 | Film Series: Tragic Comedies from the Eastern BlocDate: September 22 - October 27 Location: Geography Building 102 Time: 7:30 PM The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies presents "Laughter through Tears: Tragic Comedies from the Eastern Bloc," featuring four film screenings: More...Visit CREES... |
 | Texas Land Commissioner Discusses Politics and Public PolicyDate: October 16 Location: Dorothy Gebauer Building (GEB), Dean's Conference Room 3.312 Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM The Texas Politics Speaker Series presents a discussion, "Politics, Partisanship, Perception and Public Policy," led by Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson. More...More about the speaker series...Learn more about the Texas Politics Project… |
 | History Professor Examines Cold War LessonsDate: October 16 Location: LBJ Library, Brown Room Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law presents a discussion, "Cold War Lessons and Contemporary Dilemmas" with Melvyn Leffler, professor of American History at The University of Virginia. More...More about the Strauss Center...More about the International Security Speaker Series... |
 | Author Charles Mann Discusses the American Landscape Before ColumbusDate: October 17 Location: University Teaching Center (UTC), 2.112A Time: 4:00 PM The Department of Geography and the Environment will host a talk by author Charles C. Mann on "1491: Landscapes of the Americas Before Columbus." According to Mann, America before Columbus was more sophisticated and populous than scholars previously believed, and a more livable place than Europe. More...Learn more about the event... |
| Film Screening: "Born in the USSR: 21-Up"Date: October 20 Location: Geography Building (GRG), Room 102 Time: 7:30 PM The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies presents a screening of "Born in the USSR: 21-Up." The screening will be followed by a question and answer forum with director Sergei Miroshnichenko. More...Visit CREEES... |
| Texas Politics Project Speaker SeriesDate: October 2 - November 11 Location: Gebauer Building, Dean's Conference Room 3.312 Time: 3:30 PM The Texas Politics Project, a unit of the Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services, presents a fall speaker series featuring Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar, and a panel of top political reporters. More...More about the speakers…Learn more about the Texas Politics Project… |
 | Film Series Explores African DiasporaDate: September 29 - December 1 Location: Beauford H. Jester Center, Room A232 Time: 12:00 PM Adam Williams, Radio-TV-Film graduate student, with support from the Center for African and African American Studies and the Black Graduate Student Association, presents a documentary series: "Africans throughout the Diaspora: Contemporary and Collective Oppression 500 Years Later." The series will run through both the fall and spring semesters. More...Visit CAAAS... |
 | Film Screening: "And Thereafter: A Korean 'War Bride' in an Alien Land"Date: October 23 Location: Calhoun Hall, Room 100 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Center for Asian American Studies and SAHELI present a screening of "And Thereafter: A Korean 'War Bride' in an Alien Land," a portrayal of the fortitude of an immigrant "war bride" in America. The film tells the story of 76-year-old Young-Ja Wike, one of the 10,000 Korean women who married American G.I.s. after the war. Her marriage was the only escape from the crushing poverty of post-war Korea. More...Visit CAAS... |
 | Sociology Professor Discusses the Politics of Health Care AccessDate: October 24 Location: Avaya Auditorium (ACES), Room 2.302 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM The Center for Asian American Studies presents a discussion, "Enforcing Dependency: Immigrant Mothers and Health Care Access" with Lisa Sun-Hee Park, associate professor of sociology at The University of Minnesota. More...Visit CAAS... |
 | Kids Invited to Longhorn HalloweenDate: October 26 Location: Frank Erwin Center Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM The children of university staff, faculty and students will have a safe place to wear costumes and enjoy fun activities at the "Longhorn Halloween" carnival. The free event will feature games and activities, such as a haunted house, face painting, fortune telling, chemistry circus, fire safety programs that will include a close-up look at a real fire engine, and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies will feature a Slavic vampire game. More...More about the event... |
| Political Scientist Examines Current Issues in IraqDate: October 29 Location: LBJ Library, Brown Room Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law will host a discussion, "Iraq and the Future of American Policy in the Persian Gulf" with F. Gregory Gause, professor of political science at The University of Vermont. More...More about the Strauss Center...More about the International Security Speaker Series... |
 | Liberal Arts Career Services Hosts Law FairDate: October 29 Location: Texas Union Ballroom Time: 11:00 PM - 3:00 PM Liberal Arts Career Services will host Law Fair, featuring representatives from more than 100 law schools throughout the country. Attendees can learn more about the admissions process from the decision-makers at the admissions panel workshop October 29, 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Texas Union, Governor's Room (3.116). The event is free and open to the public. More...Visit Liberal Arts Career Services... |
 | 2008 Family WeekendDate: October 31 - November 1 Location: University of Texas at Austin campus Liberal Arts parents are invited to the 2008 College of Liberal Arts' Family Weekend. Enjoy a reception with faculty, staff and students, an open house and a series of short classes taught by the college's distinguished faculty. More...Family Weekend details and registration...University-wide Family Weekend... |
 | Conference to Address Historical Approaches to Race, Medicine and Public HealthDate: November 13 - 15 Location: Thompson Conference Center The Department of History will host the conference "Making Race, Making Health: Historical Approaches to Race, Medicine and Public Health" Nov. 13-15, 2008 at The University of Texas at Austin. Additional supporters include the Center for Mexican American Studies, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies. More...Learn more about the conference... |
| Film Screening: "Covered Girls"Date: November 13 Location: Calhoun Hall, Room 100 Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Center for Asian American Studies presents "Covered Girls," a documentary about the lives of a colorful and startling group of Muslim-American teenage girls in New York, challenging the stereotypes many Americans may have about this culture. The film documents the girls' daily experiences, revealing typical teenagers suddenly caught in a tug-of-war between religious extremism and the American dream. More...Visit CAAS... |
 | Olmec Sculpture Unveiling CeremonyDate: November 19 Location: Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection Breezeway Time: 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) will host an unveiling ceremony for "El Rey," a full-scale stone reproduction of Olmec Colossal Head No.1. The University of Veracruz, Mexico presented the gift in recognition of the university's long commitment to Latin American and Mexican studies. More...Visit LLILAS... |
 | Symposium Highlights Origins of Ancient Mexican CivilizationDate: November 20 - 21 Location: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies will host a symposium on Olmec art and archaeology, "Olmec: The Origins of Ancient Mexican Civilization," Nov. 20, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. More...Visit LLILAS... |
 | Thanksgiving HolidayDate: November 27 - 28 The University of Texas at Austin will be closed Nov. 27-28 for the Thanksgiving Holiday and will reopen Dec. 1. More...Visit the university calendar...View the holiday schedule... |
 | Winter Break ScheduleDate: December 22 - January 2 The university will be closed Dec. 22 to Jan. 2. Classes begin for the spring semester Tuesday, Jan. 20. More...Visit the university calendar...View the holiday schedule... |
