In celebration of International Education Week, the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) invites all BGSU students, staff, and faculty for a social gathering as we engage in an afternoon of sampling appetizers from around the world, participating in fun cultural activities, and discovering the global community in Bowling Green. This is a Ziggy Points event!

When: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 from 4-5:30 p.m.
Where: Multipurpose Room, BTSU

If you have any questions, please contact Derron Borders (derronb@bgsu.edu).

World Student Association invites you to the annual International Dinner, which will take place on Saturday, November 14th, 2015 at 6:00pm in the Lenhart Grand Ballroom in the Student Union! Doors will open at 5:30pm and dinner will begin at 6:00pm

For more information or questions on this event, please contact WSA at sarao@bgsu.edu

The pricing for tickets are:
​Individual – $12 each
Table – $100 for a party of ten people
Volunteers – $10 each

Thursday’s International Film (October 29, 7:30 pm, Gish Theatre) “Bab el-Oued City” was released in 1994 but provides an interesting history to the current crisis leading migrants to take on potentially fatal risks as they leave their countries of origin in search of a better future. Merzak Allouache, the director, is also known for “Salut, cousin” (1996), a more lighthearted treatment of the differences between “North Africans”—one raised in Paris, the other in Alger. His film “Harragas” (2009) deals with those Maghrébins who burned their identity papers before crossing the Mediterranean in the hope of being thereby able to resist deportation.

“Bab el-Oued City” documents the beginnings of the political crisis during the 1990s in Algeria, which noted historian Benjamin Stora calls the “invisible war” or the war against civilians rather than “civil war” per se. I find that it succeeds in showing contemporary Algerian culture in more nuanced terms while also demonstrating how a community gradually breaks down in a neighborhood traditionally associated with political resistance (the district of “Bab el-Oued City”). Comments by: Dr. Beatrice Guenther

The film is free and open to students, staff, faculty and the pubic.

New York Times Film Review http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/134200/Bab-El-oued-City/overview

“Cuba Online: the Challenge of Knowing and Communicating in an Offline Country”
by Xenia Reloba de la Cruz

October 29, 2015 – 4:00 PM
Bowen-Thompson Student Union
Alumni Meeting Room (316)

Although recent efforts have sought to expand internet accessibility to Cubans, issues regarding connectivity in Cuba are still complex and expensive. Drawing on a tradition of reinvention, Cubans have devised alternative networks for the distribution of content and information, as well as other ways to circulate knowledge about their reality.

Based in Havana, Cuba, Xenia Reloba de la Cruz (Cuba, 1972) is the main editor of Casa de Las Américas, the oldest and most prestigious journal focusing on revolutionary thought and literature in Cuba. She is also editor of the annual magazine, “Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano.” She is co-author of the book, Habáname: la ciudad musical de Carlos Varela, edited in Toronto and Havana. Ms. Reloba de la Cruz earned her degree in Journalism at the University of Havana in 1994.

La Maison Francaise (French House) is hosting Cafe Conversation today (Friday) from 4:30-5:20 p.m. in 024 Kohl Hall.

Dr. Beatrice Guenther and Dr. Jennifer Wolter will be sharing information about the French program at BGSU, including Spring 2016 course offerings, the French major, minor, applied minor, and study abroad programs. Join us for cake, coffee, and conversation!

Follow us at “BGSU French House” on Facebook for more updates.