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Department of International Relations presents Global Lens 2009
Fall 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.
Sacred Monsters: Everyday Animism in Contemporary Japanese Art
Sept. 10-Nov. 22 This exhibition examines representations of mythical spirits, gods, monsters, and other mutant, sentient beings in contemporary Japanese art and film as expressions of animist belief through the work of eight emerging and mid-career artists.
Tufts Symphony Orchestra
Nov. 22, 3PM Gil Rose leads the Tufts Symphony Orchestra in their fall performance works.
Celebrating Fernando Birri's Films
Nov. 23, 5PM 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.
Managing South Asia's Waters
Nov. 30, 5:30PM 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.
Converging on Copenhagen Speaker Series
Dec. 2, 12:30PM William Moomaw, director of the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at The Fletcher School, discusses "What to Expect in Copenhagen."
Goddard Chapel Forum on Religion and Media
Dec. 2, 6PM 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."
OneWorld Global Crafts Bazaar
Dec. 4, 11AM 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.
Good Cheer! A Holiday Concert
Dec. 5, 1PM 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.
Wassail! A Tufts Choral Holiday
Dec. 6, 3PM The Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers present popular works for the season featuring jazz and pop standards, world music carols and classical masterpieces.
The Jumbo Knish Factory
Dec. 6, 7PM The Tufts Jumbo Knish Factory, Tufts Klezmer, presents a night of Yiddish tango and klezmer music, with special guests Barbara Grossman and Carol Mastrodomenico.
The Firebird Ensemble
Dec. 7, 8PM 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.
Kiniwe with Nani Agbeli
Dec. 8, 8PM 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).
A Night at the (Tufts) Opera
Dec. 10, 8PM An evening of fully staged opera scenes performed by the members of Tufts Opera.
Producing Films for Social Change Screening
Dec. 14, 7PM A screening of films by students in this semester's Producing Films for Social Change course in the Communication and Media Studies program.
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Dec. 3-20 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. more events
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