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CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
Center for International Studies

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	MAY 10 - 25 Japanese Studies JAPANESE STUDY TOUR
	MAY 30 International Performing Arts Series 2007-2008 Season SANKOFA PRODUCTIONS - DANCE COMPANY
	MAY 31 International Performing Arts Series 2007-2008 Season FORCES OF NATURE DANCE COMPANY
	ONGOING PROJECT Greek Studies - St. Louis Greek Community History Project INVITATION for submission of documents on the history of the St. Louis Greek-American Community
	MAY 31 - JUNE 17 - JUNE 2 - JULY 4 Greek Studies SUMMER TRAVEL/STUDY COURSE: SEARCHING FOR THE KINGS OF THE TROJAN WAR
	OCTOBER 14 International Performing Arts Series - 2008-2009 Season IRISH MASTERS CONCERT TOUR ?Traditional Irish music played by the winners of Comhaltas’ definitive system of competitions for Irish music, called the Fleadh Cheoil (literally “feast of music”). These musicians have competed in a series of qualifying rounds, culminating in the annual All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
	OCTOBER 18 International Performing Arts Series - 2008-2009 Season MUSICAL VOICES OF CHINA ?A program of Chinese vocal music performed by a chorus and soloists backed by traditional Chinese instruments. This concert will focus primarily on folk songs of China’s minorities and diverse regions.
	NOVEMBER 9 International Performing Arts Series - 2008-2009 Season FROM EROTOKRITOS TO AXION ESTI: GREECE'S GREATEST POETS AND COMPOSERS Grigoris Maninakis and the Mikrokosmos Ensemble and the students in the Greek Studies Program, UMSL
	NOVEMBER 20 French Studies BLACK MOZART - THE CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGE: RACE AND IDENTITY IN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE Featuring Dr. Bernard F. Zinck, concert violinist and recording artist. Associate Professor of Violin and Chamber Music, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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	JANUARY 29 International Performing Arts Sereis - 2008-2009 Season SARAH WOLFSON: AN EVENING OF CABARET Featuring the songs of Kurt Weill, Bertold Brecht and Hugo Wolf. Soprano Sarah Wolfson is the First Prize Winner of the 2007 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. She has performed at the Ravinia, Sspoeteo USA, La Jolla Summerfest and Aspen Music Festivals and with the opera companies of Santa Fe, Wolf Trap and Florida Grand Opera. Co-Sponsored by the German Culture Center, UMSL and the Goethe Institut.
	FEBRUARY 17 International Performing Arts Sereis - 2008-2009 Season FIVE DAYS IN MARCH Play by Toshiki Okada ?Set in Japan in the days before the U.S. began its war and official bombing of Iraq in March 2003, the play tells the story of two urban hipsters who meet at a post-rock show and then get swept up into a one-night stand that turns into five days of continuous sex. Unaware of the imminent invasion being launched outside, the youngsters obsess over the details of a love affair, perfectly capturing the irony and impotency of youth culture in Japan today.
	FEBRUARY 21 International Performing Arts Sereis - 2008-2009 Season DENIS CUNIOT: KLEZMER PIANO Rare are the artists that give us the secrets to their work... Denis Cuniot is a piano genius, in the vein of the lively and moving Klezmer, who keeps alive these melodies’ popular histories, be they somber or romantic. Klezmer means “the instrument of the voice”, and here the piano does not replace the orchestra, but lends itself to chants, rhythm, and counterpoints–truly, to polyphony. Cosponsored with Alliance Francais-US, Alliance Francais de Saint Louis and St. Louis - Lyon Sister Cities
	FEBRUARY 28 International Performing Arts Sereis - 2008-2009 Season CHERISH THE LADIES ?With their unique spectacular blend of virtuosi instrumental talents, beautiful vocals, captivating arrangements and stunning step dancing, this powerhouse group combines all the facets of Irish traditional culture and puts it forth in an immensely humorous and entertaining package.
	MAY 6 International Performing Arts Sereis - 2008-2009 Season DOBET GNAHORÉ ?A singer, dancer and percussionist from the Ivory Coast, Dobet sings in a range of African languages including Bété, Fon, Baoule, Lingala, Malinke, and Mina. On stage, her voice, her charisma and her presence, the result of several years theatrical and choreographic work, has immense audience appeal.
	MAY 20 - JUNE 3 International Travel MEDIEVAL AND MOORISH SPAIN Madrid, Toledo, Granada, Cordoba, Sevilla, Ronda and Malaga

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