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Application Deadline: The South Asia Summer Language Institute
Application Deadline: The South Asia Summer Language Institute
Monday, April 1
All day
Location not specified
The deadline to apply to SASLI is April 1, 2013.
Application Deadline: W&M Washington Intern Fund Grant
Application Deadline: Reves Center Student Staff Job Opening
Application Deadline: Reves Center Student Staff Job Opening
Monday, April 1
5pm
Reves Center for International Studies
The Reves Center is currently hiring for front office student staff.
Deadline: Summer 2014 W&M Study Abroad Program Directors
Deadline: Summer 2014 W&M Study Abroad Program Directors
Monday, April 1
5pm
Location not specified
The International Studies Advisory Committee (ISAC) and the Reves Center invite all continuing faculty to submit proposals to direct W&M's faculty-led 2014 summer study abroad programs.
Internationalization: An Authentic Model for Global Mobility
Internationalization: An Authentic Model for Global Mobility
Monday, April 1
6pm
School of Education, Dogwood Room
This presentation reports on the development and implementation of a global education consortium consisting of 8 founding 2-3 year colleges/institutions from America, Australia, and New Zealand.
ISSP: Norfolk Admirals Game
ISSP: Norfolk Admirals Game
Tuesday, April 2
6pm - 10pm
Norfolk
Join ISSP as we travel to Norfolk to watch a hockey game.
Geology Brown Bag with Dr. Toshio Mizuta and Dr. Takashi Uchida (Akita University, Japan)
Geology Brown Bag with Dr. Toshio Mizuta and Dr. Takashi Uchida (Akita University, Japan)
Wednesday, April 3
12pm - 1pm
McGlothlin-Street Hall, Room 219
Dr. Toshio Mizuta and Dr. Takashi Uchida, Akita University (Japan) will discuss their research on massive volcanogenic sulfide deposits and sea-floor gas hydrates.
Justice Richard J. Goldstone: The International Criminal Court
Justice Richard J. Goldstone: The International Criminal Court
Wednesday, April 3
12:45pm - 1:45pm
Law School, Room 124
Justice Richard J. Goldstone, the 2013 recipient of the Marshall-Wythe Medallion, will deliver a lecture titled "The International Criminal Court: Recent Developments" on April 3 at 12:45 p.m. in room 124 of the Law School. Free. All are welcome.
Introduction to Aflaj and Traditional Water Management in Arid Environments
Introduction to Aflaj and Traditional Water Management in Arid Environments
Wednesday, April 3
4pm - 5pm
McGlothlin-Street Hall, Room 219
Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghafri from the University of Nizwa in Oman presents an Introduction to Aflaj and Traditional Water Management in Arid Environments.
Deutscher Filmabend: "Krabat" Mittwoch, den 3. April 19 Uhr SWEM
Deutscher Filmabend: "Krabat" Mittwoch, den 3. April 19 Uhr SWEM
Wednesday, April 3
7pm - 9pm
Swem Library, Botetourt Gallery
Deutscher Filmabend heute abend Mittwoch, den 3. April 19 Uhr in SWEM. Wir zeigen den Spielfilm "Krabat" (Regie Marco Kreuzpaintner, 2008)
Application Deadline for Sullivan Study Abroad Scholarship
Application Deadline for Sullivan Study Abroad Scholarship
Friday, April 5
All day
Location not specified
Merit-based award for study at particular institutions in the U.K., with a preference for year-long study. Available for fall 2013 and academic year 2013-2014 study abroad programs.
Application Deadline for University of Exeter International Summer School Programme
Application Deadline for University of Exeter International Summer School Programme
Friday, April 5
All day
Location not specified
The University of Exeter offers an International Summer School programme which takes place from Saturday 20 July - Saturday 10 August 2013.
Africana Mellon Faculty Lecture: Professor Neil Norman
Africana Mellon Faculty Lecture: Professor Neil Norman
Friday, April 5
11am - 12pm
Sadler Center, York Room
Please join Africana Studies for a Mellon Faculty Lecture by Professor Neil Norman of Anthropology.
Chinese Language Competition
Chinese Language Competition
Friday, April 5
3pm - 6:30pm
Chancellors Hall (formerly Tyler Hall), Room 102
The deadline for signing up is March 29 at 5:00 p.m. To sign up, contact [[e|dcchapman, Dereck Chapman]].
The Indian Ocean Basin: Navigating the 21st-Century Marine Silk Road
The Indian Ocean Basin: Navigating the 21st-Century Marine Silk Road
Friday, April 5
4pm - 7pm
School of Education, Matoaka Woods Room
Third biennial Critchfield Conference. Keynote address by Robert D. Kaplan.
An Evening Under the Stars with Global Playground
An Evening Under the Stars with Global Playground
Friday, April 5
5pm
1779 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, DC 20036
Hosted by the W&M Washington Office at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Deadline: Reves Center Communications Survey
Deadline: Reves Center Communications Survey
Friday, April 5
5pm
Location not specified
All W&M students are invited to participate in the Reves Center's survey on how they receive, and prefer to receive, information on internationally-focused news, events, and announcements.
Meeting With John D. Feeley
Meeting With John D. Feeley
Friday, April 5
5pm
James Blair Hall, Room 223
Former Foreign Service Officer John D. Feeley will meet with students interested in Latin American affairs and/or foreign service careers.
Where are you Asian Americans?
Where are you Asian Americans?
Friday, April 5 - Saturday, April 6
7pm - 3:30pm
Sadler Center, Chesapeake A&B (5th), Tidewater A (6th)
This conference aims to discuss what it means to be Asian American and what steps can be taken to increase campus awareness. Come for FREE food, guest speakers, panelists and discussion! All are welcome.
The Indian Ocean Basin: Navigating the 21st Century Marine Silk Road
The Indian Ocean Basin: Navigating the 21st Century Marine Silk Road
Saturday, April 6
8:30am - 5pm
Alan B. Miller Hall (Business School), Brinkley Commons
Third biennial Critchfield Conference. Lunch keynote address by Michael C. Hudson, Director, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore.
Bridging Scholarship Deadline
Bridging Scholarship Deadline
Monday, April 8
All day
Location not specified
The Bridging Scholarship program will award 30+ scholarships to American students participating in study-abroad programs in Japan during the 2013-2014 academic year or the Fall 2013 semester.
Digital Learning in Cross-Cultural Pedagogy
Digital Learning in Cross-Cultural Pedagogy
Monday, April 8
11:30am - 12:30pm
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room
W&M faculty from the Chinese program, the W&M Confucius Institute, and the School of Education will present the initial results of the 2012-2013 Reves Center Internationalization Grant, "WM-China Initiative for Film and New Media in Higher Education."
PBK Visiting Scholar Lecture
PBK Visiting Scholar Lecture
Monday, April 8
6:30pm - 7pm
150
Teodolinda Barolini, Chair of the Italian Department at Columbia University, will speak on "Dante's Sympathy for the Other, or The Nonstereotyping Imagination: Sexual and Racialized Others in the Divine Comedy"
UK Partner Universities Pre-Departure Orientation
UK Partner Universities Pre-Departure Orientation
Tuesday, April 9
4pm - 6pm
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room
Pre-departure orientation for students attending the following UK partner universities (as an exchange or assisted enrollment: Cardiff, Exeter, Manchester and Nottingham either fall 2013 or academic year 2013-2014
After Fukushima: Nuclear Power in the 21st Century Lessons from the Fukushima Disaster
After Fukushima: Nuclear Power in the 21st Century Lessons from the Fukushima Disaster
Tuesday, April 9
6pm - 8pm
McGlothlin-Street Hall, Room 20
Japanese Culture Association is organizing a panel discussion on nuclear energy and Fukushima. The panel will feature faculty members from the College's departments of Chemistry, Geology, East Asian studies, Psychology, Economics and History.
Digital Learning in Cross-Cultural Pedagogy
Digital Learning in Cross-Cultural Pedagogy
Wednesday, April 10
11:30am - 12:30pm
School of Education, Room 2060
W&M faculty from the Chinese program, the W&M Confucius Institute, and the School of Education will present the initial results of the 2012-2013 Reves Center Internationalization Grant, "WM-China Initiative for Film and New Media in Higher Education."
University of St. Andrews Pre-Departure Orientation
University of St. Andrews Pre-Departure Orientation
Thursday, April 11
4pm - 6pm
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room
Pre-departure orientation for students attending University of St. Andrews (as an exchange or assisted enrollment) either fall 2013 or academic year 2013-2014.
Learning from Teaching - A Talk by Ross Chambers
Learning from Teaching - A Talk by Ross Chambers
Thursday, April 11
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Washington Hall, Room 315
Ross Chambers (Professor Emeritus, Michigan) will be giving a talk in Washington 315 at 4.30 pm tomorrow, April 11. Open to public. Light refreshments to follow.
Learning from Teaching - A Talk by Ross Chambers
Learning from Teaching - A Talk by Ross Chambers
Thursday, April 11
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Washington Hall, Room 315
Ross Chambers (Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan) will present a talk on his 40 years of experience, adventures, and misadventures in and out of the foreign language and literature(s) classroom. Event open to the public, reception to follow.
No Study Abroad Workshops
No Study Abroad Workshops
Friday, April 12
All day
Location not specified
There will be no study abroad workshops on Friday, April 12.
Screening: "Writing Across Borders"
Screening: "Writing Across Borders"
Friday, April 12
12pm - 1:30pm
Swem Library, Ford Classroom
30 min documentary that addresses some of the most significant challenges international students face when writing for American colleges and universities
Looking Like A State, But Not Being One: The Real Governance Problem In Development
Looking Like A State, But Not Being One: The Real Governance Problem In Development
Friday, April 12
3:45pm - 5pm
Small Hall, Room 110
Lecture by Matt Andrews, Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Co-hosted by the Reves Center for International Studies and the Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations.
Brute Force: Livestock and Labor in Ottoman Egypt, 1750-1850
Brute Force: Livestock and Labor in Ottoman Egypt, 1750-1850
Friday, April 12
5pm
Chancellors Hall (formerly Tyler Hall), Room 201
Delivered by Alan Mikhail, Yale University Department of History.
Deadline Extension: Select 2014 W&M Summer Study Abroad Program Director Applications
Deadline Extension: Select 2014 W&M Summer Study Abroad Program Director Applications
Friday, April 12
5pm
Location not specified
Extension for applications for program directors for 2014 W&M faculty-led programs in Beijing, Montpellier, and Prague.
Lecture: Ambassador Pickering, "Unclenching Our Fists: Negotiation Strategy with Iran"
Lecture: Ambassador Pickering, "Unclenching Our Fists: Negotiation Strategy with Iran"
Friday, April 12
6:30pm
School of Education, Matoaka Woods Room
One of America's most well-respected diplomats, Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, will speak as part of William & Mary's first intercollegiate Model United Nations conference (&MUN) on April 12, 2013.
An Evening with Nikki Giovanni
Deadline: TransitionsAbroad.com 2013 Student Writing Contest
Deadline: TransitionsAbroad.com 2013 Student Writing Contest
Monday, April 15
All day
Location not specified
TransitionsAbroad.com, the website born of Transitions Abroad Publishing, Inc.'s magazine--which was founded in 1977 by NAFSA award-winning study abroad advisor Dr. Clay Hubbs--is proud to host its 2013 Student Writing Contest.
Registration Deadline for Fall, AY, Summer Non-W&M Study Abroad Programs
Registration Deadline for Fall, AY, Summer Non-W&M Study Abroad Programs
Monday, April 15
All day
Location not specified
All students participating in non-W&M study abroad programs in Summer 2013, Fall 2013, and/or Academic Year 2013-2014 must register by this date.
Pre-Departure Orientation for Students Attending Partner Universities
Pre-Departure Orientation for Students Attending Partner Universities
Monday, April 15
4pm - 6pm
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room
Pre-departure orientation for students attending the following partner universities: Lille, Vienna, Leiden Adelaide, McGill (as an exchange or assisted enrollment) for the fall 2013 or academic year 2013-2014.
Public Talk: Robert Keohane on Hobbes' Dilemma and the Liberal Quest for World Order
Public Talk: Robert Keohane on Hobbes' Dilemma and the Liberal Quest for World Order
Monday, April 15
5pm
Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium
Robert Keohane, one of the world's foremost scholars of international relations, will give a talk that will address the challenges of maintaining a liberal world order in the face of increasing globalization and changing notions of sovereignty.
"Exhibits" from George C. Wolfe's The Colored Museum
"Exhibits" from George C. Wolfe's The Colored Museum
Tuesday, April 16
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium
"Exhibits" from George C. Wolfe's The Colored Museum
Directed by: Alex McBath
In Conjunction with Theatre 471 and International Performing Arts eXchange (iPAX)
Democratic Legitimacy and Distrust: The Case of Walter Lippmann's Public Opinion
Democratic Legitimacy and Distrust: The Case of Walter Lippmann's Public Opinion
Wednesday, April 17
1pm - 2pm
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room
Lecture given by Eduard van de Bilt, professor of American history at Leiden University. Part of the Reves Hall Coffee Hour lecture series.
Xenophobia and the Need for Immigrant Rights
Xenophobia and the Need for Immigrant Rights
Thursday, April 18
12:30pm
Sadler Center, Tidewater B
Departments of Philosophy, Sociology and Latin American Studies Program Presents a Talk By
Jose Jorge Mendoza (Worcester State University)
Everyone Is Invited to Attend.
Pre-departure Orientation for Students Attending Asian Partner Universities
Pre-departure Orientation for Students Attending Asian Partner Universities
Thursday, April 18
4pm - 6pm
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room
Pre-departure orientation for attending the following Asian partner universities: Akita, Kanazawa, Keio, NUS, Tsinghua, and Yonsei (as an exchange or assisted enrollment) either for the fall 2013 or 2013-2014 academic year.
ISSP Board Game Night
ISSP Board Game Night
Thursday, April 18
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Campus Center
Join ISSP for a night of board games in the Campus Center.
From the Border to the Center: Symposium on Comprehensive and Compassionate Immigration Reform
From the Border to the Center: Symposium on Comprehensive and Compassionate Immigration Reform
Friday, April 19
10:30am - 5pm
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Chaote Room, Washington, D.C.
2013 Chinese Majors Forum
2013 Chinese Majors Forum
Friday, April 19
2pm - 6:20pm
Chancellors Hall (formerly Tyler Hall), Room 102
All students considering a Chinese major are strongly encouraged to attend the 2013 Chinese Majors Forum, which will take place this Friday, April 19, in Tyler 102.
Fulbright Friday Student Sessions
Fulbright Friday Student Sessions
Friday, April 19
3pm - 5pm
Blow Memorial Hall, Room 201
Fulbright Fridays are open to all members of the W&M community who are interested in Fulbright Student awards.
Deutsches Grillfest
Deutsches Grillfest
Friday, April 19
4pm - 6pm
Common BBQ Area
The German Studies Section and the German House invite everyone to a Spring Grillfest at the Randolph Complex Commons Area just outside of Giles Hall this Friday, April 19, 4-6 p.m.
No More Pirates?: Stability: A Prospect for Somalia
No More Pirates?: Stability: A Prospect for Somalia
Friday, April 19
5:30pm - 7pm
McGlothlin-Street Hall, Room 20
Students for Somalia and the IR Club sponsored event.
W&M Hip Hop Collection Launch
W&M Hip Hop Collection Launch
Friday, April 19
6pm - 10pm
Swem Library, Read & Relax area
Swem Library's W&M Hip Hop Collection is dedicated to Virginia's hip hop culture and history from the 1980s to present. Join us as we celebrate the launch of the collection with film screenings, panel discussions and refreshments.
African Cultural Society end-of-semester BBQ
African Cultural Society end-of-semester BBQ
Sunday, April 21
12pm - 3pm
Tazewell Hall (Randolph Complex), Near Tazewell
Join the ACS for a BBQ!
Pre-Departure Orientation: Non Exchange/Assisted Enrollment semester or faculty-led summer programs
Pre-Departure Orientation: Non Exchange/Assisted Enrollment semester or faculty-led summer programs
Sunday, April 21
4pm - 6:30pm
Sadler Center, Tidewater A&B
Pre-departure orientation for students attending non exchange/assisted enrollment semester or faculty-led summer programs for summer or fall 2013 or 2013-2014 academic year.
The Future Role of the Military in Post-Revolutionary Democratic Egypt
The Future Role of the Military in Post-Revolutionary Democratic Egypt
Tuesday, April 23
5pm
Hennage Auditorium, DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Open to the public. Free reservation required.
W&M Middle Eastern Music Ensemble Concert
The Arab Spring: Prospects for Democracy
The Arab Spring: Prospects for Democracy
Wednesday, April 24
3pm
Hennage Auditorium, DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
Open to the public. Free reservation required.
Enjoy Manga and Anime!
Enjoy Manga and Anime!
Wednesday, April 24
3pm - 7pm
Washington Hall, Room 301
JAPN 308 students exhibit their manga and anime works from 3-7 p.m. on Wednesday, 4/24, in 301 Washington Hall.
The Moral Landscape in Islamicate Tajikistan: Soviet Legacies and Post-Soviet Realities
The Moral Landscape in Islamicate Tajikistan: Soviet Legacies and Post-Soviet Realities
Thursday, April 25
5pm
James Blair Hall, Room 206
Delivered by Zohra Beben, William & Mary Department of Anthropology.
PIPS Presentations
PIPS Presentations
Thursday, April 25
5pm - 6pm
Boswell Hall (formerly Morton Hall), Room 20
Presentations from the 2012-2013 Project on International Peace and Security (PIPS) undergraduate research fellows.
Pi Delta Phi Induction Ceremony
Pi Delta Phi Induction Ceremony
Thursday, April 25
6pm - 7:10pm
Reves Center for International Studies, Reves Room
Pi Delta Phi - Beta Epsilon
French National Honor Society's induction ceremony for new members
Thursday, April 25, 6 p.m.
Reves Center, Reves Room
Light refreshments
Extended Application Deadline for Critchfield Study Abroad Scholarships
Extended Application Deadline for Critchfield Study Abroad Scholarships
Friday, April 26
All day
Reves Center for International Studies
Critchfield academic year 2013-2014 and fall 2013 scholarships are for study abroad programs in the area from Egypt eastward, including the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf. Programs must be at least four weeks in duration.
Global Friends Karaoke Night
Global Friends Karaoke Night
Saturday, April 27
7pm
Address will be provided following RSVP
Global Friends members are invited to a karaoke night. RSVP is required.
ISSP: Exercise at the Rec!
ISSP: Exercise at the Rec!
Sunday, April 28
10am - 11am
The Bee McLeod Recreation Center
Join ISSP for some exercise!
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