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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#C00000'>Cultural Encounters /
Encountering Cultures<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>A series of ten public lectures by members of the Faculty of
Arts at the University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Winter Term 2010 – Mondays at 4:30pm – Arts
Lecture Hall Room 113<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Join your Faculty of Arts colleagues as they explore the
interaction of societies and cultures. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Upcoming lecture</b>: Monday 18 January 2009,
4:30pm, Arts Lecture Hall Room 113<br>
<b>Sheila Ager</b> (Classical Studies): <br>
<span class=style15><b><span style='color:black'>West meets East: Greeks,
Persians, and the Birth of "Orientalism"</span><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>At the beginning of the fifth
century BC, the Persian Empire sent two expeditionary forces against Greece in
an attempt to bring the Greeks under their rule. These were the years of some
of the most famous battles in history: Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis. The
Greek success in driving back the Persian invaders was seen in later years as
the most glorious moment in all their history. It was also a springboard for
the earliest examples we have of the type of “orientalism” that is
defined by western perceptions that the West is superior to the East.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Complete details at <a
href="http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts301">www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts301</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>James M. Skidmore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chair of the Dept. of
Germanic & Slavic Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Faculty of Arts / University
of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1 CANADA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>E | <a
href="mailto:skidmore@uwaterloo.ca">skidmore@uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W | <a
href="www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore">www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W | <a
href="www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca">www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>T | 519.888.4567, x33687<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>F | 519.746.5243<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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