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Gwynedd Mercy University is pleased to announce the upcoming Fall Cultural event featuring a world music program with performers from the Mongolian Cultural Center in Washington, DC.  The program will highlight traditional music and dance from Mongolia, the home of Chinggis Khan.  They are especially known for their acapella arrangements using “khöömei” or “throat-singing,” an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and the instrumental music on the horse-head fiddle.  

The Welcome Reception introduces international students and scholars to the Philadelphia area and to the rich network of global communities and resources in the region. The event is provided free of charge to international students and scholars from universities in the Delaware Valley region, featuring live multicultural performances and cuisine.

Why did the Soviet Union collapse? The dissolution of the USSR is particularly puzzling because China -- also a Marxist-Leninist autocracy -- managed to ditch its centrally-planned economy while maintaining an authoritarian political structure. Christopher Miller’s research in Soviet archives has found that Soviet officials closely followed Chinese policy, and directly copied many Chinese reforms.

Now in its eleventh year, the U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium (FPC) is an exciting three-day program designed to help Chinese graduate students and visiting scholars of all disciplines better understand the complex forces that shape American foreign policy. This year's FPC will be held from May 28 to May 30, 2014 at The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, with cooperation from the Sigur Center for Asian Studies.

Embassy of Japan is seeking unpaid, part- to full-time interns (12-35hrs/week) for Summer 2014. Internship start/end dates and hours are customized with the academic schedule of the chosen candidate.

The annual Delaware Valley Study Abroad Re-Entry Conference aims to provide college and university students who have recently returned from a study abroad experience with a variety of information. Developed by a committee of study abroad professionals, the conference will offer sessions on topics including career paths of study abroad participants, volunteer and non-profit opportunities abroad, the fellowship experience, and internationalizing your résumé and interviews. This event is open to any student from a college or university in Philadelphia or Delaware Valley who has studied abroad, in any foreign country, for any length of time.

Students with a love of languages and foreign cultures will find the immersive environment at Penn ideal to their studies. Not only is STARTALK a great way to learn Chinese, but it is also an excellent opportunity for students to experience campus life at the University of Pennsylvania and to enhance college applications and resumes.

As the role of contested spaces in the social, economic and political life of modern South Asia continues to transform vis-a-vis the expansion of global capitalism, (neo)liberal economic policies, the rise of historically marginalized political movements, transformations of the Indian economy and media, and the expansion of local and transnational organizations, this conference brings together prominent faculty engaged in re-theorizing space in an increasingly globalized region to discuss developments in the field as well as to chart future avenues for research.