Global Focus Past Events
| August 29, 2011
Global Focus Picnic Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 412-365-1679 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| September 2, 2011
to September 2, 2011 2nd Annual Global Focus Art and Writing Competition: Open for Submissions Submit your finest creative work relating to this year's country of focus: Vietnam. For details see the official call for entries, at http://www.chatham.edu/globalfocus/events Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| September 2, 2011
Vietnamese Independence Day Celebration Chatham's celebration of Sept 2 Independence Day. Featuring a historic perspective of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Presentation of Vietnamese Independence Day traditions. Refreshments served. Event Sponsor Global Focus Year of Southeast Asia: Vietnam Year of Southeast Asia: Vietnam |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| September 15, 2011
Comedian Dat Phan Dat Phan is the original winner of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”. His appearances include “The Tonight Show”, and “The Family Guy”. Hilarious and insightful comedian inspecting stereotypes and the experiences of being American with a Vietnamese heritage. Event Sponsor Global Focus, Student Affairs |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| September 29, 2011
Doing Business In Vietnam Today: Challenges and Opportunities Local manufacturing firms II-V and Duane Morris, LLP presenting on the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| October 6, 2011
Visit by His Excellency Nguyen Quoc Cuong Ambassador from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Join us in honoring the Ambassador with an Honorary Doctorate of Public Service. Reception to follow. Event Sponsor Global Focus, Office of the President |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean Jacques Sene Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| October 19, 2011
Women in Vietnam: Student Panel Discussion and Dinner Join Vietnamese students to discuss women's roles in their society. Is there a feminist movement in Vietnam? What struggles do we share? In collaboration with Living Learning Communities. Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| October 25, 2011
The Quest For Justice For Agent Orange Dioxin Victims Presentation by Ngo Thanh Nhan of NYU Representing the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign, who concentrate on US and Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange, on the continual environmental impact of dioxin (agent orange) sprayed during the Vietnam war, and the struggle for reparations. Light refreshments will be served. Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| October 26, 2011
Musical Performance of traditional Vietnamese musical instrument dan trahn Dr. Ngô Thanh Nhàn will perform the string instrument dàn Tranh. Made of wood and seventeen steel strings tuned in a pentatonic scale,the dàn Tranh’s enchanged music is profoundly beautiful. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| October 27, 2011
Profiles in Activism: Merle Ratner Born in the Bronx, New York City, Merle Ratner is a long time peace and justice activist. She is the Co-Coordinator of the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign and a member of the Program Committee of the Brecht Forum. She is trained as a legal researcher and works at an international labor rights organization. Light refreshments will be served Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 3, 2011
Vietnam and Southeast Asian Regionalism in Global Perspective Dr. Hgo Vinh Long of University of Maine Light refreshments will be served Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 3, 2011
Author John Balaban: "Vietnamese Literary Culture" and readings from celebrated translations. Di ra mot ngay, e mot sang khon" [Go out one day, come back with a basket of knowledge.] Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 12, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: In Country: A Vietnam Story In Country: A Vietnam Story (60 min/ color film / director Chris Moore / USA 2007) courtesy of WQED Talkback with filmmaker Chris Moore to follow screening. In 1971, Chris, Boone and Perry were just three average American guys, serving their country in Vietnam. Though painful and destructive, the conflict would forge a friendship that would always connect them. Then Chris met the Friends of Danang, a humanitarian organization made up of veterans dedicated to helping the sick and poor children of Vietnam's city of Danang. Together, they rediscover a land and a people they never thought they'd see again. Funny, touching and real, "In Country" is a story of hope and healing. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 12, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: Indochine From the years of French colonial imperialism to the days when American presence made itself feltand the country became known as Vietnam, Indochine is a story of romance and separation told through the backdrop of a country in turmoil. With stunning cinematography of the Vietnamese landscape, this film is not to miss on the big screen. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 12, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: Chronicle of a Tape Recorded Over Chronicle of A Tape Recorded Over (28 min / color video / director Nguyen Trinh Thi / Vietnam 2010) courtesy of Hanoi DOCLAB Using ‘exquisite corpse’, a method by which a collection of stories and images is collectively assembled, Nguyen Trinh Thi began her journey through Vietnam and asked local villagers to contribute their tales, merging reality with fiction in her search for the meaning of collective cultural memory and its relationship to ideas of space and sight. Nguyen Trinh Thi is a Hanoi-based independent documentary filmmaker and video artist. She studied journalism and photography at the University of Iowa and Southeast Asian studies and ethnographic film at University of California, San Diego. Her documentary and experimental films have been screened at festivals and exhibitions in the USA, Europe, China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Cambodia. Festivals include San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, Vesoul Asian Film Festival, Jean Rouch International Film Festival, Yunnan Multi Culture Visual Festival, and the Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF). In 2009, she founded Hanoi DOCLAB, a center for documentary filmmaking and video art in Hanoi. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 12, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: Apocalypse Now and the Abandoned Field Nguyen Nguyet is a second-year PhD student in History at American University, Washington, D.C. She completed her MA degree in Communication at the University of Oregon. Her dissertation will examine the role of ordinary Vietnamese people in carrying out diplomatic missions during the second Indochina War largely to isolate the U.S. in the international arena. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 12, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival:Dust of Life Shortly after the Fall of Saïgon, internal disruption further destroys North and South Vietnam. Determined to change the Southern population, North Vietnamese Soldiers (Bo Doi) roam the streets picking up orphaned Amerasian boys for transport to rehabilitation camps. Living conditions at these camps are deplorable, especially for Bob, Son and Shrimp who are struggling to survive. They attempt to escape by building a raft and riding the rapids to freedom. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 12, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: Long Bien Picture Show Long Biên Picture Show(Films Only) (48 min / color video /Vietnam 2010) From Hanoi DOCLAB Documentary Filmmaking and Video Art Center http://www.hanoidoclab.org/ Long Biên is a district in the city of Hà N?i that is home to about 170,000 inhabitants. For the last year, it has also been under intense scrutiny from a group of photographers and filmmakers who tried to capture the district’s everyday (and night) rhythm of life and now their experience is on display. Welcome to Long Biên! Eyes Open by Tran Thanh Hien Eyes open, I listen to stories told by the people living beneath the bridge. Eyes open, I look for the shadows rushing across the bridge into the city. Eyes closed, I try to remember them. Hien’s short experimental film is vigorously observational – both pushing the viewer to reconsider the everyday and pulling us into the unfamiliar. Hard Rails over a Gentle River by Pham Thu Hang Minh is a bridge guard stationed on the Hanoi side of the Long Bien Bridge. His official responsibility ends halfway across the river at section number 8. But his personal responsibility extends beyond to the lives he and the filmmaker encounter next to the tracks, the people who come to get away or because there’s nowhere else to go. At Rivers Edge by Do Van Hoang The quiet island in the middle of the Red River is a place where swimmer's bodies are cooled in the waters rushing by and lives mingle in unexpected ways. A community of men finds a natural place away from the city’s pressures to swim and exercise in the nude, a young couple celebrate an anniversary in a unique way and a woman seeks redemption through the filmmaker’s lens. In Vietnamese with English subtitles.< The Mouth Gets Wet by Tran Thi Anh Phuong In the streets beneath the Long Bien train station, in one small intersection, four people labor in small sidewalk businesses to make a daily living. Some leave at sundown, others arrive in the evening to take the vacated patch of sidewalk and set up shop. Each shares a small history both unique and too familiar. And through it all, the trains arrive and the trains leave. In Vietnamese with English subtitles. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 12, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: Festival Reception Join us for refreshments and mingling before the WQED feature In Country: A Vietnam Story Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 13, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: The Scent of Green Papaya Like a poem, The Scent of Green Papaya is a tranquilly beautiful film about a lost Vietnam, a peaceful, orderly place not yet touched by wartime. Told through the story of a young girl, it is so visually seductive and evocative it barely needs dialogue. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 13, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: All About Dad All About Dad (82min / color film / director Mark Tran / USA 2009) courtesy of Cinequest Overbearing dads? Sibling rivalries? These are Vietnamese variations on a series of themes, and they are likely to hit home no matter what culture one grew up in. With the directorial touch of a Wes Anderson with soul, small, quirky details pop to the foreground and take on unexpected significance: a tilting tree, an action figure and the occasional burst of magic. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 13, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: Buffalo Boy Buffalo Boy - director Minh Nguyen-Vo (102 min / color film Vietnam 2004) courtesy of Global Lens Collection and Global Film Initiative In the haunting watery wilds of Vietnam shortly before North and South were violently parted, this languorous, beautifully shot feature, centers on a teenager, Kim, whose journey from innocence to knowledge is also a twinned meditation on both the natural and very unnatural state of things. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 13, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: The Vertical Ray of the Sun Talkback with writer and filmmaker Marc Nieson and Actor and Chef Hal Klein Set in modern Hanoi, Vertical Ray of the Sun follows three sisters (Suong, Khanh and Lien) through their relationships with each other and with the men in their lives. Stunningly photographed, it paints a portrait of Vietnam to the music of noted Vietnamese songwriter Tr?nh Công Son, as well as The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Arab Strap, and The Married Monk. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 14, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: Documentary Film Showcase Selections from the Goethe Institute's Hanoi DOCLab, Ateliers Varan workshops in Vietnam, and the Vietnam Ministry of Culture Best Documentary Collection. Featuring a wide range of subjects, personal narratives, disability infrastructure in Vietnam and new perspectives on Vietnamese Independence. From Hanoi DOCLab, Film School: (www.hanoidoclab.org/) Friendgrandma by Pham Mai Phuong - 8 min. 45 sec. An exploration of family relationships and love over generations through a conversation between a young girl and her grandmother. The Medium by Cao Trung Vinh, Tran Thanh Hien & Do Yuyen Trang - 13 min A young man is thought to channel the ancient spirits of the Goddess Mother religion. Through this exploration the film discusses the modernization of religion. Underneath it All by Do Van Hoang, Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh & Pham Thu Hang - 16 min. 45 sec. Children garbage and factory workers expose gender dynamics among this segment of the population. From Ateliers Varan Film Workshops: (www.ateliersvaran.com/) Roads by Nhung con Duong - 31 min Tung became blind as a child, a victim of Agent Orange contracted by his father during the war. He is a teacher and musician in the traditional instrument Vietnam: The monotone. It is his grandfather, who takes care of him and accompanies him everywhere in his concerts, which was initiated. Dung is deaf mute. She is still in high school, his parents are worried for her future. She knows what she wants to be: an artist. Dust / Bui by Nguyen Thi Thuy - 29 min Once upon a time ... one elderly woman, a boy and a dog. They grow together a cart, wandering around the corners of the city to glean, and do not return when everyone is asleep. From Vietnam Ministry of Culture Best Documentary Collection: Story of Kindness by Tran Van Thuy - excerpts - 30 min A woman with terminal leprosy works at resolving her life relationships while she builds a house for her son before she dies. Homeland by Sy Chung - excerpts - 30 min The film addresses the lives and priorities of rural Vietnamese who decide to move to the city. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 15, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: The Scent of Green Papaya (in HIS231W Instructor: Dr. Jean-Jacques Sène) Like a poem, The Scent of Green Papaya is a tranquilly beautiful film about a lost Vietnam, a peaceful, orderly place not yet touched by wartime. Told through the story of a young girl, it is so visually seductive and evocative it barely needs dialogue. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 15, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: The Long Bien Picture Show (with HIS213-01 Special Topics: The Rise of the Third World -Instructor Dr. Jean-Jacques Sène) Long Biên is a district in the city of Hà N?i that is home to about 170,000 inhabitants. For the last year, it has also been under intense scrutiny from a group of photographers and filmmakers who tried to capture the district’s everyday (and night) rhythm of life and now their experience is on display. Welcome to Long Biên! Eyes Open by Tran Thanh Hien Eyes open, I listen to stories told by the people living beneath the bridge. Eyes open, I look for the shadows rushing across the bridge into the city. Eyes closed, I try to remember them. Hien’s short experimental film is vigorously observational – both pushing the viewer to reconsider the everyday and pulling us into the unfamiliar. Hard Rails over a Gentle River by Pham Thu Hang Minh is a bridge guard stationed on the Hanoi side of the Long Bien Bridge. His official responsibility ends halfway across the river at section number 8. But his personal responsibility extends beyond to the lives he and the filmmaker encounter next to the tracks, the people who come to get away or because there’s nowhere else to go. At Rivers Edge by Do Van Hoang The quiet island in the middle of the Red River is a place where swimmer's bodies are cooled in the waters rushing by and lives mingle in unexpected ways. A community of men finds a natural place away from the city’s pressures to swim and exercise in the nude, a young couple celebrate an anniversary in a unique way and a woman seeks redemption through the filmmaker’s lens. In Vietnamese with English subtitles.< The Mouth Gets Wet by Tran Thi Anh Phuong In the streets beneath the Long Bien train station, in one small intersection, four people labor in small sidewalk businesses to make a daily living. Some leave at sundown, others arrive in the evening to take the vacated patch of sidewalk and set up shop. Each shares a small history both unique and too familiar. And through it all, the trains arrive and the trains leave. In Vietnamese with English subtitles. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| November 16, 2011
Vietnam Film Festival: Em Be Ha Noi Em Be Ha Noi (The Little Girl from Hanoi) (93 min / black and white film / Vietnam 1975) courtesy of the Vietnam Embassy A moving account of the Vietnam war told from the perspective of a young North Vietnamese girl. This film is a depiction of the domestic side of Vietnamese life; a fairly happy family, during the bombing of Hanoi. A political movie filmed in wartime North Vietnam it shows a dramatically different perspective and agenda from the story Americans have learned since the 1970s. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Global Focus Phone : 301 806 0300 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| January 23, 2012
Tet Vietnamese Lunch Menu Eat lunch in Anderson in celebration of the Vietnamese New Year. Selections of Vietnamese food will be available at the buffet. Event Sponsor Global Focus/Parkhurst Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| February 9, 2012
Global Focus: LeLy Hayslip in Heaven and Earth Author and Philanthropist Le Ly Hayslip will visit Chatham University to screen a short documentary and discuss her life and work. In cooperation with her organization Friends of DaNang Association (www.globalvillagefoundation.org) Event Sponsor Global Focus/East Meets West Foundation Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| February 16, 2012
Global Focus: Combatting the Trafficking of Vietnamese into modern-day Slavery Dr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, PResident and CEO of Boat People SOS will speak on the subject of the thousands of Vietnamese Americans who fled from Vietnam in the late 20th century. Event Sponsor Global Focus/Vietnamese American Community of PIttsburgh Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| February 23, 2012
Global Focus: How US Foreign Policy is Made - The bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Lecture by Greg May of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| March 9, 2012
to March 9, 2012 Global Focus: Speak Peace Exhibit- American Voices Respond to Vietnamese Children's Paintings 34 Riveting children's paintings from Ho Chi Minh City and reactions from American poets. This touring exhibit through the Wick Poetry Center of Kent State University will be on loan for much of the month of March. Come view the artwork and create your own poetic responses. Closing reception and public reading with local writers on Friday March 30. http://speakpeace.net Event Sponsor Global Focus and Wick Poetry Center Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| March 20, 2012
Global Focus: Life Lessons of a Vietnam Veteran Bill Korber of the Heinz History Center wasawarded a Bronze star for his service in Vietnam. He encourages students to ask hard questions, as personal questions and engage with him in a conversation about America's relationship to Vietnam. Event Sponsor Global Focus Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| March 22, 2012
Global Focus: Vietnam Today - Which path to Follow? Nguyen Ngoc Bich, former Director of the Vietnamese section of Radio Free Asia will speak about the changing face of Vietnam. Event Sponsor Global Focus/Vietnamese American Community of PIttsburgh Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| March 30, 2012
Global Focus: Closing Reception and Reading - Speak Peace Exhibit- American Voices Respond to Vietnamese Children's Paintings 34 Riveting children's paintings from Ho Chi Minh City and reactions from American poets. This touring exhibit through the Wick Poetry Center of Kent State University will close Friday March 30. View the artwork and create your own poetic responses. Closing reception and public reading with Chatham University students, community members and poets from the Speak Peace exhibit. http://speakpeace.net Event Sponsor Global Focus and Wick Poetry Center Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| April 5, 2012
Global Focus: Hoan Do - Succeeding in the Real World A celebrated Vietnamese American speaker, Hoan Do shares unique insight into the attainment of a successful life and addresses the challenges students face in the 21st century. The first 50 people will receive a free copy of his book "Succeeding in the Real World: What School WONT Teach You." Following the performance, please stay for a reception and book signing. Event Sponsor Global Focus/Office of Student Affairs Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| April 17, 2012
Global Focus: Student Panel Dinner and Discussion - Higher Education in Vietnam Vietnamese students sketch comparisons between American universities and institutions of higher learning in Vietnam as well as the educational system that lead to them. Event Sponsor Global Focus/Office of Student Affairs Global Focus Webpage |
| Contact Information Contact : Lindsey Scherloum Phone : (412) 365-2924 Email : globalfocus@chatham.edu |
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| August 13, 2012
Global Focus: Mr. Alfred Nobel and His Prize Presentaion by Hilary A. Kinal, Attorney at Law in Pittsburgh Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| August 26, 2012
Year of Scandinavia kick-off Picnic Celebrate the Year of Scandinavia together. Parkhurst, our dining services will be serving Scandinavian food. There will also be activities and music! Event Sponsor Student Affairs |
| Contact Information Contact : Stephanie Reynolds Phone : (412)-365-1657 Email : sreynolds@chatham.edu |
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| September 6, 2012
Global Focus: "Diplomacy and Righteousness: Raoul Wallenberg" by Pastor Eric Andrae Pastor Eric Andrae of First Trinity Lutheran Church in Pittsburgh speaks on Swedish humanist Raoul Wallenberg and the celebrations around the centennial of his birth. Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| September 13, 2012
Global Focus: "Mr. Alfred Nobel and His Prize" by Attorney Hilary A. Kinal Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| September 18, 2012
Global Focus: "Scandinavian Welfare States" by Professor Emeritus Eric Einhorn (U-Mass) Eric Einhorn, Professor Emeritus at U-Mass Amherst discusses the topic of his book on "Scandinavian Politics and Policy in the Global Age" Event Sponsor Global Focus Same as contact person Same as contact person |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| September 26, 2012
Global Focus film & discussion series: "In a Better World" A Danish doctor, Anton, who works in an African refugee camp separates from his wife, a situation that causes intense stress for their two young sons. The oldest of the two, Elias, befriends a new boy in school, Christian, when he protects Elias from a bully. Christian, who has recently suffered the loss of his mother, leads Elias into increasingly more dangerous activities, leading to the intervention by the boys’ families. Event Sponsor Global Focus Same as contact person Same as contact person |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| October 10, 2012
Global Focus: Norwegian theme lunch Enjoy! Event Sponsor Parkhurst Dining Services |
| Contact Information Contact : Leslie Ekstrand Phone : (412)365-1659 Email : lekstrand@chatham.edu |
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| October 12, 2012
Norwegian theme lunch Event Sponsor Parkhurst Dining Services |
| Contact Information Contact : Leslie Ekstrand Phone : (412)365-1659 Email : lekstrand@chatham.edu |
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| October 12, 2012
Global Focus: Singer-Songwriter Maria Kizirian Live music by Finlandia Foundation Performer of the Year Event Sponsor Global Focus Same as contact person Same as contact person |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| October 24, 2012
Global Focus: Danish film & video conference with director Lone Scherfig: "Italian for Beginners" This work was filmed in the style of the Dogme 95 movement, using handheld cameras and minimal effects. Unlike other films in this genre, it is a romantic comedy that follows the lives of three men and three women in a Danish town who end up together in an Italian class. They find that they all have much more in common than any of them previously imagined. Despite the sudden incapacitation of the Italian teacher, the class culminates with a romantic trip to Venice. Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| October 26, 2012
Welcome HE Jonas Hafström, Ambassador of Sweden to the USA The Ambassador will receive an Honorary Doctorate from Chatham University and give a speech to the community. |
| Contact Information Contact : Sean Coleman Phone : (412)365-1164 Email : scoleman1@chatham.edu |
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| October 26, 2012
Global Focus - Informal Meeting with Chatham Students and the Ambassador of Sweden to the United States Chatham University students are invited to meet Jonas Hafström, the Ambassador of Sweden to the United States. This event is part of Global Focus Year of Europe: Scandinavia at Chatham. Space is limited. You must register on myChatham to attend. |
| Contact Information Contact : Karin Chipman Phone : 412-365-2714 Email : kchipman@chatham.edu |
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| November 16, 2012
Global Focus & Music Department: Walter Morales (piano) plays Kuhlau, Gade, Nielsen, Langgaard... Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Pauline Rovkah Phone : (412)365-1679 Email : rovkah@chatham.edu |
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| November 27, 2012
Global Focus: Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : David Burke Phone : (412)365-2786 Email : dburke@chatham.edu |
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| November 28, 2012
Global Focus: Scandinavian films and discussion series: Directed by Louise FriedbergI. Inspired by the memoir "With the Best Intentions" written by Tine Bryld, this film portrays the story of Gert, a nurse who is charged with the care of 16 Greenlandic children, who have just returned from Denmark after a year-long cultural “modeling.” Intended to set an example for their fellow Greenlandic natives, the children have been taken from their families and are now returning their homeland. An initial believer in the experiment, Gert must deal with the serious challenges that the children face as they return home, the decreasing support of the Danish government and her rising doubts about the intentions of the project. Event Sponsor Global Focus Same as contact person Same as contact person |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| December 11, 2012
Global Focus: Dr. Strinberg, professor at the Naval Postgraduate School (Center for Homeland Defense and Security, Calif.), author of the book "Islamism" discusses the tensions around the integration of Muslims in the fabric of Scandinavian societies. (Link to the book provided below) Event Sponsor Global Focus Same as contact person Same as contact person |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| December 13, 2012
Global Focus: Swedish Theme Lunch (St. Lucia Day!) Event Sponsor Parkhurst Dining Services |
| Contact Information Contact : Leslie Ekstrand Phone : (412)365-1659 Email : lekstrand@chatham.edu |
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| January 18, 2013
Global Focus & Music Department: Nordic Sound, Sweden Walter Morales (Piano) plays Berwald, Sjögren, Stenhammar, Petersen-Berger... Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Pauline Rovkah Phone : (412)365-1679 Email : rovkah@chatham.edu |
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| January 23, 2013
Global Focus Scandinavian Films (Sweden) In lieu of “The Director” previously scheduled, we will show this tale (1900s) of a working class woman with an alcoholic husband and 7 children who wins a camera in a raffle and soon sees her universe totally transformed...(By 5-times Oscar nominated writer/director Jan Troell; “The Emigrants”, “The New Land”) Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| January 25, 2013
Global Focus: Icelandic Theme Lunch (Thor Day!) Event Sponsor Parkhurst Dining Services |
| Contact Information Contact : Leslie Ekstrand Phone : (412)365-1659 Email : lekstrand@chatham.edu |
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| February 3, 2013
Global Focus: Design Bash with a presentation by Danish designer Doris Short Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : David Burke Phone : (412)365-2786 Email : dburke@chatham.edu |
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| February 26, 2013
Global Focus: Finnish Theme Lunch Event Sponsor Parkhurst Dining Services |
| Contact Information Contact : Leslie Ekstrand Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : lekstrand@chatham.edu |
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| February 27, 2013
Global Focus: Scandinavian Films and discussion series: Directed by Tomas Alfredson. When a new girl, Eli, moves in next door, Oskar, a 12-year old boy, befriends her despite her strange habit of only leaving the house at night. Around the same time that Eli moves in, however, a rash of disappearances and grisly murders are discovered in the region. Oskar soon realizes Eli is a vampire, not actually a child, but several hundred years old. Oskar is still in love with Eli, and, as it becomes clear to the community that her appearance initiated the strange string of murders, the two find themselves in increasingly dangerous situations. Event Sponsor Global Focus Same as contact person Same as contact person |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| March 27, 2013
Global Focus: Scandinavian Films & discussion series: Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Considered one of Ingmar Bergman’s greatest works, Persona follows the story of Alma, a nurse charged with the care of the mute actress, Elisabet Vogler. During their stay together, Alma becomes attached to Vogler and confides in her, until she finds a letter in which the actress regards her as an interesting and even humorous distraction. Tension between the two women grows, and Alma believes that her identity becomes merged with Vogler’s after a prophetic dream. Event Sponsor Global Focus Same as contact person Same as contact person |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| March 28, 2013
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| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| April 1, 2013
Global Focus: S.t Olaf College (Minnesota) professor discusses her book "Cultures and Customs of Norway". (Preview of the fascinating text and illustrations available in the link below.) Event Sponsor Global Focus Same as contact person. Same as contact person. |
| Contact Information Contact : Jean-Jacques Sène Phone : (412)365-2924 Email : jsene@chatham.edu |
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| April 19, 2013
Global Focus & Music Department: Nordic Sound, Norway Walter Morales (piano) plays Halvorsen, Grieg, Sinding, Tellefsen... Event Sponsor Global Focus |
| Contact Information Contact : Pauline Rovkah Phone : (412)365-1679 Email : rovkah@chatham.edu |
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