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Past
American Studies Events (by date)
- May, 2006 - Zen in
the Art of Beat Poetry: the influence of Buddhism
on Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder
- March 16, 2006 - I
Hear America Singing: Understanding the Cultural
Values in American Folk Music
- March 8, 2006 - Peter
Vandermeersch, ‘De media in de Verenigde
Staten’.
March 8, 2006 - Paul
De Bruyn, ‘George Bush, The Christian
Right and the future of the Republican Party’
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February 13, 2006 - A Look at the Civil
Rights Movement Through the Eyes of Female
African American authors
Dr. Ethel Morgan Smith ,
Prof. of English at West Virginia University,
Morgantown, West Virginia. Dr. Smith is
an expert on American literature, especially
the writings of African-American and Women
authors, and she is here in the context
of Black History Month.
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June 8, 2005 - Meet the Author! American
author Jonathan Safran Foer
(Everything is Illuminated) comes
to Brussels to share his newest novel, Extremely
Loud and Incredibly Close, as well as
his ideas on writing and commitment. Hosted
by the PassaPorta
International House of Literature in Brussels.
(more
information)
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May 12, 2005 - Trafficking
in Persons
A talk and discussion by Dr. Mohamed Y.
Mattar, Co-Director of 'The Protection Project'
of the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins
University - School of Advanced International
Studies (SAIS), Washington, D.C. and Professor
of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center,
Washington, D.C
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