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Cultural Enrichment Center Sponsored Events, Spring 2012
More listings to come - All Events Free and Open to the Public
5th Annual UHD Gender Conference - Unveiling Gender
Wednesday, April 4, 2012, A-300, 11:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Documentary Films with Filmmaker Surabhi Sharma
Screening Tracing Bylanes (2011)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Noon, Chao Center for Asian
Studies Conference Room,
Mech Lab 209
The Kinder Institute will be
screening Tracing Bylanes (2011),
followed by a discussion with the
lmmaker. The screening will be
moderated by Kinder Institute for
Urban Research Postdoctoral
Fellow Dr. Patricia Snell Herzog.
Screening Aamakaar
- The Turtle People (2003)
Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 6:30 p.m.,
University of Houston,
Downton,
Wilhelmina Cullen
Robertson Auditorium
The University of Houston, Downtown
will be screening Aamakaar
- The Turtle People (2003). The
screening will be followed by a
Q
& A with the director. 
View the event flyer
Class Visitation at Rice
University
Thursday, March 29, 2012, 10:50 a.m.,
Duncan 1055
Ms. Sharma will visit several classes while in
Houston, including ASIA 212/ANTH 212, “Perspectives
on Modern Asia.”
This class is open
to the public.
Screening of Jahaji Music: Indian in the Caribbean (2007)
Friday, March 30, 2012, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Rice Gallery Foyer - Sewall 309
Screening
followed by a discussion with the film maker in
Sewall 309.
Prior to the screening, there will be a reception with
the film maker in the Rice Gallery foyer at 5:30 p.m.
About Surabhi Sharma
Sharma is based in Mumbai and studied film
direction at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. She made her fi rst film Jari Mari in 2001 and since has gone on to direct Aamakaar (2003), Above the Din of Sewing Machines (2004),
Jahaji Music (2007), Pregnancy, Prescriptions and
Protocol (2008) and Labels from a Global City (2009).
She recently completed Tracing Bylanes (2011)
about the city of Chandigarh and is currently
working on Bidesia in Bambai. Her films have been
screened at and awarded by various festivals
around the world.
The Postcolonial City in Cinema: A Film and Lecture Series
March 6 - 8, 2012, Cullen Robertson Auditorium
Tuesday, March 6, 4:00 p.m., Dirty Pretty Things (2002) introduced by Dr. Chuck Jackson (Department of English)
Wednesday, March 7, 4:00 p.m., Earth (1998) introducted by Dr. Cara Murray (Department of English)
Thursday, March 8, 4:00 p.m.
Dhobi Ghat: Mumbai Diaries (2010) introduced by Dr. Sucheta Choudhuri (Department of English)
What Liest Beneath: Architects of Cinema and the City. Dr. Ratheesh Radhakrishnan (Rice University)
Post-screening reception and dinner: Coffee House 3rd floor, Academic building.
View the flyer
Black History Month
Dr. Nosakhere Griffin-El speaking on "Community-Based Teaching"
Tuesday, February 7, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., Cullen Robertson Auditorium
Dr. Griffin-El will discuss ways of promoting a sense of agency to encourage young adults to become problem-solvers who will work towards positively building their communities.
500 Years Later, Film documentary by M.K. Asante
Wednesday, February 15, 4:00p.m. -6:30 p.m., 1099-N
500 Hundred Years Later explores how the effects of African enslavement are still present and plague people of African descent around the world.
Dr. Sophia Belay speaking on "Black Mental Health"
Tuesday, February 21, 1:00 p.m. -2:15 p.m., Cullen Robertson Auditorium
Dr. Sophia Belay will discuss the history and misconceptions of Black mental health in America.
View the events flyer
February Events organized by The Center for Public Deliberation
Four Political Philosophies: Socialism, Liberalism, Libertarianism, Conservatism
Tuesday, February 7, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Cullen Robertson Auditorium
A discussion of 4 views on political and social life, with Q&A
Discussants: Anthony Chiaviello, Raquel Chiquillo, John Linantud, Adam Ellwanger
Ending with an Ice Cream Discussion.
(Sponsored by Center for Public Deliberation)
Agnosticism, Humanism, and Buddhism, A Discussion
Wednesday, February 29, 11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.. C-100
Discussants: Mike Duncan, Kirk Hagen, William Waters
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