International Education Week Calendar of Events

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK PHOTO CONTEST

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Winners to Be Announced on November 14th at the Taste of Brazil at the Jefferson Campus - 2pm
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Tuesday, November 13th - Shelby Hoover Campus - 2pm - HSB 402
YAD VASHEM - International Holocaust Remembrance Center:  AN EXPERIENCE
This talk will focus on the three weeks Liesl Harris spent studying at Yad Vashem, the International Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem.  Liesl will share what she learned through her studies.  She'll also share about her travels around Israel, the friendships she made, and the insights she brought home.

Dr. Liesl Ward Harris with Holocaust Survivors

Wednesday, November 14th - Jefferson Campus
TASTE OF BRAZIL - CAPOEIRA DEMONSTRATION AND TEACHING

Capoeira is an afro-brazilian martial arts/dance that was developed during the slave trade 500 years ago. To learn capoeira one must learn not only the martial arts aspect, but as well the music, history, philosophy and Portuguese, capoeira is a simple and yet a complex art. The International Capoeira Angola Foundation (ICAF in english, FICA in portuguese) is the largest capoeira angola organization in the world, it's founded by Mestre Cobra Mansa in Washington DC in 1994, CM Fabio Melo is the current leader of the Washington DC Chapter.



Thursday, November 15th - Shelby -Hoover Campus - 2pm - HSB 156
International Film:  Amélie - French Film (Subtitles)

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.

Director:

 Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Stars:

 Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus