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Punjabi, Bollywood, and Iraq – Issues, experts, and ideas
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January 11, 2007
Punjabi for politicians
Bound for Bollywood
On the war path
Bound for Bollywood
On the war path
Punjabi for politicians
NDP MLAs Sue Hammell (Surrey Green Timbers) and Bruce Ralston (Surrey Whalley) are among the many students studying beginners Punjabi at SFU Surrey this year. Hammell, who can now read the language with some confidence, enrolled in the classes to better communicate with her constituents. Many of her fellow students are first- or second-generation Indo-Canadians—professional and business people—who did not have access to Punjabi classes in the school system. The next term of Beginners Punjabi, Levels I and II, runs Jan. 20 to April 14, 2007 at SFU Surrey; tuition is $300. To register, call 604-291-5184 or e-mail language@sfu.ca.
For more information: www.sfu.ca/cstudies/lang/silp
Bound for Bollywood
As Vancouver prepares for the opening of the Bollywood blockbuster Guru this Friday, SFU Contemporary Arts professor Patricia Gruben is preparing to travel to the university’s newest field school in Bollywood with a group of film students. Gruben can comment on the significance of this particular film opening and explain why Indian films are attracting growing audiences around the world. She can also talk about what SFU students hope to learn during their upcoming term studying Indian arts and culture at various universities and film schools in India.
Patricia Gruben (in Canada until Thursday, Jan. 18/07): gruben@sfu.ca
On the war path
President George Bush announced yesterday he will commit at least another 20,000 troops to the war in Iraq despite recommendations that the U.S. begin withdrawing troops from the country. Some observers wonder: is it Vietnam all over again? SFU political scientist Alex Moens, who authored a book on Bush’s foreign policy, can comment.
Alex Moens: alexander_moens@sfu.ca; 604-291-4361
NDP MLAs Sue Hammell (Surrey Green Timbers) and Bruce Ralston (Surrey Whalley) are among the many students studying beginners Punjabi at SFU Surrey this year. Hammell, who can now read the language with some confidence, enrolled in the classes to better communicate with her constituents. Many of her fellow students are first- or second-generation Indo-Canadians—professional and business people—who did not have access to Punjabi classes in the school system. The next term of Beginners Punjabi, Levels I and II, runs Jan. 20 to April 14, 2007 at SFU Surrey; tuition is $300. To register, call 604-291-5184 or e-mail language@sfu.ca.
For more information: www.sfu.ca/cstudies/lang/silp
Bound for Bollywood
As Vancouver prepares for the opening of the Bollywood blockbuster Guru this Friday, SFU Contemporary Arts professor Patricia Gruben is preparing to travel to the university’s newest field school in Bollywood with a group of film students. Gruben can comment on the significance of this particular film opening and explain why Indian films are attracting growing audiences around the world. She can also talk about what SFU students hope to learn during their upcoming term studying Indian arts and culture at various universities and film schools in India.
Patricia Gruben (in Canada until Thursday, Jan. 18/07): gruben@sfu.ca
On the war path
President George Bush announced yesterday he will commit at least another 20,000 troops to the war in Iraq despite recommendations that the U.S. begin withdrawing troops from the country. Some observers wonder: is it Vietnam all over again? SFU political scientist Alex Moens, who authored a book on Bush’s foreign policy, can comment.
Alex Moens: alexander_moens@sfu.ca; 604-291-4361