Skidmore dance students, accompanied by sitarist/choreographer Veena Chandra, will perform Kathak Indian dance in a free performance Monday night.

The anthropological study of a small Afghanistan town, Bazaar Politics -- Power and Pottery in an Afghan Market Town sheds light on the country's difficult search for peace.

Academic, co-curricular, cultural and social activities throughout the week will emphasize the value of international exchange.

Thomas B. Coburn of Brown University, a scholar of great goddess tradition in Hinduism, will lecture on meditation and social activism in a talk scheduled at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 in Emerson Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public.

Recent dramatic developments in the Arab world and on the European continent reinforce the importance of global connections. At Skidmore this week, experts on the European Union will tell how these and other events have a significant effect on global economic, political, and security policy.

Dr. Rita M. Gross, an internationally known religion scholar, will launch a series of talks that will focus on various aspects of Buddhism. Lectures are free and open to the public.

Two discussions and an art exhibition will shed light on the cost of our decade-long war in Afghanistan. The October events are part of the Theater of War in a House a Peace series sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.

Two tropical storms in two weeks led to massive floods and destruction in upstate New York, especially Schoharie County. Residents there continue to clean up and take stock of their homes and businesses. Skidmore will host a two-day collection for flood victims next week.

The world was riveted by the unrest that led to monumental changes in the Arab world last spring. Two scholar-observers will share insight on what happens next at a Sept. 27 discussion on campus. (Left: Revolutionary graffiti from a building in Cairo.)

Author/educator Frances Kendall is a nationally known specialist on diversity and white privilege. A highlight of her two-day visit to Skidmore will be a lecture in which she will discuss understanding and interrupting bias in our community. The talk is scheduled Sept. 26 in Gannett.

The illustrations of Polish-born artist Arthur Szyk will be the topic when Irvin Ungar, art dealer and Judaica scholar, presents this fall's Fox-Adler lecture on Sept. 22. In addition, Scribner Library is currently featuring an exhibition on Szyk.

Ben-Gurion University scholar Daniella Talmon-Heller will discuss Jerusalem's sanctity in Islam from the seventh century until the 21st century and the role it is expected to play at the end of times in a Sept. 20 talk that is free and open to the public.

Geosciences Chair Kyle Nichols made an NSF-funded trip to Namibia this summer to learn first-hand the effects of unprecedented rains in that semi-arid country. Now home, he'll begin his analysis using new lab equipment purchased with the help of the U.S. Army.

Award-winning photographer to speak Oct. 12

Nearly 100 Skidmore students have participated in the Teach in China program which got its start in 1989. Since then program participation has quadrupled over the years, from an average of 4-5 in the early 1990s to this year's 20. More than 40 Skidmore graduates now apply each year.

Social networking is a common link for the 665 members of the Class of 2015, many of whom are connecting online before coming to campus next month.

Skidmore hit the jackpot this year: three students received Fulbright awards for international work/study, and an alum was named a Fulbright alternate. In addition, two students received grants to teach English abroad. Learn more about these new ambassadors.

West African drumming and dance combine with Indian sitar music as two of Skidmore's top musicians bring international music to Zankel Music Center on April 28. Yacub Addy, Skidmore's NEA National Heritage Fellow, will join Veena Chandra and her son Devesh for this special concert.

Visual artist from Cairo to give firsthand account of uprising and discuss how art depicts social conditions

The Sterne Virtuoso Series at Zankel continues this week with a performance by sitar master Imrat Kahn and tabla player Nitin Mitta, sharing traditional music of India.