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Please check our links
page for additional events not listed
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For
Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 Events,
please go to Past Events. For Fall
2008, please scroll down to
the appropriate month.
Monday, January 12,
2009
Classes begin
Monday, January
19, 2009
Martin
Luther King Day
No classes
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Tuesday, February 17,
2009
Exchange Day
(Monday classes meet in place of Tuesday)
Tuesday, February
24, 2009
Peking
Acrobats
7:30 p.m. Millett Hall
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures, Kona Bistro, the
Talawanda Miami Partnership, and the
Performing Arts Series
$12 Students/Youth
$23 Seniors
$24 Adults
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Wednesday, March 4,
2009
Women of Color
Luncheon
Sponsored by the Women’s Center with
support from the Center for American
and World Cultures
Saturday, March 7-Sunday,
March 15, 2009
Spring Break
Friday, March 20, 2009
Women’s Leadership
Symposium
Thursday, March
24, 2009
Afro-Cuban
All Stars
7:30 p.m. Hall Auditorium
$13 Students/Youth
$25 Seniors
$26 Adults
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures and the Performing
Arts Series
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Thursday, April 1 –
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Latino Writer’s
Program
Sponsored by the Department of English
and the Latin American Studies Program
with support from the Center for American
and World Cultures, the John W. Altman
Humanities Scholar-in-Residence Program
Wednesday, April 8-
Thursday, April 9, 2009
First two days
of Pesach
No programming
Friday, April 10, 2009
Good Friday
Wednesday, April
15-Thursday, April 16, 2009
Last
two days of Pesach
No programming
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Friday, May 1,
2009
Last
day of classes
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Friday, July 4, 2008
Independence
Day
Monday, August 25, 2008
Classes Begin
Monday, September 1,
2008
Labor Day
Monday, September 1
First Day of Ramadan
Ramadan continues for 30 days and
ends on Tuesday, September 30.
Regional customs or moon sightings
may cause a variation of this date.
September 8-13, 2008
Baghdad Here:
An Iraqi Film Festival
7:00 p.m. 212 MacMillan Hall
Presented by The Center
for American and World Cultures and
Film Studies Program with support
from Iraqi Director and Actor Adel
Jarallah
Contact: Amy Peterson petersac@muohio.edu
Dr. Stephen M. Norris, Director of
Film Studies norriss1@muohio.edu
Thursday, September
11, 2008
Dr. Eugenie
Scott, Executive Director
National Center for Science Education
Title: TBA
4:30 p.m. Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures and the Honors
and Scholars Faber Scholar-in-Residence
Program with support from the Department
of Anthropology, Department of Comparative
Religion, and the Parent's Council
Wednesday, September
17, 2008
Constitution
Day
7:00 p.m. 212 MacMillan Hall
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures
Thursday, September
18, 2008
Opening
myaamiaki iisi
meehtohseeniwiciki/how the miami people
live
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Miami University
Art Museum
Note that the exhibit will be up September
15, 2008 - December 15, 2008.
The Museum will be closed on Thursday,
September 18, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Center
for American and World Cultures, Office
of the President, Miami University,
Procter and Gamble Fund, Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma, Miami University Art
Museum, the Cranbrook Institute of
Science, and the National Museum of
the American Indian, Washington, DC
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Sixth Annual Latin American and Caribbean Festival
5:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. - Uptown Parks, Oxford, Ohio
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Sponsored by the Center for
American and World Cultures
and the Office of Diversity
Affairs with support from a
variety of other Miami University
offices, departments and programs.
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Tuesday,
September 23, 2008
"Latin
America in US Politics - What’s
up with NAFTA, Immigration,
Cuba, Chavez, and the Latino/a
Vote?"
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. – 212 MacMillan
Hall
Sponsored by the
Latin American Studies Program.
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Saturday, September
28, 2008
The A-Cappella
ALL-Stars
8:00 p.m. Hall Auditorium
Monday, September 29,
2008
Erev Rosh Ha'Shonah
(Rosh Ha'Shonah begins at sundown)
No programming
Tuesday, September 30
Last Day of Ramadan
Regional customs or moon sightings
may cause a variation of this date
Tuesday, September 30 - Wednesday,
October 1, 2008
Rosh Ha'Shonah
No programming
Friday and Saturday,
October 3 and 4, 2008
Global Rhythms
concert
"Too Hot
to Handle" (Friday)
" Too Cool
to Ignore" (Saturday.
8:00 p.m. – Hall Auditorium
Tickets will be available
at the Miami University Box Office.
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures, Parents Fund,
Honors & Scholars Program, Miami
University Student Org, Dr Amar and
Paulomi Desai, and Dr Mahendra and
Shilpa Patel
Wednesday, October
8, 2008
Erev
Yom Kippur
(Yom Kippur begins at sundown)
No programming
Thursday, October 9, 2009
Yom Kippur
No programming
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Paul Christopher Johnson, Director, Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History; Associate Professor, Department of History Center for Afroamerican and African Studies University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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"Exploring the Diversity of Afro-Caribbean Religions"
4:30 p.m.
Place: TBA
Sponsored by the Center for
American and World Cultures
with support from the Department
of Anthropology, Department
of Comparative Religion, and
the Parent's Council.
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Friday, October 17 -
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Fall Break
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Monday,
October 20
Exhibit opens
"Dia de Los Muertos"
MacMillan Hall Lobby
Sponsored by the Center for
American and World Cultures,
the Barahona Latino Resource
Fund, and ALAS-Hamilton
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Tuesday, October 28,
2008
Robert Wicks, Director and Professor
Miami University Museum of Art
"Behind the Veil of Mormonism"
4:30 p.m. 212 MacMillan Hall
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures with support from
the Department of Comparative Religion
and Interfaith Circle
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Thursday,
October 30, 2008
Gallery talk and reception
Pat Camacho, ALAS-Hamilton member
will speak about her experiences
celebrating "Dia de Los
Muertos"
5:00 P.M. 212 MacMillan Hall
Pat Camacho and
Jennifer Ciancio will both be
discussing the tradition and
accompanying display.
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Saturday, November 1,
2008
Diwali
3:00 -5:00 p.m. Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Indian Students Association
with support from the Center for American
and World Cultures
Tuesday, November 11,
2008
Veteran's Day
Thursday, November 13,
2008
Vasudha Narayanan,
Distinguished Professor Department
of Religion, University of Florida
"Global
Hinduisms"
4:30 p.m. Heritage Room
Sponsored by the Center for American
and World Cultures with support from
the Department of Comparative Religion
and the Parent's Council
For more information: http://web.religion.ufl.edu/faculty/narayanan.html;
Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/chitra/index.html
Webpage:
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/vasu/
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Saturday,
November 15, 2008
Last day
"Dia de Los Muertos"
MacMillan Hall Lobby
Sponsored by the Center for
American and World Cultures
and ALAS-Hamilton
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Annual Human Rights and Social Justice Day
10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., MPR A, B, C, Shriver Center
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Sponsored by the
Center for American and World
Cultures with support from a
variety of other Miami University
offices, departments and programs
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Friday, November
21 and Saturday, November 22, 2008
Steel
Band concert
8:00 p.m. – Hall Auditorium
Wednesday, November
26 - Friday, November 28, 2008
Thanksgiving
Break
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Professor Chris Tanner, Department of Music
"Pan In the 21st Century: The State of the Steel Band Art Form" - Lecture and Demonstration
5:00 p.m. - Heritage Room
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Sponsored
by the Center for American and
World Cultures
A meal featuring Trinidadian
cuisine follows. Reservations,
only, contact Dorothy Falke,
falkeda@muohio.edu
(513-529-8309).
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Friday, December 12,
2008
Classes End
Wednesday, December
24 - Monday, December 29, 2008
Winter Break
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