FALL 2014: WORLD WAR I COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS

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The Miami-Florida European Union Center of Excellence, in collaboration with a variety of university units and community partners, is organizing a series of events to commemorate several anniversaries. You will have the opportunity to watch different films and historical documentaries, participate in different academic panels and discussions with experts, and even view an exhibition. To print program, click here

WWI CENTENNIAL:

Monday, Sept. 8 │ 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
FIU, MMC - Graham Center—GC 150
MEUCE European Film Series on WWI (French Documentary – subtitled in English)
“Apocalypse—World War I” - Episode 1: “Fury”
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Saturday, Sept. 20 | 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
New World Symphony— 500 17th Street—Miami Beach
Featuring World War I Music, Poetry and Panel Discussion
“World War I: A Century Later—Origins and Legacy”

Keynote Speaker
● Dr. Michael Neiberg, Professor of History, Army War College, Carlisle, Pa.
Author, Dance of the Furies: Europe and the Outbreak of World War I
Panelists
● Dr. Dominique K. Reill, Associate Professor, Dept. of History, UM
● Dr. Jessica Adler, Assistant Professor, Dept. of History and Health & Policy Management, FIU
● Dr. Michael Miller, Professor, Dept. of History, UM
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Tuesday, Sept. 23 | 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
FIU, MMC—Graham Center—GC 150
European Film Series on WWI: "Joyeux Noel" (Merry Christmas) (French Film - Subtitled in English)
Organized by Le Cercle Francais,Pi Delta Phi, Modern Languages Dept., European Student Association
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Tuesday, Sept. 30 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
FIU, MMC—Graham Center—GC 140
MEUCE European Film Series on WWI (French Documentary – subtitled in English)

“Apocalypse—World War I”- Episodes 2 & 3: “Fear” & “Hell”
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Thursday, Oct. 9 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
FIU, MMC - SIPA—SIPA Café
MEUCE/Broad Series/ Panel Discussion on WWI with FIU Faculty Experts”
● Michael Brillman, History Department: “The Great War in Historical Perspective”
● Gwyn Davies, History Department: “Military Strategies and War”
● April Merleaux, History Department: “Food and War”
● Jon Mogul, the Wolfsonian-FIU: “War in Art and Proaganda”
● Harry Rhea, Ph.D. Department of Criminal Justice and College of Law: “War Crimes Accountability”
● Moderator: Rebecca Friedman, European Studies/History
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Thursday, Oct. 16 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
FIU, MMC – College Business Complex – CBC 155
MEUCE/Broad Series / European Film Series on WWI
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
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Tuesday, Oct. 21│12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
FIU, MMC - Green Library—GL 156
MEUCE Videoconference with the Univ. of Pittsburgh
Conversations on Europe
“1914 Revisited? The EU-US-Russian Triangle”
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Thursday, Oct. 23 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
FIU, MMC - College Business Complex - CBC 232
MEUCE / Broad Series / European Film Series on WWI
“Gallipoli”
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Wed, Oct. 29 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
FIU, MMC—Graham Center—GC 140
MEUCE European Film Series on WWI (French Documentary – subtitled in English)
“Apocalypse—World War I” - Episodes 4 & 5: “Rage” & “Deliverance”
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Thursday, Oct. 30 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
FIU, MMC – College Business Complex – CBC 155
MEUCE / Broad Series / European Film Series on WWI
“Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World” (documentary)
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Thursday, Nov. 6 | 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
FIU, MMC – College Business Complex – CBC 155
MEUCE / Broad Series / European Film Series on WWI
“Paths of Glory”
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Nov. 11, 2014 - April 5, 2015
The Wolfsonian-FIU—1001 Washington Avenue - Miami Beach
Exhibition on WWI - Nov. 11, 2014 – April 5, 2015
“Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture”
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Wednesday, Dec. 3 | 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
FIU, MMC—Graham Center—GC 140
MEUCE European Film Series on WWI
“The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, a vision of the 1st World War by Vicente Blasco Ibanez”,


a vision of the 1st World War by Vicente Blasco Ibanez + Presentation of the film by Spanish Producer Enrique Viciano (TBC)


► To view general flyer on Apocalypse documentaries, click here


► To view general flyer, click here