International Education Week 2013
This page includes confirmed events from BU’s second International Education Week held November 12-22, 2013. 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 11
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: a Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 12:00 pm Hustling NGOs: Coming of Age in Kenya’s Kibera Slum
- 5:00 pm Discovering Japanese Urban Space at the Crossroads of World Design: A Lecture by Ken Oshima
- 6:00 pm European Voices: A Reading and Conversation with British Poet Tom Pikard (Poetry Reading Series Fall 2013)
Tuesday, November 12
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: a Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 12:30 pm The Aesthetics of Provinciality: Literary Expression and the Book Trade in Ireland, Scotland, and the United States, 1800-1850 – A Luncheon Discussion with Joseph Rezek
- 4:00 pm The Role of the Ancients in Contemporary Greece, in Light of the Current Crisis
- 4:30 pm Modern Languages and Comparative Literature Open House
- 6:00 pm Albert Camus Week / Semaine Albert Camus
- 6:00 pm Boston Turkish Festival Documentary and Short Film Competition
- 6:30 pm International Film Screening: Margarethe von Trotta’s Hannah Arendt (Germany)
Wednesday, November 13
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: a Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 12:00 pm International Social Work at Home and Abroad: Travel, Teaching, Research, and Educational Opportunities
- 2:00 pm Undergraduate International Admissions Open House
- 3:00 pm BU Abroad 101
- 4:00 pm Italian Open House
- 5:00 pm BU Abroad 101
- 6:00 pm Boston Turkish Festival Documentary and Short Film Competition
- 6:00 pm International Film Screening: Cuban Ballet Documentary by Mary Jane Doherty
- 6:00 pm Albert Camus Week / Semaine Albert Camus
- 6:30 pm Betwixt & Between: The Interfaith Experience at BU
Thursday, November 14
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: a Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 11:00 am Preparing for Safe Travel Abroad (Charles River Campus)
- 11:00 am The Retention and Re-Engagement Project: Integrating Peers into the Health Care Team to Engage and Retain Minorities in HIV Care
- 12:00 pm South Africa’s National Treatment Program for HIV/AIDS
- 12:30 pm Intimacy, Integrity, and India: Rethinking Asian and Western Philosophy
- 3:00 pm Interviewing in the USA: A Career Workshop
- 3:30 pm When Culture Meets Business Opportunity: An International Networking Event
- 4:00 pm In the Field with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting & PamojaTogether
- 5:30 pm The Faces of Global Women’s Health
- 6:00 pm Albert Camus Week / Semaine Albert Camus
- 6:00 pm Boston Turkish Festival Documentary and Short Film Competition
Friday, November 15
- 8:15 am Arab Uprising: Accomplishments, Failures, and Prospects
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: a Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 1:30 pm Preparing for Safe Travel Abroad (Medical Campus)
- 3:00 pm Of Pitfalls and Possibilities: The Case of India and Feminist Anti-Rape Organizing Across Difference
- 4:00 pm 1001 Wells for Darfur: Simple Solns Lecture by Dr. El Baz
- 6:00 pm Albert Camus Week / Semaine Albert Camus
- 6:00 pm Boston Turkish Festival Documentary and Short Film Competition
- 7:30 pm Palestinian Cultural Night
Saturday, November 16
- 6:00 pm Boston Turkish Festival Documentary and Short Film Competition
- 7:00 pm Thanksgiving Dinner in Singapore
Monday, November 18
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: A Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 9:00 am Social Determinants of Health: Reality and Results
- 12:00 pm Fulbright Scholar Program Information Session (Medical Campus)
- 12:00 pm Completely Catholic and Completely African: Francophone Catholic African Students and Africa’s Future in the 1950’s
- 1:00 pm Resume & Cover Letter Review Hours: Focus on Global Experience
- 3:00 pm Fulbright Scholar Program Information Session (Charles River Campus)
- 4:00 pm The Global Religion of Narco
- 4:00 pm French Open House
- 4:30pm Fulbright Scholar Program Alumni Event
- 6:00 pm The Cultural Exchange: Ideas, Questions, and Stories from Around the World
- 6:00 pm Freedom of the Press: Comparative International Perspective
- 6:00 pm International Film Screening: Biotech Tour de France
Tuesday, November 19
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: a Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 1:00 pm Resume & Cover Letter Review Hours: Focus on Global Experience
- 4: 00 pm Translating Your Global Experience for Your Internship/Job Search
- 4:00 pm Meeting Global Challenges: 2013 Capstone Winners
- 4:00 pm La France aux Nations Unies
- 4:00 pm The Global Gobble at Questrom
- 5:00 pm Time and Stress Management Techniques from Around the World
- 5:00 pm Ethan Bronner: In the Eye of the Storm: Covering the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- 5:00 pm Global Street Foods Dinner
- 5:30 pm Making Connections: International Student Group Forum
- 6:00 pm Markets, Supermarkets, and the Law and Politics of Food in India
- 7:00 pm Greater Boston TAMID Kickoff Event
Wednesday, November 20
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: a Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 11:30 am Russian Voices Symposium and Philosophical Cabaret
- 12:00 pm Brazil – A Diplomat’s Perspective
- 12:00 pm South Asia 2060, Envisioning Regional Futures
- 1:00pm Resume & Cover Letter Review Hours: Focus on Global Experience
- 3:00pm BU Abroad 101
- 5:00 pm Peer Perspectives Panel: International Students
- 5:30 pm International MBA Alumni Panel: The Expat Experience
- 6:00 pm International Film Screening; China Meets USA
- 6:30 pm International Film Screening; Geddes Japanese Movie Series: Summer Wars (2009)
- 7:00 pm The Jews of Afghanistan: History, Culture, and Muslim-Jewish Relations
Thursday, November 21
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: a Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 12:00 pm BU Abroad 101
- 2:00 pm Resume & Cover Letter Review Hours: Focus on Global Experience
- 3:00 pm Workshop: Immigration Sponsorship Options after OPT
- 5:00 pm Perspectives from Global Brigades
- 6:00 pm From Rainforests to the Renaissance: An Evening with Global Ecologist and Artist Douglas Zook
- 6:00 pm European Voices Croatia: A Reading and Conversation with Dubravka Ugresic
Friday, November 22
- 9:00 am Turquoise Dream: a Journey to the Aegean Art Exhibit
- 12:00 pm Social Justice, Liberalism and Philanthropy: An Investigation Into the Tensions and Limitations of Charitable and Community Foundations in the UK
- 12:00 pm Careers in International Education
- 1:00 pm Resume & Cover Letter Review Hours: Focus on Global Experience
- 3:00 pm The Myths of Race
- 4:00 pm Tea Around the World
- 4:00 pm The Korean Sijo with David McCann
- 8:00 pm Latin American Cultural Night
- 7:30 pm BU Study Abroad “Frequent Flyers” Recognized at BU Hockey Game
