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.


March 11-17	March 18-24	March 25-31

Featured Event WHAW: Mariage Pour Tous (Marriage For All) March 14, 2013 The Implications of the Marriage Equality Law Currently in the French National Assembly. Mehammad Mack, Assistant Professor of French Studies, will discuss the legislation for same-sex marriage that was recently passed in the French National Assembly and is waiting for Senate approval. Pizza lunch will be served. Global Studies Center, Wright Hall 12:00 pm Anita Volz Wien �62 Global Scholars Fund March 15, 2013 Intensive Summer Language Study Grant for Summer 2013 March 15, 2013 The Offices of the Provost, President and Dean of the College are again continuing the competitive pilot program for a third year to support intensive summer language study by Smith students. Priority will be given for the study of non-European languages. More... Lectures and Symposia Upheaval in the Middle East: A Guide for the Perpl March 12, 2013 Donna Robinson Divine, Morningstar Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Government, will the deliver the 55th annual Katharine Asher Engel Lecture Seelye 201 L'Effront�e March 14, 2013 Cin�-Club Fran�ais will screen this film centered around the story of Charlotte, a 13-year-old girl on her way to self-discovery. The film will be shown in French with English subtitles. All are welcome. Seelye 106 Performing Arts and Films Human Trafficking Film Series March 13, 2013 A showing of the film Price of Sex with discussion facilitated by Greg White. Seelye 201 7:00 pm	No events added yet. View all events.	Featured Event Global Commons: Life After Hugo Chavez March 28, 2013 Was Hugo Chavez a good leader? An open conversation and discussion to share views about Chavez�s rule and legacy in Venezuela, South America, and world affairs. Open to all�especially students coming from, going to, and interested in Venezuelan and Latin American studies. Global Studies Center, Wright Hall 4:10 pm Global Salon - Video Artwork: Constructing a Virtual Chinese City March 29, 2013 With John Slepian, Five College Assistant Professor of Art and Technnology, Suzanne Gottschang, Smith College Associate Professor of Anthropology, and Jim Middlebrook, Smith College Assistant Professor of Art. Global Studies Center, Wright Hall 12:00 pm Lectures and Symposia If Ainu are Indians, Then What are the Japanese?--Indigenous People in Japanese Cinema March 28, 2013 Professor Aaron Gerow of Yale University will talk about ways the Ainu, an indigenous people of Japan, have been represented in Japanese cinema. Presented by the EALL Department More... Seelye 106

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March 25-31