http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/ This week's International Events at Cornell University en-us Copyright 2009 11/25/2009 12:27:36 AM 0 http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/index.asp?id=11844 Join other members of the Cornell community for a traditional meal. Menu includes turkey, with all of the usual trimmings, vegetarian options, and dessert! Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:00-3:00 PM (with seatings at Noon and 1:30) Robert Purcell Marketplace Cost: $10 Adults, $8 Children 6-12 years old Children 5 & younger eat for FREE! Tickets are on sale November 16-25 (while supplies last) and can be purchased at the following locations... (click link above to read more) http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/index.asp?id=11494 The second “Cambodia and World History/World History and Cambodia” conference will be hosted by Pannasastra University of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, January 3-4, 2010. The first symposium, held in January 2009, attracted scholars from Britain, Thailand, and the United States who engaged in lively discussions with their counterparts at Pannasastra University and the Royal University of Cambodia. This year’s program will similarly be devoted to g... (click link above to read more) http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/index.asp?id=11341 Proposals are solicited for individual papers, colloquia, and poster sessions. Proposals should fall broadly within the conference theme, “Moving LCTLs to a New Professional Level." Although proposed presentations may focus on individual languages, they should address issues that clearly relate to more than just that one language. Presentations may address the linkage between language study and professionalization, curriculum and material develop... (click link above to read more) http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/index.asp?id=11442 http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/index.asp?id=11689 The purpose of this symposium is to present and assess views on salvation in Islamic thought, particularly as it pertains to Others, i.e., non-Muslims a topic with profound practical implications. Details will be posted on the conference webpage. Please check in regularly. http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/index.asp?id=11340 The next International Burma Studies Conference will be held in France, at l’Institut de Recherche sur le Sud-Est Asiatique (IRSEA-CNRS), Université de Provence, Marseille, France, 6th-8th July 2010. We invite panel participants to focus their proposals on the theme of understanding Burma/Myanmar’s position vis-a-vis processes of globalization. How does globalization contribute to change – or not – in Burma and also to our perceptions of Burma... (click link above to read more) http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/index.asp?id=11863 On Dec. 1st, 2009 at 4:30pm in the Guerlac Room, A.D.White House, Stéphanie Boulard (Georgia Tech) will deliver a lecture entitled: “Death in progress -- Entre désir, horreur et fascination: la figure de la guillotine chez Victor Hugo.” Stéphanie Boulard holds a PhD in French Literature from Emory University and is an Assistant Professort at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has published on Balzac, Hugo, Cixous or Claude-Louis Combet. ... (click link above to read more) http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/index.asp?id=11856 David M. Robinson, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Colgate University Empire’s Twilight: Northeast Asia Under the Mongols Wednesday, December 2nd 4:30pm The Cornell Store Book Department In this latest addition to Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, Professor Robinson reconsiders the far-reaching consequences of the Mongol empire’s rise and fall. The rise of the Mongol empire transformed world history, and ... (click link above to read more) http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/calendar/index.asp?id=11568 April 30, 1975 marked the end of Vietnam's two-decade-old civil war and the start of the exodus of hundreds of thousands of refugees. Despite his allegiance to the toppled South Vietnamese government, Long Nguyen (as Long Nguyen) decides to remain in Vietnam. Imprisoned in a Communist re-education camp, he urges his family to make the escape. Directed by Trần Hàm USA, 2005 Duration: 135 minutes Vietnamese and English