Lectures and Forums

Other Events

Fall 2009

Romance Studies Colloquium Hosted by Montclair State University

Fall 2007
Global Underground - Subway as Metaphor
Indian Fusion Cooking
Russian Choral Music Lecture

Spring 2007
Association of Indian Economic Studies 17th Biennial Meeting
World's Fair 2007
Korean Ceramics Exhibit
Maria Tchaikovskaya In Concert

Spring 2006

Hungarian Festival (Brochure for Hungarian Festival)
Casper Mudde "The Riots in France: The End of Multiculturalism?"
Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, Xu Xin, Kenneth Olenik "Sugihara: Conspiracy of Kindness"
Yale Strom " A Man from Munkacs: Gypsy Klezmer "
Mohammed Moin Sadeq "Palestinian Culture in the Context of Gaza"
Xu Xin "China's Family Planning Policy Updates"
Ahmed Ghodieh "Agricultural Monitoring and Crop Area Estimation by Satellite Remote Sensing in the West Bank, Palestine "
Bingtuan Wang "Chinese Mahjong: The History, Rules, and Mathematics Behind The Game "

Fall 2005
Sarah Redshaw "Who's Behing the Wheel? Driving as a Social And Cultural Practice"
Sally McWilliams, Longxing Wei, Nancy Tumposky "Facilitating the Modernization of Chinese Universities: Observations from the Shanghai Teacher Training Project & Oppertunities for MSU Faculty"

Spring 2005
"SPECIAL SERIES: The Many Faces of the Spanish Speaking World"
Conference: Latino Psychological Association Conference
Xu Xin "Translating American Jewish and Israeli Literature into Chinese"
Erich Ranfft "The Role of Culture in the Contemporary Art of New Zealand: Being Maori in an Anglo-Saxon World"
Joszef Szentpeteri "Excavating the Lost Tribe of the Carpathian Basin: The Avars"
Carlos Estevez "Art in Cuba- A View from the Inside"
Elena Dotsenko " Frontier as Metaphor: The Role of the Urals as the Russian Frontier"
Klaus Hoedl "From Acculturation to Interaction: New Perspectives on the History of Jews in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna"
Oleksandr Tyaglo "The Orange Revolution in Ukraine: Where do we go from here?"

Fall 2004
Kim Berman " A Ripple in the Water: Healing Through Art"
Edina Szalay " A Woman-White-To Be--: Politics of Subjectivity and Gender"
William Berlin, Panel: Media Delegation from Uzbekistan "The View from Uzbekistan"
Pierre Sicard “Abortion and The Religious Right in the America: The View from France”.

Spring 2004
Conference: Urban Dimensions of Environmental Change: Science, Exposures,
Policies and Technologies Shanghai, China May 25-28, 2004
The 8th International Conference on Global Business and Economic Development,
Guadalajara, Mexico January 7-10, 2004
Angela Zhao "Changes in Chinese Women's Lives in the 20th Century --Four Generations in a
Chinese Family"
Kathryn Martell and Elizabeth Emery "Using Technology to Enrich International Exchange in the
Classroom"

Fall 2003
Yasir Ibrahim "The sprit of Modern Islamic Law and Modern Religious Reform"
Tiziana Saponaro "A Literary Tango: Italian and Argentine Writers of the Vanguard Era"
Hyun-wook Jung "Gender related Korean Culture"
Adriana Haluskova "Integrating National Minorities into the Education System --
The Solvakian Experience with Gypsies"
Urban Johsson "collaboration and Calamity: Africa in Peril"
Sergiy Glebov"World Terrorism: The View from Ukraine and Russia"

Spring 2003
Lubomir Lipovsky "International Computer Criminality, Computer Privacy and Multimedia Piracy"
John Jacob Kattakayam "Aging In India In A Comparative Perspective"
Nina Yulina "Democracy and Philosophy in Russia"
Giovanni Greci "Bringing the Library to Children"
George Cunningham "European Union Enlargement and a Future of Europe in a Changing World"
Irina Koulikova "Recital of Rachmaninoff Piano Music"
XuXin "Reform in 21st. C. China: Ideal and Reality"
Royal Marine Lieutenant Colonel John Leigh and Lieutenant Commander Moreatha Yvette
Flaggs, NATO Briefing Team "NATO in the 21st Century: Current Risks and Challenges"
Anne Ejikeme "Contesting women's Bodies: Islamic Fundamentalism, the Miss World Contest,
Terrorism and the State in Nigeria"
International Travel Photography by MSU Faculty and Staff "Exhibit Opening Reception"

Fall 2002
Nancy Tumposky "Views of the Other: America in the Eyes of Europe"
Svetlana Broz " Clash of Cultures: Sarajevo’s Struggle Between Good and Evil"
Shahid Nadeem " Women’s Rights and Theatre in Contemporary Pakistan"
Tamas Mihalydeak " Shifting Thought Current Trends in Philosophy in Central Europe"
Rita Jacobs " Jerry Springer is Alive and Well in Central Europe"
Mark Berenson " Lori Berensen: Wrongfully imprisoned in Peru"
Roberto Sosa, Sponsored by The Latin American Student Organization " The Return of the River"
William R. Biers," The ancient "Plastic"Vase:Perfumes in Greek and Roman Antiquity "
Rubina Saigol, " Teaching the Other: America in the Eyes of the Muslim World "
Giovanni D’Agostino, Vittoria Colonnese, Debra Zellner, Mario Benni " The Longing To Gain Experience of the World Italian Explorers and their Role in Establishing Euro-American Relations
Conference: Internalist vs. Externalist interpretations of African History and Culture
Montclair, November 7-9, 2002
Conference: The Seventh International Conference on Global Business and
Economic Development Bangkok, Thailand January 8-11, 2003


Spring 2002
Tina Lesher " Dateline: Abu DhabiTeaching at a Muslim Women's University"
Edwin M. Lamboy "Opening Doors in Cuba: Impressions and Possiblities for Exchange"
Sikumar Chattopadhyay "Sustainable Development And Its Applications in Kerala, India"
Exhibition "Global images: International Travel Photography by MSU Faculty and staff"
David C. Speedie, Thomas McShane and Current Affairs Panelists from the U.S. War College "Shifting the Balance: The Impact of Terrorism on World Order"

Fall 2001
Christopher Hickey "Identity Comes in Peers: Adolescence Case Studies in Australia and the US"
Pacita Abad "Women Artists in Asia"
Manuel Aramendia "The Contemporary Art Scene in Spain"
William Gleason "An American in Ukraine: Reflections on a Newly Independent Country"
Sally McWilliams "From NJ-here to NJ-there: Living and Teaching at Nanjing University"
Felicien Assoumou "The Scourge of AIDS/HIV in Africa: Is There A Solution?"
Richard Repka "Slovakia and Its Place in Europe"
Pacita Abad "Women Artists in Asia"
Spring 2001
Lizhong Yu "Responding to Environmental Challenges in China"
Margaret Mukherjee: " Our Woman in Ukraine: Perspectives on a Semester Teaching in Kirovograd"
Xu Xin : "The Role of Religion in China: From Taoism and Buddhism to Judaism and Falun Gong"
Megan Laverty: " Aboriginal Land Rights: A Philosophical View of Australian Controversies"
Monika Matay: " Controversial Views about Feminism in Hungary"
Chen Chen: "Come Watch The Sun Go Home: A Memoir of China"
Ludmilla Garkusha: "Replenishing Civil and Moral Resources in Ukrainian Society"
Pavel Lushyn: "Practicing Psychological Therapy in Post Soviet Ukraine"