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DTSTAMP:20160330T100507
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T140000
SUMMARY:Film Screening:Film Screening of \"The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo\"
DESCRIPTION:Yaba Badoe is a Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker\, journalist and author.\n\nHer most recent film\, launched in 2014\, is entitled The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo.\n\nThe Art of Ama Ata Aidoo explores the artistic contribution of one of Africa’s foremost woman writers\, a trailblazer for an entire generation of exciting new talent. The film charts Ama Ata Aidoo’s creative journey in a life that spans 7 decades from colonial Ghana through the tumultuous era of independence to a more sober present day Africa where nurturing women’s creative talent remains as hard as ever.\n\nOver the course of a year the film follows Aidoo as she returns home to her ancestral village in the Central Region of Ghana\, launches her latest collection of short stories in Accra\, and travels to the University of California\, Santa Barbara to attend the premier of her seminal play about the slave trade\,Anowa.\n\nWith contributions from Carole Boyce Davies\, Nana Wilson- Tagoe and Vincent Odamtten\, The Art of Ama Ata Aidoo gives a fascinating insight into the life of a feminist poet and novelist and brings Aidoo’s writing to new audiences.\n\n \n\nGenerous support was provided by the CEW Frances & Sydney Lewis Visiting Leader Fund. \n\n\n​For further information\, please contact (734) 764-5517 or email ecnirp@umich.edu​
UID:30067-3328240@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30067
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,Film,Multicultural,Storytelling,Visual Arts,Women's Studies
LOCATION:Haven Hall - 4701 (DAAS Conference Room)
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DTSTAMP:20151222T172338
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T170000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Kyle Abraham Residency\, in conjunction with UMS
DESCRIPTION:Choreographer Kyle Abraham will be in residence in LHSP to talk with students. Students will also be able to watch rehearsals in the Alice Lloyd Hall dance studio. Further details TBA.
UID:27497-2433430@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27497
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate
LOCATION:Alice Lloyd Hall
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DTSTAMP:20160328T084601
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T130000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:LRCCS Noon Lecture Series
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Hilde De Weerdt\, Professor of Chinese History\, Leiden University\n\nIn twelfth-century Song China governmental control over current information circulated orally\, in manuscript\, and print became stricter. At the same time\, the private and commercial publication of state documents\, court news\, and recent history grew exponentially. The former aspect\, censorship\, has received much attention in Chinese Studies. Professor de Weerdt  proposes that both aspects\, secrecy and publicity\, need to be understood together\, and she  will reflect on the causes for central and local governments’ ambivalent stance towards the circulation of archival materials and current affairs and their longer-term consequences on imperial Chinese political culture.\n\nShe argues\, in part on the basis of digital analyses of notebooks and letters\, that the paradigmatic shift towards localism amongst political elites in the twelfth century was accompanied by a structural transformation in political communication between court and provincial elites. This transformation was characterized by the dissemination of shared political imaginaries based on territorial claims and the consolidation of the position of the literati or cultural elites as the main producers and consumers of history and current affairs texts. Special consideration will be given to the question of how we can trace and analyze communication networks and political networking and their role in the history of Chinese polities.\n\nHilde De Weerdt is Professor of Chinese History at the Leiden Institute for Area Studies. Prior to this she taught at King’s College London (Reader in Chinese History\, 2012-13)\, Oxford University (University Lecturer/Associate Professor in Chinese History\, 2007-2012) and Pembroke College (Fellow\, 2007-2012)\, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (Assistant Professor of Chinese History\, 2002-2007). She wrote an intellectual history of the civil service examinations\, titled\, \"Competition over Content: Negotiating Standards for the Civil Service Examinations in Imperial China (1127-1276)\" (Harvard University Asia Center\, 2007). Her research focuses on the question of how social networks shaped Chinese politics. Her interests in intellectual and political history\, information technologies\, social networks\, and digital research methods have also led to her involvement in several comparative and digital humanities projects including “Communication and Empire: Chinese Empires in Comparative Perspective” (funded by the European Research Council\, 2012-17) and “DID-ACTE: Digging into Data: Automating Chinese Text Extraction” (funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council\, the Joint Information Systems Committee\, and the National Endowment for the Humanities\, 2014-2016). She is the co-editor of \"Knowledge and Text Production in an Age of Print--China\, Tenth-Fourteenth Centuries\" (Brill\, 2011). Her most recent book\, \"Information\, Territory\, and Networks: The Crisis and Maintenance of Empire in Song China\" (Harvard University Asia Center\, 2015)\, takes a fresh look at the question of how the ideal of the unified territorial state took hold in Chinese society.\n\nThis presentation is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan Library.\n\nProfessor de Weerdt will also be giving a public presentation in the gallery space of the U-M Hatcher Library at 10am Monday\, April 4\, 2016.
UID:27553-2450682@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27553
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Chinese Studies
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - Room 1636
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DTSTAMP:20160223T143402
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T133000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:My Brothers Dialogue Series
DESCRIPTION:My Brothers is a lunch series open to all students\, faculty and staff that address the unique needs and experiences of men of color at the University of Michigan in a safe\, open space. All sessions include free lunch and are open to students\, faculty\, and staff.\n\nOur Mission: My Brothers seeks to empower men of color around issues of identity\, intercultural competency\, health\, and wellness that affect them in an open atmosphere. The program welcomes all University of Michigan men of color\, undergraduate and graduate\, faculty and staff.
UID:29156-3004198@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29156
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Food,Free,Multicultural,Social
LOCATION:Michigan Union - CSG Chambers
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DTSTAMP:20151215T163443
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T133000
SUMMARY:Meeting:PEW Series Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Held in the Eldersveld Room on the 5th floor of Haven Hall
UID:27269-2372676@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/27269
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Economics,Politics,Workshop
LOCATION:Haven Hall - Eldersveld Room (5670)
CONTACT:
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DTSTAMP:20160321T114019
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T140000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Working with Older Adults
DESCRIPTION:Engage with professionals as they discuss their interdisciplinary approaches to\nworking with older adults. Join us to learn about the ever increasing need for\nsocial workers\, health care professionals and clinicians trained in gerontology.\nLunch provided. Please RSVP.
UID:29852-3246092@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29852
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:School of Social Work Building - B780
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DTSTAMP:20160404T123217
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T121500
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T124500
SUMMARY:Meeting:Prayer Service:  Global Day of Prayer for Climate Action
DESCRIPTION:A midday prayer service for those concerned about action on climate change.  Part of a global call to prayer initiatede by  A Roche International\, the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN)\, the Lausanne/World Evangelical Council Creation Care Network\, and the Young Evangelicals for Climate Action.  Hosted at the Campus Chapel.
UID:30186-3375345@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30186
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ecology,Environment,Religious,Social Justice
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Sanctuary
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DTSTAMP:20160215T121523
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T140000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Using Art to Disrupt the Criminal Justice System
DESCRIPTION:Presented as part of a campus wide collaboration with the Prison Creative Arts Project and visiting photographer and activist Mark Strandquist.\n\nMark Strandquist is an artist\, activist\, and educator who has spent years using art as a vehicle for connecting diverse communities to build empathy and support for social justice movements. At the core of his practice is the belief that those most impacted by a given issue are the experts society needs to listen. He works across disciplines connecting those directly impacted with a multitude of community experts to impact change on personal and policy levels. His projects include from working with incarcerated youth to train police officers\, to connecting incarcerated men and women with thousands through interactive public art installation\, to creating teams of lawyers\, artists\, and formerly incarcerated individuals to help facilitate free legal clinics that have cleared the records of thousands of individuals.
UID:28963-2931400@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/28963
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Social Justice,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Common Room, #1022
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DTSTAMP:20160316T125430
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T130000
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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:29488-3138746@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29488
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,African American,Culture,Diversity,Exhibition,Social Justice
LOCATION:Haven Hall
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DTSTAMP:20160405T120020
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T140000
SUMMARY:Other:Spirituality Religion and Health in Palliative Care
DESCRIPTION:We will discuss and explore what role spirituality and religion play in palliative care medicine and end-of-life decision making. We will have a panel of experts in this area to share their experiences and answer our questions. The panel will consist of a hospital chaplain\, an oncology and palliative care social worker\, Dr. Debra Mattison\, and a registered nurse in the University’s pediatric palliative care program\, Ms. Elizabeth Hollenkamp. Light refreshments will be served. Please contact John Richardson (jsrich@umich.edu) if you plan on attending.
UID:30134-3343863@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30134
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Room 1138, SPH2
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DTSTAMP:20160317T181528
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T163000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Strings Master Class and Discussion: Rachel Barton Pine
DESCRIPTION:Rachel Barton Pine conducts a strings masterclass with top SMTD student students\, followed by an engaging discussion with Evan Ware on Pine's black composers publishing project \n\nMasterclass 2:30-4:00 PM\nDiscussion 4:00-4:30 PM
UID:29802-3214347@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29802
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Free,Music,North campus
LOCATION:Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
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DTSTAMP:20160309T171815
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T190000
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:29580-3138824@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:20160307T140211
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T180000
SUMMARY:Reception / Open House:Marvin Parnes Retirement Party
DESCRIPTION:After 41 years of distinguished service at the University of Michigan\, Marvin Parnes has retired. Parnes was Managing Director of the U-M Institute for Social Research\, a position he held from 2013 through the end of February.  A celebration of his career is planned for April 5 in the Michigan League Ballroom from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. with remarks at 4:00 p.m.  For more information\, contact Anna Massey (abeattie@umich.edu) or Jane Ballo (jballo@umich.edu).  To contribute to an electronic memory book for Marvin\, send your favorite stories to Jane Ballo (jballo@umich.edu).  \n\nParnes began working at U-M in Student Affairs where he held his first position at Counseling and Psychological Services\, followed by serving as Assistant Director of Residence Education in the Housing Division. (See more about this phase of his career in Stories of the Staff at staffstories.umich.edu/combatting-sexual-abuse-and-assualt-by-teaching-respect)\n\nStarting in 1988\, Parnes served in a number of roles at the U-M Office of Research (UMOR)\, then called the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR).  He was Associate Vice President for Research\, Programs & Operations\, and Director and Principal Investigator of the Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Parnes also chaired the OVPR Faculty Grants & Awards Committee\, and participated in a number of planning and advisory committees and task forces throughout the University.\n\nIn alignment with his interest in social equity\, he coordinated many U-M efforts to increase the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in research\, including providing oversight for over twenty years to the Women in Science and Engineering program\, co-founding programs with the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs to hire minority junior faculty\, serving on a Committee that fostered collaboration with HBCUs\, and being an inaugural recipient of the National Center for Institutional Diversity Exemplary Diversity Engagement and Scholarship Award.\n \nHe was a major contributor in developing the organizational and resource infrastructure for the University’s rapidly expanding research program during its period of greatest growth. During his tenure\, he shared oversight for infrastructure and administration\, research administration\, technology transfer\, liaison with industry\, and day-to-day administration of units reporting to the Vice President for Research.  He was very involved in the creation of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG)\, the Program in Complex Systems\, the Business Engagement Center (BEC)\, and the Institute for Research on Labor\, Employment\, and the Economy (IRLEE)\, ArtsEngine\, and led the development of eResearch.   He coordinated seed funding for new scholarly projects and special needs in the research community and worked closely with the university’s executive officers on the role and strategy of the University in regional economic development\, resulting in the formation of SPARK\, a partnership between universities\, government\, and businesses to promote innovation in the Ann Arbor area. For many years he very capably represented the U-M in Washington at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)\, the National Science Foundation (NSF)\, and other funding organizations and served on multiple review committees and special task forces.\n\nParnes has served as the Principal Investigator of the Michigan Initiative for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MIIE)\, a statewide consortium of public universities promoting regional economic development and entrepreneurism and on many local\, regional\, and national committees and boards.  He is the past Chair and Treasurer of the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and served as Chair of the Council on Governmental Relations (COGR)\, a national association of research universities based in Washington\, D.C.
UID:29448-3120327@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29448
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Michigan League - Ballroom
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DTSTAMP:20160317T153111
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:\"Muslims in America: A Forgotten History\,\" An evening with Laila Lalami
DESCRIPTION:The year 2015 has seen a spike in anti-Muslim rhetoric. Presidential candidates have suggested\, among other things\, that American Muslims \"celebrated\" the attacks of September 11\, that they should be forced to register in a federal database\, and that refugees be forced to undergo a religious test. This rhetoric is vicious and shrill\, but it is not new. And it persists regardless of what the facts may say. Part of the reason for this is that Muslims are presented as latecomers to America\, recent arrivals who’ve grafted themselves into an already thriving country. In fact\, Muslims have been part of America since before it became a nation. In this talk\, Laila Lalami will discuss history\, its transmission\, and how fiction can help us fill in some of its many gaps and silences.\n\nLaila Lalami is the author\, most recently\, of The Moor’s Account\, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. She writes the “Between the Lines” column for The Nation\, and is a professor of creative writing at the University of California\, Riverside. Booksigning & sale immediately following.\nFree and open to the public. Seating is limited\; please arrive early.
UID:29349-3076207@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/29349
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Books,Diversity,History,International,Lecture,Literature,Middle East Studies,Multicultural,Muslim,Talk,Writing
LOCATION:Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) - Amphitheatre
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DTSTAMP:20160330T093742
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20160405T180000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DAAS African Workshop “Water to Swallow the Pill of Wisdom: Humour in African Proverbs”
DESCRIPTION:Kofi Asare Opoku is a former chair of the Ghana Institute of African Studies and a retired Professor of African Traditional Religion from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania\, USA. He has taught and delivered numerous lectures on African culture and world religions across the globe in the past forty years. Professor Opoku’s grandfather\, Theophilus Opoku\, was the first African to be ordained in Ghana in 1872. After Professor Opoku graduated from seminary\, he became interested in African Traditional Religion\, and made the decision not to be ordained. He holds degrees from Yale University Divinity School and the University of Ghana. \n  Opoku has published several books\, including West African Traditional Religion (1978)\; Healing for God’s World: Remedies from Three Continents\, with Kim Yong-Bock and Antoinette C. Wire (1991)\; Hearing and Keeping: Akan Proverbs (1997)\; andSpeak to the Winds: Proverbs from Africa (1975). Opoku has also authored numerous articles and papers on African culture\, spirituality\, and religions and their impact on Western ideas. He is currently a farmer at Mampong\, Akuapem\, in Ghana’s Eastern Region.\n\nAbstract: The humour found in African proverbs is not merely intended to induce laughter or amusement. Rather\, it is the water with which the pill of wisdom (proverbs) is swallowed.\n\nGenerous support was provided by the Center for World Performance Studies and the African Studies Center\n\n​For further information\, please contact (734) 764-5517 or email ecnirp@umich.edu​
UID:30065-3328238@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/30065
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Africa,Culture,Education,History,Multicultural,Philosophy,Scholarship,Storytelling
LOCATION:Haven Hall - 4701 (DAAS Conference Room)
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