September 5 - 10, 2017 CAS Weekly Events and Opportunities

NOTATIONS: Anand Giridharadas 
Sep 12｜7:30 PM｜Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center
Free / No Tickets Required
Anand Giridharadas is the author of The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, about a Muslim immigrant’s campaign to spare from Death Row the white supremacist who tried to kill him. In 2011 he published India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking, about returning to the India his parents left. He is an on-air political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and former columnist and correspondent for the New York Times. 

Supported by the Office of First Year Experience and Eckardt Scholars of Lehigh University, and the Center for Global Islamic Studies at Lehigh University.

The Notations Series is presented by the Lehigh University Creative Writing Program, Visiting Lectures Committee and Zoellner Arts Center with support from an Anonymous Donor.

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Cognitive Science Program
Sep 15 | 3:00 PM | Williams Hall, Roemmele Global Commons
A Brief History of Cognitive Science at Lehigh
John Gatewood, Lehigh University
Celebrating Our 30th Anniversary
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Gipson Institute, Center for Community Engagement, Dept. of English, Dept. of History, Humanities Center, Mellon Digital Humanities Initiative, & Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Sep 22 | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Williams Hall, Roemmele Global Commons
Jane Austen at 200:One-Day Symposium
Registration Required. Free and open to the public. Limited to 75 attendees on a first come, first serve basis. Space is filling quickly!

Events in Conjunction with Jane Austen at 200 Symposium
Sep 15 | 9:00 PM | Williams Hall, Roemmele Global Commons
Free screening of the film, Clueless, Lehigh After Dark 

Sep 17 | 7:15 PM | Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas
Jane Austen Film Series, Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

Sep 19 | 6:30 PM | Bethlehem Public Library
Jane Austen Book Club, Persuasion (books are not provided)

Now through Dec 23 | Linderman Library
Jane Austen and the Rise of Feminism Exhibition

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Opportunities
Department of International Relations
(For Students) 
Sep 5 | 12:10 PM | Maginnes Hall, Room 203
Open House for students interested in I.R. Major
Professors Barkey, Groryan, Kaufmann, and Narizny will discuss the major and their particular research and teaching interests.  We will also discuss internship opportunities in Washington D.C. and the Evans Endowment, which supports housing for I.R. majors who take on internships during the summer. 
For more information contact Edann Brady

Office of International Affairs - Office of Study Abroad
(For Students/Faculty/Staff)
Sep 7 | 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Memorial Walkway (Rain Location - UC 3rd Floor)
Go Abroad Fair
Learn more about study, intern, research, and service-learning opportunities abroad! 
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Pride Center
(For Students/Faculty/Staff)
Sep 7 | 12:00 PM | Pride Center, University Center
Haven't had a chance to attend an #LUally session yet?
Interested in learning the basics of LGBTQ+ identities? 
We still have spots available for our LGBTQ+ 101 session.
Sign up here...

Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Lehigh University ADVANCE, Office of International Affairs & Gender Violence Education and Support
(For Faculty/Staff/Students)
Sep 7 | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | Williams Hall, Room 351
Sep 14 | 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | Williams Hall, Room 070
Women in Global Science by Dr. Kathrin Zippel - Reading Group
Dr. Zippel will be at Lehigh September 21 to lecture on her book
Books are free and on a first come, first serve basis.
Lunch will be provided.
To reserve your copy contact Jeanne Kassis, jek207@lehigh.edu
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Health, Medicine and Society
(For Students)
Sep 8 | 12:00 PM | Maginnes Hall, Room 101
Information Session for Students Interested in HMS Major
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Iacocca International Internship Program
(For Faculty/Staff)
Submit a proposal to lead students on a group Iacocca Internship - Deadline September 15
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Iacocca International Internship Program
(For Students)
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Office of Research and Graduate Studies
(For Students/Faculty/Staff)
Fall 2017 Strohl Research Grants - Application Deadline October 6
Made possible by a generous gift from Dale S. Strohl ’58, the Office of the Vice President for Research and the College of Arts and Sciences offers funding to encourage students to engage in independent inquiry, artistic creation, and scholarship, under faculty supervision. The Dale S. Strohl ’58 Awards support research in the Humanities and Social Sciences for students working with any Lehigh faculty member. These grants are intended to expand the experiences, perspectives, and skills of our students through involvement in research. Travel, research supplies and other valid expenses may be reimbursed up to the limit of an individual grant. Proposed research projects must be independent and outside the requirements of a Lehigh-led study abroad experience, summer course, or other formalized experience.
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Lehigh University Art Galleries Teaching Museum 
(For Faculty/Staff/Students) 
Current Exhibitions
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The Drawings of Wifredo Lam: 1940-1955
From the personal collection of Juan Castillo Vázquez, Havana, Cuba.
Continuing through December 10, 2017
LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center
Co-sponsored by Latin American and Latino Studies, The Visiting Lecturers Committee, and Pennsylvania Council of the Arts

María Martínez-Cañas
Continuing through December 10, 2017
LUAG Main Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center

Visionaries of the Light
Organized by NAEMI (National Art Exhibitions of the Mentally Ill)
Curated by Ricardo Viera
Continuing through December 9, 2017
The Gallery at Rauch Business Center

Aaron Siskind
Continuing through December 10, 2017 
Dubois Gallery, Maginnes Hall
This exhibition made possible through multiple gifts from Alice and Richard S. Thall '55. 

Estraño - Stranger Things
Selected works from the LUAG Teaching Collection
Continuing through December 10, 2017
Siegel Gallery, Iacocca Hall 

...Of the Americas
Contemporary Latin American Art from the LUAG Teaching Collection 
LUAG Lower Gallery, Zoellner Arts Center
Continuing through May 28, 2018

Scott Sherk: SonanceZOELLNER
A Collaborative Sound Sculpture celebrating 20 years of Zoellner Arts Center
Located Throughout Zoellner Arts Center
Continuing through December 10, 2017