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Ilens Film: Platform

Presented by: Jennifer Fay, Associate Professor of Film and English and Director, Program in Cinema & Media Arts; and Tom McGrath, A&S Class of 2016. Hong Kong, China, Japan, France (2000) Dir: Zhangke Jia. A group of amateur theatre troupe performers’ fate mirrors the general population in China as massive socio-economic changes sweep across the…

Posted by on September 7, 2014 in Activities Everyone

Ilens Film: Marwencol

Presented by: Claire Sisco King, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies USA (2010) Dir: Jeff Malmberg. After a vicious attack leaves him brain-damaged and broke, Mark Hogancamp seeks recovery in “Marwencol,” a 1/6th scale World War II-era town he creates in his backyard. Mark populates the town with dolls representing his friends and family and creates…

Posted by on September 7, 2014 in Activities Everyone

Culture Café

NEW STUDENTS ONLY!! Join us every Thursday in September to discuss adjusting to your new environment: Vanderbilt, Nashville, or the United States. Open to new international students and new American students. Sarratt 363. Lunch will be served. Co-sponsored with the Psychological & Counseling Center (PCC).

Posted by on September 3, 2014 in Activities FJ

International Undergraduate Student Move-in

Check in and get your keys and I.D. at ISSS!

Posted by on August 6, 2014 in Activities FJ

International Lens Film: Time of the Gypsies

Presented by Tatiana Filimonova, Mellon Assistant Professor of Russian UK, Italy, Yugoslavia (1988) Dir. Emir Kusturica. Two-time Palme d’Or winner Emir Kusturica directs the first in history feature-length film about Roma whose dialogue is largely Romani. This coming-of-age portrait follows a Yugoslavian Gypsy whose telekinetic powers become the vehicle for a prosperous career as an…

Posted by on April 9, 2014 in Activities Everyone

End of Year Fiesta

Join the staff of International Student & Scholar Services on the Student Life Center Lawn to celebrate the end of another school year. Food provided by Moe’s Southwest Grill, and dessert will be popsicles from Las Paletas. Everyone must have a ticket to receive lunch. Get your FREE tickets at ISSS. Open to all International Students and…

Posted by on April 3, 2014 in Activities FJ

International Lens Film: Die Wand

Presented by Lutz Koepnick, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of German and Film Studies Austria, Germany (2012) Dir. Julian Pölsler. Martina Gedeck brings a vivid intensity to this mysterious and riveting tale of survival set in a spectacularly beautiful Austrian mountain landscape. Based on Marlen Haushofer’s eponymous classic novel, The Wall is a gorgeous, mesmerizing adventure…

Posted by on April 2, 2014 in Activities Everyone

International Lens Film: Aus der Zeit

Presented by the German Graduate Students Association Austria (2007) Dir. Harald Friedl. The film follows the plight of four, generations-old family businesses in Austria as they face threats from globalization and gentrification. Awarded the Seattle International Film Festival’s 2007 Grand Jury Prize for best documentary. The director will be present for post-screening Q&A. German with…

Posted by on April 2, 2014 in Activities Everyone

International Lens Film: C.R.A.Z.Y.

Presented by Susan Kevra, Senior Lecturer in French Canada (2005) Dir. Jean-Marc Vallée. This coming of age story centers on Zach, one of five sons living in a working class Montreal neighborhood. Born in the 1960s to a doting mother and macho father, Zach struggles with his identity and sexuality against the backdrop of Quebec’s…

Posted by on April 2, 2014 in Activities Everyone

International Lens Film: Lore

Presented by Peggy Setje-Eilers, Assistant Professor of German Australia, Germany, UK (2013) Dir. Cate Shortland. What might it have been the experience of the children of Nazi parents in immediate post-war Germany? Juxtaposing the idealized, romantic ideal of the National Socialist view of Germany with the realities of children at risk in a post-war landscape,…

Posted by on March 20, 2014 in Activities Everyone

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