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DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893055@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251210T152415
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CJS Noon Lecture Series | A Queer Girl in Modern Japan: Yoshiya Nobuko
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person in room 1010\, Weiser Hall\, and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at https://myumi.ch/W6ZPD.\n   \n   The talk explores the life and work of popular writer Yoshiya Nobuko (1896–1973)\, known for her serialized fiction\, modern fashion\, and lifelong relationship with a same-sex partner. The talk considers her work through the lens of the *shōjo* (girl) as a term of genre\, identity\, and perspective on 20th-century Japan.\n   \n   Sarah Frederick teaches Japanese literature and cinema at Boston University’s Department of World Languages and Literatures\, of which she is currently associate chair. She is the author of *Turning Pages: Reading and Writing Women’s Magazines in Interwar Japan* (University of Hawaiʻi Press\, 2006)\, and articles in *positions: East Asian Cultures Critique\, US Japan Women’s Journal\,* and *Japan Forum.* She has also published a translation of Yoshiya Nobuko’s short story *Yellow Rose* (Expanded editions\, 2016). She has also written on the travel writings of Yoshiya Nobuko\, Isabella Bird\, and Natsume Sōseki\, including a GIS-aided map of Natsume Sōseki’s trips to Kyoto.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*
UID:142556-21891151@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142556
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Japanese Studies,LGBT,Literature
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260406T160037
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T204500
SUMMARY:Film Screening:CJS Winter 2026 Film Series | *School in the Crosshairs (ねらわれた学園)*
DESCRIPTION:Obayashi’s first groundbreaking idol picture is a dazzling mix of special effects and blue-screen artifice—a stylistic flair perfected in his debut *House\,* now utilized for the onset of an alien invasion. Ordinary schoolgirl Yuka’s new term comes to an odd start when she inexplicably stops an accident by using latent psychic powers. Troubled by her newfound abilities\, Yuka also senses a strange force starting to take hold of the school\, with students turning into mind-controlled fascists\, patrolling school halls\, stifling dissent\, and mandating the re-education of freethinkers. *School in the Crosshairs* is a cosmic overload of extraterrestrial tyrants\, preternatural powers\, and Obayashi’s uniquely clever filmmaking\, underlaid by an existential cry for free will.\n   \n   Attendance is free and open to the public\, and no prior registration is required. Seating is first-come\, first-served\, and doors open at 6:30 PM.\n   \n   Presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Read more about the film\, including ratings\, at\n   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125434/\n   \n   Learn more about the CJS Winter 2026 Film Series at: https://myumi.ch/AZ8Ep\n   This film series is in partnership with Marquee Arts.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at cjsevents@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*
UID:142759-21891344@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142759
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Film Series,Free,Japanese Studies
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260407T122507
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260416T203000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Korean Performing Arts Initiative | Landfill: Listening Party
DESCRIPTION:The album Landfill shares the artist Sunhong Kim's personal journey with the p'iri\, a Korean double-reed bamboo wind instrument. The artist first learned to play the instrument in a public middle school orchestra\, which was launched using concessions to the community after protests against a local landfill expansion. Although it took nearly a week just to produce a sound from the instrument's double reed\, the p'iri became the artist's life purpose and led them to study in Seoul. By embracing this origin story\, the debut album is meant as a gift for listeners who are unfamiliar with the p'iri. The music maps out the artist's personal progression with the instrument\, beginning with simple\, easy-listening versions of the Korean folksong Arirang from five different regions. The album then transitions to Sangnyeongsan puri\, a highly challenging solo piece requiring immense breath control that the artist once played at the final round of a national competition. Finally\, the music ventures into new territory\, pushing the p'iri beyond its traditional acoustic boundaries through the use of electronic mediation.\n   \n   The Landfill listening party at the Cluster Museum is a community art event introducing the p'iri\, a Korean bamboo wind instrument. Following opening remarks by ethnomusicologists Dr. Christi-Anne Castro and Dr. Hilary Finchum\, alongside Asian American composer Dr. Julie Zhu and an interdisciplinary artist Chien-An Yuan\, the event will feature live performances of the Korean folksong \"Arirang\" paired with recorded tracks from the p'iri musician/ethnomusicologist Sunhong Kim's debut album on the 1473 label. An interactive Q&A following the listening will allow guests to talk directly with the artist about her personal path and musical progression with the instrument.\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us atoutreachkorea@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*
UID:147496-21901124@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147496
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Arts Initiative,Asian Languages And Cultures,Korea,Korean Studies,Music
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893056@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251219T113121
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSEAS Friday Lecture Series | Words as Weapons: British Black Propaganda and Psychological Warfare in Indonesia\, 1963–66
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and virtually on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/w9P17\n\nFollowing nearly a decade of failed covert operations targeting Indonesia\, the Central Intelligence Agency turned to allies across the Atlantic in the mid-1960s to assist with undermining the government in Jakarta. During this period\, the Information Research Department (IRD)\, the British covert propaganda department hidden deep within the Foreign Office\, established a special unit in Singapore innocuously named the Southeast Asia Monitoring Unit (SEAMU) to spearhead a disinformation campaign to destabilize Indonesia in hopes of ushering in a more friendly regime in Jakarta and putting a premature end to Konfronstasi – Indonesia’s low-level border war waged against Malaysia. With the collaboration of the American\, Australian\, and Malaysian governments\, the British psychological warfare campaign not only flooded the Indonesian market with black propaganda leaflets and radio broadcasts\, but deftly manipulated the international news circuit to spread Indonesian Army propaganda across the globe to help provide legitimacy to Army claims and help mollify international opinion of the mass murder of up to a million nominally leftist Indonesian citizens.\n   \n   Chris Hulshof is a historian of empire\, covert operations\, and international power projection in Southeast Asia during the twentieth century. His work explores how the post–World War II world order emerged not through unilateral Western design but through contested\, multilinear interactions among U.S. agents\, European interlocutors\, and Southeast Asian political elites\, with a focus on how furtive diplomacy\, militarism\, and trans-imperial entanglements shaped local independence movements and global structures of power. His work has been featured in both academic publications such as the Journal of Cold War Studies\, Diplomacy & Statecraft\, and Empire Competitions and public-facing outlets such as Floresa\, Passport\, and Justice in Translation. Additionally\, Chris serves as the Director of Community Engagement with the Graduate Education in Southeast Asia (GETSEA) consortium and a Council Member and Chair of the Graduate Student Committee of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).\n\n*Accommodation: 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.*
UID:142983-21891906@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142983
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,center for southeast asian studies,History,indonesia,malaysia
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260323T135122
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260417T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Annual Thomas R. Trautmann Honorary Lecture 2026 | India’s War on the Mughal Empire
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This lecture will be held in person and livestreamed on Zoom. The webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered\, joining information will be sent to your email. Register for the Zoom webinar at: https://myumi.ch/Qw4dD. Note\, this lecture will not be recorded and published at a later date.\n\nMuch has been written about the rise of Hindutva (Hindu-centric) ideology in contemporary India\, especially since the rise of Narendra Modi to power as India’s Prime Minister twelve years ago. This paper will explore the historical dimension to this movement\, and more particularly\, the ways in which the current government has attempted to erase memory of India’s most glorious empire – the Mughals – from the historical record. This paper will explore several dimensions to this effort\, including interventions in the school curricula\, the manipulation of the memory of Mughal architecture\, literary and linguistic tastes\, the erasure of Mughal space as reflected in new place names\, both implemented and proposed\, and through Bollywood depictions of figures associated with the Mughal empire.\n\n*Lecture followed by reception at Forum hall\, Palmer Commons 4th floor*\n \nA graduate of the universities of Virginia and Wisconsin\, Professor Eaton teaches South Asian history at the University of Arizona. His published works include *Sufis of Bijapur*(Princeton\, 1978)\, *The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier\, 1204-1760* (California\, 1993)\, *Essays on Islam and Indian History* (Oxford\, 2000)\, *India's Islamic Traditions\, 711-1750* (Oxford\, 2002)\, *Social History of the Deccan\, 1300-1761: Eight Indian Lives* (Cambridge\, 2005)\, *Slavery and South Asian History* (co-edited with Indrani Chatterjee\, Indiana\, 2006)\, *Power\, Memory\, Architecture: Contested Sites on India’s Deccan Plateau\, 1300-1600* (co-authored with Phillip Wagoner\, Oxford\, 2014)\, *India in the Persianate Age\, 1000-1765* (Penguin Books\, 2020)\, *The Lotus and the Lion: Essays on India’s Sanskritic and Persianate Worlds* (Primus Books\, 2022)\, and *The Oxford Handbook of the Mughal World* (co-edited with Ramya Sreenivasan\, Oxford\, 2025).
UID:144126-21894698@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/144126
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Environment,India,Islam,South Asia
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall, 4th Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893057@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20251218T151059
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260418T145400
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Korean Cinema NOW | My Daughter is a Zombie | 좀비딸
DESCRIPTION:2025 ‧ Zombie Horror\, Comedy\, Drama ‧ 1h 54min ‧ PG-13\n   \n   View the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-grngL19_o\n   \n   This 2025 film My Daughter Is a Zombie is a heartwarming comedy-drama\, based on the hit webtoon\, that offers a unique\, family-centric spin on the zombie genre. The film stars Cho Jung-seok as Jung-hwan\, a devoted single father whose life is upended when his teenage daughter\, Soo-ah (Choi Yu-ri)\, becomes infected during a global zombie outbreak. Refusing to give up on her\, Jung-hwan\, an experienced animal trainer\, takes his zombie daughter to his mother's (Lee Jung-eun) secluded seaside village and begins an intensive\, often hilarious\, \"taming\" process to help her retain her humanity. Balancing genuine emotion with physical comedy and a distinct lack of horror\, the film became the highest-grossing Korean film of the year and secured a prestigious win\, taking home the Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film at the 46th Blue Dragon Film Awards.\n   \n   Directed by Pil Gam-Sung\n   Presented in Korean with English subtitles\n\n*Accommodation: If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at outreachkorea@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.*
UID:142928-21891817@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142928
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,Film Series,Free,Korea,korean cinema
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260419T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260419T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893058@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893059@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20250723T152418
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260420T170000
SUMMARY:Presentation:International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nRegister at: https://myumi.ch/Z2jjQ\n\nStudents considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. The International Studies program coordinator will discuss:\n\n• Prerequisites\n• Major and minor requirements\n• Sub-plans\n• How to declare\n• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute\n• Study abroad\, grants\, and internships\n• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor\n\nUndeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. For dates of all upcoming sessions\, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions\, please email is-michigan@umich.edu.\n\nParents 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\n\nIf 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.
UID:136616-21878924@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136616
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:international,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893060@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260331T114251
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Building a Small Hydropower Station in Mao-era China
DESCRIPTION:In-Person Talk Only\n\nBy the end of the 1970s\, the Chinese claimed to have built just under 90\,000 small hydropower stations across the country. This talk\, based on a chapter from an in-progress book\, explores the micro-history of a single such hydropower station. From planning\, finance\, and construction\, to labor\, operation\, and maintenance\, Professor Ghosh’s goal is to explain the political economy that enabled the Chinese to mount small hydropower projects and connect them to local grids\, thereby contributing to our understanding of subnational governance and center-local relations in Mao-era China.\n   \n   Arunabh Ghosh (BA Haverford\; PhD Columbia) is a professor in the History Department at Harvard University. A historian of modern China\, his interests include social and economic history\, history of science and statecraft\, environmental history\, and transnational history. Ghosh is the author of *Making it Count: Statistics and Statecraft in the Early People’s Republic of China* (Princeton\, 2020). He is working on a book titled *The Significance of Small Things: Hydropower and Rural Energy in China* (under contract with Stanford University Press).
UID:143887-21894213@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143887
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Asian Languages And Cultures,China,chinese history,Chinese Studies,Civil and Environmental Engineering
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 10th Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893061@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260415T150919
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260422T183000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:An Evening of Poetry and Translation: Sitting with Loss. The War and Other Atrocities in Iran 2025-2026
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 22\, 2026\, 5:30-6:30 p.m.\, 555 Weiser Hall\nIN PERSON ONLY.\n   \n   Please join us for an evening of poetry in translation\, featuring readings by members of our community—undergraduate students\, PhD students\, and faculty—in response to the past several brutal months in Iran.\n\n   This gathering aims to create a space for everyone—those with a connection to Iran and those who know little about it alike—to come together in the face of ongoing atrocities\, including the 12-day war in June 2025\, waged by Israel and the United States against Iran\; the governmental crackdowns and killings in January 2026\; and the second war starting on February 28\, 2026\, along with the many earlier moments that have led to what is currently unfolding.\n\n*Accommodation: 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.\n   Email: -- warsansa@umich.edu
UID:147776-21901957@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147776
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:center for middle eastern and north african studies,cmenas,Discussion,International Studies,Middle East Studies,Poetry
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260423T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260423T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893062@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260424T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260424T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893063@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260119T234827
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260424T173000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:CAS Community Event.    4th Annual Shared Memories: The Armenian Experience Through Objects and Stories
DESCRIPTION:In recognition of the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide\, the Center for Armenian Studies at the University of Michigan\, in partnership with the Armenian Students Cultural Association and the Multidisciplinary Workshop for Armenian Studies\, invites the community to the fourth annual Shared Memories: The Armenian Experience Through Objects and Stories.\n   \n   This gathering centers on the power of objects as vessels of memory\, survival\, and identity. Across generations and geographies\, Armenians have preserved history not only through archives and texts\, but through everyday items carried\, saved\, and passed down. Photographs\, letters\, jewelry\, textiles\, books\, religious objects\, and household items often bear stories of loss\, resilience\, migration\, and continuity that written records alone cannot capture.\n   \n   Community members are invited to bring an object and\, if they wish\, share the story connected to it. These stories may speak to the Armenian Genocide\, life in the Ottoman Empire\, displacement and refuge\, the Michigan Armenian experience\, or the broader American Armenian story. Sharing is informal and conversational\, creating space for reflection\, dialogue\, and intergenerational connection.\n   \n   No prior expertise is required\, and participation is flexible. Attendees are welcome to listen\, reflect\, and engage even if they do not bring an object.\n   \n   Refreshments will be provided.\n   This event is open to the public.\n   \n   Co-sponsors: Armenian Students Cultural Association and Multidisciplinary Workshop for Armenian Studies\; National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)\n\n   \n\n*Accommodation: 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.    Email: -- armenianstudies@umich.edu
UID:143417-21893110@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143417
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Community,History
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 1010
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260425T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260425T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893064@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260426T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260426T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893065@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260427T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260427T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893066@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260428T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893067@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260429T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893068@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260120T163718
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T160000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project
DESCRIPTION:Making Armenian Americans  \nCurators: Michael Pifer (U-M| MES) and Kathryn Babayan (U-M|History)\nProject Save Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project\n\nMaking Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century\, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project Save\, these photographs capture different valences of American life\, as experienced\, performed\, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations\, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas\, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making\, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
UID:143388-21893069@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143388
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Armenian Studies,Exhibition,history
LOCATION:
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260330T130724
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260430T193000
SUMMARY:Ceremony / Service:2026 International Institute Graduation and Reception Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:The International Institute announces the 2026 Graduation Ceremony. If you are a graduating student who plans to attend the ceremony\, please RSVP at https://myumi.ch/pVeNj. \n\nMichigan Theater\n603 East Liberty Street\nAnn Arbor\n\nCaps and gowns will be recommended\, but not required.\n\nIncludes all Fall 2025\, Winter 2026\, and Summer 2026 graduates from the undergraduate Program in International and Comparative Studies (PICS)\, the Masters in International and Regional Studies (MIRS) and II Area Studies majors\, minors\, and graduate certificate programs including the following centers: African Studies Center\; Center for European Studies\; Center for Japanese Studies\; Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies\; Center for South Asian Studies\, Center for Southeast Asian Studies\; Center for Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies\; Global Islamic Studies Center\; and Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies.\n\nFull graduation details at https://myumi.ch/E8XRp
UID:147224-21900543@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147224
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Area Studies,Graduation,international institute
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
CONTACT:
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20260224T141613
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260929T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260929T181500
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Wallenberg Medal and Lecture 2026
DESCRIPTION:Event details to be announced Spring 2026. \n\nFree and open to the public. Wheelchair and handicap accessible. ASL interpreted. CART provided.
UID:145865-21897966@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145865
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:human rights,Wallenberg Lecture
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Auditorium
CONTACT:
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