Smith College: Global Studies Center

This calendar lists each week's notable events with an international or intercultural focus. Event descriptions are taken from your R25 Space Request. To get your event highlighted, contact Lisa Morde, administrative coordinator for the Global Studies Center. To have information about your event or activity sent to all campus e-mail accounts, submit it to eDigest.


February 12-18	February 19-25	February 26- Mar 3

Featured Event Flow: For Love of Water February 15, 2012 Irena Salina's 2008 documentary film on the human rights of freshwater privatization.. Global Studies Center Lounge 7:00 pm Lectures and Symposia Wondrous Brutal Fictions February 13, 2012 �Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Theater and Publishing in Seventeenth Century Japan". Graham Hall, Brown Fine Arts Center 5:00 pm Film Waxworks with Peter Krasinski February 15, 2012 Organist Peter Krasinski provides live, improvised organ accompaniment to "Waxworks", a classic German silent film from 1929. John M. Greene Hall 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Film Screening: Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up? February 16, 2012 Award-winning director Saul Landau embarks on an in-depth exploration of Miami-Havana politics through the story of the Cuban 5. Campus Center Carroll Room 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm ASA Multi-Organizational Cultural Bond February 17, 2012 February 18, 2012 In combination with other culture organizations, ASA will host an event where students from multi-ethnic organizations can come to bond and get to know each other. More... Mwangi Cultural Center Round Room 9:00 pm	Featured Event Summer Opportunities Abroad Fair February 21, 2012 Learn about opportunities to study, volunteer and work abroad this summer. Campus Center 102, 103, 104 11:00 pm to 2:00 pm Info Session about Ewha University/Smith Summer Ex February 22, 2012 Information session for students interested in applying for one of Smith's summer exchange spaces at Ewha University in Seoul, South Korea. Global Studies Center 4:15 pm Lectures and Symposia Justice for Palestine Keffiyeh Sale February 20, 2012 Smith Student Alliance for Middle East Peace/Smith Students for Justice in Palestine will be selling baked goods and keffiyehs to raise money for their orgs. CC MAIN LEVEL TBL 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm Japan's Multilateral Diplomacy after 3/11: A View from the United Nations February 20, 2012 Special guest Tomoaka Ishigaki, Counsellor at the Japanese Permanent Mission of the United nations. Seelye Hall 106 7:00 pm Against the Wall: Art in Palestine February 22, 2012 Photojournalist William Parry discusses his latest publication and topics such as art as resistance, international-Palestinian collaborative efforts, and street art as a response to the Occupation. Seelye 308 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm	Featured Event Smith in the World: Reflections on the 2011 Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association February 27, 2012 Professor Catharine Newbury, Bridget Rhinehart �12 and Kaitlin Hodge �12. Global Studies Center, Wright Hall 12:00 pm Smith in the World-Women's Health in India March 1, 2012 Smith students talk about their experiences teaching Indian and Tibetan women about a culturally sensitive topic: women's health. Global Studies Center, Wright Hall 12:00 pm Lectures and Symposia Women & Culture in Resistance Lecture February 29, 2012 Middle East Studies Seelye Hall 106 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm

February 12-18

February 19-25

February 26- Mar 3