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Activities Calendar - May 2009

Tuesday, December 9, 2008- May 22, 2009

Exhibition: Flash of the Spirit: African Music and the Diaspora
Celebrates the wonderful collection of African musical instruments donated by Ted and Frieda De Bernardi. Langdon Hall, Musuem of Anthropology.
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Sunday, May 3

World Explorations Lecture Series: The Many Faces of Pakistan
Delania Cavaness spent 7 years teaching geography in an American middle school in Pakistani. Her students were both American and Pakistani. Her time included pre 9/11 and post 9/11 years. She will talk about her experiences with Pakistani culture, the power structure and tribalism from her personal prespective. Langdon Hall, Museum of Anthropology.
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Monday, May 4

Famed Soviet Dissident To Speak on Campus
Natan Sharansky, former Soviet dissident, human rights activist, Israeli politician and author, will give a talk titled, “A Dialogue About Human Rights, Freedom, Democracy, Peace and the Middle East.” Along with Andrei Sahkarov, Sharansky was a leader and spokesperson for the human rights movement in the Soviet Union during the 1970s. In 1977, he was found guilty in the Soviet Union of collaborating with the CIA, despite denials from the U.S. Government, and was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He spent nine years in some of the worst Soviet gulags, but was released following international pressure on the Soviet government. He emigrated to Israel and led efforts to change emigration policies in the Soviet Union prior to its collapse. Sponsors for his talk include Congregation Beth Israel, CSU, Chico’s Modern Jewish and Israel Studies program and the CSU, Chico Hillel student group.The talk will be in the Performing Arts Center’s Harlen Adams Theatre at 7:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

Tuesday, May 5

International Forum: The Power of Japanese (Pop)
Culture: Its Contribution to Visual Literacy in the Contemporary Youth World
At the Tuesday May 5, 2009, International Forum, Professor Masami Toku of
the CSUC Art Department will speak about "The Power of Japanese (Pop)
Culture: Its Contribution to Visual Literacy in the Contemporary Youth
World." Among other issues, she will talk about her research regarding
Japanese Manga art, and upcoming cultural events in Japan. Professor Toku's talk will be in PAC 134 (note changed venue), from 5 pm to
6:15 pm. The public is invited. International Forum is sponsored by the
CSUC School of Graduate, International, and Interdisciplinary Studies.
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University Film Series: Control Room
(2004, U.S.A.) 93 min.Documentary about Al Jazeera and its relations with the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), as well as the other news organizations that covered the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Made by Egyptian-American filmmaker Noujaim. 7:30pm, Ayres 106
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Wednesday, May 6

Sex Slaves and the Johns Who Buy Them: Is it Right to Control Demand in a Consumer's Market?
Dr. Kate Transchel, Department of History, has been researching the trade in flesh from the former Soviet Union for the last eight years. Having returned in January from a four-month research trip to Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Latvia, Transchel explores the nature of the sex trade — the women and children trapped in it, the traffickers profiting from it, and the johns creating the demand for it. In economic parlance, women are the commodity — the supply side of the equation. Embedded on the supply side are “push” factors: extreme poverty, lack of education, lack of opportunities, a desire to improve one’s desperate life. On the demand side are men who use and abuse prostituted women and children. It is the demand that fuels the trade in flesh. In a consumer society, do we have the right — or even the obligation — to control demand? 7:30pm, PAC 134.

Tuesday, May 12

International Forum: Coastal Histories: Consuming Development in Mtwara, Tanzania
The final International Forum of 2008-2009 will be presented by
historian Chau Kelly on May 12, 5-6 p.m. She will speak about "Coastal
Histories: Consuming Development in Mtwara, Tanzania." The Forum is in
Plumas 102 on the Chico State campus. The public is invited.
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University Film Series: 6th Annual International Shorts Festival 2008
Hosted by Weston Thomson and produced by the Electronic Arts Program, Art and Art Histor. 7:30pm, Ayres 106
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Wednesday, May 13

Chico Performances: Tango First Century
A Tango First Century performance is an intoxicating fusion of fancy footwork and musical mastery. Exploring traditional and contemporary tango, three couples gracefully execute the tango's intricate steps to pulsating beats delivered by a live band. Sexy gowns and high heels seem impossible to dance in, but the Tango First Century dancers have no trouble at all as they pay tribute to the golden years of the tango — from Paris in the 1920s to Buenos Aries in the 1930s to the ballroom tango we know today. Exciting, sensual, and provocative, this performance is a non-stop whirlwind of twirls and kicks coupled with elegant turns and twists, all guaranteed to fuel the passion that this dance form is known for. 7:30pm, Laxson Auditorium.
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Campus Internationalization Reception Honoring Susan Place
This summer, Susan will return to the teaching faculty after five years as Dean and three years as Associate Dean of the School of Graduate, International, and Interdisciplinary Studies. During these years, she has been a passionate advocate supporting the expansion of area studies, study abroad, international students, and the campus internationalization initiative. Please join us at a reception in her honor. Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is welcome.:30-5:30pm, Trinity 100.

Thursday, May 14

Anthropology Forum
The Anthropology Forum for May 14, 2009 “The Poisoner’s Art and Science: Ethnobotany and Afro-Brazilian Sorcery” presented by Dr. Brian Brazeal, Professor of Anthropology and Dr. James Bauml, Ethnobotanist. 4pm, Ayres 120. The public is invited.
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Saturday-Sunday, May 23-34

Influential Expert on Global Economic and Gender Issues To Receive Honorary Doctorate, Give Address at Commencement
California State University, Chico’s 119th Commencement will feature an address by a 1981 computer science alumna considered one of the world’s most influential women: Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, minister of foreign trade for the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.). Sheikha Lubna will be awarded the Honorary Doctorate of Science at the Commencement ceremony Sunday, May 24. She will speak to graduates of the Class of 2009 at both Commencement exercises: Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24. While at CSU, Chico, Sheikha Lubna was president of the Computer Science Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu. After graduation, she worked as a programmer for the software company Datamation, and later took a position with the U.A.E. General Information Authority. She was one of the first women in the U.A.E. to obtain a technology degree. She also earned an MBA from the American University of Sharjah.
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