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DTSTAMP:20160308T121704
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Siebren Versteeg: LIKE II (2016)
DESCRIPTION:In Siebren Versteeg’s LIKE II (2016)\, a computer painting program creates a composition using a continuously changing algorithm\, and then runs a periodic Google search to find a matching image online. Every sixty seconds\, the painting made by the computer is uploaded to Google’s “search by image” feature\, and images that most closely match the composition are then downloaded and displayed.\n\nThe notion of abstraction plays a central role in this work. Throughout modernity\, artists have sought inventive ways to free painting from its tradition as a representational medium. LIKE II inverts this ambition\, finding the reality hidden within pure abstraction. Because the work evolves based on whatever content is available online at any given moment\, the artist relinquishes a certain degree of creative control. Versteeg says\, “As the nature of the images presented by the work is random\, the artist assumes both all and no responsibility for their presence and content.”\n\n**Special hours Sundays: 12–5pm\, CLOSED Mondays
UID:29503-3129480@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29503
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Information and Technology,Visual Arts,UMMA,Museum
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Media Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20160404T133905
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T114500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Talking to Ourselves: Democracy and the Law
DESCRIPTION:This year's Law & Ethics Lecture will be delivered by Seana Shiffrin\, Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law & Social Justice at UCLA. Professor Shiffrin will deliver her lecture\, and a moderated discussion will follow.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. Lunch will be served.
UID:29863-3248355@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29863
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate,Free,Discussion,Law,Lecture,Philosophy,Politics,Pre Law,Scholarship
LOCATION:Hutchins Hall - 250
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DTSTAMP:20160411T120012
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T130000
SUMMARY:Other:  The Active Bench: The Life and Times of the Honorable Judge Adam Shakoor  - ACS Co-Sponsorship
DESCRIPTION:The Honorable Judge Adam Shakoor\, former Chief Judge\, former Deputy Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer for the City of Detroit will speak about his life in the law and how he has used his law degree to create social change. Lunch will be provided.\n
UID:30140-3348371@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30140
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Hutchins Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160405T145901
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Explorations of a \"Simple\" Olfactory System
DESCRIPTION:Special seminar co-sponsored by the Program in Neuroscience
UID:30220-3384307@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30220
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Biology,Research,Science
LOCATION:Palmer Commons - Forum Hall
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160316T125430
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T170000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:COLOR CODE\, MARIANETTA PORTER
DESCRIPTION:Color Code: Conundrums and Complexities will be presented at GalleryDAAS\, located on the ground floor of Haven Hall on the University of Michigan’s central campus\, from March 11 to April 29\, 2016. The exhibition showcases the recent work of mixed-media artist and University of Michigan professor Marianetta Porter. Color Code celebrates the artistry and eloquence of the black experience in all its complexity--its brutal history\, the richness of its folklore and traditions\, and the beauty of its vernacular expression.
UID:29488-3138752@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29488
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Social Justice,Africa,African American,Culture,Diversity,Exhibition
LOCATION:Haven Hall
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DTSTAMP:20160405T163906
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T131000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T143000
SUMMARY:Presentation:2016 Women's Studies Honors Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Ebere Oparaeke\n\"'I'm a black woman\, we been doin this!' How black women conceptualize and enact agency in the home birth space\"\n\nThere currently is limited research about the motivations and experiences of black women who give birth at home\, and instead it is framed as a choice for advantaged\, white women.   With the assumption that giving birth at home allows women more control over their birth\, this project focuses on how black women who have given birth at home think about birth\, how they create birth spaces that prioritize their decisions\, and what particular experiences or challenges black women may face in deciding their place of birth. Using a reproductive justice framework\, this project seeks to understand the current state of planned home birth for black women in the context of health disparities\, limited choices for place of birth\, and challenges in accessing a range of options. This thesis positions black women who give birth at home within the history of black reproduction that extends generations to assert that black women make the decision to home birth within unique historical legacies. The narratives collected indicate that black women’s creation of agentic home birth spaces is done through the support they foster from providers and family\, their rejection of medicalized birth spaces\, and their ability to access the care they seek. In this agentic space\, they are truly able to experience birth as an empowering and life-changing process.  Advisor: Lisa Kane Low and Leseliey Welch\n\nKatherine Irani\n\"Violence and Voicelessness: Experiences of Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence on College Campuses\"\n\nMedia coverage of sexual assault on college campuses has resulted in an uprising of social media campaigns and student activism. The student-led movement has called for extensive policy changes in higher education. However\, intimate partner violence (IPV)\, has fallen to the margins and not received the same attention. Consequently\, the survivor-centered movement and policy changes have centered the experiences of only a certain type of survivor\, making it difficult for IPV survivors to seek justice and support from their institutions. Furthermore\, the movement has largely failed to take into account the intersections of social identity and how marginalized social identities are accounted for within school policies and services. In this thesis\, the experiences of college student survivors of IPV are centered and their experiences with whom they have worked with and sought support from are examined intersectionally\, both in experience and identity. The purpose of qualitative interviews with student IPV survivors (n=24) is to better understand their experiences receiving services from their schools and working within these systems. Of the 24 students interviewed\, 18 did not receive the help or support that they needed from their school. Based on their experiences\, this thesis argues that within intersectional theory both identities and experiences are marginalized within the violence prevention movement. Advisor:  Anna Kirkland\n \nSophia Kotov\n\"Let's Talk About Non-Monogamy: Self-Labeling\, Actual Practice\, and What Happens in the Interstices\"\n\nAmong life’s milestones include one’s first kiss\, high school prom\, engagement\, wedding\, and having children. Not only is monogamy a deeply ingrained norm\, it is tied closely to personal identity. This thesis explores the experiences of individuals who depart from this pervasive norm. Two overarching questions guide this exploration: 1) How do college students talk about their non-monogamous relationships?\; and 2) What factors contribute to a college student’s decision to pursue such a relationship? For the first question\, I focus on how non-monogamous individuals approach labeling their relationship\, as well as if they describe their non-monogamy to be an innate characteristic or a personal choice. In answering the second question\, I describe the impacts of the social pressure of monogamy\, the role of gender\, and the present day context of dating and hook-up culture on college students’ decisions to be in a non-monogamous relationship.  Advisor: Dean Hubbs\n\nMcKenzie Campbell\n\"Fifty Shades of Agency: The Impact of Fifty Shades of Grey on Sexual Agency in America\"\n\nThe immense popularity of E.L. James’ Fifty Shades of Grey was due to the book’s erotic rendering of a largely heteronormative tale of taboo sexual encounters. This book created a unique space for women in the United States to question their own sexuality and specifically\, their sexual agency. In The Agency Line: A Neoliberal Metric for Appraising Young Women’s Sexuality\, Laina Bay-Chang defines sexual agency as the neoliberal imperative to make choices about ones sexual agency. Through Chang’s model\, the paradoxical understanding of sexual agency highlights the performative nature of hegemonic femininity and traditional gender roles in America that are enacted by main characters\, Christian and Anastasia while engaging in BDSM. This thesis offers a detailed literary analysis of the text in relation to textual consumerism and fandom\, the question of sexual agency more generally\, and what it means to obtain sexual agency through reading practices in 2016. Advisor:  Ruth Tsoffar
UID:30222-3384309@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30222
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Women's Studies
LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239
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DTSTAMP:20160309T171815
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T190000
SUMMARY:Exhibition:Exhibition: Research Through Making
DESCRIPTION:The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents...Research Through Making.\n\nHistorically\, research and creative practice have been constructed as \"opposites.\" This is not an unusual struggle in architecture schools\, particularly in the context of a research university. This perceived tension between design and research is indicative of age-old anxieties within the architecture field to understand its nature as an \"applied art.\" Design can be a purely creative activity not unlike creative practices in music and art. In other cases\, design can be a purely problem solving activity\, not unlike research in engineering and industrial production.\n\nIn its seventh year\, University of Michigan Taubman College's Research Through Making (RTM) Program provides seed funding for faculty research\, worked on by faculty\, students and interdisciplinary experts. The exhibition presents tangible results of their collaborative work.\n\nPresentation of projects will start at 6:00pm in the Art & Architecture Building Auditorium\, with a reception to follow at the Liberty Annex.\n\nResearch Through Making Installations:\n\n\"Tap\"\nAdam Fure\n\n\"Panots & Mosiacs: The Plasticity of Hydraulic Cement through Making\"\nAna Morcillo Pallares and Jonathan Rule\n\n\"Dip and Dive in the D\"\nClaudia Wigger\n\n\"Infundibuliforms: Cable Robot Actuated Kinetic Environments\"\nWes McGee\, Geoffrey Thün\, Kathy Velikov\n\n\"Post Rock\"\nMeredith Miller and Thom Moran\n\nGrant submissions were anonymously evaluated by a distinguished jury from outside the college:\n\nBenjamin Ball\, Lead Artist and Principal\, Ball-Nogues Studio\nBrooke Hodge\, Deputy director\, Cooper Hewitt\, Smithsonian Design Museum\nMark Lamster\, Architecture critic\, The Dallas Morning News\n\n​This exhibition runs from March 10 - April 15. \n\nThe Liberty Gallery is located at 305 W. Liberty Street in downtown Ann Arbor. Exhibition hours are Thursday to Sunday from 3:00-7:00pm unless otherwise noted.\n\nAbout University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning:\n\nThe Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan is a leader in interdisciplinary education and research with a focus on creating a more beautiful\, inclusive and better built environment. The college and its alumni are committed to pushing the boundaries of architectural practice\, advancing global engagement\, and significantly enhancing diversity in the profession. The college offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Architecture\, Master of Architecture (currently ranked #6 nationally\; ranked #1 in 2010 by Design Intelligence Report)\, Master of Science in Architecture\, Master of Urban Planning\, Master of Urban Design\, and PhD programs.
UID:29580-3138830@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29580
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Discussion,Graduate,Graduate School,Lecture,Public Policy,Research,Sociology
LOCATION:305 W Liberty - Liberty Research Annex
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DTSTAMP:20160306T141417
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Introduction to iMovie
DESCRIPTION:In this introductory hands-on workshop\, you will learn how to edit video with the latest version of iMovie. This workshop will also cover how best to transfer your work between computers. No editing experience is necessary. This workshop is open to everyone. iMovie software only available on MacOS.
UID:29384-3085049@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29384
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts,Media,Information and Technology,Film
LOCATION:Modern Languages Building - 2001B
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160407T130218
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T173000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Public Finance
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nWhat are successful electoral strategies? Should candidates try to persuade “swing” voters or mobilize their “base”? We present a model that can address these and related questions in a single unifi…ed framework. We relate electoral strategies to the characteristics of voting groups\, with the answers to these questions sometimes being surprising. We show how a candidate may have different ways of winning for given characteristics of the electoral population\, with possible “discontinuities ”in electoral positions that win elections. We believe that the model helps clarify some key issues as well as presenting insights into some real-world experience.
UID:28749-2821380@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/28749
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,seminar
LOCATION:Lorch Hall - 301
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DTSTAMP:20160405T112808
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T170000
SUMMARY:Performance:Classical Translation Contest - Classical Arabic\, Persian\, Armenian\, and Turkish
DESCRIPTION:Students in all departments and programs (undergraduate and graduate) across the University of Michigan are invited to submit literary translations of texts from Classical Arabic\, Persian\, Armenian\, and Turkish. We know that there are many people inspired by the beauty of these languages who wish to render them more freely and creatively than classwork often involves. The contest is intended to highlight the work of students who are interested in the process of translation as a creative\, intellectually meaningful enterprise. This contest is coordinated in conjunction with the U-M conference “After Alexander: Classical Texts in Arabic\, Persian and Armenian” (April 18-19\, 2016). \n\nRules and Prizes\n\n1. Please submit your work anonymously in the following format: FOUR hard copies of your English translation (along with the original text) and ONE separate cover page (listing the title and author of the text you translated\, your name and email address\, and your undergraduate major or graduate program).\n\n2. Submissions are due on Monday April 11\, 2016 by 5:00pm to the Comparative Literature Main Office\, 2021 Tisch Hall (2nd floor).\n\n3. All submissions will be judged anonymously by a panel of faculty members from the Department of Near Eastern Studies.\n\n4. Students affiliated with any UM department are eligible.\n\n5. All work should consist of original translations/interpretations of works from Classical Arabic\, Persian\, Armenian\, and Turkish. \n\n6. Original works may be in prose or verse and translations may be in prose\, verse\, or other format\, such as multi-media.\n\n7. Maximum length of written submissions is five double-spaced pages.\n\n8. In each category (undergraduate and graduate)\, the prizes will be $100 each.\n\n9. Winners will be invited to present their translations on April 18\, 2016 during the “After Alexander” conference. \n\nCo-sponsored by Contexts for Classics\, the Islamic Studies Program\, and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan https://lsa.umich.edu/contextsforclassics
UID:28156-2666192@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/28156
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Language
LOCATION:Tisch Hall - 2021
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160107T134159
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T173000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Ready\, Set\, Go Global
DESCRIPTION:Take a big step toward a study abroad experience at UM by attending a Ready\, Set\, Go Global session. Learn more about study programs around the world\, scholarships and other financial aid\, the CGIS application process\, courses in your major\, and credit transfer.\nRSGG sessions are offered Monday through Friday from 5–5:30pm in the CGIS office in G155 Angell Hall. Attending an RSGG session is a required part of applying to a CGIS study abroad program.
UID:24657-2570619@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/24657
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:International,Multicultural,Undergraduate,Study Abroad
LOCATION:Angell Hall - CGIS Office, G155
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160330T074436
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T190000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Future of Ethnic Studies
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for “The Future of Ethnic Studies\,” a teach-in on the history and current state of ethnic studies and a discussion of its future at the University of Michigan.\n\nIn the past year\, we have seen nationwide campus protests for racial justice and the ongoing battle against budget cuts at San Francisco State University\, where the first ethnic studies programs were founded.\n\nAs the University of Michigan designs its plan for Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion\, we need to ensure that the histories\, cultures\, and communities that make this campus diverse remain a central feature of the curriculum.\n\nThis event is organized and led by graduate and undergraduate students in Arab and Muslim American Studies\, African and Afro American Studies\, Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies\, Latina/o Studies\, and Native American Studies. There will be guest speakers\, a performance\, and break-out sessions where students will discuss how UM can support ethnic studies.
UID:30062-3328234@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30062
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Workshop
LOCATION:Michigan League - Henderson Room
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DTSTAMP:20160406T150729
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T183000
SUMMARY:Other:Wolverine Podcast Listening Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us to hear a sneak peak of the University Library's new Wolverine Podcast project\, with interviews and stories directly from students about their first experiences here at Michigan. Learn how students relate to their common identity as Wolverines\, while they shed light on their unique individual experiences. This project was completed by Engagement Fellows below from our Student Engagement Program\, in collaboration with library project leader and multimedia producer\, Eleanor Schmitt.\n\nErica Lignell\, Writer\nBA '16 Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies\n\nCarolina Simao\, Project Manager\nPhD '17 Resource Ecology Management\n\nLizzie Vana\, Multimedia Producer\nBA '16 Communications\n\nFree pizza\, great conversation\, and fun!
UID:30256-3393266@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30256
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Library
LOCATION:Shapiro Library - Design Lab, 1st Floor
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160311T113154
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T193000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:An Interview with Dr. Jack Shaheen on Arab and Muslim Stereotypes Over the Last Four Decades
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jack Shaheen has been studying representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. media since the 1970s. Dr. Jack Shaheen is renowned worldwide for his lectures and published work\, which illustrate the damaging consequences of stereotyping of Arabs and Muslims. Over the last four decades\, Shaheen has collected and analyzed materials that depict Arabs and Muslims as the “godless cultural other.” He has created an archive of materials that is housed at the New York University library. He is best known for his book\, Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2001) and the documentary film of the same name (2006). Rather than giving a formal talk\, we plan for a Q&A format in which Evelyn Alsultany\, Director of Arab and Muslim American Studies\, will interview Jack Shaheen about his experiences researching representations of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S. over the last four decades. The objective is to tap into his long experience in documenting media images and their connections to anti-Arab and anti-Muslim policies and perceptions.\n\nReception to follow lecture.
UID:27828-2568370@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27828
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture
LOCATION:Hatcher Graduate Library - Gallery Room 100
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160218T130714
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160411T193000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Clements Library Grand Re-Opening Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Please join us as we celebrate the grand re-opening of the William L. Clements Library.\nPlease RSVP by calling 866-799-0002 or by visiting website\, www.leadersandbest.umich.edu/clements.
UID:29072-2958459@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29072
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Architecture,Books,Classical Studies,Education,Graduate,Graduate School,History,Information and Technology,Law,Writing,Library,Literature,Middle East Studies,Museum,Native American,Rackham,Scholarship,Science,Southeast Asia,Spanish Studies,Theme Semester,Undergraduate,Women's Studies
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Sterns Auditorium , 525 S. State Street
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