CUMaSKini – 18 Nov 2011

1. Malaysian Food Festival 2011

Hi guys! The deadline for signing up for MFF is in less than a week! For those of you who haven’t managed to sign up, make sure you do it quickly before the spaces run out. 

Please note that your spot will only be confirmed once our treasurer has received your payment. Also, check out the menu below! 🙂

PS: We only accept sign-ups through the form, not by clicking ‘Attending’ on Facebook. 

Menu:

1. Nasi Lemak
2. Curry Chicken
3. Fried/Char Kuey Teow (Vegetarian)
4. Satay
5. Herbal Egg
6. Curry Puff
7. Cucur Udang/Cucur Bawang (Vegetarian)
8. Seri Muka
9. Pulut Hitam
10. Teh Tarik
11. Longan Drink

The sign-up sheet for MFF is up and running!

SIGN-UP: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGswRTJCLTJfdjJPNVVtYmFVYWJJYkE6MQ

PS: Your seat is only confirmed once our treasurer has received payment, so ticket allocation is done by a first-pay-first-served basis!

Also, tickets will be CUSU-mailed to registrants once Fang Yen has received payment.

Deadline for signing-up/payment: 22nd November 2011

Payment Method –

2. Collections for Terrence’s Family – Deadline this Sunday!

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CUMaS is setting up a platform to collect donations for Terrence’s family. For those who are unfamiliar to this, do read the following newspaper articles about Terrence’s inspiring life story:

We do try our best to make the procedure as transparent as we could, with a spreadsheet (link below) that is publicly accessible for all to follow-up on the progress of the donation. 

By the end of December, the CUMaS committee will deliver the cheque to Terrence’s family, and we will keep everyone updated with the progress.

For those who wish to donate, we would appreciate it if you could take note of the following steps:

Step 1:

Payment Method –

Step 2:

Send an email to secretary@cumas.org after you’ve made your donation : stating your Name, College, Email, Amount donated. This is for us to update our spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApNJ8Cwk34Y0dFliWEh5V1M0cTg0SEpmcURjNDhnNkE&hl=en_US#gid=0 . As mentioned earlier, the spreadsheet can be viewed publicly to ensure transparency and for us to check the progress. 

**If you wish to remain anonymous, you may do so but we will still require you to send the email (as of Step 2) for us to keep a record. However, your name will not appear on the public spreadsheet.

Do contact us if you have any queries at all. 

Note: Deadline for collection: 20th November 2011, 11.59pm

Facebook Page : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=201469573259955

We really appreciate all of your contributions and would like to thank all of you on behalf of Terrence’s family.

3. MNight A******: The Big Meet

A reminder for Freshers about the meet-up for MNight this Saturday:

Block the time: Saturday 19 November, 4pm, Newnham JCR (after you enter plodge turn right, as you walk along the corridor it will be on your left). 

I cannot stress how important this is. This time round I’ll be a tyrant. For all who auditioned, and all who haven’t but are interested to come on board, this is absolutely compulsory.

Wen Zhen

 

4. CUMaS Events Calendar

CUMaS Event’s Calendar for 2011 is up and running! Click on the link below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApNJ8Cwk34Y0dHo2SHh5MDN6a3hKOF9raW1DeDJOMGc&hl=en_US#gi

5. The International Conference on Cultural Diplomacy in the European Union (Brussels, December 6th – 9th, 2011)

Dear Sir/ Madam,

The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is currently accepting applications for the event outlined above, which will take place in Brussels during December 2011. The program will bring together governmental and diplomatic officials, civil society practitioners, private sector representatives, journalists, young professionals, students and scholars and other interested stakeholders from across the world for a program of lectures, workshops, group discussions and cultural excursions featuring leading figures from the fields of politics, civil society, academia, and the media.

The EU & Cultural Diplomacy Conference is the first of a series of three conferences dedicated to enhancing awareness and understanding of international governing institutions and their role in promoting cultural diplomacy across the world. The conference, focused on the European Union, is an international conference organized by the ICD and other leading organizations in the home base of the EU—Brussels, Belgium.

The goal of this year’s conference is to facilitate exploration of the unique challenges currently facing Europe from the debt crisis, to crippling military engagements to the debate over increased political and economic union—funneled through a thorough understanding of the historical and theoretical foundations of the “European Project.”

Conference Participants >

The conference is open to applications from diplomatic and political representatives, civil society practitioners, young professionals, students and scholars, private sector figures, journalists, and other interested stakeholders in international relations from across the world.

To apply please visit: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/cde/index.php?en_ecdc-2011-application-form

Conference Speakers >

The speakers during the conference will include leading figures and experts from international politics, academia, the diplomatic community, civil society and the private sector, from across the world. These speakers will include a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board.

Speakers for the Conference include:

• Adrian Severin - Member of European Parliament; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
• Prof. Dr. Ahmet Evin - Founding Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabanci University
• Alojz Peterle - Member of European Parliament; Former Prime minister of Slovenia
• Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck - Member of European Parliament; Former Belgium Minister for European Affairs, International Trade and Agriculture
• H. E. Amb. Arif Havas Oegroseno - Ambassador of Indonesia to Belgium
• Boris Zala - Member of the European Parliament; Former Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of Slovakia
• H.E. Amb Branko Baričevi - Ambassador of Croatia to the EU
• Csaba Tabajdi - Member of European Parliament; Member of the EU  Delegation for Relations with the People's Republic of China
• Dr. Evangelos Venetis - Middle East Expert, Middle East Research Project, Hellenic Institute for European and Foreign Policy – ELIAMEP
• Dr. Fabrizio Cantelli - Professor of Political Science, University of Brussels
• Gergely Prőhle  - Deputy State Secretary of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Dr. Gerhard Sabathil - Director, European External Action Service
• Giji Gya - Executive Director, International Security Information Service Europe, Brussels and Associate Researcher, FRIDE, Madrid
• Helga Trüpel - Member of European Parliament;  Vice Chair of the EU Committee on Culture and Education
• Henri Malosse - President of the Employers Group, Economic and Social Committee of the European Union
• H. E. Amb. Ihor Dolhov - Ambassador of Ukraine in Belgium
• H.E. Amb Ilir Dugolli - Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to Belgium
• Hon. Indrek Tarand - Member of European Parliament; Former Chancellor of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• H. E. Amb. Ismat Jahan - Ambassador of Bangladesh to Belgium
• Prof. Jan Pronk - Former Dutch Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment; Professor Theory and Practice of International Development, Institute of Social Studies The Hague
• Jean Quatremer - Journalist, Liberation
• Kristiina Ojuland - Member of European Parliament; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia
• Laima Liucija Andrikienė - Member of European Parliament;  Former Minister of European Affairs of Lithuania
• Laima Liucija Andrikienė - Member of European Parliament
• Commissioner László Andor  - Comissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
• Marietje Schaake - Member of European Parliament; Member of the EU  Committee on Culture and Education
• Marietta Giannakou - Member of European Parliament; Former Greek Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs
• H. E. Amb Michèle Boccoz - Ambassador of France to Belgium
• Morten Messerschmidt - Member of the European Parliament
• Nicholas David Bearfield - Director, European Personnel Selection Office, European Commission
• Paul Dujardin - Centre for Fine Arts Brussels
• Philip Lowe - Director General, DG Competition, European Commission
• Dr. Philippe van Parijs - Professor of Economic and Social Ethics, University of Louvain
• Ricardo Cortés Lastra - Member of European Parliament; Chair of the EU  Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee
• H. E. Amb. Salome Samadashvili - Ambassador of Georgia to the European Union
• Dr. Samuel Furfari - Professor of Political Science, University of Brussels
• Tanja Fajon - Member of European Parliament; Vice Chair of the  Delegation to the EU-Croatia Joint Parliamentary Committee
• H. E. Amb Thorir Ibsen - Ambassador of Iceland to the European Union

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The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with headquarters in Berlin, Germany. The goal of the ICD is to promote global peace and stability by strengthening and supporting intercultural relations at all levels. Over the past decade the ICD has grown to become one of Europe’s largest independent cultural exchange organizations, hosting programs that facilitate interaction among individuals of all cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds, from across the world.

Previous events held by the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy include the International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin, May 11th-15th 2011 – www.icd-internationalsymposium.org), which hosted The Hon. Lucinda Creighton – Minister of European Affairs of Ireland; The Hon. Michael Chertoff – Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security; The Hon. Rexhep Meidani – Former President of Albania; The Hon. Senator Tim Hutchinson – Former United States Senator from Arkansas; The Hon. Judge Theodor Meron – Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; The Hon. Yasar Yakis – Former Foreign Minister of Turkey 

In March 2011 the ICD hosted the Berlin International Economics Congress 2011 (Berlin, March 9th – 12th 2011 – www.biec.de ), which hosted The Hon. Nahas Angula – Prime minister of Namibia; The Hon. Jean-Paul Adam – Foreign Minister of the Republic of Seychelles; The Hon. Alberto Jose Guevara Obregon – Minister of Finance of Nicaragua;The Hon. Al Imam Al Sadig Al Mahdi – Former Prime minister of Sudan; The Hon. Akua Sena Dansua – Minister for Tourism of Ghana; and The Hon. Edmund Bartlett – Minister of Tourism of Jamaica.

Please address any additional queries to info@culturaldiplomacy.org 

We look forward to seeing you in London.