Global Happenings
23 June 2008

A listing of international events on and around the UW-Madison campus compiled by Global Studies and the Division of International Studies.

Please email any questions to ghapps@global.wisc.edu.

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All events free and open to the public, unless otherwise indicated.


Monday, June 23

MorePeaceCorps. The national campaign to double the size of Peace Corps by 2011 comes to Madison. Rajeev Goyal, coordinator of the national campaign from the National Peace Corps Association, will speak and Son Mudanza will perform. The event is free and open to the public. Participants are urged to bring a picnic blanket and a dish to pass and their own drinks.
6-9:00pm, The Agora Pavillion (Fitchburg Center), 5511 East Cheryl Parkway.
For information, visit the website, email or call (608) 422-0432.

Saturday, June 28

Summer Dance Intercontinental Festival (Concert I). This opening concert features professors, alumni and students of the Dance Program as well as local artists whose work highlights the diversity of dance in the greater Madison area. The program includes Jin-Wen Yu Dance, Li Chiao-Ping Dance, Dmitri Peskov, Rosa Maria Cisneros-Kostic, Meenakshi Ganesan, Sadira and choreography by Kathleen Hermesdorf performed by UW-Madison Summer Dance Institute participants.
6:00pm, Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue.
For information, visit the website, email or call 262-1640.

Sunday, June 29

Summer Dance Intercontinental Festival (Concert II). The program includes dazzling work from Chinese Culture University, a stunning contemporary solo by Mexican dancer-choreographer Ulises Martinez Martinez, a haunting performance by Kent State University's Kent Dance Ensemble, classical ballet by a student of Charmaine Ristow of Ballet University and choreography by Chris Johnson of Beloit College. *Pre-concert: Milwaukee-based dance artist Laura Murphy will perform her site-specific The Waiting Stone in the lobby of Lathrop Hall.
6:00pm, Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue.
For information, visit the website, email or call 262-1640.

Monday, June 30

Summer Dance Intercontinental Festival (Concert III). The program today features a rich array of American dance art and performance including works by VADCO/Valerie Alpert Dance Company, Chicago; Kent State University's Kent Dance Ensemble; The Activity Team, Minneapolis; Susan Douglas Roberts, Texas Christian University; Yoav Kaddar, SUNY-New Paltz; Monica Rodero and Dan Schuchart, Milwaukee; Innervation Dance Cooperative, Chicago; and Li Chiao-Ping working with festival.
6:00pm, Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue.
For information, visit the website, email or call 262-1640.

Tuesday, July 1

Summer Dance Intercontinental Festival (Concert IV). The program includes Kuei-Chuan Yang, National Taiwan University of Arts; Cindy Brandle Dance Company, Chicago; Georgia Corner and Hanah Jon Taylor, Madison; Tamin Totzke and Dustin Haug, Milwaukee; Red Herrings, Madison; and an improvisational trio by music and dance artists Jason Roebke, Josh Berman and Ayako Kato, Chicago.
6:00pm, Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue.
For information, visit the website, email or call 262-1640.

Wednesday, July 2

Summer Dance Intercontinental Festival (Concert V). A presentation of fresh work created and collaborated on during the festival, this showing will feature choreography by T. Lang, Li Chiao-Ping, Beth Soll, the Activity Team and additional festival participants.
12noon, Margaret H'Doubler Performance Space, Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Avenue.
For information, visit the website, email or call 262-1640.

Career and Internship Opportunities with the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State Information Session. Information session with Brian Flora, Foreign Service Officer and Diplomat in Residence from the U.S. Department of State Foreign Service to discuss international internships and careers.
2-3:00pm, 260 Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive.
For information, visit the website, email or call 262-9224.

Thursday, July 3

Ramayana in Southeast Asia. The "Classic Comic Version". Part three of a the four part series to enhance basic knowledge of the major events and characters in the Valmiki Ramayana.
3-5:00pm, 1651 Humanities, 455 N. Park Street.
For information, visit the website, email or call 262-8462.

Friday, July 4

Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) Student Conference [Abstracts deadline]. Call for papers for the July 26 SEASSI Student Conference. Participation is open to any student with an interest in Southeast Asia. Any student is welcome to submit a paper, whether or not he or she is participating in SEASSI 2008. Papers may be from any discipline, and panels will be created to accommodate the topics of the papers. Your abstract should succinctly describe your topic and identify a broad subject heading to determine in which panel the paper will be presented. One page abstracts due to Jenn Randolph at seassi@intl-institute.wisc.edu.
For information, email or call 263-1755.

 

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