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DTSTAMP:20241002T164428
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SUMMARY:Presentation:Aniruddha Dutta: The Vernacular(ized) Queer: Kothis\, Hijras\, and LGBTQ Politics in India
DESCRIPTION:Since the 1990s\, LGBTQ identities and movements have gained visibility in the Indian public sphere and pushed the state to concede some degree of rights and recognition. This talk explores how these developments have resulted in selective and constrained forms of representation and upward mobility for non-elite\, non-metropolitan communities such as kothis and hijras\, an overlapping spectrum of rans feminine people often assigned male at birth. Drawing on my forthcoming book Globalizing through the Vernacular: Kothis\, Hijras\, and the Making of Queer and Trans Identities in India\, I will explore how these communities facilitate the transregional expansion of organized queer politics\, yet often remain irreducible to emerging identity categories and become subordinated through linguistic and scalar hierarchies that reinforce class and caste inequities within and beyond LGBTQ communities. To understand this process\, the book offers the analytic of ‘vernacularization’ – not in its usual sense as the translation of global/transnational discourses into the local or vernacular\, but as the positioning of certain communities and discourses as local/vernacular in the first place. The talk will explore how this process denies vernacularized communities an equal role in (trans)national LGBTQ politics and delegitimizes or effaces articulations of gender/sexual difference that contravene dominant \nunderstandings of gender/sexual identity aligned with transnational capitalism\, liberalism\, caste\, and/or nationalism. Simultaneously\, it will explore how non-elite communities rearticulate dominant LGBTQ discourses in more liberatory ways.\n\nAniruddha Dutta is an Associate Professor of Gender\, Women’s\, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. Dutta’s research interests include transnational sexualities\, globalization\, development\, political economy\, and the institutionalization of gender and sexual politics in India. Their work has appeared in journals such as *Transgender Studies Quarterly*\, *QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking*\, *International Feminist Journal of Politics*\, *Feminist Review*\, *Gender and History*\, and *South Asian History and Culture*. Dutta’s book *Globalizing through the Vernacular: Kothis\, Hijras and the Making of Queer and Trans Identities in India*\, is scheduled for publication with Bloomsbury Academic in late 2024. Dutta also works as a volunteer and advisor with several collectives of trans and gender non-conforming communities such as kothis and hijras in eastern India.
UID:126650-21857477@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126650
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,asia,Asian Languages And Cultures,Author,Book,Books,Cosponsored Event,Culture,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,feminism,free,gay,gay culture,gender,Gender Equality,gender studies,global,graduate students,humanities,Inclusion,India,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,intercultural,international,irwg,lecture,lgbt,lgbtq,lgbtq issues,literature,multicultural,queer,queer theory,research,sex,sexuality,Social Impact,social inequality,social justice,Social Rights,south asia,South Asian Studies,Talk,transgender,Women's And Gender Studies,women's rights,women's studies
LOCATION:Lane Hall - 2239
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DTSTAMP:20241002T164428
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T133000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Aniruddha Dutta: The Vernacular(ized) Queer: Kothis\, Hijras\, and LGBTQ Politics in India
DESCRIPTION:Since the 1990s\, LGBTQ identities and movements have gained visibility in the Indian public sphere and pushed the state to concede some degree of rights and recognition. This talk explores how these developments have resulted in selective and constrained forms of representation and upward mobility for non-elite\, non-metropolitan communities such as kothis and hijras\, an overlapping spectrum of rans feminine people often assigned male at birth. Drawing on my forthcoming book Globalizing through the Vernacular: Kothis\, Hijras\, and the Making of Queer and Trans Identities in India\, I will explore how these communities facilitate the transregional expansion of organized queer politics\, yet often remain irreducible to emerging identity categories and become subordinated through linguistic and scalar hierarchies that reinforce class and caste inequities within and beyond LGBTQ communities. To understand this process\, the book offers the analytic of ‘vernacularization’ – not in its usual sense as the translation of global/transnational discourses into the local or vernacular\, but as the positioning of certain communities and discourses as local/vernacular in the first place. The talk will explore how this process denies vernacularized communities an equal role in (trans)national LGBTQ politics and delegitimizes or effaces articulations of gender/sexual difference that contravene dominant \nunderstandings of gender/sexual identity aligned with transnational capitalism\, liberalism\, caste\, and/or nationalism. Simultaneously\, it will explore how non-elite communities rearticulate dominant LGBTQ discourses in more liberatory ways.\n\nAniruddha Dutta is an Associate Professor of Gender\, Women’s\, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. Dutta’s research interests include transnational sexualities\, globalization\, development\, political economy\, and the institutionalization of gender and sexual politics in India. Their work has appeared in journals such as *Transgender Studies Quarterly*\, *QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking*\, *International Feminist Journal of Politics*\, *Feminist Review*\, *Gender and History*\, and *South Asian History and Culture*. Dutta’s book *Globalizing through the Vernacular: Kothis\, Hijras and the Making of Queer and Trans Identities in India*\, is scheduled for publication with Bloomsbury Academic in late 2024. Dutta also works as a volunteer and advisor with several collectives of trans and gender non-conforming communities such as kothis and hijras in eastern India.
UID:126650-21858300@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/126650
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,advocacy,asia,Asian Languages And Cultures,Author,Book,Books,Cosponsored Event,Culture,Discussion,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,feminism,free,gay,gay culture,gender,Gender Equality,gender studies,global,graduate students,humanities,Inclusion,India,Inequality,institute for research on women and gender,intercultural,international,irwg,lecture,lgbt,lgbtq,lgbtq issues,literature,multicultural,queer,queer theory,research,sex,sexuality,Social Impact,social inequality,social justice,Social Rights,south asia,South Asian Studies,Talk,transgender,Women's And Gender Studies,women's rights,women's studies
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20240912T090633
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T133000
SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CSAS Lecture Series | The Vernacular(ized) Queer: Kothis\, Hijras\, and LGBTQ Politics in India
DESCRIPTION:Since the 1990s\, LGBTQ identities and movements have gained visibility in the Indian public sphere and pushed the state to concede some degree of rights and recognition. This talk explores how these developments have resulted in selective and constrained forms of representation and upward mobility for non-elite\, non-metropolitan communities such as *kothis* and *hijras*\, an overlapping spectrum of trans feminine people often assigned male at birth. Drawing on my forthcoming book *Globalizing through the Vernacular: Kothis\, Hijras\, and the Making of Queer and Trans Identities in India*\, I will explore how these communities facilitate the transregional expansion of organized queer politics\, yet often remain irreducible to emerging identity categories and become subordinated through linguistic and scalar hierarchies that reinforce class and caste inequities within and beyond LGBTQ communities. To understand this process\, the book offers the analytic of ‘vernacularization’ – not in its usual sense as the translation of global/transnational discourses into the local or vernacular\, but as the positioning of certain communities and discourses as local/vernacular in the first place. The talk will explore how this process denies vernacularized communities an equal role in (trans)national LGBTQ politics and delegitimizes or effaces articulations of gender/sexual difference that contravene dominant understandings of gender/sexual identity aligned with transnational capitalism\, liberalism\, caste\, and/or nationalism. Simultaneously\, it will explore how non-elite communities rearticulate dominant LGBTQ discourses in more liberatory ways.\n\nAniruddha Dutta is an Associate Professor of Gender\, Women’s\, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. Dutta’s research interests include transnational sexualities\, globalization\, development\, political economy\, and the institutionalization of gender and sexual politics in India. Their work has appeared in journals such as *Transgender Studies Quarterly*\, *QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking*\, *International Feminist Journal of Politics*\, *Feminist Review*\, *Gender and History*\, and *South Asian History and Culture*. Dutta’s book *Globalizing through the Vernacular: Kothis\, Hijras and the Making of Queer and Trans Identities in India*\, is scheduled for publication with Bloomsbury Academic in late 2024.  Dutta also works as a volunteer and advisor with several collectives of trans and gender non-conforming communities such as *kothis* and *hijras* in eastern India.\n\n   All CSAS lectures are free and open to the public.\n   \n   *Made possible with the generous support of the Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education.*
UID:125938-21856323@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/125938
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:india,LGBT,south asia,south asian
LOCATION:Lane Hall - Room 2239
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DTSTAMP:20241019T063238
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T120000
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SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Exploring Mobile Innovation and Software Development with the Air Force's BESPIN
DESCRIPTION:Event Title: Exploring Mobile Innovation and Software Development with BESPINEvent Date &amp\; Time: October 4th at 12pm ESTEvent Description: Join us for an exclusive virtual tech talk to learn about the cutting-edge innovations of the Business Enterprise Systems Product Innovation (BESPIN) team. Established by the U.S. Air Force\, BESPIN is transforming the mobile and web application landscape for the Department of Defense through cloud infrastructure\,Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)\, and digital acquisition services.REGISTER HEREIn this session\, you'lldiscover:\nHow BESPIN is enabling mobile operations across the DoD with secure\, efficient\, and scalable software solutions.\nThe strategic importance of mobile technology and how BESPIN is reshapingmilitary operations with 5G and cloud-based applications.\nReal-world examples of BESPIN's work\, including its contributions to apps likeGuardian One\, Kinderspot\, and SABER.\nOur speaker will also dive into the future of mobile development within the military\, touching on challenges such ascybersecurity\, disconnected environments\, and secure data transfers. Don’t miss this chance to explore the forefront of tech innovation in national defense.Who Should Attend:\nStudents interested in mobile app development\, software engineering\, cybersecurity\, and cloud operations.\nIndividuals curious about technology's role in national defense and military operations.\nThose looking for career opportunities in the Department of Defense or government tech sectors.\nREGISTER HERE!If you have any questions\, please reach out directly to jessie@aifutures.us\, as we will be limited access to Handshake beyond October 1st. 
UID:127066-21858353@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/127066
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DTSTAMP:20250516T153130
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T133000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Foundations of Community Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Foundations of Community Engagement is an interactive workshop that introduces principles and practices of equitable\, ethical community engagement. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of what the term “community engagement” means\, as well as the many forms it might take - from research and course-based projects to philanthropy\, activism\, policy\, and direct service. Across all these forms of engagement\, participants will learn concepts and actions that promote equitable partnerships\, center community-defined priorities\, and disrupt entrenched power dynamics between universities and community members. Participants will also discuss real-world community engagement scenarios that ask them to apply what they’ve learned in the workshop to various situations.\n\n**This workshop is an updated version of Ginsberg’s long-standing Entering\, Engaging\, and Exiting (E3) session. If you’ve attended that session in the past\, you’ll gain additional knowledge from this session.**\n\nRegister for a Session Here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/16509
UID:123162-21850379@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/123162
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,Free,Ginsberg Center,Graduate Students,Leadership,Student Org,Undergraduate Students,Workshop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20241017T121758
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T130000
SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:FSML Lecture Series: Tokenization for Chemistry
DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nMolecular Foundation Models are emerging as a powerful tool for molecular design\, material science\, and cheminformatics. By leveraging the transformer architecture\, these models attempt to learn the language of chemistry and discover robust molecular embeddings. However\, current models are constrained by tokenizers that fail to capture the full breadth of chemical space or even the periodic table of elements. In his talk\, Alex will introduce smirk\, a new tokenizer for molecular foundation models that can represent the entirety of the OpenSMILES specification. We'll also discuss performance metrics for tokenizers and the results of Alex's systematic evaluation of thirteen chemistry-specific tokenizers using N-gram language models as a low-cost proxy for transformer models.
UID:127959-21859975@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/127959
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Computational Science,Engineering,Graduate School,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Rackham,Research,Science
LOCATION:Walter E Lay Auto Lab - 2052
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DTSTAMP:20240827T181748
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T120000
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SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Go Blue Career Jam 2024
DESCRIPTION:Join the University Career Center and our employer partners for a series of events to help you make the most of the Fall Job & Internship fairs taking place this September and October. Listen to recruiters from industry-leading companies discuss topics such as transferable skills\, navigating the career fair\, and the do's and don'ts of interviewing. Take advantage of these workshops to set yourself up for success this fall and beyond!\n\nResume Nights w/ the UCC\n• Tuesday\, Sept. 3rd\, 3-6pm / In Person\n• Monday\, Sept. 16th\, 3-6pm / In Person\n\nYou've Done the Consulting & Finance Fair...Now What?\n• Thursday\, Sept. 5th\, 12-1pm / In Person | In partnership with FTI Consulting\n\nInterviewing Tips from an Employer's Perspective\n• Friday\, September 6th\, 4-5pm / Virtual | In partnership with MUFG\n\nCareer Fair Prep for International Students \n• Friday\, Sept 13th\, 2pm / Virtual | In partnership with the International Center \n\nHow to Find and Fund International Opportunities \n• Wednesday\, Sept. 18th\, 3-4pm / Virtual | In partnership with the International Center\n\nNavigating Life Post Grad w/ UM Alumni \n• Wednesday\, Sept 25th\, 6pm / Virtual | Alumni from Handshake\, Detroit Lions\, JP Morgan Chase\, & More\n\nIndustry Day & Luxury Fashion Networking\n• Thursday\, Sept. 26th\, 11:30am-1:30pm / In Person | In partnership with Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy & MFMS\n\nLouis Vuitton UMich Alumni Panel\n• Monday\, Sept. 30th\, 6:00-7:00pm / Virtual | In partnership with Louis Vuitton\n\nDisclosure and Requesting Accommodations in the Career Search Process \n• Friday\, October 4th\, 12pm / Virtual | In partnership with Proctor & Gamble (P&G)
UID:124733-21853691@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124733
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Career,Networking
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20241019T063147
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20241004T130000
SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:Go Blue Career Jam: Disclosure and Requesting Accommodations in the Search Process
DESCRIPTION:This session\, in partnership with Procter &amp\; Gamble\, will focus on why and how to disclose and request accommodations in the career search process. You have the skills and the ability\, but you also happen to have a disability. During your job or internship search and on thejob\, you want your talents to shine through and the focus to be on all the things you CAN do. We will also have an informal Panel with P&amp\;G employees sharing their experiences with the disclosure and accommodations process.  
UID:124141-21852544@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/124141
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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