly grateful to the staff
of the Center for American and World
Cultures for administrative and logistical
support.
Thursday,
October 6, 2005
Carolyn Mazloomi
in the Heistand
Gallery
4:00 p.m.
Part of the Gendered Resistance program
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Sunday,
October 9, 2005
Between
Two Worlds: Identity and Imagination
Jewish literature book discussion
Lost in Translation
by -Eva Hoffman
Facilitated by Professor Erik
Rose, Department of German,
Russian, and East Asian Languages
6:00
p.m.
Hillel
Foundation
11
East Walnut
Oxford, Ohio
(513-523-5190)
Everyone welcome! |
For more information
and to register, please contact Frances
Yates, Outreach Librarian.
Please click here
for the Jewish Studies Series programming.
Co-sponsored by
the Miami University Libraries, American
Library Association, Center for American
and World Cultures, Hillel Foundation,
Jewish Studies Program, Lane Public
Library
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Monday,
October 10, 2005
“Where
in the World is Haiti”
Institute
of Environmental Sciences and
the Latin American Studies Program
4:00 p.m. Great Room, 212 MacMillan
Hall (Oxford campus)
Dr. Mark Boardman (IES), Dr.
Avram Primack (IES), Dr. William
Renwick (Geography), Dr. Sandy
Woy-Hazleton (IES) |
Wednesday, October
12, 2005
Vijaya
Dasami (Last Day of Navaratri)
(Hindu)
Wednesday, October
12, 2005
Immigrant
Worker Rights and Immigration Policy
7:00 p.m. Room
255 Upham Hall (Oxford campus)
Thursday, October
13, 2005
Yom
Kippur (Day of Atonement) (Jewish)
Tuesday, October
18-Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Sukkot
(Feast of Tabernacles)
(Jewish)
Tuesday, October
18, 2005
Sarah
Meer,
University Lecturer in the Faculty
of English at the University of Cambridge
and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge
“Dion
Boucicault, Identity, and Nineteenth
Melodrama”
Interdisciplinary Studies Workshop
4:30 – 6:00
p.m. Great Room 212 MacMillan Hall
(Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the
Honors and Scholars Program with support
from the Black World Studies Program
and the Center for American and World
Cultures
Wednesday, October
19, 2005
Sarah
Meer,
University Lecturer in the Faculty
of English at the University of Cambridge
and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge
"'The Libyan
Sibyl': Slavery, Neo-classical Statues,
and a Non-Atlantic
Africa"
7:00 -9:00
p.m. Great Room 212 MacMillan Hall
(Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the
Honors and Scholars Program with support
from the Black World Studies Program
and the Center for American and World
Cultures
Wednesday, October
19, 2005
María
Martínez
“The Struggle
for Latino Recognition: The University
of Toledo in the 1970s”
8:00 p.m. Warfield
Hall Lower Level (Oxford campus)
Thursday, October
20, 2005
Birth
of the Báb (Bahá'í religious holiday)
Thursday, October
20, 2005
Racial Legacies
and Learning XIV: How to Talk About
Race featuring Yvonne Bynoe, Author,
Political Activist and Lecturer
7:00 p.m.
Harry T. Wilks Conference Center (Hamilton
campus)
Friday and
Saturday, October 21 and 22, 2005
Chorale and
Glee Club
8:00 p.m. Hall
Auditorium (Oxford campus)
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Sunday,
October 23, 2005
“Hands
Full of Beauty”
3:00 p.m.
Hall Auditorium (Oxford campus)
All seats reserved. Admission
$8.00 (public); $4.00 (students)
Tickets are available at the
Miami University Box Office
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This production features
around 80 performers including several
guests from all over the world. Several
guest artists including a 13-year
old prodigy from Afghanistan, a 12-member
team from Iran, Palestine, and Turkey,
a six-member team from India, two
Grammy winning artists from Puerto
Rico, a father and son team from Indonesia
(Bali), a 20-member Taiko Drum Japanese
ensemble, a 20-member Brazilian Samba
ensemble, a three-member Klezmer ensemble,
two dancers from India and the Miami
University Dance Theatre will collaborate
with Miami University's Global Rhythms
World Music Ensemble. A 52-member
team from Indiana University and a
special team from Capital University
will be also be featured for the first
time!
Co-sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures, Havighurst Center
for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies,
International Studies Program, Office
of International Education, Performing
Arts Series, Richard T. Farmer School
of Business, School of Fine Arts,
University of Chicago, Capital University,
and H and B Clothing
Monday, October
24, 2005
Dr.
Barbara Ransby
"Ella Baker
and the Role of Black Women in the
Struggle for Social Justice"
4:00 p.m. Great
Room, 212 MacMillan Hall (Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the American
Studies Program, Black World Studies,
Center for American and World Cultures,
Department of History, Women's Studies,
and Women's Center.
Please click here
for a complete listing of a complete
listing of Rodolfo Usigli Centennial
events.
Tuesday, October 25,
2005
Shemini Atzeret
(Eighth Day of Sukkot) (Jewish)
Wednesday, October
26, 2005
Simchat
Torah (Rejoicing of the Law) (Jewish)
Wednesday, October
26, 2005
Molefi
Asante,
Professor, Department of African American
Studies, Temple University
and faculty panel
will discuss
“The
State of Black Studies in the Academy”
2:00 – 4:30
p.m. Harry T. Wilks Conference Center
(Hamilton campus)
For more information,
please click here.
Co-sponsored by the
Black World Studies Program, Center
for American and World Cultures, Center
for Writing Excellence, and Miami
University-Hamilton
Thursday, October
27, 2005
Molefi
Asante,
Professor, Department of African American
Studies, Temple University
Using Writing
to Improve Students’ Thinking and
Reasoning Powers
12:30 —
2:00 p.m. Buffet lunch provided. Reservations
only, please call 529-6006 or email
cwe@muohio.edu
Sponsored by the
Black World Studies Program, Center
for American and
World Cultures, Center for Writing
Excellence, and Miami University—Hamilton
Thursday, October
27, 2005
Molefi
Asante,
Professor, Department of African American
Studies, Temple University
“The Power
of Language: an Afrocentric Perspective”
4:00 p.m. Hall
Auditorium (Oxford campus)
Part of "The Power of Language”
Series
Co-sponsored by
the Center for American and World
Cultures, Center for Writing Excellence,
and Miami University-Hamilton
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Thursday
October 27, 2005
Ed
Jackiewicz,
Professor and Graduate Coordinator,
Department of Geography, California
State University-Northridge
"The
Cultural Economy of Tourism
in Rural Costa Rica"
6:00 p.m.
Great Room, 212 MacMillan Hall
(Oxford campus) |
Sponsored by
the Department of Geography with support
from the Center for American and World
Cultures If
you have any questions, please contact
Professor Tom
Klak, Department of Geography.
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Thursday,
October 27, 2005
Miami
University Steel Band
8:00 p.m.
Hall Auditorium (Oxford campus)
All seats
reserved. Admission $7.00 (public);
$5.00 (students)
Tickets are available at the
Miami University Box Office
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Friday,
October 28, 2005
Miami
University Steel Band
8:00 p.m.
Hall Auditorium (Oxford campus)
All seats reserved. Admission
$7.00 (public); $5.00 (students)
Tickets are available at the
Miami University Box Office
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Sponsored by the
Department of Music
Saturday,
October 29, 2005
Mosaic
Youth Theatre
7:00
p.m. Hall Auditorium (Oxford campus)
Co-sponsored by the
Center for American and World Cultures,
College of Arts and Science, Department
of Music, Department of Theatre, Miami
University Parents Fund, Office of Admissions,
Office of Residence Life and Housing,
and School of Fine Arts
Sunday, October
30, 2005
Mosaic
Youth Choir
2:00 p.m. Hall
Auditorium (Oxford campus)
Co-sponsored by
the Center for American and World
Cultures, College of Arts and Science,
Department of Music, Department of
Theatre, Miami University Parents
Fund, Office of Admissions, Office
of Residence Life and Housing, and
School of Fine Arts
Tuesday, November
1, 2005
All
Saints Day (Christian)
Tuesday, November
1, 2005
Deepawali
(Diwali) (Hindu religious holiday)
Tuesday, November
1, 2005
John Cinnamon,
Professor of Anthropology, Miami University
Voices
of Freedom in Mississippi and Central
Africa
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Kumler Memorial Chapel
(Oxford Campus)
Co-sponsored by the
School of Interdisciplinary Studies
and the Center for American and World
Cultures
Thursday, November 3,
2005
Eid-al-Fitr
(Islam)
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Monday,
November 7, 2005
"Entre
Villa y una mujer desnuda (Between
Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman)"
Play by Sabina
Berman
Public Viewing
7:00-9:00 p.m. Room 46 Culler
Hall (Oxford campus)
This viewing
will be a part of the symposium
on November 11 and 12.
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Please click here
for a complete listing of a complete
listing of Rodolfo Usigli Centennial
events.
Saturday, November
12, 2005
Birth
of Baha'u'llah (Bahá'í religious
holiday)
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Sunday,
November 13, 2005
Between
Two Worlds: Identity and Imagination
Jewish literature book discussion
The Centaur in the Garden
by Moacyr Scliar
facilitated by Professor Erik
Rose
6:00
p.m.
Hillel
Foundation
11 East Walnut
Oxford, Ohio
(513-523-5190)
Everyone welcome! |
For more information and to register,
please contact Frances
Yates, Outreach Librarian.
Please click here
for the Jewish Studies Series programming.
Co-sponsored by the
Miami University Libraries, American
Library Association, Center for American
and World Cultures, Hillel Foundation,
Jewish Studies Program, Lane Public
Library
Monday, November
14, 2005
The
Second Annual Human Rights and Social
Justice Information Fair
11:00 a.m.-3:30
p.m. Heritage Room, Shriver Center
(Oxford campus)
Social
Justice and Human Rights Film Festival
6:00 – 10:00
p.m. Room
212 MacMillan Hall (Oxford campus)
Co-sponsored by the Center for Community
Engagement In Over-the-Rhine, the
Center for American and World Cultures,
the Etheridge Center for Reflective
Leadership, the Harry T. Wilks Leadership
Institute, the Office of International
Education, and the Office of Service
Learning and Civic Leadership
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Monday,
November 14, 2005
"Generals,
Admirals, Torturers, and Other
Philologists: Language as a
Weapon in Argentina's 'Dirty
War'"
Marguerite
Feitlowitz,
Professor of Literature, Bennington
College
4:00 p.m. Heritage Room, Shriver
Center (Oxford campus)
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Marcia
Tucker,
Founding Director, Emerita, New Museum
of Contemporary Art
"A Short
Life of Trouble"
Noon. Miami
University Art Museum
Part of “The Power of Language”
Series
Co-sponsored by
the Center for American and World
Cultures, Center for Writing Excellence,
Miami University Art Museum, and the
School of Interdisciplinary Studies-
Western College Program
Wednesday, November
16, 2005
Marcia
Tucker,
Founding Director, Emerita, New Museum
of Contemporary Art
“The Language
of Objects”
4:30 p.m. Room
100 Laws Hall (Oxford campus)
Co-sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures, Center for Writing
Excellence, Miami University Art Museum,
and School of Interdisciplinary Studies-
Western College Program
Part of “The Power of Language”
Series
Wednesday,
November
16, 2005
Joe
Soares
Able,
The American Dream; a discussion with
Joe Soares the paralympic medalist
coach, world renowned athlete and
star of the movie murderball
7:00 p.m. Shriver
Multipurpose Rooms A&B
Co-sponsored by
CAC (Campus Activities Council), Program
Board, Pi Kappa Phi, Beta Theta Pi,
Spectrum, IFC (Interfraternity Council),
DAC (Diversity Affairs Council)
Friday, November
18, 2005
Dr.
Dagmar Morales,
Director of Latino Initiatives, University
of Toledo
"Supporting
Latino/a Students"
2:00 p.m. Great Room, 212 MacMillan
Hall (Oxford campus)
Co-sponsored by the
Latin American Studies Program, Women’s
Studies Program, Center for American
and World Cultures, Office of Multicultural
Student Enrichment
For further information
contact: Prof. Dan La Botz, 529-1958
Saturday, November
19
Diwali
The show will start at 3:00 p.m. Hall
Auditorium (Oxford campus) and the
dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. at Talawanda
Middle School.
There is a cost for
the show and dinner, and tickets will
become available in November. Please
check back for prices.
For more information,
please contact Dr. Leena Batra, ISA
Advisor, 529-4634).
Sponsored by the Indian Students Association
Sunday, November 27,
2005
Advent
(First Sunday)
Wednesday, November
30, 2005
Daryl
Baldwin,
Director, Myaamia Language Project
"Language
Is Life: Miami Language and Cultural
Revitalization"
5:00 p.m. Room
212 MacMillan Hall (Oxford campus)
Reception to follow
Part of “The Power of Language”
Series
Co-sponsored by the
Center for American and World Cultures,
Center for Writing Excellence, Miami
Nation, and the Myaamia Language Project
of Miami University
Thursday, December
8, 2005
Bodhi Day (Rohatsu)
(Buddhism)
Sunday, December 25,
2005
Christmas Day (Christian)
Monday, December 26,
2005-Sunday, January 1, 2006
Kwanzaa
Monday, December
26, 2005-Monday, January 2, 2006
Hannukah
(Feast of Lights) (Jewish)
Friday, January
6, 2006
Epiphany
(Christian Holiday)
Monday, January
9, 2006
Classes begin
Tuesday, January
10, 2006
Sovereign
Stories: A Film Series Exploring Contemporary
Native America
Smoke Signals
All Films Will Be Shown @ 7:00 p.m.
In Upham Hall, Room 1
Discussions Follow
Tuesday, January 10-Friday,
January 13, 2006
Eid-al-Adha
(Islam Holiday)
Monday, January
16, 2006
Martin
Luther King Day
Monday, January 16,
2006
Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. March and Community Celebration
10:00 a.m. - Peace March - from the
Oxford Uptown Parks to Kumler Memorial
Chapel
11:00 a.m. - Non-denomination Service,
Kumler Chapel Dr.
Vincent G. Harding, Speaker
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by: Black
History Celebration Committee, Office
of Diversity Affairs; Center for American
and World Cultures; School of Interdisciplinary
Studies, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
Inc., Miami University Special Events
Fund
Tuesday, January 17-Saturday, May
6, 2006
Speaking
Without Words:
An Exhibition of Contemporary American
Indian Art
Miami University Art Museum Lobby
Tuesday, January
17, 2006
Sovereign
Stories: A Film Series Exploring Contemporary
Native America
In the Light of Reverence
All Films Will Be Shown @ 7:00 p.m.
In Upham Hall, Room 1
Discussions Follow
Tuesday, January
17, 2006
Dr.
Vincent G. Harding,
Speaker
"Martin
Luther King and the Future of America"
10:00 a.m. Dave
Finkelman Auditorium (Middletown campus)
Free and open to the public
Contact: Darius Prier - 727-3353
Wednesday,
January 18, 2006
Professor
Thomas Garcia, Department of Music,
Miami University
"Picante
Salsa with Rice and Beans"
5:30 p.m. Great Room, 212 MacMillan
Hall (Oxford campus)
This talk is in preparation
for Tiempo Libre
Latin Dance Extravaganza, February
3. Food from Cuba and the Caribbean
will be served.
Monday, January 23,
2006
Dilek
Cindoglu, Professor of
Political Science, Bilkent University,
Ankara, Turkey; Visiting Specialist
in the Fulbright Visiting Specialists
Program, "Direct Access to the
Muslim World"
"Family
Life and Gender in Turkey"
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Great Room, 212 MacMillan
Hall (Oxford campus)
Reception Following
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures; Center
for
Human Development, Learning, and Teaching;
Department of Family Studies and Social
Work; School of Education and Allied
Professions; and Women's Studies Program
Tuesday, January
24, 2006
Sovereign
Stories: A Film Series Exploring Contemporary
Native America
Lightin the Seventh Fire
and Usual and Accustomed Places
All Films Will Be Shown @ 7:00 p.m.
In Upham Hall, Room 1
Discussions Follow
Wednesday, January
25, 2006
Christmas Day
(Eastern
Orthodox)
Wednesday, January
25, 2006
Professor
Jim Ferris,
Department of Communication Arts,
University of Wisconsin-Madison; President,
Society for Disability Studies
Poetry Reading
Dr. Ferris reads from his collection
of poems, The Hospital Poems and
Facts of Life
4:30 p.m. Great Room, 212 MacMillan
Hall (Oxford campus)
Reception following
(Part of “The Power of Language” Lecture
Series)
Co-sponsored by the
Center for American and World Cultures,
the Center for Writing Excellence,
the Department of English Creative
Writing Program
Thursday, January 26,
2006
Professor
Jim Ferris, Department
of Communication Arts, University
of Wisconsin-Madison; President, Society
for Disability Studies
Breakfast/Workshop "Toward
Universal Design: Using Writing and
Oral Communication Exercises to Build
Inclusive and Engaged Classrooms"
8:00 a.m. Room 336 Shriver (Oxford
campus)
Universal design seeks
to create products and environments
that serve
all people. This interactive workshop
will show how instructors can use
the principles of universal design
to develop written and oral communication
assignments and activities that build
supportive learning communities, while
also challenging students to think
deeply and critically about issues
of identity and diversity.
Organized by the Center
for Writing Excellence in conjunction
with "The Power
of Language" Lecture Series.
To register, please call the Center
for Writing Excellence, 529-6006
Thursday, January
26, 2006
Professor
Jim Ferris,
Department of Communication Arts,
University of Wisconsin-Madison; President,
Society for Disability Studies
"The
Opposite of Ability: Language, Human
Lives, and This Thing We Call Disability"
4:30 p.m. Room 115 Shideler Hall (Oxford
campus)
(Part of
"The Power of Language" Lecture Series)
Co-sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures, Center for Writing
Excellence, Department of English,
and Linguistics Program
Monday, January
30, 2006
Middle
East and Islamic Forum, “Muslim Peoples
of the Silk Road”
Great Room, 212
MacMillan Hall (Oxford campus)
Program Schedule
1:30-3:00 p.m. Panel I- Uzbekistan
Dr. Vernon Schubel, Religious Studies,
Kenyon College
Topic: Sufism in Uzbekistan
Dr. Nurten Kilic-Schubel, History,
Kenyon College
Topic: 18th C. Uzbek Women Poets
Dr. William Fierman, Central Eurasian
Studies, Indiana University
Topic: Language policy in Uzbekistan
3:30-5:00 p.m. Panel II - Turkey and
Xinjiang
Dr. Gardner Bovingdon, Central Eurasian
Studies, Indiana University
Topic: Autonomy in Xinjiang, China
Dr.
Dilek Cindoğlu, Sociology, Bilkent
Universit
Topic: Women and Work in Contemporary
Turkey
Sponsored by the
Middle East and Islamic Studies Minor
with support from the Center for American
and World Cultures and the Havighurst
Center for Russian and Post-Soviet
Studies.
Contact: Professor Stan Toops, International
Studies Program and Department of
Geography for questions
Tuesday, January
31, 2006
All Films Will Be Shown @ 7:00 p.m.
In Upham Hall, Room 1
Discussions Follow
Sovereign
Stories: A Film Series Exploring Contemporary
Native America
In Whose
Honor? and Black Indians
Tuesday, January
31, 2006
Al-Hijra (Islamic
New Year)
Thursday,
February 2, 2006
Dr.
Myriam Met,
Deputy Director, National Foreign
Language Center, University of Maryland
“Learning Through
Two Languages: An International and
National
Perspective on Bilingual Education”
4:30 p.m.
Room 100 Laws Hall (Oxford campus)
(Part of “The Power
of Language” Lecture Series)
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, Center
for Writing Excellence, Linguistics
Program, and Talawanda Miami
Partnership
Friday, February
3, 2006
Arnold
Zack
"Labor Standards vs. Globalization:
Protecting Workplace Rights in a Global
Economy"
4:30 p.m. Heritage Room, Shriver Center
(Oxford campus)
African buffet following (The dinner
and lecture are free and open to all
students, faculty, and staff, however
a donation is suggested for dinner;
$10 for students, and $15 for faculty
and staff.)
Note: Professors can
schedule class visits with Mr. Zack
the afternoon of February 3rd. Those
interested should contact TJ
Bittel by January 13th, 2006.
Presented by Associated
Student Government, African School
Advancement Program, the Center for
American and World Cultures, and the
Special Events Student Affairs Fund
Friday, February
3, 2006
Latin
Night
Tiempo Libre in a Latin Dance Hall
Extravaganza! Grammy
2005 Nominated to Best Salsa/Merengue
Album for Arroz con Mango
7:30 p.m. Millett
Hall (Oxford campus)
$18 Public, $17 Seniors, $9 Student/Youth
Curriculum discount for classes in
Global Arts/Cuba, International Studies,
Popular Culture
$7 for students
required to see the performance for
class
2 FREE tickets to instructors who
require students to attend
More about Tiempo
Libre
Click here
for the Performing Arts Series Curriculum
Connections.
Co-sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures, the Performing
Arts Series, and Kona Bistro
Tuesday, February
7, 2006
Sovereign
Stories: A Film Series Exploring Contemporary
Native America
The Doe Boy
All Films Will
Be Shown @ 7:00 p.m. In Upham Hall,
Room 1
Discussions Follow
Tuesday, February
14, 2006
Jeffrey
D. Lerner,
Professor, Department of History,
Wake Forest University and University
of Cincinnati Classics Margo Tytus
Visiting Scholar
“If These Bricks
Could Talk: Decoding an Ancient Mystery
from Afghanistan”
5:30 p.m. Room
212 MacMillan Hall, Great Room (Oxford
campus)
Co-sponsored by
the Center for American and World
Cultures, Departments of Anthropology,
Classics, and History
Tuesday,
February 14, 2006
Sovereign
Stories: A Film Series Exploring Contemporary
Native America
Dance Me Outside
All Films Will Be Shown @ 7:00 p.m.
In Upham Hall, Room 1
Discussions Follow
Thursday, February 23,
2006
Judith
Ortiz-Cofer
"A Love Story Beginning in Spanish"
7:00 p.m. Great
Room, 212 MacMillan Hall (Oxford campus)
Co-sponsored by the
Center for American and World Cultures,
Department of English, Latin American
Studies Program, Department of Spanish
and Portuguese, Women's Studies Program,
"Racial
Legacies & Learning XV: How To
Talk About Race" featuring
Donna
Brazile,
Political Commentator and Chair of
the Voting Rights
7:00 p.m. Harry T. Wilks Institute
Conference Center, Miami University
Hamilton
For more information, call 785-3184
Co-sponsored by Office of the Executive
Director (Miami University-Hamilton),
Office of Multicultural Services (Miami
University-Hamilton), Office of Student
Services (Miami University-Hamilton),
City of Hamilton Department of Human
Relations, and the Center for American
and World Cultures
Friday, February 24,
2006
Chaise
La Dousa, Assistant Professor
of Anthropology, Southern Connecticut
State University
“Shouts of Drugs,
Sex, and Alcohol: Hidden Signs of
Faith and Race in Oxford's House Signs”
4:00 p.m. Great Room, 212 MacMillan
Hall (Oxford campus)
Reception to follow
Presented by the Lectures in Contemporary
Anthropology Series with support from
the Center for American and World
Cultures, Women's Studies Program,
Black World Studies Program, and American
Studies Program
(Part of the “Power of Language” Lecture
Series)
Tuesday, February
28, 2006
Sovereign
Stories: A Film Series Exploring Contemporary
Native America
Trudell
All Films Will Be Shown @ 7:00 p.m.
In Upham Hall, Room 1
Discussions Follow
Wednesday, March
1-Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Talking
Back: An Exhibit on American Indian
Literary Activism
First Floor Entrance, King Library
Wednesday, March
1, 2006
Ash
Wednesday
(Christian Holiday)
Wednesday, March
1, 2006
Margaret
Karns, Department
of Political Science, University of
Dayton
"The Challenges
of United Nations Reform"
7:30 p.m. Room
113 Laws Hall (Oxford campus)
Co-sponsored by
the Model UN with support from the
Center for American and World Cultures
Thursday, March
2, 2006
Kira
Hall,
Associate Professor, -Department of
Linguistics, University of Colorado-Boulder
"Stating,
Hating, and Contemplating Sexual Identity:
‘Coming Out’ and ‘Hate Speech’ in
Theory and Practice"
4:30 p.m. Heritage
Room Shriver Center (Oxford campus)
(Part of “The Power
of Language” Lecture Series)
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, Center
for Writing Excellence, Department
of Anthropology, Linguistics Program,
and the Office of GLBT Issues.
Monday, March 6,
2006
Richard
Kalinoski,
Associate Professor, Department of
Theater -University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
"Race
and the Playwright's Voice"
4:00 p.m.Room 204 Harrison Hall (Oxford
campus)
(Part of “The Power of Language” Lecture
Series)
Co-sponsored by
the Center for American and World
Cultures, the College of Arts and
Science Diversity Fund, the Havighurst
Center for Russian and Post-Soviet
Studies, the Department of Theatre,
the International Studies Program,
Miami Hamilton Department of Theatre
and the Oxford Area Community Theater
Monday, March 6, 2006
"Between
Two Worlds: Identity and Imagination"
Community book discussion featuring:
Andre Aciman's Out of Egypt
Discussion led by: Dr. Claire Goldstein,
Miami University Dept. of French &
Italian
Join us for conversation and a nosh!
7:00 p.m. Lane Public Library 15 S.
College Avenue Oxford, OH (513) 523-7531
Wednesday, March
8, 2006
Women of Color
Celebration
Keynote Speaker: Julie Olds, Cultural
Preservation Officer, Miami Nation
11:00 a.m. Shriver
Multipurpose Rooms (Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the
Women’s Center with support from the
Center for American and World Cultures
Wednesday, March
8, 2006
Founding
Mothers: A Lecture Series Featuring
American Indian Women Leaders
Julie Olds,
Cultural Preservation Officer of the
Miami Nation of Oklahoma
"Cultural
Preservation and Tribal Sovereignty"
4:00 p.m. Miami University Art Museum
Sunday, March 12
– Sunday, March 19, 2006
Spring Break
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Purim
(Feast of Esther) (Jewish Holiday)
Monday, March 20, 2006
John
Rakovan, Department of
Geology, Miami University
"Sakura
Ishi: a Japanese Icon Set in Stone"
6:30 p.m. Shidler, Room 215
Reception to follow
Sponsored by East Asian
Studies Program, the Center for American
and World Cultures, Department of
German, Russian, and East Asian Languages,
and Department of Geology.
Tuesday, March
21, 2006
Sherry Corbett
Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Diane
Barthel-Bouchier,
Professor of Sociology, State University
of New York at Stony Brook
"World
Heritage: Too Much of a Good Thing?"
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Great Room, 212 MacMillan Hall (Oxford
campus)
Sheila Croucher, Professor of Political
Science, Miami University will comment
on the presentation.
Co-sponsored by
the Department of Sociology and Gerontology
and the Center for American and World
Cultures
Wednesday, March
22, 2006
Sherry Corbett
Memorial Lecture Series
Panel Discussion
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Great Room,
212 MacMillan Hall (Oxford campus)
Co-sponsored by
the Department of Sociology and Gerontology
and the Center for American and World
Cultures
Friday, March
24, 2006
The
Past & Future of Indian Sovereignty:
McClellan Symposium Keynote Address
& Roundtable Discussion
1:00 p.m. Great Room, 212 MacMillan
Hall (Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the
Department of History McClellan Symposium,
John W. Altman Humanities Scholar-in-Residence
program, Center for American and World
Cultures
March 24-25, 2006.
Myaamia
Language Conference
Click here
for registration form
*After March
17th, please send registrations forms
to baldwidw@muohio.edu
Click here
for a list of local hotels
Monday, March 27,
2006
Jerry
Mitchell,
Investigative Journalist
“Searching
for Justice”
7:30 p.m.
Hall Auditorium
(Oxford campus)
Sponsored
by the Miami University Chapter of
the Society for Professional Journalists
with support from the Associated Student
Government, Center for American and
World Cultures, College of Arts and
Science, Miami University Honors and
Scholars Program, and School of Interdisciplinary
Studies- Western College Program
Contact: Emile
Dawisha
Monday, April 3, 2006
Founding
Mothers: A Lecture Series Featuring
American Indian Women Leaders
Della C. Warrior
(Otoe-Missouria)
"Art, Education,
and American Indian Community Survival"
7:00 p.m. Miami University Art Museum
Wednesday, April 5,
2006
"Facing
Prejudice: Everyday Experiences from
Our Community, Latino
Perspectives"
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Wilks Conference
Center
Reception to follow
Sponsored by Miami University-Hamilton
with support from the Center for
American and World Cultures, Department
of Spanish and Portuguese, and
the Miami University-Hamilton Office
of Multicultural Services
For more information, call 785-3041
Saturday, April 8
"Hate Speech"
Forum
Shahid
Buttar, Associate Director
for Communications/Outreach, American
Constitutional Society
"Defending
Democracy: The Limits of Free Speech"
9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MacMillan Hall,
Room 212
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures, Robert E.
Strippel Memorial Fund, and the Harry
T. Wilks Leadership Institute
Part of "The Power of Language"
program, and the Robert E. Strippel
Memorial Continuing Dialogue on Social
Justice and Human Rights
Sunday, April 9, 2006
Palm
Sunday (Christian Holiday)
Monday, April 10, 2006
Founding
Mothers: A Lecture Series Featuring
American Indian Women Leaders
LaDonna Harris (Comanche) &
Iola Hayden
(Comanche)
"Comanche
Lives: A Conversation on Forty Years
of Community Activism"
7:00 p.m. MacMillan Hall, Room 212
Tuesday, April
11, 2006
Dr.
Sally McConnell-Ginet,
Professor of Linguistics, Cornell
University
"Identity
Labels and Identity Politics: Changing
Perspectives in Feminist and Queer
Linguistics"
5:00 p.m.
Room 144 Benton Hall (Oxford campus)
Sponsored by the
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
with support from the Center for American
and World Cultures and
the Linguistics Program
Tuesday, April
11, 2006
Buddhist Nuns
from Tibet
will discuss a Buddhist perspective
on social justice and their project
in Nepal.
5:00 p.m. Pearson,
Room 112
Contact: Katie M. Egart,
Coordinator of Urban Internship Program
University Honors and Scholars Program
529-3389 or egartmk@muohio.edu
Co-sponsored by
the Honors and Scholars Program with
support from the
Center for American and World Cultures,
the Department of Anthropology, the
Women's Center and the Students for
a Free Tibet
For more information:
http://www.dhammamoli.org/
Wednesday, April 12,
2006
Mawlid an Nabi
(Islamic Holiday)
Wednesday, April 12,
2006
Guo Yanmin,
Professor, Communication University
of China
"After
the 5th Generation: What is happening
in Chinese Cinema?"
After the waves of the 5th and 6th
generations, Chinese cinema is again
undergoing dramatic changes. Professor
Guo Yanmin presents a lecture on
new directors and films in China.
5:00 p.m. Harrison Hall, Room 111
Sponsored by the East
Asian Studies Program with support
from the
Center for American and World Cultures,
Department of German, Russian, and
East Asian Languages, Department of
Theatre, and Film Studies Program
of the Department of English
Contact: Professor Liang Shi, German,
Russian and East Asian Languages,
529-2231
Thursday,
April 13, 2006
Maundy Thursday (Christian Holiday)
Thursday, April
13, 2006
Pesach
Passover (Jewish religious holiday)
Thursday, April
13, 2006
N*W*C,
Speak Theater Arts
7:30 p.m. Hall
Auditorium (Oxford campus)
$15 Public, $14 Seniors,
$7 Student/Youth
Curriculum Discount
for American
Studies, Black World Studies, Language,
Political / Social Issues, Popular
Culture, Sociology
$6 for students
required to see the performance for
class
2 FREE tickets to instructors who
require students to attend
The show traces the origins and evolution
of three derogatory terms that shaped
our lives. In doing the show, the
writers and performers hope to
depower the words and attack the whole
concept of race, which forms the basis
for them.
(Part of “The Power of Language” Lecture
Series)
Click here for
more information about N*W*C,
Speak Theater Arts.
Co-sponsored by the Performing Arts
Series and the Center for American
and World Cultures
Friday, April 14, 2006
Good
Friday (Christian Holiday)
Friday, April 14, 2006
Wyatt
MacGaffey, Professor Emeritus,
Haverford College
"The possibility of an anthropology
of religion"
4:00 p.m. MacMillan Hall, Room
212
Co-sponsored by
the Center for American and World
Cultures, Departments of Anthropology
and Comparative Religion, Black World
Studies Program, Miami Hamilton Executive
Director's Office, Miami Hamilton
Multicultural Center, and the College
of Arts and Sciences.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Easter
(Christian Holiday)
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Palm Sunday
(Orthodox Christian Holiday)
Monday, April 17, 2006
Founding
Mothers: A Lecture Series Featuring
American Indian Women Leaders
Charlene Teters,
(Spokane)
7:00 p.m. Room 128 Pearson
Hall (Oxford campus)
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Tuesday,
April 18, 2006
Holocaust
Awareness Program 2006:
The
Holocaust and The Children
Dr.
Fay and Dr. Julian Bussgang,
"Polish
Jews Then and Now: Children
of the Holocaust Speak"
5:30 p.m. Room 212 MacMillan
Hall (Oxford campus)
Co-sponsored by
the Center for American and
World Cultures, Center for Holocaust
and Humanity Education at the
Hebrew Union College, Hillel
Foundation, Jewish Studies Program,
the Honorary Consulate of the
Republic of Poland in the United
States, College of Arts and
Science, Departments of Communication,
Educational Leadership, History,
German, Russian and East Asian
Languages, Jewish Studies Program,
Office of Diversity Affairs,
Office of Residence Life, Office
Gay, Lesiban, Bisexual, and
Transgender Affairs, and the
School of Education and Allied
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Kimberly C.
Ellis, Ph.d in "Dr.
Goddess!: A One Woman Show,"
directed by Eileen J. Morris
7:00 p.m. Peabody Theatre, Peabody
Hall (Oxford campus)
Presented by Women's
Studies Program, Black World Studies,
and the Center for American and World
Cultures.
For more information,
please contact:
drgoddess@drgoddess.com
www.drgoddess.com
Thursday, April 20,
2006
Camille Gira,
Member of Parliament (Luxembourg),
Mayor of Beckerick
"European
Environmental Initiatives: Luxembourg
Experiences"
7:00 p.m. Pearson Hall, Room
128 (Oxford campus)
Mr. Gira is an environmental
leader in Europe. He is a Green Party
member and Member of Parliament in
Luxembourg and Mayor of Beckerich,
a
"green" city. He is a frequent
speaker on a variety of environmental
issues including energy, recycling,
low-impact development issues,
organic food choices, and environmentally
friendly agricultural
practices.
Presented by the
Institute of Environmental Sciences
with support from the Center for American
and World Cultures, the Center for
Environmental Education, College of
Arts and Science, Miami University
Honors and Scholars Program, Departments
of Microbiology, Paper Science and
Engineering, and Zoology, and The
School of Education and Allied Professions.
For more information
please contact:
Mark R. Boardman, Institute of Environmental
Sciences - 529-5811
This is part of a larger
program celebrating "Earth Day."
Friday, April 21, 2006
Holy Friday
(Orthodox Christian Holiday)
Friday, April
28, 2006
Last Day of
Classes
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