Arabic language practice and culture presentations.

This year's award recipient:
Jungsoo George Choe, president of the Philip Jaisohn Memorial Foundation, which has become the premier health and human services organization of the Asian American community in Philadelphia. The non-profit organization honors Philip Jaisohn, the first Korean to become a U.S. citizen (in 1890), and a medical doctor (in 1892). George Choe also directed the expansion of the historic museum/home of Philip Jaisohnin Media, PA to allow for more education and outreach about Jaisohn's legacy. More recently, George Choe has been leading vaccination campaigns in the Philadelphia area, and has been involved in high level discussions about vaccine equity, and other issues regarding diversity, equity and inclusion such Anti-Asian violence.

Lunch to follow

The Global Korea Award (GKA) was created by the Council on Korean Studies at Michigan State University in 1995 to recognize individuals or groups who have made significant contribution of cross-cultural understanding, global education, and well-being of Korean people around the world.

The Michigan State University Department of Theatre invites you to join us on Friday, October 8 at 11AM EDT for "The Privileges of Pioneering" a free virtual discussion with Palestinian American playwright Betty Shamieh.

Shamieh will discuss her experiences as a pioneering Palestinian American voice in American theatre and the challenges of overcoming self-censorship. She will also read an excerpt of her latest work.

Shamieh is a Palestinian American playwright and author of fifteen plays. Her productions include THE BLACK EYED (New York Theatre Workshop & The Magic Theatre), FIT FOR A QUEEN (Classical Theatre of Harlem), TERRITORIES (EU Capital of Culture Festival & The Magic Theatre) and ROAR (The New Group). A New York Times Critics' Pick, ROAR was the first play about an Arab-American family produced off-Broadway and is widely taught at universities across the country. In 2016, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Drama and Performance Art. She was named a UNESCO Young Artist for Intercultural Dialogue and her works have translated into seven languages. Shamieh is currently the Mellon Playwright-in-residence at the Classical Theatre of Harlem. Learn more at: www.bettyshamieh.com

Attendees must register in advance for this event. To register visit: https://tinyurl.com453ek5az

The Education Abroad Expo is a comprehensive information event for anyone interested in learning more about the many exciting education abroad opportunities available at Michigan State University.

More than 150 exhibits displaying information about MSU's wide variety of programs and support services will be available for students to browse and ask questions.

If you've ever thought about international study, the Education Abroad Expo is the perfect place to begin your search.

After more than a year of travel restrictions and canceled plans, the Office for Education Abroad is excited to announce the Education Abroad Expo is back!

Participation in education abroad IS possible, both in-person and virtually, with some limitations for on-site activities. Flexibility has always been a benefit of education abroad and that skill will be put to use more than ever as we move forward in the coming year.

Now is a great time to begin to planning for a future program and become excited about the benefits of global learning.

Register for the Expo today!

NOTE: Anyone attending the Education Abroad Expo will be required to comply with current health and safety directives in place from Michigan State University.

 

Know before you go: https://educationabroad.isp.msu.edu/education-abroad-expo/what-do-expo/

Speaker: Joseph W. Ho is Assistant Professor of History at Albion College, Michigan, and a Center Associate at the University of Michigan's Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. His research concerns transnational visual culture, histories of photography and film, global Christianity, and Sino-US encounters. Ho is the author of Developing Mission: Photography, Filmmaking, and American Missionaries in Modern China (Cornell University Press, 2021).

Please register in advance at the Graven Images: Missionary Visual Practices and Cross-Cultural Imaginations of Religion in China zoom registration page.

Co-Sponsored by the Asian Studies Center Global Virtual Speaker Program and Department of Religious Studies

Arabic language practice and culture presentations.

In-person film screening

Film - A River Changes Course: In this stunningly shot verite portrait captured over a perios of two years, filmmaker Kalyanee Mam achieves profound intimacy with three Cambodian families struggling to maintain their traditional way of life as the modern world closes in around them.

Film - Lost Word: As Singapore dredges sand out from beneath Cambodia's mangrove forests, an ecosystem, a communal way of life, and one woman's relationship to her beloved home are faced with the threat of erasure.

Followed by virtual and in-person discussion with director Kalyanee Mam

Co-sponsored by the Mekong Culture WELL Project, MSU Film Studies, James Madison College, and the Asian Studies Center.

Arabic language practice and culture presentations.

Presentation by Khatchig Mouradian (Columbia), author of Resistance Network: The Armenian Genocide and Humanitarianism in Ottoman Syria, 1915-1918

The Resistance Network is the history of an underground network of humanitarians, missionaries, and diplomats in Ottoman Syria who helped save the lives of thousands during the Armenian Genocide. Khatchig Mouradian challenges depictions of Armenians as passive victims of violence and subjects of humanitarianism, demonstrating the key role they played in organizing a humanitarian resistance against the destruction of their people.

 

Soponsored by the Muslim Studies Program

Co-sponsors: Department of History, Muslim Studies Program, Serling Institute for Jewish Studies & Modern Israel, Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Asian Studies Center, Peace & Justice Studies

Conversation with Palestinian actor and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri

Please register in advance at the Conversation with Palestinian actor and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri registration page. 

 

Sponsored by the Muslim Studies Program