Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/group/1968/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (March 19, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (March 19, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21835998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Book Talk by Yang Su: Deadly Decision in Beijing: Succession Politics, Protest Repression and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre (Cambridge University Press, 2023) (March 19, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117589 117589-21839555@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/XnAqP

In a play-by-play account of the elite politics that led to the military crackdown, Yang Su addresses the repression of the protest in the context of political leadership succession. Beneath the political drama, "Deadly Decision in Beijing" explores the authoritarian regime's perpetual crisis of leadership transition and its impact on popular movements.

Yang Su is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine and a scholar of social movements, revolution, and political violence. His book "Collective Killings in Rural China during the Cultural Revolution" (2011) was a winner of the Barrington Moore Book Award and an Honourable Mention of the Charles Tilly Book Award of the American Sociological Association.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:24:37 -0500 2024-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2024-03-19T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Book Talk by Yang Su: Deadly Decision in Beijing: Succession Politics, Protest Repression and the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Fulbright Info Session: Graduate Study (March 19, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119325 119325-21842570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Register for this Zoom presentation at http://myumi.ch/3Q3zn

Learn about the largest international exchange program for U.S. citizens, offering funding for study, research, and teaching in over 140 countries. No matter your area of study, no matter your academic level, now is the BEST time to learn more about the Fulbright Program and the upcoming competition.

This info session is for applicants who are interested in pursuing graduate study through Fulbright. We will discuss selecting and applying for graduate degree program admission as well as crafting a Fulbright application for graduate study.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:13:41 -0500 2024-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2024-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Presentation Fulbright Info Session: Graduate Study
CED Lecture. Racial Divides in the Trump Insurrection and Democracy (March 19, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/120230 120230-21844432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Did Trump and his MAGAites inflict damage on American political institutions via election denialism and the assault on the U.S. Capitol? While most pundits and many scholars find this a question easy to answer in the affirmative, to date, little rigorous evidence has been adduced on Trump’s institutional consequences. Based on surveys of representative samples of the American people in July 2020, December 2020, March 2021, and June 2021, my analysis examines in great detail whether American political institutions lost legitimacy over the period from before the presidential election to well after it and whether any such loss is associated with acceptance of the “Big Lie” about the election and its aftermath. With one exception, my highly contrarian conclusion is simple: try as they might (and did), Trump and his Republicans did not, in fact, succeed in undermining American national political institutions. The empirical evidence indicates that institutions seem to be more resilient than many have imagined, just as the Legitimacy Theory would predict. The exception, however, is of utmost importance for American politics: Among African Americans, support for democratic institutions and values waned considerably, largely as a consequence of factors such as the insurrection and experience, vicarious and personal, with unfair treatment by legal authorities.

James L. Gibson is the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government in the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis, and Professor Extraordinary in Political Science, Stellenbosch University (South Africa). Gibson’s research interests are in Law and Politics, Comparative Politics, and American Politics. Gibson’s books included the widely acclaimed South African *Overcoming Trilogy (Overcoming Intolerance, Overcoming Apartheid, Overcoming Historical Injustices)*. In 2021, Gibson was elected as an Honorary Foreign Associate of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf). In 2011, Gibson received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association and in 2021 he was recognized by the International Society of Political Psychology with the Harold Lasswell Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Political Psychology.

Register to the event: https://myumi.ch/5yWPw

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:51:01 -0400 2024-03-19T16:00:00-04:00 2024-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Image of the speaker, James L. Gibson, Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government Department of Political Science Washington University, St. Louis
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (March 20, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (March 20, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21835999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Militarism and Neocolonialism in Contemporary Muslimah Indonesian Literature (March 20, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119853 119853-21843671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Arguably, many missing persons and missing activists in the era of the Suharto dictatorship have remained buried and silenced. However, this brutal attitude is seemingly hidden without clear responsibilities from Suharto’s or current militarism. To question the responsibility of the Suharto regime and the Indonesian government, this talk discusses how the selected literary texts written by Indonesian Muslimah writers, such as Leila Chudori’s The Sea Speaks His Name (2017) and Okky Madasari’s The Years of the Voiceless (2010) challenge militarism and neocolonialism perpetuated by Suharto’s regime for 33 years (1965-1998). This discussion is essential to challenge neocolonialism and the legacy of colonialism, which is seemingly over but perpetuated by the militarism that oppressed and silenced Indonesian people, especially in the era of Suharto’s Orde Baru (New Era) even though Indonesia is now getting better and developed well under the Reform era, which is a more open political-social environment and grassroots economic improvement since May 1998.

Dr. Hasnul Insani Djohar is a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (2023-24) at Southern Utah University and an Associate Professor of English and Head of the English Department (2019-2023) at Syarif Hidayatullah Islamic State University Jakarta. Dr. Djohar is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Muslim English Literature Journal. She holds a Ph.D. in English Literature (Global Muslim Literature) from the University of Exeter, the UK. Her book Rewriting Islam: Decolonialism, Justice, and Contemporary Muslimah Literature is being published by the Ohio State University Press in June 2024.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2024 12:41:09 -0500 2024-03-20T16:00:00-04:00 2024-03-20T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Militarism and Neocolonialism in Contemporary Muslimah Indonesian Literature
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (March 21, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (March 21, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Is the Nuclear Taboo Still Robust in Japan? (March 21, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117577 117577-21839534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at http://myumi.ch/j7p4q

Could the Japanese public endorse the acquisition of nuclear weapons? Unfortunately, this question has recently gained significant relevance, primarily due to escalating military threats from nuclear-armed nations such as China and North Korea. This talk will provide empirical evidence suggesting that the longstanding nuclear taboo in Japan could be challenged in the face of a deteriorating security environment.

Naoko Matsumura is a Professor of International Relations at Kobe University. Her current research focuses on public opinion and foreign policies, with a particular emphasis on Japanese public opinion regarding nuclear weapons. She also studies the roles of international organizations in facilitating international cooperation. She explores these topics using survey experiments. Her recent articles have appeared in *Journal of Peace Research*, *Journal of East Asian Studies*, and *Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy*. She received her Ph.D. in political science from Rice University.

*This lecture is made possible with the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.*

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at wugou@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:06:28 -0500 2024-03-21T12:00:00-04:00 2024-03-21T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Is the Nuclear Taboo Still Robust in Japan?
CJS Winter 2024 Film Series | *One Cut of the Dead* (March 21, 2024 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117436 117436-21839298@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2024 7:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Tickets may be purchased at: https://myumi.ch/358Pz

Real zombies attack a hack director and a film crew who are shooting a low budget zombie film in an abandoned WWII Japanese facility.

Curator's note by Markus Nornes: *One Cut of the Dead* took Japan by storm in 2017, raking in a profit a thousand times higher than its minimal cost. Aside from the fun mix of comedy and shock, audiences were drawn by the premise: a one-shot zombie film.

Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film, including ratings, at https://imdb.com/title/tt7914416/

More about the film series at https://michtheater.org/cjs-film-series-2024

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at wugou@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Fri, 19 Jan 2024 07:51:49 -0500 2024-03-21T19:15:00-04:00 2024-03-21T20:50:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Film Screening CJS Winter 2024 Film Series | One Cut of the Dead
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (March 22, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (March 22, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
II Graduate Student Lightning Talks (March 22, 2024 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/118973 118973-21841987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2024 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

The entire II community is invited to a talk series in coordination with the II's MIRS Preview Days. II graduate students will be selected to present an 8-10 minute “lightning talk” on their research or experiential learning (including but not limited to internships, intensive language programs, or practica).

Anyone affiliated with the II is welcome to attend to learn more about the experiences and expertise of our graduate students.

Featured student speakers:

Anawar Ali, MIRS, Middle Eastern and North African Studies specialization, 1st year

Cecilia Solís-Barroso, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Graduate Certificate, 4th year PhD Candidate in Linguistics

Caity Marentette, MIRS, South Asian Studies specialization, 1st year

Lindsey Quint, MIRS, Chinese Studies specialization and Public Policy, 3rd year

Yinger Yang, MIRS, Chinese Studies specialization, 1st year

Login to this Zoom event at: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98385524721

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at ii-gradadvising@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:10:15 -0400 2024-03-22T11:00:00-04:00 2024-03-22T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Presentation II Graduate Student Lightning Talks
CREES Co-sponsored Event Series. Queer Focus: Gender and Sexualities in Eastern Europe and Eurasia (March 22, 2024 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/117928 117928-21840200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2024 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Register for this Zoom panel at http://myumi.ch/j71eq

Complete series details at https://myumi.ch/RpDJX

Moderator: Alexander Averbuch, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University

Speakers: TBC

Many efforts have been made over the past several years to diversify Eastern European and Eurasian studies. This new spotlight surfaces research that has been conducted by many scholars for much longer, highlighting their commitment to telling stories and honoring perspectives of diverse and minority communities. Their work reveals that while there is no unified queer experience in the region, there is often a one-size-fits all state response to the reality of queer lives in many nations within the region.

How can a queer-studies focus advance conversations about decolonization in East European and Eurasian Studies? To address this question, Queer Focus will have seven virtual panels featuring speakers from various disciplines and institutions. Panelists and participants will explore how gendered regimes were constitutive of Russo-centric relationships of power, defining the region and how we study it, as we collectively grapple with what it means to re-examine our current research, teaching, and institutional practices.

*Panel 7 of the series will provide a specific look at LGBTQIA experiences in Ukraine, especially considering Russia's war against the country.*

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Livestream / Virtual Mon, 29 Jan 2024 15:39:44 -0500 2024-03-22T11:00:00-04:00 2024-03-22T12:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Livestream / Virtual CREES Event Series. Queer Focus: Gender and Sexualities in Eastern Europe and Eurasia
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | From Migpanud to Migsolat: Creating a Literary Tradition in Lumad Mindanao (March 22, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117310 117310-21839156@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/Dw5P4.

For the past decade, a small Higaunon team, composed of elders and youths, has been working hard on transcribing their core oral tradition, known as the Panud, into book form. The Higaunon are an Indigenous or Lumad minority community on the island of Mindanao, in the southern Philippines, and the Panud is the story of their becoming and remaining people since the earliest ancestors. While it can be described loosely as a genealogy, the Panud also contains, among other things, their creation story and a detailed history of their migrations, land claims, wars, rules of etiquette, and last but not least, their religious doctrines and customary laws. Su Panud Ta Baligiyan, published independently in 2023, is the first book (and the only one so far) written entirely in the Higaunon language by Higaunons themselves. Copies have since been donated to the local Department of Education’s Indigenous Peoples Education Program (IP Ed) in Region X, as a major contribution to the tribe’s language preservation efforts. The team also initiated an impromptu book tour across several Higaunon ancestral domains to encourage other communities to produce similar books, and collaborate on a longer-term project to establish a literary tradition for what is currently a non-literary culture. This talk will present the history of the Panud project, and the unique challenges (logistical, political, and epistemic) that we faced in transforming this dynamic oral tradition into written form. The process also highlights the problems inherent to “preserving tradition” and heritage making, and the complexities of being a ‘culture bearer’ in a modern Indigenous minority community in the Philippines.

Dr. Oona Paredes is an anthropologist and ethnohistorian specializing in the study of Indigenous minorities in Southeast Asia. She is Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA’s Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. Prior to UCLA, she taught in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore. She was appointed the inaugural Strom Visiting Professor in History at the University of Toronto in 2017. Her most significant publications include: A Mountain of Difference: The Lumad in Early Colonial Mindanao (Cornell, 2013); “Custom and Citizenship in the Philippine Uplands,” in Citizenship and Democratization in Postcolonial Southeast Asia (Brill, 2016); and numerous journal articles including, most recently, “Preserving ‘Tradition’: The Business of Indigeneity in the Modern Philippine Context” (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2019), and “More Indigenous than Others: The Paradox of Indigeneity among the Higaunon Lumad” (SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 2022).

Oona is currently conducting research for a book on Indigenous leadership and customary law among the Higaunon Lumad of Mindanao. Since 2013, she has also been supervising the compilation and transcription of Higaunon oral traditions for heritage preservation and for use in local Higaunon schools as a ‘mother tongue’ text.

*Photo by Oona Paredes, PhD*

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:52:43 -0500 2024-03-22T12:00:00-04:00 2024-03-22T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Photo by Oona Paredes, PhD
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (March 25, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (March 25, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (March 26, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834801@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (March 26, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Retelling the Story of Dunhuang Buddhist Art: A Spatial Approach (March 26, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117590 117590-21839557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/bykee

This lecture retells the story of Dunhuang art through the perspective of space. Although there are countless overviews of the art of Dunhuang, the framework is generally temporal. Guided by the dynasties of China’s past, these overviews present a linear history of the Mogao Caves, supplanting the actual place with an abstract temporal sequence. This lecture presents an alternative narrative based on visitors’ experience and discusses some representative caves to demonstrate a new methodology in studying Dunhuang art Mogao.

Wu Hung holds the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professorship at the Department of Art History and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago, and is also the director of the Center for the Art of East Asia at the same university. An elected member of the American Academy of Art and Science and the American Philosophic Society, he has received many awards for his publications and academic services, including the Distinguished Teaching Award (2008) and Distinguished Scholar Award (2018) from the College of Art Association (CAA), an Honorary Degree in Arts from Harvard University (2019), and the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art from CAA (2022). Wu Hung’s research interests include both traditional and contemporary Chinese art, and he has published many books and curated many exhibitions in these two fields. His interdisciplinary interest has led him to experiment with different ways to tell stories about Chinese art, as exemplified by his "Monumentality in Early Chinese Art and Architecture" (1995), "The Double Screen: Medium and Representation of Chinese Pictorial Art" (1996), "Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square: the Creation of a Political Space" (2005), "The Art of the Yellow Springs: Understanding Chinese Tombs" (2010), "A Story of Ruins: Presence and Absence in Chinese Art and Visual Culture" (2012), "Zooming In: Histories of Photography in China" (2016), and "Space in Art History" (2018). His three newest books from 2022 and 2023 include "Chinese and Dynastic Time" (Princeton University Press), "Spatial Dunhuang: Experiencing the Mogao Caves" (Washington University Press), and "The Full Length Mirror: A Global Visual History" (Reaktion Books).

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:29:35 -0500 2024-03-26T12:00:00-04:00 2024-03-26T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Wu Hung, Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professorship in Chinese Art History, University of Chicago
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Political Polarization in Korea: Prelude to Backsliding? (March 26, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/118077 118077-21840471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at http://myumi.ch/x78eN

Political polarization is seen as a risk factor for democracies. In this paper (with Yeilim Cheong, Democratization https://myumi.ch/MrQm3), we review twenty years of data on the extent of political polarization in South Korea, linking it to wider debates about democratic backsliding. Although increases in polarization have been relatively modest, they have included differences across new issues, including social ones, and are visible in an increase in affective polarization: dislike across the partisan divide. We show that these changes have been driven largely by movements on the right, and have overlapped with a discourse on democratic backsliding in the country.

Stephan Haggard is Research Professor at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California San Diego. His research on South Korea has focused on the political economy of the country including on the the developmental state (Pathways from the Periphery [1990], The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis [2000]; Developmental States [2018]). His work on transitions to and from democratic rule with Robert Kaufman includes Dictators and Democrats: Masses, Elites and Regime Change (2017) and Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World (2021).

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 09 Mar 2024 12:24:25 -0500 2024-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 2024-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 Michigan Union International Institute Lecture / Discussion Stephan Haggard, Lawrence and Sallye Krause Distinguished Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies, University of California San Diego
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (March 27, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834802@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (March 27, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CREES Noon Lecture | Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb (March 27, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117734 117734-21839941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

In this talk, Dr. Kassenova will present highlights from her award-winning book "Atomic Steppe: How Kazakhstan Gave Up the Bomb" (Stanford University Press, 2022). She will share the history of Soviet nuclear tests in the Kazakh steppe, their harm to the people and the environment, and the story of the public anti-nuclear movement that led to the closure of the nuclear testing site. She will explain why Kazakhstan decided to give up its nuclear inheritance, which included more than a thousand nuclear weapons, more than a hundred intercontinental ballistic missiles, tons of nuclear materials, and critical nuclear infrastructure.

Dr. Togzhan Kassenova is a Washington, DC-based senior fellow at the Center for Policy Research (University at Albany) and a nonresident fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She is an expert on nuclear politics, WMD nonproliferation, and financial crime prevention. She currently works on issues related to proliferation financing controls, exploring ways to minimize access of proliferators to the global financial system. Kassenova holds a Ph.D. in Politics from the University of Leeds. From 2011 to 2015, Kassenova served on the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:22:50 -0500 2024-03-27T12:00:00-04:00 2024-03-27T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Togzhan Kassenova, Senior Fellow, Center for Policy Research, University at Albany; and Non-resident Fellow, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Fulbright Info Session: Opportunities in Central Europe (March 27, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119887 119887-21843735@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Please register for this presentation here: http://myumi.ch/23MEM

Join us for an opportunity to meet with Dr. Károly Jókay, Executive Director of the US-Hungary Fulbright Commission. We welcome students and scholars interested in pursuing a Fulbright grant in central Europe to network with Dr. Jókay, who has been leading the Hungarian-American Fulbright Commission for over 20 years.

Dr. Károly Jókay has been full-time Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in Hungary since 2012. An expert in municipal finance and bankruptcy, Jókay taught municipal finance, public budgeting, and public management in the Department of Public Policy at Central European University in Budapest between 2005 and 2017. He currently teaches Public Policy and Budgeting courses at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest. Jókay has extensive consulting experience in Central and Eastern European countries, including Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Macedonia, completing projects on municipal bond disclosure standards, as well as municipal debt regulation. He was born in Chicago to Hungarian refugee parents, earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan (1984), and has an M.A. and Ph.D. (1990) in Political Science from the University of Illinois. .

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:04:53 -0400 2024-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 2024-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Presentation Dr. Károly Jókay, Executive Director at US-Hungary Fulbright Commission
CCPS-sponsored film at the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival. *MUM* (March 27, 2024 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119546 119546-21842998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

70 min., 2023, Poland
WORLD PREMIERE

After seven years, Donata finally returns to her daughter Anna’s cabin house, but the reunion turns sour when her daughter Iza is distant. Donata’s already fragile state is pushed to the brink when she experiences blackouts and panic attacks, only for Iza to vanish into thin air. As the search for Iza intensifies, Anna accuses Donata of being responsible, triggering a chain of events that will uncover a web of hidden family secrets.

Use code UMCCPS62 for a discount on your tickets!

The 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival will take place March 26-31, 2024 (online March 26 - April 7).

Visit the Ann Arbor Film Festival website for the full schedule and information about special events: www.aafilmfest.org

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:30:03 -0500 2024-03-27T17:30:00-04:00 2024-03-27T18:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Film Screening CCPS-sponsored film at the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival. "MUM"
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (March 28, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (March 28, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CANCELED - CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | The Politics of Taxation and Redistributive Equality (March 28, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117579 117579-21839535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

We apologize that we have had to cancel this event. Please note that we have arranged for a new lecture for the same time and location.

Japan is a critical case in a comparative array of welfare states. Contemporary welfare states achieve higher equality by raising revenue from a regressive consumption tax than from a progressive income tax to be redistributed through public expenditures. Politics of taxation matters for this unexpected consequence among long democracies.

Junko Kato (Ph.D., Yale University) is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tokyo. She has conducted research in comparative politics on taxation and the welfare state, party coalitions and government formation, and neuro-cognitive analyses of social decision and behavior. She has authored articles in *American Political Science Review*, the *British Journal of Political Science*, *Electoral Studies*, *Governance*, and so on. She has authored two books: *The Problem of Bureaucratic Rationality* (Princeton University Press, 1994) and *Regressive Taxation and the Welfare State* (Cambridge University Press, 2003) in addition to numerous book chapters. She was a co-editor-in-chief of the *Japanese Journal of Political Science* (2019–2023) and worked as a member of the Editorial Board of journals including the *British Journal of Political Science* (1996–2016), *Perspectives on Public Management and Governance* (2016–), and *Journal of East Asian Studies* (2021–). She has launched neuro-cognitive approaches to social sciences and published articles on fMRI experiments of human decision and behavior in *Frontiers in Neuroscience*, *Scientific Reports*, and *Cerebral Cortex*.

*This lecture is made possible with the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.*

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at wugou@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:04:35 -0400 2024-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2024-03-28T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | The Politics of Taxation and Redistributive Equality
ASC Research Colloquium Series Winter 2024 (March 28, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119867 119867-21843693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

This series features the winter 2024 U-M African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

*Friday, March 15, (3- 6 PM) – Sequentialism, Pentecostalism, Judicial Practices, and Photochemical Analysis in Africa*

Makai Daniel (Nigeria). “Pentecostalism and the Contest for Public Space in Northern Nigeria”

Hanna Gebregziabher (Ethiopia). “Comparative Study on Sequential Use of Trans-Cervical Catheter with Misoprostol vs Misoprostol Alone for Second-Trimester Pregnancy Termination”

Muthumuni Managa (South Africa). “Photochemistry of Porphyrins Conjugated to Nanostructured Materials and their Potential Applications”

Nixon Wamamela (Uganda). “Ethical Dilemmas in the Judicial Electoral Petitions in Uganda”

*Thursday, March 28 (3-6 PM) – Design Optimization, Women Secessionists and Mental Health Practices in Africa*

Benyin Akande (Nigeria). “Women in Secessionist Movements in Africa: A Focus on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Movement in South-East Nigeria”

Allan Omondi (Kenya). “Application of Design Optimization in the Welfare Economics of Rural Agricultural-Based Communities: A Case Study of Siaya County, Kenya”

Victoria Tintswalo Nesengani (South Africa). “Interventions to Support Children Affected by Grief due to Loss of a Significant Other through Death in South Africa: A Scoping Review”

*Thursday, April 4 (1-4 PM) – Regression Models, Ecofeminism, Maternal Health and Energy Access in Africa*

Jean de Dieu Niyigena (Rwanda). “Quadratic Classifier for Repeated Measurements Using Bilinear Regression Model”

Chinasa Abonyi (Nigeria). “Reclaiming the Land and Waters: Nostalgia and Ecofeminist Belonging in Igbo Festival Narrative”

Ayalnesh Yalew (Ethiopia). “Effect of Unintended Pregnancy on Maternal Antenatal Care Service Utilization in Ethiopia: Analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey Data”

Sisty Basil (Tanzania). “Empowering the Forgotten: Addressing Last-Mile Energy Access Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Tanzania”

Register here: https://forms.gle/VjiZBBwjXvadKNjy6

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:47:32 -0500 2024-03-28T15:00:00-04:00 2024-03-28T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Conference / Symposium UMAPS Research Colloquium Series Winter 2024
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (March 29, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-03-29T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (March 29, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-03-29T08:00:00-04:00 2024-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
13th Annual U-M Pakistan Conference | Undoing Linguistic Hegemony: Rethinking Belonging and Identity Through and Beyond Urdu (March 29, 2024 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/119293 119293-21842532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2024 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Full conference details and program at https://myumi.ch/xqQb9

This conference examines language use in Pakistan. With an eye towards native linguistic diversity that has challenged colonial-nationalist notions of monolingualism, the 13th Annual Conference on Pakistan seeks to disentangle the relationships between national, regional, and local languages. Historically, studies on languages in Pakistan have highlighted the statewide recognition of Urdu, contesting regionalism established by Punjabi, pre-British Raj Persian courtly and literary works, and, recently, the social status of English in the globalized world. Significantly less attention has been drawn to Pakistan's linguistic pluralism. Drawing upon the groundwork initially established by Tariq Rahman, this conference will serve as a gateway to enrich and complicate the relationships between languages and the ligatures of the state, social movements, literature, devotion, and performance. Using multidisciplinary, multitemporal frameworks to elucidate these relationships, we seek to generate a lively discussion unpacking the language hegemonies associated with Pakistan and their current places within the multilingual spaces that its citizens inhabit. While engaging primarily with Pakistan, we aim to open dialogues that celebrate linguistic diversity across South Asia and its diasporas, particularly as the marks of globalization reveal the everlasting relevance of language recognition and support.

*Made possible with the generous support of the Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Cosponsored by the Department of History of Art, the U-M Residential College, Arab and Muslim American Studies, and the the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.*

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:49:35 -0500 2024-03-29T09:00:00-04:00 2024-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Conference / Symposium 13th Annual U-M Pakistan Conference | Undoing Linguistic Hegemony: Rethinking Belonging and Identity Through and Beyond Urdu
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | The Sins of Their Fathers: Can Political Families in the Philippines be Held Accountable? (March 29, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117311 117311-21839157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/AWree

The 2022 elections saw the rise to the commanding heights of power in the Philippines of scions of two prominent political families: Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte, who were voted president and vice president, respectively. They are the children of two former presidents who have been accused of the most grievous offenses committed by a Philippine head of state since 1935, when first presidential elections were held during the Philippine Commonwealth, under the aegis of U.S. colonial rule. Ferdinand Marcos Sr. has been accused of grievous human rights abuses and of plundering as much as $20 billion dollars during his 20-year rule (1965-1986). Rodrigo Duterte (2016-2022) presided over a bloody war on drugs that killed thousands, many of them small-time drug peddlers or drug users in urban slums.

Are Philippine elections therefore not accountability mechanisms but more like laundromats that wash away the sins of the past? A cycle of wash, rinse, repeat, whereby political families like the Marcoses and the Dutertes can cleanse themselves of the taint of past wrongdoing and be fresh again?

This talk will examine the enduring hold of political families in the Philippines and the mechanisms that they employ to appeal to the electorate and to control the levers of political power at the local and national levels.

SHEILA S. CORONEL is director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism and the Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism at Columbia University. She worked for many years as a journalist in the Philippines and was a co-founder and director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. She is the author and editor of more than a dozen books. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia’s highest prize.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Feb 2024 11:14:15 -0500 2024-03-29T12:00:00-04:00 2024-03-29T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | The Sins of Their Fathers: Can Political Families in the Philippines be Held Accountable?
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 1, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-01T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-01T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 1, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-01T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-01T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
Fulbright Alumni Panel (April 1, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119314 119314-21842560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Register for this Zoom presentation at http://myumi.ch/wyqk1

The Institute of International Education (IIE), on behalf of the U.S. State Department, administers the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, which offers research, study, and teaching opportunities in over 140 countries to recent graduates and graduate students. This competition is administered on campus by the International Institute (II).

During this panel, Fulbright alumni and advisors will be sharing advice on preparing applications, as well as offering details on future opportunities. All U-M students and alumni interested in Fulbright are welcome!

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:09:23 -0500 2024-04-01T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-01T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Presentation Fulbright Alumni Panel
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 2, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-02T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 2, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-02T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Seeing the World like a Sage: Mengzi on Cultivating Perception (April 2, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117591 117591-21839558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in perason or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/MrNjW

Mengzi claims that human beings have natural affective responses that lead them toward being good, but virtue requires extending and modifying these feeling so that they arise in all of the appropriate circumstances. In this talk, I argue that, for Mengzi, the cultivation of emotions is based not on judgment or analogy but on perception. The goal of cultivation is to shape oneself so that the world appears in a certain way.

Franklin Perkins is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa and editor of the journal Philosophy East and West. His main research interests are in classical Chinese philosophy, early modern European philosophy, and in the challenges of doing philosophy in a comparative or intercultural context. He is the author of "Heaven and Earth are not Humane: The Problem of Evil in Classical Chinese Philosophy" (Indiana, 2014), "Leibniz: A Guide for the Perplexed" (Bloomsbury, 2007), and "Leibniz and China: A Commerce of Light" (Cambridge, 2004), and was co-editor of "Chinese Metaphysics and Its Problems" (Cambridge, 2015), with Chenyang Li. His most recent book is "Doing What You Really Want: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mengzi" (Oxford University Press, 2021).

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:35:44 -0500 2024-04-02T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-02T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Franklin Perkins, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Accessing Korean Art Song: An Under Appreciated Gem (April 2, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119322 119322-21842567@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/pkDjq

With a history spanning just over 100 years, Korean art song (Gagok), is an equally sophisticated and beautiful genre as German Lieder or French mélodies. The repertoire has received almost no attention by performers and scholars, however. The majority of those who do study and perform it tend to be of Korean background and already have mastery of the language.

Since 2020, Dr. Matthew Thompson has run a FEAST research team at U-M dedicated to making Korean art song more accessible to English speakers. What are the challenges of encountering this repertoire as a non-native speaker? What materials and resources exist to aid those interested in further study? Dr. Thompson will present both on his research and on the materials that he is developing to help more people engage with this amazing repertoire.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:15:29 -0500 2024-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2024-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Matthew Thompson, Assistant Professor, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, University of Michigan
CMENAS And Georgia State University Spring Seminar: Pirates of the Red Sea? Maritime Violence and State Formation in the Indian Ocean's Seas in the Medieval Period (April 2, 2024 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119886 119886-21843734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Piracy in the Horn of Africa and Arabian seaboards has been a major dynamic of modern geopolitics of the Western Indian Ocean (and very dramatically so in recent months), and the phenomenon of maritime predation is certainly not new in the region. Moreover, the notion of thieves of the high seas is visible in medieval Arabic sources. As in other world contexts, the very definition of the terms “piracy” and “naval predation” is of the essence. For the period between the 7th and the 16th century, the maritime and naval capability of large and small polities active in the Red Sea area has been the subject of recent scholarship that is contributing new data and concepts, enhancing our understanding of regional and trans-regional economic networks and the development of premodern states. This inquiry also illuminates long-term structures, such as the role of islands and maritime geography in general, that can illuminate more recent events through comparison and contrast. This presentation will outline relevant sources and concepts and comment on the recent historiography.

Roxani Eleni Margariti is an associate professor at the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies at Emory University. She is the author of *Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 Years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Port* (University of North Carolina Press, 2007) and is currently completing a book manuscript entitled *Insular Crossroads: The Dahlak Archipelago, Red Sea Islands, and Indian Ocean History*, in which she examines the history of a Muslim, island polity in medieval and early modern times. She also co-authors an academic blog Archives of the Sea.

Register to the event: http://bit.ly/48BQxpS

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:34:23 -0500 2024-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 2024-04-02T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Lecture / Discussion CMENAS And Georgia State University Spring Seminar: Pirates of the Red Sea? Maritime Violence and State Formation in the Indian Ocean's Seas in the Medieval Period
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 3, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-03T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 3, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-03T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CREES Book Talk Featuring Elena Kostyuchenko, Russian independent journalist and writer (April 3, 2024 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/120004 120004-21843924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Elena Kostyuchenko will present her new book, *I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country*. Kostyuchenko is a Russian independent journalist. For 17 years, she was a special correspondent for *Novaya Gazeta* until the newspaper shut down due to pressure from the Russian government in March 2022. She reported on armed conflicts, crime, human rights, and social issues. Kostyuchenko was among the first journalists to prove the presence of Russian troops in Eastern Ukraine and covered the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine since the second day. Currently, she collaborates with the exiled independent Russian media network Meduza. Her work has been acknowledged with multiple awards, including the European Press Prize, the Gerd Bucerius Prize Free Press of Eastern Europe, and the Paul Klebnikov Prize.

A book signing will follow the lecture, with Kostyuchenko's book available for purchase from Literati.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:37:21 -0400 2024-04-03T17:30:00-04:00 2024-04-03T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Image of Elena Kostyuchenko, Russian independent journalist and writer
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 4, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-04T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 4, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-04T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | For Whom and for What Purposes?: Peace and War Museums in Japan and Its Neighbors (April 4, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117580 117580-21839536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at http://myumi.ch/QqyNb

Japan and its neighboring nations invaded by its military during WWII host numerous history museums dedicated to the WWII period. Each museum seems to have its political goals to convey its visitors. This talk analyzes Japan's so-called war and peace museums in the context of East Asia.

Takashi Yoshida is a professor of history at Western Michigan University. His publications include *From Cultures of War to Cultures of Peace: War and Peace Museums in Japan, China, and South Korea* (Merwin Asia, 2014) and *The Making of the “Rape of Nanking”: History and Memory in Japan, China, and the United States* (Oxford University Press, 2006).

*This lecture is made possible with the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.*

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at wugou@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:17:14 -0500 2024-04-04T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-04T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | For Whom and for What Purposes?: Peace and War Museums in Japan and Its Neighbors
ASC Research Colloquium Series Winter 2024 (April 4, 2024 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119867 119867-21843694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2024 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

This series features the winter 2024 U-M African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are designed to promote dialogue on topics and to share their research with the larger U-M community.

*Friday, March 15, (3- 6 PM) – Sequentialism, Pentecostalism, Judicial Practices, and Photochemical Analysis in Africa*

Makai Daniel (Nigeria). “Pentecostalism and the Contest for Public Space in Northern Nigeria”

Hanna Gebregziabher (Ethiopia). “Comparative Study on Sequential Use of Trans-Cervical Catheter with Misoprostol vs Misoprostol Alone for Second-Trimester Pregnancy Termination”

Muthumuni Managa (South Africa). “Photochemistry of Porphyrins Conjugated to Nanostructured Materials and their Potential Applications”

Nixon Wamamela (Uganda). “Ethical Dilemmas in the Judicial Electoral Petitions in Uganda”

*Thursday, March 28 (3-6 PM) – Design Optimization, Women Secessionists and Mental Health Practices in Africa*

Benyin Akande (Nigeria). “Women in Secessionist Movements in Africa: A Focus on the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Movement in South-East Nigeria”

Allan Omondi (Kenya). “Application of Design Optimization in the Welfare Economics of Rural Agricultural-Based Communities: A Case Study of Siaya County, Kenya”

Victoria Tintswalo Nesengani (South Africa). “Interventions to Support Children Affected by Grief due to Loss of a Significant Other through Death in South Africa: A Scoping Review”

*Thursday, April 4 (1-4 PM) – Regression Models, Ecofeminism, Maternal Health and Energy Access in Africa*

Jean de Dieu Niyigena (Rwanda). “Quadratic Classifier for Repeated Measurements Using Bilinear Regression Model”

Chinasa Abonyi (Nigeria). “Reclaiming the Land and Waters: Nostalgia and Ecofeminist Belonging in Igbo Festival Narrative”

Ayalnesh Yalew (Ethiopia). “Effect of Unintended Pregnancy on Maternal Antenatal Care Service Utilization in Ethiopia: Analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey Data”

Sisty Basil (Tanzania). “Empowering the Forgotten: Addressing Last-Mile Energy Access Challenges and Opportunities in Rural Tanzania”

Register here: https://forms.gle/VjiZBBwjXvadKNjy6

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:47:32 -0500 2024-04-04T13:00:00-04:00 2024-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Conference / Symposium UMAPS Research Colloquium Series Winter 2024
CJS Winter 2024 Film Series | *Kasane* (April 4, 2024 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117437 117437-21839299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2024 7:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Tickets may be purchased at: https://myumi.ch/ezrqX

An ugly but talented actress gains the power to copy the bodies of beautiful actresses temporarily. But how long can she maintain the facade?

Curator's note by Markus Nornes: Satō's *Kasane* is an edgy and stylish adaptation of Daruma Matsunaga's *manga*. It links two actresses of varying looks and talent through a magical lipstick, which enables the swapping of appearance and being. They attempt to, as it were, combine their talents; but a male acquaintance has ulterior motives.

Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film, including ratings, at https://imdb.com/title/tt7058612/

More about the film series at https://michtheater.org/cjs-film-series-2024

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at wugou@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Fri, 19 Jan 2024 08:15:17 -0500 2024-04-04T19:15:00-04:00 2024-04-04T21:05:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Film Screening CJS Winter 2024 Film Series | Kasane
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 5, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-05T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 5, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836015@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-05T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
ASC 15th Anniversary Conference. Higher Education in the 21st Century: Keys to US-Africa Partnership (April 5, 2024 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/120233 120233-21844441@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2024 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

This two-day conference will feature notable speakers and panelists and explore the future of higher education, academic collaboration, and student engagement in Africa.

The event is free and open to the public; registration is requested. Please register at https://myumi.ch/DrGME

~~~ *Friday, April 5, 2024* ~~~

[9:00 am] Opening Remarks by Santa Ono, U-M President, and Omolade Adunbi, ASC Director

[9:15 am] Keynote Remarks by Mary Catherine Phee, Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs

[10:35-11:35 am] Democratization and its Challenges in Africa

[11:35 am] Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary for Health and Environment, Federal Government of Nigeria

[12:15 pm] Fireside Chat with Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe and Dr. Joseph C. Kolars, University of Michigan

[2:00-2:15 pm] Keynote Remarks by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Michigan’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives

[2:15-3:15 pm] Engaging Higher Education in Africa and the United States

[3:15-4:15 pm] Archives, Open Access, and the Politics of Knowledge

[4:15-5:15 pm] Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Possibilities, Progress, and Caveats

[5:15-6:15 pm] UMAPS Alumni meet Faculty Hosts


~~~ *Saturday, April 6, 2024* ~~~

[9:00 am] Keynote Remarks by Sarah Mosoetsa, CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council

[10:00-11:00 am] Innovate Africa: Technologies, Opportunities, and Economic Possibilities

[11:00 am-12:00 pm] Technologies, Climate Change, and Politics of Extraction in Africa

[1:00-2:00 pm] New Frontiers of Data Research & Health in Africa

[2:00-3:00 pm] Climate Change, Conflict, and Social Media in Africa

[3:15-4:15 pm] Decolonizing Ancient History and Archeology in Africa

[4:15 pm] Keynote Remarks by Judd B. Devermont, Kupanda Capital and former Special Assistant to President Joe Biden

[5:15 pm] Closing Address by Omolade Adunbi, ASC Director

*Thank you to the following cosponsors for making the 15th-year conference possible.*

Center for Global Health Equity; Department of Afroamerican and African Studies; Department of History; Department of Anthropology; Department of English; Global Islamic Studies Center; International Institute; LSA Office of the Dean; LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Office of the Vice President for Research; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Office of the Provost Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Office of the Provost Engaged Learning

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:21:59 -0400 2024-04-05T09:00:00-04:00 2024-04-05T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Conference / Symposium Banner displays the event information and keynote speakers: ASC 15th Anniversary Conference. Higher Education in the 21st Century: Keys to US-Africa Partnership
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Women Issuing Fatwas in Indonesia: Gender, Authority, and Everyday Legal Practice (April 5, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117312 117312-21839158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/W281w

Nor Ismah introduces a novel approach to examining fatwas (Islamic legal opinions) within the context of Indonesia, with the aim of contributing to the broader field of Islamic Studies on fatwa-making. It advocates for a redirection of research attention towards women's fatwa-making, emphasizing their lived experiences and the specific locales where they issue fatwas. By integrating Islamic studies frameworks with anthropological research and gender studies, my presentation challenges the conventional concentration on male-dominated institutions, highlighting the grassroots level practice of issuing fatwas, particularly by women.

She contends that fatwa-issuing institutions exhibit gendered structures that marginalize women from significant roles and recognition as Islamic scholars. Consequently, an exploration of women's fatwa-making necessitates an examination of various interaction sites between female muftis and those seeking fatwas. These interactions unveil dynamic shifts in women's experiences, religious authority, and everyday fatwa-making practices influenced by context-specific resources. The active participation of women disrupts traditional norms, challenging gendered structures within fatwa-making institutions.

Additionally, it signifies the evolution of doctrinal changes and ethical practices, transforming fatwas from static outcomes into a dynamic and inclusive realm of interaction, innovation, and Islamic authority. The presentation argues that the success observed in Indonesia holds paramount importance for a comprehensive understanding of Muslim women's experiences in contemporary Muslim society. To achieve a holistic perspective, the study recommends shifting the focus away from the Middle East and expanding research to encompass Muslims in other regions, particularly Southeast Asia, where the most populous Muslim country is situated. This shift is envisioned to offer a well-rounded depiction of the diverse experiences of Muslim women beyond the conventional geographical center of Islam.

Nor Ismah is Deputy Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Islam at Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University in Indonesia. She holds a Master’s degree in Southeast Asian Studies from the School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, completing her studies in 2012 with the support of the Ford Foundation International Fellowship Program. From 2016 to 2023, she pursued her PhD studies at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), sponsored by the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia. Nor Ismah’s research focuses on Islam, women's knowledge production, and media. In recognition of her scholarly achievements, Nor Ismah was awarded the Co2libri Early Career Researcher Fellowship at the Institute of Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2023. She received the prestigious 2023-2024 Association of Asian Studies Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies, which is hosted by and has brought her to the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at cseas@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:06:14 -0500 2024-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
ASC 15th Anniversary Conference. Higher Education in the 21st Century: Keys to US-Africa Partnership (April 6, 2024 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/120233 120233-21844442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2024 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

This two-day conference will feature notable speakers and panelists and explore the future of higher education, academic collaboration, and student engagement in Africa.

The event is free and open to the public; registration is requested. Please register at https://myumi.ch/DrGME

~~~ *Friday, April 5, 2024* ~~~

[9:00 am] Opening Remarks by Santa Ono, U-M President, and Omolade Adunbi, ASC Director

[9:15 am] Keynote Remarks by Mary Catherine Phee, Assistant Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State Bureau of African Affairs

[10:35-11:35 am] Democratization and its Challenges in Africa

[11:35 am] Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, Mandate Secretary for Health and Environment, Federal Government of Nigeria

[12:15 pm] Fireside Chat with Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe and Dr. Joseph C. Kolars, University of Michigan

[2:00-2:15 pm] Keynote Remarks by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Michigan’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives

[2:15-3:15 pm] Engaging Higher Education in Africa and the United States

[3:15-4:15 pm] Archives, Open Access, and the Politics of Knowledge

[4:15-5:15 pm] Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Possibilities, Progress, and Caveats

[5:15-6:15 pm] UMAPS Alumni meet Faculty Hosts


~~~ *Saturday, April 6, 2024* ~~~

[9:00 am] Keynote Remarks by Sarah Mosoetsa, CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council

[10:00-11:00 am] Innovate Africa: Technologies, Opportunities, and Economic Possibilities

[11:00 am-12:00 pm] Technologies, Climate Change, and Politics of Extraction in Africa

[1:00-2:00 pm] New Frontiers of Data Research & Health in Africa

[2:00-3:00 pm] Climate Change, Conflict, and Social Media in Africa

[3:15-4:15 pm] Decolonizing Ancient History and Archeology in Africa

[4:15 pm] Keynote Remarks by Judd B. Devermont, Kupanda Capital and former Special Assistant to President Joe Biden

[5:15 pm] Closing Address by Omolade Adunbi, ASC Director

*Thank you to the following cosponsors for making the 15th-year conference possible.*

Center for Global Health Equity; Department of Afroamerican and African Studies; Department of History; Department of Anthropology; Department of English; Global Islamic Studies Center; International Institute; LSA Office of the Dean; LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Office of the Vice President for Research; Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; Office of the Provost Diversity, Equity & Inclusion; Office of the Provost Engaged Learning

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:21:59 -0400 2024-04-06T09:00:00-04:00 2024-04-06T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Conference / Symposium Banner displays the event information and keynote speakers: ASC 15th Anniversary Conference. Higher Education in the 21st Century: Keys to US-Africa Partnership
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 8, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-08T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 8, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-08T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CES Conversations on Europe. Can the EU Shut Down the Sale of Citizenship? Unpacking the Geopolitics of the Global Market in Golden Passports (April 8, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115853 115853-21835743@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Citizenship has become a hot commodity. Now nearly a dozen countries allow wealthy individuals to naturalize in exchange for a donation or investment, and more than 50,000 people use such “citizenship by investment” programs to acquire “golden passports” each year. If the sale of citizenship has grabbed headlines, much less is known about the geopolitical powerplays that define this global market. We typically think of citizenship as a status that secures rights within a country. However, the value of citizenship by investment usually hinges on the rights that citizenship secures outside the country, including visa-free access and business opportunities. This grants third countries and supra-national powers substantial influence over how other states admit new members. Indeed, the European Union has become a key player in this scene, and the European Parliament and European Commission have called for an end to these programs. Will they succeed? Drawing on eight years of fieldwork in eighteen countries, this talk lays bare the operation of the global market in golden passports, focusing on the geopolitical powerplays that both define and disrupt these global flows.

Kristin Surak is Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the LSE and the author of *The Golden Passport: Global Mobility for Millionaires *(Harvard University Press, 2023). Her research on elite mobility, international migration, nationalism, and politics has been translated into a half-dozen languages. In addition to publishing in major academic and intellectual journals, she also writes for popular outlets, including *The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post*, and *The Guardian*, and comments regularly for the *BBC, Bloomberg TV*, and *Sky TV News*.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:55:29 -0500 2024-04-08T16:00:00-04:00 2024-04-08T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Kristin Surak, Associate Professor of Political Sociology, London School of Economics
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 9, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-09T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-09T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 9, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-09T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-09T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Scent from Afar: Aromatics, Healing, and the Making of Olfactory Knowledge in Tang and Song China (April 9, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117592 117592-21839559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/QqyjD

Among the rich variety of substances that flowed into Middle Period China, aromatics (Chi. xiang) figured prominently, including saffron from Kashmir, camphor from Sumatra, and frankincense from Arabia. Introduced by envoys, monks, and traders via both overland and maritime routes, these fragrant materials acquired diverse virtues in Chinese medical, religious, and culinary culture. By focusing on the medicinal uses of these articles in Tang and Song China with attention to the role of smell in healing, this talk reveals the dynamic process of producing new olfactory knowledge and sensorial experience upon cross-cultural exchange.

Yan Liu is an associate professor in History at SUNY, Buffalo. He specializes in the history of medicine in premodern China, with a focus on material practices of medicine, religious healing, the history of the senses, and the global circulation of knowledge. His first book, "Healing with Poisons: Potent Medicines in Medieval China," was published by the University of Washington Press in 2021 (open access available), and won the 2023 William H. Welch Medal from the American Association for the History of Medicine. His second book explores a transcultural history of aromatics and the production of olfactory knowledge in Tang and Song China.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:41:01 -0500 2024-04-09T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-09T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Scent from Afar: Aromatics, Healing, and the Making of Olfactory Knowledge in Tang and Song China
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 10, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-10T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 10, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836020@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-10T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
Donia Human Rights Center Panel | Human Rights in Nicaragua: From Dictatorship to Hope (April 10, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/115925 115925-21835829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Panelists:

Tamara Dávila Rivas, Human Rights Fellow at the ARCUS Center for Social Justice and Leadership, Kalamazoo College

Dora María Téllez, Visiting Professor, Richard E. Greenleaf Distinguished Chair in Latin American Studies, Tulane University

Ana Margarita Vijil, Central American Leadership Initiative Fellow at the Aspen Global Leadership Network and Senior Fellow at George Washington University Global Women's Institute

Moderator: Luciana Chamorro, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan

In this event, three women, central to Nicaraguan political life, will speak to the Michigan community about their country. They will speak about the Nicaraguan political context and their experiences fighting for human rights, freedom and democracy, as well as their current status as exiled, stripped of their citizenship after being imprisoned in solitary confinement for 20 months under the current dictatorship of Sandinista leader, Daniel Ortega.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Mar 2024 10:49:29 -0500 2024-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 2024-04-10T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Donia Human Rights Center Panel | Human Rights in Nicaragua: From Dictatorship to Hope
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 11, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-11T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 11, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836021@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-11T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Japanese Traders in Seventeenth-Century Mexico City (April 11, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117581 117581-21839537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at http://myumi.ch/RpP1Q

Franco Xuo “of the Japanese nation” was living in Mexico City in the 1630s, working as a trader. How did he come to be there and why did he stay? This talk examines his experiences along with those of other Japanese men to answer these questions. Their stories reveal that global trade in the early modern period depended on working men who moved thousands of miles away to take advantage of commercial centers knowing they might never return to their homelands.

Tatiana Seijas is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. She writes about global migrations, long-distance trade, urban economies, and the joined history of freedom and slavery. Her latest monograph “American Metropolis: The Making of Mexico City in the Seventeenth Century” is a new history of one of the early modern world's greatest entrepôts centered on the economic lives of ordinary people.

*This lecture is made possible with the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.*

*Image source: “Nova Mexico, Die Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld” (Amsterdam, 1671). Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library.*

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at wugou@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:21:54 -0500 2024-04-11T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-11T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Nova Mexico, Die Nieuwe en onbekende Weereld” (Amsterdam, 1671). Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library.
Oblique Histories: Nigerian Indigenous Architecture With and Against Zbigniew Dmochowski (April 11, 2024 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117320 117320-21839167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2024 2:00pm
Location: Art and Architecture Building
Organized By: International Institute

The impulse to decolonize architectural history often leads to a double bind. The critique of colonial epistemologies is accompanied by a revalorization of the colonial archives, methods, and experiences as indispensable sources for the understanding of architectural modernities. This symposium proposes a different approach. It traces the oblique trajectories of actors moving between what usually counts as the “peripheries” of the West. It focuses on the comprehensive study of Indigenous (“traditional”) architecture in Nigeria, carried out between the 1950s and the 1970s by a Nigerian-Polish team led by Zbigniew Dmochowski (1903-82): architect, historian, and the first director of the Museum of Traditional Nigerian Architecture at Jos, Nigeria.

Dmochowski’s surveys were based on research methods which he developed in the context of the interwar “internal colonization” of the Eastern European borderlands. Symposium participants will question his argument about the applicability of these methods for the decolonization of architecture in Nigeria. Speakers will debate how Nigerian educators, architects, and scholars have appropriated Dmochowski’s work against the paradigms of modernist architecture and nation-building that he advocated. In this way, the seminar will foreground differing perspectives on colonialism while undermining the epistemic authority of the former colonial metropoles.

This symposium is supported by the African Heritage and Humanities Initiative (AHHI) Collaborative Faculty Seed Grant from the African Studies Center at the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, and the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia at the University of Michigan.

PROGRAM
2:00-2:05 pm: Welcome
2:05-2:15 pm: Introduction: Oblique Histories, Łukasz Stanek, University of Michigan
2:15-2:35 pm: Civilization, Colonialism, and the Built Environment in Interwar Poland’s Eastern Borderlands, Kathryn Ciancia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:35-2:55 pm: The Unsaid: Performative Architectural History & the Limits of Certain Methods, Adedoyin Teriba, Dartmouth College
2:55-3:15 pm: Demystifying Dmochowski: Found Knowledge and Indigenous Research Strategies, Warebi Brisibe, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
3:15-4:00 pm: Discussion
PARTICIPANTS
Adedoyin Teriba is an Assistant Professor of modern and contemporary architecture & urbanism at Dartmouth College, specializing in modern and contemporary architecture & urbanism, especially of West Africa and its diasporas. His teaching explores the uncanny nature of architecture, and how it embodies place, and identities. His most significant publications are “Architecture,” in The Interwar World (London: Routledge, 2024) and “Style, Race and Architecture of a Mosque of the Òyìnbó Dúdú (White Black) in Lagos Colony, 1894,” in Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020).

Kathryn Ciancia is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of On Civilization’s Edge: A Polish Borderland in the Interwar World (Oxford University Press, 2020). She has also published articles in the Journal of Modern History and Slavic Review and in several edited volumes. She is currently working on a second book, Sites of Sovereignty: Law, Citizenship, and Lives on the Margins in Poland’s Long World War II, which traces how the Polish government-in-exile used legal mechanisms to maintain the perception of sovereignty in the absence of a territorial state.

Warebi Gabriel Brisibe is a registered Architect, a Researcher and a Professor at the Rivers State University, School of Architecture. He obtained a PhD in Architecture from Newcastle University, United Kingdom in 2011, where he focused on the Dynamics of Change in the vernacular architecture of migrant fishing tribes in Nigeria and Cameroon. His research interests are in African vernacular and heritage buildings, colonial and post-colonial studies and archival studies in architecture. He received grants from the Canadian Centre for Architecture and the Gerda Henkel Stiftung.

Łukasz Stanek is Professor of Architectural History at A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Stanek authored Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory (Minnesota, 2011) and Architecture in Global Socialism: Eastern Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East in the Cold War (Princeton, 2020). Stanek taught at the ETH Zurich (Switzerland), the University of Manchester (UK), and held guest professorships at Harvard University (USA) and the University of Ghana (Ghana).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2024 10:56:59 -0400 2024-04-11T14:00:00-04:00 2024-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 Art and Architecture Building International Institute Lecture / Discussion photo
LACS Year-End Gathering (April 11, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/120146 120146-21844151@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: International Institute

Join us to celebrate the end of the academic year, build community, and learn about new and ongoing initiatives at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies!

Thursday, April 11, 2024
4:00-6:00 PM
Courtyard Garden, Michigan League
911 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Backup location in case of rain: Michigan Room (League)

For questions, email: lacs.office@umich.edu

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:41:57 -0400 2024-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2024-04-11T18:00:00-04:00 Michigan League International Institute Social / Informal Gathering Year-End Gathering flyer describes the event date (April 11, 2024), time (4-6 PM), and location (Courtyard Garden, Michigan League)
CJS Winter 2024 Film Series | *Kwaidan* (April 11, 2024 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117438 117438-21839302@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2024 7:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Tickets may be purchased at: https://myumi.ch/JpMG5

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai (Rentarō Mikuni) marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden (Keiko Kishi), but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hōichi (Katsuo Nakamura) is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author (Osamu Takizawa) relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

Curators note by Markus Nornes: Masaki Kobayashi omnibus-adapts four stories from Lafcadio Hearn's collections of ghost stories. With an all-star cast, refined photography, and a stunning soundtrack by Tōru Takemitsu, *Kwaidan* won a special jury prize at Cannes and garnered a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.

Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film, including ratings, at https://imdb.com/title/tt0058279/

More about the film series at https://michtheater.org/cjs-film-series-2024

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at wugou@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Fri, 19 Jan 2024 08:22:59 -0500 2024-04-11T19:15:00-04:00 2024-04-11T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Film Screening CJS Winter 2024 Film Series | Kwaidan
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 12, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834818@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-12T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 12, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836022@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-12T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
Fulbright Info Session: Planning Your Fulbright Independent Research Project (April 12, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119323 119323-21842568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2024 3:00pm
Location:
Organized By: International Institute

Register for this Zoom presentation at http://myumi.ch/N61xp

Come learn about the largest international exchange program for U.S. citizens, offering funding for study, research, and teaching in over 140 countries. No matter your area of study, no matter your academic level, now is the BEST time to learn more about the Fulbright Program and the upcoming competition.

Join this virtual info session to learn about applying for a Fulbright Research Project Award. Learn specific details about how to prepare a competitive application!

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:09:59 -0500 2024-04-12T15:00:00-04:00 2024-04-12T16:30:00-04:00 International Institute Presentation Fulbright Info Session: Planning Your Fulbright Independent Research Project
Korean Cinema NOW | The Talent Show | 장기자랑 (April 13, 2024 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116526 116526-21837285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 13, 2024 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

In South Korea, the Sewol ferry disaster is associated with a “national trauma.” The emotional impact of the tragedy was heightened by the fact that so many of the victims were young school children. In 2019, the group created their first original play based on testimony they had gathered from school’s mothers. *The Talent Show* tells the story of a talent show the Danwon High students had been preparing before leaving for their school trip to Jeju. In the play, the children arrive safely on the island, and are able to put on the show. Through the play, the mothers are able to reconnect with their lost children and see them again in a new light.

Directed by Sohyun Lee

Presented in Korean with English subtitles.

*The Talent Show* is being screened in remembrance of the 10th anniversary of the Sewol ferry disaster. Screened at the Michigan Theater, the film is free and open to the public.

Details at the Michigan Theater website: https://michtheater.org/korean-cinema-now

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Film Screening Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:51:03 -0500 2024-04-13T13:00:00-04:00 2024-04-13T14:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Film Screening Korean Cinema NOW | The Talent Show | 장기자랑
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 15, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-15T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 15, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836025@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-15T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 16, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-16T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 16, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836026@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-16T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Tariff Wall Jumping at the China-Vietnam Border (April 16, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117593 117593-21839560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/Nk3jp

Co-authored by Matthew E. Kahn and Wen-Chi Liao

The Trump Administration's tariffs created a wedge between mutually beneficial trades between China's producers and US consumers. Moving production to nearby Vietnam allows firms to jump the tariff wall. Locations within Vietnam differ in their proximity to China, industrial mix, and existing transport infrastructures such as roads, rails, and ports. We exploit these exogenous attributes to explore Vietnam's new emerging economic geography induced by the US/China Trade War. Using data from 2015 to 2021 on Vietnamese cities and provinces, we conduct a Bartik shift-share analysis to study the effects of the S310 China tariffs. Locations within Vietnam closer to China gain more—a border effect—in output and new FDI, particularly for industries producing goods the US demands. A multiplier effect benefits the local sector, evidenced by retail sales. The border effect relates to global-value-chain restructuring and manufacturing reallocation. We study how the urban lights at night and local air pollution PM2.5 evolve as Vietnam's cities grow. We compare the lessons between Vietnam's urban growth through tacit integration with China during the US/China Trade War and Mexico's growth through joining NAFTA.

Siqi Zheng’s field of specialization is urban and environmental economics and policy, including sustainable urbanization, sustainable real estate, and urbanization in emerging economies. She published in many peer reviewed international journals including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Human Behaviour, and the Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of Economic Geography, European Economic Review, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Transportation Research Part A, Environment and Planning A, Ecological Economics, Journal of Regional Science, Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. A book she has co-authored with Matthew Kahn, "Blue Skies over Beijing: Economic Growth and the Environment in China" (Princeton University Press) was published in 2016. Dr. Zheng has completed or been undertaking research projects granted or entrusted by the World Bank, the MassCPR, MITEI, MIT Portugal, MIT MCSC, the Asian Development Bank, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, among others. She won the MIT Frank E. Perkins Award for Excellence in Graduate Advising in 2022; and Asian Real Estate Academic & Professional (AsREAP) Woman Achievement Award (by Asian Real Estate Society) in 2023. She received her PhD in urban development and real estate from Tsinghua University in 2005, and did her post-doc research at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. Prior to coming to MIT, she was a professor and the director of Hang Lung Center for Real Estate at Tsinghua University, China. Her research website is http://www.siqizheng.com.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:45:48 -0500 2024-04-16T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-16T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Siqi Zheng, STL Champion Professor of Urban and Real Estate Sustainability CRE, DUSP and SA+P, Faculty Director, MIT Center for Real Estate (CRE), Director, MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 17, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-17T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 17, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836027@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-17T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 18, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-18T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 18, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836028@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-18T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
Fulbright U.S. Student Program General Info Session (April 18, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119317 119317-21842561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2024 12:00pm
Location:
Organized By: International Institute

Register for this Zoom presentation at http://myumi.ch/RmkJ9

Come learn about the largest international exchange program for U.S. citizens, offering funding for study, research, and teaching in over 140 countries. No matter your area of study, no matter your academic level, now is the BEST time to learn more about the Fulbright Program and the upcoming competition.

Heather Johnson, U-M Fulbright Program Adviser, will introduce you to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition. Heather will give an overview of the U-M Fulbright campus process, which has made U-M a leading public university in Fulbright awardees. We have worked to make our application process accessible for every U-M student, and Heather's presentation will get you started!

Faculty and staff are also invited to this event. Our ability to support students in their applications to Fulbright hinges on the wisdom and experience of U-M's professors, advisers, and U-M Fulbright Alumni.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:10:31 -0500 2024-04-18T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-18T13:00:00-04:00 International Institute Presentation Fulbright U.S. Student Program General Info Session
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Democracy on Edge: Japan’s Atsumi Peninsula During the Allied Occupation (April 18, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117583 117583-21839538@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at http://myumi.ch/W28QA

This talk uses Aichi Prefecture's Atsumi Peninsula and the waters that surround it as a lens for understanding post-WWII democratization efforts on a micro scale in a region far removed from the oversight of General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in Tokyo. Citizen efforts in the late 1940s and early 1950s to combat the power of entrenched local political and economic bosses will be considered in light of disputes regarding seaweed harvesting rights, opposition to the requisitioning of local land for a Self Defense Forces Shooting Range, and the reconstruction of infrastructure following the 1953 Ise Bay Typhoon.

Emer O'Dwyer is director of the East Asian Studies Program at Oberlin College and associate professor of history and East Asian studies. She specializes in 20th-century Japanese history with research interests in imperialism, democracy, and the post-war Allied Occupation. She is currently working on a history of “boss rule” in Japan from the wartime era through the beginning of the high-growth era in the mid-1950s.

*This lecture is made possible with the generous support of the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant.*

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at wugou@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 12:31:13 -0500 2024-04-18T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-18T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Democracy on Edge: Japan’s Atsumi Peninsula During the Allied Occupation
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 19, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834825@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-19T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 19, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-19T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 22, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-22T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 22, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-22T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
Fulbright Info Session: Finding Affiliations (April 22, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119324 119324-21842569@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Register for this Zoom presentation at http://myumi.ch/Pknwn

Come learn about the largest international exchange program for U.S. citizens, offering funding for study, research, and teaching in over 140 countries. No matter your area of study, no matter your academic level, now is the BEST time to learn more about the Fulbright Program and the upcoming competition.

This info session, geared towards Study/Research Applicants, will cover how to identify and secure an affiliation with a host institution.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at iifellowships@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:08:02 -0500 2024-04-22T16:00:00-04:00 2024-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Presentation Fulbright Info Session: Finding Affiliations
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 23, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-23T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-23T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 23, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-23T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-23T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | China’s Age of Abundance: Origins, Ascendance, and Aftermath (April 23, 2024 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/117594 117594-21839561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Attend in person or via Zoom. Zoom registration at https://myumi.ch/358WA

In four decades since the late 1970s, China has experienced one of the most consequential economic transformations in world history. One-fifth of the Earth’s population has left behind a life of scarcity and subsistence for one of abundance and material comfort. Based on his newly published book, Wang Feng revisits the origins, forces, and processes of the meteoric rise in living standards of the Chinese population, and offers a systematic historical and sociological analysis of this unique historical juncture. Anticipating headwinds, including an aging population, increasing inequality, and intensifying political control, Wang Feng discusses why China’s age of abundance has come to an end, and the challenges China faces in its aftermath.

WANG Feng currently holds the position of professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine. He is a scholar with expertise in China’s social and demographic changes, of social inequality, and of comparative population and social history. He is the author of multiple books and many articles in professional journals, books, and other media outlets. His work and views have appeared frequently in major global media outlets. He has served as an expert for the United Nations, the World Bank, and the World Economic Forum, among many others. His multifaceted professional service includes terms as Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine (2007-2010), Senior Fellow in Foreign Relations and in Global Development at the Brookings Institution, a leading think-tank in the United States, and the Director of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy in Beijing (2010-2013). He is an elected member of the Sociological Research Association, an honor society of sociologists in the United States. He is also an elected foreign member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (National Academy of Italy). Professor Wang Feng is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the first from the PRC receiving a PhD degree in social sciences at U-M.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 20 Jan 2024 13:50:38 -0500 2024-04-23T12:00:00-04:00 2024-04-23T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Wang Feng, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
Program in International and Comparative Studies | International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A (April 23, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116034 116034-21836092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: International Institute

Please note: This information session will be held virtually ET through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.

Register at: https://myumi.ch/j73pV

Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. International Studies academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Study abroad, grants, and internships
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor

Undeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. For dates of all upcoming sessions, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. Students can declare the International Studies major or minor at the information session. For more information, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

Parents and prospective students are welcome. For more information, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations, events, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: https://myumi.ch/29DWZ

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Presentation Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:50:02 -0500 2024-04-23T16:00:00-04:00 2024-04-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location International Institute Presentation Program in International and Comparative Studies | International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 24, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-24T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 24, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-24T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
Second Annual Shared Memories: The Armenian Experience Through Objects and Stories (April 24, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/119497 119497-21842832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

In our 2nd annual community commemoration of the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, the Center for Armenian Studies (CAS) in partnership with U-M's Armenian Students Cultural Association (ASCA) and the Multidisciplinary Workshop for Armenian Studies (MWAS) invites you to a community show-and-tell of all things Armenian. All community members are welcome and encouraged to bring an object or tell a story representative of their Armenian identity. These objects/stories may be archived and digitized in a future forum.

The object or story can speak to:
-The Armenian experience
-The Armenian Genocide
-The Michigan-Armenian experience
-The American-Armenian experience
-A personal, family story

To register for this event, please fill out this form: http://myumi.ch/5yAzy

Middle Eastern Snacks/Refreshments Provided!

Open to the Public

Co-sponsors: Armenian Students Cultural Association and Multidisciplinary Workshop for Armenian Studies

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact armenianstudies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 29 Feb 2024 14:58:43 -0500 2024-04-24T15:00:00-04:00 2024-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Social / Informal Gathering Shared Memories: The Armenian Experience Through Objects and Stories
LACS Lecture. Liberationist Christianity in Brazil (April 24, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/120199 120199-21844213@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: International Institute

Professor Löwy calls “Liberationist Christianity” the vast social-religious movement, which emerged at the beginning of the 1960s, with a strong commitment to fight for social liberation. This movement involved considerable sectors of the Church – priests, religious orders, bishops – lay religious movements – Catholic Action, the Christian student movement, Christian young workers – pastoral committees with a popular base – labour, land and urban pastorals –and ecclesiastical base communities. Liberation Theology, which emerged after 1971 was the expression of this movement. The Church as an institution supported the military coup of 1964, but under the influence of Liberationist Christianity it became, after 1970, a frontal opponent to the military dictatorship. Without this social-religious movement one cannot understand the emergence of a new workers and peasant movement in Brazil during the 1980’s (the Workers’ Party, the Union Confederation, and the Landless Peasants’ Movement, etc.)

Michael Löwy, born in Brazil in 1938, has lived in Paris since 1969. He is an emeritus research director in social sciences at the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research). His books include *Redemption and Utopia: Liberation Judaism in Central Europe*, *Marxism in Latin America*, and *The War of the Gods: Religion and Politics in Latin America*. His writings have been translated into 30 languages.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:58:02 -0400 2024-04-24T16:00:00-04:00 2024-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building International Institute Lecture / Discussion Flyer for the LACS lecture titled “Liberationist Christianity in Brazil.”
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 25, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 25, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-25T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 25, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836035@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 25, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-25T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 26, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 26, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-26T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 26, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 26, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-26T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 29, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 29, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-29T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-29T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 29, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836039@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 29, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-29T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-29T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (April 30, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834836@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-04-30T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-30T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CES Exhibition. Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers (April 30, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/115990 115990-21836040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 30, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Starting in 1933 when Hitler and the Nazis came to power, a cadre of European Jews—German, Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, French—discovered that a camera could be their passport, first out of Germany and then out of Europe. Some of these women and men had been planning one type of career—lawyer, journalist, painter, musician—but then realized that they needed to find another way to earn a living. Taking photographs presented a sufficiently malleable opportunity that not only allowed them to leave Germany and then Europe but also to have a means to sustain themselves in foreign countries where they did not necessarily speak the language.

They did, however, mobilize the visual language of photography. For a number of these figures, forced migration became an asset during the golden age of photojournalism wherein their portable services were employed to supply picture stories on the move and around the world. Many of these Jews became influential photographers, shaping how their contemporaries saw the world. Looking back on their work, we can see how they have influenced our understanding of the modern world even as we can recognize their photographs as a significant component of modern Jewish visual culture.

Of the dozens of photographers who fled Europe, eight escaped on a single ship. The S. S. Winnipeg sailed from Marseille, France on May 7, 1941. Germany had already conquered both eastern and western Europe and was poised to invade the Soviet Union. The United States was not yet in the war. Among the 750 refugees aboard were photographers from Hungary, Belgium, France, and Germany: Ilse Bing, Josef Breitenbach, Boris Lipnitsky, Charles Leirens, Yolla Niclas, Fred Stein, Monie Tannen, and Ylla (Camilla Henriette Koffler). During lifeboat drills, they discovered each other. Some of them narrowly escaped Vichy France under the auspices of the American journalist Varian Fry and the New York-based Emergency Rescue Committee that helped so many Jewish and anti-Fascist artists get out of Europe in the nick of time.

This exhibit introduces the University of Michigan to this intrepid group as exemplary case studies of the wide range of European photographers who used their cameras as passports to other worlds. It focuses first on their European experiences pre-emigration before turning to their escape from Europe on the S. S. Winnipeg (with three of them taking photos on board the ship). The exhibit concludes with examples of some of their initial photographic reactions to the new world, seeing it through European eyes.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:50:31 -0500 2024-04-30T08:00:00-04:00 2024-04-30T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition CES Exhibition | Camera as Passport: The Ship of Photographers
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 1, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-01T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 2, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834838@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 2, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-02T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-02T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 3, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834839@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-03T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
International Institute Graduation Ceremony and Reception (May 3, 2024 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/118776 118776-21841589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2024 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Graduation ceremony for undergraduate and graduate students affiliated with: International and Regional Studies, African Studies Center, Center for European Studies, Center for Japanese Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Global Islamic Studies Center, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.

2:30 PM: Check-In
3:00 PM: Ceremony
4:00 PM: Reception with light refreshments

To all 2023-2024 MIRS & Center Graduates: Please confirm your attendance and RSVP at http://myumi.ch/n77rk

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at ii.graduation@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Ceremony / Service Fri, 16 Feb 2024 16:05:28 -0500 2024-05-03T15:00:00-04:00 2024-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Ceremony / Service International Institute Graduation Ceremony and Reception
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 6, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834842@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 6, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-06T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-06T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 7, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-07T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-07T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 8, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-08T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-08T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 9, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834845@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 9, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-09T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-09T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 10, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834846@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 10, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-10T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-10T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 13, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834849@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 13, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-13T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-13T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 14, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834850@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-14T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-14T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 15, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834851@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-15T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-15T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 16, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834852@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 16, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-16T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-16T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 17, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834853@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 17, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-17T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-17T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 20, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834856@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 20, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-20T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 21, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834857@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-21T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 22, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834858@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 22, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-22T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 23, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834859@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 23, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-23T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-23T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 24, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834860@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 24, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-24T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-24T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 27, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834863@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 27, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-27T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-27T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 28, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834864@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 28, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-28T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-28T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 29, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834865@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 29, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-29T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-29T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 30, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 30, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-30T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-30T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
CCPS Exhibition. Modernist Glass from the Polish Past (May 31, 2024 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111352 111352-21834867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 31, 2024 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The glass in this rare collection represents the work of renowned Polish glass artists and designers created between 1960 and 1980. Known as Polskie szkło artystyczne (Polish art glass), the works were produced in glass factories in southern Poland and are a feature of many homes throughout Central Europe. The glass masters were trained in schools of art and design and many achieved international fame during their lifetimes.

The collectors, Endi Poskovic and his wife Julie Anne Visco, began acquiring the glass in 2015-16 while Endi was a Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków. Scouring flea markets, antique shops, and websites, they continue to acquire pieces and build the collection to this day. We are grateful to them for making this remarkable exhibit possible at CCPS and WCEE.

Organized by the Copernicus Center for Polish Studies, this exhibition is co-sponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

Learn more about the exhibition and the artists at https://myumi.ch/8eVrM

The exhibit opens on September 15, 2023 in 1010 Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor. Contact copernicus@umich.edu to schedule a viewing.

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Exhibition Fri, 15 Sep 2023 17:07:34 -0400 2024-05-31T08:00:00-04:00 2024-05-31T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition Modernist Glass from the Polish Past
Wallenberg Medal and Lecture | Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Leader, Architect, Poet (September 10, 2024 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/116533 116533-21837366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2024 4:00pm
Location: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Organized By: International Institute

Time and location to be announced in spring 2024.

Nnimmo Bassey, executive director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation and a global environmental activist, will receive the 2024 Wallenberg Medal from the University of Michigan on Tuesday, September 10th in Ann Arbor.

Nnimmo Bassey is an architect and director of the Nigeria-based ecological think-tank, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and member of the steering committee of Oilwatch International, a network resisting the expansion of fossil fuel extraction in the Global South. He chaired Friends of the Earth International (2008-2012), was a co-recipient of the 2010 Right Livelihood Award, also known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” and received the Rafto Human Rights Prize in 2012. Bassey has received honorary doctorate degrees from University of York (UK) in 2019 and from York University (Canada) in 2023. Bassey’s books include *To Cook a Continent: Destructive Extraction* and *The Climate Crisis in Africa and Oil Politics: Echoes of Ecological War*. His poetry collections include: *We Thought It Was Oil But It Was Blood* (1998), *I Will Not Dance to Your Beat* (2010), and *I See the Invisible* (2024).

“As an architect, poet, writer, and human rights advocate, Nnimmo Bassey works to address root cause issues driving climate migration, environmental and social impacts of extractive production, and hunger in the Niger Delta. His commitment to socio-ecological justice connects large-scale issues of climate change, exploitation of natural resources, and political/corporate intransigence to the lives of individuals in the Niger Delta and beyond,” said Sioban Harlow, Professor Emerita of Epidemiology and Global Public Health and chair of the Wallenberg Medal Executive Committee. “Just as Raoul Wallenberg trained as an architect at the University of Michigan before bringing his multifaceted skills to humanitarian work, Bassey’s background as an architect undergirds his environmental leadership.”

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The Wallenberg Medal and Lecture honors the legacy of Raoul Wallenberg who graduated from U-M’s College of Architecture in 1935 and saved the lives of tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews near the end of World War II. In 1944, at the request of Jewish organizations and the American War Refugee Board, the Swedish Foreign Ministry sent Wallenberg on a rescue mission to Budapest. Over the course of six months, Wallenberg issued thousands of protective passports and placed many thousands of Jews in safe houses throughout the besieged city. He confronted Hungarian and German forces to secure the release of Jews, whom he claimed were under Swedish protection, and saved more than 80,000 lives.

Administered by the University’s Donia Human Rights Center, U-M awards the Wallenberg Medal to those who, through their actions and personal commitment, perpetuate Wallenberg’s extraordinary accomplishments and human values, and demonstrate the capacity of the human spirit to stand up for the helpless, to defend the integrity of the powerless, and to speak out on behalf of the voiceless.

The Wallenberg Medal and Lecture ceremony is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. Please direct any inquiries about the event and requests for event accommodations to wallenberglecture@umich.edu or 734-936-3973.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Feb 2024 12:51:14 -0500 2024-09-10T16:00:00-04:00 2024-09-10T19:00:00-04:00 Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre International Institute Lecture / Discussion Wallenberg Medal and Lecture | Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Leader, Architect, Poet