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CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
International Studies and Programs


   
2011 2011  2011  2011  2011  2011
   
JUNE 25
THE BIRD AND WATER DANCE ENSEMBLE
The first dance enseemble formed by people with physical, visual, and other disabilities in Taiwan
JULY 13
Japanese Sstudies
POST 3/11: JAPAN AND CONTEMPORARY MEDIA
Dr. Ian Condry, Comparative Media Studies, MIT
SEPTEMBER 7
Japanese Studies
BOOK LAUNCH AND PRESENTATION
MANNERS AND MISCHIEF: GENDER, POWER, AND ETIQUETTE IN JAPAN

Dr. Laura Miller, UMSL
  SEPTEMBER 10
Chinese Studies
MCASTA 2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 12
Dr. Edwin Fedder Annual Lecture in Foreign and International Affairs
VORTEX OF CONFLICT: U.S. POLICY TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND IRAQ
Dr. Dan Caldwell, Distinguished Proffessor of Political Science, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
SEPTEMBER 14
Greek Studies
THE BATTLE OF CRETE
Dr. Tony Kocols
SEPTEMBER 22
Irish Studies
MAKING IRELAND IRISH: TOURISM AND NATIONAL IDENTITY SINCE THE CIVIL WAR
Dr. Eric Zuelow, Professor of European History, University of New England
SEPTEMBER 23
German Culture Center
FALL WORKSHOP FOR GERMAN TEACHERS
Professor Robert Di Donato

SEPTEMBER 24
International Performing Arts Series - 2011-2012 Season
ZHENG XULAN: SONGS OF CHINA

SEPTEMBER 28
International Health Care
FROM PROVIDER TO PHOs: AN INSTITUTIONAL ANALSIS OF NONPROFIT PRIMARY HEALTH CARE GOVERNANCE IN NEW ZEALAND
Bronwyn Howell, Wellington Universsity, Victoria
SEPTEMBER 28
Japanese Studies
UNCIVIL SOCIETY: RIGHT WING ACTIVISM IN JAPAN AND THE POLITICS OF FUTILITY
Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Sociocultural Anthropologist
OCTOBER 1
German Culture Center
"MUSIK IST TRUMPF" GERMAN AMERICAN DAY CONCERT
Northwinds Concert Band
German Cultural Society Hall
OCTOBER 5
Japanese Studies
JAPAN DRAMA NIGHT
KAMIKAZE GIRLS (SHIMOTSUMA MONOGATARI)

with Professor Laura Miller
OCTOBER 6
German Culture Center
GERMAN LANGUAGE OLYMPICS
OCTOBER 6
BOOK LAUNCH
DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE IMPACT OF RELIGION AND  EDUCATION

Professor Judith Cochran, UMSL
OCTOBER 6
German Culture Center
OKTOBERFEST CONCERT WITH THE "DORFROCKER" TRIO FROM GERMANY
Sold Out
OCTOBER 9
Japanese Studies
Film with Introduction by Dr. Marvin Marcus
442: LIVE WITH HONOR, DIE WITH DIGNITY
JAPANESE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR II

Missouri History Museum
OCTOBER 13
Japanese Studies
JAPAN: ROAD TO RECOVERY - CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Mr. Shindo
OCTOBER 13
Greek Studies
EXCAVATION OF THE HAGIOS CHARALAMBOS CAVE
Professor Philip Betancoourt, Institute fo Aegean Prehistory
OCTOBER 18
COMMUNITY-BASED NATURE PRESERVES IN TIBET: FROM MOUNT EVEREST TO THE FOUR GREAT RIVERS
Daniel Taylor
OCTOBER 27
Irish Studies
PAUL MULDOON'S INCANTATA
Dr. Guinn Batten, Literary Scholar, Washington University in St. Louis; Dr. Barbara Harbach, Music, UMSL; and Chris King, Poet

NOVEMBER 3
French Studies
CARAVAGUE THEATRE COMPANY: TWO ONE-ACT PLAYSS: LA VOIX HUMAINE BY JEAN COCTEAU AND PEUR DES COUPS BY GEORGE COURTELINE
Both performed in French

NOVEMBER 10
Greek Studies
NAKIS MEMORIAL LECTURE
HELLENISM AND ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY: A COOMPLEX RELATIONSHIP

Rev. Dr. Stanley Harakas
NOVEMBER 19
International Performing Arts Series - 2011-2012 Season
MARTIN HAYES AND DENNIS CAHILL AND ST. LOUIS IRISH ARTS: A CELTIC FESTIVAL
DECEMBER 1
Irish Studies
PERFORMING IRELAND, BECOMING AMERICAN
Dr. Marion Casey, Anthropologist and Historian
DECEMBER 9
German Culture Center
"CHRISTMAS A CAPPELLA"
Calmus, a vocal quintet from Leipzig, Germany
   
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AFRICA WORLD DOCUMENTARRY FILM FESTIVVAL

FEBURARY 7-10
University of Yaoundé, Cameroon

FEBRUARY 16-18
Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, the Carver Center,
Birmingham, AL. USA

FEBRUARY 14-25
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA

MARCH 8-11
University of the West Indies
E.B.C.C.I, Cinemateque, Cave Hill, Barbados

MARCH 26-30
Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA

APRIL 25-28
Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, KS, USA

MAY 1-6
Obofemi Awolowe University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria*

AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 9
"I Will Tell" International Film Festival, London, UK

*Temporary Dates/Venue to be arranged

FEBRUARY 9
Irish Studies
SEAN NOS SINGING AND MASTER CLASS
Niall Wall, Educator/Singer Sean Nos, Co. Wesford, Ireland
FEBRUARY 14
Japanese Studies
JCI OPERATION HOPE: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN DISASTER RELIEF AND RECOVERY
Edson A. Kodama, Secretary General,
JCI (Junior Chamber International

FEBRUARY 16
In honor of Black History Month, Grancophiles and Music Lovers, International Studies and Programs is pleased to present the critically acclaimed documentary film:
BLACK MOZART IN CUBA (Le Mozart noir à Cuba)
Short Documentary, Guadeloupe, 52 minutes, Steve and Stéphanie James
To hear a sample of Joseph Boulogne's music click here.

FEBRUARY 18
International Performing Arts Series - 2011-2012 Season
SILVER ROOTS: JAPAN MEETS WORLD
FEBRUARY 23
Irish Studies
NOTHING TO DECLARE: OSCAR WILDE'S AMERICAN LECTURES
John Wyse Jackson, Well known and and leading authorit on Anglo-Irish Literature
MARCH 8
Irish Studies
FICTION AND POETRY READING AND MASTER CLASS
Geraldine Mills, Irish short story writer and poet
MARCH 10
International Performing Arts Series - 2011-2012 Season
SYN-AULOIS: REMBETICA TO MODERN
  MARCH 13
Japanese Studies
JAPAN DRAMA NIGHT WITH PROFESSOR LAURA MILLER -
RAMEN GIRL
MARCH 14
The German Culture Center
ACCLAIMED GERMAN STORYTELLER KATHARINA RITTER READS TALES FROM THE BROTHERS GRIMM IN GERMAN
German Cultural Socieety Hall
  APRIL 3
Irish Studies
DUBLIN IN 1916
Dr. Nicholas Allen, Cultural Historian, NUI-Galway
APRIL 12
International Performing Arts Series - 2011-2012 Season
CHEIK LO
APRIL 20
The German Culture Center
"ASK ME ABOUT BRECHT"
Hanns Eisler in conversation with Hans Bunge as recreated by Sabine Berendse and Paul Clements
Kranzberg Studio Theatre at GRAND CENTER
  APRIL 25
Greek Studies
Catharine Pelican Annual Memorial Lecture in Greek Culture
REDISCOVEERING, RECONSTRUCTING, USING THE PAST: ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD
Vassilis Lambrinoudakis, University of Athens
MAY 5
The German Culture Center
"A MUSICAL CELEBRATION" Northwinds Concert Band, Larry Marsh, Director
featuring the American premiere of a new work celebrating te 1150th anniversary of  the founding of Roethenbach, Germany.
Florrisant Civic Center Theatre
JUNE 26 - JULY 26
Irish Studies
SUMMER PROGRAMS IN IRELAND: CREATIVE WRITING & IRISH STUDIES AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND - GALWAY
  OCTOBER 11- 14
SHIBUSAWA SEMINAR
THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURS IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE PACIFIC RIM
  OCTOBER 30 - NOVEMBER 1
African Studies
PAN AFRICAN CONFERENCE

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