| Spring
2010 Global and Historical Studies Events
(Be
sure to check back for updates)
January
26th, 7:00pm- "Other Ways of Dying: The Marquis de
Ferrières and the Early Revolution," a lecture by Dr.
Alan Williams, Professor of History at Wake Forest University. PB
156.
February
16th, 6:00pm- GHS film "To Live."
Originally
banned in China, this moving film is set against four decades of
Chinese political turmoil, and follows the lives of a couple as
they struggle to survive their own changing station within the upheaval.
6:00pm, JH203.

February
22nd, 6:00pm- GHS
film "The Pianist."
Nominated
for 7 Academy Awards, Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" stars
Adrien Brody in the true-life story of pianist and composer Wladyslaw
Szpilman, the most acclaimed young musician of his time until his
promising career was interrupted by the onset of World War II. This
powerful, ultimately triumphant, film follows Szpilman’s heroic
and inspirational journey of survival in the Warsaw Ghetto. JH141.
Actor
Adrian Brody stars as the famous musician, Wladyslaw Szpilman, who
fights to survive in the Warsaw Ghetto.
February
24th, 12:15-1:00pm-
"Growing Up in the Soviet Union"- a lunch time pizza chat
with Butler professor, Dr. Yulia Tolstikov Mast. Come and hear her
speak about her experiences growing up in the USSR. Free pizza and
soft drinks will be provided. Krannert Room (basement of Clowes
Hall). Please RSVP to bcate@butler.edu by February 22.
March
18th, 7:00pm- GHS
& German Klub film "The Lives of Others."
This
critically-acclaimed, Oscar-winning film is an erotic, emotionally-charged
thriller. Before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, East Germany’s
population was closely monitored by the State Secret Police (Stasi).
Only a few citizens above suspicion, like renowned pro-Socialist
playwright Georg Dreyman, were permitted to lead private lives.
But when a corrupt government official falls for Georg’s stunning
actress-girlfriend, Christa, an ambitious Stasi policeman is ordered
to bug the writer’s apartment to gain incriminating evidence
against the rival. Now, what the officer discovers is about to dramatically
change their lives - as well as his - in this seductive political
thriller Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) proclaims is "the best
kind of movie: one you can’t get out of your head." (description
from Amazon.com) Pharmacy Building 156.
March
26th- Visit
to the Islamic Society of North America. Have you ever wanted to
visit a mosque? GHS is planning a trip to the local ISNA mosque
in Plainfield, Indiana. Stop by JH209 (or email bcate@butler.edu)
if you are interested in attending!
April
7th, 7:00pm- Screening of the film "A
Forgotten Injustice" followed by a Q&A session. This
film is a documentary about the two million Mexican Americans and
U.S. citizens who were forced out of the United States during the
Great Depression in the 1930's. JH141. Free tickets are
required for attendance, and are available from the GHS
office (JH209).

April
12th, 6pm- GHS film "Paradise Now"
This
film follows two Palestinian childhood friends who have been recruited
for a strike on Tel Aviv and focuses on their last days together.
When they are intercepted at the Israeli border and separated from
their handlers, a young woman who discovers their plan causes them
to reconsider their actions. JH203, 6:00pm.
Fall
2009 -The Recent Past
October
5, 2009- "Growing Up in China: Contemporary Chinese History
as Personal Experience"- A
lunchtime "pizza chat" with Dr. Xin Fan, who teaches GHS.
Dr. Fan will talk about what it was like growing up in contemporary
China, and will answer questions. Free pizza and soft drinks provided.
Please RSVP to bcate@butler.edu by 10/2. 12-12:50pm, Krannert Room.
(Basement of Clowes Hall).
October
29, 2009- "Que Bola? Rap, Race, and a Politics
of New Black Subject-Making in Cuba”- a lecture by
Dr. Marc Perry, Assistant Professor of African Studies and the Department
of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
5:00pm. Pharmacy Building 156.
October
30, November 6 &13- Visits to local Nur-Allah
Islamic Center. Students may sign up for one of three visits
to the Nur-Allah mosque to tour the facility and observe Friday
prayers. Emailbcate@butler.edu for more information. (6-7 students
per trip may sign up due to limited space inside the facility. Students
will also provide their own transportation).
November
3, 2009- "Global Islam in a Local Context: The Case of Darfur
and the Janjaweed" - a
lecture by Dr. Jeff Kaplan, Associate Professor of Religion at the
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. 7:00pm, Johnson Room (Robertson
Hall).
November
5, 2009- “Writing & Rebellion: Iranian Woman's Struggle
to Unveil”
a lecture by Iranian author, Shirindokht Nourmanesh. A fiction writer,
poet, and translator, Shirindokht Nourmanesh was born and raised
in Tehran, Iran. Her first collection of short stories and novellas,
Domal (The Abscess), was published in the US, and her translations,
stories, and memoirs have appeared in print and online journals.
She is a member of the Association of Iranian-American Writers (AIAW)
and writes both in English and Persian. Shirindokht lives in California
and is at work on two compilations of fiction and a collection of
poems. 7:00pm. Pharmacy Building 156.
"Women
and Islam
Discussion Panel"- November 10th, 4:30-5:30pm.
GH108. Students from Butler's Muslim Student Association will participate
in a discussion panel to answer questions about the role of women
in Islam.
November
18, 2009- "Snapshots of an Iranian Woman Activist Living in
Tehran"-Esha Momeni is an Iranian-American women rights
activist and a member of the One Million Signatures campaign. On
October 15, 2008 she was arrested in Tehran while working on her
Master’s thesis project on the Iranian women's movement and
the One Million Signatures campaign. Esha was charged with “acting
against national security” and “propaganda against the
state” and was held in section 209 of Tehran's notorious Evin
Prison,which is managed by the Intelligence Ministry. She was incarcerated
for 28 days, 25 of those in solitary confinement. After Esha was
eventually released on bail, the Iranian government imposed a travel
ban on her, preventing her to leave the country until this August.
She is still waiting for her trial.
Esha is currently working on her thesis at California State University-Northridge.
Due to the confiscation of her research materials by the Ministry
of Intelligence, she is now working on a project with the focus
on political prisoners.
Come and hear Esha talk about her experiences- you won’t want
to miss this! 7:00pm, PB156.
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November
19, 2009- "Antigone's Resistance and Postcolonial Feminist
Politics," a
lecture by Dr. Rajeshwari Sunder Rajan, Global Distinguished Professor
of English, New York University. 7:00pm, Krannert Room.

December
7, 2009- GHS film "Paradise Now." As
in years past, GHS will show the film “Paradise Now.”
This film follows two Palestinian childhood friends who have been
recruited for a strike on Tel Aviv and focuses on their last days
together. When they are intercepted at the Israeli border and separated
from their handlers, a young woman who discovers their plan causes
them to reconsider their actions. JH141, 6:00pm.
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