International Education Week 2014
This page includes confirmed events from BU’s third International Education Week held November 6-22, 2014. International Education Week (IEW) is a joint initiative of the U.S. Departments of State and Education and is celebrated in more than 100 countries worldwide. IEW is meant to generate enthusiasm, broaden horizons, spark new dialogues, and encourage new ideas to expand international perspectives.
- Monday, November 10 (11:45am-1:15pm): “Cuban-U.S. Relations: What’s Up? What’s Next?”
- Friday, November 14 (12:00pm-1:30pm): “Reflecting on the 25th Anniversary of the Tian’anmen Student Movement”
- Tuesday, November 18 (12:00pm-1:30pm): “Global Efforts in Converting Waste to Energy”
- Thursday, November 20 (12:00pm-1:30pm): “The Ebola Crisis: Examining the Legacy of Infectious Disease Outbreaks”
Thursday, November 6
Friday, November 7
- 5:00 pm: “Jump the Wall” – High Ollie skateboard contest with Thuro Skate Shop
- 7:00 pm: “This Ain’t California” – Screening of Marten Persiel’s multiple award winning film
Sunday, November 9
Monday, November 10
- 12:00 pm: Global Conversations: Cuba-U.S. Relations
- 12:45 pm: TED Talk Discussion: Legal Reform in the U.S. and Foreign Jurisdictions
- 1:00 pm: Pneumonia: A Priority for Europe and the World, for both the Young and the Old
- 3:00 pm: BU Housing Open House
- 3:00 pm: Global Snapshots
- 4:00 pm: Modern Languages and Comparative Literature Open House
- 5:00pm: Reflections From The Field: The Intersection Of Medical And Global Public Health Practice
- 6:00 pm: Globally Speaking: Russian
- 6:00 pm: Globally Speaking: Korean
Tuesday, November 11
- 5:00 pm: Domestic Organizing and US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy: Some Lessons
- 6:00 pm: Globally Speaking: Turkish
- 6:00 pm: Sydney Alumni Gathering
- 6:00 pm: 19th Boston Turkish Festival’s Documentary & Short Film Competition
- 7:30 pm: Globally Speaking: Chinese
Wednesday, November 12
- 11:00 am: Pursuing Global Health as A Career
- 4:00 pm: And the Bride Wore White: Japanese Crown Prince Yoshihito’s Modern Wedding as National Spectacle
- 4:00 pm: Admissions Open House
- 4:00 pm: BU Abroad: Budgeting
- 7:00 pm: Garbage Warrior GABbing Session
Thursday, November 13
- 11:30 am: Global Health: Using Asset-Based Development Theory While Going Global
- 12:30 pm: European Studies Lunch Talk: Of Goods and Men: Crossroads of Trade and Migration in Euro-Mediterranean Relations
- 1:00pm: Inaugural International Peace and Security Lecture
- 1:30pm: Around the World Coffee and Conversation
- 5:00pm: Sea Level Rise and the Future of Coastal Cities: Mayors Roundtable Discussion
- 5:30pm: “Pagans” in Northern Nigeria: Colonial Policies and the Death of Pluralism
- 7:00pm: Zambia Night
Friday, November 14
- 11:30 am: In the Midst: Autobiography, Ecumenism, and an American Missionary in India
- 12:00 pm: Global Conversations: Reflecting on the 25th Anniversary of the Tian’anmen Student Movement
- 1:00 pm: Love, Movies, and Tibet: China and the New Politics of Interethnic Romance
- 2:00 pm: Fire Safety (and Other Hazards) Abroad
- 2:00pm: African Language Open House
- 3:00 pm: Global Fridays Film Screening: Paradise Now (2005) by Hany Abu-Assad
- 4:00pm: Democratizing Shari’a: The Regulation and Application of Muslim Family Laws in Israel, India, and Greece
- 7:00 pm: Worldwide Welcome
- 7:00 pm: 25th year Anniversary: Paris Study Abroad Program
Saturday, November 15
- 7:30pm: Thanksgiving Dinner in Singapore
- 7:00 pm: Latin American Cultural Night
Sunday, November 16
- 6:00 pm: Vento Chiaro in Recital
Monday, November 17
- All Week: Photography Exhibition by Helga Felleisen
- 11:00 am: Health, Safety and Security Planning for International Activities
- 4:00 pm: Tea Around the World
- 6:00 pm: Globally Speaking: Russian
- 6:00 pm: Globally Speaking: Korean
- 7:00 pm: Women’s basketball vs. Harvard – Highlighting BU’s International Students
Tuesday, November 18
- 10:00 am: Health, Safety and Security Planning for International Activities
- 12:00 pm: Global Conversations: Waste to Energy
- 12:30 pm: Colonial and Post-Colonial History Are Global/Connected: A Lecture by Françoise Vergès
- 2:00 pm: Fire Safety (and Other Hazards) Abroad
- 3:00pm: Learning Styles Workshop
- 4:00 pm: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Information Session
- 4:00 pm: Annual Global Gobble
- 5:30pm: Making Connections: International Student Group Forum
- 6:00 pm: Paths for Bilingual Professionals in Interpretion and Translation
- 6:00 pm: Globally Speaking: Turkish
- 7:00 pm: “Looking China” Documentary Film Screening
- 7:30 pm: Globally Speaking: Chinese
- 8:00pm: The Mother in Ferguson – Based on Bertolt Brecht and Hanns Eisler’s cantata
Wednesday, November 19
- Virtual/Overseas: Operatic Production in 17th-18th Century Venice: A Brief Artistic and Sociological Analysis
- 3:00 pm: Stand Out with Study Abroad: Translating Your Global Experience for an Internship or Job
- 4:00 pm: An American Thanksgiving Celebration
- 4:30 pm: A Taste of Study Abroad
- 5:00 pm: Travel Writing Workshop: How to Tell Your Story, Better
- 6:00 pm: Geddes Japanese Movie Series: Distance Screening
- 6:30 pm: Dessert Reception for International Scholars
- 6:30 pm: Betwixt & Between: The Interfaith Experience at BU
- 8:00pm: The Mother: A Cantata for Ferguson
Thursday, November 20
- 12:00 pm: Global Conversations: Ebola
- 6:00 pm: Jubilee Project Documentary Screening: Save My Seoul
- 7:00 pm: Rhett Talks
Friday, November 21
- 3:00 pm: Global Fridays Film Screening: Ajami by Scandar Copti & Yaron Shani
- 3:00 pm: Cooking Around the World with CELOP
- 3:00 pm: Global Civics: Bringing Global Education To Local Classrooms
- 5:00 pm: Japanese Coffee Culture
- 6:00 pm: Faces from Eastern Europe – 13 Short Films from 13 Countries in the European Union
- 6:00 pm: The Ambassador’s Guide to BU Housing
