Bringing King to China (and MIT) -- a film screening
Kevin McKiernan and Caitrin McKiernan
Fri Jan 13, 06-08:00pm, 66-110
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
"Bringing King to China" is a father's "love letter" to his adult daughter, a young American woman struggling to bring Martin Luther King, Jr.'s dream of nonviolence to China, & then back to the US. Her life is thrown into turmoil when she learns, mistakenly, that her father, a journalist covering the war in Iraq, has been killed by a suicide bomber. The filmmaker is Kevin McKiernan. Cinematographers include Oscar-winner Haskell Wexler (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Bound for Glory).
Kevin McKiernan's career as a journalist & filmmaker has taken him to some of the world's most troubled regions, from Nicaragua to Iraq to West Africa; his work has been published by Time, Newsweek and New York Times, and appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. He wrote and co-produced The Spirit of Crazy Horse (PBS Frontline) and wrote, directed and produced Good Kurds, Bad Kurds (PBS Independent Lens).
Cáitrín McKiernan first went to China at age 16 for a study-abroad program. She taught in Beijing after attending Stanford, where she majored in Chinese History and also studied with preeminent King scholar Clay Carson. She is a 2011 graduate of Berkeley Law, University of California.
Web: http://www.bringingkingtochina.com/index.php
Contact: Rebecca Ochoa, rochoa@mit.edu
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Contemporary Military Topics
LtCol Tom Pecina
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Contact: Joli Divon Saraf, E40-477, x8-7608, joli@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Security Studies Program
US Navy and Marine Corps
Lt Col Tom Pecina
Session provides an overview of the US Navy and Marine Corps, including roles and missions, organization, and responsibilities. Discussion will also be provided on current employment of and future considerations related to the Navy and Marines. A Q&A session will help facilitate additional perspectives on the service components and offer an opportunity to increase individual understandings of each.
Wed Jan 11, 10am-12:00pm, E40-496
US Army and Air Force
LTC D.A. Sim
Session will provide an overview of the US Army and Air Force, including roles and missions, organization, and responsibilities. Discussion will also be provided on current employment of and future considerations related to the Army and Air Force. A Q&A session will help facilitate additional perspectives on the service components and offer all in attendance an opportunity to increase individual understandings of each.
Wed Jan 18, 10am-12:00pm, E40-496
Joint and Combined Operations
LtCol Karl Schloer
Overview of the US military, including roles and missions, organization, and responsibilities of the National Military Command Authority. Current employment of and future considerations related to the Combatant Commands will also be discussed. A session including officers from each military service will offer an opportunity to further individual understandings of the joint service and their interoperabilities.
Wed Jan 25, 10am-12:00pm, E40-496
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Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arranging
Hiroko Matsuyama
Tue Jan 24, 02-03:30pm, E40-496
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Fee: 10.00 for Materials
Hiroko Matsuyama, an accomplished instructor of the Ohara school of Ikebana, will show you the basics of this ancient art as you create your own flower arrangements. You will get to take the finished product with you to enjoy.
Please e-mail to reserve your spot now and submit the $10 fee to confirm participation by January 17, 2012. MIT affiliates only.
Contact: Susan Luvisi, E40-431, 258-8208, sluvisi@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Japan Program
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Kyudo (Archery) Instruction & Practice
Marion Taylor
Sat Jan 14, 01-05:00pm, MAC Court, Rockwell
Sun Jan 15, 09am-03:00pm, MAC Court, Rockwell
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 20.00 for Instruction
Kyudo, or Japanese archery, means the "way of the bow" and was considered the highest discipline of ancient Japanese samurai. Kyudo is based on standing Zen meditation used by Zen Buddhist monks as a means of cultivating self-awareness. Beginners will receive instruction in the basic form of kyudo, the Seven Coordinations or shichi-do, and shoot at a short-range target.
Reserve your spot by e-mail now and confirm participation by submitting the $20 fee by January 9, 2012.
Contact: Susan Luvisi, E40-431, 258-8208, sluvisi@mit.edu
Cosponsor: MIT Japan Program
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