International Week Events and Special Session Lecture Presentations
November 15-19, 2004
Monday, November 15, 2004
3 PM, Library 310 “Trains and Roses” Movie
This film documents the unusual journey of a driver who travels by train from Dortmund to Northern Finland, where the young man wishes to take part in a competition of European Train timetable specialists. The young man also happens to be wanted by the police. Donated by the German Consulate.5:30 PM, Library Gallery Opening Ceremony and Reception
Photograph Exhibit on India, Greece, Turkey and Italy (November 15-19, 2004)
7:00 PM at the Student Union Theatre
Oscar Arias Sanchez Sponsored By: Distinguished Speaker Series
Former President of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace Laureate, Oscar Arias holds international stature as a spokesperson for the developing world. Championing such issues as human development, democracy, and demilitarization, he has traveled the globe spreading a message of peace and applying the lessons garnered from the Central American Peace Process to topics of current global debate.
Special Session Lecture Presentations:11:45PM at the Social Behavioral Sciences Building (SBS 119)
“La Llorona and Poochandi: Family Boundary Maintenance Mexican and Indian Cultures” Dr. Lynn Vincentnathan (UTPA)
12:45 PM at the Social Behavioral Sciences Building (SBS 125)
“Women Workers in Mexico” Dr. Rosalva Resendiz (UTPA) 12:45 PM at the Health Sciences & Human Services West Building (HSHW 2.114)“Obesity in Mexico: Education for Health” Lic. Elizabeth Solis (UANL)
1:45 PM at the Social Behavioral Science Building (SBS 121)
“Juvenile Delinquency in India” Dr. George Vincentnathan (UTPA) 4:30 PM at the Social Behavioral Sciences Building (SBS 109),
Presentation on Turkey and Greece Dr. Gokce Soydemir (UTPA)7:00 PM at the Business Administration Building (BA 113)
“The impact of National Security on the border of the United States in the foreign trade of Mexico: The Border Security Program of the State of Nuevo Leon”
Dr. Jose Barragan (UANL)
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
12 Noon at the Social Behavioral Sciences Building (SBS 101)
Yoshihiko Kamo, Consul General of Japan in Houston, TX will be speaking on “Japan’s Foreign Security Policies in a New Light.” 7 PM, University Ballroom
“Desert Passion”, Middle Eastern Dance
The Desert Passion Middle Eastern Dance is a Fusion of Egyptian and Gypsy styles. The dancers wear authentic, beautiful, stunning and glamorous costumes. Minerva, originally from Mexico City does a fiery, passionate dance, a true fusion of Flamenco-Gypsy-Oriental. Rania is Egyptian and a wonderful expressive dancer, and Drakson is a Raks Sharki dancer who does a fusion of Egyptian and Gypsy styles with a specialty in the semitar sword.
Special Session Lecture Presentations: 2:30 PM at the Communication Arts & Sciences Building (CAS 303)
“Memories of War”: A Panel Discussion
“Rules and Games in Destruction”
Dr. Stella Behar (UTPA)
“Marjorie Agosin’s Dear Anne Frank in Latin America”
Dr. Steven Schneider (UTPA)
“Rescue and Resistance in Occupied France”
Dr. Mary Ricciardi, Military Academy, Harlingen 3PM, Student Union, Mesquite Room (2nd Floor)
Introductory Japanese Class
Ms. Junko Terada
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
10:30 AM, Library Lobby
Koto Performance, Ms. Junko Terada
The Koto is a kind of Zither. It has been used as one of the main chamber music instruments of Japanese traditional music. A traditional Koto has 13 strings stretched across 13 movable bridges
along the length of the instrument. Players make base pitches by moving these bridges before playing. During the 7th and 8th centuries, cultural embassies were sent from Japan to China to learn about the Chinese political and cultural system. The Japanese also borrowed some musical instruments, among which was the Cheng (or Koto). At first it was used in court life and was almost always played by blind musicians (almost all Japanese pre-modern music was played by blind musicians or monks and court people). 12 Noon, University Ballroom
Ceremony for Provost’s Awards on International Studies 4 PM, Library Room 310
Movie: “Zero Degrees of Separation”
In January 2003, three students and a Hillel Director traveled to Israel to make a documentary. Their goal was to capture how University of Illinois Alumni live in Israel. Tired of seeing Israel through the eyes of the media, this group set out to share the real beauty of Israel. A film donated by the Israeli Consulate.7 PM, Library Auditorium (Media Theatre)
“Understanding the Muslim Religion”, Sheikh Yassir Fazaga
Saeikh Yassir Fazaga was born in Eritrea in Northeast Africa and moved to the United States at the age of 15. Upon graduating high school, he pursued a Bachelor’s Degree in Islamic Studies from the Imam Saud University Institute of Islamic and Arabic Sciences in Virginia. He has finished work for a Master’s Degree in Psychotherapy at California State University - Long Beach. Currently, he is teaching Islamic studies at American Open University in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Fazaga is Imam at the Orange County Islamic Foundation in Mission Viejo, where he teaches religious education classes, leads the youth group and participates on behalf of the foundation in many outreach and interfaith events.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
12 Noon at the Social Behavioral Sciences Building, (SBS 101)
“Existential Risk Hazards Toward Bio terrorism” Dr. Mauricio Ondarza Fulbright Scholar from the Mexican North American University, Mexico City.
Dr. Ondarza is participating with the UTPA Faculty Exchange Program for a full year as a Visiting Scholar. He will be teaching for the Chemistry Department and will be conducting research on Chemical and Environmental Engineering.
