[Peace-political] events of interest at UIUC

[Sharon Irish]

FYI, two events this Tuesday, 10/23 and a film on Wednesday, 10/24. Sharon

1. The Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (PSAMES) and Arms 
Control, Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS) invite you to 
attend the seventh in our Fall Brown Bag Series.

Building Lasting Peace: Issues of Implementation
of Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord
Bushra Chowdhury
Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, 
Bangladesh and
Visiting Scholar, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and International 
Security, UIUC
Tuesday, 23 October 2001
Lucy Ellis Lounge, Room 1080, Foreign Language Building
707 S. Mathews, Urbana
NOON
Ms. Bushra Hasina Chowdhury is a full-time Lecturer at the Department of 
International Relations in the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She is 
currently working at the UIUC Program in Arms Control, Disarmament and 
International Security (ACDIS) as a Visiting Scholar from June through 
December, 2001. Ms. Chowdhury received her Masters in Social Science in 
International Relations from the University of Dhaka in 1996. Before 
joining the university in 1999 she worked on urban micro credit at the 
Shakti Foundation for Disadvantaged Women in Bangladesh and on Child 
Disability in UNICEF. She also worked in the Grameen Bank for a short 
period of time.
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2. The Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and the Illinois 
Program for Research in the Humanities invite you to attend a panel discussion:
"The War on Terrorism": Long Term Issues and Implications
Tuesday, Oct. 23
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
228 Natural History Building,
1301 W. Green St., Urbana
"The War on Terrorism" has so far led to new alliances involving countries 
with different and, in some cases, conflicting interests. It has raised 
questions about U.S. foreign policy in South Asia and the Middle East, the 
Arab-Israeli and Pakistan-India conflicts, the proliferation of 
non-conventional weapons, U.S. relations with Iran, and the issue of the 
absence or weakness of democratic and civil society institutions in most 
countries of the area.
Speakers:
Badredine Arfi, Political Science, UIUC
Hadi Esfahani, Economics, UIUC
Jamal Nassar, Political Science, UIUC
Cliff Singer, Nuclear Engineering and Director, ACDIS, UIUC
Moderator:
Ken Cuno, History, UIUC
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The Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and The Unit for 
Cinema Studies would also to invite you the sixth screening of our South 
Asian Families at Home and in the Diaspora: A Film Series.
My Son the Fanatic
7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, 24 October 2001
66 Library, 1408 W. Gregory, Urbana
FREE and Open to the Public. A Discussion will follow.
The son shouts at his father: "They live in pornography and filth and tell 
us how backward we are." The son is first generation British, the father a 
Pakistani taxi driver. "They" are the indigenous population of a once 
industrial northern town. Hanif Kureishe's script covers the racial divide 
between a politically awakened younger generation who speak English with a 
Yorkshire accent and their parents who have adapted to the British ways of 
waste. The boy's father has been driving his cab for 25 years. He has 
gained the response of the locals because he doesn't treat them like his 
son and his friends. The film is well written, and grapples with identity 
issues at multiple levels.
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For a complete listing of events, visit our website at: 
http://www.uiuc.edu/providers/psames/events/

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