University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Feb. 10-17

FILMS

2/12 Pitt's Arts and Sciences Graduate Deans' Office, Film Studies Program, Asian Studies Center, and Indo-Pacific Area Council will present "Bioscopewallah" (2006), directed by Prashant Kadam, as part of the Bollywood and Indian Films Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, call Neepa Majumdar at 412-624-5578.

2/13 Pitt's Arts and Sciences Graduate Deans' Office, Film Studies Program, Asian Studies Center, and Indo-Pacific Area Council will present "Herbert" (2006), directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay, as part of the Bollywood and Indian Films Film Series, at 7 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. For more information, call Neepa Majumdar at 412-624-5578.

LECTURES

2/10 Enes Gok, a doctoral student in Pitt's School of Education, will deliver a lecture titled "Higher Education in Turkey," at noon, 4130 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's School of Education, Department of Administrative and Policy Studies, Global Studies Program, and Institute for International Studies in Education. For more information, call 412-648-5085.

2/11 Sven Birkets, Pitt's 2010 William Block Sr. Writer, and Maud Newton, author and blogger, will be featured in a discussion titled "The Future of the Book," at 8:30 p.m., Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, 650 Schenley Dr., Oakland. The discussion will be moderated by Pitt creative writing professor Cathy Day. This event is part of the 2009-10 Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series. For more information, contact Jeff Oaks at Oaks@pitt.edu.

2/14 Kyungsoo Yoo, a professor in the University of Delaware's Departments of Plant and Soil Sciences and Geological Sciences, will deliver a lecture titled "Geochemical Processes Through Geomorphic Lenses: Examples From Eroding Hillslopes," at 4 p.m., Room 10, Thaw Hall, 3943 O'Hara St., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Geology and Planetary Science. For more information, visit www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia.html.

2/15 Vincent Hutchings, a professor in the University of Michigan's Department of Political Science, will deliver a lecture titled "Wedge Politics: The Structure and Function of Racial Group Cues in American Politics," at noon, 2017 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is part of the Reed Smith LLC Spring 2010 Speaker Series and is sponsored by Pitt's Center on Race and Social Problems within the School of Social Work. For more information, visit www.crsp.pitt.edu/news-events/index.php.

2/17 H. David Brumble, a professor in Pitt's Department of English, will deliver a lecture titled "Helena Valero's Yanomamo Captivity Narrative," at noon, 2628 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is part of Pitt's Department of Religious Studies Brown Bag Lunch Colloquium. For more information, visit www.religiousstudies.pitt.edu/events/.

2/17 Andrew Zimmerman, a professor in George Washington University's Elliot School of International Affairs, will deliver a lecture titled "The Civil Wars of the Nineteenth Century: Revolution and Reconstruction in Germany, Africa, and the United States," at 2 p.m., History Department Lounge, 3703 Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet St., Oakland. This event is part of Pitt's European Colloquium Series. For more information, visit www.history.pitt.edu/news/lectures/index.php.

2/17 Nejib ben Lazreg, researcher and curator in the Institut National du Patrimoine in Tunisia, will deliver a lecture titled "The Mosaic of the Birth of Helen and the Dioscuri From Leptiminus," at 4:30 p.m., 208A Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. This event is sponsored by Pitt's Department of Classics and the Archaeological Institute of America. For more information, visit www.classics.pitt.edu/events/.

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