Past Events


March 2012

Intercultural Residency Series: Spring 2012
Improvisations: Raga in Afghanistan and North India
March 6-10
A unique international music collaboration will come together at Brandeis from March 6 to 10 as part of the MusicUnitesUs program. Homayun Sakhi is the outstanding Afghan rubab player of his generation. Ken Zuckerman, an American, is internationally acclaimed as one of today’s finest sarod virtuosos. Salar Nader, born in Germany, is one of his generation’s leading performers on the tabla. Together, the trio will create a new and exciting world music fusion.

World Music Concert
March 10, 8:00pm
Slosberg Music Center
Improvisations: Raga in Afghanistan and North India
Master performers virtuosically reunite two historically kindred stringed instruments through the common language of raga and tala.
Homayun Sakhi, Afghan rubâb; Ken Zuckerman, sarod;
Salar Nader, tabla
Preconcert talk at 7:00 p.m. with Theodore Levin, Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music at Dartmouth College
Read more and listen to a preview.

Making a Difference Through the Arts: The Practice of Cultural Advocacy
March 13
 MusicUnitesUs will host the symposium, "Making a Difference Through the Arts: The Practice of Cultural Advocacy," with cultural advocates Richard Kurin, undersecretary of the Smithsonian Institution for History, Art, and Culture; Ethel Raim, artistic director of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance in New York City; Zeyba Rahman, director of the Fes Festival of World Sacred Music; Jessye Kass '13, co-founder of the Attukwei Art Foundation; and moderator Theodore Levin, senior project consultant for Aga Khan Music Initiative.

Screening of "Acting Together on the World Stage: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict"
March 21, 4:00 - 7:00pm
Peter Wall Institute, University of British Columbia
6331 Crescent Road, Vancouver
Free, public film screening with introduction from Cynthia Cohen and followed by dialogue with Commentators including Professor Rena Sharon, UBC School of Music, Professor James Stewart, UBC Faculty of Law, Professor Maureen Maloney, SFU School of Public Policy, and facilitated by Professor Michelle LeBaron, UBC Faculty of Law.  Registration required; please contact pwias.assistant@pwias.ubc.ca. View the event flyer.

Day Workshop:
Acting Together: Accessing Creativity to Transform Conflict
March 22, 9:00am - 4:00pm
 Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) New Westminster Campus
  715 McBride Boulevard, New Westminster, BC Canada 
Fee: $175
In this one day workshop, participants will learn ways to use a range of arts-based approaches in diverse conflict contexts. Read more details about the workshop.

Screening of "Acting Together on the World Stage: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict"
March 22, 6:30-8:00pm
Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) New Westminster Campus - Theatre
715 McBride Boulevard, New Westminster, BC Canada
Free, public film screening followed by dialogue with Cynthia Cohen and Michelle LeBaron. RSVP is required; please contact conres@jibc.ca or 604-528-5608. Read more details about the film screening.


January – March 2012

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Naoe Suzuki
January 12 – March 2, 2012
Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University
Art exhibit by Naoe Suzuki, Senior Program Coordinator for the Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts. Suzuki is showing her current work inspired by water—both its healing power and water crisis around the world. Read more.

Opening Reception
Thursday, January 26, 5:00 - 7:30pm
Women’s Studies Research Center, Epstein Building
Meet the artist and enjoy some refreshments in the Women Studies Research Center's Kniznick Gallery.  

Artist's Slide Talk
Tuesday, February 14, 12:30pm
Women’s Studies Research Center Lecture Hall, Epstein Building

Read the interview on BrandeisNOW.

February 2012

  
Introduction to Peacebuilding and the Arts Program
February 28, 2012, 12:30pm
Women's Studies Research Center Lecture Hall
Co-sponsored event
Screening of the documentary "Acting Together on the World Stage” and a talk by Cindy Cohen, director of the Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts.

Acting Together on the World Stage: Training For Trainers
February 25-26
New York City
Facilitated by Cynthia E. Cohen, Ph.D., this workshop is designed for educators, practitioners and trainers who have experience with the Acting Together project or have their own practice in peacebuilding and the arts in divided communities or schools.
Space is limited. Contact David Diamond, ddjdstar@gmail.com for more information.

February 5-13, 2012

'DEIS Impact!
Exploring social justice on campus and around the worldDEIS
The International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life and the Brandeis Student Union present a weeklong "festival of social justice" -- a milestone in the history of Brandeis University's commitment to healing the world. Clubs and academic departments have planned dozens of events addressing topics from global health to climate change, from women's rights to ancient texts.

Below are the arts-related 'DEIS Impact! events. See the complete schedule of events.

Sunday, February 5, 2012
Playback Workshop: Exploring Social Justice on Campus through Art, Ritual and Social Interaction
Levine Ross, Hassenfeld Conference Center
Together we will explore improvisation as a tool for community building and conflict resolution as well as artistic expression. Open minds, instruments, and all skill levels welcome. Read more.

Thursday, February 9, 4:00-6:00pm
Film: "!Women Art Revolution"
Women's Studies Research Center Lecture Hall
Get in touch with your feminist roots!  Join us for a film screening of "!Women Art Revolution," a documentary by director Lynn Hershman Leeson that explores the Feminist Art Movement over the past several decades through interviews with visionary artists, historians, curators, and critics. Read more.

Monday, February 13, 2012
Nimbaya!: Moving Peace through Drums and Dance & Film: "Wardance"
Shapiro Campus Center
Nimbaya! women drummers and dancers from Guinea come to campus to teach, perform and musically pave the path to peace.  Listen to their stories, watch their performance, learn dance and drumming...then see the film "Wardance," a story of how dance and drumming transforms the lives of children in Uganda as they prepare for a national competition. Read more.


Medicine Wheel Productions and ReCast, Inc.
February 9, 2012, 6:30pm
Medicine Wheel Productions
110 K Street- 2nd Floor
South Boston, MA
Reception at 6:30 and free, public screening at 7:30, followed by a conversation lead by the filmmaker Allison Lund, visual artist Linda Burke, Dr. Cynthia Cohen, director of the Peacebuilding & the Arts Program and Medicine Wheel’s Chief Curator Kathleen Bitetti. The film will be shown  in conjunction with a new exhibition at Medicine Wheel’s Spoke Gallery, “Points of Impact” by visual artist Linda Burke. Together these two projects will ignite a conversation about what impacts all of our lives and the healing powers of art.

December 1-2, 2011

Just Performance: Enacting Justice in the Wake of Violence

This two-day symposium will explore the performative dimensions of justice-seeking in the aftermath of violence, with a focus on Cambodia, Peru and the United States. Keynote by Dr. Salomon Lerner Febres, President of Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2001-2003). This symposium is hosted by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life in collaboration with Northeastern University School of Law. It is free and open to the public.

More information and a complete schedule of events will be posted soon. For more information, email ethics@brandeis.edu.

October 21-23, 2011

Weekend Intensive:
Peacebuilding and the Arts: Community Cultural Development

This weekend program is designed for students, practitioners and policy-makers in the fields of peacebuilding, the arts, and sustainable community, youth and economic development.

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October 23, 2011

"Acting Together on the World Stage" Boston Premiere
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center
Tufts University
Featuring the film screening of "Acting Together on the World Stage,"  performances, and a post-film discussion on the importance and the risks of cultural diplomacy with leading experts... Read more.

April 12, 2011

Peacebuilding and the Arts Think Tank: Educating Future Leaders

The program in Peacebuilding and the Arts invited college and university educators leading programs in the theatre/performance/visual arts/music and conflict/social justice/peacebuilding/social change. Participants explored options for the structure and programmatic focus of a consortium or network of university-based programs educating students to work at the nexus of the arts and social transformation. 


Nexus of Arts and Social Transformation: A Roundtable for Leaders in Higher Ed

A roundtable for leaders and educators in programs in the arts and social transformation to share their experiences and thoughts for educating future leaders in colleges and university settings.

"Acting Together on the World Stage:" Documentary Film Screening

The International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life hosted the official launch of the "Acting Together on the World Stage" documentary. The screening was followed by a series of responses from members of the Brandeis faculty and a reception.

April 1-3, 2011

Peacebuilding and the Arts Weekend Intensive

Peacebuilding and the Arts: Core Concepts and Principles
This weekend intensive was designed for students, practitioners, administrators, advocates and policy-makers in the fields of the arts, cultural work and conflict transformation.

This Intensive was free to members of the Brandeis community and the "Acting Together" project, and open for others for a fee.

Learn more about the program.

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March 10-12, 2011

Intercultural Residency Series, 
Spring 2011

Highlights of Spring Residency
Simon Shaheen: Heritage Without Boundaries
World Music Concert 

Featuring Simon Shaheen and Guests

March 4-5, 2011


"Acting Together on the World Stage:" Documentary Film Screening at 5th Annual No Passport "Dreaming Americas" Conference, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 East 3rd St., New York City. March 4th, 7:45pm.

This two-day conference will focus on a wide range of contemporary works for theatre and performance, viewing cultural transformation from a variety of formal perspectives. Keynote speech by Jose Rivera. Performances from Rock Wilk and Fulana.

March 5th, 7:00pm: NoPassPort Press Salon on Writing as Metamorphoses: Kia Corthron, Catherine Filloux, Linda Faigo-Hall, Carson Kreitzer, Ruth Margraff. Introduction by Cindy Cohen.

February 16, 2011

Mahmood Karimi-Hakak
Iranian Theater Artist, Poet and Educator
In Residence at Brandeis University 

Artistic Director of Mahak International Artists Inc., Mahmood Karimi-Hakak is a poet, author, translator and theatre and film maker who has written, produced, directed, and designed over 50 stage and screenplays in the U.S., Europe and Iran.  His plays and films have received international acclaim and awards at such festivals as Edinburgh, Netherlands, Berlin, Delhi, Montreal, New York, Ft. Lauderdale, Los Angeles and Tehran.  A recipient of the 2009 Fulbright, and 2005 Raymond Kennedy awards, Karimi-Hakak’s literary credits include six plays, two books of poetry, several translations from and into Persian and numerous articles and interviews both in English and Persian. Karimi-Hakak will be giving a seminar, poetry reading and film screening on February 16th.

September 2010

"Acting Together," a new documentary film created by the Peacebuilding and the Arts Program of Brandeis' International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life in collaboration with Theatre Without Borders, was launched at a special screening at the La Mama Experimental Theatre Club in New York City on September 23, 2010, at a major international conference on theater and peacebuilding in conflict zones. Read about the launch on BrandeisNOW. More details on the Ethics Center website.