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Dr. Vehbi Baysan is one of two special guests presenting a Global Salon this week. This Thursday, October 24, the Lewis Global Studies Center in Wright Hall is hosting two Global Salons. Global Salons are an opportunity for the Smith community to gather to discuss global issues and meet with special guests from […] The 2012 Global Engagement Seminar in Jerusalem is underway, with the group arriving in Israel earlier this week. The students will explore Jerusalem as a contested sacred and political space and will cover topics including the centrality of the city in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; archeology and the built landscape as a prism through which […] Tonight at 7 p.m., Dr. William Brooks, adjunct professor of Japanese Studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, will discuss current political developments under the Noda Cabinet as well as U.S.-Japan relations, including the ever-complicated Okinawa/Futenma issue. Dr. Brooks earned a doctorate in Japanese history from Columbia University and is the author of […] In the coming weeks, Smith will screen a number of international films. The films, with subject matter ranging from a feature-length film about the Middle East to a short film and a student-made documentary, are free to view. Today, Wednesday, April 11, The Syrian Bride will be shown in Seelye 106 at 7 p.m. The […] Fukushima police search an area near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Fukushima, Japan, April 12, 2011. (Credit: Rex Features via AP Images) Smith College has scheduled a symposium to mark the one year anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis which struck Japan last year. The Smith Remembers Fukushima symposium will […] Two internationally-focused lectures will be given on campus today. First, at 5 p.m. in Hillyer Hall’s Graham Auditorium, Dr. David Howell will give this year’s Frank and Lois Green Schwoerer ’49 Annual Lecture in History. Howell, a professor of Japanese History in the department of East Asian Languages & Civilizations at Harvard University, will give […] |
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