All Majors
2015 International Dinner
April 4, 6:00pm-8:30pm, Thwing Ballroom
This annual dinner features traditional dishes from around the world and cultural performances. Tickets for students are $7.
Help Refugees Resettle
International Services Center is looking for volunteers to work with refugees in the area. For more information, contact Rachel Donaldson (216.781.4560 x1004).
Africa
Cleopatra: An Archaeological Perspective on Egypt’s Last Pharaoh
April 8, 7:30pm Murch Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Dr. John Hale from the University of Louisville will be discussing archaeological discoveries that provide a clearer picture of the last pharaoh of Egypt.
Asia
Liberty in North Korea
April 4, 2:00pm, Strosacker Auditorium
Liberty in North Korea, an organization which helps refugees in North Korea, will be giving a presentation at CWRU.
Uzumasa Limelight
April 4, 8:45pm, Cleveland Cinematheque
A tribute to classic samurai films, starring the most killed stunt man in Japanese cinema history. Tickets for students are $7.
Wu Man
April 8, 7:30pm, Gartner Auditorium Cleveland Museum of Art
Wu Man is a soloist, educator and composer who will be performing on the pipa, a lute-like instrument that has a long history in China.
Europe
Cultural Waves: The Ancient Greek Contribution to Human Rights
Today, April 2, 4:00pm, Clark 206
Dr. Rachel Sternberg will be talking on the contribution that the Greeks made to human rights based on her research for her current project.
Story of My Death
Today, April 2, 8pm, Cleveland Cinematheque
A film by Catalan director, Albert Serra, set in 18th-century Switzerland about a charming gentleman who meets Dracula. Tickets for students are $7.
8th Annual Italian Film Festival
Today, April 2 –April 16
This festival shows recent, critically acclaimed Italian films free to the public.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Issues in Post-Conflict and Small Island State Regulation of Telecommunications Markets
April 7, 4pm, Moot Courtroom in the School of Law
Marc Lipton will present on the issues that regulators in Iraq, Afghanistan, and certain Caribbean states deal with in as the Information Age comes to their countries.
Middle East
Origins and Prospects of the “Islamic State”
April 3, 12:30pm
Karl Kaltenthaler will be discussing the Islamic State at this week’s CPS Friday Lunch.
Issues in Post-Conflict and Small Island State Regulation of Telecommunications Markets
April 7, 4pm, Moot Courtroom in the School of Law
See more details under “Latin America and the Caribbean.”