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• The IU Baltic and Finnic Studies Association in Bloomington is five years old this month. Undergrads, graduate students and community members are welcomed into membership and the common bond is an interest in the cultural, linguistic and national communities that comprise Baltic and Finnic peoples, including Finns, Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians as well as those with no statehood, including Sami, Livonians, Karelians and others. Knowledge of a Baltic or Finnic language is not required for membership; neither is heritage in one of these cultural communities.
http://www.indiana.edu/~bafsa
• The Great Lakes Basin is inhabited by nearly 10 percent of the U.S. population and nearly 25 percent of the Canadian population. Last month, the EPA awarded IU researchers a grant to operate the U.S. portion of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network for five additional years. (Related story,
• Three international organizations—the Central Eurasian Studies Society, the Azerbaijani American Cultural and Educational Foundation, and the Mongolian Society—are coming to Bloomington to host conferences Oct. 15-17. The AACEF ‘s “Azerbaijanis in Iran: Facts and Perspectives” will be conducted entirely in Azerbaijani. The Silk Road Ensemble is scheduled to perform.
http://www.silkroadensemble.com
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