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Kosher and Halal Food Offerings: Making way for Interfaith Dialogue at the table Presented by Mike Zimmerman & John Compton As college and university campuses become more diverse, students are encountering other students from various cultures and faiths around the world. The best way to learn about another’s culture is to break bread. As schools…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesdays

Niger: Its People and Culture Presented by Siradji Mahamane – Vanderbilt Peabody Humprey Fellow Siradji Mahamane is from Niger and will showcase the diverse people and cultural celebrations in Niger. Southern Nigeria and Northern Nigeria share a border and are often confused with one another or included as one in the same. Although the two…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens film: Nobody Knows

Presented by: Yoshikuni Igarashi, Associate Professor of History. Japan (2004) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda. Four siblings live with their mother in a small apartment in Tokyo. One day, the mother leaves behind a little money and a note, charging her oldest boy to look after the others. And so begins the children’s odyssey. Though engulfed by…

Posted by on January 28, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens film: Ivan and Ivana

Presented by: Jennifer Fay, Director of Cinema and Media Arts and Jeff Daniel Silva(filmmaker). USA (2011) Dir: Jeff Daniel Silva. After the Kosovo war devastates a young couple’s homeland and their dreams, they set out to rebuild their lives anew in America. Arriving in California amidst the peak of a housing boom that would soon…

Posted by on January 28, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens film: Maqbool

Presented by: Jane Miller Wanninger, Lecturer of English and Anand Taneja, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies. India (2003) Dir: Vishal Bhardwaj. Based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth with the Mumbai underworld as its backdrop, the story follows the right-hand man of the most powerful ganglord. With great visuals, it is a haunting operatic tragedy. Urdu and Hindi…

Posted by on January 28, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens film: Tough Cookies

Presented by Laura Carpenter, Associate Professor of Sociology and Dr. Christy Halbert, U.S. Olympic Boxing Coach. Austria/USA (2014) Dir: Ruth Kaaserer. Boxingis a brutal sport. A man’s world. Is there a difference when women box? This documentary shows three women who live on the edge of society, making a living from odd jobs. As boxers,…

Posted by on January 23, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens film: Tough Cookies

Presented by Laura Carpenter, Associate Professor of Sociology and Dr. Christy Halbert, U.S. Olympic Boxing Coach. Austria/USA (2014) Dir: Ruth Kaaserer. Boxingis a brutal sport. A man’s world. Is there a difference when women box? This documentary shows three women who live on the edge of society, making a living from odd jobs. As boxers,…

Posted by on January 23, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens film: Snowpiercer

Presented by: Haerin Shin, Assistant Professor of English. South Korea, Czech Republic, USA, France (2013) Dir: Joon-ho Bong. In this sci-fi epic from director of The Host and Mother, a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet. The final survivors board the SNOWPIERCER, a train that travels around the globe via a…

Posted by on January 23, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens film: Snowpiercer

Presented by: Haerin Shin, Assistant Professor of English. South Korea, Czech Republic, USA, France (2013) Dir: Joon-ho Bong. In this sci-fi epic from director of The Host and Mother, a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet. The final survivors board the SNOWPIERCER, a train that travels around the globe via a…

Posted by on January 23, 2015 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesdays

The Culture of Poverty? Presented by Georgie Asfoura People in poverty face obstacles that those in the middle and wealthy classes don’t-but what’s the best frame work for understanding the impact of poverty on their lives? Join us for a presentation by Georgie Asfoura, a 2nd year  LOP student, as she shares stories from her…

Posted by on January 22, 2015 in Activities Everyone

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