Students: International Studies, Indiana University

· Calendar of all Events on Campus
Includes internationally related events

·   Sunday, October 28
Voces Novae Chamber Choir and the Moroccan Andalusian Classical Orchestra
When: 7:30 pm
Where: Banneker Community Center, 930 W. 7th St.
What: You are cordially invited to a 30-minute musical program performed by Voces Novae chamber choir and the Moroccan Andalusian Classical Orchestra of Bloomington, followed by cookies and conversation. The event, which is free and open to the public, will explore the theme of Hospitality and the Mystical Guest and feature two Georgian hymns.

·   Monday, October 29
Middle East Conflict & Reform Lecture: "Israel's Accidental Empire: Into the Settlement Quagmire and Out"
When: 5:00 - 6:30 pm
Where: Jordan Hall, Room 124
What: The future of the Israeli settlements is the subject of bitter controversy — and so, naturally, their origins. Historical evidence supports none of the easy ideological accounts of how the settlement enterprise began. Gershom Gorenberg will describe how Israel actually entangled itself in settling the occupied territories and point to the lessons for policy and peacemaking. Gershom Gorenberg is Senior Correspondent for The American Prospect and Former Associate Editor of The Jerusalem Report. He is the author of The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977 (Times Books).

·   Tuesday, October 30
Andrew Nagorski Horizions of Knowledge Lecture: "The Greatest Battle: How Stalin Almost Lost Moscow"
When: 5:00 pm
Where: Dogwood Room, IMU
What: Andrew Nagorski is a senior editor at Newsweek International and the author of several works of fiction and non-fiction, including most recently The Greatest Battle: Stalin, Hitler, and the Desperate Struggle for Moscow That Changed the Course of World War II (Simon & Schuster, 2007). An award winning foreign correspondent who has reported from Warsaw , Rome , Hong Kong , Washington , Bonn and Berlin, he served two tours as Moscow bureau chief. After only fourteen months, his first tour was cut short in 1982 by the Soviet authorities who, angered by his enterprising reporting on a broad range of sensitive topics, expelled him “for impermissible methods of journalistic activities.” He served his second tour in the mid-1990s, and has visited Moscow regularly since then.

·   Tuesday, October 30
Networking Night: Women in Careers
When: 6:30-8:30 pm
Where: DeVault Alumni Center
What: Hear from a panel of women in the different career fields Learn the art of networking Participate in a catered networking reception Panelists: Rebecca Linehan (Boys and Girls Club), Mary Lovejoy (MCCSC), Jen Mayer (Target),
Janet Josway (Aon Corporation).

·   Thursday, November 1
Alain Finkielkraut Lecture: "The Jew in Christian and Post-Christian Europe: Reflections on Today's Anti-Semitism"
When: 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: State Room East, IMU
What: Alain Finkielkraut, Professor of the History of Ideas at the École Polytechnique in Paris , is one of France 's foremost essayists and scholars of post-Holocaust Jewish identity in Europe . He is the author of 28 books, including The Imaginary Jew (1994) and The Future of a Negation: Reflections on the Question of Genocide (1998). He has had a major impact on the intellectual discourse on anti-Semitism through incisive essays like “In the Name of the Other: Reflections on the Coming anti-Semitism“(2004). In his lecture, Professor Finkielkraut will retrace the genealogy of the new manifestations of anti-Semitism in France and Europe and explore the adaptability of anti-Semitism throughout history. This lecture is generously co-sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum .

·   Friday, November 2
Multicultural Job Fair
When: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where: Indiana Convention Center, downtown Indianapolis
What: For an extensive listing of companies and more information go to http://www.jobfairs.iupui.edu. Bring plenty of resumes and dress as you would for an interview.

·   Wednesday, November 14
Peace Corps Information Meeting
When: 6:00 am - 7:30 pm
Where: Jordan Hall, Room A106
Contact: Brett Kuhnert, peace@indiana.edu

·   Tuesday, November 27
Africa Career Night
When: 6:30 pm
Where: Career Development Center, 625 N. Jordan

EXHIBITS

· The Second Wave: Modern Japanese Prints
When: Now - December 16, 2007
Where: IU Art Museum
What: In the early twentieth century, Japanese publishers responded to collectors’ interest in traditional Japanese prints; at the same time, Japanese artists began to experiment with Western influences in their prints. This exhibition includes forty prints representative of this period of revitalized woodblock printing in Japan.

· Afghanistan: A Doctor Returns from Exile
When: Now - Friday, December 21, 2007
Where: Mathers Museum of World Cultures
What: Documents the work of Dr. Arif Orykhail and the Italian Cooperation, a program which organizes and funds humanitarian projects in developing countries.

· Laughter on a Stick
When: Now - Sunday, November 18, 2007
Where: Mathers Museum of World Cultures
What: Traces the history and development of Turkish shadow puppetry.

· U.S. State Department Internship applications available

The U.S. Department of State is now accepting applications for the 2008 Summer Student Internship Program. Please click here (http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html#SIP) for more information, and to start the online application process. The deadline to submit completed applications is November 1, 2007.

· New Passport Rules Take Effect
U.S. airline passengers returning from Mexico, Canada or the Caribbean (with the exceptions of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) now need a passport to enter the U.S. The U.S. State Departmentt offers a comprehensive Web site addressing passport services and travel information.
· New IGO Search Engine

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: New IGO Search Engine! International Studies librarian David Oldenkamp has created a search engine using a new Google product (Google Co-op), and now you can use this to search across hundreds of IGOs, from the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, African Union, European Union, UNAIDS, World Intellectual Property Organization, International Organization for Migration, etc... Check it out here: http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=4173 it is also available at: http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=006748068166572874491%3A55ez0c3j3ey

Meetings

Fall ‘07 Foreign Language Coffee Hours

Czech Club, Wednesdays at 12:15pm at Ballantine Hall 506.
Contact: Bronislava Volkova volkova@indiana.edu Estonian Coffee Hour, Thursdays at 3:00pm at the Cereal Barn on 6^th Street.
Contact: Piibi-kai Kivik pkivik@indiana.edu Finnish Coffee Hour, every other Monday from 4:30pm – 6:30pm at Café Ami on the corner of 4^th and Grant St.
Contact: Pia-Maria Paivio ppaivio@indiana.edu Hungarian Coffee Hour, Mondays at 5:30pm at Starbucks, Indiana Memorial Union.
Contact: Brant Beyer bbeyer@indiana.edu Latvian Coffee Hour, Wednesdays at 3:00pm at Soma on Kirkwood and Grant St.
Contact: Aija Beldavs beldavsa@indiana.edu Macedonian Coffee Hour, Mondays at 5:30pm at Starbucks, on the corner of Kirkwood and Indiana.
Contact: epetrosk@indiana.edu Polish Table, Thursdays from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Runcible Spoon on 6P^thP and Grant St.
Contact: Viola Prochniak vprochni@indiana.edu Romanian Coffee Hour, Wednesdays, at 6:00pm at Runcible Spoon on 6P^thP and Grant St.
Contact: Brant Beyer bbeyer@indiana.edu Russian Table, Fridays from 4:30-6:30pm at Bear’s Place, Jordan Ave. and 3rd St.
Contact: Jeff Holdeman jeffhold@indiana.edu Serbian/Croatian Coffee Intermediate Coffee Hour, Tuesdays at 11:00am at Starbucks, Indiana Memorial Union.
Contact: Martina Martinovic mm79@indiana.edu Serbian/Croatian Coffee Advanced/Intermediate Coffee Hour, Wednesdays at 2:25pm at Starbucks, Indiana Memorial Union.
Contact: Martina Martinovic mm79@indiana.edu Ukrainian Table, Fridays at 6:00pm at Mother Bear’s on 1428 E. 3P^rdP St.
Contact: Olena Cherniskenko ochernis@indiana.edu

Uzbek Coffee Hour, Thursdays from 4:00-5:00pm at Ballantine Hall 106
Contact: Malik Hodjaev mhodjaev@indiana.edu