BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//UM//UM*Events//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Detroit
TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/America/Detroit
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20070311T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20071104T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251113T152530
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T160000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CMENAS Colloquium Series. Memory as Perseverance: Archiving Palestine between Homeland and Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:From the thousands of ancient manuscripts and academic scholarship stolen from West Jerusalem in 1948\, to the hundreds of archives and heritage sites in Gaza that have been damaged and destroyed since October 2023\, the continuous loss of Palestinian history is deeply felt. Yet\, within this archival erasure\, Palestinians remain deeply committed to preserving their collective memory and history. Considering this\, this presentation addresses the following research question: Given the large-scale destruction and repression of formal Palestinian archives under Israeli settler colonialism\, how are Palestinians persevering in the decolonization and preservation of their historical narratives? To advance knowledge about how Palestinian archival practices operate within a framework of ongoing settler colonialism and genocide\, this study focuses on the archival infrastructures and practices of one transnational group of Palestinians\, those hailing from the city of Ramallah in the West Bank. Based on findings from a multi-sited archival ethnography of preservation practices utilized by Palestinians who have emigrated from Ramallah to the United States as well as Palestinians living in Ramallah in the West Bank\, I show how Palestinians have archived the history of Ramallah from their exiled position in the diaspora and their occupied position in the homeland. In doing so\, I contribute knowledge to archival studies’ understanding of cultural heritage preservation under settler colonial violence\, decolonial approaches to recordkeeping\, and indigenous epistemologies of archives.\n   \nTamara Rayan is a PhD candidate in the School of Information at the University of Michigan\, studying archives and digital curation. Their work focuses on representing the Palestinian diaspora and trauma in archival practices. Their work has been published in Across the Disciplines and Archival Science.\n\nAccommodation: 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: -- warsansa@umich.edu
UID:136803-21879161@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136803
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Cmenas Colloquium Series,center for middle eastern and north african studies,Middle East Studies,Lecture,International Studies,Discussion
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251112T143400
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T150000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Cosmo-Astro Seminar | Fundamental Physics with kSZ Tomography: Progress and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:As CMB photons traverse through the late universe\, they scatter with electrons caught up in bulk flows of large-scale structure\, a phenomenon known as the kinetic Sunyaev Zel'dovich (kSZ) effect. By cross-correlating CMB maps with galaxy surveys\, the kSZ effect therefore allows us to tomographically reconstruct the velocity field of large-scale structure\, which contains a wealth of cosmological information. In the last decade\, this emerging program of kSZ tomography for cosmological inference has shown great progress\, with many new theoretical applications and continual improvements in data analysis. However\, very recently\, kSZ velocity reconstructions with ACT and DESI data have shown a small signal than predicted by theoretical models. This discrepancy may point us to new physical insights\, for example about baryonic feedback\, and ultimately raises questions about the future prospects of constraining cosmology with kSZ tomography. In this talk\, I will discuss the recent rapid development in kSZ tomography\, highlight the challenge that these new measurements present to us\, and suggest a path forward.
UID:141814-21889453@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141814
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Physics,Astronomy
LOCATION:Randall Laboratory - 3246
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20250904T153242
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T150000
SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Weekly coffee chat hosted by INFORMS & HFES
DESCRIPTION:Come join us in the IOE Commons for some coffee and networking!
UID:138834-21884019@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/138834
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Human Factors And Ergonomics Society,Hfes,Graduate Students,Graduate
LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - Community Suite Room 1700
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251116T204300
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T153000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Learning seminar in algebraic combinatorics: Topical and Tropical Physics
DESCRIPTION:Tropical geometry has found a newfound role in quantum field theory\, in studying Feynman integrals\, scattering amplitudes\, and asymptotic behaviour. I'll give a gentle introduction to these applications\, and as a bonus topic introduce a link between Bergman fans and the so-called 'wavefunction of the universe'.
UID:141928-21889643@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141928
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mathematics
LOCATION:East Hall - 4088
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251117T092325
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T153000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Student Number Theory: Introduction to Fontaine's Period Rings
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, we will give an introduction to Fontaine's construction of period rings: B_HT\, B_dR\, B_cris and B_st.
UID:141927-21889642@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141927
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Number Theory
LOCATION:East Hall - 3088
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTAMP:20251111T095125
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251119T160000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Department Colloquium |  On Hilbert’s sixth problem: from particles to waves
DESCRIPTION:In 1900\, the mathematician David Hilbert announced a list of 23 outstanding problems for twentieth century mathematics. In his sixth problem\, Hilbert called for the derivation of the equations of fluid mechanics—such as the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations—by way of rigorously justifying Boltzmann’s kinetic theory for particle systems. The scope of this program\, also known as Hilbert’s program\, was precisely framed in the mid-20th century through the works of Grad and Cercignani\, who identified the correct limiting process involved: the Boltzmann-Grad limit. In his celebrated work\, Lanford (1975) gave the first rigorous derivation of Boltzmann’s equations\, albeit only valid for short times. However\, Hilbert’s sixth problem requires a long-time extension of Lanford's result\, which remained open for decades. In recent joint work with Yu Deng (U Chicago) and Xiao Ma (U Michigan)\, we extend Lanford’s theorem to long times—specifically for as long as the solution of Boltzmann’s equation exists. This allows for the full execution of Hilbert’s program\, and the derivation of the fluid equations in the Boltzmann-Grad limit. The underlying strategy follows an earlier joint work with Yu Deng that resolved a parallel problem\, in which colliding particles are replaced by nonlinear waves\; thus establishing the mathematical foundations of wave turbulence theory. In this talk\, we will review this progress\, and discuss some future directions.
UID:141741-21889249@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/141741
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Science,Physics
LOCATION:West Hall - 340
CONTACT:
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR