Coming Up in ELC:

Final Reception: TALENT SHOW

• Friday, December 1
• 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
• Texas Union – Santa Rita Suite (UNB 3.502)
• Winners of the Spring 2024 scholarships will be announced!
• Dinner will be served.
• Each semester, our final reception features a talent show.
• Past shows have included:
  • • songs- Karaoke style or musical instruments! 
    • dances
    • martial arts demonstrations
    • poems in many languages
    • international fashion shows
• Don’t feel shy! Grab your friends and classmates to help you out!
• We will also put together a slide show of photos from throughout the spring. Please share your pictures here to add them to the show!
• When you’ve decided what you’ll perform, send Jack an email so that we can add you to the program and coordinate your audio and video needs.
• The deadline to let Jack know if you will be performing is Monday, November 27 by 5:00 pm.
• We can’t wait to hear what you have planned! 

Continuing Student Applications

• For Spring 2024
• Application available online HERE
• We would love to see you again!

Upcoming Social Events:

Final Talk Time

• This is the last Talk Time of Fall 2023.
• Practice your English conversation skills with native English speakers!
• Tuesday, November 14
• 4:30 – 5:30 pm
• MEZ 1.122

 

Thanksgiving Pie Social

• Learn about Thanksgiving in the US with your friends in the ELC. Bring your lunch and enjoy traditional Thanksgiving pies for dessert!
• Friday, November 17
• 12:45 – 1:45 pm
• CBA 3.202, Legacy Events Room

 

 

International Education Week

“International Education Week (IEW) is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education to promote and celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. The University of Texas at Austin participates annually in this important initiative by showcasing globally-focused events held across campus throughout the week. IEW 2023 will take place November 13-17.

UT Austin’s week-long celebration embraces our motto, what starts here changes the world! Colleges, schools and organizations across campus will host events, including Q&A information sessions, activities for the international student community, education abroad information sessions, traditional cultural performances and art exhibits, and dozens of other activities open to all Longhorns.”

Here are some of those events: (view the full list of events online, linked here)

Arabic Calligraphy Workshop

• Join the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the Arabic Flagship Program to learn the art of Arabic Calligraphy. You will learn a unique design taught to you by Austin-based artist, Artby3Afaf. Arabic Calligraphy is the artistic practice of handwriting using Arabic script in a way that conveys harmony, grace, and beauty using the twenty-eight letters of the Arabic alphabet, written from right to left. Program will be taught in Arabic with English translation as needed. Sponsored by: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Arabic Flagship Program.
• Monday, November 13
• 5:00 – 6:30 pm
• CAL 516

UT World Percussion Concert

• Featuring two UT affiliated groups, Grupo Folklórico de Tambor and the Pans of Texas. The Grupo Folklórico de Tambor will be performing folkloric songs from Cuba and Puerto Rico, showcasing a variety of instruments such as batá, congas, barriles, and more. The Pans of Texas is UT’s Steel Band Ensemble. They will perform traditional music from Trinidad, including standards by current, living composers and student arrangements.
• Monday, November 13
• 7:30 – 9:00 pm
• Bates Recital Hall

Sigd: Learn About Ethiopian Jewry

• Join Texas Hillel Foundation to learn more about the Ethiopian holiday of Sigd! We will have Ethiopian food, education about the holiday, and Ethiopian dancing! Sigd means “prostration,” stems from verses in the Biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah, falls 50 days after Yom Kippur, and is centered on the themes of acceptance of the Torah, connection to God, community gathering and yearning for a return to Jerusalem.
• Wednesday, November 15
• 5:30 – 6:30 pm
• Texas Hillel Foundation

International Open Mic Night

• Join us at the historic Cactus Café for International Open Mic Night. Sponsored by ISSS and UHD, this evening of musical and poetic performances features talented students and scholars celebrating UT’s global community during International Education Week 2023. Sign up to perform at Open Mic Night! 
  
• Wednesday, November 15
  
• 6:00 – 8:00 pm
• Free!
• Cactus Café inside the Texas Union Building
• Register HERE

Book Talk – The Rule is for None but Allah: Islamist Approaches to Governance

• The Strauss Center is hosting a panel and book talk on “The Rule is for None but Allah: Islamist Approaches to Governance,” edited by Joana Cook and Shiraz Maher. The event will feature a panel with Dr. Joana Cook, Dr. Inga Trauthig, and Dr. Nina Musgrave. Dr. Trauthig will present on the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood and other Libyan Islamists that sought to participate in party politics after 2011, such as the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), and Dr. Musgrave will present on the case study of Hamas. The discussion will be moderated by Dr. Maro Youssef.
• Thursday, November 16
• 12:00 – 1:15 pm
• Virtual
• Register and Learn More

Film Screening and Discussion: Las Nietas de Nonó – FOODTOPIA: después de todo territorio

• Join artist duo Las Nietas de Nonó, the VAC’s Spring 2024 artists in residence, for a screening of their film “FOODTOPIA: después de todo territorio” (2021). The film documents a performance in which the artists—mulowayi iyaye nonó and mapenzi chibale nonó—commit to subsisting on only hunting and gathering in and around their neighborhood, Barrio San Antón in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Filmed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pair move through abandoned buildings and streams asserting the abundance of their largely Black and working-class community, currently threatened by development and water extraction. FOODTOPIA contemplates the over-industrialization of food in the Caribbean and is an example of the duo’s feminist, decolonial praxis which explores the oppression and endurance of Afro-diasporic communities and epistemologies in the Caribbean. The screening will be followed by a discussion and Q&A session.
• Thursday, November 16
• 5:00 – 7:00 pm
• Art Building (ART), Visual Arts Center, Room 1.102

Japanese Mahjong Game Night

• This is Longhorn Riichi’s weekly online Japanese Mahjong session. They offer free membership; they also teach beginners at their Sunday in-person sessions! Japanese Mahjong is a competitive board game. It shares the same core gameplay with the original Chinese rules while adding some interesting twists to allow for more skill expression and player interactivity.
• Friday, November 17
• 8:00 – 10:00 pm
• For the online games, they will be playing on Mahjong Soul; join their discord server for details on their latest events!