News, Meetings, Workshops and Other Events

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MOVIES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE Series

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
3:00 PM
252 IAB

Ndeysaan (The Price of Forgiveness)

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Set in a small village on the south coast of Senegal, Ndeysaan tells a
story of love, betrayal, and redemption.
A love triangle in a traditional fishing village between Mbanick, the son
of the marabout, his close friend Yatma,
the son of a wealthy, well-positioned patriarch and the woman they both
love, Maxoye.
The director writes: “ my concern was o show that ordinary life and the
supernatural can exist together without ostentation as was the case in my
childhood, showing that belief and pragmatism co-exist naturally”
Based on the novel “Le prix du pardon” by Mbissane Ngom, directed by
Mansour Sora Wade

FRANCE, SENEGAL - 2002
DURATION: 90 MN
LANGUAGE: Wolof with English subtitles
Friday April 4, 2008,

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WikispaceWikispace Wikispaces Workshop
April 11th
Room 255-IAB
Jutta Schmiers-Heller from the German department will conduct
a presentation on wikis
a follow up discussion
a hands-on session
and a question and answer period

 

 

 

 

 

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TELL ME MORE Presentation

On Tuesday April 1st, a representative of Tell Me More Campus will give a presentation explaining how the TELL ME MORE program operates.
Tell Me More is an online environment where students can access a personalized Language Program for learning foreign languages.

The presentation will take place at 9:30 in room IAB255.

 

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MOVIES FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE Series

FRIDAY, MARCH 28 2008
3:00 pm
252 IAB

O’TGAN KUNLAR (THE BYGONE DAYS)

Set in Central Asia on the eve of Russian conquest, the movie tells the story of a loving couple who become victims of social traditions, on the one hand, and political intrigues of the court of the last Khan (King) of Kokand, on the other.
Based on the novel by Abdulla Qodiriy, a Jadid Uzbek writer, repressed during Stalin’s Great Terror of the 1930s.
Uzbekistan, 1969.
Duration: 92 mins
Language: original (Uzbek), with English subtitles.
Presentation by: Komil Djalilov

 

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LRC former instructor of Romanian language, Dr. Mona Momescu will participate in a discussion panel organized by

The Modern Greek Seminar at the University Seminars Program & Program in Hellenic Studies, Columbia University in cooperation with The Harriman Institute,
Columbia University

Discussion of Greek & Romanian Contacts in the Pre-National Balkans
Thursday, 27 March 2008, 4:00pm
1201 International Affairs Building

Featuring

‘He will shatter Kings on the Day of His Wrath: Faith, Fear, Power in Early Modern Balkans’
Nikolaos Panou (Harvard University)

‘Between the Slavs and the Greeks: the Lesson Patriarch Niphon Taught Wallachia’
Mona Momescu (University of Constanta)

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Respondent: Christine Philliou (Columbia University)