Topic: Global

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Global Film Series presents “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”
Nov. 9, 2015
The film is the first Iranian vampire western ever made. Director and writer Ana Lily Amirpour’s debut is a joyful mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography.
Step Afrika! performs Nov. 17 at Appalachian
Oct. 27, 2015
Step Afrika! is the first professional dance company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping.
Appalachian student/faculty delegation presents at conference in Romania
Oct. 13, 2015
A delegation from the Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University traveled to Brasov, Romania, recently to present research at the Appalachians/Carpathians: Researching, Documenting, and Preserving Highland Traditions conference.
Reflections on Cuba
Oct. 9, 2015
In May, three faculty members took 15 students to Cuba for a multidisciplinary, study abroad course titled “Rhythm and Revolution: Exploring Music and Dance in Cuba.” The group committed to being travelers, not tourists and came away with an understanding of the island’s history, culture, politics and some of what Cubans experience each day.
We Were Travelers, Not Tourists
Traveling through Cuba with 15 students, 2 colleagues and no Internet
Oct. 9, 2015
A group of students and faculty learns about the history, culture and politics of Cuba – and some of what Cubans experience each day – during a study abroad experience.
Nominations sought for Appalachian’s Global Leadership awards
Sep. 25, 2015
The awards recognize students, faculty and staff who have made a significant contribution to advance global learning at the university.
“Rhythm and Revolution” — Cuba Study Abroad, 2015
Sep. 23, 2015
Images from a multidisciplinary, study abroad course titled “Rhythm and Revolution: Exploring Music and Dance in Cuba.” The program was led by faculty in dance, music and global studies.
Kirkpatrick receives Brockman-Campbell Book Award for her Irish-themed poetry collection
Sep. 21, 2015
A poet and professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of English, Kirkpatrick had long wanted to write about Gonne, who was a muse to William Butler Yeats, but she was uncertain of the creative device – such as lyric or dramatic monologue – that she wanted to use.
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak to speak at Appalachian Sept. 24
Sep. 18, 2015
Professor Gayatri Spivak—a brilliant theorist in postcolonial studies—will deliver the talk “The Subaltern, Again and Again.”
Bringing Global Learning into the Classroom
Sep. 17, 2015
Appalachian Students tie classroom to real world situations with global learning opportunities.
Joyful music
Sep. 9, 2015
Members of the University of Zululand Choir from Durban, South Africa, gave a lunch-time performance Sept. 9 in the dining facility in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union.
Education can be life changing, speaker says
Sep. 4, 2015
Never take your college education for granted, students at Appalachian State University were told during fall convocation Sept. 3. That caveat was delivered by Ishmael Beah, author of the memoir “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,” which was selected for the university’s Common Reading Program this year.
Venue change for Auschwitz-Birkenau survivor speaks Sept. 17 at Appalachian
Sep. 1, 2015
Cernyak-Spatz, who is a professor emerita of German literature at UNC Charlotte, was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Vienna. In 1929, she moved with her family to Berlin, where they witnessed Hitler’s rise to power.
University of Zululand Choir members to perform at Appalachian
Sep. 1, 2015
The choir was established in 2001 in Durban, the third-largest city in South Africa. The choir sings a variety of compositions, from Afro gospel, jazz and soul to traditional, indigenous music and opera.
Appalachian offers study abroad for graduate students
Aug. 26, 2015
Graduate students explore Ethiopia, India and Indonesia and benefit both personally and professionally.
Appalachian’s fall convocation held Sept. 3
Aug. 24, 2015
Best-selling author and human rights activist Ishmael Beah will speak at Appalachian State University’s fall convocation. Beah is the author of “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,” which was the university’s common reading selection for 2015-16.
Appalachian continues its sustainability project at American cultural centers in China
Aug. 18, 2015
The American Cultural Center (ACC) established at Northeastern University (NEU) in Shenyang, China, by Appalachian State University continued a second year of sustainability activities that included presentations and film discussions led by faculty from Appalachian.
Sights and sounds of Ethiopia
Aug. 17, 2015
Doctoral and master’s-level students in Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education and one undergraduate in Appalachian's Beaver College of Health Sciences traveled to Ethiopia in May 2015 to explore social/educational change in East Africa, as well as human rights and social justice from a cross-cultural perspective.