'72 Munich Survivor speaking at NC Hillel - Friday, September 7
5 PM, Hillel Building (210 W. Cameron)
Co-sponsored by UNC Hillel and UNC Chabad

You've seen the movie, but now's your chance to hear the first-hand account:
Dan Alon began fencing when he was 12. At age 27, he marched proudly into the 1972 Munich Olympics to compete for his country, with fifteen fellow Israeli athletes. On September 5th at 4:30 a.m., Alon awoke to the sound of machine guns: the Palestinian terrorist group 'Black September' had invaded their suite in Olympic Village, seizing 11 of the athletes as hostages. None survived.
For over 30 years, Dan Alon, one of the remaining five Israeli athletes, kept silent about the tragic events he witnessed that fateful morning. But now, with the release of the Hollywood version of events, the time has come for Alon to tell the world his tale.

Chinese at Lunch - Thursday, September 13 - FedEx Global Education Center
11:30 AM to 1:30 PM in the Global Cup Cafe
Grab lunch at the Global Cup Café and practice your language skills. On September 13th, join us for conversation in Chinese. Want to practice another language? During fall semester, we'll be meeting in the café during lunch every day during the second full week of each month. On Mondays, we'll converse in Spanish, Tuesdays Arabic, Wednesdays Portuguese, Thursdays Chinese, and Fridays French. See global.unc.edu for a full schedule of Language at Lunch.

Israeli Cinema Nights - "Charlie and 1/2" - Saturday, September 15
8:30 PM in Gardner 105
The first installment in the Israeli Cinema Nights series is "Charlie and 1/2", the ever popular comedy starring Yehuda Barkan. This film is reflective of escapist/idealistic Israeli cinema of the 70's.

"Learning to Die: The Training of the Japanese Kamikaze Pilots in World War II"
a presentation by Professor Samuel Yamashita of Pomona College
Monday, Sept. 17, at 4:00 pm, Hamilton Hall 569

This talk is part of a series, "Japanese Warriors: Past and Present," and is supported by the Carolina Asia Center and the Department of History.
For the past decade, Professor Yamashita has been collecting and translating the "last letters" and several dozen diaries of Japanese kamikaze pilots as part of a larger project centered on an examination of diaries and letters written by ordinary Japanese servicemen, civilians, women, and children during the Pacific War. He published translations of eight wartime diaries, including one by a kamikaze pilot,in Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies: Selections from the Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese (University of Hawaii Press, 2005). He hopes that with the help of other scholars and translators he can expand this project to include the wartime writings of other Asians and Asian Americans.
Professor Yamashita also continues to do research in the intellectual history of Tokugawa Japan (1600-1867).

If you need more information about the presentation, please contact Miles Fletcher (wmfletch@email.unc.edu).

Public Talk with Porphant Ouyyanont of Sukhothai Thammathirat University, Thailand
"Thailand's Crown Property Bureau: Before and After the Economic Crisis"
Thursday, September 20, 12:00 - 1:30 PM, 4003 FedEx Global Education Center
Part of the Carolina Asia Center Seminar Series
Lunches welcome
Dr. Porphant Ouyyanont teaches in the School of Economics at the Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi, Thailand. His doctoral studies were completed at the University of New England, Australia, and he is the author of many studies, in Thai and English, of the development of the Bangkok metropolis.

Women and Photography in Japan
a lecture by Dr. Jan Bardsley
Thursday, September 20, 1:00-2:00 PM, Ackland Art Museum
Professor Jan Bardsley, UNC Asian Studies department, will focus on the Ackland's hand-tinted photograph Japanese Mother and Child discuss early photography in Japan and Japanese women's experience of it. She will also consider images of contemporary young Japanese women's self-photography as part of her presentation.

"Maryam Moghaddas" (Saint Mary) showing in the GEC - Thursday, September 20th
5:30 to 7:30 PM, Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center
Come watch this Iranian television production, which was created by using classical Islamic readings to depict the life of Mary the mother of Jesus. Though Jesus is seen as a prophet in Islamic tradition, viewers familiar with Christian apocryphal texts on the life of the Virgin Mary, often portrayed in European cathedrals, will recognize common themes. Along with the character of Saint Mary, this film also presents the character of Prophet Zacharias, the guardian of Saint Mary. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Middle East and Muslim Civilizations.

Aviva Kempner, "Hank Greenberg: Famous for the Day He Did Not Play"
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 4:00 p.m., Tate-Turner-Kuralt Auditorium (School of Social Work building), 325 Pittsboro Street
Aviva Kempner, scriptwriter, director, and producer, will screen her award-winning film, The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg, a compelling documentary that examines how America's first Jewish baseball star was a beacon of hope to American Jews who faced bigotry during the Depression and World War II. This event is made possible by a grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation in honor of Eli N. Evans, '58. Co-sponsored by the Curriculum in American Studies.

Aviva Kempner, "Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg"
Monday, September 24, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Sonja Haynes Stone Center theatre
Kempner will lecture and give a sneak peek into her current project, Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, on the life and career of Gertrude Berg, the creator, writer and star of The Goldbergs, a popular 1930s radio show and weekly television program. This lecture is made possible by a grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation in honor of Eli N. Evans, '58. Co-sponsored by the Curriculum in American Studies.

"Women Empowered" book signings and discussions with Phil Borges
September 27 and 28
FedEx Global Education Center

The FedEx Global Education Center is pleased to bring to campus photojournalist Phil Borges, named "Hero of Photography" by PopPhoto.com, and the creator of the exhibition "Women Empowered" that will be on display September 27th-January 3rd at the FedEx Global Education Center. Borges worked with CARE to collect the stories of women from Africa, Asia and South America who have empowered themselves and their communities placing them on the vanguard of a global shift toward gender equality.

Thursday September 27th, 12:30-1:45 PM : Student Luncheon-casual, round table discussion with the photographer about issues of empowerment, photojournalism, and the power of advocacy through art. This is a chance to network with Mr. Borges and other students at UNC working and interested in these themes.
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 7-10PM : Exhibition Opening - Premier viewing of the Women Empowered exhibit including remarks and book signing by Phil Borges. Formal reception. RSVP attendance to lauragriest@unc.edu.
Friday, September 28th, 12-1PM : Faculty/Staff Luncheon-another casual round-table discussion for faculty and staff working in women's empowerment, art, and advocacy.

"Zero Degrees of Separation" screening @ UNC - October 2
104 Howell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7:00 p.m -- refreshments served
Panel Discussion with director Elle Flanders and professors Rebecca Stein, Negar Mottahedeh and Banu Gokariksel @ Duke - October 3
East Duke Parlor
Reception at 4:30 pm followed by the panel

Zero Degrees of Separation, a documentary about crossing borders and defying the Israeli Occupation, breaks away from the sensationalistic media coverage of the violence in the Middle East by examining the current conflict through the eyes of two mixed Palestinian and Israeli gay couples. Through the lives of these two couples we gain a unique perspective on the Middle East conflict. Interwoven with archival footage belonging to director Elle Flanders' grandparents, Zero Degrees of Separation takes on the larger questions of humanity, conflict and nationalist aspiration. Existing on the margins of their societies, the couples allow us a unique perspective of individuals who cross borders daily, sometimes physically, sometimes metaphorically, defying the notion of an eternal conflict with impermeable borders.
The screening on Tuesday the 2nd will be followed by a Q&A session with the director.

October 3 - Public Talk about Burma's Political Crisis at the Carolina Asia Center
Part of the CAC Seminar Series
Featuring speakers Dr. Susanne Prager Nyein, CAC Visiting Scholar and Dr. Tun Kyaw Nyein, Interim Dean, University College, North Carolina Central University
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Place: 1005 FedEx Global Education Center

Over the past few weeks, Burma's military regime of more than four decades has faced a level of opposition that has not been seen since 1988. With Buddhist monks at the forefront of recent demonstrations, the protesters are now calling for democracy and political reform. Is this a turning point or will the military crackdown on the democracy activists? The speakers will assess the current situation and the likely outcomes.

Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute Lecture - October 3rd at 7pm
FedEx Global Education Center Auditorium (corner of Pittsboro and McCauley Streets)

In collaboration with Carolina Performing Arts, dancer/choreographer and artistic director of the Khmer Arts Ensemble, Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, will speak at the FedEx Global Education Center on Wednesday, October 3 at 7pm to provide an insider's view of her latest piece, "Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute." Shapiro will discuss Cambodia's journey through the devastating reign and aftermath of the Khmer Rouge, and address the revival of traditional Cambodian dance, the state of women's empowerment in Cambodia today, the experiences of Cambodian refugees in Thai border camps and her dedication to the apprenticeship, documentation and expansion of authentic Cambodian dance. She will discuss how the themes of enlightened change and transformation found in Mozart's fantastical opera "The Magic Flute" are explored in the refined, elaborate movement language of Cambodian classical dance. "Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute" will take place on Friday, October 5th at 8pm in Memorial Hall. For more information about Shapiro's lecture at the FedEx Global Education Center, please visit global.unc.edu. For more information about "Pamina Devi," see the World Stage performances at www.carolinaperformingarts.org or email lauragriest@unc.edu .

Jonathan Boyarin, "Just Jewish Enough: Thinking Jewish in the Self-Portraits of Rafael Goldchain"
Thursday, October 11, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theatre
In "Familial Ground," Chilean-Canadian Jewish photographer Rafael Goldchain created a series of portraits of "himself as" a number of paternal and maternal ancestors: male and female, traditional and modern, in Poland and the New World. Goldchain reads his own work as a meditation on memory and loss. Jonathan Boyarin, newly-hired Kaplan Professor of Modern Jewish Thought at UNC-Chapel Hill, reads these portraits as a loving but unsentimental lesson in how to create oneself in the reflecting mirror of the ancestors.

"The Teeth and Claws of the Buddha: Religious Warriors and Samurai in Medieval Japan"- Presentation with Mikael Adoplphson of Harvard University, October 11
Thursday, October 11, at 4pm in Hamilton Hall 569
The talk is part of a series, "Japanese Warriors: Past and Present," which is supported by the Carolina Asia Center, the Department of History, the Curriculum on Peace, War, and Defense, and the Global History Group at UNC Chapel Hill.
If you need more information about the presentation, please contact Daniel Botsman at botsman@unc.edu.

Israeli Cinema Nights - "Sallah Shabbati" - Saturday, October 27
7:30 PM in Gardner 105
The most classic of all Israeli comedy films, the Academy award winning Sallah Shabbati.

Japanese Flute Workshop at Duke- Saturday, October 27
10am-12pm, Nasher Museum of Art, University Room
“Introduction to the Shakuhachi” is a hands-on workshop for people with or without musical experience, offering them the opportunity to try their hand at one of the world’s most beautiful and challenging musical instruments: the Shakuhachi. Workshop attendees will learn about the instrument’s 1,000 year-old history, hear a small performance of both traditional and modern music, and learn to read and sing basic shakuhachi notation. There will also be an opportunity to play beginner instruments.
Space is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first served basis. Please contact Cindy Carlson at cindy.carlson@duke.edu or 919-668-2280 to register.
Participants will be offered the chance to purchase a limited number of instruments at the workshop. Details will be provided after registration.
This workshop is offered at no charge through a grant from the Freeman Foundation.

Deborah Dash Moore, "G.I. Jews: How World War Two Changed a Generation"
Monday, October 29, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theatre
Eli N. Evans Distinguished Lectureship Whether they came from Sioux Falls, South Dakota or the Bronx, New York, over half a million Jews entered the United States' armed forces during the Second World War. Uprooted from their working- and middle-class neighborhoods, they joined every branch of the military and saw action on all fronts. Deborah Dash Moore, Director of the Frankel Center for Jewish Studies and Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor of History, University of Michigan, gives us an unprecedented view of the multiple struggles these GI Jews faced, having to fight not only the enemy, but also the prejudices of their fellow soldiers. This lecture is made possible by a grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation in honor of Eli N. Evans, '58. Co-sponsored by the School of Social Work, the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, and the Department of History, and the Curriculum in Peace, War, and Defense.

Lecture with Toshiyuki Takamiya - Topic TBA - November 5
3:00 PM, Pleasants Family Room, Wilson Library
Toshiyuki Takamiya, professor of English at Keio University in Tokyo, which is one of the two top universities in Japan, and owner of over 100 medieval manuscripts and a good many more early modern printed books, will be visiting UNC to give a talk at the Library on digitalization of medieval manuscripts and early printed books.

"China Up Close" - November 12
Hanes Art Center room 215 - 4:30-5:30 PM
Come listen to panelists Dr. Tianshi Li, Ms. Jingyu Hou, Christopher Laster and Derek Paylor share their personal experiences and observations of today's China.

Piotr Sommer, "A Poet's Life in Warsaw"
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, 7:30 p.m., Sonja Haynes Stone Center Theatre
Polish poet, essayist and translator, Piotr Sommer, will read from his poetry and tell of growing up in post-war Poland from the early 1950's through the early 1990's. He will describe life in Otwock, a small town outside of Warsaw, and in Warsaw itself -- first as a boy in the yard and at school, then as a student at Warsaw University, and later as a beginning writer. Co-sponsored by the School of Social Work and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies. This lecture is made possible by a grant from the Charles H. Revson Foundation in honor of Eli N. Evans, '58. Co-sponsored by the School of Social Work, and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies.

Triangle Taiko - Japanese Drumming - November 15 at the GEC
7:00 to 8:30 PM, in the FedEx Global Education Center Auditorium
Combining music and movements drawn from the martial arts, taiko is a high-energy tradition of drumming that originated in Japan and is exhilarating to watch and hear. "Taiko" means large drum, and the sound and sight of a taiko ensemble is hard to forget! Enjoy a dynamic performance from Triangle Taiko, the only taiko ensemble in North Carolina.

Israeli Cinema Nights - "Gamliel the Wise Man" - Saturday November 17
7:00 PM, Gardner 105
An enchanting, mystical comedy about the collision of 2 worlds in old and new Jerusalem.

Israeli Cinema Nights - "Blaumilch Canal" - Saturday December 1
7:00 PM, Gardner 105
A tongue in cheek look at Israeli bureaucracy produced by the famous satirist Ephraim Kishon.