Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan

 

12:30 - 4:00 pm

1000 Bevill Building

 

In order to deepen the understanding about Japan and to strengthen the relationship between Japan and the United States, a delegation selected by the Japanese government will come to The University of Alabama to speak about Japanese society, business, technology, and culture.

 

We will divide into groups by the topics and have discussions. 

Contact Info: Yumi Miyatake, ymiyatake@ua.edu

 

 

 

 

2:30 - 4:30 pm

Lobby of the Center for Community-Based Partnerships (CCBP) 900 Anna Avenue - by Newks

 

 

 

Students and faculty connect with the community at Global Cafe.  Afternoons at Global Cafe offer exciting possibilities for people to meet, enjoy conversation, and make friends.  Free coffee and tea.  Open to the public.

 

Contact Info: Beverly Hawk, beverly.hawk@ua.edu, 205-348-7392

 

324 Lloyd Hall

 

In honor of International Women's Day, the Women and Gender Resource Center and Capstone International Services will show a short screening of the film, Half the Sky, which focuses on girls education in Vietnam. After the film screening there will be a panel discussion about the status of girls education in Asia and the U.S.

 

6:00 pm

Forum Room - Ferguson Student Center

 

Join The 49 as it invites all out-of-state students to a social networking event! The event will center around the question "Where are you from?" and is a great opportunity to meet students who may share similar backgrounds, interests and ambitions!

 

Contact Info: Brandon Skinner, bmskinner@crimson.ua.edu

 

3:30 pm

111 ten Hoor Hall 

 

In 1932, a marble obelisk inscribed with the words MUSSOLINI DUX was erected at the entrance of the Foro Mussolini, today's Foro Italico, in the north of Rome. Three gold coins and a piece of parchment were buried under the obelisk; the parchment bears a Latin text offering a eulogistic description of the rise of fascism, the achievements of its leader Mussolini, the fascist programmes of youth education, and finally the construction of the Foro Mussolini and erection of its obelisk. 

 

Who wrote this text? Why was it buried under the obelisk, and who was its intended audience? Dr. Reitz-Joosse (Niels Stensen Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania) reveals what this long-forgotten text, the Foro Mussolini, and the obelisk have to tell us about the appropriation and remodelling of Classical antiquity that took place under Italian Fascism.

 

The talk will be followed by a reception. All are welcome, especially those interested in the history of Europe in the 20th Century, monuments and architecture, Classical reception studies, and Neo-Latin literature.

Sponsored by the Classics Program, the Department of Modern Languages and Classics, and the College of Arts and Sciences.

 

Contact Info: Kelly Shannon, keshannon@ua.edu

 

Thursday, March 5, 2015

6:30 pm

Auditorium Morgan Hall

 

Please join the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South at 6:30 pm on Thursday, March 5, 2015, as we welcome Jelani Cobb to The University of Alabama. Director of the Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut, Professor Cobb is also a regular contributor to The New Yorker, a frequent commentator on CNN, NPR, MSNBC, and other national news outlets, and a prominent voice on the issues of race and the criminal justice system that constitute the leading edge of the modern civil rights movement. This event is free and open to the public, and will be held in Morgan Hall Auditorium. Cosponsorship provided by the Dean's Office of the College of Arts and Sciences, New College, the Departments of American Studies, Criminal Justice, Gender and Race Studies, History, and Political Science, University Programs and by UA Crossroads.

 

Contact Info: Joshua Rothman, jrothman@ua.edu, 205.348.3818

 

 

  

Friday, March 6, 2015

11:30 am - 1:00 pm

121 B.B. Comer Hall

 

Throughout the academic year (August through May), Capstone International Services and Capstone International Center host a weekly event, Capstone International Coffee Hour.

 

All international and American students, scholars, faculty, staff and friends are welcome to join.

 

Capstone International Coffee Hour is held on each Friday during fall and spring semesters, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM in Room 121 B.B. Comer Hall. Come and enjoy free coffee, tea, snacks, and conversation with our friends from around the world.

 

Capstone International Services, international@ua.edu, 

348-5402

 

  

Friday, March 6, 2015

3:30 pm

Gorgas Library, Room 205

 

In conjunction with its Twentieth Annual Graduate Student Symposium in Art History on March 6, The University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History has invited keynote speaker Barbara Mooney, associate professor of American art and architecture at the University of Iowa and a leading scholar in race and architecture, as well as a distinguished teacher. Dr. Mooney will present "From Jumping Jack to Jump Jim Crow: The Origins of a Pernicious Southern Stereotype?" on the origins and evolution of racist imagery. Mooney is the author of Prodigy Houses of Virginia: Architecture and the Native Elite (University of Virginia Press, 2008). The public is invited to attend the sessions and the keynote lecture.

 

 

 

  

February 9 - March 13, 2015

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Gorgas Library - Pearce Foyer, 2nd Floor

African American cookbooks, scrapbooks, letters, photographs, and funeral programs collected by Rev. Wylheme H. Ragland from Decatur, Alabama, will be shown in the Pearce Foyer in Gorgas Library. The collection is comprised of artifacts from the Schaudies, Banks, and Ragland families and is housed in the University Libraries Division of Special Collections.