Chaired by:
W. James Jacob, Director, IISE;
John C. Weidman, IISE Senior Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
Shoko Yamada, Nagoya University & KPTIP

Maureen W. McClure, IISE Senior Research Fellow & Associate Professor, School of
Education
W. James Jacob, Director, IISE, School of Education
Jorge Delgado, PhD, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh

The African Studies Program of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS), in collaboration with the FORD Institute for Human Security at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) , the Institute for International Studies in Education (IISE) in the School of Education, The Ridgeway Center (GSPIA), and the Graduate School of Public Health will be hosting an international conference on “Achieving Sustainable Development in Africa.” This conference has been organized with collaboration from partners from African institutions namely: the Forum for African Women

The relationship between the United States and Vietnam is significant in its

The Film Studies Program and the Asian Studies Center present a screening of Sthaniya Sambaad / Spring in the Colony directed by Arjun Gourisaria and Moinak Biswas (India (Bengali), 2009) and winner of the Best Feature Film Award at the New York Indian Film Festival in 2011. Filmmaker Moinak Biswas will be present to introduce the film.

Reviews and information on the film at http://sthaniya.wordpress.com/ and
http://www.sthaniyasambaad.com/

The festival will introduce local residents to unique viewpoints and will showcase films from Ukraine, USA, Canada and Western Europe with Ukrainian content. Many of the film screenings will also feature a Ukrainian cuisine reception and appearances by the film directors and/or experts/professors from the local Universities to provide an interactive environment and all-encompassing experience.

Seven films and documentaries will be presented at the State-of-the art Baverso Theater. Foreign language films are subtitled in English.

Film Schedule:
October 7 - Genocide Revealed

Khet Mar is from Burma and she will be reading a short story of hers entitled " Night Flow". Before she will begin the reading , she will explain a little bit about Burma with power-point . She will compare between the situation in her country and how she tries to write to pass censorship. Khet Mar is a journalist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist born in Burma. Author of the novel Wild Snowy Night, three collections of short stories and a volume of essays, she has had work translated into Japanese, Spanish and English, broadcast, and made into a film.