Christopher Mugimu, IISE Fulbright Visiting Scholar & Professor, Makerere University, Uganda; Joel Chrispo Dumba, Project Associate, IISE; & W. James Jacob, Director, IISE

One Book, One Community Lecture Series:

"The Worldwide Fusarium Keratitis Epidemic of 2004-2006: What Would Dr. John Snow and Dr. Henry Whitehead Have Done?"
John Bullock, MD, MPH, MSc. Bullock is an infectious diseases epidemiologist at Wright State School of Medicine.

Also, part of the C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture Series.

The screening and director talk for the Japanese documentary "ANPO: Art x War" has been moved due to the bomb threats on campus. Please join us at the Carnegie Museum of Art theater at 7 pm Thursday - enter at the main doors on Forbes Ave by the fountains, and meet director Linda Hoaglund, Warhol Museum film curator Geralyn Huxley, and EALL professor Charles Exley for post-film discussion!

USA/Japan 2010, 89 min., in Japanese and English with English subtitles
Street parking or parking at Soldiers and Sailors Underground Parking available.

The symposium will report on recent research in the areas of Asian and American music by scholars from the U.S. and elsewhere. It assembles eight of Bell Yung’s former students to celebrate his 31 years of teaching at the University of Pittsburgh, together with four of his current students. The presentations focus on historical sources, musical genres, performance practices, musicians, and musical communities of China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and the U.S.

ASC and the Japanese language program at Pitt are offering a series of Japanese language tables on campus for students of Japanese language. The second session of the series is “Learning to be a Japanese Interpreter!” This session is designed for all level of Japanese students-- 1st, 2nd and 3rd year (+up). You will be helping to communicate a native Japanese speaker and a Native English speaker. In this session:
• You will be playing a role of an interpreter between two persons.
• You will be interpreting Japanese to English, also English to Japanese.

Pittsburgh Taiko is dedicated to bringing Japanese group taiko drumming (kumidaiko) to the city of Pittsburgh. Open to anyone interested in learning about the art form, they seek to educate members of the community about taiko and about Japanese culture through performances and outreach activities.

Pittsburgh Taiko performs both regional Japanese drumming styles arranged for their group and original compositions. In this way, they not only look to pass on knowledge of what has come before, but also work to create new possibilities for taiko performance.

Although Agnes Varda is recognized as an early avatar of feminist filmmaking, her 1965 film Happiness remains a misunderstood work, frequently criticized for its ostensibly anti-feminist message. This lecture excavates specific sources of imagery from French women’s magazines that idealized the daily drudgery of the housewife and explains how Varda applied this imagery to her characters to challenge feminine ideals.

This year's undergraduate Model EU will take place on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College. The following schools are sending students:
Bowling Green State University
Kent State University
John Carroll University
Washington & Jefferson College
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

Sylvia Kofler, from the Washington Delegation of the European Union will attend and give a presentation, as will EUCE Director Ron Linden.

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2012
Round Table Discussion with Dutch Ambassador Renee Jones-Bos
3 pm, 4130 WWPH

The Tournées festival features a series of recent French films that will be screened in 35mm in Alumni Hall. It is an exciting group of films, and we hope you'll come and bring your friends, family, and students.

Feb. 23, 7:30 PM - "Welcome"
Feb. 24, 6:00 PM - "La Belle Endormie" (The Sleeping Beauty):
Feb. 24, 8:00 PM - "Boarding Gate"
Feb. 25, 7:00 PM- "35 Rhums" (35 Shots of Rum)
Feb. 25, 9:15 PM - "Hadewijch"

To view the full schedule & film descriptions: http://www.frenchanditalian.pitt.edu/documents/TourneesFrenchfilmseriesf...