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September 11, 2007
The Pittsburgh Symphony
The Pittsburgh Symphony plays at Wagner.
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Contact Information
Contact : Dr. Sene
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : JSene@chatham.edu
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Time : 8:00 PM
Location : Wagner
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October 2, 2007
Germany: From Unification to the Present, Foreign Policy, Culture, and Society
Mr. David Murdoch, Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of Germany in Pittsburgh, presents a special lecture in POL 265 (Contemporary Germany, taught by Dr. Allyson Lowe) open to the entire campus on the theme of Germany, from unification to the present, foreign policy, culture and society. Dessert will also be served.
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Contact Information
Contact : Dr. Allyson Lowe
Phone : 412-365-2725
Email : ALowe@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 6:30 PM
Location : Sanger Hall
Fee : Free
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October 3, 2007
Save October 3 for celebrating German Unity Day/art, film, poetry and food
Global Focus: The Year of Germany, The Film and Digital Technology Program and The Visual Arts program are planning a celebration on the 3rd of October for German Unity day. A day that marks the fall of communism in Europe almost a decade and a half ago.
Our exchange student from Armenia –Shushan- is leading an effort to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall. As part of this day-long event, she’ll build a (10ft X 7ft) light paper replica of the wall. Art students will create images which will be exhibited on the Wall. Writing students will post their poems on the Wall.
Contacts: Shushan Davtyan, Maria Aurora Deguzman, Jean-Jacques Sène
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Contact Information
Contact : Dr. Sene
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Fee : Free
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October 3, 2007
Screening: GOOD BYE, LENIN directed by Wolfgang Becker to celebrate German Unity Day
Pathos and farce are comrades in arms in this film.
"Good Bye, Lenin!" is a multi-award winning German bittersweet comedy that encapsulates all the emotion and drama of one of the most profound geopolitical events in 20th century history.
announcement “testimony from a witness of the fall…”
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Contact Information
Contact : Dr. Parashner
Phone : 412-365-1182
Email : PARASHER@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 6:30 PM
Location : TBA
Fee : Free
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October 6, 2007
Oktoberfest Alumnae Reunion Dinner
2007-2008 is the Year of Germany at Chatham. Help us to get into the spirit with a fun and informal Oktoberfest complete with lots of beer and steins, (wine too), authentic German party food, and musical entertainment. What a terrific opportunity to catch up with your widely dispersed classmates and friends and enjoy good food and fun.
With musical entertainment by the Mueller Family
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean Jacques Sene
Phone : (412) 365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 6:15 PM to 8:30 PM
Location : Chatham Universiy
Chatham University Alumnae Reunion Website
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October 11, 2007 to October 11, 2007
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays Wagner
This concert of masterworks features two German masterpieces by Wagner and arguably the most famous symphony ever written, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean Jacques Sene
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 8:00 PM
Location : Heinz Hall
The Pittsburgh Symphony
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October 15, 2007
Academic Convocation
Academic Convocation honoring His Excellency Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador of the Republic of Germany to the US with an honorary degree. “Let there be no misunderstanding: if we don’t succeed in agreeing on a post 2012 [global] regime, this would be a disaster our children would not forgive us.”
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean Jacques Sene
Phone : (412) 365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 1:30 PM
Location : Welker Room
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October 15, 2007 to October 15, 2007
PlantARE Landscape Architectural Software Presentation
Hinada Neiron, International Project Manager for Widemann Systeme e. K. from Munich, Germany will present PlantARE landscape architectural software to students and design community. Liason: David Goldberg
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Contact Information
Contact : David Goldberg
Phone : (412) 365-1678
Email : dgoldberg@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 6:00 PM
Location : Art & Design Center
PlantARE Software
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October 18, 2007
Life Together: Book Discussion
Communal spirituality: Discussion of the book Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer led by the Reverend Eric R. Andrae Campus Pastor, First Trinity (LCMS). Liaison: Dr. Carena Winters-Hart
Event Sponsor
Chatham Interfaith Council
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Contact Information
Contact : Carena Winters-Hart
Phone : 412-365-1143
Email : CWintersHart@Chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Location : Welker Room
Fee : Free
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October 22, 2007 to October 22, 2007
European and Foreign and Security Policy and the Global Economy
Dr. Laura Armesto, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty participated a study tour. She spent two days in Brussels meeting with representatives from the European Union, the European Commission, and NATO to discuss European foreign and security policy and the future of the global economy before continuing on to Berlin where she met with senior government representatives. The trip ended with a day-long conference on Asia in the German Bundestag. Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to deliver a keynote address at the conference before leaving for an official visit to Asia.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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October 29, 2007 to October 29, 2007
The Old Child and Other Stories: Reading
Jenny Erpenbeck, author of all-campus reading, The Old Child and Other Stories, and translator Susan Bernofksy.
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Contact Information
Contact : Dr. Sene
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Fee : Free
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October 30, 2007
Translation Lecture
Lunch and conversation about Translation. Open to the entire Chatham community and possibly interested people from outside the Chatham community.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Location : PCW
Fee : Free
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October 30, 2007
Chatham Scholars Breakfast with Jenny Erpenbeck and Susan Bernofsky
Chatham scholars Breakfast with Jenny Erpenbeck and Susan Bernofsky.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Location : PCW Room in Anderson
Fee : Free
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October 30, 2007
Translation workshop/demonstration with Susan Bernofsky
Translation workshop/demonstration with Susan Bernofsky.
Students must reserve a spot with Debbie Juran.
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Contact Information
Contact : Debbie Juran
Phone : X1109
Email : djuran@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Location : Lindsay House, 3rd floor
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October 30, 2007
Craft lecture/discussion with Jenny Erpenbeck
Craft lecture/discussion with Jenny Erpenbeck. Students, faculty and staff who will have read her work can participate in an informal, seminar-style discussion. Must Reserve a spot with Debbie Juran.
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Contact Information
Contact : Debbie Juran
Phone : X1009
Email : djuran@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Location : Lindsay House, 3rd floor
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October 30, 2007
Reading and Book Signing with Jenny Erpenbeck
Reading, followed by Book Signing and Reception.
All first years are required to attend.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 8:00 PM
Location : Eddy Theater
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November 2, 2007
German Night at the Symphony
Chatham University goes to German Night at the Symphony at Heinz Hall. Including dinner and a pre-concert lecture.
For more information please visit http://www.pittsburghyouthsymphony.org/performances.html
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Contact Information
Contact : Anne Skleder
Phone : 412-365-2991
Email : askleder@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 8:00 PM
Location : Heinz Hall
Fee : Free
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November 8, 2007
Jewish Community Center: The Annual Kristallnacht
The Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration for the community will be held in the Levinson Hall of the Jewish Community Center (Kaufmann Building). The Keynote speaker will be Dr. Alex Grobman who will discuss International Anti-Semitism. For more information or to make reservations, please call the Holocaust Center (412-421-1500) or e-mail Samantha Patty (spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org).
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : Levinson Hall, Jewish Community Center
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November 8, 2007
Introduction to Holistic Medicine
Introduction to Holistic Medicine
Betsy Reiling, Certified Classical Homeopath (CCH)
Join Besty Reiling in an interactive discussion in the honor of the founder of Holistic Medicine: Dr. Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843), German Physician
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Contact Information
Contact : Carena Winters-hart
Phone : 412-365-1143
Email : cwintershart@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM
Location : Falk 117
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November 9, 2007
Jewish Center; The Annual Lessons from Kristallnacht
The Annual Lessons from Kristallnacht Teacher/Student Symposium. This year, attendees will hear lectures on Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism and Holocaust Denial by Dr. Alex Grobman and Dr. Alexander Orbach (University of Pittsburgh). Teachers who attend can earn Act-48 credit hours through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. Cost for the program (which includes a Kosher lunch and all necessary materials) is $25. For more information or to register for the seminar, please call the Holocaust Center (412-421-1500) or e-mail Samantha Patty (spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org). The symposium is held from 8:00 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Contact Information
Contact : Steff Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location : The Jewish Center (Squirrell Hill)
Fee : 25.00
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November 9, 2007
Friday Afternoon Musical
Piano works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Hindemith. Henry Spinelli, piano (Emeritus Professor of Music).
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Contact Information
Contact : Pauline Rovhak
Phone : 412-365-1679
Email : rovhak@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM
Location : Laughlin Music Hall
Fee : Free
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November 12, 2007
German Film Series: The Great Ectasy
German Film Series: The Great Ecstasy of the Sculptor Steiner by Werner Herzog. Discussion facilitated by MFA Students.
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Contact Information
Contact : Prajna Paramita Parasher
Phone : 412-365-1182
Email : PARASHER@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 6:30 PM
Location : Sanger Hall
Fee : Free
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November 12, 2007 to November 12, 2007
German Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy Challenges facing the Transatlantic Community
His study tour will began in Berlin. Participants spent the first few days meeting with senior officials at the Federal Chancellery, the German Foreign Office, and the Economics Ministry, and with political analysts from Berlin’s key think tanks and media representatives. The trip ended with a high-level conference organized together with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) and the Council for the United States and Italy which focused on the major political and economic issues confronting Europe and the United States
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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November 13, 2007
Germany's Foreign Relations
Dan Simpson, former U.S. Ambassador and Post-Gazette associate editor, presents a special lecture in POL 265 (Contemporary Germany taught by Dr. Allyson Lowe) open to the entire campus on the theme of Germany’s foreign relations with the U.S., E.U., and its leadership on global affairs today. Warm foods will be served.
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Contact Information
Contact : Dr. Lowe
Phone : 412-365-2725
Email : alowe@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 6:30 PM
Location : Sanger Hall
Fee : free
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November 15, 2007
The Holocaust and 21st Century Youth
Presentation by a Holocaust survivor Fritz Ottenheimer who escaped Germany, went into the American army and help liberate the camps. with a performance by Suzanne Ortner, German musicologist.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Location : Mellon Living Room
Fee : Free
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November 18, 2007 to November 18, 2007
Fine/Perlow Weis Gallery
A series of related community programs is being offered at the JCC during December and January.
Presented by The Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation and The American-Jewish Museum of the Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh. The American Jewish Museum is supported in part by grants from the Allegheny Regional Asset District, the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Media Sponsorship is provided by WDUQ-FM. Organized and circulated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, this exhibition is made possible in part by support from the Duane Rath Endowment Fund and the Foundation for Civil Rights.
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Contact Information
Contact : JCC Center
Phone : 412-421-1500
Email : spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org
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Location : JCC Kaufmann Building, Squirrel Hill
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November 29, 2007
Magnus Hirshfeld: Holocaust Center
Magnus Hirshfeld: The Birth and Destruction of Modern German Sexology
Ted Phillips, Exhibition Curator
Sponsored by the C. F. Reynolds Medical History
Society, School of Medicine & Graduate School
of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
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Contact Information
Contact : Samantha Patty
Phone : 412-421-1500
Email : spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org
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Event Information
Time : 6:00 PM
Location : School of Medicine, Scaife Hall, Lecture Room 6,
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November 29, 2007
Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, Holocaust Center
The Training for docents for the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals exhibition with Ted Phillips, curator of the exhibit. The Training will take place at the Holocaust Center (5738 Darlington Road) at 3:00 p.m. (until 5:30 p.m.); interested parties should call or e-mail Samantha Patty (412-421-1500; spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org) for more information.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 3:00 PM
Location : Holocaust Center
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November 30, 2007
the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, Part 2, Holocaust Center
Friday, November 30
Second training sessions for docents, from 12 noon to 2:30 p.m. This is session is for those who cannot make the one on Thursday. Lunch will be provided.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Location : Holocaust Center
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December 2, 2007
Teaching the Holocaust, Jewish Center
Sunday, December 2
A Seminar for teachers and students on Teaching the Holocaust Through Exhibitions with Ted Phillips from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the curator of the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals exhibition. The session will also feature a discussion with Elaine Culbertson, Regional Museum Educator from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Chair of the Pennsylvania Holocaust Education Council (PHEC). This program is open to teachers and students in the Pittsburgh area and will run from 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Individuals can earn Pa Act 48 credits through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit. The session is being underwritten, in part, by the PHEC.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM
Location : Jewish Center
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December 3, 2007
Reception and Opening of the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals Exhibition
Monday, December 3A Dessert reception and opening of the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals exhibition. The Keynote speaker will be Ted Phillips, curator of the exhibit. The Program will take place in the Fine/Perlow Weis Gallery and Levinson Hall of the Jewish Community Center (Kaufmann Building; enter from Darlington Road) and will begin at 7:00 p.m. For more information or reservations, please call Samantha Patty at the Holocaust Center (412-421-1500 or spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org).
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : Jewish Center
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December 3, 2007
The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals
The Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945 Exhibition Opening Keynoted by Ted Phillips, Exhibition Curator.
Dessert will be served.
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Contact Information
Contact : Samantha Patty
Phone : 412-421-1500
Email : spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : JCC Levinson Hall, Kaufmann Building,
Fee : $5 - Students & Holocaust Center Members, $10 Others
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December 4, 2007 to December 4, 2007
Looking Inward and Looking Outward: Germany Today
As Germany wraps up an exciting year featuring the dual six month EU presidency and the year-long G-8 presidency, participants on this trip had the opportunity to visit Berlin and Munich to discuss a range of domestic and foreign issues with key policy makers and business leaders. With the United States entering an election year, discussions also focused on prospects for the transatlantic relationship in 2008 and beyond.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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December 9, 2007
A Sunday Afternoon Movie with POL 265: Contemporary Germany Class
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
(In German with English subtitles)
Winner of the Best Foreign Language Film in 2006 from the Academy Awards, this movie offers a fictionalized account of life in East Berlin shortly before the collapse of the Berlin wall, when the secret police, the Stasi, still closely monitored the lives of citizens. A political thriller, the film gets into the lives and minds of those who are watched and those who are ordered to watch them. Discussion to follow.
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Contact Information
Contact : Allyson Lowe
Phone : 2924
Email : alowe@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Location : Beckwith
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December 17, 2007
Discrimination in Pittsburgh: Focus in GLBT Youth
Discrimination in Pitsburgh: Focus on GLBT* Youth
Mark Friedman, Assist. Prof., Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.
Including a reception, filmed interviews and discussion with Pittsburgh youth. Presented with The Persad Center
and GLSEN Pittsburgh.
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Contact Information
Contact : Samantha Patty
Phone : 412-421-1500
Email : spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : JCC Levinson Hall, Kaufmann Building, 5738 Darlington Road Entrance
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December 17, 2007
Physical and Psychological Issues Surrounding Homosexual Teens
Dr. Mark Friedman from the Graduate School of Public Health/University of Pittsburgh will lead a discussion about the Physical and Psychological Issues Surrounding Homosexual Teens, beginning 7:00 p.m. in the Goldstein Multi-Purpose Room of the JCC (Robinson Building; 5738 Darlington Road). For more information, please call or e-mail Samantha Patty at the Holocaust Center (412-421-1500; spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org).
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : Jewish Center
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December 20, 2007
Immigration Issues in the U.S., Jewish Center
Rachel Tiven, Executive Director of Immigration Equality, will lead a discussion of Immigration Issues in the U.S., 1920's – Present, Against the Backdrop of the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals exhibit. Staff members from the Jewish Family and Children's Service will help to respond to questions from the audience. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. For more information, please contact Samantha Patty (412-421-1500; spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org).
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : Jewish Center
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December 27, 2007
Dinner and a Movie: the film A love to Hide with a Chinese Dinner, Jewish Center
Dinner and a Movie: the film A Love to Hide with a Chinese dinner. The event will take place in the Levinson Hall of the JCC (Kaufmann Building; enter on Darlington Road). Cost is $18 for Holocaust Center members ($20 for non-members). For more information or to make reservations, please call or e-mail Samantha Patty at the Holocaust Center (412-421-1500; spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org).
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Location : Levinson Hall of JCC
Fee : 18.00-20.00
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December 27, 2007
Movie Night: A Love to Hide
Movie Night: A Love to Hide, an award-winning film dramatizing the exploits of two gay French men hiding a Jewish woman
during World War II. Presented in collaboration with the Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival
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Contact Information
Contact : Samantha Patty
Phone : 412-421-1500
Email : spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : Katz Auditorium, JCC Robinson Building
Fee : $5 suggested donation
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January 6, 2008
A Chistian-Jewish Dialogue: Responding to the Needs of the Homosexual Community Day
Rabbi Aaron Bisno from Rodef Shalom and Reverend Harold Levine from Calvary Episcopal Church discuss A Christian-Jewish Dialogue: Responding to the Needs of the Homosexual Community Today. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. in the Levinson Hall of the JCC (Kaufmann Building; enter on Darlington Road). For more information or to make reservations, please call or e-mail Samantha Patty at the Holocaust Center (412-421-1500; spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org).
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : Levinson Hall of the JCC
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January 6, 2008
Faith and Homosexuality: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Faith and Homosexuality: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue
Rabbi Aaron Bisno, Rodef Shalom Congregation and Rev. Harold Lewis, Calvary Episcopal Church
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Contact Information
Contact : Samantha Patty
Phone : 412-421-1500
Email : spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : JCC Levinson Hall, Kaufmann Building, 5738 Darlington Road Entrance
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January 14, 2008
Religion, Refuge and Sexual Deviance: American Immigration Law for Survivors and Sexual Minorities
Monday , January 14, 2008
Religion, Refuge and Sexual Deviance*: American Immigration Law for Survivors and Sexual Minorities
Rachel Tiven, J.D., Executive Director, Immigration Equality Presented with the Immigrant Welcome Center, Jewish Family and Children’s Services
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Contact Information
Contact : Samantha Patty
Phone : 412-421-1500
Email : spatty@ufjpittsburgh.org
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : JCC Levinson Hall, Kaufmann Building, 5738 Darlington Road Entrance
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January 14, 2008 to January 14, 2008
Something German! “Kollwitz in Context: German Printmaking 1890-1935”
The art exhibition that will open to the public on Jan. 14. Gallery hours are M-F 11:00-5:00.
The opening reception for the exhibition is Thursday, January 17, from 4:00-7:00.
The exhibition includes 8 prints my Kathe Kollwitz, one of the most important printmakers in German history, and works by seven other German and Austrian artists that place her works in context. I’ll be sending out an email about it in the next day or so.
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Contact Information
Contact : Pauline Rovhak
Phone : 412-365-1106
Email : rovhak@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 11:00 AM to 5:00 AM
Fee : Free
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January 17, 2008
Openning Reception of Art Exhibit
Something German! Openning Reception.
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Contact Information
Contact : Elisabeth Roark
Phone : 412-365-1106
Email : eroark@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
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January 17, 2008
Ulrich Wünschel Presents
Ulrich Wünschel, Guest speaker from Germany will present lecture on "Alexander Nevsky"
Sergei Eisenstein's ALEXANDER NEVSKY is more than a classic Soviet-Russian movie. The episode presented (the uprising of Russian farmers against Teutonic crusaders) receives importance considering the year of the movie's production: 1938. With two major European powers (Germany and the Soviet Union) about to stumble into a new World War, ALEXANDER NEVSKY can be read as an excellent propaganda movie.
The lecture presents selected scenes from ALEXANDER NEVSKY and characterizes Sergey Prokofiev's film score. Besides these musicological facts, much emphasis is given to the reconstruction of the film score and recent screenings of the movie with an orchestra playing live.
Ulrich's Bio:
Ulrich Wuenschel holds a master's degree in musicology, music education and English literature from the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. In October 2005, he joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, first as a trainee in the Artistic Administration Department, then as Public Relations & Artistic Planning Coordinator. In February 2007, he left this position to pursue his musicological studies at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany.Ulrich Wünschel was an assistant to the Artistic Director of the recent reconstruction.
Freshments will be served!
Event Sponsor
Global Focus
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2429
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Location : Welker Room
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January 18, 2008
Friday Afternoon Musical
Music for flute and piano by Bach and Telemann. Peggy Yoo, flute, and Robert Frankenberry, piano.
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Contact Information
Contact : Elisabeth Roark
Phone : 412-365-1006
Email : eroark@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM
Location : Laughlin Music Hall
Fee : Free
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January 21, 2008
MLK Jr.
Inaugural forum: Pathways to Reconciliation "The Shoah in MLK's theory of justice" Testimonies from civil rights activists, religious leaders, and former Liberian child soldiers will present.
Book of interest: "Bonhoeffer and King: Speaking Truth to Power" by J. Deotis Roberts, Westminster John Knox Press (January 2005): ISM-10:0664226523; ISBN-13:978-0664226527.
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Contact Information
Contact : Sandi DeMola
Phone : 412-365-2986
Email : sdimola@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Location : Quad
Fee : Free
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January 23, 2008
The Difference Between Us
Race: The Power of an Illusion:
What is this thing called race? How valid are your beliefs about the human species?
"Race -- The Power of an Illusion" is a provocative, three-hour, documentary series that questions the very idea of race as biology. Scientists tell us that believing in biological races is no more sound than believing the sun revolves around the earth. So if race is a biological myth, where did the idea come from? And why should it matter today? Our viewing of the series will provide an eye-opening tool to help us examine our beliefs about race, privilege, policy and justice. Come to one, two or all three nights! Appropriate for children age 10 and up (sorry, childcare not provided).
6 PM –Common Meal: bring a dish to share or suggested donation $5 per person
7 PM – Program: Discussion and Viewing of documentary film – Free!
8:30 PM – Coffee, Dessert and Conversation
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Contact Information
Contact : Darlene
Phone : 412-231-6105
Email : drush68877@aol.com
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Event Information
Time : 6:00 PM
Location : Community House Church, central Northside
www.communityhousepittsburgh.org
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January 24, 2008
Paralel Persecution? Sodomites and Jews in Medieval Europe
Paralel Persecutions? Sodomites* and Jews in Medieval
Europe
Bruce Venarde, Assoc. Prof. and Associate Chair, Department of History, University of Pittsburgh
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Contact Information
Contact : Samantha Patty
Phone : 412-421-1500
Email : spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : JCC Levinson Hall, Kaufmann Building, 5738 Darlington Road Entrance
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January 24, 2008
Presentation of German Pittsburgh
Campus visit by Dr. Michael Shaughnessy from Washington & Jefferson College, author of German Pittsburgh. Book presentation, signing, and reception.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM
Location : Welker Room
Fee : Free
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January 31, 2008
The Holocaust and 21st Century Youth- Back by Popular Demand
Back by popular demand-
Presentation by a Holocaust survivor Fritz Ottenheimer who escaped Germany, went into the American army and help liberate the camps. with a performance by Suzanne Ortner, German musicologist, and Tom Roberts,
Book signing from 12:40-1:00
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Location : Welker
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February 7, 2008
The Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer & its Historical Context
Part of the Communal Spirituality Module of the “Global Focus: Year of Germany”
The Rev. Eric R. Andræ, S.T.M., Chair of the Bonhoeffer Centennial Committee of America
Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor who participated in assassination plots against the Fuehrer and helped Jews escape from Nazi Germany, was martyred at the age of 39 at the direct command of Hitler. Come here what this remarkable man has to say to us about the place of action and community within prayerful spiritually.
You will be profoundly affected!!
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Contact Information
Contact : Rev. Eric R. Andrae
Phone : 412-683-4121
Email : xERA@FirstTrinity.net
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Event Information
Time : 11:30 AM
Location : The Founders Room James Laughlin Music Hall, Pittsburgh, Penn.
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February 22, 2008 to February 22, 2008
Global Focus: Interzone EU: Crossroads of Migration
The Problem to be addressed: Migration proves to be one of the most fraught and contested terms of the era of globalization, a term with special significance for Europe. Europe has always been at the intersection of migration both in terms of European global territorial expansion, i.e. colonization and emigration, as well as subjugation to colonial powers and immigration movements.
Europe is a territory historically crisscrossed by migrations, yet during the period of high nationalism of the 19th and 20th centuries, nation-states made a claim to act as self-contained units, peoples with particular relationships to proper territories. From this era migration appeared and continues to appear as a disruption of cultural cohesion. It brings essential divergent cultures into conflict with each other. It destabilizes economies, undermines polities, and dilutes cultures. Foreign and unassimilatable people take up residence next door. Rather than a carnival of cultures, migration brings clash.
Now, in what is often hailed as the post-national era, the free passage of Europeans across the expanse of Europe, serves as a foundational ideology of the European Union. The freedom for all its citizens to travel and reside anywhere in the territory of the EU is celebrated as one of its major accomplishments. Immigration, emigration, migration brings peoples into contact, transforming habits, shifting languages, and contributing to the dynamism of European cultures. Yet, this officially-celebrated European cultural diversity is not necessarily embraced by all European's equally.
Beginning from the point that Europe is an interzone, a space of transit, interaction, transformation, and vibrant diversity, the conference will seek to illuminate the impact of migration on European culture. Questions the conference will take up, will include: EU cultural policy, cultural essentialism, the culture of migration, hybridity and appropriation, post-coloniality, nationally and regionally specific conditions, Beur culture, Kanak Kultur, among others
Friday, Feb. 22
Today all events in 1228 Cathedral of Learning
9:00-9:20am Breakfast
9:20-9:30 Welcome
Prof. Alberta Sbragia,
Jean Monnet Chair
Director of European Union Center of Excellence
9:30-11:00 Symbolic Spaces of Europe: Guilt, Excision, Anxiety
Giuseppina Mecchia
The Sins of the Fathers: Atoning for Europe in Michael Haneke's "Hidden."
Lucien Nouis
Derrida and Europe
Randall Halle
From Exhabitant to Inhabitant: Considerations of Ethnos and Demos in the New European Order
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-1:00 Literature of Migration/Migration of Literature I
Susan Andrade
Publishing in a Postcolonial World: The Case of Heinemann African Writers Series
Venkat Mani
"To: Europe. From: Hotel Asia." A Reading of Orhan Pamuk's Snow (2003)
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30pm Deniz Göktürk
Migration as Project: The Archive in Transit
3:30-4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00-5:30pm Literature of Migration/Migration of Literature II
Patrice Nganang
The Invisible Republic: Conversations between African Writers at Home at in the Diaspora
Phil Watts
Migration and Modern Tragedy
Reception
6:30pm Dinner
Saturday, Feb. 23
Today events are in 232 and 501 Cathedral of Learning
9:00-9:30am Breakfast Cathedral of Learning 501
9:30-11:00 The East Within
Cathedral of Learning 232
Mod. Helena Goscillo
Irina Livezeanu
From the Shtetl to Zurich and Paris: Trajectories of the Avant-Garde
Boryana Dobreva
Why is the West the Best? On the Losses and Gains of Identity in German-Balkan Migrant Writings
11:00-11:30 Coffee Break CL 501
11:30-1:00 Positionality and Transnationalism in the Context of Migration.
Cathedral of Learning 232
Mod. Stephen Brockman
Katrin Sieg
Black Virgins and the Discourse of Muslim Sexuality in Germany
Sabine von Dirke
Of Pride and Prejudice: German Prose Under the Sign of the Halfmoon
1:00-2:00 Lunch
2:00-3:30pm Hamid Naficy
Accented Cinema and Multiplexity.
Mod. Lucy Fischer
3:30-4:00pm Coffee Break CL 501
4:00-5:30pm Mental Maps and Physical Borders
CL 501
Mod. Pinar Emiralioglu
Gregor Thum
After Ethnic Cleansing: Recreating the Hybrids of the Polish-German Borderland
Lina Insana
Dire Straits: The Bridge of Messina and the Italian South between 'thought' and 'question'.
6:30pm Dinner
This event qualifies as a Passport Event
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 9:00 AM
Location : Univeristy of Pittsburgh: Cathedral of Learning
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February 27, 2008
The Ortner-Roberts Duo Klezmer – Harlem Stride –Early Calypso
After spending two excessive days in a recording studio we are happy to have accomplished some new beautiful songs what we like to present you - besides our all time favourites! - in our upcoming performance
The Duo
The Ortner-Roberts Duo share several passions - besides the passion for each other, they share a love the music of the 10s, 20s, and 30s. As serious musicologists the two have amassed an archive of historic recordings. Amongst the greatest treasures of the Ortner-Roberts-record collection are rare recordings of Yiddish folk music as well as early jazz recordings of the first three decades of the 20th century. Horas, Doinas, Freylekhs, and Bulgers, as well as Stomps, Rags, and Blues – songs and dances, which despite their age are as powerful and lively today as they were when first created. Music that will make you shake your rump at one moment and can open your heart the next - so beautiful, so deep, so honest.
The goal of Susanne and Tom is to revitalize the beauty of this nearly forgotten music while retaining its authenticity, – not only because of their love for this music, but because of the respect they have for the original performers and composers, as well as the culture that created it.
The duo studies the old recording in regard to “feel”, embellishment, ornamentation, phrasing etc. but then takes it somewhere else in new arrangements– clever escapades into new musical worlds, always soulful, always professional, always in perfect interplay – and always with intelligence and reason.
The repertoire of the Ortner-Roberts Duo has been described as a “Yiddish-Creole Fusion”.
Jews, Afro-Americans, Creoles – all these ethnic groups lived side by side in the cosmopolitan seaports of the United States.
When Louis Armstrong started writing his autobiography in the last years of his life he entitled the first chapter “Louis Armstrong and the Jewish family: In New Orleans 1907”! He describes his childhood neighbourhood as consisting of “Negroes, Jewish people and lots of Chinese”. He remembers singing Jewish folk songs and the profound effect that music had upon his!
Klezmer and Harlem Stride met where Jewish Immigrants discovered the musical life of New York. “Jakie Jazz em Up“ was the call of the Ukrainian Jewish Bandleader Harry Kandel to his band members.
And when you hear the song „Lena from Palesteena“ blaring out of the French Quarter of New Orleans as performed by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, we suddenly realize that these musicians were aware of the musical diversity in their ever shrinking world.
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Contact Information
Contact : Judy Sutton
Phone : 4125311912
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 7:00 PM
Location : Mt. Lebanon Public Library Meeting Room A
Directions : 16 Castle Shannon Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228
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February 27, 2008
The Story We Tell
Race: The Power of an Illusion:
What is this thing called race? How valid are your beliefs about the human species?
"Race -- The Power of an Illusion" is a provocative, three-hour, documentary series that questions the very idea of race as biology. Scientists tell us that believing in biological races is no more sound than believing the sun revolves around the earth. So if race is a biological myth, where did the idea come from? And why should it matter today? Our viewing of the series will provide an eye-opening tool to help us examine our beliefs about race, privilege, policy and justice. Come to one, two or all three nights! Appropriate for children age 10 and up (sorry, childcare not provided).
6 PM –Common Meal: bring a dish to share or suggested donation $5 per person
7 PM – Program: Discussion and Viewing of documentary film – Free!
8:30 PM – Coffee, Dessert and Conversation
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Contact Information
Contact : Darlene
Phone : 412-231-6105
Email : rush68877@aol.com
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Event Information
Time : 6:00 PM
Location : Community House Church, central Northside
www.communityhousepittsburgh.org
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March 13, 2008
Witness of History: statements by German-American Pittsburgher Mary Harrison
Mary Harrison, a Pittsburgh resident for the last 69 years, escaped Nazi Germany
1939 at the age of 10. Beginning in the 1960's she started making regular trips
back to Germany to visit family and in 2005 bought a home in her birth city,
Hamburg. Since that time she has been spending 4 months of the year in Germany,
and the rest in her home city of Pittsburgh. In 1998 she reclaimed her German citizenship, of which she was stripped in 1935, and is now a dual citizen. She is an avid reader and film lover and works to integrate her earlier experiences as a child in Nazi Germany with the country as it is today. Mary has 2 sons: a professor of Middle Eastern Studies (Georgetown & The University of Pittsburgh), an epidemiologist (UPMC), and a daugher who is a software engineer.
Mary Harrison has four children who are respectively professor of Middle Eastern affairs, professor of foreign affairs, epidemiologist, and software engineer.
This is a Passport Event.
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Location : Sanger
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March 27, 2008
Holistic Memories of a Holocaust Survivor
Dr. Gabriel Frenkel, Holocaust survivor, shares his experiences and his perspective on the Holocaust. “I have never felt that what happened was a ‘German Problem’, I don’t believe in national guilt. It could have happened anywhere. Today’s heroes can be tomorrow’s criminals depending on the circumstances.” Please join us on Thursday March 27th 2008 as we welcome Dr. Frenkel to the Chatham campus. Reception to follow, 5-6pm, in the Buhl Atrium.
Questions or concerns please contact Jean-Jacques Sene at JSene@chatham.edu or Mary Riebe at MRiebe@chatham.edu.
Event Sponsor
Global Focus Program & the Department of Business and Entrepreneurship
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Contact Information
Contact : Dr. Jean-Jacques Sene Assistant Professor of Histo
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email :
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location : Beckwith in Buhl
Directions :
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April 24, 2008
Global Focus: Kick off Meeting, Peace Walk for Kenya
Participate in a meeting to help coordinate the Peace Walk For Kenya on September 25th. It's a great opportunity to get involved in the community and help out globally.
Event Sponsor
WDGA
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean Jaques Sene
Phone : ext. 2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
Location : WDGA Office
Directions : WDGA's Office is located in the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Building - 411 7th Avenue - Suite 925 / downtown - Pittsburgh, PA
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May 1, 2008
The Annual Community-Wide Yom HaShoa Commemoration; Jewish Center
The Annual Community-Wide Yom HaShoa Commemoration, presented by the UJF Holocaust Center, with the theme, "Woman in the Holocaust." The event will feature a woman scholar on the Holocaust (TBD) as the Keynote speaker, as well as the traditional candle lighting and prayers. The Commemoration will take place in the JCC Levinson Hall of the JCC (Kaufmann Building; enter on Darlington Road). For more information or to make reservations, please call or e-mail Samantha Patty at the Holocaust Center (412-421-1500; spatty@ujfpittsburgh.org).
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Contact Information
Contact : Stephanie Della Camera
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : sdellacamera@chatham.edu
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Event Information
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Location : JCC
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September 6, 2008
Global Focus recommends: BRAZILIAN MUSIC in Mellon Park
Timbeleza performs live, now with a new repertoire! They will be singing traditional samba-enredos from Rio 's Carnaval and samba-reggaes from Daniela Mercury's repertoire as part of the A Fair in the Park.
Event Sponsor
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild of Pittsburgh
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Contact Information
Contact : Global Focus
Phone : 412-481-2924
Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time :
Location : Mellon Park in Shadyside (10m walk from campus)
Fee : Free
Directions : Fifth Avenue and Beechwood Blvd
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September 19, 2008
Friday Afternoon Musicale: "Brazilian Classics: Villa Lobos"
Alia Musica Woodwind Quartet
Event Sponsor
Global Focus
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Contact Information
Contact : Pauline Rovkah
Phone :
Email : rovkah@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location : Laughlin Music Center
Fee : Free
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September 26, 2008 to September 26, 2008
Brazilian Arts Festival
Activities include Brazilian Art Gallery, Passport Shopping Day, (proceeds benefit ProYouth Brazil). Live Brazilian Music and Carnival Group, Capoeira Show, Children's Painting Party.
Volunteer and service learning opportunities for interested students. Chatham University supports and co-sponsors ProYouth Brazil.
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean Jacques Sene
Phone :
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
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Location : Waterfront
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October 3, 2008
1st Forum of the Americas:
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean Jacques Sene
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 6:00 PM
Location : Welker Room
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October 11, 2008
Brazil vs. Venezuela
Soccer and Life Above Shoulders
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean-Jacques Sene
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 11:00 PM
Location : Laughlin Living Room
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October 15, 2008
Brazil vs. Columbia
Soccer and Life Above Shoulders
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean-Jacques Sene
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 11:00 PM
Location : Laughlin Living Room
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October 18, 2008 to October 18, 2008
Brazilian Film Festival
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean-Jacques Sene
Phone : 412-365
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
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Location : Eden Hall Farm Campus
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October 24, 2008
Friday Afternoon Musicale:
Brazilian Music Festival: Piano Music from Brazil
Works by Alberto Nepomuceno, Eduardo Dutra, Ernesto Nazareth, Francisco Mignone, Cláudio Santoro, Radamés Gnattali and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
Walter Morales, Piano
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Contact Information
Contact : Pauline Rovkah
Phone : n/a
Email : rovkah@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Location : Laughlin Music Center
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October 30, 2008
Chatham welcomes His Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Brazilian Ambassador to the US
In celebration of its Global Focus Year of the Americas: Brazil, Chatham University will welcome His Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil to the United States, to campus on Thursday, October 30. As part of his visit, Ambassador Patriota will receive an honorary Doctor of Public Service.
Chatham President Esther L. Barazzone, Ph.D. will welcome Ambassador Patriota and bestow the honorary degree at a 4:00 p.m. ceremony in Mellon Hall Board Room. A reception in the Mellon Board Room will immediately follow the ceremony.
Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota has been the Ambassador of Brazil to the United States since February 2007, representing the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Prior to assuming his current position, Ambassador Patriota served as Under Secretary General for Political Affairs, at the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Itamaraty), in Brasília (2005-2006), where his responsibilities included Brazil-U.S. relations.
Event Sponsor
Global Focus Program
The Global Focus program at Chatham University engages students in the purposeful study of peoples and civilizations. Our community of scholars promotes the acquisition of sustainable global competencies through the critical and holistic exploration of one specific country or region of the globe every year.
The Global Focus program at Chatham University engages students in the purposeful study of peoples and civilizations. Our community of scholars promotes the acquisition of sustainable global competencies through the critical and holistic exploration of one specific country or region of the globe every year.
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean-Jacques Sene
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Location : Mellon Hall Board Room
Fee : Free
Directions : Please visit www.chatham.edu/campusmap
Brazilian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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November 20, 2008
2nd Forum of the Americas:
With a panel of local and international experts in partnership with Norfolk State University, VA (HBCU).
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Contact Information
Contact : Jean-Jacques Sene
Phone : 412-365-2924
Email : jsene@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM
Location : Welker Room
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November 21, 2008
Friday Afternoon Musicale:
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Contact Information
Contact : Pauline Rovkah
Phone : n/a
Email : rovkah@chatham.edu
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Event Information
Time : 4:00 PM
Location : Laughlin Music Center
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