Ramapo International

Chinese Language Hour
2018-10-10 15:00 - 17:00, 2018-10-17 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | B-127: Topken Language Lab, 505 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, 07430, United States
[B-127/Topken World Language Lab]
Would you like to practice your Chinese language skill? Chinese Language Hours are offered every Wednesday from 3-5 pm in B-127, World Language Lab. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Hindi Language Happy Hour
2018-10-11 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-10-18 13:00 - 14:00 | ASB-123, Roukema Ctr Conference Room
[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your Hindi language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Hindi Language Happy Hour every Thursday from 1-2pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Info Session: Ghana - Service, Culture & Society Program
2018-10-11 13:30 - 14:15

International Programs Open Advisement Session
2018-10-11 15:00 - 16:00, 2018-10-16 13:00 - 14:00, 2018-10-18 15:00 - 16:00 | ASB 123

Italian Night
2018-10-12 17:00 - 18:00, 2018-10-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Birch Tree Cafe
Every Friday night, beginning September 7 at 5 p.m., join other students for all of the Italian classic dishes at Italian Night at the Birch Tree Inn.

Alianza: Latinos Are Us! A Poetry Reading
2018-10-15 13:00 - 14:00
[SC-219 ./ Friends Hall]. Professor Alan Britt from Towson University’s English Department will present this lively exhibit and poetry reading on diverse topics the the Latino reality. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact William Cooper, Culture Club, at whooper@ramapo.edu.
Sponsored by Culture Club, HGS, and Psi Sigma Phi Multicultural Fraternity.

The Emergence of A Local Grassroots Resistance in the Rural South, against Imperialistic Globalization Pressures in India
2018-10-15 13:00 - 14:00 | ASB-230
[ASB-230] The Sustainability Program at Ramapo College of New Jersey, and the South India Study Abroad Program present “The Emergence of A Local Grassroots Resistance in the Rural South, against Imperialistic Globalization Pressures in India” by Dr. Biswajit Mohanty. Pizza will be served.
About the Speaker
Biswajit Mohanty is an Associate professor in the Department of Political Science, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi. His specialisation is on migration studies and election studies. He keeps a deep interest in environment and human rights questions. He has also a close association with social movements in Odisha especially the Kalinganagar and Anti-Posco movement.
He would speak on the success story of the Anti-POSCO Movement, where peasants and landless people, through their sustained efforts, could force a giant multi-national company, POSCO, to abandon its mega industrial project. He will also speak about how social movement actors developed a critique of development discourse during the course of resistance movement and changed the terms of development discourse in this area.

Afro-Cuban Music Demonstration - Performances by Melvis Santa and Ashedi
2018-10-15 14:15 - 15:55
[H-129] Melvis Santa and her band Ashedi, a quartet of professional Cuban musicians, will present two demonstration-performances on Afro-Cuban music. Funded by a Schomburg grant, the sessions are free and open to the Ramapo community. Melvis is a fabulous singer, composer, pianist, dancer, actress, and educator from Havana, residing in New York since 2014 (http://www.melvissanta.com/). Her original music combines Cuban rumba and son genres with jazz and contemporary popular styles. For more information, contact Prof. Marc Gidal, mgidal@ramapo.edu

Afro-Cuban Music Demonstration & Performance by Melvis Santa and Ashedi
2018-10-15 16:10 - 17:45

FREE Passport Photos
2018-10-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2018-10-16 15:00 - 16:00 | ASB-123
[ASB-123] In preparation for Ramapo’s Passport day on Oct. 22 (10am-2pm in ASB-12), the College’s photographer will offer FREE passport-photos. For non-Ramapo faculty, staff or students, there will be a fee of $10. For questions please contact international@ramapo.edu or visit: https://www.ramapo.edu/international/passport-days/.

Japanese Language Happy Hour
2018-10-17 14:00 - 15:00 | ASB-123, Roukema Ctr Conference Room
[ASB-123]
Would you like to practice your Japanese language skill? The Roukema Center for International Education offers Japanese Language Happy Hour every Wednesday from 2-3pm in ASB-123. All levels are welcome. Come join us!
For more information, please email goabroad@ramapo.edu or call ext. 7533.

Mulan: Movie & Discussion
2018-10-17 18:00 - 20:00
[H-Wing Auditorium] Come enjoy the Disney movie MULAN, followed by a discussion with Professor Ruma Sen. Sponsored by the Disney Club and the First Year Seminar. Chinese food will be served after the movie. For more details, please contact Yvette Kisor (ykisor@ramapo.edu)

Different Abilities Pay Off – The Life Story of Eduardo D. Joly
2018-10-18 11:20 - 12:20, 2018-10-18 14:15 - 15:15
[SC 157 & 158]

Diwali Celebration
2018-10-18 12:00 - 14:00 | Friends Hall
[Friends Hall] Come enjoy food, Indian desert, music and a performance by Sukhvir and his troupe.

Expert Panel with Professors Erick Castellanos, Dean Chen, Zhang Jun, and Naseem Choudhury
2018-10-18 13:00 - 14:00
[York Room] Ramapo professors will share their expertise on some of the issues raised by the summer reading, Lisa Ko’s The Leavers, esp. immigration and deportation, China, and experiences of trauma in children. Refreshments will be served. Organized by the First Year Seminar. For questions, please contact Prof. Yvette Kisor (ykisor@ramapo.edu).

Year of Asia and the Pacific BOOK CLUB
2018-10-18 13:10 - 14:00 | Potter Library
[Potter Library]
Join the Potter Library in reading the Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri. Sign up at the Potter Library Circulation Desk. Open to faculty, staff and students. The first 30 students to sign up will receive a free copy. Contact Sam Wittenberg (switten1@ramapo.edu) and Katie Cohen (kcohen1@ramapo.edu) to join, and for additional information.
This program is supported by the Center for Student Involvement & the Roukema Center for International Education. Discussion group will meet from 1:10-2:00 p.m. on the following Thursdays: 10/18, 11/15, and 12/6. You do not need to attend all meetings to participate.

"Youth and State Making in Post-Genocide Bosnia-Herzegovina"
2018-10-19 13:45 - 14:45 | Pavilion #1
[Pavilion #1] Dr. Azra Hromadžić, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Syracuse University, will speak about “Youth and State Making in Post-Genocide Bosnia-Herzegovina,” under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
Dr. Hromadžić will explore the tensions between reunification initiatives and the segregation institutionalized by power-sharing democracy, and how these conditions are experienced among young people.
A native of Bosnia, Dr. Hromadžić holds a doctorate in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of “Citizens of an Empty Nation: Youth and State-making in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

Lenape Language Class
2018-10-20 11:00 - 14:00 | Sustainable Center [SEC-104]
[Sustainability Center/SEC-104]Lenape Language Class held on the third Saturday of each month from 11am-2pm.

80 Years since Kristallnacht - A Commemorative Concert
2018-10-21 14:00 - 16:00 | Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom, 280 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ, 65 Ramapo Valley Rd, Mahwah, NJ, United States
A commemorative concert for the 80th Anniversary of Kristallnacht, the ‘night of broken glass’. It will be held under the auspices of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Temple Beth Haverim Shir Shalom. The event is free and open to the public.
The concert will feature the Madison String Quartet, pianist Itay Goren and baritone Steven Scheschareg in a unique program that will include Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon, Shostakovich’s Piano Trio no. 2, and works by Samuel Barber, Max Brand, Hermann Leopoldi and Veniamin Fleishman. Also participating in the program is Cantor David Perper, who has served Beth Haverim Shir Shalom for 13 years.

International Education Week 2018
2018-10-22 - 2018-10-26 | various
Check our website for more details: [https://www.ramapo.edu/international/iew18/]

Passport Day
2018-10-22 10:00 - 14:00 | ASB123
[ASB123] Come into Ramapo’s International Center for a pop-up Passport Office. Submit your materials, take your photo and in a few weeks later — YOUR PASSPORT ARRIVES! For more details visit https://www.ramapo.edu/international/passport-days/. For questions, please contact international@ramapo.edu, or stop by ASB-123. Sponsored by the Bergen County Clerk’s Office, in collaboration with the Roukema Center for International Education.
