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DTSTAMP:20251020T091916
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SUMMARY:Presentation:BLI Japan: Fireside Chat
DESCRIPTION:Join faculty director\, Dr. Ram Mahalingam\, and alumni of the May 2025 Japan Mindfulness and Global Peace Leadership trip as they share details of their immersion into Japan's aesthetic and contemplative culture. \n\nLearn about their individual journeys in developing the skills and practices of Mindful Peace Leadership for application in their careers and local communities\, informed by their time in Japan. \n\nAttendance is highly encouraged if you are interested in applying for the upcoming trip in May 2026. \nLight refreshments provided.
UID:140888-21887772@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140888
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate Students,Study Abroad,Student Panel,Panel,Mindfulness,Leadership,Japanese Studies,Global
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 8th Floor, BLI open space
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DTSTAMP:20251110T081044
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251111T160000
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:General Relativity and the Positive Mass Theorem
DESCRIPTION:For the first part of this talk\, I'll give a brief introduction to the mathematical structure of general relativity. I will then discuss the notion of ADM mass\, which gives a \"total mass\" for asymptotically flat spacetimes. Finally\, I'll introduce the positive mass theorem and discuss the geometric ideas behind its proof.
UID:141690-21889187@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141690
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 3866
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DTSTAMP:20251111T152047
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Japan Fireside Chat
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UID:140889-21887773@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/140889
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:Weiser Hall, 8th floor
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DTSTAMP:20251111T152047
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Kessler Creatives: Lotus Origami
DESCRIPTION:Our first Kessler Creative meeting: a casual space for those who are into crafts (or want to be! ) can meet for small\, accessible craft sessions put on by Kessler Scholar Program staff. \nThis meeting is: origami lotus flowers! Modular origami can be a fun way to use more than one sheet of paper and simpler folds to create gorgeous\, sturdy pieces perfect for display. Whether you are experienced or new to folding\, join us to craft a cute paper flower for your space! \nThis event counts towards 1 of your 3 events per semester.
UID:141496-21888930@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141496
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sessions
LOCATION:LSA 1164
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DTSTAMP:20251017T114912
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:Should Religion Play a Role in the Law?
DESCRIPTION:Part of the Samantha Woll Dialogues\, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute will host an exchange between Terrence McDonald\, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan\, author of The Impossibility of Religious Freedom\, and Benjamin Berger\, author of Law’s Religion\, on how legal systems engage with religious beliefs and practices in pluralistic societies and how recent supreme court decisions and executive actions affect the relationship between church and state.
UID:137002-21879401@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137002
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Civic Engagement,Undergraduate Students,Staff,Activism,Discussion,Education,Faculty,Free,Graduate and Professional Students,Graduate Students,History,Humanities,Open Inquiry,Social Impact,Social Justice,Undergraduate
LOCATION:Michigan Union - Union Pendleton Room
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DTSTAMP:20250805T125056
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251111T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251111T173000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Media of Holocaust Memory
DESCRIPTION:How do we remember the Holocaust in 2025? \"The Media of Holocaust Memory\" brings together two leading Holocaust scholars to discuss the role of \"high tech\" computer algorithms and AI and \"low tech\" monuments and material artifacts as technologies for memorializing. In conversation with each other and the audience\, Levitt and Presner will discuss how the ethical possibilities and challenges Holocaust memory have and will continue to evolve in the twenty-first century.\n\nTodd Presner is Chair of UCLA’s Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies and serves as Special Advisor to Vice Chancellor Roger Wakimoto in the Office for Research and Creative Activities (2018-present). His research focuses on European intellectual and cultural history\, Holocaust studies\, visual culture\, and digital humanities. Presner’s newest book is with Princeton University Press: \"Ethics of the Algorithm: Digital Humanities and Holocaust Memory\" ( Fall 2024). \n\nLaura Levitt is Professor of Religion\, Jewish Studies\, and Gender at Temple University and the author \"The Objects that Remain\" (2020)\, \"American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust\" (2007)\, and \"Jews and Feminism: The Ambivalent Search for Home\" (1997).
UID:137088-21879530@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137088
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Sociology,European,History,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,International,Jewish Studies,Media,Middle East Studies,Psychology,Research,Social Sciences
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - 2022
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