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These statements, which go under the name RET, range from the existence of nonconstant meromorphic functions on compact Riemann surfaces to the classification of finite branched covers via fundamental group monodromy. Also related is the fact that all compact Riemann surfaces are algebraic. In this talk, I will explain how these different concepts are closely related (while using as little analysis as possible).", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"144089-21894639@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/144089", "building_id":"1000166", "building_name":"East Hall", "campus_maps_id":"53", "room":"3866", "location_name":"East Hall", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Mathematics"], "website":"", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Student Dynamics\/Geometry\/Topology Seminar - Department of Mathematics", "group_id":"4909", "website":"" }, { "group_name":"Department of Mathematics", "group_id":"3791", "website":"" } ], "image_url":"", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"", "event_large":"", "event_large_2x":"", "event_large_lightbox":"", "group_thumb":"", "group_thumb_square":"", "group_large":"", "group_large_lightbox":"", "event_large_crop":"", "event_list":"", "event_list_2x":"", "event_grid":"", "event_grid_2x":"", "event_feature_large":"", "event_feature_thumb":"" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21894639 } , "143080-21892025": { "datetime_modified":"20251223T095234", "datetime_start":"20260121T151000", "datetime_end":"20260121T161000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-01-21", "date_end":"2026-01-21", "time_start":"15:10:00", "time_end":"16:10:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"MIPSE Seminar | Breaking Newton\u2019s Law: Using Dusty Plasma to Investigate Anisotropic Forces", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"MIPSE Seminar | Breaking Newton\u2019s Law: Using Dusty Plasma to Investigate Anisotropic Forces: Prof. Lorin Swint Matthews, Baylor University", "event_subtitle":"Prof. Lorin Swint Matthews, Baylor University", "event_type":"Lecture \/ Discussion", "event_type_id":"13", "description":"Abstract: \r\nThe stability of structures and transport of energy are affected by the forces acting between elements in the system. We are used to thinking of forces in terms of Newton\u2019s third law: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. However, there are some systems where the forces appear to be non-reciprocal; the objects exert different forces on each other. Such an interaction is possible when the interaction is anisotropic. In this case, the force between two particles depends on their relative orientation. Anisotropic interactions are known to arise in some of the most interesting complex systems, including proteins, electrorheological (ER) fluids, and liquid crystals. Here, we study anisotropic interactions in a complex, or dusty, plasma. We use numerical models of the interactions between ions and dust to learn the form of the anisotropic interaction potential. We can then use this potential to model the dynamics of interacting dust particles without modeling the ions. We compare the results of our models to experimental data collected in laboratory experiments conducted here on earth and on the International Space Station.\r\nThis work was supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (DE-SC0024681) and National Science Foundation (PHY-2308742, PHY-2308743).\r\n\r\nAbout the Speaker: \r\nLorin Swint Matthews is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Baylor University and Associate Director of the Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research. She received her Ph.D. in Physics from Baylor University in 1998. She worked for Raytheon Aircraft Integration Systems from 1998-2000 as a multi-disciplined engineer in the Flight Sciences Department, where she worked on NASA\u2019s SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) aircraft. In 2000, she joined the faculty at Baylor University. Her areas of research include numerical modeling and experimental investigations of the charging and dynamics of dust in astrophysical and laboratory plasma environments, for which she received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2009. She is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.\r\n\r\nThis seminar is free and open to the public. 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A well known result of Beilinson-Bernstein asserts that over the field of complex numbers flag varieties of semi-simple algebraic groups are D-affine. So far, Flag varieties are the only known examples of smooth projective D-affine varieties. Moreover, Kashiwara-Lauritzen showed that over fields of positive characteristic the grassmannian Gr(2,5) is not D-affine and the classification of D-affine flag varieties remains an open problem.\r\n\r\nIn the first part of the talk, I will briefly recall the basics of D-affine varieties. Then, I will survey both the problem of classification of D-affine varieties over fields of arbitrary characteristic and the problem of classification of D-affine flag varieties in positive characteristic. Finally, I will present my recent result: Over a field of positive characteristic the smooth even-dimensional quadric hypersurface of dimension at least four is not D-affine. This result implies that various other flag varieties fail to be D-affine and refines a previous result of A. 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Between Armenian(s): A Conversation with Arakel Minassian", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"CAS Book Talk. Between Armenian(s): A Conversation with Arakel Minassian: Arakel Minassian (U-M) and Michael Pifer (U-M)", "event_subtitle":"Arakel Minassian (U-M) and Michael Pifer (U-M)", "event_type":"Lecture \/ Discussion", "event_type_id":"13", "description":"Please join us for the re-launch of our graduate student Arakel Minassian\u2019s co-written book *Sahmanakhagh(kht): Hayerenn u hayer\u0113n\u011b [Border-play: The Armenian and the Armenian]*. In this book, Arakel and Armenia-based writer Anahit Ghazaryan narrate a moment in time that found Arakel navigating life in Armenia as a Lebanese-Armenian diasporan from Canada. Written as a set of correspondences between Arakel and Anahit on topics ranging from everyday interactions to specific musings on language and dialect, the book also narrates a meeting between the two major standards of Armenian \u2013 Arakel\u2019s Western Armenian, the standard of much of the post-genocide Armenian diaspora, and Anahit\u2019s Eastern Armenian, the standard of the post-Soviet Armenian Republic. Written in their respective dialects (and their different orthographies), Anahit and Arakel\u2019s dialogue illustrates the growing and complicated interactions between these two standards at the same time as it stages a discussion on diaspora, home, and the various meanings of Armenianness in the present-day. First published in Yerevan in 2022 with a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, *Sahmanakhagh(kht)* is now in its second printing. This event will feature a discussion with Arakel Minassian in English, as well as readings in both Armenian and English translation. Books will be available for purchase.\r\n \r\n Arakel Minassian is a PhD student in the University of Michigan\u2019s Department of Comparative Literature. His research focuses on 20th century Armenian literature and how writers creatively and differently engage Armenian and non-Armenian traditions across locales as diverse as Istanbul, Paris, and Soviet Yerevan. Looking at nodes like multilingualism, diaspora, and world literature, he tries to find novel ways of reading 20th century Armenian literary history. Arakel has also published several translations from Armenian, including Zabel Yesayan\u2019s 1918 book *The Agony of a People *and Yeghishe Charents\u2019 1920 poem *Vision of Death*, among other works.\r\n \r\n Webinar ID\r\n 924 1095 7575\r\n https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/92410957575\r\n \r\nCosponsor: National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)\r\n\r\n*Accommodation: 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.\r\n Email: -- armenianstudies@umich.edu", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"142562-21891156@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/142562", "building_id":"1000165", "building_name":"Weiser Hall", "campus_maps_id":"47", "room":"555", "location_name":"Weiser Hall", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Complit","comparative literature","diaspora","Discussion","Lecture","Armenian Studies","Book"], "website":"https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/92410957575", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Center for Armenian Studies", "group_id":"3124", "website":"http:\/\/www.ii.umich.edu\/armenian" }, { "group_name":"Comparative Literature", "group_id":"1103", "website":"" }, { "group_name":"International Institute", "group_id":"1968", "website":"http:\/\/www.ii.umich.edu" }, { "group_name":"Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies", "group_id":"3097", "website":"http:\/\/www.ii.umich.edu\/crees" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/01\/event_142562_original-1.jpg" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21891156 } , "142119-21890028": { "datetime_modified":"20260112T145331", "datetime_start":"20260121T160000", "datetime_end":"20260121T173000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-01-21", "date_end":"2026-01-21", "time_start":"16:00:00", "time_end":"17:30:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Donia Human Rights Center Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture | Still Struggling to Cross That Bridge: Connecting the US and African Civil Rights Movements", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Donia Human Rights Center Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture | Still Struggling to Cross That Bridge: Connecting the US and African Civil Rights Movements: Hala Al-Karib, Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Fellow, Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA)", "event_subtitle":"Hala Al-Karib, Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Fellow, Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA)", "event_type":"Lecture \/ Discussion", "event_type_id":"13", "description":"Hala Al-Karib is the Regional Director of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) and is the Donia Human Rights Center\u2019s inaugural Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Practitioner Fellow. In her lecture, Ms. Al-Karib will reflect on her experiences advocating for human rights in the African context and how it mirrors the fight for civil rights in the United States.\r\n\r\n\"I grew up in the diminishing shadows of the African liberation movements. My childhood recollections were filled with long political debates among my parents, their friends, older cousins, and uncles about memories of leaders like Biko of South Africa, Senghor of Senegal, Nkrumah of Ghana, Nyerere of Tanzania, Nasser of Egypt, and Patrice Lumumba of the Congo. Naturally, this history has shaped my political consciousness.\r\n\r\nLater in my life, I discovered that at the same time, another liberation movement was unfolding across the Atlantic, where young men and women of African descent were challenging a system that disregarded their humanity; they also vigorously strived for equality, justice, and human rights. In this conversation I am going to have with you, I will seek to illustrate how the quest for liberation and decolonization in Africa parallels the civil rights movement in America; both movements are reflecting our extended struggle to cross over that bridge towards a peaceful and just society.\"\r\n\r\nCommentator\r\n\r\nCarina Ray\r\nA.M. and H.P. Bentley Chair and Associate Professor of African History, Department of History, U-M\r\n\r\nThis is event is free and open to the public and is in-person only. 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