Category: Global
Best-selling author Timothy Snyder, an award-winning historian of Europe and genocide, will visit NIU to deliver the ninth annual installment of the W. Bruce Lincoln Endowed Lecture Series. Snyder, the Housum Professor of History at Yale University, will begin his talk at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium. His presentation is...
NIU’s first international Cambodia Studies Conference, scheduled from Thursday, Sept. 13, through Sunday, Sept. 16, tops a Center for Southeast Asian Studies calendar of special Southeast Asia-related events set to take place on campus throughout the 2012-13 academic year. The calendar lists conferences, exhibits, films, lectures, performances and several events organized around the center’s 50th...
NIU’s centers for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Burma Studies (CBS) and Latino and Latin America Studies (CLLAS) will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30, on College View Court, east of the Newman Center. The event welcomes students and faculty back to campus and introduces them to the facilities...
Fresh off a stellar junior season, Northern Illinois senior middle blocker Mary Kurisch was named to the 2012 Preseason All-Mid-American Conference Team, the league announced Wednesday. Voted on by the league’s coaches, the team includes six selections from each division. Starting all 35 matches last season, the 6’2” La Crosse, Wis. (West Salem H.S.) native...
Want to get paid to add a little culture to your life? ELS Language Centers in DeKalb is looking for people interested in providing international students with housing for the 2012-2013 academic school year. Host homes will be compensated by ELS with a $600 stipend every four weeks for hosting international students. Host homes are...
Want to meet other art lovers, keep up with what’s happening in the art world, see innovative historical exhibits and travel without the hassle of traffic, tolls and parking? Then Get-on-the-Bus and enjoy the ride! Staff at the NIU Art Museum schedule the trip, set the itinerary and make the arrangements. Travelers need only to...
As a part of the NIU Art Museum’s upcoming Southeast Asian Exhibition Suite, “Music for the Divine” showcases Burmese traditions and musical instruments ranging from those used in Buddhist rituals, traditional royal court ceremonies and contemporary multi-ethnic expressions. This exhibition will run in the South Galleries, and will feature the Burma Art Collection at NIU...
Offered in conjunction with the NIU Art Museum’s upcoming Southeast Asian Exhibition Suite, “Karen: A People on the Border” chronicles the lives of the Karen people as they have struggled to survive on the Thai-Burma border since 1962 and cope with the repercussions of a 60-year civil war. This exhibition featuring the documentary photography of...
As a part of the NIU Art Museum’s upcoming Southeast Asian Exhibition Suite, “Current Views and Actions: Photography and Performance Documentation from Phnom Penh” showcases contemporary work from young Cambodian artists Khvay Samnang and Lim Sokchanlina. This exhibition will be held from Tuesday, Aug. 28, to Saturday, Nov. 17, in the NIU Art Museum’s Rotunda...
Greg Beyer, professor of percussion in the NIU School of Music, is a core member of noted Chicago-based new music ensemble Dal Niente. Dal Niente was awarded the coveted Kranichsteiner Prize at this year’s International MusikFereinkurse Darmstadt (IMD). Among the two week-long activities were a rehearsal with renowned composer Brian Ferneyhough and a very successful...
Former Northern Illinois men’s basketball player Richard Oruche will represent Nigeria in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Oruche and the Nigerian team began Olympic play Sunday against Tunisia, scoring a 60-56 victory. A native of Bensenville, Ill., Oruche was a member of the Huskie program from 2005-07. After redshirting the 2005-06 seasons, Oruche...
Can a few lines on a scuffed up scrap of paper really hold the key to changing your life? Yes, they can, says NIU alumnus John Brandon, but only if you remain open to the opportunities they might present. While attending Drew University, Brandon picked up a flyer for the “Princeton in Asia” program, which...
