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Coming Up at Tufts
- Fall 2009
- Department of International Relations presents Global Lens 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.
- Sept. 10-Nov. 22
- Sacred Monsters: Everyday Animism in Contemporary Japanese Art
- 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.
- Nov. 22, 3PM
- Tufts Symphony Orchestra
- Gil Rose leads the Tufts Symphony Orchestra in their fall performance works.
- Nov. 23, 5PM
- Celebrating Fernando Birri's Films
- 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.
- Nov. 30, 5:30PM
- Managing South Asia's Waters
- 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.
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