2009 Calendar of Events
If you wouldl like to host an event during International Education Week 2009, please complete the Participation Form and submit it to Dale LaFleur by October 16, 2009 for inclusion in the print calendar and by November 13, 2009 for inclusion in the 2009 on-line calendar of events.
The calendar of events is also listed in the International Affairs Global Reach newsletter.
On-going event:
Art Exhibition: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
UA Museum of Art
1031 N. Olive (Museum of Art)
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Diane Hartman, dhartman@email.ariznoa.edu
Tuesday November 10
Study Abroad Fair
Office of Study Abroad and Student Exchange
UA Mall
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Stella Rios, 520-626-9211, srios@email.arizona.edu
2009 Witness for Peace Cuba Speaking Tour: “Freedom to Travel to Cuba for All”
by Leydisvel Freire Peña (DJ Leydis) and Delvis Fernández-Levy
Witness for Peace Southwest, Center for Latin American Studies
Family & Consumer Sciences Building, Room 202
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Colin Deeds, colind@email.arizona.edu
Wednesday November 11
First International Tucson Guitar Festival: Rafael Aguirre Miñarro
School of Music
Music Building, Holsclaw Hall
7:00 pm
520-621-2998
*General Admission: $22 | Senior/UA Employee: $20 | UA Student: $18
Thursday November 12
MY PRISON, MY HOME: One Woman's Story of Captivity in Iran
By Dr. Hale Esfandiari
Iranian Association of Arizona, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Near Eastern Studies
Harvill Auditorium, Room 150
6:00 pm
Angela Seidler, angie@email.arizona.edu
First International Tucson Guitar Festival: Sergio Assad & Odair Assad
School of Music
Music Building, Holsclaw Hall
7:00 pm
520-621-2998
*General Admission: $30 | Senior/UA Employee: $25 | UA Student: $20
Sponsored by John and Joan D'Addario
Friday November 13
Study Abroad and Your Career
Career Services
Student Union Memorial Center, Suite 411
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Lizzie Schloss, schloss@arizona.edu
Quadriliteral Verbs in Arabic: Morphological Diversity and Phonological Coherence
Near Eastern Studies and Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Dr. Samira Farwaneh, Department of Near Eastern Studies
Louise Foucar Marshall Building, Room 490
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Beth Marlatt, marlatt@email.arizona.edu
Information Night / Pizza Party
International Student Association
La Aldea Residence Hall Lounge
5:30 pm
Junta Zembayashi, juntaz@email.arizona.edu
First International Tucson Guitar Festival: Sergio Assad & Odair Assad
School of Music
Music Building, Holsclaw Hall
7:00 pm
520-621-2998
*General Admission: $30 | Senior/UA Employee: $25 | UA Student: $20
Sponsored by John and Joan D'Addario
Monday November 16 - International Education Week begins
Global Lens 2009
Getting Home (Luo ye Gui Gen), China 2007
A film by Zhang Yang
Mandarin, with subtitles in English
Center for Education Resources in Culture Language and Literacy, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching and International Affairs
Integrated Learning Center, Room 130
6:00 pm
Facilitated by Dr. Dian Li, East Asian Studies
Kate Mackay, kmackay@email.arizona.edu
Tuesday November 17
International Research Opportunities for Graduate Students
Graduate College and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute
Student Union Memorial Center, Presidio Room
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Georgia Ehlers, gehlers@grad.arizona.edu
Information session for the Fall 2010 Communication Abroad program
Communication Department and the Office of Study Abroad & Student Exchange
Cesar Chavez Building, Room 308
12:00 pm
Eric Deschamps, deschamp@email.arizona.edu
Global Excellence Reception
International Affairs and the Center for English as a Second Language
UA Museum of Art
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Mary Ann Berg, maryannb@email.arizona.edu
* By invitation only.
* Guitar performance by Jane Curry from New Zealand, a Doctoral student in the UA School of Music.
Lecture: Cold War Double Agent
by Colonel Jesse Frey, a retired military intelligence colonel who ran double agents across the border in Berlin during the Cold War.
Deutscher Studenten Club/German Studies Department
Family and Consumer Sciences 225
5:30 pm
Albrecht Classen, aclassen@email.arizona.edu
Global Lens 2009
Those Three (An Seh), Iran 2007
A film by Naghi Nemati
Farsi and Turkish, with subtitles in English
Center for Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs
Integrated Learning Center, Room 130
6:30 pm
Facilitated by Ana Ghoreishian, MA candidate, and Julie Ellison, PhD candidate, Department of Near Eastern Studies
Christian Sinclair, christian.sinclair@arizona.edu
Wednesday November 18
Fall 2009 International Affairs College Advisory Committee Luncheon
International Affairs
Student Union Memorial Center, Tucson Room
12:00 – 2:00 pm
Mary Ann Berg, maryannb@email.arizona.edu
* By invitation only
Peace Pole Reflection Ceremony
Center for English as a Second Language and the Peace Corps Fellows Program
Gather around the Peace Pole, North of Old Main
12:00 pm
Lesley Newman, lnewman1@email.arizona.edu
Information Session for Summer Study Abroad in Namibia
Office of Study Abroad and Student Exchange
Student Union Memorial Center, Sabino Room
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Harmony DeFazio, defazioh@email.arizona.edu
Migration Research Dialogue Series: “Forced Migrants in the Republic of Georgia: Social Networks and Livelihood Strategies” by Dr. Beth Mitchneck
Center for Latin American Studies, Mexican American & Raza Studies, Binational Migration Institute
Cesar Chavez Building, Room 205
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Colin Deeds, colind@email.arizona.edu
International Student Scholarship Reception
Office of International Student Programs and Services and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies
UA Museum of Art
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Marie Willard, mott@email.ariznoa.edu
* By invitation only. For student recipients of the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), Hannah and Kerr Scholarships.
Land of the Deaf (Strana Glukhih), Russia 1998
A film by Valerii Todorovskii
Russian with English subtitles
Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
Integrated Learning Center, Room 130
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, Desserts and drinks for sale by the Russian Club
Information session for study abroad programs in Eastern Europe
7:00 pm, Feature presentation
Facilitated by the faculty of the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies
Teresa Polowy, tpolowy@email.arizona.edu
*Open to the campus community only.
One,Two,Three, Germany 1961
A film by Billy Wilder
German with English subtitles
German Studies Department
Modern Languages Department, Room 311
7:00 pm
Facilitated by the faculty of the German Studies Department
Albrecht Classen, aclassen@email.arizona.edu
*Open to the campus community only.
*A food drive to benefit the Tucson Food Bank will also take place.
Open House with Informal Music Performances by
UA Tuna (Spanish and Latin American Music) and
Purple Bamboo Ensemble (Chinese Traditional Music)
UA School of Music – Ethnomusicology
Music Building, Room 162
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm, join us at any time
Janet Sturman, sturman@u.arizona.edu
Thursday November 19
Presentation on Study Abroad in Orvieto, Italy
Department of French and Italian
Education Building, Room 341
3:00 pm
Dava Jondall, davaj@email.arizona.edu
Presentation and Cultural Activity on “The Francophone World in Words and Music”
Department of French and Italian
Family and Consumer Sciences Building, Room 114
4:00 pm
Dava Jondall, davaj@email.arizona.edu
Bilingual Reading of Poetry Collection entitled Mauve Sea-Orchids in Spanish and English by Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá
Poetry Center
Poetry Center, 1508 East Helen Street (at Vine Avenue)
8:00 pm
Annie Guthrie, guthrie@email.arizona.edu
Friday November 20
Global Lens 2009
My Time Will Come (Cuando Me Toque A Mi), Ecuador 2008
A film by Víctor Arregui
Spanish, with subtitles in English
Center for Latin American Studies and International Affairs
Cesar Chavez Building, Room 400
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Facilitated by Neill Prohaska, MA student in Latin American Studies and Journalism
Colin Deeds, colind@email.arizona.edu
Colloquium on Process and Art of Translation of Lila Zemborain’s Mauve Sea-Orchids
Poetry Center
Poetry Center, 1508 East Helen Street (at Vine Avenue)
3:30 pm
Annie Guthrie, guthrie@email.arizona.edu
International Student Thanksgiving Dinner
Various community churches
United Methodist Church, 915 E. 4th St.
6:00 pm
Joann George, juniper@email.arizona.edu
*Only 100 tickets available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets may be picked up at ISPS. Free dinner only for international students.
Saturday November 21
International Student Day Hike
Outdoor Adventures
Kings Canyon Trail
7:30 am
Kate Morley, kmorley@email.arizona.edu
*For international students only. Sign up at International Programs and Services office. Trip cost: $15 | 
