March 28, 2019 Newsletter

All Majors

Optional Spring Advising Meetings
April 5, 11
Spring advising meetings are optional. If you would like to schedule a meeting with Professor McMann, you can do so here. Students who are off-campus should request a Skype meeting, using the same link. Be sure your calendar is set to Eastern Time.

Career Peer
The Office of Postgraduate Planning is interested in International Studies majors serving as Career Peers. Major Liz Hanna currently does so and would be happy to answer any questions, elizabeth.hanna@case.edu.

Fulbright US Student Program Information Session
March 28, 5pm, Sears 439
Students will hear from two Fulbright representatives. Dinner will be provided. Contact ugstudies@case.edu to learn more.

Guthrie Public Speaking Prize
This competition offers cash prizes. Talks can be on foreign topics. Register by March 31.

Need-Based Study Abroad Scholarship
Scholarships are offered between $500-$1,500. Email studyabroad@case.edu for more information. Applications are due April 1, 2019.

Democracy Journal Internship
The Democracy: A Journal of Ideas offers DC-based internships in writing and editing and covers foreign topics. Applications for summer are due April 30.

Violence Beyond our Borders
March 29, 12-1:30pm, The City Club of Cleveland
This panel will discuss the United States’ role in the prevention of—or response to—violence and crimes against humanity. Tickets are $37.

World Trivia Challenge
April 4, 6-8:30pm, Market Garden Brewery 
Teams of up to four compete to answer questions that test knowledge of international affairs. Individuals: $40; team of 4: $140.

Cleveland International Film Fest Volunteers
March 27-April 7
CIFF is seeking volunteers for the fest, which includes foreign films. Contact Beth Steele Radisek for more information.

Baker Nord Center Internship Funding
Students must attend one of the Spring 2019 Humanities Meet-Ups in order to be eligible to apply. Applications are due April 15, 2019.

Africa

Another Day of Life
March 30, 1:55pm; March 31, 6:40pm, Tower City Cinemas 
A Polish reporter documents Angola’s 1975 civil war. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Fig Tree
April 1, 6:00pm; April 2, 12:15pm, Tower City Cinemas
A 16 year-old Ethiopian Jew puts her family’s plan to flee civil war in jeopardy when she refuses to leave behind her Christian boyfriend. Students are eligible for free tickets.

Asia

Central Eurasian Studies Society Job
CESS is seeking an administrative and communications assistant to work remotely and attend one conference. Apply by April 15.

The Kleptocrats
March 28, 11:40am; March 29, 6:30pm; March 31, 9:20am, Tower City Cinemas 
This documentary portrays one of the world’s biggest financial crimes, when 3.5 billion dollars were stolen from a Malaysian government fund. Students are eligible for free tickets.

A Family Tour
March 30, 5:50pm; March 31, 2:15pm, Tower City Cinemas 
This film follows the story of a filmmaker living in exile in Hong Kong and the struggles faced by her family when their government attempts to divide them. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Ghost Fleet
March 31, 8:50pm; April 1, 6:35pm; April 2, 12:10pm, Tower City Cinemas 
This documentary follows a group of activists who put their lives at risk to find freedom for the enslaved men of Thai fishing companies. Students are eligible for free tickets.

Heartbound
April 3, 4:05pm; April 4, 9:00pm, Tower City Cinemas
This documentary follows a former sex worker from Thailand, who helps women escape the sex trade and immigrate to Denmark to find Danish husbands. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Holi Festival Volunteers
April 6
Volunteers are needed to help with set-up, tear-down, food service, and giveaways. Learn more about the event here.

Europe

Central Eurasian Studies Society Job
CESS is seeking an administrative and communications assistant to work remotely and attend one conference. Apply by April 15.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
March 28, 8pm; March 29, 8pm; March 30, 8pm; March 30, 11:59pm, Thwing Center Ballroom
This show is based on Charles Dickens’ final unfinished novel and invites the audience to identify the murderer. Students tickets are $5.50.

Sobibor
March 28, 8:50pm; March 29, 11:10am, Tower City Cinemas
Based on the history of the Sobibór extermination camp in Poland, this film depicts the uprising led a Soviet officer. Students are eligible for free tickets.

Don’t Shoot
March 30, 11:10am; March 31, 8:40pm; April 1, 4:30pm, Tower City Cinemas 
This Belgium film looks at the aftermath of mass shootings attributed to the Nijvel Gang in the 1980s. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Another Day of Life
March 30, 1:55pm; March 31, 6:40pm, Tower City Cinemas 
A Polish reporter documents Angola’s 1975 civil war. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Afterward
March 30, 8:00pm; March 31, 12:05pm, Tower City Cinemas
This documentary follows a Jerusalem-born trauma expert’s journey to Germany, Israel and Palestine and explores the trauma that has been passed down generationally from the Holocaust. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Midnight Traveler
March 31, 11:15am; April 1, 7:05pm; April 2, 11:35am, Tower City Cinemas 
This documentary follows an Afghan filmmaker and his wife’s journey from Afghanistan to Europe when the Taliban puts a bounty on his head. Students are eligible for free tickets.

Migration of Romanian Women
April 2, 12-1:30pm, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women
Dr. Elisabeth Zelinka from the West University of Timisoara, Romania will discuss the impact of migration on Romanian children and families. Lunch will be provided. RSVP here.

Heartbound
April 3, 4:05pm; April 4, 9:00pm, Tower City Cinemas
This documentary follows a former sex worker from Thailand, who helps women escape the sex trade and immigrate to Denmark to find Danish husbands. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
April 3, 6:15pm; April 4, 12:00pm, Tower City Cinemas 
This documentary explores the life and work of Ben Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg Trial prosecutor.

Meeting Gorbachev
April 3, 8:25pm; April 4, 2:00pm, Tower City Cinemas 
This film features three intimate interviews between director Werner Herzog and final leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev. Students are eligible for free tickets.

Middle East

Angels are Made of Light
March 28, 6:25pm; March 29, 11:25am; April 1, 11:20am, Tower City Cinemas 
This film captures the struggles, hopes, and fears of the Afghan people, by focusing on students and teachers at a school in Kabul. Students are eligible for free tickets.

New Homeland
March 30, 4:50pm; March 31, 9:10am; April 1, 11:30am, Tower City Cinemas 
This documentary explores the lives and experiences of five Syrian and Iraqi refugee children whose families have resettled in Canada. Students are eligible for free tickets.

Afterward
March 30, 8:00pm; March 31, 12:05pm, Tower City Cinemas
This documentary follows a Jerusalem-born trauma expert’s journey to Germany, Israel and Palestine and explores the trauma that has been passed down generationally from the Holocaust. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

Midnight Traveler
March 31, 11:15am; April 1, 7:05pm; April 2, 11:35am, Tower City Cinemas 
This documentary follows an Afghan filmmaker and his wife’s journey from Afghanistan to Europe when the Taliban puts a bounty on his head. Students are eligible for free tickets.

King Bibi
April 1, 11:35am; April 2, 8:50pm; April 3, 4:10pm, Tower City Cinemas 
This documentary portrays Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial rise to power. Students are eligible for free tickets.

Laila at the Bridge
April 1, 1:50pm; April 2, 6:50pm; April 3, 9:20am, Tower City Cinemas 
This documentary follows the “mother of addicts” who helps those affected by Afghanistan’s high rate of opioid addiction. Students are eligible for free tickets.

Dear Son
April 1, 6:40pm; April 2, 11:30am, Tower City Cinemas
A Tunisian man searches to bring his son home from Syria when he decides to join the jihadists. Tickets are $16, use discount code NOCMES.

War in Yemen
April 2, 7:30pm-8:45pm, The Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave 
Stacey Philbrick Yadev, from Hobart and WIlliam Smith Colleges, will discuss the implications of continued U.S. involvement in the Yemeni Civil War. Free and open to the public.

War and Reconstruction in Yemen
April 3, 4:30-6pm, Baker-Nord Center, Clark Hall 206
Join Stacey Philbrick Yadev, from  Hobart and WIlliam Smith Colleges, for a discussion of Yemen’s past, present, and possible future.