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April 2008
| Date |
Tuesday, April 1 2008 |
Fatou Bensouda
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| Time |
10:55am |
| Location |
UNC Law School, rm 5052 |
| Type of Event |
Video Lecture & Discussion |
| Title |
Fatou Bensouda Class Visit |
| Contact Info |
europe@unc.edu |
| Notes |
Fatou Bensouda, deputy in charge of prosecutions for the International Criminal Court, will visit the UNC course "International and
Comparative Criminal Law"
by remote video link. Ms. Bensouda will discuss the development and current work of the ICC. Open to the public.
A UNC Law School event sponsored by the Center for European Studies. |
| Date |
Thursday, April 3 2008 |
David Ferris
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| Time |
5:00pm |
| Location |
Hyde Hall,
UNC Institute for the Arts and Humanities |
| Type of Event |
Film Screening & Lecture |
| Title |
Postmodern Obstructions: Dogma and Distortion in Lars von Trier’s The Five Obstructions |
| Contact Info |
europe@unc.edu |
| Notes |
Lecture by David Ferris, Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature and Humanities, University of Colorado at Boulder.
The lecture will be preceeded by a screening at Hyde Hall of Lars von Trier’s The Five Obstructions (2004). |
| Date |
Friday, April 4 2008 |
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| Time |
11:00am - 12:30pm |
| Location |
FedEx Global Education Center, rm 4003 |
| Type of Event |
Workshop |
| Title |
LAC Instructional Workshop |
| Contact Info |
lac@unc.edu |
| Notes |
This best practices teaching workshop provides a forum for experienced and prospective LAC TAs to share ideas and instructional resources, while strengthening their teaching portfolios. Registration required; complimentary refreshments will be served. For more information, visit www.unc.edu/lac |
| Date |
Saturday, April 5 2008 |
Euro Challenge Winners 2007
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| Time |
TBA |
| Location |
TBA |
| Type of Event |
Academic Competition |
| Title |
Euro Challenge |
| Contact Info |
europe@unc.edu |
| Notes |
This is the first round of Euro Challenge, an academic competition for 9th and 10th grade classes. The winning team from the Chapel Hill round will be given an expenses paid trip to compete in the national competition in New York City.
Click here for details and registration information. |
| Date |
Thursday, April 10 2008 |
Federico Vercellone
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| Time |
3:30pm - 5:00pm |
| Location |
FedEx Global Education Center rm 2008 |
| Type of Event |
Lecture |
| Title |
From Negativity to the Event: Heidegger after Adorno |
| Contact Info |
europe@unc.edu |
| Notes |
Public lecture by Federico Vercellone, Chair of the Department of Scienze filosofiche e storico-sociali and the Director of the Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerche sulla Morfologia at the Università di Udine, Italy. He is the author of several books on philosophy, art theory and cultural history. He is also a regular contributor to the cultural pages of the Italian daily newspaper Il Manifesto. Prof. Vercellone's talk will explore the implications for European thought of the debate between Heidegger and Adorno.
Sponsored by the Center for European Studies. |
| Date |
April 11-12 2008 |
NC German Studies
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| Time |
various |
| Location |
UNC Institute for the Arts & Humanities, Hyde Hall |
| Type of Event |
Workshop |
| Title |
Germany's 1968: A Cultural Revolution? |
| Contact Info |
europe@unc.edu |
| Notes |
Culminating event of the North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series.
Deadline for registration is April 1, 2008. Click here for more details.
Cosponsored by the Center for European Studies. |
| Date |
April 17-19 2008 |
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| Time |
various |
| Location |
various, UNC Campus |
| Type of Event |
Conference |
| Title |
Franco/Arabic Cultures Today: Developments, Dialogues, and Challenges |
| Contact Info |
europe@unc.edu |
| Notes |
The goal of this conference is to initiate a dialogue between the fields of Francophone and Franco-Arabic Studies in Europe, in the former French colonies and mandates, and in the US.
Details TBA.
Click here to read the Call for Papers. Deadline for proposals is December 1, 2007. Sponsored by the Center for European Studies. |
| Date |
Wednesday, April 23 2008 |
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| Time |
2:00 - 4:00pm |
| Location |
FedEx Global Education Center, rm 4003 |
| Type of Event |
Workshop |
| Title |
LAC Instructional Workshop |
| Contact Info |
lac@unc.edu |
| Notes |
This professional development workshop is designed to assist UNC LAC TAs in marketing their teaching experience for the academic job search, while providing general advice for graduate students seeking to highlight their interdisciplinary and/or international teaching experience when entering the job market. Registration required; complimentary refreshments will be served. For more information, visit www.unc.edu/lac |
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