Fall 2010 IP Event Posters by UI International Programs

INDONESIA

Unity in Diversity

November 2, 2010 6:30-8:00 p.m. | 2520D UCC

ARI NATARINA Fulbright language teaching assistant from Bali SUDIRMAN HASAN Fulbright researcher in Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous Religious Studies from Malang country and home to the world’s largest Muslim This event is sponsored by Middle East and Muslim World Studies, African Studies Program and International Programs.

population. Its 17,508 islands contain around 300 distinct ethnic groups, 742 different languages and dialects, and six officially recognized religions. What do these facts mean for Indonesia?

This lecture is part of the “Images of the Muslim World” series.This event is free and open to the public.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Denise Filios in advance at denise-filios@uiowa.edu or 319-335-3451.

The Holocaust in History A Series of Events with Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Doris Bergen Bergen is the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto. All the events are free and open to the public. Bergenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visit is made possible with help from the following: UI Office of the Provost; European Studies Group; UI Center for Human Rights; International Programs; and the UI departments of German, History, Religious Studies, and Gender, Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Sexuality Studies, in the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

thurs, oct 14/9:30am

Neighbors: Polish Gentiles and Polish Jews in the Holocaust Adler Journalism Building, E126

thurs, oct 14/4:30pm

Antisemitism and the Holocaust: Rethinking Old Questions Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A (Reception at 4PM)

fri, oct 15/12pm

A Discussion with Holocaust Historian Doris Bergen

UI Hillel Jewish Center (includes luncheon)

fri, oct 15/8:30pm

Mothers and Daughters in the Holocaust

Agudas Achim Congregation, Iowa City

EAT, LEARN, DANCE! • Students interested in the Latin American Studies Certificate and Minor are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served! • Pick up information, meet fellow students and faculty, and learn about Spring classes! • What is Latin American Studies at Iowa? An opportunity to study the language, culture, history and politics of Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.

LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES NIGHT! TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH 5:30-6:30PM IP COMMONS, 1117 UCC

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Joy Hayes or Ana Merino in advance at joy-hayes@uiowa.edu or ana-merino@uiowa.edu.

GLUCK, WAGNER, AND SYMBOLISM: Staging Orphée in 1896 Paris

WILLIAM GIBBONS Visiting Lecturer in Musicology, University of Iowa

Sponsored by the Opera Studies Forum and International Programs Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Heidi Vekemans in advance at 319-335-3862.

ProfessorTheGibbons offer new perspectives Universitywill of Iowa Opera Studies Forum on the cultural importance of Gluck’s operas in fin-de-siècle Paris through a discussion of the 1896 revival of Orphée et Eurydice.

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with host Joan Kjaer Friday, November 12 | 5–7 pm Senate Chamber of the Old Capitol Museum free admission Topic: The Value of an International Education Join us as President Mason presents the inaugural “International Impact Award” to Richard and Mary Jo Stanley of Muscatine. An exceptional group of guests will discuss personal and professional growth through international experiences, the role of citizen diplomacy in creating a better world and Iowa’s economic development in the global marketplace. A live performance of tangos by Astor Piazzolla will be given by Kenneth Tse and Alan Huckleberry. Please come! For more information visit: http://international.uiowa.edu We thank our partners: UI Pentacrest Museums, UITV, KRUI, and ITS

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SPONRSORED BY THE OPERA STUDIES FORUM AND THE EIGHTEENTH- AND NINETEENTHCENTURY INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLOQUIUM

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FALL 2010 SEMINAR SERIES Presenter: Nupur Barua

Presenter: Shahnaz Khan

Amaltas Consulting, New Delhi, India Topic: HIV/AIDS in India: Current realities and emerging challenges When: Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. Where: W128 Chemistry Building

Topic: Native Informing and the Muslim Woman When: Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Where: 1117 University Capitol Centre

Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

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Presenter: Nupur Barua

Amaltas Consulting, New Delhi, India Topic: “It is better to die than to let people know that you have the curse”: AIDS-related stigma and treatment seeking behavior among the urban poor in Delhi, India When: Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. Where: W128 Chemistry Building

Ford Foundation (ret.), Kolkata, India Topic: Making Women Safe in India: Innovative Campaigns, Diverse Audiences and New Initiatives When: Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 at 4 p.m. Where: 2520D University Capitol Centre Presenter: Kathleen O’Reilly

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Presenter: Chandrika Kaul

University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland Topic: Communications and the Indian Empire:

The British Media and Imperial Control When: Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Where: 1117 University Capitol Centre Presenter: R. Balasubramaniam, MD,

Founder-member, Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Saragur, India Topic: The Hospital in the Jungle: A Vindication of Human Rights for a South Indian Adibasi Community When: Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Where: 1117 University Capitol Centre

Topic: Toward a Political Ecology of Sanitation

in Rural India When: Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 at 4 p.m. Where: 315 Phillips Hall Presenter: Hans Henrich Hock

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Topic: Appropriating the Past: Language, Archaeology

and Ideology in South Asia and the Diaspora When: Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 Where: TBA The seminars are free and open to the University community and general public.

These events are sponsored by the South Asian Studies Program, the Global Health Studies Program, the Department of Linguistics, and International Programs.

POSTCOLONIAL AUDACITY: THE POLITICAL ICONOGRAPHY OF THE 2009 STRIKE IN GUADELOUPE MONDAY, OCT. 11, FROM 5:30-7:00 P.M. IN ROOM 1117 OF THE UNIVERSITY CAPITOL CENTRE

YARIMAR BONILLA Yarimar Bonilla is an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Virginia. She teaches and writes about Caribbean historical memory, colonial and postcolonial politics, and contemporary social movements. She is currently completing her ﬁrst book manuscript which examines contemporary labor activism in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe as a site of emerging postcolonial politics. Sponsorship for the event is provided by the Caribbean, Diaspora and Atlantic Studies Program (CDA); European Studies Group (ESG); International Programs; the UI Department of French and Italian, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; and African Studies Program (ASP).

On January 20, 2009, as the first black president of the United States was sworn into office, the island of Guadeloupe witnessed the launching of the biggest general strike in the island’s history. Over 50 cultural and civic organizations came together with the island’s leading labor unions in order to form a coalition “kont pwofitasyon” – that is, against profiteering, exploitation, and the expensive life (la vie chère) that characterizes the French Caribbean. Armed with a list of 120 claims that spanned the terrain of disability rights, environmental policies, cultural nationalism, syndical freedom and economic gains (and sporting their recently acquired Obamat-shirts) Guadeloupean militants took to the streets, declaring their own version of the “Yes we Can” motto. With their chants of Guadeloupe is ours, not theirs, they effectively asserted that they had the right to shape the course of their social, economic, and political futures -despite their colonial relationship with France. This presentation will examine the political icons of the 2009 mass strike and how the Obama political esthetic was deployed within a particularly Guadeloupean form of postcolonial audacity.

Baraza Series Fall 2010 African Studies Program

Presenter: Sunday Goshit Oil, Ethnicity and Religion: The woes of a blessed nation in the face of outright political ineptitude October 11 / 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. / UCC 2520D Presenter: Kathy Garms and John W. Kiser Why is Abd El-Kader Relevant Today? The Legacy of an Algerian Leader of Anti-Colonial Resistance and Namesake of Elkader, IA October 12 / 12 - 1:30 p.m. / 315 Phillips Hall Presenter: Cliff Missen eGranary evaluation and update on progress October 18 / 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. / 315 Phillips Hall Presenter: Fungisai Nota The economics of language of instruction in Africa - an example from Tanzania October 25 / 12 - 1 p.m. / 315 Phillips Hall Presenter: Moussa Fall The Figure of Griot in Ousmane Sembene's Cinema November 8 / 12 - 1 p.m. / UCC 1117

WHY IS ABD EL-KADER RELEVANT TODAY? KATHY GARMS, The Abd el-Kader Education Project (Elkader, IA) JOHN W. KISER, author of Commander of the Faithful: the Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader (1808-1883): A Story of True Jihad October 12 Noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1:30 p.m. 315 Phillips Hall

THE LEGACY OF AN ALGERIAN LEADER OF ANTI-COLONIAL RESISTANCE AND NAMESAKE OF ELKADER, IA

Abd el-Kader led resistance by the Algerian people against French conquest of their country in the mid-1800s. His fame spread as far as eastern Iowa, where the founders of Elkader, IA named their new town after him in 1846. This presentation brings together a biographer of Abd el-Kader and an educator from Elkader. They will discuss the legacy of Abd el-Kader, as well as the educational initiatives which it has inspired in Iowa. A presentation as part of the Images of the Muslim World Series sponsored by the African Studies and Middle East and Muslim World Studies programs.

Confucius Institute 爱荷华大学孔子学院 Offering Iowans courses in Chinese language and culture

MANDARIN CHINESE CLASSES

All ages and skill levels are welcome! The University of Iowa Confucius Institute is offering Mandarin Chinese language and culture classes for community members and families in 2011. Classes are available in Iowa City and Davenport for everyone from beginners to advanced-level students. A second session of classes will begin in March.

For more information and to register, visit http://international.uiowa.edu/confucius or e-mail confucius@uiowa.edu. Johnson County Senior Center members receive a 10 % discount on Community Classes.

FIRST-SESSION CLASSES COMMUNITY CLASSES IN DAVENPORT January 24 – March 9 Mondays & Wednesdays 5:30-7 p.m. COMMUNITY CLASSES IN IOWA CITY January 25 – March 10 Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:15 – 8:45 p.m. FAMILY CLASSES IN IOWA CITY January 30 – March 6 Sunday, 2-3:15 p.m.

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

ONE COMMUNITY, ONE BOOK

BY ALAN DREW

graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop

A story of two families and two faiths in Turkey during and after a massive earthquake near Istanbul. Join us for an evening with Alan Drew

Sunday, November 7 @ 4PM C20 Pomerantz Center

Sponsors & Participants: Coralville Public Library, The Department of English, Department of Religious Studies, Hancher Auditorium, Hills Bank and Trust Company, International Writing Program, Iowa Book, ICFRC, Iowa City Human Rights Commission, the Iowa City Public Library, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, MidWestOne Bank, North Liberty Community Library, Prairie Lights, Solon Public Library, University Book Store, UI International Programs and The University of Iowa Libraries. See www.uichr.org for additional information. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Liz Crooks at (319) 335-3900.

A Latin American

WRITER

IN THE U.S.A.:

THREE POSTCARDS

Both events are free and open to the public.

Edmundo Paz Soldán is a professor of Hispanic literature at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

MON, NOV 1

TUES, NOV 2

Prairie Lights, downtown Iowa City

1117 University Capitol Centre

A reading in Spanish from two of his past books, “Desencuentros” and “Los vivos y los muertos,” and fragments from his forthcoming novel “Norte”

A talk in English about his experiences as a Latin American writer living in Alabama, Berkeley and Ithaca, and the complexities of articulating himself as a Latino

5:30PM

Sponsors: This event is sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program, International Programs, Prairie Lights, and the UI Departments of English and Spanish and Portuguese, both in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

4:00PM

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Ana Merino in advance at ana-merino@uiowa.edu or 319-335-2244.

IMAGES OF THE MUSLIM WORLD a series of public discussions, lectures, and film screenings illustrating the diversity of the Muslim world

WHO: Ghada Abdel Aal

IWP writer from Egypt WHEN: Tues Sept 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m. WHERE: UCC 2520D

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC sponsored by Middle East & Muslim World Studies, African Studies Program and International Programs

GHADA ABDEL AAL , an International Writing Program

resident from Egypt, is a fiction writer and screenwriter whose novel “Aiza Atgawez” has been translated into several languages and adapted into a television series. The English translation, “I Want to Get Married!” is due out in October 2010.

Harvesting Dignity in Midwestern Fields and Factories: Understanding and Defending Immigrant Workers’ Rights on the Job A one-day conference designed to bring together Midwestern immigrant rights advocates, labor leaders, and community service providers to review basic workplace legal protections and discuss the role of local community organizations in promoting compliance with these laws. Keynote Address by Ana Avendaño, Assistant to the President and Director of Immigration and Community Action at the AFL-CIO

NOV 13, 2010

University of Iowa campus 1117 University Capitol Centre SESSIONS WILL INCLUDE:

OVERVIEW OF WORKERS’ RIGHTS UNDER U.S. LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW. A basic introduction to federal legal protections governing workplace conditions. UNDERSTANDING WORKERS’ RIGHTS UNDER FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW. Includes discussion of the federal E-Verify program, the I-9 process, re-verification of documents, and I-9 audits. GAPS BETWEEN LEGAL RIGHTS AND COMPLIANCE: With attention to the barriers immigrant workers face in defending labor standards LOCAL COMMUNITY STRATEGIES FOR PROMOTING EDUCATION AND COMPLIANCE. How are labor and community organizations around the country working together to promote quality jobs in their communities?

Sponsored by University of Iowa Labor Center, University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (Civil Rights Division) of the U.S. Department of Justice, with the cooperation of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. Printed at UI Copy Centers by workers represented by AFSCME Local 12, Council 61.

To register, contact joan-nashelsky@uiowa.edu

Free and open to the public.

Visit www.uichr.org for conference updates and general information.

Latin American Comedy the fall 2010 Proseminar in Cinema and Culture Thursday evenings

7PM

in 101 BCSB

This series is organized by Nilo Couret, PhD student in Film Studies

8/26 THE MEXICAN TRAMP Ahí está el detalle (Juan Bustillo Oro, Mexico 1940; 112 min) 9/2 THE ARGENTINE CLOWN Payaso (Lucas Demare, Argentina 1952; 93 min) 9/9 CARNAVAL CARIOCA Carnaval Atlântida (José Carlos Burle, Brazil 1952; 95 min) 9/16 UNIVERSAL HORROR TOOK A WRONG TURN AT ALBUQUERQUE Chabelo y Pepito contra los monstruos (José Estrada, Mexico 1973; 90 min) 9/23 GRINDHOUSE: LATSPLOITATION EDITION Sangre de vírgenes (Emilio Vieyra, Argentina 1967; 72 min) Satanico Pandemonium (Gilberto Martínez Solares, Mexico 1975; 90 min) 9/30 BLEEPING UNDERGROUND Bang Bang (Andrea Tonacci, Brazil 1971; 85 min) 10/7 YOU’RE GOING TO NEED A PERMIT FOR THAT REVOLUTION Death of a Bureaucrat (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Cuba 1966; 85 min) 10/14 LAUGHTER, INTERRUPTED Palomita blanca (Raoul Ruiz, Chile 1973; 125 min) 10/21 NOT DEAD YET Esperando la carroza (Alejandro Doria, Argentina 1985; 87 min) 10/28 NOBODY’S PERFECT Dona Flor and her Two Husbands (Bruno Barreto, Brazil 1977; 110 min) 11/4 CAPITALIST VAMPIRES DISCOVER SUNSCREEN Vampires in Havana (Juan Padrón, Cuba 1986; 80 min) Elpidio Valdés contra la policía en Nueva York (Juan Padrón, Cuba 1976; 7 min) Filminuto Series (Various, Cuba 1980-present; 1 min) 11/11 ART CINEMA ISN’T FUNNY Guest Speaker: Laura Podalsky, Ohio State University Silvia Prieto (Martín Rejtman, Argentina 1999; 92 min)

sponsored by International Programs and the Latin American Studies Program Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact the Institute for Cinema and Culture at (319) 335-1348 or e-mail corey-creekmur@uiowa.edu.

11/18 CRAWL, DON’T RUN La estrategia del caracol (Sergio Cabrera, Colombia 1993; 116 min) 12/2 THE LITTLEST WHOREHOUSE IN THE AMAZON Pantaleón y las visitadoras (Francisco Lombardi, Perú 2000; 137 min) 12/9 VIGILANTE JUSTICE, EN ESPAÑOL Libertador Morales, el justiciero (Efterpi Charalambidis, Venezuela 2009; 106 min) Cédula ciudadano (Diego Velasco, Venezuela 2000; 24 min) Tarde de machos (Carlos Caridad Montero, Venezuela 2001; 12 min)

Second Annual European Studies Conference

GREEN POLITICS

December 3-4, 2010 • 315 Phillips Hall FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 12-1PM Catered Lunch 1PM Downing Thomas, Opening of the Conference 1:15-3:30PM Session #1 Water and Mills Chair: Roland Racevskis Heather Wacha (History) Constance Berman (History) Laura Rigal (English and American Studies) 4-5PM Session #2 Green Cities of Europe: Paris, Rome Chair: Waltraud Maierhofer Brenda Longfellow (Art History) Lucie Laurian (Urban and Regional Planning) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4 9-11AM Session #3 Nature, the Arts and Literature Chair: Constance Berman Roland Racevskis (French and Italian) Rachel Horner Brackett (Anthropology) Julie Hochstrasser (Art and Art History) 11:30AM KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ursula Heise

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

Ursula Heise Ursula K. Heise is a professor of English and director of the Program in Modern Thought and Literature at Stanford University.

“Red List Blues: The Politics of Extinction”

Humankind is currently confronted with a loss of biodiversity that may eliminate up to 50% of existing species by the end of the century, with unknown consequences for human well-being and natural ecosystems. "Red List Blues" explores how different countries have engaged with this crisis culturally and politically: through narrative and visual representations of endangered species, as well as through scientiﬁc classiﬁcations and legal regulations and treaties concerning them.

Co-sponsors: European Studies Group, Department of French and Italian, Department of German, International Programs All events are free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Michel Laronde, director of European Studies Group at michel-laronde@uiowa.edu or visit

http://international.uiowa.edu/centers/european-studies Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Michel Laronde in advance at 319-335-2264.

GLOBAL HEALTH STUDIES PROGRAM POSTER DISPLAY

Dr. Nupur Barua Dr. Nupur Barua of Amaltas Consulting in New Delhi is a medical anthropologist with extensive experience in the development of national HIV-AIDS strategies in India. Dr. Barua will present two public lectures during her upcoming visit to campus: These lectures are free and open to the public.

HIV/AIDS in India:

Current realities and emerging challenges Wednesday Oct. 6, 4:30 p.m. Room 128W Chemistry Building

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is better to die than to let people know that you have the curseâ&#x20AC;?:

AIDS-related stigma and treatment seeking behavior among the urban poor in Delhi, India Wednesday Oct. 13, 4:30 p.m. Room 128W Chemistry Building These events are sponsored by the Global Health Studies Program, South Asian Studies Program and International Programs. Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Paul Greenough in advance at 319-335-2222.