Welcome to Go Global!
Students and staff are being encouraged to 'Go Global' in celebration of the University's wide mix of cultures from around the world.
If you would like more information or have questions about Go Global please email us at isat@uea.ac.uk.
To add your event to the Go Global Calendar of Events and get involved in Go Global, visit our Go Global Event Details page.
Go Global Calendar of Events
March
Go Global International Party
Organiser: Students' Union/Clubs and Societies
Date: Wednesday 20th March
Time: 7.30pm onwards
Location: LCR
Tickets available from the Box Office. Join us for a night of cultural celebration.
Islamic Awareness Week
Organiser: Islamic Society
Date: Monday 11 March – Friday 15 March
Time: All day
Location: Square and Hive (talks in the Elizabeth Fry building)
All events are free
It is that time of the year again to join and take part in the UEA Islamic Awareness Week (IAW) 2013. Please invite your friends and share this amazing once in a year event with everyone.
IAW exhibitions from 11am-4pm at the square and stalls in the hive on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday!
Includes:
Islamic artwork, artefacts & posters,Arabic calligraphy,
A Gazebo where students can sit down, relax and enjoy an Islamic welcoming atmosphere with tea, arabic coffee, dates and Arabic confectionary,
Fundraising for Syria relief,
'Hijaab Booth’ where women are free to ask questions about the Hijaab (headscarf) and try it on and enter a ‘photo booth’ to get their picture taken,
Sister’s Henna art,
'Last the Fast' a challenge to fast for a day.
Evening events:
Monday 11th March:
Muhammad: The man who changed the world
Guest speaker: Adnan Rashid
Time and place: 6:30pm -8pm at EFry 01.02
Wednesday 13th March:
Life’s a pain…and then we die?
Guest speaker: Saleem Chagtai
Time and place: 6pm - 7:30pm EFry 01.02
Thursday 14th March:
Following the fasting challenge, breaking of fast (Iftar)
Time and place: 5:45pm Islamic Centre
Friday 15th March:
The solution to poverty - the Islamic Economic System
Guest speaker: Abdullah Al Andalusi
Time and place: 6:30pm -8pm EFry 01.02
Everyone is welcome and look forward to seeing you all at the UEA IAW 2013
Contact: ueaisoc@googlemail.com
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/192921597498465/
Japanese Computer Games & Entertainment
Organiser: Nana Sato-Rossberg (LCS)
Date: Saturday 16th March
Time: 12:45 – 18:00 (Opening at 12:15)
Location: Lecture Theatre 2 (LT2)
Free - To Register your place email lcs-symposium@rossberg.net
A day-long event with different speakers looking primarily at the evolution and aesthetics of Japanese Computer Games with guest speakers from Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
The event will also include two other talks, one about the British sense of humour and the other about museum texts.
For more information: https://www.uea.ac.uk/lcs/news or contact: n.sato-rossberg@uea.ac.uk
Voices from Greece 2013: The Ionian Islands in Literature and Music
Organiser: Helen Anagnostopoulou-Banakas (LCS)
Date: Sunday 17th March
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1)
Entrance FREE
Part 1: Talks by: Louis de Bernières, Author of “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”, Professor Peter Mackridge (Oxford), Professor Rorerick Beaton (King’s College London) Dr Polina Tambakaki (King’s College London)
Part 2: Live Music from the Ionian Islands www.moosootoo.co.uk
Contact H.Anagnostopoulou@uea.ac.uk for more information.
February
All-Day Salsa Festival
UEA Salsa Society
Date: Saturday 2 February
Time: 11.00am until late
Location: UEA Hive & LCR
Tickets are available at www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk
Everyone is welcome to come and join in the dancing, whether a beginner or experience dancer. At night there will be Rueda with Max and a party with DJ Flecha.
For more information email ueasalsa@gmail.com or find the UEA Salsa Society on facebook.
‘The History of Norwich in One Hour’ talk
Organiser: Dean of Students’ Office
Date: Thursday 7th February
Time: 6.00 - 7.30 pm
Location: Thomas Paine Study Centre Room 1.6
Free to all UEA students and staff, but you must book a place (as limited) by emailing j.amos@uea.ac.uk. Deadline Wednesday 6th February at 12 noon.
Norwich is an amazing city with an exciting, funny and quite unusual past. Join us for a relaxed and informal talk and learn about all the history of Norwich in an interactive and fun way.
Contact: Jane Amos j.amos@uea.ac.uk
Ziggurat Sporting Programme
Organiser: SportsPark
Date: 27th February-20th March
Location: SportsPark
Sporting events still open are Mixed Archery, Mixed Tug-O-War, Men's and Women's Athletics, and the Ziggurat Awards Dinner.
Contact Rachel Tomes from the SportsPark at r.tomes@uea.ac.uk for more information about the events and joining.
