Fall 2009
Department of International Relations presents Global Lens 2009

The Global Lens film series is an annual touring film program of eight to ten narrative feature films from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Nov. 23, 5PM
Celebrating Fernando Birri's Films

Fernando Birri, considered the founder of New Latin American Cinema, is currently teaching two courses in the Department of Romance Languages. Latin American film scholar Jorge Ruffinelli of Stanford University will be on hand with Birri to discuss his works.

Nov. 30, 5:30PM
Managing South Asia's Waters

John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering and Environmental Health at Harvard University, will speak. Sponsored by the Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies.

Dec. 2, 12:30PM
Converging on Copenhagen Speaker Series

William Moomaw, director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at The Fletcher School, discusses "What to Expect in Copenhagen."

Dec. 2, 6PM
Goddard Chapel Forum on Religion and Media

Harvard Associate Professor Marla F. Frederick will be giving a lecture entitled "The Influence of Television Ministries on Constructions of Race and Gender in the African Diaspora."

Dec. 4, 11AM
OneWorld Global Crafts Bazaar

Come enjoy free food, buy fair trade gifts for the holidays, listen to great music and learn about initiatives around the world dedicated to fighting poverty.

Dec. 5, 1PM
Good Cheer! A Holiday Concert

In a special concert designed for children and their families, the Choruses of Tufts University present popular holiday works of different styles from a variety of traditions and cultures from all over the world.

Dec. 6, 3PM
Wassail! A Tufts Choral Holiday

The Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers present popular works for the season featuring jazz and pop standards, world music carols and classical masterpieces.

Dec. 6, 7PM
The Jumbo Knish Factory

The Tufts Jumbo Knish Factory, Tufts Klezmer, presents a night of Yiddish tango and klezmer music, with special guests Barbara Grossman and Carol Mastrodomenico.

Dec. 7, 8PM
The Firebird Ensemble

Tufts Music guest ensemble-in-residence 'The Firebird Ensemble' present a conflagration of new music featuring Boston-area performances of commissioned works by guest composers, presented alongside the world premieres of thesis compositions by Master of Arts candidates.

Dec. 8, 8PM
Kiniwe with Nani Agbeli

Kiniwe, the Tufts African music and dance ensemble, presents a program of instrumental music, songs and dancing from both the Ewe and Dagomba traditions of West Africa (Ghana).

Dec. 10, 8PM
A Night at the (Tufts) Opera

An evening of fully staged opera scenes performed by the members of Tufts Opera.

Dec. 14, 7PM
Producing Films for Social Change Screening

A screening of films by students in this semester's Producing Films for Social Change course in the Communication and Media Studies program.

Dec. 3-20
MFA Thesis Exhibition

The final of an ongoing series of MFA thesis exhibitions shown annually at the Tufts Art Gallery as part of the joint graduate degree program of Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

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