International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Which women are specially vulnerable to violence? Those belonging to minority groups? Refugee women? Migrant women? Women living in rural or remote areas? Elderly women? 

We are all accountable for playing our part in reducing violence at the individual and community levels. Public awareness needs to be raised if we want to stop it. Creating a worldwide social conscience of the negative impact of violence against women on both social and economic life is urgent. No more lives, please!

Violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of their full advancement. This is one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into subordinate positions, compared to men.

In the first article of the Declaration of the Elimination of Violence against Women, violence is defined as any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women including threats, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty.

The date chosen to commemorate the lives of the Mirabel sisters, three Dominican women assassinated in 1960 during the Trujillo dictatorship, is November 25th. These women were polictical activists who have become symbols of feminine resistance. They were brave, but they were cheated. They were not the first and unfortunatelly will not be the last. That is why impunity must end, adequate resources must be allocated, new laws need to be implemented and national plans of actions to address VAW are welcome.

Watch these videos.

Autonomy and learning

Have you ever thought about how many opportunities of learning English you are missing? I am sure you haven't. "TV discourse as source material for autonomous language learning" is the title of the lecture Carmen Gregory (València University) will be giving next week at the Valencian School of Languages.

The lecture will take place on Wednesday 25 of November at 19:15 in the Main Assembley Hall, on the ground floor (Llano de Zaidia, 19, Valencia).
Intermediate and advanced levels prefered.

The lecture will approach cartoons, sitcoms and talk shows from a discourse analysis perspective.
Don't miss it!

Interested in New York?

Hello everybody!

Here is the information I have about the trip to New York. As soon as I have new information I'll pass it on to you.

This link is a video of the hostel.

ITINERARIOS DE VUELOS:

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IBERIA  333      13/MAR/2010.-   VALENCIA - MADRID          14.00 HS  -  14.50 HS

IBERIA 6253     13/MAR/2010.-   MADRID - NUEVA YORK     16.55 HS -  19.25 HS

IBERIA 6250     20/MAR/2010.-   NUEVA YORK - MADRID     19.00 HS -  07.10 +1 HS

IBERIA  328      21/MAR/2010.-   MADRID - VALENCIA          12.15 HS  - 13.10  HS 

BROADWAY HOSTEL

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ENTRADA DIA 13/MAR.-  SALIDA DIA 20/MAR.

PRECIO EN HABITACIONES DOBLE POR PERSONA ............................................ 1433.-€

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PRECIO EN HABITACIONES MULTIPLES POR PERSONA...................................... 1001.-€ 

(HABITACIONES DE 4 A 8 PERSONAS EN LITERAS) BAÑO COMPARTIDO.

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EL PRECIO INCLUYE :

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AVION LINEA REGULAR (IBERIA). SALIDA DE VALENCIA Y REGRESO A VALENCIA.

TAXAS AEROPUERTO 

HOTEL O HOSTEL. 7 NOCHES EN REGIMEN DE SOLO ALOJAMIENTO.

TRASLADOS AEROPUERTO / HOTEL /AEROPUERTO.

VISITA ALTO Y BAJO MANHATTAN CON BUS Y GUIA LOCAL

SEGURO DE VIAJE CON COBERTURA DE GTOS DE ANULACION.

NOTA: ESTE PRESUPUESTO ESTA REALIZADO PARA UN  GRUPO DE 40 PERSONAS. 

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Review of a place

1. The Almoina Museum
2.Tarrazu  Bar
3. The Kaf Café
4. Casa Tony

When the wall began to crumble

Today the world is celebrating the day the Berlin Wall began to crumble. I remember I was doing a course for theatre directors with an eastern German director called Konrad Zschiedrich, who was then in Valencia. I had asked him about the wall before it crumbled and he had said that there were too many differences that made the reunion of the two Germanies impossible. The main one being the economy: too many differences would make it too expensive for the West. Well, tow days later, there was no wall. Berlin had become one.

The fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989 signaled the beginning of the end of communism in Europe and the beginning of a new era. No one could anticipate the state of affairs today. The 28-mile-long Berlin Wall stood as a border between East and West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Even today the remains are still impressive.

As things are told today, everything was ready for a dramatic change because the Berlin citizens were demonstarting on the streets demanding a change. Apparently, the detonator was a misreading of an official document. An inexact translation, a confused border guard and a natural longing for a better life opened a hole in that wall that would eventually end the Cold War. “The Error That Led to Unity” is the title of the article that revealed the details of the hours before the event that changed the face of Western Europe. Read more.

Have a look at the above links from the New York Times and tell us your oppinion.

The French sculptor August Rodin's works in Valencia

this link
Since yesterday Rodin's sculptures can bee seen in Plaza del Ayuntamiento (Valencia). Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) freed sculpture from the repetition of traditional patterns, providing the foundation for greater experimentation in the twentieth century. His popularity is ascribed to his emotion-laden representations of ordinary men and women—to his ability to find the beauty and pathos in the human animal. His most popular works, such as The Kiss and The Thinker, are widely used outside the fine arts as symbols of human emotion and character. Don't miss the open air exhibition! Tell us what you think.

The linguist Chomsky condemns the Afhghan war in an interview

Have your say. Watch this video in which host, Stephen Sackur, asks tough questions, getting behind the surface that make the news - from international political leaders to entertainers; from corporate decision-makers to ordinary individuals facing huge challenges.

"I bet he wasn't folding laundry."

Carol Greider, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine, on what she was doing at 5 a.m. when the big call came, and her thoughts on learning of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize.
Read more.

Psychiatry and Art

The idea that there is a thin line between creativity and madness has been around for centuries. But now, for the first time, there's some insight into why the two might be mirror images of each other. The list of great artists who might have suffered from some sort of mental illness is almost endless: Edgar Allan Poe, William Blake, Lord Byron, Sylvia Plath, Georgia O'Keeffe and Virginia Woolf are only the tip of the iceberg.Read More.

The University of Valencia has organized an exhibition of great interest at La Nau (C/Universitat, 2). It opens tomorrow with a Lecture by Hélène Tropé (Paris III). "Madness and Inquisition in Spain in XVI and XVII c." is the title of the talk that will take place at The Paraninfo.

The agenda for this term

"Moving on Theatre Company" will be coming to our school with a new play "Food for Thought" on Wednesday 16th of December. There will be two shows, one at 11 and the other at 19.00. The show, as all those who came last year will remember is easy to follow and appropriate for students at basic and intermediate levels, although advance levels are also welcome.

The Coordination is also organizing a visit to MUVIM. In the above link you can download the audio file with an introduction to the visit.
Those interested should ask their teacher or contact the Department Coordinater at the blog address.
There will be a Guide in English and no entrance fee.
The permanent exhibition includes the main thinkers since the Middle Ages to the present day Darwin, Diderot, Marx, Einstein, Freud, etc.). Besides there is another exhibition of Valencian Design. There is the possibility of taking photographs of the labels of the posters with your mobile and translate them in English or, alternaltively write inspired captions of the ones you like best..

As the groups are limited to twenty people, we have to organize the visit in advance in order to book with the Museum, so, please, let us know your name and the best time and day for you. The visits will be between the end of October and beginning of November.

Finally, those who love OV films have the option of watching Tarantino's and Woody Allen's last releases at UGC, Babel or Albatros. Check with the daily paper for times and theatres. all of them have discounts with the EOI student's card!

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Not in English!

This week the programme at The film institute in Valencia does not include any films in English, but for film fans this is always an opportunity to get to know work from Argentina, France or Italy. If you see any of these films don't hesitate to tell us about it and recomend the best choices to our readers.

Welcome to the new academic year 2009-2010 at Valencia EOI

Hi everybody!

This message is to welcome you all to "e-vent", the English Department Culture Blog at Valencia EOI. As you can see a few changes have been introduced to make it easier for you to find the contents.  Different tags will lead you to contents organised around five main areas: welcome, audio and video, agenda, cinema and students. This last section is for you to take the floor and publish your best pieces. Don't hesitate to ask your teacher for help.

As last year, the aim of the Cuture Coordination is to foster the relationship between language learning and the understanding of the world as a set of shared values, behaviours, customs, arts and symbols. The agenda will include information about whats on at The Film Institute in Valencia, at the Theatres, but also Exhibitions, Lectures and Courses. We understand that we are living in a global world in which English is widely spoken. As Spanish citizens who speak English we want to be able to communicate world wide with a variety of people who speak different tongues but whose common language is English.

This year's programme includes a trip to New York in March (13th to 20th) given that the one to London was so successful. This trip will give us the opportunity to visit Manhattan, the MOMA, and other sites we have been familiar with by watching films and reading novels located there.

We will also reapeat The English Tea Experience due to the interest both of teachers and students to share recipies and contribute to a good cause. We shall have interesting people talking about relevant issues, a visit to MUVIM, a show and some other funny activities.

Any suggestions? Do you want to collaborate?