Black History Month events presented by Gallatin

THE GALLATIN SCHOOL OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY

Black History Month 2010
---Dedicated to our brothers and sisters in Haiti---

Living in America: Culture. History. Politics.

The Music’s in Me
Thursday, February 4
The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
1 Washington Place, Main Floor

Join us for what promises to be an entertaining and informative evening as the
Rhythm Four takes us on a musical journey through the history of African
American musical styles. From the Southern plantation where spirituals were
born to the South Bronx, birth place of hip hop and B-boys, The Rhythm Four
will sing us through the hard times and the good times.

African drummers live! Refreshments. Conversation. A Great Time.
We look forward to seeing you.

Keep a look out for upcoming Black History Month events:

February 9
HAVING A DIZZY[ING] EFFECT: JAZZ, HIP HOP AND IMPROVISING AMERICANNESS
A Lunch Time Discussion
12:30pm - 1:30pm
1 Washington Place, Room 601

February 11
CHANGING AMERICA: RACE. POLITICS. WAR.
A Panel Conversation
6:30pm - 8:00pm
The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
1 Washington Place, Main Floor

February 22
SPORTIN’ LIFE
A Staged Reading
7:00pm
The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts
1 Washington Place, Main Floor

February 25
RELEASE MY SPIRIT: AFRICAN INFLUENCES IN DANCE
Dance Performances
6:30pm - 8:00pm
The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts

Draper Graduate Reception and Spring Semester Kick-Off Party Tomorrow (1/22)!

Join Draper faculty, staff, and students to celebrate our recent graduates (September 2009 and January 2010) and start off the spring semester. Graduates and current students are welcome to attend with their family and friends.
Food and drink will be served.


Draper Graduate Reception &
Spring Semester Kick-Off Party
Friday, January 22nd
Party starts at 5:00 PM
Draper Map Room, 14 University Place

Haiti in Context discussion TONIGHT

CLACS presents HAITI IN CONTEXT: PERSPECTIVES ON THE CURRENT CRISIS

with:

Michael Dash (NYU, French)
Ada Ferrer (NYU, CLACS, History)
Sibylle Fischer (NYU, Spanish)
Karen Greenberg (NYU Law, Center on Law and Security)
Millery Polyné (NYU, Gallatin)
Meg Satterthwaite (NYU Law, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice)
Gina Ulysse (Wesleyan, Anthropology)

Wednesday, January 20th
5-7pm
KJCC Auditorium
53 Washington Square South

Benefit Event Tonight (1/19) for Haiti

Please see below for details on an event to support Haitian relief efforts. A more comprehensive list of upcoming benefit events in New York City has been compiled on the 'Idealist in NYC' Blog. If you know of other such events that might be of interest to students, please leave the details in a comment!

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DISCUSSION/BENEFIT FOR HAITI: IDLEWILD BOOKS

When: Tonight at 7 pm

Where: Idlewild Books, 12 W.19th St, NYC

Speakers: Simon Winchester, author and geologist

Pamela Delargy, United Nations humanitarian response specialist

RSVP: david@idlewildbooks.com or 212-414-8888

Tonight at 7:00, we have two experts on hand to discuss the natural and humanitarian dimensions of the earthquake that struck Haiti one week ago today, the current humanitarian situation, and the best organizations to support to assist survivors. The discussion will include a Q&A, and we will also be selling books from and about Haiti, with all proceeds going to relief efforts.

All money collected at the door (suggested donation: $10) will go to Partners in Health, a community-based organization working on the ground to provide emergency medical services in Port-au-Prince. We will also be selling the acclaimed Tracy Kidder book Mountains Beyond Mountains, about PiH founder Paul Farmer, books by Haitian writers, and several of Simon Winchester's books -- with all the proceeds going to relief efforts in Haiti.

If you can't join us, please consider a donation to Partners in Health, which Charity Navigator has given the highest efficiency and capacity rankings of all organizations working on the ground in Haiti.

Anamesa Spring 2010 Kick-off Meeting

Want to join Anamesa?

Come to the spring 2010 kick-off meeting to meet your fellow graduate students and learn how you can get involved:

Thursday, January 28 at 8:30 pm
Bobst Library, group study room LL1-20 on the lower level

Anamesa, a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary anthology of graduate student work, is published twice yearly, and based out of NYU's John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master's Program in Humanities and Social Thought and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The journal has just wrapped up its last issue, titled Intersections, and is keen on moving forward in a big way: more submissions, more editorial input from everyone, more art, more design, and more fun. Anamesa is one of the few graduate student forums in the country that not only engages with issues of transdisciplinarity, but produces a printed product.

Volunteering for Anamesa is not a tremendous time commitment, but it is a community of highly motivated editors who are passionate about publishing. And we need new staff members at all levels of the organization:
• article editors
• selection committee members
• proofreaders and copy editors
• editors for our online version
• layout and design
• publicity

Interested? Be sure to come by the general meeting on Thursday, January 28 at 8:30 pm on the lower level of Bobst Library (room LL1-20). If you have any questions before the meeting, feel free to contact the senior editorial staff at anamesa.journal@gmail.com. You can also learn more about the journal and read our latest issue at http://www.nyu.edu/pubs/anamesa/index.htm, and be sure to fan us on Facebook.

See you then!
Lindsey Schneider, editor-in-chief
Adrian Versteegh, editorial director
Myong Yee Chin, art director
Julie Baumgardner, senior editor
Christine Woody, senior editor
Anna W. Bardaus, editor at large