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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:CREES Noon Lecture. Nonalignment and Decolonial Imagination: Yugoslav Literary Encounters with the Global South
DESCRIPTION:Yugoslavia’s pivot away from the Eastern Bloc and toward decolonizing countries in the Global South\, which resulted in the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 1961\, shaped\, also\, its literary and intellectual spheres. NAM catalyzed increasing translations of non-European literatures\, lively literary exchanges with nonaligned countries\, and critical scholarship that explored the relationship between literature\, revolution\, and decolonization. Yugoslav writers and journalists—often former partisans—reported on various movements of liberation in Africa and Asia\, producing a range of “revolutionary travelogues.” Such travelogues aspired to undermine established Eurocentric frames of reference by denouncing colonial racism\, foregrounding historically marginalized narratives\, reflecting on the authors’ own positioning and prejudice\, and advancing decolonial historiography that staged newly independent nations through emancipated\, revolutionary subjects. Concurrently\, Yugoslav scholars\, in conversation with thinkers from the Global South\, made an early contribution to the development of global decolonial theoretical discourses\, while also adapting their conceptual tools to Yugoslavia’s position on the geopolitical semiperiphery. This talk will analyze this era’s intertwining of literary and theoretical production with the politics of national liberation and propose that nonalignment\, beyond its import for Yugoslav culture\, can figure as a mode of reading decoloniality across Cold War divides.\n   \n   Nataša Kovačević is professor of postcolonial literature at Eastern Michigan University. Her research concerns the literature and cinema of migration to the European Union\; global socialism\; and anticolonial internationalisms during the Cold War. This talk draws on her most recent book\, Nonaligned Imagination: Yugoslavia\, the Global South\, and Literary Solidarities Beyond the Cold War Blocs (Northwestern University Press\, 2025)\, which reconstructs the literary and cultural history of the Non-Aligned Movement. She is also the author of Narrating Post/Communism: Colonial Discourse and Europe’s Borderline Civilization (Routledge\, 2008) and Uncommon Alliances: Cultural Narratives of Migration in the New Europe (Edinburgh University Press\, 2018). Her essays have appeared in leading journals\, including Comparative Literature Studies\, Modern Fiction Studies\, Cultural Critique\, Postcolonial Studies\, and Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies.\n   \nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142419
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:eastern europe,europe,yugoslavia
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - Room 555
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DTSTAMP:20250904T085750
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:DAAS Faculty Forum
DESCRIPTION:In the spirit of creating stronger departmental connections\,  DAAS is presenting a faculty forum in honor of DAAS's 55th anniversary. Members of the DAAS faculty will discuss their projects\, research\, and/or publications to share more about their work and interests. The DAAS Faculty Forum will be held monthly on Wednesdays at noon.\n\nSeptember 17 - Stephen Ward\, Associate Director of the Residential College\; Arthur F Thurnau Professor\; Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Associate Professor in the Residential College\n\nOctober 22 - Magdalena Zaborowska\, Chair and Professor of American Culture\, Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nNovember 5 - Jessica Walker\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Assistant Professor of American Culture\n\nDecember 3 - Al Young Jr.\, Associate Director of Center for Social Solutions\; Arthur F Thurnau Professor\; Edgar G. Epps Collegiate Professor of Sociology\; Professor of Afroamerican and African studies\; Professor of Public Policy\n\nJanuary 21- Aliyah Khan\, Director of the Global Islamic Studies Center\, International Institute\; Associate Professor of English\; Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nFebruary 18 - Scott Ellsworth\, Teaching Professor in Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nMarch 25 - Saraellen Strongman\, Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\n\nApril 8 - David Doris\, Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies\; Associate Professor of African Art and Visual Culture
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/137882
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:africa,african american,african and african american studies,african and afroamerican studies,African Diaspora,African Studies,Afroamerican,Art,Black America,Blackness,Caribbean,History,Humanities,Sociology
LOCATION:Haven Hall - 4701 Haven Hall (DAAS Conference Room)
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DTSTAMP:20251216T115942
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000
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SUMMARY:Careers / Jobs:ECRC - Interview Essentials: Achieve Interview Success
DESCRIPTION:Step into your interviews with confidence! In this session we’ll cover how to effectively prepare for interviews\, with a focus on behavioral questions and proven strategies to help you stand out. Learn what to expect\, how to frame your experiences and tips on how to leave a lasting impression. Pro Tip! Interview success comes from preparation – Don’t wing it!\n\nThis is a CoE event. Registration is encouraged in Career Forge.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142804
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Career,Graduate Students,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate Students,Workshop
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20260212T091926
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260218T120000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Faculty-Student Lunch with Associate Professor Joi Mondisa
DESCRIPTION:Join this event to connect with faculty members from the IOE community! Space is limited\, so please only sign up for this event if you are sure you will be able to attend.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145243
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate,Graduate Students,Industrial And Operations Engineering,Michigan Engineering,Undergraduate,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Industrial and Operations Engineering Building - G610/G618
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DTSTAMP:20260218T060240
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SUMMARY:Other:FULL SEMESTER SCHEDULE
DESCRIPTION:This is a schedule of all our events happening this semester. Please follow the instagram or email iazamora@umich.edu to get on the email list for more information. 
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145222
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:
LOCATION:Mason Hall
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DTSTAMP:20260111T110533
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:Inequality & Social Demography (ISD) Workshop
DESCRIPTION:- January 21: Mila Listrovaya\, Katie Leu\n- January 28: Charles Katulamu\n- February 5: Haorui Peng \n- February 18: Johanna Oh \n- March 11: Janet Wang\, Cayley Ryan-Claytor\n- March 25: Nafeesa Andrabi \n- April 8: Nils Neumann\n- April 22: Junchao Tang
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143660
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Graduate Student
LOCATION:LSA Building - 4147
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DTSTAMP:20250723T152009
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SUMMARY:Presentation:International Studies Virtual Information Session and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Please note: This information session will be held virtually ET through Zoom. This webinar is free and open to the public\, but registration is required. Once you've registered the joining information will be sent to your email.\n\nRegister at: https://myumi.ch/5kjjG\n\nStudents considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. The International Studies program coordinator will discuss:\n\n• Prerequisites\n• Major and minor requirements\n• Sub-plans\n• How to declare\n• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute\n• Study abroad\, grants\, and internships\n• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor\n\nUndeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. For dates of all upcoming sessions\, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions\, please email is-michigan@umich.edu.\n\nParents and prospective students are welcome. For more information\, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations\, events\, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: https://myumi.ch/29DWZ\n\nIf there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you\, please contact us at is-michigan@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/136615
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:international,Undergraduate Students
LOCATION:Off Campus Location
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DTSTAMP:20250924T145336
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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series - Rethinking Methods in the Global Attitudes Project: Explorations in Australia and Sweden
DESCRIPTION:MPSDS JPSM Seminar Series\nMPSDS M3 Series\n\nFebruary 18\, 2026\n12:00 - 1:00 pm EST\nIn person\, room 1070 Institute for Social Research\, and via Zoom. The Zoom call will be locked 10 minutes are the start of the presentation.\n\nRethinking Methods in the Global Attitudes Project: Explorations in Australia and Sweden\n\nIn addition to regularly surveying the American public\, Pew Research Center fields cross-national public opinion surveys in more than 20 countries annually as part of its Global Attitudes Project (GAP). The Center’s International Methods team focuses on designing\, implementing\, monitoring\, and improving these surveys throughout the year. In this talk\, we present two research projects from 2025 in Australia and Sweden.\n\nMany surveys around the world\, across modes and methods\, have tended to show a slight left-leaning political bias. Weighting to past vote or party affiliation is a common solution\, but these corrections alone may create excessive variance inflation. We faced this problem in our surveys fielded on the mixed-mode Life in Australia probability panel\, administered by the Australian National University’s Social Research Centre. To combat this bias\, we tested a “voting-adjusted” sampling approach recommended by our partners at SRC\, in parallel with our previous standard stratified sampling design. Taking advantage of panel information and recent Australian elections\, the new method incorporates self-reported 2022 vote into individual weights which are used as a measure of size for PPS sampling. After reviewing the technical details behind this approach\, we’ll discuss our findings on its impact on variance and substantive estimates compared to the standard design.\n\nPush-to-web (P2W) designs are gaining traction in Europe as an alternative to costly – and methodologically challenged – interviewer-administered approaches. For instance\, the European Social Survey announced that by 2027 online and paper self-administered surveys will be their primary means of data collection replacing their traditional face-to-face approach. To better understand this mode and its potential for future waves of GAP\, we recently piloted an ABS-style\, sequential P2W survey in Sweden to compare with our traditional dual-frame phone design (DFRDD). Our presentation will compare P2W and DFRDD sample outcomes in terms of data quality (such as response rates\, response differentiation\, survey engagement\, and open-ended answer quality)\, representativeness (versus demographic parameters for gender\, education\, age and geography) and attitudinal estimates (considering the viability of long-term data trends if mode transitioned in Sweden). The P2W survey included an unconditional incentive experiment as well as a paper questionnaire mailing\, allowing us to present findings regarding the value of these design elements. This section of the talk concludes with key takeaways and recommendations for future mode-transition trials. \n\nSofi Sinozich is a research methodologist in international methods at Pew Research Center. She advises on complex sample design\, survey implementation\, and data quality assessment for international projects across the Center. Prior to joining the Center\, she was a senior research analyst at Langer Research Associates\, where she managed and contributed to a wide variety of survey projects\, including serving as lead analyst on the ABC News/Washington Post poll. She holds a master's degree in survey methodology from JPSM and is a member of the WAPOR Professional Standards committee.\n\nPatrick Moynihan is the associate director of international methods at Pew Research Center. Prior to joining the Center\, Patrick was the survey methodologist in the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Opinion Research (INR/OPN)\, assistant director of the Program on Survey Research at Harvard University\, and senior polling analyst at ABC News. He is a past president of the New England Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)\, served on multiple national AAPOR committees\, and is currently a member of the Committee on Professional Standards for the World Association for Public Opinion Research. Moynihan received his doctorate in sociology from SUNY Stony Brook.
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/139829
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Anthropology,Basic Science,brown bag,Cognition,Data,Data Analysis,Data Collection,Data Curation,Data Linkage,Data Management,Data Science,Free,In Person,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Livestream,Mathematics,Political Science,Research,Science,seminar,Social Sciences,Statistics,Survey Methodology,Survey Methods,Survey Research
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - Room 1070, Institute for Social Research
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