meeting of the U.S. -Pakistan Subccmmission on Education and Culture. 

 Participants included representatives of the Government of Pakistan and the U.S. 

 Information Agency, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, 

 the Asia Foundation and the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. 



November 



lecture: Dr. Opeoluwa Onabajo, Department of Archaeology, University of Ife, 

 Nigeria, was guest lecturer on "Stone Figures of Esie, Nigeria: An Historical 

 Enigma," at the National Museum of African Art. 



November 1-2 



Symposium: The National Zoological Park's fifth annual symposium for the public, 

 "Wildlife Survivors in the Human Niche," was held emphasizing animals that have 

 successfully survived in cities and other human-dominated environments. 



November 2 



Concert and Symposium: The 20th-century Consort gave the first of four concerts 

 of the 1985-86 season at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and celebrated 

 the 10th anniversary of its founding with a symposium featuring American 

 composers Stephen Albert, George Crumb and Joseph Schwantner. 



November 5-6 



Seminar: "British Historic Research Trust at Newington House: Same New 

 Initiatives in Preservation" was held by the Office of Smithsonian Symposia and 

 Seminars in connection with the National Gallery of Art's exhibition on British 

 country houses, as part of the longstanding Smithsonian series, "Voluntarism and 

 the Public Interest." The program featured lectures by Christopher Mai tin, owner 

 of Newington House and the Countess of Roseberry, Dalmeny House, Scotland. 



November 6 



Special Event: "Bamboo and Stone: Materials and Life in Tribal South India," an 

 illustrated lecture by Caroline Stanley-Millson, was presented by the Office of 

 Folklife Programs in conjunction with the Office of Smithsonian Symposia and 

 Seminars, the India Council of Washington, D.C., and the Anthropological Society 

 of Washington. 



November 6 



Fdim Premiere: "Dance of Tears," a documentary tracing the Khmer Classical Dance 

 Troupe from Cambodia to Thai refugee camps to Washington, D.C. , was shown at the 

 National Museum of Natural History. The film was sponsored by the National 

 Council for the Traditional Arts, the D.C. Community Humanities Council, the 

 Khmer Classical Arts Association and the Smithsonian's Office of Folklife 

 Programs. 



