Event Types
Location
CMENAS Teach-In Town Hall. BDS, Nonviolence, and MLK's Legacy in the Middle East
Cindy and Craig Corrie, Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice; David Palumbo-Liu, Professor of Comparative Literature, Stanford University
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of...
ASC Film Screening and Lecture. “The Alchemy of Culture and Law in the South African Constitutional Court.”
Albie Sachs, activist and former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Albie Sachs, activist and former judge on the Constitutional Court of South Africa will show a short film he made called, “Touring the...
Fulbright U.S. Student Program General Information Session
Getting Started with Your Application
U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will provide an overview of the program and provide basic details related to the...
CREES Noon Lecture. National Minorities as a Legal Category in the Czech Republic (and Beyond) at the Time of Rising Nationalism
Helena Hofmannová, associate professor of constitutional law, Charles University; Michigan Grotius Senior Research Scholar, U-M
The Czech philosopher Jan Patočka wrote in Europe and the post-European Age that demolition is a certain type of construction. The current...
ASP Lecture: Bridging Memories in a Contested Geography – Eastern Turkey between Western Armenia and Northern Kurdistan
David Leupold, 2018-19 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellow, U-M
Grounded in the field of late Ottoman history this lecture will draw on the disciplines of political sociology and anthropology to challenge...
CJS Icons of Anime Film Series | Spirited Away
2001 | Fantasy/Mystery/Anime | 135 min | PG
In this animated feature by noted Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, 10-year-old Chihiro and her parents stumble upon a seemingly abandoned...
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Poetry, Class, and Politics: Making Haiku into “Literature” in Meiji Japan
Robert Tuck, Assistant Professor of Modern Japanese Literature and Culture, Arizona State University
Known for its emphasis on nature and the seasons, as well as its accessibility and broad appeal, haiku is now one of Japan’s best-known...
Donia Human Rights Center Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture. Locking up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
James Forman, Jr., Pulitzer Prize Winning author and professor of law, Yale University
In his lecture, James Forman, Jr. will discuss some of the questions raised by his Pulitzer-prize winning book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime...
CPPS Film and Discussion. "The Return"
Adam Zucker, director (83 min., 2014), and Geneviève Zubrzycki, CPPS director
The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies is pleased to cosponsor the screening of Adam Zucker's documentary, "The Return." The film follows...
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. Photographic Mourning: Witnessing the Philippine Drug War
Vicente L. Rafael, University of Washington, Department of History
Under the regime of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte, the so-called drug war in the Philippines has exacted an enormous toll. In this talk, I inquire...
Next Steps Virtual PICSnics: Brown Bag BlueJeans Video Conference Luncheon with Emily Biester
Emily Biester, BA International Studies; BA Political Science; minor, French, University of Michigan '13; Immigration Services Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Interested in the Peace Corps, teaching English abroad, federal immigration services, or a government agency career? Learn from PICS alumna...
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting
The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our...
Korean Cinema NOW | Believer / 독전
Directed by Hae-young Lee
2018 | 123 Minutes | Directed by Hae-young Lee...
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | A Colonial Muslim History of Qing Central Asia: Revisiting Sayrāmī's "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī"
Eric Schluessel, Mellon Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study; Assistant Professor, University of Montana
The "Tārīkh-i Ḥamīdī of Mullah Mūsa Sayrāmī" (1836-1917) is celebrated as a monument of Uyghur literature and the preeminent...
WCED Lecture. Judicial Politics in Africa
Fiona Shen-Bayh, WCED postdoctoral fellow, U-M
Existing research in comparative politics has focused on the legislative, bureaucratic, and coercive tools of autocratic survival, but...
CJS Icons of Anime Film Series | Your Name
106 min. | Drama/Fantasy | PG | 2016
From Director Makoto Shinkai comes a beautiful masterpiece about time, the thread of fate, and the hearts of two young souls. A teenage boy...
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Radical Adaptation: Japan’s Foreign Policy in the Trump Era
Toshihiro Nakayama, Professor of American Politics and Foreign Policy, Policy Management, Keio University, Japan
Seemingly, Japan has adapted to Trumpian foreign policy like no other. Whereas many “western democracies” have maintained a distance to...
International Institute Round Table
The Uyghur Human Rights Crisis: What is happening in Northwest China?
This panel will discuss the situation faced by the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group living in northwestern China. Since early 2018, media...
CSEAS Film Screening. Thai Movie Night: Pop Aye
Kirsten Tan, Director
On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant...
CMENAS and International Economic Development Program Lecture. Beyond the Headlines: Morocco 8 Years after the February 20th Movement
Samia Errazzouki, University of California, Davis
Eight years have passed since Morocco’s iteration of the “Arab Spring” with the February 20th Movement. Since then, Moroccans have...
Arctic Internship Fellowship Information Session
Bryna Worner, program coordinator, Program in International and Comparative Studies
The Arctic Internship Fellowship provides funding for University of Michigan undergraduate students to complete internships that students...
CSAS Lecture Series | Of Commodities and Frontiers: Looking for "Capitalism" on the Edges of Britain’s Indian Colonies
Subir Sinha, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Subir Sinha studied History at the University of Delhi (BA) and Political Science at Northwestern University (MS, PhD), and has taught at...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
CPPS Lecture and Exhibition Opening. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
Maciej Krupa, journalist and mountain guide
Zakopane is an extraordinary town. Located amidst the stunning beauty of the Tatra Mountains, it is Poland’s best-known holiday resort....
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | US-China Relations in the Age of Trump and Xi
Mary E. Gallagher, Professor of Political Science; Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
Mary E. Gallagher is the Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor of Democracy, Democratization, and Human Rights Professor at the University of...
WCED Lecture. Impunity as State Formation: Dictatorship and the Future of Justice in Thailand
Tyrell Haberkorn, associate professor of Southeast Asian studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The regime of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), which took power in Thailand in the 22 May 2014 coup, is a dictatorship that...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
CREES Noon Lecture. The Polish Athens: Zakopane as a Center of Polish Culture
Maciej Krupa, journalist and mountain guide
Maciej Krupa is a journalist, translator, and mountain guide who lives and works in Zakopane, Poland. An anthropologist and historian by...
CSEAS Southeast Asia Practice and Scholarship Series | Perspectives on the State of Journalism
Muzammil Hussain, U-M Communication Studies; Hkun Lat, freelance documentary photographer from Myanmar; Tyrell Haberkorn, U-W Madison Southeast Asian Studies, ; Orlando de Guzman, Ilaya Films
Contemporary journalists covering the various countries of Southeast Asia face unprecedented challenges in the form of suppression,...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
Fulbright U.S. Student Program General Information Session WEBINAR
Getting Started with Your Application
U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will provide an overview of the program and provide basic details related to the...
Donia Human Rights Center Special Lecture to Launch the Robert J. Donia Graduate Student Fellowship. Human Rights in the Neoliberal Maelstrom
Samuel Moyn, professor of law and professor of history, Yale University
The age of human rights has been kindest to the rich. Even as state violations of political rights garnered unprecedented attention due to...
ASP Film Screening: The Color of Pomegranates
Directed by Sergei Parajanov, 1969
A breathtaking fusion of poetry, ethnography, and cinema, Sergei Parajanov’s masterwork overflows with unforgettable images and sounds. In...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
Korean Cinema NOW | The Fortress / 남한산성
Directed by Dong-hyuk Hwang
2017 | 140 Minutes | Dong-hyuk Hwang...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | "Heaven and Earth are Within One's Grasp": The Healer's Body-as-Technology in Chinese Medicine
Marta Hanson, Associate Professor, Department of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Marta Hanson is an Associate Professor of the history of East Asian medicine in the Department of the History of Medicine, Johns Hopkins...
Kerning Cultures: A Podcast Listening Party
Bella Ibrahim, Marketing Lead at Kerning Cultures
Media surrounding the Middle East does not speak for its youth. And youth make up 65% of the region's population. That's 140M people between...
International Studies Information Session and Q&A
Thinking About Declaring an International Studies Major or Minor?
Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
ASC Lecture. 2018-19 UMAPS Colloquium Series
2018-2019 U-M African Presidential Scholars
This monthly series features the UMAPS fellows and their scholarly work. The talks prepared and presented by each visiting scholar are...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
CSAS Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference on South Asia 2019
Keynote by Indrani Chatterjee, Professor, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin
For complete details and the conference schedule, please see the conference website:...
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting
The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our...
Korean Cinema NOW | Little Forest / 리틀 포레스트
Directed by Soon-rye Yim
2018 | 104 Minutes | Soon-rye Yim...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918
“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane,...
