Lecture series brings the world to local families
June 5, 2012
907-474-7588
6/5/12
The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning will sponsor a family-friendly lecture series offering attendees insight on growing up in another culture.
Family Cultural Night will be held Mondays through July 2 at 7 p.m. at the UA Museum of the North on the UAF campus. The series features UAF students and staff and faculty members. They will share their impressions of life in another country. The countries included in the series are: Taiwan, Ukraine, Bangladesh and Egypt.
For more information please contact Summer Sessions at 907-474-7021 or visit http://www.uaf.edu/summer/summer-events/cultural-night/. Following is a schedule of events:
June 11—“The Culture of Taiwan,” with Ying Chih Fang
June 18—“Beauty of Ukraine,” with Inna Conner
June 25—“The Changing Face of Grameen (Rural) Women of Bangladesh,” with Trina Mamoon
July 2—“Egypt: The Second State,” with Ahmed Hosney Ahmed Kamel
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: UAF Summer Sessions at 907-474-7021 or summer@alaska.edu.
ON THE WEB: http://www.uaf.edu/summer/summer-events/cultural-night/
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