News & Upcoming Events
This page features news and events sponsored by the IAUNRC and/or related to the IAUNRCs region and audience. This is intended as a ready reference for the most commonly sought events, Please view the IUB Calendar and the CEUS Calendar for more information. For conferences, calls for papers, and job postings, view the Announcements Page.
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October 2009
22 October 2009
The Hungarian Cultural Association cordially invites you and your family to the celebration organized in observance of the 1956 Revolution Date: Thursday, October 22 Time: 5:30-7:30pm Place: IMU University Club Please join us for our annual commemoration of the revolution of 1956. Authentic Hungarian refreshments will be served.
23 October 2009
Andras Bozoki, "20 Years of Democracy in Central Europe: Developments, Deficits and Discontents."
Date: Friday, October 23
Time:1:30-3pm
Place: Woodburn 218Andras Bozoki, visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor at Central European University, will be visiting IU next Friday as a guest of the Indiana Democracy Consortium. Bozoki is an important political scientist in Hungary. He has also been active as a liberal public intellectual, and for a time served as the Hungarian Minister of Culture.
November 2009
Kazakh Film Series
Date: November 5th, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Calendar: College of Arts and Sciences IUB, Central Eurasian Studies IUB
Contact: iaau@indiana.edu
Description: The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center is presenting a Kazakh film series, beginning on November 5th 2009. The first film is "Ойпырмай или дорогие мои дети" (Oh my! or My Dear Children), showing at Wylie Hall 005 at 7:00pm.
Director: Zhanna Isabaeva, 2009
Synopsis: A mother who raised five children lives with her youngest son in a village lost in the endless steppes of Kazakhstan. The older children have long since acquired their own families and children. Mother, grandmother - she finally decides to gather the family together. And the reason for this is wonderful - the younger son's wedding. Her children live in different ways. Two daughters and two sons - that's four different stories and destinies, both urban and rural, some happy and others not so much… All their mother asks is, "How are we going to put on the wedding?" And she gets four different answers …
The film is subtitled in English.
More Contact Info: iaau@indiana.edu
Location: Wylie Hall 005
December 2009
Kazakh Film Series
Date: December 3rd, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Calendar: College of Arts and Sciences IUB, Central Eurasian Studies IUB
Contact: iaau@indiana.edu
Description: The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center is presenting a Kazakh film series. The second film is "Келін" (Daughter-in-law), showing at Wylie Hall 005 at 7:00pm.
Director: Yerkmek Tursynov, 2009
Synopsis: Pre-historical drama set in the 2nd century AD in northeastern Kazakhstan. Breathtaking cinematography showcases the harsh winter landscapes of northeastern Kazakhstan, and period musical pieces offer a stunning soundtrack. There is no spoken dialogue as the film portrays the primitive lifestyle among the proto-Kazakh people in their day-to-day life. There are some aspects of steppe culture that still remain today, though this film does not claim to be an historical documentary. Not suitable for young children – some bloody violence, in addition to sexual material.
The film has no dialogue.
More Contact Info: iaau@indiana.edu
Location: Wylie Hall 005Kazakh Film Series
Date: December 10th, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM
Calendar: College of Arts and Sciences IUB, Central Eurasian Studies IUB
Contact: iaau@indiana.edu
Description: The Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center is presenting a Kazakh film series. The third film is "записки путевого обходчика" (Notes from a Railway Worker), showing at Wylie Hall 005 at 7:00pm.
Director: Zhanabek Zhetirov, 2006
Synopsis: An old blind man lives in a remote area of Kazakhstan, in the train station where his son works as a railway traffic controller. Trusting in his intuition and wisdom, the man controls the condition of the railroad tracks for his son, but this arrangement proves difficult each time the person responsible for measuring the tracks, who uses ultramodern technology, arrives from the city. The son thus finds himself torn between whether to trust his father's intuition or the professionalism of the technician, at the same time being aware that the lives of train passengers depend on his decision.
The film is subtitled in English.
More Contact Info: iaau@indiana.edu
Location: Wylie Hall 005