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 have your event highlighted, contact the Global Studies Center at global@smith.edu. To have information about your event or activity sent to all campus e-mail accounts, submit it to eDigest.


November 22-28	November 29- Dec 5	December 6-12

Featured Event Study Abroad in the United Kingdom and Ireland Information Session November 28, 2012 Global Studies Center Conference Room 4:00 pm Lectures and Symposia Third Annual Thanksgiving Match Program November 22, 2012 Students and hosts are matched-up to share a meal at your family gathering on Thanksgiving Day. Open to all international students as well as any students remaining on campus for the holiday break. If you would like to participate as a host for the day or would like more info, please email Jan Morris (jmorris@smith.edu) with �Thanksgiving Match Host� in the subject line. Meetings and Workshops Everything You've Wanted to Know About China But Were Afraid to Ask November 28, 2012 Chinese/American panel discussion held by "opinionated Chinese and curious American students." Seelye 106 4:10 pm to 5:30 pm	Featured Event Global Salon - The Fugees Academy: Refugee Youth and Education November 29, 2012 With Luma Mufleh �97, founder and director of Fugees Family, Inc , working with child survivors of war. Global Studies Center, Wright Hall 12:00 pm Lectures and Symposia Global Financial Institutions Concentration Applications Due November 30, 2012 Applications for the Global Financial Institutions Concentration are due Friday, Nov 30 (United States). The online application can be found at the link below More... SWaG Around the World December 3, 2012 Interested in SWG, study abroad and Praxis? Come participate in discussions regarding the processes and experiences of studying abroad or completing international Praxis internships as a SWG major and hear current SWG majors share their experiences. Campus Center 205 4:00 pm Ethnoengineering December 3, 2012 Gabriel Arboleda, architect, will give a lecture on the challenges and opportunities for culturally appropriate sustainable design. Neilson Browsing Room 4:30 pm Shara McCallum December 4, 2012 Shara McCallum is a self-described Caribbean, Jamaican, American, African-American, West Indian woman writer whose poems are imbued with multiplicity,identity and geography. Stoddard Hall Auditorium 7:30 pm	Featured Event Global Salon: The Year of Marriage Equality December 6, 2012 The Anatomy of Victory in Washington, Minnesota, Maryland, and Maine and What�s Next. With Cuc Vu, Chief Diversity Officer for the Human Rights Campaign. Global Studies Center, Wright Hall 12:10 pm Lectures and Symposia The Arab Awakening December 6, 2012 Lecture by Hussein Ibish. Sponsored by Department of Government and the Kahn Liberal Arts Institute. Neilson Browsing Room 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm More Alive Than All the Living: Cultural Sovereignty and Cosmic Politics in Buddhist Siberia December 7, 2012 Cultural anthropologist and documentary filmmaker Anya Bernstein delivers the third in the "New Directions in Buddhist Studies 2012-13" lecture series. Seelye 201 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

November 22-28

November 29- Dec 5

December 6-12