PROGRAMS IN MARCH
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 11:30 a.m - 1:30 p.m., Surviving the Dragon, A Tibetan Lama’s Account of 40 Years under Chinese Rule, featuring Arjia Rinpoche, followed by a book signing. Bove Auditorium, Engelhard Hall, 190 University Ave. Surviving the Dragon is Rinpoche’s memoir of his life, including the hard labor and public humiliation he suffered during Mao’s Communist “reeducation” campaign, and his escape from China. Co-sponsored by the Division of Global Affairs.
Thursday, March 4, 6 - 7:30 p.m., Artists and the Damascus Spring, featuring Edward Zitter, Bove Auditorium, Engelhard Hall, 190 University Ave. Zitter is on faculty in the Department of Drama at New York University. Co-sponsored by the Rutgers Program in American Studies and the Rutgers Department of Classical Languages and Literatures.
Thursday, March 11, 6 - 7:30 p.m., The Aleppian Waslah, Music of Hope: Bringing the Syrian Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Communities Together, featuring Mohamed Alsiadi, Bove Auditorium, Engelhard Hall, 190 University Ave. Alsiadi is a faculty member in the Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures department, and the American Studies department, at Rutgers University, Newark. Co-sponsored by the Rutgers Program in American Studies and the Rutgers Department of Classical Languages and Literatures.
Thursday, March 25, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Armenia and Turkey: The Way Ahead, featuring John Evans. Bove Auditorium, Engelhard Hall, 190 University Ave. Evans is the former U.S. ambassador to Armenia. Co-sponsored by the Rutgers-New Brunswick Armenian Studies Program. In collaboration with the Documentation Center of Cambodia, www.dccam.org.
PROGRAMS IN APRIL
Thursday, April 8, 6- 9 p.m., screening of “My Neighbor, My Killer,” with commentary by filmmaker Anne Aghion, Dana Room, John Cotton Dana Library, 185 University Ave. This is a presentation of an award-winning documentary about Rwanda. In collaboration with the Documentation Center of Cambodia, www.dccam.org.
Thursday, April 8, 6 -7:30 p.m., Deep Listening: Arab Music, Cultural Diversity, and the Promise of Cultural Understanding, featuring Jonathan H. Shannon. Bove Auditorium, Engelhard Hall, 190 University Ave. Shannon is a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at Hunter College. Co-sponsored by the Rutgers Program in American Studies and the Rutgers Department of Classical Languages and Literatures.
Thursday, April 15, 6-8 p.m., Unarmed Insurrections for Democracy and Self-determination, featuring Stephen Zunes. Dana Room, John Cotton Dana Library, 185 University Ave. Zunes is on the faculty of the Politics and International Studies Department, University of San Francisco. Co-sponsored by the Division of Global Affairs.
Monday, April 19, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Searching for the Truth in the Shadow of the Cambodian Genocide, featuring Youk Chhang, Paul Robeson Galleries, Paul Robeson Campus Center, 350 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Chang is the director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia. In collaboration with the Documentation Center of Cambodia, www.dccam.org.
Thursday, April 22, 6-8 p.m., Bringing Down a Dictator: The Overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic, a film screening and discussion featuring Srdja Popovic and Vladimir Pavlov, former leaders of the Otpor Movement in Serbia. Dana Room, John Cotton Dana Library, 185 University Ave. Co-sponsored by the Division of Global Affairs.
Thursday, April 29, 6 -7:30 p.m., Historical Memory and Hope in Syrian Popular Media, featuring Lilian Farhat, Bove Auditorium, Engelhard Hall, 190 University Ave. Farhat is a faculty member in the Department of Modern Languages, The College of New Jersey. Co-sponsored by the Rutgers Program in American Studies and the Rutgers Department of Classical Languages and Literatures.
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