Modern Languages & Literatures
Past Events
| 2008-04-17: | "Ratatouille" starts speaking Russian: "Рататуй" Join us for the screening of the famous animation feature. The film will be screened with Russian dialogue and English subtitles. posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-04-11: | Life among the Turkmen: William & Mary alumni discuss their experiences in the Post-Soviet dictatorship Sarah Elizabeth Hutchison (’00) served in the US Embassy in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan as the Cultural Affairs Officer 2005-2007, while Caroline Dolive (’03) served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkmenistan 2003-2005. Join us for a frank discussion of their lives and their work in this little-known part of the former Soviet Union in Central Asia. posted by bbginz@wm.edu |
| 2008-04-10: | "Russians and Americans: How Do We See Each Other?" In 2007 Liz Owerbach won Monroe Summer Scholarship. The result of her summer in Russia was a documentary film about how Russians and Americans perceive each other. Q&A after the screening. posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-03-29: | Maslenitsa Celebration in the Russian House Greetings to all! Please, mark your calendar, because we are going to celebrate one of the most entertaining and fascinating Russian holidays, which is called Maslenitsa (Shrovetide, Butter Day). We are going to have lots of pancakes (blini), which are the most characteristic element of Maslenitsa and a symbol of the sun, as well as other traditional Russian foods. Traditionally, people dress up like animals, so, please, come up with a mask of any kind of animal (mandatory) and costume (optional), because there will be a good prize for the best mask or costume! In addition, there will be a contest for the best Maslenitsa Doll (effigy), which is the symbol of Maslenitsa itself and is supposed to be a good-looking and very funny doll. If you want to participate in this contest, please, come up with something (you can make it or draw it). What is more, there will be interesting and exciting competitions and games that are the indispensable part of Maslenitsa celebration in Russia! WHERE: RUSSIAN HOUSE WHEN: MARCH, 29TH (SATURDAY), 6 P.M. Nadezda Nadezda Mitina Tutor of Russian Language Department of Modern Languages and Literatures nmitina@wm.edu posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-03-19: | Russian Studies Information Session Join us on Wednesday, March 19 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm in Washington 219 for an information session on the Russian and Post-Soviet Studies major. Free pizza and soda. posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-03-13: | Tajikistan : New Penelope Economic depression and political chaos force Tajik men to become migrant laborers, working in unsafe conditions and with inconsistent pay. Tajik women attempt to keep their families alive, and, in some cases, enter polygamous marriages to feed themselves and their families. Often, these women relate to Penelope, the wife of the mythical hero Odysseus, who waits many years for her husband to return. The men working abroad and the women left behind face the same fate: hard work and human rights abuses. This film allows the viewer to experience such hardships. posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-02-28: | Lithuania : Kristina and Christ In Lithuania, women occupy a lower position than men in the Lutheran Church hierarchy. Kristina, a graduate of Oxford University, is not ordained to become a priest because she is a woman. As a lay person, she has focused on encouraging women and girls in her community to seek equal rights of women and men in the Church and society at large. This film helps to challenge the belief that the traditions of the Church are outside national antidiscrimination labor laws. After the national premiere of this film, the Church in Lithuania dismissed her from the position of assistant pastor. posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-02-21: | OUT OF OBSCURITY. Documentary Film Series Women's Lives in Post-Soviet Space: Lithuania, Armenia, Tajikistan posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-02-21: | Armenia : Women’s Happiness or Men’s Dignity This film portrays two women in Armenia. One protagonist is a divorcee who, forced to give up her career as an artist during her marriage, finds freedom, happiness, and creative expression in her new life; she struggles, however, with social stigma and being labeled as a social outcast. The other is a widow who, nostalgic for her late husband, believes that women’s happiness lies in the patriarchal male-headed household where women are homemakers. Despite their conflicting opinions, both find strength in themselves and their work, as they raise their families as single mothers. posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-02-11: | ACTR National Russian Essay Contest On Monday, Russian Studies students, Sarah Argodale, Erin O'Grady, Rebecca Plummer, and Lindsay Rubio, will participate in the Russian essay contest. The contest is sponsored by the American Counsel of Teachers of Russian. posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-02-10: | Opera "Eugene Onegin" at Harrison Opera House. Field Trip. Virginia Opera Production of Petr Tchaikovsky's classical opera "Eugene Onegin." posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-02-07: | RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC CONCERT RESCHEDULED RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC GROUP Zolotoi Plyos The Concert on February 6, 2008, at 8:30 p.m. is CANCELLED The Concert will be held on February 7, 2008, at 2 p.m. Ewell Recital Hall posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-02-06: | RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC CONCERT THE CONCERT IS RESCHEDULED: IT WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 7th at 2 pm. in Ewell Recital Hall. RUSSIAN FOLK MUSIC GROUP Zolotoi Plyos (Alexander Solovov, Elena Sadina, and Serguei Gratchev) will give a concert-demonstration of Russian folk music for W&M students and faculty. Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 8:30 p.m., Ewell Recital Hall Repertoire includes songs and instrumental tunes from across Russia played on more than 20 Russian folk instruments. Sponsored by: The Russian Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies, Reves Center for International Studies, Charles Center, and Department of Music posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2008-02-01: | Musical Metamorphosis:
"Eugene Onegin" from Page to Stage
Professor Helena Goscilo, University of Pittsburgh
Helena Goscilo will discuss the nature of opera, its Russian variant, and the transformation of Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse (1823-31) into Pyotr Tchaikovsky's world-renowned opera Eugene Onegin (1878). posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2007-11-15: | Arabic Calligraphy Demonstration Arabic Calligraphy Demonstration Featuring Omani Calligrapher Sami Zain al-Ghawi For centuries calligraphy has been a main method of artistic expression in the Arab world, and today remains one of the most revered forms of Islamic Art. We invite you to explore the methods and techniques of writing in Arabic used to create works of art which are revered throughout the Arab and Islamic world. A member of the Omani Society for Fine Arts, renowned calligrapher Sami Zain al-Ghawi has received numerous awards for his work, including First Prize in Classic Arabic Calligraphy in the 2004 Fine Arts Exhibition in Muscat, Oman. He was also a Judge Committee member in the Eighth Periodical Exhibition of the Fine Arts and Arabic Calligraphy for the Artists of the Gulf Cooperation Council. posted by jceise@wm.edu |
| 2007-11-14: | First Omani feature film: "al-Boum" The First Feature Film from Oman “al-Boum” (“The Owl”) Featuring a special Q&A session with Director Khalid al-Zadjali The film: Picturesque vistas and a tight-knit community, little seen by the rest of the world, construct the framework for this Omani feature film. The serene inhabitants of a small coastal town, steeped in tradition, have always made their living from fishing and boat-building. When a young fisherman suddenly and mysteriously goes missing, local superstition, compounded with the threat of urbanization, challenge not only the town's peaceful existence but also its livelihood. Friends and family of the missing boy wait patiently as the rest of the locals confront their futures. Al-Boum stars Omani actors Saleh Za'al and Zuha Qader. Duration: 105 minutes. In Arabic with English subtitles. Omani director and writer Dr. Khalid Abdul Rahim al-Zadjali is Assistant Director General for Production of Oman TV. He is also President of the Oman Film Society and President of the Muscat Film Festival. posted by jceise@wm.edu |
| 2007-11-01: | Lecture by Professor Michael Brenner Professor Michael Brenner, who holds the Chair of Modern Jewish History at the LMU Munich and who is a visiting Senior Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum this year, will be giving a lecture at the College on Thursday evening, November 1st, at 8pm in Washington 201. The lecture/talk will be on Contemporary Issues and Positions of Jewish Historiography. Michael Brenner has published on an incredible range of topics and is considered one of the most thoughtful and interesting Jewish historians of the "younger generation." He has written on the Jews in Weimar Germany, the Reconstruction of Jewish life after the Holocaust in Postwar Germany, Jewish Historiography in the 19th and 20th centuries, Zionism, Jewish Emancipation, Jewish everyday life under National Socialism, and many other topics in modern Jewish history and German-Jewish relations. posted by rsleve@wm.edu |
| 2007-10-04: | Film Screening: The Island A film by Pavel Loungine The Island (Russia 2006) Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives a very unusual man. His fellow-monks are confused by his bizarre conduct. Those who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal exorcise demons and foretell the future. However, he considers himself unworthy because of a sin he committed in his youth. The film is a parable, combining realities of Russian everyday life with monastic ritual and routine. Introduced by Elena Prokhorova Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian (College of William and Mary) posted by mxblum@wm.edu |
| 2006-09-28: | Deutscher Filmabend "Sophie Scholl" posted by rsleve@wm.edu |
| 2006-09-25: | German Party The German Studies section will be hosting a party and information session on Thursday, November 2, from 5 to 7pm. Pizza, salad, and refreshments will be served. posted by rsleve@wm.edu |
| 2006-05-13: | Graduating Seniors Party The celebration for graduating German Studies seniors and their families will be held Saturday, May 13, 2006 at the Home of Jenny Taylor from 4-6pm. posted by rsleve@wm.edu |
| 2006-03-31: | "Tragedy and the Phantom of Chance": talk by Prof. John D. Lyons (UVa) On Friday, March 31st, at 3:30 pm Prof. John D. Lyons from UVa will be speaking on “Tragedy and the Phantom of Chance” in the Reves Room (Reves Center). John D. Lyons is Commonwealth Professor of French and Chair of the Department of French at the University of Virginia. He is a specialist in seventeenth-century French literature, and has authored six books of which the most recent is entitled “Before Imagination Embodied Thought from Montaigne to Rousseau” (Stanford UP, 2005). Professor Lyons is also the recipient of an all-University Award for Outstanding Teaching (1995-1996); he was a ACLS Contemplative Practice Fellow (2002), a J.S. Guggenheim Fellow (2003), and Visiting Professor at the University of Paris III (Spring 2005). His talk is sponsored by the Arts and Sciences Lectures Committee and the Department of MLL. posted by gxpaci@wm.edu |
| 2006-03-31: | Lecture on Cuban Missile Crisis by Washington Post Foreign Correspondent Michael Dobbs Michael Dobbs has worked for The Washington Post since 1980, when he joined the paper as its Warsaw correspondent. He was the first western journalist to visit the Gdansk shipyard in August 1980, and spent much of the 80s covering the collapse of communism, reporting from Poland, eastern Europe, Russia, and China during the Tiananmen uprising. In Washington, he has worked for the Post as a State Department reporter and as foreign investigative reporter. Dobbs is the author of several books, including Down with Big Brother, a history of the collapse of communism (1997) and Madeleine Albright : A Twentieth-Century Odyssey (2000). He has held fellowships at Harvard and Princeton universities and is presently on sabbatical from the Washington Post, writing a book on the Cuban Missile Crisis. posted by aaanem@wm.edu |
| 2006-02-24: | German Studies Section Party We invite all German majors and minors, and those interested in German Studies to join us Friday, February 24, at 4pm for German Studies Section Party. posted by rsleve@wm.edu |
| 2006-02-16: | The Siege of Baslan School No. 1 Dr. Lisa Aronson, the Director of the Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction at UVA, will screen and discuss a documentary film about Russia's 9/11, the massacre of almost 400 people, including 171 children, on September 1, 2004 at Beslan's School No. 1. posted by aaanem@wm.edu |
| 2006-02-03: | Teaching Russian to NASA Astronauts Dr. Tony Vanchu of Tech Trans International is the Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center Language Education Center in Houston, where American crew members of the International Space Station study Russian and Russian cosmonauts study ESL. Dr Vanchu is a regular speaker at conferences on teaching and technology. The topic of Dr. Vanchu's talk at W & M is "Teaching Russian at NASA for the International Space Station." Following the talk, there will be an informal reception. posted by aaanem@wm.edu |
| 2006-01-26: | German Studies Section Informational Gathering and Party Invitation Please come to a party for students interested in German. Eat, drink and relax. Talk to professors and German majors and minors about upcoming courses, great study abroad programs (there are programs for people who speak German as well as for those who don't,) scholarship opportunities, and more. WHEN: Friday, February 24 from 4-6 pm WHERE: Washington 317 (the back corner room next to the Media Center upstairs). posted by rsleve@wm.edu |
| 2005-12-12: | Screening of new promotional video for W&M Hispanic Studies Senior Michelle Neyland will present a screening of her new promotional video, "William and Mary Study Abroad Program in Cádiz, Spain," on December 12. This video project was supported by funds provided by the Charles Center and the Reves Center, and made possible thanks to the support of Professor Sharon Zuber of the WRC. posted by afcate@wm.edu |
| 2005-11-18: | Professor Jordan Sand, Georgetown University A Utopia of Fragments: "Street Observation Science" and the Tokyo Economic Bubble, 1986-1990 In advanced capitalist cities around the world during the last decades of the twentieth century, a common concern emerged for preserving the memory of the urban past in material form. Preservation programs designated historic districts and landmarks, history museums were built, and architects searched for ways to blend their designs with the "traditional fabric." Japanese cities were no exception. Yet, the flowering of preservationist sensibilities in the country's capital faced a dilemma. How was the past to be commemorated in a city without old buildings? Transformed repeatedly by natural disaster, war and wholesale redevelopment, Tokyo in the late twentieth century had little architecture of generally recognized historic value. This talk looks at a popular movement that sought to redefine what constituted heritage in post-industrial Tokyo. With humor and irony, the practitioners of "Street Observation Science" developed a repertoire of techniques for making history and local identity visible in the city streets. The movement proposed an antithesis to the public discourse of economics in the time of Japan's economic bubble, but also appears in retrospect inseparable from that discourse. Lunch will be provided. Faculty and students are welcome,but space is limited, so please RSVP by November 11 to Rachel DiNitto: rxdini@wm.edu This lecture is sponsored by the Freeman Foundation, the Reves Center for International Studies, the East Asian Studies Committee, and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures posted by rxdini@wm.edu |
| 2005-11-15: | Professor Jerome J. McGann, John Stewart Bryan Professor of English, University of Virginia Presentation/Workshop: "Rethinking Humanities Scholarship in a Digital Horizon," Tuesday, Nov 15, 1-3pm, York Room, U Center Lecture: "The Great Heretics of Modern Fiction," Tuesday, Nov 15, 4pm, Chesapeake C, U Center posted by rsleve@wm.edu |
| 2005-10-27: | Russian-Jewish Relations in Revolutionary Russia On Thursday, October 27, Brian Horowitz, Sizeler Family Chair Professor of Russian and Jewish Studies at Tulane University, will present a lecture examining the surprising interaction of Zionists and Russia's elite writers and poets in the post-Revolutionary period. The title of the talk is "Russian-Zionist Literary Cooperation, 1916-1918, Leib Jaffe and the Russian Intelligentsia." All are invited. A reception will follow the talk. posted by aaanem@wm.edu |
| 2005-10-26: | German Filmabend this Thursday, October 27, 8pm in the German House German Filmabend this week on Thursday evening, October 27. Gegen die Wand (2004) Directed by Fatih Akin. Cahit is a German Turk in his late 30s. He has given up with his life after his beloved wife's death, and he's living a miserable life right in the core of cocaine and excessive drinking. One night, he semi-intentionally crashes into a wall, and barely survives. At the hospital he's taken to, he meets a girl, Sibel, another German Turk who's tried to commit suicide. She's sick and tired of her family's ultra-traditional issues, and asks Cahit to carry out a white marriage with her out of the blue, so that she can become a married woman and get rid of her family's revolting pressure. Cahit is turned off by the idea at first, but then he agrees to take part in this plan. As Sibel tells him straightaway that she's interested in absolute freedom involving other men and he agrees, they live as roommates with separate private lives for a while. Then things take a different turn, and they're no longer two indifferent roommates. But their love story won't be anywhere as simple as any other... posted by rsleve@wm.edu |
| 2005-10-20: | Film Screening. SOLDADOS: CHICANOS IN VIET NAM The Professional Activities Committee of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures is pleased to announce the following screening and discussion as the first part of its “Race, Community and Nation” film series: SOLDADOS: CHICANOS IN VIET NAM Presented by Dr. Jonathan Arries (Hispanic Studies) Light reception to follow Summary of Film When “they want us to….work in the cotton fields they call us Mexicans, but as soon as there is a war all of a sudden we’re Americans.” So begins a journey into the world of Charley Trujillo and his childhood friends, Frank Delgado, Miguel Gastelo and Larry Holquin, all of whom served in the Vietnam War. One hundred Mexican–Americans from their hometown served during the war. All were wounded, some killed and most were decorated for valor. However, Charley and his friends’ experience in Vietnam and re-entry back into Cocoran, California are as different as each man. The result is a complex, divergent and multi-faceted portrait of the Mexican-American experience in peacetime and in wartime. (Excerpt from PBS.org) posted by axprok@wm.edu |
| 2005-10-19: | French Open House and Information Session for Students All students interested in studying French at the upper-intermediate or advanced level are welcome. The gathering offers students the chance to meet the French faculty and obtain information/ask questions about course selection for spring 2006 and beyond, the major and minor, study abroad options, the French House, and more. Light refreshments will be served and a door prize will be given away. posted by mfleru@wm.edu |
| 2005-10-14: | Sascha Müller-Kraenner Informal Talk and Lecture Sascha Müller-Kraenner, Director for Europe and North America at the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin, Germany and currently World Fellow at Yale University will speak on: "The German Elections: Who Won, Who Lost and Why?" Can Germany undertake significant economic reforms while preserving social and environmental policy achievements? The recent elections shook up traditional coalition patterns when voters aimed to reach both of these goals. Two smaller parties - the Greens and the Free Democrats, who both advocate a mixture of fiscal conservatism, free market reforms, and a liberal social agenda - have gained ground. Why is that the case? How will the outcome of the Germany's elections shape the future of the European Union? The Speaker Sascha Müller-Kraenner is Director for Europe and North America at the Heinrich Böll Foundation, as well as head of the Foundation’s program on foreign and security policy. From 1998 - 2002 he served as Director of the Foundation’s office in Washington DC. The Heinrich Böll Foundation is associated with the political party Alliance 90/The Greens in Germany. He is also one of the founders of and a senior adviser to Ecologic – the non-profit Center for International and European Environmental Policy in Berlin. Sascha Müller-Kraenner serves on the Advisory Board of the Humboldt Institution on Transatlantic Issues, the Board of the European Movement Germany, and is a Member of the Working Group on Global Issues of the German Council on Foreign Relations, the German Society for the United Nations, Birdlife Germany, as well as of the Indo-German Forum on International Environmental Governance. From 1991–1998 Mr. Müller-Kraenner was Director for International Affairs of the Deutscher Naturschutzring, the umbrella organisation of Germany’s environmental NGOs. Before that he served as chief of staff of Kornelia Müller, a Green member of the State Parliament of Saxony. He was awarded fellowships by the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Prince of Wales’ Business and the Environment Programme, and most recently as a World Fellow at Yale University. Sascha Müller-Kraenner has published extensively on international relations, European integration and environmental diplomacy and the United Nation’s climate change treaty. A light lunch will be provided. posted by rsleve@wm.edu |
| 2005-05-15: | Modern Languages and Literatures Graduation / Diploma Ceremony Diploma Ceremony and Reception for the Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures. Ceremony will take place at St. Bede's Parish Center on Richmond Road adjacent to Zable Stadium. posted by smeuba@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-22: | Don Quixote at 400 The Modern Languages and Literatures Department at William and Mary wishes to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the publication of Cervantes’ universally influential novel. The anniversary will be commemorated with a mini-marathon reading of Don Quijote. The MLL department invites individuals or groups to volunteer to read aloud or perform excerpts from the first part of El ingenioso hidalgo for five to ten minutes in the language of their choice. The event will be held from 12:00noon until 5:00pm on April 22 in the Wren Building courtyard. Rain location Wren historic Classical Grammar School classroom. A reception will follow under Wren’s portico. Please contact Prof. Lucas Marchante-Aragón lamarc@wm.edu to be added to the volunteer list. posted by lamarc@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-21: | Lecture by Mr. Ted Lehman, a Holocaust survivor Mr. Ted Lehman, a Holocaust survivor living in Richmond, will come to William and Mary to share his incredible story of struggle and survival. Mr. Lehman is a survivor from Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi Concentration camp where over 1.1 million people (Jews, Catholics, Gypsies, Poles, Soviet POWs, Homosexuals, and others) were murdered. His entire family was killed in the Holocaust. Recently, he sat next to VP Cheney at the 60th year Anniversary of Auschwitz's Liberation in January. Today, we can listen to his story and remind ourselves to Never Forget the Holocaust. His story is particularly relevant as genocide is still prevalent today in places such as the Sudan. The Holocaust is a significant event in Jewish history, but affects us all as human beings. Please join us for what will surely be an unforgettable experience. posted by jltay1@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-19: | Architecture as Message: The Sabil of Muhammad Ali Pasha in Cairo A lecture by Agnieska Dobrowolska, conservation architect. From 1998-2002 Ms. Dobrowolska was in charge of the restoration of the Sabil (water fountain) of Muhammad Ali, built in 1820. This lecture is sponsored by the Departments of History; of Art and Art History; The Reves Center for International Studies; and the Middle East Faculty. posted by mxblum@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-19: | The McSwain-Walker Lecture presents acclaimed Cuban film director Orlando Rojas Orlando Rojas will present his latest film "Stolen Verses," a film about Pablo Neruda, the recipient of a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971, who is one of the most renowned poets of the Spanish language and, according to Gabriel García Márquez, the most important poet of the twentieth century in any language. Last year, the Miami International Book Fair paid homage to the Chilean poet on the centennial of his birth. For this occasion, Cuban filmmaker Orlando Rojas was invited to create a filmic illustration accompanying the tribute. These images would become part of the audiovisual performance and short documentary entitled “Stolen Verses.” Through its sensitive, personal, and impressionist approach to Neruda’s life and work, Orlando Rojas’ film goes beyond a literary portrait and vindicates humankind’s need for poetry. “Stolen Verses” also breaks the limits of genre, belonging both to the realm of documentary and fiction, between experimentalism and tradition. Cundo Bermudez, world renowned painter and a friend of Neruda; powerful Rosario Suarez, a prima ballerina from Cuba; and Aymée Nuviola, an extraordinary singer, bring their talents together with a gifted cluster of Latin American actors and actresses who live in Miami to interpret the poetic inspirations of Pablo Neruda. Co-sponsored by the Wendy & Emery Reves Center for International Studies and the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures posted by raroot@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-08: | We Want Heroes! Politics and Art inToday's Russia Professor Helena Goscilo of the University of Pittsburg Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures examines the interplay between politics and art in the visual culture of post-Soviet Moscow. A stroll throughout Russia’s capital indicates that the seemingly deathless cult of heroes and heroism familiar from the Soviet era continues to thrive. posted by aaanem@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-08: | Tokyo-centrism, the Literati and Provincial Culture Japanese historian Louise Young (University of Wisconsin,Madison), will be visiting campus on Friday April 8th as a Freeman Foundation Distinguished Speaker. Dr. Young is known for her award-winning book, Japan’s Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism (Univ. of California Press, 1998). She is currently working on a new book on urban culture and modernity in early 20th century Japan and will give a public lecture from this new research. Her scholarship introduces interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and comparative approaches to the study of "modern" culture and empire. These events will be of interest to scholars and students of diverse fields. posted by rxdini@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-07: | Syrian Ambassador TODAY! Thursday, April 7, 2005 4:30 p.m. Andrews 101 "Syria: A Historical and Cultural Perspective." The Syrian Ambassador, Dr. Imad Moustapha, previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Damascus, and he has numerous publications in English and Arabic. In a time when Syria is in the news, the Ambassador’s visit presents an unsurpassed opportunity to gain first-hand insights into Syrian culture and attitudes, and to contextualize what we do know about this country. Sponsored by the Middle Eastern Cultural Association, Reves Center, Charles Center, and Middle East Faculty. posted by achigg@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-06: | Europe's Final Frontier: Territory and Sovereignty in the Caucasus Charles King, the Ian Ratiu Associate Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at Georgetown University, is a well-known and widely-published specialist in Eastern European affairs. His talk will focus on the Caucasus as a nexus of international tensions and potential problems in the aftermath of the breakup of the Soviet Empire including state building, nationalism, fundamental religion and international terrorism. Professor King's lecture is sponsored by the Russian and Post-Soviet Studies Program and the Reves Center for International Studies. posted by aaanem@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-02: | Tidewater Virginia Women's Studies Group:
Women's Studies and Scholarship Workshop Women’s Studies and Scholarship Workshop (Sponsored by the Tidewater Virginia Women’s Studies Group) April 2, 2005 from 1:00 – 3:30 pm Student Center 150 (Note Place Change!) Christopher Newport University Please join us for an informal discussion of our mutual scholarly interests in women’s/gender studies. This will be an opportunity to share your current research projects with other area professors who work in similar or complementary fields. Although we won’t have formal presentations, please bring abstracts of your current projects for discussion. At the conclusion, we might look for activities that we can organize as an interdisciplinary group. Schedule: 1:00 Introductions: Professor Anita Fellman, ODU 1:15 Presentations/sessions according to disciplinary interests. Please bring copies of abstracts of your work you can share with the group. 2:15 Break 2:30-3:00 Interdisciplinary scholarship in women’s studies: opportunities for collaborating across disciplines. 3:00-3:30 Publishing research: Prof. Michaela Meyer, CNU Future activities/workshops for the group. For more information, contact Professor Roberta Rosenberg, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, Christopher Newport University . Tel 594-7149. Email: rrosenb@cnu.edu. Please R.S.V.P.--Thanks! posted by bmguen@wm.edu |
| 2005-04-01: | VCU French Film Festival The newest French films will be presented by their award-winning actors and directors at the historic Byrd Theatre in Careytown in Richmond. posted by bmguen@wm.edu |
| 2005-03-25: | "How to write a book" Our departmental experts Bruce Campbell, Francie Cate-Arries and Tim Van Compernolle will address questions such as : how to write a book proposal, or what to do with those rejection letters, or how to respond to the readers of the book manuscript and outline plans for revision. posted by mxfauv@wm.edu |
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