Gender and Nationalism in Middle Eastern Cinema: A
Series of Contemporary Films from the Middle East -- Tuesday Evenings
7:30 in the Woodrow Wilson School, Bowl 5
February 24: "Dreams of Hind and Camilia" (Egypt, 1989. Arabic) The Egyptian 'Thelma and Louise.'
March 10: "Berdel." (Turkey, 1990. Turkish.) Examination of custom in Berdel, exchange of daughter for wife, in rural village.
March 24: "The White Balloon." (Iran, 1995. Persian.) Young girl's adventures in the streets of Tehran.
April 7 (?): "Laura Adler's Last Love Affair." (Israel, 1990. Hebrew and Yiddish.) An aging Yiddish Diva and her fans.
April 21: "Battle of Algiers." (Algeria, 1966. French and Arabic.) Classic Rendition of Algerian Independence.
All Films with English Subtitles
April 8, 4:30: Professor Steve Pischke (MIT & Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago), "Changes in Returns to Education and Kid's Education Outcomes." Industrial Relations/Labor Economics Seminar Series, WWS, Bowl 5.
April 28, Tuesday, Noon: Claudia Goldin & Larry Katz (Harvard University & Russell Sage Foundation), "Human Capital and Social Capital: The Rise of Secondary Schooling in America."OPR 21 Prospect Avenue, Room 101, Notestein Hall
Lecture: "Theoretical Gender and Clinical Gender," Nancy
Chodorow (Berkeley), April 16, Thursday, 4:30 p.m., WWS Bowl 1
Princeton
University 1998 Calanders
