Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Latinx & Muslim in America (October 9, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67741 67741-16926552@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS)

In honor of Latinx Heritage History Month, the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program has invited Dr. Harold D. Morales to give a lecture based on his book, Latino and Muslim in America: Race, Religion, and the Making of a New Minority, which is the first complete academic study on Latinx Muslims in the United States.

Dinner will be served!

Dr. Harold D. Morales is an Associate Professor in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Morgan State University where he teaches courses in religious studies and philosophy of religion. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of California Riverside and his B.A. in Philosophy from California State University Fullerton. His research focuses on the intersections between race and religion and between lived and mediated religion. He uses these critical lenses to engage Latinx religions in general and Latino Muslim groups in particular. He is the author of Latino and Muslim in America: Race, Religion, and the Making of a New Minority (2018). His work with Latino Muslim communities spans ten years of media analysis and ethnographic research in California, Texas, Georgia, Florida, New York and New Jersey.

"Latino and Muslim in America examines how so called "minority groups" are made, fragmented, and struggle for recognition in the U.S.A. The U.S. is currently poised to become the first nation whose collective minorities will outnumber the dominant population, and Latinos play no small role inthis world changing demographic shift. Even as many people view Latinos and Muslims as growing threats, Latino Muslims celebrate their intersecting identities both in their daily lives and in their mediated representations online.In this book, Harold Morales follows the lives of several Latino Muslim leaders from the 1970's to the present, and their efforts to organize and unify nationally in order to solidify the new identity group's place within the public sphere. Based on four years of ethnography, media analysis andhistorical research, Morales demonstrates how the phenomenon of Latinos converting to Islam emerges from distinctive immigration patterns and laws, urban spaces, and new media technologies that have increasingly brought Latinos and Muslims in to contact with one another. He explains this growingcommunity as part of the mass exodus out of the Catholic Church, the digitization of religion, and the growth of Islam. Latino and Muslim in America explores the racialization of religion, the framing of religious conversion experiences, the dissemination of post-colonial histories, and thedevelopment of Latino Muslim networks, to show that the categories of race, religion, and media are becoming inextricably entwined."

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:22:55 -0400 2019-10-09T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T21:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) Lecture / Discussion Flyer
BME 500 Seminar: Erin Purcell (October 10, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68034 68034-16986101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

By stimulating or recording electrical activity, microelectrode arrays implanted in the brain have created a renaissance in the treatment of neurological diseases and injuries. Likewise, these devices are an enabling technology to understand normal brain function and behavior. However, questions remain regarding the relationship between the biological response to implanted electrodes, their chronic performance, and features of their design. It is my lab’s goal to understand the basic science underlying the interaction between implanted electrodes and brain cells, and to provide guiding principles to improve device design and performance as a result. Recently, we have found novel effects of implanted silicon and polyimide-based electrode arrays on the structure and function of local neurons, including alterations in ion channel expression, synaptic transporter expression, dendritic spine density, and excitability. Results of quantitative immunohistochemistry demonstrate a progressive local increase in the expression of potassium ion channels and inhibitory transporters surrounding devices implanted in the brains of rats over time, indicating a potential shift toward hypoexcitability over the 6-week time course studied. Two-photon laser scanning microscopy in brain slice preparations revealed profound local spine loss surrounding implants, coupled with observations of reduced responsiveness to injected current during whole cell intracellular recordings, where preliminary observations indicate particularly pronounced effects surrounding silicon-based devices. More recently, we have pursued RNA-sequencing to understand the molecular identity and function of neurons and non-neurons surrounding implanted electrodes. Our results suggest a novel role of local plasticity surrounding devices in chronic signal loss and instability, and we are currently working to assess and perturb local gene expression to reveal potential underlying mechanisms.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 15:50:14 -0400 2019-10-10T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME Logo
BME 500: Erin Purcell, Ph.D. (October 10, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67722 67722-16924404@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 27 Sep 2019 10:06:59 -0400 2019-10-10T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME Event
South African Performing Arts in the New Democracy (October 10, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65615 65615-16621821@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Learn about South African music, theatre, and dance in the new millennium. A generation of young artists bring distinctive voices to a newly integrated society. Organizations like the Market Theatre, Cape Town Opera, and the National Arts Festival present works which express the hopes, visions, and challenges of a new democracy.

Anita Gonzalez (Ph.D.) is Professor of Theatre and Drama at University of Michigan. Her research anpublication interests are in global theatre and ethnic studies. She also directs and writes for the theatre. Dr. Gonzalez has authored two books: “Afro-Mexico: Dancing Between Myth and Reality” (2010) and “Jarocho’s Soul” (2005) that reveal the influence of African people and their cultural productions on Mexico.She also coedited the volume “Black Performance Theory” (Duke University Press 2013).

Dr. Gonzalez will present images and share stories from her recent research in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Mahkanda in this presentation.

This is the fifth in a six-lecture series. The subject is South Africa: Past, Present, and a Look Forward. The next lecture will be October 17, 2019. The title is: Innovative Disruption – A Youth Dialogue on Reforming Exclusionary Systems in South Africa.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Aug 2019 15:04:39 -0400 2019-10-10T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
The American University of Beirut: Lifting the Quality of Health Across the Middle East and North Africa Region (October 10, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65891 65891-16668204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 10:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies

Thursday, October 10, 2019
10:00 am - 10:45 am

Kahn Auditorium - Biomedical Science Research Building

Seminar is followed by an Open Panel Discussion
10:45 am - 11:30 am

Panelists from American University of Beirut include:
Dr. Mohamed Sayegh - Executive Vice President & Dean of Medicine
Dr. Alan Shihadeh - Dean of Engineering & Architecture
Dr. Iman Nuwayhid - Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences
Drs. Sami Azar & Assad Eid - Directors of the Diabetes Program

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:48:19 -0400 2019-10-10T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T11:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies Lecture / Discussion A Special Lecture by Dr. Fadlo R. Khuri, President of the American University of Beruit
AIM Spotlight (October 10, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67291 67291-16831268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 11:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Join us on Thursday, October 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Gallery of Hatcher Graduate Library for an AIM Spotlight as we welcome in Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO to discuss the partnership between the Center for Academic Innovation and online learning platform, Coursera. Lunch is provided.

AIM Spotlight is an all new speaker series hosted by the Center for Academic Innovation. This series will feature speakers external to the University of Michigan, focused on topics center around innovation in higher education and is tailored to a broad audience. Topics may include but are not limited to online learning, residential learning, research, technology, extended reality (XR), and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:38:37 -0400 2019-10-10T11:30:00-04:00 2019-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion AIM Spotlight
LSI Seminar Series: Hanchuan Peng, Ph.D., Allen Institute for Brain Science (October 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67683 67683-16917832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

Abstract:
Despite substantial advancement in the automatic tracing of brain cells' 3D morphology in recent years, it is challenging to apply existing algorithms to very large image datasets containing billions or more voxels, especially for applications such as morphometry of single neurons at the whole-brain scale. We have developed a new platform combining several newly developed technologies including Vaa3D, TeraFly, UltraTracer, and TeraVR (Nature, 2019), to attempt this challenge. Particularly, we have used TeraFly to invoke Vaa3D to quickly visualize the whole mouse brain image volume and manage the thousands of billions of voxels in each of the brain volume. We then used UltraTracer to wrap several efficient base tracers to trace such massive data volumes. Finally, we combined virtual reality and machine learning into a tool called TeraVR for efficient proofreading and editing of such reconstructed neuron morphology. We are further improving the integration of these tools for more scalable and accurate single neuron morphometry.

Speaker:
Hanchuan Peng is the director of the SEU-ALLEN Joint Center and director of advanced computing at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. His lab develops revolutionary technologies to generate, manage, visualize, analyze and understand massive-scale structure and function data related to brains. Peng also led the Big Image Mining team at Janelia, HHMI. Peng is a highly cited inventor of a number of new algorithms and software/hardware systems, including Vaa3D - a widely adopted high-performance platform for very large multi-dimensional images, BrainAligner, SmartScope, mRMR, etc. He built and co-worked the first digital maps for several widely used model systems at single cell/neurite resolution, and led the “BigNeuron” initiative. Peng was inducted into AIMBE in 2019, is a co-recipient of USA National Academy of Sciences’ Cozzarelli Prize (2013), and a recipient of the DIADEM award (2010). His work has been featured in Nature, Science, NPR, and NBC, among others.

Lunch will be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:13:18 -0400 2019-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion LSI Seminar Series
The Chincha-Inca Mortuary Traditions at Jahuay, Quebrada de Topará (October 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68140 68140-17011979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

The site of Jahuay, located 20 km north of the Chincha Valley, experienced multiple occupations spanning two millennia. Recently, the Proyecto de Investigación Arqueológica de Jahuay has uncovered burials from multiple late prehispanic contexts. This talk presents ongoing research into these mortuary traditions. Among our findings, we observe that the unique mortuary patterns previously documented by our colleagues in Chincha reached beyond the valley proper during the Late Intermediate Period and Late Horizon, demonstrating the persistence of the social and political ties between Jahuay and the Chincha Valley. The variation across these mortuary contexts raises numerous questions about the social and political organization of Chincha and the surrounding regions, prior to and during the Inca imperial conquest.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:30:38 -0400 2019-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 School of Education Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Lecture / Discussion School of Education
Reflections on Foreign Policy: Defense, Diplomacy, and Development (October 10, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67635 67635-16909301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO)

Weiser Diplomacy Center Launch Series

In conversation with Joan and Sanford Weill Dean Michael Barr.

Free and open to the public. TICKETS REQUIRED.

Update as of 10/10/19 at 8:30 am.
A limited number of tickets will be distributed onsite, and we will fill all empty seats in the auditorium starting at 2:50 pm. In addition, we’ve arranged for overflow livestream viewing on the 4th floor of Rackham Auditorium.
This event will be livestreamed (including into overfill space on the fourth floor of Rackham). Bookmark and visit this link before the event starts to view the stream: http://myumi.ch/dOzNK.

THE REDEMPTION OF A TICKET DOES NOT GUARANTEE A SEAT. Ticket holders are encouraged to arrive for entry at 2:00 p.m. when doors open. Remaining seats unclaimed by ticket holders will be given to the public starting 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time of the event. Seat saving is not permitted. Tickets from third party vendors will not be accepted. Hard tickets from MUTO are the only tickets accepted at the event.

This event forms part of the series in celebration of the launch of the Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC), housed in the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. WDC is a hub for practical training and policy dialogue on diplomacy and foreign affairs. WDC trains students for careers in international service, provides a meeting point for academics and practitioners, and serves as a bridge between U-M and the foreign policy community. WDC engages Professors of Practice and regular visiting practitioners and aims to be one of the country’s leading loci for the study of foreign affairs.

Hosted as part of the Conversations Across Difference Initiative.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:04:16 -0400 2019-10-10T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Michigan Union Ticket Office (MUTO) Lecture / Discussion Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLASP Seminar Series: Dr. Joe Huba (October 10, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66310 66310-16727888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

CLASP is very pleased to welcome Dr. Joe Huba of the Naval Research Laboratory.

Dr. Huba will give a presentation titled:
"SAMI3: The Evolution of an Ionosphere/Plasmasphere Model"

Abstract: The development of the ionosphere/plasmasphere model SAMI3 is described. The emphasis is on the challenges of building such a model and the decision making process in choosing the appropriate numerical algorithms to solve the underlying first-principles physics equations. Some of the numerical issues discussed are the numerical grid, semi-implicit and finite volume transport schemes, and flux corrected transport. These will be juxtaposed with the attendant
scientific inquiries and results. Some of the physics issues
highlighted are the prediction of an electron density 'hole' in the
topside (1500 km) equatorial ionosphere, the regional and global
modeling of equatorial spread F, metal ions in the E region, and
stormtime dynamics.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:20:52 -0400 2019-10-10T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Lecture / Discussion generic seminar image
Craig Dionne Lecture (October 10, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64602 64602-16394979@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Craig Dionne (Eastern Michigan University) will deliver a public lecture.

Abstract: This paper examines Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the context of posthuman theory, specifically the nonhuman turn to cognitive science and evolutionary science (adapted brain). For socio-biologists and linguists, recursion is considered a fundamental mechanism of human language, a sequence formula that requires it's output as a component of it's first step, hence the analogy of sourdough yeast (you need sourdough to make sourdough). Hamlet’s conceit of habitual memory--Osric’s “yeasty collection”--calls attention to the regenerative performative elements of his own memory work. If humans figure in the deep history of evolution as exhibiting a plasticity that enables us to adapt to many environments with different selection pressures, then it is because our capacity for self-reflection has enabled us to charge our habitual memory to work toward an endless set of adaptive goals across a range of environments.
Renaissance humanism seems, from this perspective, not so much the birth of the human, as the return of a set of co-evolved cognitive attributes released through rote literacy practices. Bearing witness to the deep history of the species within the early modern, Hamlet’s posthuman ontology intimates the serendipity of contingency and the unbound nature of plasticity.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 21 Sep 2019 20:38:09 -0400 2019-10-10T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion broadside of a monkey wearing a ruff and inviting the reader to look into the mirror it is holding
Graduate student panel (October 10, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67688 67688-16918010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

As part of Biology Week, graduate students from the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology are holding a panel on applying to graduate school and general advice on handling the first couple years of grad school.

They will answer questions on the graduate school application process and on the transition from undergraduate to graduate level research. The panel will be followed by a make-your-own-ice cream mixer.

Image credit: Tao Wan

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:57:20 -0400 2019-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion Two pronghorns walking past in a beautiful setting at Yellowstone National Park
Mari Katayama: My Body as Material (October 10, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65258 65258-16559488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Japanese artist Mari Katayama features her own body in a provocative series of works combining photography, sculpture, and textiles. Born with a developmental condition, she has only two fingers on one hand and had both her legs amputated at the age of nine; she has worn prosthetics ever since. In order to fill a deep gap between her own understanding of self and physicality and contemporary society’s simplistic categorizations, Katayama began to explore her identity by objectifying her body in her art. Katayama treats her entire body, body parts, and prosthetics as “materials” to be arranged in photographs, read as soft sculptures, and decorated with lace, shells, and shiny objects. Katayama’s work exposes anxieties that haunt many of us — disabled or nondisabled — living in an age obsessed with body image. One of the most exciting new artists emerging from contemporary Japan, Katayama’s work is featured in this year’s Venice Biennale in Italy. Her exhibition at UMMA, Mari Katayama (on view October 12, 2019 – January 26, 2020), will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in the US. The talk will be moderated by Natsu Oyobe, curator of Asian art at UMMA and the exhibition curator.

Presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA). Lead support for the UMMA exhibition Mari Katayama is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, the Center for Japanese Studies, the Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation, and the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund and the University of Michigan CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, and Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.

Image: Mari Katayama, on the way home #001, 2016, chromogenic print. © Mari Katayama. Courtesy of rin art association.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 18:15:53 -0400 2019-10-10T17:10:00-04:00 2019-10-10T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/katayama2.jpg
Penny Stamps Speaker Series: Mari Katayama: My Body as Material (October 10, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64152 64152-16171641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Japanese artist Mari Katayama (born 1987) features her own body in a provocative series of works combining photography, sculpture, and textile. Born with a developmental condition, she has only two fingers on one hand and had both her legs amputated at the age of nine; she has worn prosthetics ever since. In order to fill a deep gap between her own understanding of self and physicality, and contemporary society’s simplistic categorizations, Katayama began to explore her identity by objectifying her body in her art. Katayama treats her entire body, bodily parts, and prosthetics as “materials” to be arranged in photographs, read as soft sculptures, and decorated with lace, shells, and shiny objects. As the protagonist in intricately arranged narrative scenes, the artist invites the viewer to voyeuristically experience a private space developed from her imagination. Katayama’s work exposes anxieties that haunt many of us—disabled or nondisabled—living in an age obsessed with body image. One of the most exciting new artists emerging from contemporary Japan, Katayama’s work is featured this year’s Venice Biennale in Italy. Her exhibition at UMMA, Mari Katayama (on view October 12, 2019–January 26, 2020), will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in the U.S. The talk will be moderated by Natsu Oyobe, Curator of Asian Art at UMMA and the exhibition curator.

Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Center for Japanese Studies, the Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation, the Japan Cultural Development, and Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the Susan and Richard Gutow Endowed Fund, the University of Michigan CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, and Women's Studies Department. 

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:17:44 -0400 2019-10-10T17:10:00-04:00 2019-10-10T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Critical Engagement with Transitional Justice: Perspectives from Africa and Latin America (October 10, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67864 67864-16960525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: International Policy Center

Colombia and South Africa experienced two of the longest civil conflicts since the Second World War. Both underwent intensive, tenuous and difficult negotiations in order to end their respective conflicts peacefully. What does it mean in such contexts to bring about “transitional justice?” What values and interests tend to drive transitional justice processes, and what aspects of justice tend to be overlooked? How can societies address key forms of injustice that formal transitional justice processes downplay or omit? What were the comparative successes, failures and difficulties that face societies after conflict in their quest for greater democracy, human rights and social justice? This interdisciplinary panel will offer a comparative cross-regional discussion of transitional justice. Leading scholars from Africa and Latin America will share insights about macro-level commonalities in transitional justice processes across diverse societies. They will also examine how those high-level dynamics have affected micro-level social, civil and political dynamics in the various countries they study, work and live in—and thus the experiences of ordinary survivors seeking remedies to continuing injustice.

Participating speakers:

Litheko Modisane(University of Cape Town)
Keith Vermeulen (Methodist Church of Southern Africa)
Alejandro Castillejo-Cuellar (Universidad de los Andes)
Gustavo Jose Rojas Paez (Universidad Libre de Colombia)

Yazier Henry (University of Michigan) as moderator

Hosted as part of the Ford School's Conversations Across Difference Initiative.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:39:22 -0400 2019-10-10T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) International Policy Center Lecture / Discussion
Weekly Bible Study - "Warnings Against Judizers" (October 10, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66642 66642-16770088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League, 1st Floor, Room 4
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Join us for prayer, worship, Bible study and discussion as we go through Philippians and Colossions this semester. Tonight's topic will be Warnings Against Judizers from Philippians 3:1-4:1.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 18:00:16 -0400 2019-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan League, 1st Floor, Room 4 Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion
What Does Europe Want Now?: Panel and Reading from MQR's Fall 2019 Special Issue (October 10, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65908 65908-16670230@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Quarterly Review

The Michigan Quarterly Review and the Center for European Studies are hosting a reading from the special Fall 2019 issue of MQR entitled "What Does Europe Want Now?" guest edited by Benjamin Paloff and focused on the 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

The event will include readings from the issue by contributors Jeremiah Chamberlin, Eirill Falck, and Stiliana Milkova. The reading will be followed by a panel featuring Benjamin Paloff, Andreas Gailus, and Nataša Kovačević. The evening will be hosted by poet and translator Khaled Mattawa, the journal's editor-in-chief.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:19:15 -0400 2019-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Quarterly Review Lecture / Discussion Copyright Joanna Concejo
CONFIDENT PLURALISM (October 10, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68166 68166-17020449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: Asian InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

Join us for a conversation at the Power Center on Thursday, October 10 at 8 PM with John Inazu and Kelly Dunlop. They'll discuss the themes of John's recent book, Confident Pluralism: Survivng and Thriving through Deep Difference. Is there a way past our seemingly irresolvable differences of beliefs, values, and identities toward a healthier future of tolerance, patience, and empathy. John is associate professor of law and religion at Washington University in St. Louis. Kelly is the Associate Director of the Center for Campus Initiative at the University of Michigan. This dialogue is co-sponsored by the Veritas Forum and the Association of Religious Counselors.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Oct 2019 14:49:28 -0400 2019-10-10T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-10T22:00:00-04:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts Asian InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Lecture / Discussion Crop of the Event Poster
AE285 Undergraduate Seminar: "Engineering Agility: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" (October 11, 2019 1:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68224 68224-17028940@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 1:30am
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Donna Mirabella - Director, Engineering Process, Metrics and Configuration Management, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

The ability to be agile plays a role in our lives, in many ways. Today we will review how this core competency for General Atomics has enabled them to thrive despite the heavy industry competition. You will see actual footage of unique capability as well as the vision and enthusiasm that has driven the organization to the top of their game. You will take away the understanding that given passion, synergy, and collaboration, combined with agility, dreams do come true. Participate in this forum with the intent to realize your vision for the future, knowing full well it may easily change. Be bold, be brave, be agile!

About the Speaker...

Donna Mirabella started her career 17 years ago equipped with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Engineering Management from the University of Michigan. She entered the workforce as a Chrysler Institute of Engineering Management Trainee, working through their Rotational Program for two years. Since then she has worked in a variety of disciplines and positions in the automotive and aerospace industries with Chrysler and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI). Recognized for the results she produced in creating effective and cost-saving technical solutions, maximizing efficiency of development and product selection processes, and organizing innovative, collaborative working groups, Ms. Mirabella was welcomed into management positions, first at the team lead and supervisor level, moving quickly into a management role for GA-ASI’s Mechanical Engineering Department. Now managing several engineering disciplines including technical intellectual property protection, proposal cost estimating, configuration management, and development of engineering tools, process, and metrics, she has become a valued and seasoned mentor for emerging leaders. When away from the office, you are likely to find Donna on a soccer or football field with any one of her four children.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 15:20:29 -0400 2019-10-11T01:30:00-04:00 2019-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Donna Mirabella
U-M Structure Seminar: Kazuhiro Yamada, Ph.D. (October 11, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65696 65696-16629900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 10:00am
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

Kazuhiro Yamada, Ph.D.
Research Lab Specialist Associate, Markos Koutmos Lab
University of Michigan

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:34:31 -0400 2019-10-11T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T11:00:00-04:00 Life Sciences Institute U-M Structural Biology Lecture / Discussion Life Sciences Institute
The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty (October 11, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66028 66028-16684536@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 12:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Efosa Ojomo, senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, will give a talk titled "The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty" as part of the 2019 Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:02:42 -0400 2019-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T13:30:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Efosa Ojomo
Phondi Discussion Group (October 11, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66303 66303-16725828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Phondi is a discussion and research group for students and faculty at U-M and nearby universities who have interests in phonetics and phonology. We meet weekly during the academic year to present our research, discuss "hot" topics in the field, and practice upcoming conference or other presentations. We welcome anyone with interests in phonetics and phonology to join us.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:57:38 -0400 2019-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T14:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Addressing Sexual Violence with Institutional Courage (October 11, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65119 65119-16517534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Sexual violence (including sexual assault and sexual harassment) occurs frequently and can cause substantial harm. Sexual violence is often experienced in the context of an institution (such as a university); our research indicates that associated institutional behaviors can harm or help. In this presentation I will present concepts and research related to these issues: betrayal trauma theory & betrayal blindness, DARVO (Deny, Attack, & Reverse Victim & Offender; a harmful perpetrator response to disclosure), institutional betrayal, and institutional courage. I will conclude by offering concrete steps that individuals and institutions can take to respond well to disclosures and to address sexual harassment and promote institutional courage.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:37:29 -0400 2019-10-11T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
"Writing History, Writing Biography: Capturing H.G. Adler's Many Worlds" (October 11, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67555 67555-16892240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Friday, October 11th, 3308 MLB, 2-4pm

H.G. Adler (1910 - 1988) lived at the center of his times and on their margin. A survivor of Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and two other concentration camps, he chronicled his experience and the loss of others in two dozen books of seminal history, modernist fiction, formally intricate poems, and insightful essays. Yet, despite close friendship with Leo Baeck, Elias Canetti, and Heinrich Böll, he remained a writer's writer, largely unknown and neglected. Thus, unlike with better known figures, the story of his life must be told through the times in which he lived, as well as how the same lived through him. On the publication of H.G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds, biographer and translator Peter Filkins discusses the intersection of biography and history in shaping the story of Adler's life and work.

Peter Filkins is an award-winning poet and translator. His authorized biography H.G. Adler: A Life in Many Worlds appears in 2019 from Oxford University Press, and he has translated three novels by H.G. Adler, Panorama, The Journey, and The Wall, as well as the collected poems of Ingeborg Bachmann, Darkness Spoken. The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Leon Levy Center for Biography, the DAAD, and the American Academy in Berlin, he is the Richard B. Fisher Professor of Literature at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, and also teaches translation at Bard College.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:56:34 -0400 2019-10-11T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Peter Filkins
HistLing Discussion Group (October 11, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64923 64923-16491240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

HistLing is devoted to discussions of language change. This week, Jeffrey Heath will give a presentation on "Internal Reconstruction for Language Isolates."

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 10:32:31 -0400 2019-10-11T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion HistLing graphic
BME Talk: David Nordsletten (October 11, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68252 68252-17035297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 3:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

The human heart is a complex electromechanical pump, translating electrophysiological stimulation into tissue contraction and the ejection of blood from its chambers to drive cardiovascular blood flow. Despite being incredibly adaptable and robust, the human heart can experience a myriad of maladies leading to disruption and dysfunction. Core to cardiac physiology, and pathophysiology, is the efficient interaction between solid tissue and blood, translating mechanical work into blood flow. Understanding this interaction, principles of fluid mechanics, turbulence and fluid-structure interaction provide a core foundation. From recent work on image-based estimation of pressure loss, to analytic solutions and computational methods for fluid-structure interaction, to multigrid-in-time, this talk will explore some of the mathematical techniques useful for evaluating the behavior of blood and its impact on the heart.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:09:57 -0400 2019-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T15:50:00-04:00 East Hall Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME Logo
Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era (October 11, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67378 67378-16846415@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Panelists:
- DR. MAYLEI BLACKWELL, Associate Professor, César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o Studies, Women's Studies Department, and affiliated faculty in the American Indian Studies and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies, University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)
- DR. MARIA EUGENIA COTERA, Associate Professor, American Culture, Latina/o Studies, Women's Studies, University of Michigan
- DR. ELENA GUTIERREZ, Associate Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, The University of Illinois at Chicago
- DR. LETICIA WIGGINS, WOSU Public Media
- DR. ROSIE BERMUDEZ, UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California - Los Angeles

With contributions from a wide array of scholars and activists, including leading Chicana feminists from the period, this groundbreaking anthology is the first collection of scholarly essays and testimonios that focuses on Chicana organizing, activism, and leadership in the movement years. The essays in Chicana Movidas: New Narratives of Activism and Feminism in the Movement Era (University of Texas Press, 2018) demonstrate how Chicanas enacted a new kind of politica at the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality, and developed innovative concepts, tactics, and methodologies that in turn generated new theories, art forms, organizational spaces, and strategies of alliance.

Join us in honor of Latinx Heritage Month for a panel discussion featuring co-editors and contributors.

Book sales and a reception will follow the discussion.

There will be an instant-win raffle at the beginning of the event for 5 free copies of the book! Must be present to win!

Cosponsors: CEW+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, Latina/o Studies, Women's Studies, University Library

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 08:49:45 -0400 2019-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T17:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion book cover
Department Colloquium: Regina Rini (York University) (October 11, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63893 63893-15979779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

Most of the literature on moral disagreement is framed in strictly epistemic terms. I argue that this framing is misleading, as moral disagreement is unlike peer disagreement in other epistemic domains, owing to the special character of the moral domain. I defend the claim that disagreement with peers gives us reason to reduce confidence in disputed moral beliefs, but not for epistemic reasons. Rather, we have moral reason to do so. Reducing confidence in this way is morally required by recognition respect for the moral agency of the peer with whom we disagree.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 10:42:47 -0400 2019-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion 2019-20 Colloquia Series, Moral Disagreement is Special, Regina Rini, York University
SynSem Discussion Group (October 11, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66692 66692-16770212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The syntax-semantics group provides a forum within which Linguistics students and faculty at UM, and from neighboring universities (thus far including EMU, MSU, Oakland University, Wayne State and UM-Flint) can informally present or just discuss and share their ongoing research in these domains. The group is frequently used by students to practice conference presentations and receive constructive feedback from "familiar faces."

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:32:03 -0400 2019-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion SynSem graphic
The Roy A. Rappaport Lectures: "Patagonian Prehistory: Human Ecology and Cultural Evolution in the Land of Giants" (October 11, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64390 64390-16340377@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

"Initial colonization of the Americas is one of the most hotly-debated topics in archaeology. Patagonia is the farthest place to which colonizers traveled from the east Siberian point of entry and, so, should be central to hypotheses regarding migration speed, a particularly controversial aspect of the colonization process. In this talk, Garvey describes historical reasons for Patagonia’s curious absence from mainstream discussions, and presents unconventional evidence that supports a relatively slow migration through the Americas."

This lecture series presents a book manuscript titled Patagonian Prehistory, Human Ecology and Cultural Evolution in the Land of Giants. Following an introduction to the region and some of its archaeological puzzles, Dr. Raven Garvey will describe novel hypotheses related to colonization, abandonment, and meeting basic needs in a region widely considered marginal for human habitation. In particular, this series will examine unconventional evidence for gauging colonization speed, alternative explanations for a purported abandonment of the region between 8000 and 4000 years ago, and reasons Patagonians might have remained foragers despite farming-favorable conditions.

Lectures will be held at 3:00 p.m. on
September 13, 2019
October 11, 2019
November 15, 2019
& December 6, 2019
in the Forum Hall, Palmer Commons


The Roy A. Rappaport Lectures are a series of lectures on a work in progress, designed both as free public lectures and as a special course for advanced students to work closely with a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology on a topic in which the instructor has an intensive current interest. As the description written by Professor Roy “Skip” Rappaport in 1976 states, “…it offers the opportunity for other students and faculty to hear a colleague in an extended discussion of their own work.”

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Aug 2019 11:10:56 -0400 2019-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Department of Anthropology Lecture / Discussion Fall 2019 Roy A. Rappaport Lectures
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (October 11, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67236 67236-16828996@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

The Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics (IWAP) is a forum for the presentation of ongoing interdisciplinary research in American politics. Most of our presentations are given by graduate students. Each graduate student presenter is assigned a faculty and student discussant. IWAP circulates the work beforehand and the student presents it briefly at the start of the meeting. After discussant feedback, the bulk of the time is reserved for group discussion among all workshop participants. This format leads to informal yet highly interactive and productive conversations.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:23:51 -0400 2019-10-11T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Smith Lecture: USGS Products to Inform Earthquake Respons (October 11, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63119 63119-15576727@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP) monitors and reports on earthquakes  with the overall mission to provide information to reduce risk and loss. Soon after an earthquake occurs anywhere on the globe, the USGS produces a suite of products that characterize the shaking and the potential impacts to people and the built environment providing situational awareness to decision makers, emergency management, the media and the public. Much of this information is delivered through the EHP website that receives millions of visits in the hours after an earthquake making it one of the most heavily trafficked websites in the Federal Government. The USGS has also begun issuing warnings for the imminent arrival of strong ground shaking from earthquakes along the west coast of the US. The ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system promises to provide a tens of seconds for people and machines to take protective actions in order to reduce losses. The recent Ridgecrest, California earthquake sequence  provided a key test of USGS systems and the ability to deliver information in today's technological and media environment.

Dr. Jonathan Godt is the Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards and leads a federal effort dedicated to science and information delivery to reduce the risk from earthquakes and other geologic hazards. Dr. Godt joined the USGS as a student in the mid-1990s and in his career has been both a research scientist and a manager.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:02:11 -0400 2019-10-11T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-11T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
Crisis in the Alliance? Tension in the Japan-South Korea Relationship and Implications for US Foreign Policy (October 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67810 67810-16952006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Panelists: Celeste Arrington (George Washington University)
Gi-Wook Shin (Stanford University)
Yuki Tatsumi (Stimson Center)
Dan Slater (University of Michigan)

Sponsor: Korea Foundation

Cosponsors: UM Center for Japanese Studies, UM International Institute, UM Nam Center for Korean Studies

Abstract:
The relationship between Japan and South Korea has often been fraught with tensions reflecting their complicated history going back centuries. In the modern era, Japan’s colonization of Korea and its legacy have marred the bilateral relationship despite their shared values as the two most advanced democracies in the region and their status as the most important allies of the U.S. in East Asia. In the last couple of years, the tension has reached a boiling point as the two countries began to discard various agreements in trade, security, and other areas. Meanwhile, the US government sat on the sidelines for the most part, seeming to play a less proactive role than in the past. In the context of trade conflict with China, nuclear developments in North Korea, and growing assertiveness of Russia in the region, further deterioration of Japan-South Korea relations would be detrimental not only to the two countries but also to the U.S. and other players in the Asia-Pacific region. In this panel discussion, experts of the region will offer their views on the current tensions in the region and their implications for the regional politics and U.S. foreign policy.

Mission of the Korea Foundation:
Since its inception in 1991, The Korea Foundation aims to connect people to people and serve as a bridge between Korea and the global community through a diverse array of academic and cultural programs and activities.
As a lead public diplomacy institution of Korea, the Korea Foundation has over the past two decades tried to explore timely avenues to reach out general public by organizing insightful lectures and intellectual events on regional as well as global issues that are the focus of public attention.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 08:40:47 -0400 2019-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Crisis in the Alliance? Tension in the Japan-South Korea Relationship and Implications for US Foreign Policy
CSAS Lecture Series | Of Commodities and Frontiers: Looking for "Capitalism" on the Edges of Britain’s Indian Colonies (October 11, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64847 64847-16460999@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

In a longer project called The Postcolonial Commons, I am interested in the emergence of fluid political subjectivities around questions of defending existing commons, and creating new ones, in two regions of India: of small-scale fishers in coastal Kerala, and small farmers in the Garhwal region of present-day Uttarakhand state. I am in conversation with strands of contemporary political theory (represented, among others, by Hardt and Negri, Federici, de Angelis, Zizek, and Bauwens) that posit a future organised around ‘the commons’. However, while these writings are futuristic, I suggest that they have an underpinning narrative of the transition from the ‘pre-capitalist commons’ to the ‘commons unmade through capitalism’, which has implications for the political imaginaries outlined in their works. I challenge their orthodox account of this transition with drawing on writings on ‘postcolonial capitalism’, including my own recent work.

For this seminar, I offer two sections of the ‘historical’ part of the larger project: a discussion of the historiographical challenges in reconstructing ‘the pre-capitalist commons’ and the transitions it undergoes ‘under capitalism’ in relation to Kerala fisheries and Garhwali forests, and the limits of the ‘commodity frontiers’ approach to narrate this process. Among other things, the very nature of ‘rule’, and the problems of establishing it in these ‘unruly’ spaces, has a bearing on the sources – rather, the lack thereof – on which an account of such a process can be reconstituted. Accounts are few, and the reliability of some sources is uncertain, for much of the period of early colonial conquest. And what accounts there are do not point to the transformation of fish or forest into ‘commodities’ until relatively recently. Nor are capitalist production relations visible in any meaningful sense. The conditions for fish and forests becoming ‘commodities’, and for the emergence of capitalism in these sectors, come from a number of scientific, technological and other governmental innovations under late-colonial and early-postcolonial developmentalism. I conclude by identifying the implications of my account for radical political theory of the commons.

Subir Sinha studied History at the University of Delhi (BA) and Political Science at Northwestern University (MS, PhD), and has taught at Northwestern University and the University of Vermont. His research interests are institutional change, sustainable development, social movements, state-society relations in development, and South Asian politics, with a current focus on decentralised development in India, early postcolonial planning, and on the global fishworkers' movement.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:10:07 -0400 2019-10-11T16:30:00-04:00 2019-10-11T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Subir Sinha, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Talks by Patricia Cost and Ben Denzer (October 11, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67865 67865-16960524@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Historian Patricia Cost will speak about the history of the Benton family, who among other things invented the Century family of typefaces. Ben will speak about his artists' books as well as his creative projects, such as Ice Cream Books.

This event is part of the 2019 Ann Arbor Wayzgoose & Printing Festival. See more works by Ben Denzer and the U-M Library Book Arts studio at the Wayzgoose Vendor Fair.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:08:40 -0400 2019-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T19:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Wayzgoose
Fiction at Literati (October 11, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68018 68018-16983973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 7:00pm
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Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Author and former director of the Helen Zell Writers' Program at The University of Michigan visits as part of our ongoing Fiction at Literati Series, in support of her new novel The Professor of Immortality. Eileen will be in-conversation with local author Natalie Bakopoulos. A book signing will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:23:29 -0400 2019-10-11T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T21:00:00-04:00 Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
Stars Rising: Why U-M's Detroit Observatory Matters and Where It's Going (October 11, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67924 67924-16966907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Bentley Historical Library

Why is an observatory in Ann Arbor named for Detroit? What made the Detroit Observatory a milestone for the University of Michigan and American higher education? How was the Observatory central to the growth of American astronomical science, when did it lose that role, and how did it get it back? And who were some of the people who made it all happen? Gary Krenz of the University’s Bentley Historical Library will explore these and other questions in this talk. In its 165-year history, the Observatory has gone through many transformations, and it is currently going through another—the construction of an addition to improve access, education, and programming. Krenz will also look at what that project entails and what lies ahead.

This event is in partnership with the Ann Arbor District Library.

This lecture launches a new lecture series on University of Michigan history, sponsored by the Bentley Historical Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:12:25 -0400 2019-10-11T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-11T20:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Bentley Historical Library Lecture / Discussion 1854 painting of Detroit Observatory and 2019 rendering of addition under construction
Dismantling Casteism & Racism: Symposium (October 12, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63434 63434-15694221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies

Please note registering for this event is now closed.

The Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies (A/PIA) Program at the University of Michigan & the Ambedkar Association of North America have co-organized a symposium to address the theme “Dismantling Casteism and Racism.” The symposium will examine the contemporary and historical intersections between anti-racist and anti-caste struggles in South Asia and the U.S.

Vandenberg Room
Michigan League, 911 N. University, Ann Arbor
Light lunch will be provided
Saturday: October 12, 2019

Featured Speakers
Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd, Ph.D. is an award-winning scholar, political theorist, and one of the most prominent anti-caste activists and intellectuals in India. He is currently the director of the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at Maulana Azad National Urdu University. Prof. Shepherd’s most recent publications include Turning the Pot, Tilling the Land: Dignity of Labour in Our Times (with co-writer Durgabai Vyam, 2007) and a memoir titled From a Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual (2019).

Thenmozhi Soundararajan is a U.S.-based filmmaker, transmedia artist, and Dalit rights activist. She is the founder of Equality Labs, an organization that uses community research, socially engaged art, and technology to end the oppression of caste apartheid, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and religious intolerance. In 2015, Soundararajan was was a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation fellow, during which time she helped curate #DalitWomenFight, a transmedia project and activist movement.

Ronald E. Hall, Ph.D. is Professor of Social Work at Michigan State University. His research specializations includes a focus on intraracial racism, colorism, caste, and mental health. His publications include The Color Complex: The Politics of Skin Color Among African Americans (edited), and The Scientific Fallacy and Political Misuse of the Concept of Race.

Ankita Nikalje is a Doctoral Student in the Counseling Psychology program at the College of Education at Purdue. Her research focuses on the continued psychological impacts of colonization in South Asian populations, and seeks to understand how historical oppression and current experiences of racism impact mental and physical health.

Gaurav Pathania, Ph.D. is a sociologist and currently teaches at The George Washington University at Washington DC. His current project explores Dalits and Black activism in the US. In 2018, he published his first book, The University as a Site of Resistance: Identity and Student Politics" with Oxford University Press.


Panel Moderator
Manan Desai, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies and the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan. He also serves on the academic council of the South Asian American Digital Archive.


Co-sponsored by the Department of American Culture, Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, Center for South Asian Studies, Barger Leadership Program, Department of History, Department of English Language & Literature, and Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Community sponsorship from Periyar Ambedkar Study Circle, Association for India’s Development, and American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Oct 2019 09:40:33 -0400 2019-10-12T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Lecture / Discussion Poster
Scientist in the Forum (October 12, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734187@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-12T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Science Forum Demo: How to Become a Fossil (October 12, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66399 66399-16734180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 12, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world around you in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above.

Saturdays and Sundays, 3:00 p.m.

Explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized! How old are the earliest fossils? How old does something have to be before it is considered a fossil? You’ll touch some real fossils, learn the different types of fossil evidence, and discover what is necessary to become a fossil. Finally, we’ll discuss what kinds of things fossils can tell us, and how fossil casts are made in the museum!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:44:57 -0400 2019-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-12T15:20:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Scientist in the Forum (October 13, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734191@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-13T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-13T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Science Forum Demo: How to Become a Fossil (October 13, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66399 66399-16734175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 13, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world around you in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above.

Saturdays and Sundays, 3:00 p.m.

Explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized! How old are the earliest fossils? How old does something have to be before it is considered a fossil? You’ll touch some real fossils, learn the different types of fossil evidence, and discover what is necessary to become a fossil. Finally, we’ll discuss what kinds of things fossils can tell us, and how fossil casts are made in the museum!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:44:57 -0400 2019-10-13T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-13T15:20:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Mindfullness-based Dementia Care (October 14, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64758 64758-16444911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A free, 7-week program designed for family caregivers of persons with dementia. Info and to register: 734.936.8803.

Presented by MI Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:03:34 -0400 2019-10-14T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Lecture / Discussion
Bridging Political Economy & Global Development (October 14, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67801 67801-16951998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 11:00am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Political Science

About the series: This exploratory series identifies how rigorous research in political economy can contribute to cutting edge agendas and pressing needs in global development, which broadly encompasses poverty eradication, governance, peace-building, climate action, China’s rising global role, and other issues. This is an interdisciplinary group. Graduate students from all departments are welcome. To sign, please email Yuen Yuen Ang at yuenang@umich.edu.

About the speaker: Vijayendra (Biju) Rao is a Lead Economist in the Development Research Group of the World Bank, works at the intersection of scholarship and practice. He leads the World Bank’s Social Observatory, an inter-disciplinary effort to improve the conversation between citizens and governments.

Recommended readings:

1. “Deliberative Democracy in an Unequal World: A Text-As-Data Study of South India’s Village Assemblies,” by Rao & co-authors, *American Political Science Review*, 2019: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/deliberative-democracy-in-an-unequal-world-a-textasdata-study-of-south-indias-village-assemblies/081C0A8F242D2C5273EBC60A4CCEFB73

2. Mixing big & thick data; an IBM report featuring World Bank’s Social Observatory: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/148311

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:27:53 -0400 2019-10-14T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion Vijayendra Rao
LSI Diversity Summit Lecture: Aseem Z. Ansari, Ph.D. (October 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68027 68027-16986090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Life Sciences Institute (LSI)

The Ansari group has pioneered the development of synthetic transcription factors (SynTFs) to control desired gene regulatory networks and guide cell fate choices. In a sense, SynTFs could be viewed as chemical counterparts of the much larger CRISPR-Cas based gene regulators.

Integrating structure-guided design and chemical genomics, the Ansari group created an exciting class of molecules that can rewire epigenetic states at targeted genomic loci. SynTFs designed to reverse repressive epigenetic marks have restored expression of genes whose deficiency causes incurable neuronal diseases such as Friedreich’s ataxia, a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that has no effective therapy. More broadly, SynTFs can be precision-tailored to understand and remedy a wide array of human diseases.

About the Speaker:
Aseem Z. Ansari is the R. J. Ulrich Chair of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the founder of the Khorana and Bose Programs.

Aseem began his scientific career as a summer intern in the laboratory of Obaid Siddiqi at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Bombay. That experience led him to graduate studies in Chemical Biology at Northwestern University. Aseem completed his training postdoctoral training as a Helen Hay Whitney Fellow at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was also a resident tutor at the Winthrop House and member of the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences at Harvard. The Ansari Lab works on devising synthetic gene switches that control the fate of human embryonic stem cells and correct gene regulatory networks in neurodegenerative diseases.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:50:39 -0400 2019-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Life Sciences Institute (LSI) Lecture / Discussion Aseem Z. Ansari, Ph.D.
RNA Innovation Seminar, Ailong Ke, Cornell University (October 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65137 65137-16539448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Ailong Ke PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University

Abstract: CRISPR-Cas serves as an RNA-based adaptive immunity system in prokaryotes. The diverse CRISPR systems can be categorized into two major classes and multiple types therein. Type I CRISPR-Cas (or CRISPR-Cas3) belongs to Class 1 and is the most prevalent CRISPR system found in nature. It features a sequential target-searching and degradation process. First, the target-searching complex Cascade (CRISPR associated complex for antiviral defense) uses its guide RNA to find the complementary dsDNA target, and opens a special structure called R-loop at the target site. Its helicase-nuclease fusion enzyme Cas3 is then specifically recruited to the Cascade/R-loop site to processively degrade long-stretches of double-stranded DNA nearby. I will give a comprehensive explanation of CRISPR-Cas3 based interference mechanism, based on the high-resolution biochemistry and structural biology work from my lab. I will further explain CRISPR-Cas3 based genome editing applications, and give perspectives on its therapeutic potential.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:55:45 -0400 2019-10-14T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-14T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Meditation and Spiritual Life (October 14, 2019 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68342 68342-17054451@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 6:15pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan

Swami Yogatmananda of Vedanta Society of Providence, RI would be giving a talk on 'Meditation and Spiritual Life'. All are welcome. This event is free of charge and RSVPs are not required.

About the speaker: Born in 1953 in Karnataka state (India), Swami Yogatmananda joined Ramakrishna Order in 1976. He received his monastic vows in 1986. After serving at Ramakrishna Math at Nagpur (Maharashtra state, India) for 20 years, he was posted as the Head of Ramakrishna Mission, Shillong, (Meghalaya state, India). He came to United States in the summer of 2001 as the Minister of the Vedanta Society of Providence.

Swami Yogatmananda’s present responsibilities include conducting Sunday service, weekly study classes and organizing spiritual retreats. He is invited to preach Vedanta at different places in the United States. He also serves as the Hindu Religious Affiliate at the Brown University, Providence, RI and the Hindu Chaplain at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 12 Oct 2019 18:02:46 -0400 2019-10-14T18:15:00-04:00 2019-10-14T19:30:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Vedanta Study Circle at University of Michigan Lecture / Discussion Swami Yogatmananda_Flier
Talk: Meditation and Spiritual Life (October 14, 2019 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68343 68343-17058652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 6:15pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Swami Yogatmananda of Vedanta Society of Providence, RI would be giving a talk on 'Meditation and Spiritual Life'. All are welcome. This event is free of charge and RSVPs are not required.

About the speaker: Born in 1953 in Karnataka state (India), Swami Yogatmananda joined Ramakrishna Order in 1976. He received his monastic vows in 1986. After serving at Ramakrishna Math at Nagpur (Maharashtra state, India) for 20 years, he was posted as the Head of Ramakrishna Mission, Shillong, (Meghalaya state, India). He came to United States in the summer of 2001 as the Minister of the Vedanta Society of Providence.

Swami Yogatmananda’s present responsibilities include conducting Sunday service, weekly study classes and organizing spiritual retreats. He is invited to preach Vedanta at different places in the United States. He also serves as the Hindu Religious Affiliate at the Brown University, Providence, RI and the Hindu Chaplain at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Oct 2019 18:00:12 -0400 2019-10-14T18:15:00-04:00 2019-10-14T19:30:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion Pierpont Commons
Vedanta Discourse (October 14, 2019 6:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68069 68069-16994910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 14, 2019 6:15pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

We welcome you to attend Vedanta Discourse by Swami Yogatmananda, Minister in Charge, Vedanta Society of Providence, RI.

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Lecture / Discussion Sat, 05 Oct 2019 12:50:45 -0400 2019-10-14T18:15:00-04:00 2019-10-14T19:45:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Vedanta Study Circle Lecture / Discussion October 14, 2019 talk by Swami Yogatmananda
How Digital Accessibility Benefits Everyone (October 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67838 67838-16958336@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Boyer Building
Organized By: Information and Technology Services (ITS)

Learn what digital accessibility looks like at U-M and across higher ed, how it aligns with DEI, why it matters, current challenges, and benefits for all. Panel discussion with Phil Deaton (Digital Information Accessibility Coordinator), Jane Berliss-Vincent (Assistive Technology Manager), and Darrell Williams (Digital Accessibility Analyst).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:30:36 -0400 2019-10-15T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T12:00:00-04:00 Boyer Building Information and Technology Services (ITS) Lecture / Discussion ""
Cholesterol and Phospholipis Metabolism in Physiology and Disease- Annual William E.M. Lands Lectureship in Biological Chemistry (October 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67920 67920-16966900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Peter Tontonoz will deliver the 15th annual William E.M. Lands Lecture on the Biochemical Basis for the Physiology of Essential Nutrients. Dr. Tontonoz is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:37:58 -0400 2019-10-15T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit II Biological Chemistry Lecture / Discussion Tontonoz
13th Annual Prechter Lecture featuring Pete Earley (October 15, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64741 64741-16442904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Eisenberg Family Depression Center

› Keynote speaker Pete Earley, author of CRAZY
› Panel discussion about:
*mental health care in the justice system
*the present & future of research in bipolar disorder
› Reception -- Book signing during the reception with books available for purchase.

› This is a FREE event, but we ask that you pre-register via this link: https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/prechter-program/events/201910/13th-annual-prechter-lecture-featuring-pete-earley


Praise for Pete Earley's book:

“Parents of the mentally ill should find solace and food for thought in [this book’s] pages.”
- Publishers Weekly

“Explores the mind-boggling mess that America’s mental health system has become and champions the case for reform.”
- Rocky Mountain News

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Jul 2019 10:55:05 -0400 2019-10-15T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T21:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Eisenberg Family Depression Center Lecture / Discussion author Pete Earley
Bioethics Discussion: Body/Art (October 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52719 52719-12974151@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Lurie Biomedical Engineering
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

A discussion on aesthetics.

Readings to consider:
1. Anchoring the (Postmodern) Self?: Body modification, fashion, and identity
2. Bodyworlds: The Art of Plastinated Cadavers
3. Bodyworlds and the ethics of using human remains: a preliminary discussion
4. What Should We Do about Eduard Pernkopf’s Atlas?

For more information and/or to receive a copy of the readings contact Barry Belmont at belmont@umich.edu or visit http://belmont.bme.umich.edu/bioethics-discussion-group/discussions/033-body-art/.

For something approaching the bodily and the artistic, please consider the blog: https://belmont.bme.umich.edu/incidental-art/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:52:12 -0400 2019-10-15T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-15T20:30:00-04:00 Lurie Biomedical Engineering The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Body/art
How Cell Communication Drives Tissue Form and Function (October 16, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67426 67426-16849184@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 9:30am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2019 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hosted By: Pierre Coulombe, PhD & Kristen Verhey, PhD

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:33:41 -0400 2019-10-16T09:30:00-04:00 2019-10-16T10:30:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion CDB Seminar - Green
CSEAS Event. Roundtable on Current Events in Thailand (October 16, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68201 68201-17026806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Scholars from Thailand and U-M will discuss the current political landscape in Thailand, including the state of local governance, the impact of the recent elections, and current challenges facing Thailand.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:54:08 -0400 2019-10-16T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion event_banner
CREES Noon Lecture. Extraction and Equity: Indigenous Communities and Oil Companies in the Russian Arctic (October 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65697 65697-16629903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

What determines how oil companies interact with indigenous peoples and whether they share in the benefits of new oil and gas industry development? Do global rights and standards influence practices on the ground in authoritarian political regimes? Examining several cases in the Russian Arctic and sub-Arctic, Henry considers how local communities navigate a complex political context in which global rules and standards that prioritize indigenous and environmental claims interact with domestic laws and institutions that tend to advantage industry. Research in Russian indigenous communities in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, the Komi Republic, and on Sakhalin Island also illustrates how expectations based on practices from the Soviet era shape community’s ability to engage extractive industries in order to ensure their economic and social well-being.

Laura A. Henry is a professor in the Department of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Her research investigates Russia’s post-Soviet transformation, focusing on state society relations, environmental politics, extractive industries, and the interaction of transnational and local actors. Henry’s current work compares how Russian NGOs engage in global governance institutions with their counterparts in China, Brazil, India, and South Africa. Henry is the author of *Red to Green: Environmental Activism in Post-Soviet Russia* (Cornell University Press, 2010) and the co-editor of *Russian Civil Society: A Critical Assessment* (M.E. Sharpe, 2006). Her work has appeared in *Environmental Politics, Global Environmental Politics, Post-Soviet Affairs, Europe-Asia Studies*, and other journals. She has been a Watson Foundation fellow and a Fulbright Scholar. Her research has received support from the National Security Education Program, the Social Science Research Council, and the International Research and Exchange Board.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to weisercenter@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

(Photo: Khorey-Ver, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, by Maria Tysiachniouk)

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:09:06 -0400 2019-10-16T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Khorey-Ver, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Euclidean Black Saddles and AdS4 Black Holes (October 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68134 68134-17011973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

The entropy of a class of asymptotically-AdS4 black holes can be reproduced by the partition function of the dual ABJM theory via localization. However, establishing this match requires a particular extremization over field theory parameters. This begs the question: what are the bulk dual geometries when we do not extremize in the field theory? In this talk, I will show that these bulk duals are smooth Euclidean geometries with finitely-capped throats. These geometries generically have no clear interpretation in Lorentzian signature, but when their throat becomes infinitely long they become black holes with an AdS2 near-horizon geometry. For any set of field theory parameters whose extremization is compatible with a black hole, we find a large family of Euclidean geometries whose on-shell action reproduces the ABJM partition function exactly, without the need to extremize,thus establishing a more complete understanding of AdS4/CFT3 holography.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 14:32:27 -0400 2019-10-16T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion Randall Laboratory
LACS Central American Contexts Series. Crises of Care: Narrating Central American and Mexican Migration through Children and Families (October 16, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67272 67272-16831235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

By the time the Trump Administration's family separation policy took effect in 2018, children had been a focus of news coverage of migration across the US border. Yet this journalistic attention has tended to reduce the complex factors behind the shifting demographics of migration, often attributing it to gang violence. Using child-centered narratives from Central American and Mexico, this talk will discuss how changes in labor markets have pushed many workers to new levels of precarity, forcing them to create new relations within the family and altering the structures of migration. These stories reveal the "crises of care" and other forms of "slow violence" manifesting alongside those of politics, economics, and ecology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Dr. Andersson is a recent graduate of U-M who returns to campus to present her work on Central American and Mexican migration as part of LACS' continuing series, Central American Contexts. This event will conclude with a brief message from the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (WICIR).

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:42:06 -0400 2019-10-16T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion speaker_image
Conceptualizing and Designing Collaborative Science Projects (October 16, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67476 67476-16860093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Graham Sustainability Institute

Planning a collaborative research project can be challenging -- it requires integrating researchers and the intended users of the science in a collaborative process that is unlike most traditional research approaches.

Join us for a panel discussion webinar highlighting the collective advice of three panelists who have helped design and manage collaborative science projects addressing a range of coastal management issues. This webinar will help participants understand the key factors to consider in designing collaborative research projects.

The panel discussion will explore lessons learned about: Conceptualizing research to ensure it addresses natural resource management needs; and designing a collaborative research process to ensure that it succeeds.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Sep 2019 18:23:57 -0400 2019-10-16T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-16T16:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Graham Sustainability Institute Lecture / Discussion
MIPSE Seminar | Hydroxyl Radicals in Gas-Liquid Water Plasma Reactors (October 16, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65966 65966-16678369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE)

Abstract:
Electrical discharge plasmas formed in and in contact with liquid water are of interest for applications in chemical, biomedical, agricultural, electrical, and materials engineering. Analysis of plasmas interacting with liquids is challenging due to the complex relations among the important chemical and physical processes. In addition to the various ways (e.g., AC, DC, pulsed, RF, MW) and geometries to generate a plasma contacting a liquid, the formation of plasma at a gas-liquid interface also depends on the gas composition, liquid properties (e.g., conductivity), and the nature of the molecular transport processes (e.g., hydrodynamics of two-phase flow, energy transport, and mass transfer) at the interface. To address these challenges and focus on the specific case of filamentary plasma channels propagating along a gas-liquid water interface, we have constructed a gas-liquid plasma reactor that enables control of many of these variables. The plasma-liquid interactions have been characterized for chemical reactions including hydrogen peroxide formation, oxidation of hydrocarbons, combined plasma degradation of organic contaminants, nitrogen oxide formation, and hydroxyl radical generation. In this presentation, we will discuss some of the key findings. Comparison will be made of OH generation by gas-water plasma reactors with competing methods such as UV, radiation chemistry, ultrasound, and chemical oxidation methods.

About the Speaker: Dr. Bruce R. Locke earned his B.E. in Chemical Engr. and Environmental & Water Resources from Vanderbilt U. in 1980, MS. from the U. of Houston in 1982, and PhD in Chemical Engr. from North Carolina State U. in 1989. During 1982-86 he was at the Research Triangle Institute working on analysis of submicron aerosol particles in microelectronics manufacturing. He has been a professor in the Dept. of Chemical and Biomedical Engr. at Florida State University (FSU) since 1989 where he was department chair during 2005-12. He was an Associate Provost at FSU during 2012-18 responsible for international programs, and was interim dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering in 2015-16. He was named FSU Distinguished University Research Professor in 2010. Dr. Locke has published 137 journal papers, 8 book chapters and holds 6 patents. He has been visiting professor in Japan, France, and China, and was a Fulbright Research Scholar at the Czech Academy of Sciences in 2017-18. He is Fellow of the American Inst. of Chemical Engineers and is co-Editor-in-Chief of Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. His research interests include plasma reaction engineering for chemical synthesis and environmental pollution control, emphasizing gas-liquid plasma reactor development.

The seminar will be web-simulcast. To view the simulcast, please follow this link:
https://mipse.my.webex.com/mipse.my/j.php?MTID=m85f0e1b661dbc2c8253eddda8b069848
Meeting number: 627 088 372
Password: MIPSE

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:32:37 -0400 2019-10-16T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-16T16:30:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) Lecture / Discussion Bruce Locke
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Seminar (October 16, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68138 68138-17011980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Talk Title: "3D genome structure as a tool to understand the impact of somatic and germline sequence variants"

Abstract: The 3-dimensional organization of DNA inside of the nucleus impacts a variety of cellular processes, including gene regulation. Furthermore, it is apparent that somatic structural variants that affect how chromatin is organized in 3D can have a major impact on gene regulation and human disease. However, such structural variants in the context of cancer genomes are abundant, and predicting the consequence of any individual somatic mutation on 3D genome structure and gene expression is challenging. In addition, we are severely limited with regard to tools that can be used to study 3D folding of the genome in vivo in actual human tumor or tissue samples. Our lab has developed several approaches to address these challenges. We have taken a pan-cancer approach to identify loci in the genome that are affected by structural variants that alter 3D genome structure, and we have identified numerous loci with recurrent 3D genome altering mutations. We have also used genome engineering to create novel structural variants to better understand what types of mutations are actually capable of altering 3D genome structure and gene regulation. Finally, we have also developed novel tools to study 3D genome structure in vivo in complex tissue samples. We believe that these approaches will be critical for improving our understanding of how non-coding sequence variants can affect 3D genome structure and gene regulation, with the ultimate goal of understanding how these events affect human physiology.

3:45 pm - Light Refreshments Served
4:00 pm - Lecture

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:39:45 -0400 2019-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T17:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Queer Expectations: a Genealogy of Jewish Women's Poetry (October 16, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64903 64903-16485245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Judaic Studies

Zohar Weiman-Kelman will be discussing their recently published book, Queer Expectations: a Genealogy of Jewish Women’s Poetry (SUNY Press, 2018). Bringing together Jewish women’s poetry in English, Yiddish, and Hebrew from late nineteenth century through the 1970s, this talk will explore how Jewish women writers turned to poetry to write new histories. Developing “queer expectancy” as a conceptual tool for understanding how literary texts can both invoke and resist what came before, Weiman-Kelman demonstrates how poets push back against heteronormative imperatives of biological reproduction and inheritance, opting instead for connections that twist traditional models of gender and history. Looking backward in queer ways thus enables new histories to emerge, intervenes in a troubled present, and gives hope for unexpected futures.

The front entrance of Rackham, located on East Washington, is accessible by stairs and ramp. There are elevators on both the east and wends ends of the lobby. The conference room is on the fourth floor. If you have a disability that requires an accommodation, contact the Judaic Studies office at judaicstudies@umich.edu or 734-763-9047.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 10:10:13 -0400 2019-10-16T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-16T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Zohar Weiman Kelman Event Image
Science Café (October 16, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66191 66191-16719565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Hidden in the feathers of museum specimens of birds is information on the air quality of past decades - very detailed information. These specimens also contain evidence of the impacts of recent climate change on birds. What do these birds have to say? Join Shane DuBay and Ben Winger of the U-M Museum of Zoology to discuss what bird specimens can tell us about air quality, climate change impacts, and what we can all do to help rapidly declining bird populations now.

Science Cafés provide an opportunity for audiences to discuss current research topics with experts in an informal setting. Hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m.; program 6:00-7:30 p.m. Seating is limited—come early.


Sponsored by Andrea and Dave Scott

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:18:49 -0400 2019-10-16T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-16T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Photocredit-Carl Fuldner and Shane DuBay
Innovative Disruption – A Youth Dialogue on Reforming Exclusionary Systems in South Africa (October 17, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65616 65616-16621822@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

South Africa’s history of Apartheid has resulted in its youth inheriting the task of innovatively transforming exclusionary systems and dismantling generational cycles of struggle to move all South African’s towards a better future.

This presentation will explore how supporting the adoption of technology, entrepreneurship, and using venture capital can accelerate equality, thus, increasing financial capital while fostering a business ecosystem that includes informal entrepreneurs, scales local businesses, and develops much needed technical skills.

Gigi Ngcobo is a South African senior studying Finance and UX Design at MSU. She is enthralled by emerging technology and growing African businesses. As such she is the Marketing Director of Spartan Blockchain, spent her summer as an Analyst at Invest Detroit Ventures and planned the MSU’s inaugural African Business Lecture.

Nomzamo Ntombela is a South African Ph.D. student, also at MSU. She completed her undergraduate studies and BA (Hons) at the University of Stellenbosch in Cultural Anthropology where she served in various leadership positions, historically becoming the first black woman to occupy the Stellenbosch Student Council Chairperson position in the 100-year tenure of Stellenbosch.

This is the last in a six-lecture series. The subject is South Africa: Past, Present, and a Look Forward. The next lecture series will start October 31, 2019. The subject is: Voting in America: Perineal Issues, Future Developments.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:59:21 -0400 2019-10-17T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
Our Voices from the Past Carry Us into the Future: Anishnaabek/Odawa History, Culture, and Repatriation (October 17, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67454 67454-16857933@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Eric Hemenway will discuss Odawa geography, history, and his work with repatriation of human remains and sacred objects. He will highlight a few cases of repatriation that he personally worked on with the University of Michigan.

Eric Hemenway is an Anishnaabe/Odawa from Cross Village, Michigan. He is the Director of Repatriation, Archives and Records for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indian, a federally recognized tribe in northern Michigan. Eric works to collect and preserve historical information for LTBB Odawa. That information is used to support the LTBB government and create educational materials on Odawa history, such as: exhibits, signage, publications, presentations, curriculums and media. Eric has worked on numerous repatriations of native, human remains under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). He is a former member of the NAGPRA Review Committee and currently sits on boards for the Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan Historical Society, Michigan Humanities Council and Little Traverse Conservancy.

This event is free and open to the public.

Presented by the Institute for Social Research (ISR).

This event will not have a video feed or recording.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:56:00 -0400 2019-10-17T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Eric Hemenway Talk
Archaeological Chemistry at EMU: Combining Chemical Analysis and Radiocarbon Dating (October 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68381 68381-17071656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Museum of Anthropological Archaeology

Many artifacts are too small or fragile to survive the standard methods for preparing samples for radiocarbon dating. Plasma chemical oxidation (PCO) can be used to extract organic carbon from inorganic carbon matrices to date rock paintings and to date fragile organic materials without destroying them, allowing for repeated dating of the same sample with accelerator mass spectrometry. Chemical analysis with ambient ionization mass spectrometry and other methods can provide further information about such materials. Our current projects seek to determine the accuracy, precision and minimum sample size that can be AMS dated with PCO sample preparation, allowing us to gather more information from small and fragmentary objects that could not be dated otherwise.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:46:15 -0400 2019-10-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T13:00:00-04:00 School of Education Museum of Anthropological Archaeology Lecture / Discussion School of Education
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Reeking of Mud: Japanese Counter-Culture in the 1960s and '70s (October 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65158 65158-16541461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

The 1960s and '70s were a time of rebellion and counterculture in Japan, as was true in the US. I will highlight some of the specifically Japanese aspects: the underground dance and theater, the student politics, the protests against the Vietnam War, the radical cinema. In many ways, the counterculture was a rediscovery of Japanese traditions. After a century of Westernization and a rather fossilized high classical culture, artists were going back to the erotic and often dark roots of pre-modern popular culture, hence the title: Reeking of Mud.

Ian Buruma studied Chinese at Leyden University, and cinema at Nihon University College of Arts, in Tokyo. He lived in Japan from 1974 to 1980. He worked in Tokyo as a photographer, filmmaker, and journalist. He has worked as a writer and editor in Hong Kong, London and New York, and contributed to many papers and magazines, including the New York Times, the New York Review of Books, and the New Yorker. His latest book is a memoir, entitled "A Tokyo Romance".

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

This event is cosponsored by the Institute for the Humanities.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 15:54:45 -0400 2019-10-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Ian Buruma, Paul W. Williams Professor of Human Rights, Democracy and Journalism, Bard College, NY.
LACS Central American Contexts Series. Climate, Caravans, and Historical Violence in Central America (October 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67273 67273-16831240@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Recent news coverage of Central American migrants routinely describes them as “climate refugees,” fleeing lands where anthropogenic drought has made small farming impossible. Much of this reporting ignores or minimizes the extreme inequality of land distribution in Central America, as well as the organized violence, corruption, and legal impunity that has maintained that inequality over generations. Rendering migrants as victims of climate change erases their past and their historical agency, reducing them to helpless casualties of a disembodied “anthropocene.” And yet, stories about Central Americans succumbing to climate change are not new. This lecture will show that deterministic climate narratives purporting to explain the poverty of the Central American countryside have their origins in the expansion of the US empire. In the early twentieth century, North American scientists scouting for natural resources were baffled by the tropical landscapes of Central America, some of which contained indigenous milpa fields alongside the ruins of an advanced civilization. Attempting to make sense of terrain which defied deeply held convictions about race, climate, and civilizational development, these scientists created the concept of the “Maya Collapse” as we know it. The Maya Collapse erased a thousand years of Maya history, including half a millennium of colonial domination, and replaced it with a parable of nature’s power over man. Since its emergence among the disciplines of forestry, agronomy, and climatology, the Maya Collapse has taken many forms, but the fable at its core has proven remarkably durable, even in the face of widely available contradictory evidence. Like the climate refugee stories of today, the Maya Collapse redirected the gaze of outsiders away from the political violence and economic exploitation abetted by their own society. Human misery is attributed to nature’s wrath, and to no one in particular.

Tony Andersson earned a PhD in Latin American history from New York University and held a postdoctoral fellowship with the Yale University Program in Agrarian Studies in 2018-19. His talk, part of the continuing LACS series Central American Contexts, will examine historical connections between violence and climate refugees, especially in Guatemala.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Oct 2019 14:43:46 -0400 2019-10-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion andersson_image
The 2019 Walter J. Weber, Jr. 
Distinguished Lecture in Environmental and Energy Sustainability (October 17, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68208 68208-17026816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 1:30pm
Location:
Organized By: Chemical Engineering

Abhaya Datye
Distinguished Regents' Professor and Chair
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
University of New Mexico


>This Seminar will be held in the North Campus Research Complex, Building 32, Auditorium

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:37:12 -0400 2019-10-17T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-17T14:30:00-04:00 Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion Abhaya Datye
A Bioethics of Dis(ability) (October 17, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66584 66584-16761655@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Council for Disability Concerns

Professor Barry Belmont and panelists engage in a roundtable discussion on the ethical implications of disability studies. With the help of the audience and a panel of researchers we will consider how ability is assessed, what the (dis)abled want and need, and what it means to be fully human in a world of partial solutions.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Sep 2019 11:23:56 -0400 2019-10-17T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Council for Disability Concerns Lecture / Discussion Hatcher Graduate Library
CM Burroughs Roundtable Q&A (October 17, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64364 64364-16332364@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Zell Visiting Writers Series

CM Burroughs’ book of poems, The Vital System (Tupelo Press), illuminates what she calls "the protective capability of violence.” In the words of renowned French feminist scholar Hélène Cixous: “Burroughs delves into the ultra-sensitive roots of being; where sufferings and desires take shape, she gathers each breath as yet unheard and leads it to speech.”

Burroughs is an Associate Professor of Poetry at Columbia College Chicago. She has been awarded fellowships and grants from Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, Djerassi Foundation, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and Cave Canem Foundation. She has received commissions from the Studio Museum of Harlem and the Warhol Museum to create poetry in response to art installations.

Her poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies including Poetry, Callaloo, jubilat, Ploughshares, VOLT, and Best American Experimental Writing 2015. Her second book, Master Suffering, will be published by Tupelo Press in 2020.

This event is free and open to the public.

The Zell Visiting Writers Series brings outstanding writers to campus each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from U-M alumna Helen Zell (BA ’64, LLDHon ’13). For more information, please visit the Zell Visiting Writers Program webpage: https://lsa.umich.edu/writers

For any questions about the event or to share accommodation needs, please email asbates@umich.edu-- we are eager to help ensure that this event is inclusive to you. The building, event space, and restrooms are wheelchair accessible. A lactation room (Angell Hall #5209), reflection room (Haven Hall #1506), and gender-inclusive restroom (Angell Hall 5th floor) are available on site. ASL interpreters and CART services are available upon request; please email asbates@umich.edu at least two weeks prior to the event.

U-M employees with a U-M parking permit may use the Church Street Parking Structure (525 Church St., Ann Arbor) or the Thompson Parking Structure (500 Thompson St., Ann Arbor). There is limited metered street parking on State Street and South University Avenue. The Forest Avenue Public Parking Structure (650 South Forest Ave., Ann Arbor) is five blocks away, and the parking rate is $1.20 per hour. All of these options include parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:59:52 -0400 2019-10-17T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Zell Visiting Writers Series Lecture / Discussion CM.Burroughs.headshot
Fall Health Communicators Forum (October 17, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67814 67814-16952011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 3:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: Center for Interprofessional Education

Speakers giving short presentations include:

Kelly B. Sexton, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Research, Technology Transfer and Innovation

Chris Fick, Ph.D., Senior Director, Business Engagement Center

April Pepperdine, Conflict of Interest Manager, U-M Office of Research

June Anne Insco, Conflict of Interest Manager, U-M Medical
School

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:57:47 -0400 2019-10-17T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T16:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 Center for Interprofessional Education Lecture / Discussion science translation and communication
CLASP Seminar Series: Bryan Hampton (October 17, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66316 66316-16727894@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

CLASP is very pleased to welcome Bryan Hampton, Senior Software Engineer at Toyota.

Mr. Hampton will give a presentation titled:
"From defense to automated driving, the fun career path of an MEng grad."

Abstract: Bryan received his Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, and stayed to get his Master of Engineering in Space Systems in 2000. His career started in Tucson, AZ working for Raytheon in the Operations Research department under the Systems Engineering directorate. After 10 years there he moved to Huntsville, AL, otherwise known as Rocket City USA, to work as a NASA contractor for a small engineering firm. After 17 years in Aero it was time for a change to robotics, so next up was Palo Alto, CA to work at the Toyota Research Institute on the automated driving team. Finally relocating with TRI back to Ann Arbor to continue the work. The presentation will cover highlights of projects worked on, various technologies, processes used to get projects done, how modeling and simulation play a large role in all modern engineering endeavors, and more.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:42:12 -0400 2019-10-17T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Lecture / Discussion generic seminar image
AE Chair's Distinguished Seminar: "Future Directions for the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics" (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63902 63902-15985744@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building
Organized By: Aerospace Engineering

Daniel Hastings
Department Head, MIT Aeronautics and Astronautics Cecil and Ida Green Education Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics

The MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has been undertaking a strategic assessment of its directions. This is motivated by three forcing functions. First the creation of the College of Computing at MIT and the vision that computing broadly defined now infuses all of modern engineering. Second, the aerospace enterprise is thriving and has been undergoing a burst of entrepreneurial activity in the past few years. This is driving the democratization of air and space at scales and applications that universities can approach. Third, as the undergraduate population in the nation has become more diverse, aerospace writ large has dramatically lagged behind.

The talk will explore changes in directions to address these forcing functions and position the Department for the future.

About the speaker...
Prof. Daniel Hastings is the Department Head of the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Previously he was the CEO and Director of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART).

Professor Hastings earned a PhD and an SM, from MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1980 and 1978 respectively, and received a BA in Mathematics from Oxford University in England in 1976. He joined the MIT faculty in 1985. With almost 30 years of experience in academia, Professor Hastings was MIT’s Dean of Undergraduate Education from 2006 to 2013, head of the MIT Technology and Policy Program and director of the MIT Engineering Systems Division.

Professor Hastings was US Air Force Chief Scientist From 1997-1999 and chair of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board from 2002-2005. He currently serves on the Board of the Aerospace Corporation, the Board of the Draper Corporation and the Advisory Board of MIT Lincoln Lab. He has served on several US National Research Council committees including the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board and the Government University Industry Interactions Roundtable.

Professor Hastings is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He served on the NASA Advisory Council, the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, the Defense Science Board, the National Science Board and several ad-hoc committees on space technology as well as on Science and Technology management and processes. He has published over 120 papers, written a book on spacecraft environment interactions and won 5 best papers awards. His recent research is focused on Complex Space System Design. His previous work was on spacecraft environment interactions and space propulsion.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:38:10 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:15:00-04:00 Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Building Aerospace Engineering Lecture / Discussion Hastings picture
Against Hungry Listening (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67620 67620-16907165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Native American Studies

What are the ways in which settler colonial and Indigenous ontologies structure perception, and listening in particular? This presentation provides an overview of forms of extractive or “hungry” perception, and alternatives to these that emerge from Indigenous sensory engagement. The range of such listening practices are necessarily multiple and dependent upon the specificities of Indigenous and settler epistemes at play, it is nonetheless possible to discern historical patterns of “civilizing” the attention of Indigenous people, and ongoing settler listening practices oriented toward the instrumentalization Indigenous knowledge. In contrast, forms of Indigenous listening resurgence refuse the anthropocentrism of listening, and instead proceed from intersubjective experience between listeners and song-life.

Dylan Robinson is a xwélméxw artist and writer (Stó:lō Nation, Sqwa), and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts at Queen’s University. His current work focuses on the re-connection of Indigenous songs with communities who were prohibited by law to sing them as part of Canada’s Indian Act from 1882-1951. Robinson’s previous publications include the edited volumes Music and Modernity Among Indigenous Peoples of North America (2018); Arts of Engagement: Taking Aesthetic Action in and Beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2016); and Opera Indigene (2011). His monograph, Hungry Listening, is forthcoming with Minnesota University Press in early 2020. Additionally, Robinson is curator of the Ka’tarohkwi Festival of Indigenous Arts in Kingston, and along with Candice Hopkins, is curator of the internationally touring exhibition Soundings featuring “scores for decolonial action” by Indigenous artists.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:49:53 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Native American Studies Lecture / Discussion Photo
Ancient Philosophy: Gail Fine (Cornell University) (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63894 63894-15979780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

In Parmenides 133a8-134b5, Plato discusses the ‘greatest difficulty’ for the, or a, theory of forms. One of its conclusions (and the one I focus on) is that we can’t know forms. Elsewhere, Plato offers an epistemological argument for the existence of forms: we can have knowledge only if we know forms; knowledge is possible; hence forms can be known. GD threatens this argument. How should we understand the ‘greatest difficulty’ argument? How should we, and how might Plato, respond to it?

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:02:42 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
Hanes Walton Jr. Lecture (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61388 61388-15097061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Guest Speaker Dianne Pinderhughes (Notre Dame Presidential Faculty Fellow and Professor, Department of Africana Studies and the Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame)

Reception follows the lecture in the ISR Atrium

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:10:17 -0500 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion
Hanes Walton Jr. Lecture (October 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61398 61398-15097072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Racial Dynamics in the American Context: A Second Century of Civil Rights and Protest?

This lecture will explore the factors shaping electoral and policy developments in the wake of late 20th century civil rights reform, and the growing political incorporation of African Americans into electoral politics.  Drawing from a set of collected papers compiled for publication as Black Politics After the Civil Rights Revolution, social and political scientists recognized the gradual increase in African American political participation, the increasing numbers of elected officials of color, and perhaps most remarkably, the election in 2008 and 2012 of Barack Obama to the Presidency.  The unexpected election of Donald Trump in 2016, posed a direct challenge to that framing of reaching the mountaintop and the evolution of successful racial reform. The lecture considers the possible alternative explanations for the Obama and Trump Presidencies in sequence, and whether these changes in early 21st century politics reflect those in previous eras. 

The Hanes Walton Jr. Lecture is sponsored by the Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research and occurs in the autumn of odd-numbered years, in honor of Hanes Walton, Jr.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:02:00 -0400 2019-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Pinderhughes
Lauren Bon: Life is Abundant (October 17, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65259 65259-16559489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Lauren Bon is an environmental artist from Los Angeles, CA. Her practice, Metabolic Studio, explores self-sustaining and self-diversifying systems of exchange that feed emergent properties that regenerate the life web. Some of her works include: Not A Cornfield, which transformed and revived an industrial brownfield in downtown Los Angeles into a thirty-two-acre cornfield for one agricultural cycle; 100 Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a 240-mile performative action that aimed to reconnect the city of Los Angeles with the source of its water for the centenary of the opening of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Her studio’s current work, Bending the River Back into the City, aims to utilize Los Angeles’ first private water right to deliver 106-acre feet of water annually from the LA River to over 50 acres of land in the historic core of downtown LA. This model can be replicated to regenerate the 52-mile LA River, reconnect it to its floodplain and form a citizens’ utility.

Co-presented with the Community of Food, Society and Justice Conference, October 17-18. This conference will engage students, faculty, staff, farmers, and the community in rigorous dialogue around the challenges of meeting the nutritional needs of our communities, while also protecting the planet, promoting healthy lives, and ensuring food justice. The conference is free and open to the public, thanks to its co-sponsors: the U-M Residential College, East Quad Garden, Michigan Dining, U-M Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, U-M Sustainable Food Program, U-M Campus Farm, Knight Wallace House, U-M Program in the Environment, Michigan Law Environmental Law and Policy Program, U-M Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, and the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speakers Series.

Image: One Hundred Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct, 2013. Photo by Joshua White.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:15:32 -0400 2019-10-17T17:10:00-04:00 2019-10-17T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/bon.jpg
Weekly Bible Study - "Final Exhortations" (October 17, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66643 66643-16770089@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 17, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League, 1st Floor, Room 4
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Join us for prayer, worship, Bible study and discussion as we go through Philippians and Colossions this semester. Tonight's topic will be Final Exhortations from Philippians 4:2-23.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:00:21 -0400 2019-10-17T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-17T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan League, 1st Floor, Room 4 Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion
Spectrum Center- Allyhood Development Training (October 18, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66767 66767-16776782@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 9:30am
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

This session is open to the entire U-M community.

The Spectrum Center's LGBTQ Allyhood Development Training Program, started in 2005, seeks to support an individual or organization’s process of development as it relates to LGBTQ inclusivity and advocacy. Allyhood Development Training (ADT) uses a social justice framework to illustrate the lived experiences of LGBTQ identified people to workshop participants.

Through active engagement in the training, participants will:
Grow in their personal awareness, knowledge, skills, and actions as it relates to their engagement in doing ally work.

Audience:
This session is open to the entire U-M community.

Presenter: Elizabeth Gonzalez, Education & Training Program Manager, Spectrum Center



Through active engagement in the training, participants will grow in their personal awareness, knowledge, skills, and actions as it relates to their engagement in doing ally work. The purpose of having the Allyhood Development Training is to promote a campus community in which everyone is treated with respect and dignity.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:10:54 -0400 2019-10-18T09:30:00-04:00 2019-10-18T16:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons LSA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lecture / Discussion
U-M Structure Seminar: Debashish Sahu, Ph.D. (October 18, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65698 65698-16629904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 10:00am
Location: Life Sciences Institute
Organized By: U-M Structural Biology

BioNMR Director
University of Michigan
https://bionmrcore.umich.edu/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:54:45 -0400 2019-10-18T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T11:00:00-04:00 Life Sciences Institute U-M Structural Biology Lecture / Discussion Life Sciences Institute
AIM Research (October 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67293 67293-16831270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: School of Education
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Join us on Friday, October 18 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Tribute Room in the School of Education for the first AIM Research talk of the 2019-2020 academic year. Maggie Safronova, Associate Director of the Center for Innovative Teaching, Research, and Learning at UC Santa Barbara, will share insights gained from running ECoach in foundational courses. Lunch will be provided. Please register for this event below if you plan to attend.

AIM Research (formerly AIM Analytics) is a monthly seminar series for researchers across U-M who are interested in research and learning analytics. The field of learning analytics is a multi and interdisciplinary field that brings together researchers from education, learning sciences, computational sciences and statistics, and all discipline-specific forms of educational inquiry.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:48:07 -0400 2019-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T13:30:00-04:00 School of Education Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion AIM Research
Health and Poverty: The Toll of Living with Less (October 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66030 66030-16684566@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

Bridgette Brawner, associate professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, will give a talk titled "Health and Poverty: The Toll of Living with Less" as part of the 2019 Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:07:33 -0400 2019-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T13:30:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Bridgette Brawner
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (October 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67239 67239-16829000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

The Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics (IWAP) is a forum for the presentation of ongoing interdisciplinary research in American politics. Most of our presentations are given by graduate students. Each graduate student presenter is assigned a faculty and student discussant. IWAP circulates the work beforehand and the student presents it briefly at the start of the meeting. After discussant feedback, the bulk of the time is reserved for group discussion among all workshop participants. This format leads to informal yet highly interactive and productive conversations.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:31:05 -0400 2019-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T13:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Psychology Methods Hour: Integrating the Reference Point Effect into Normative Decision Theory: Purpose-Based Utility Functions (October 18, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67773 67773-16949868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

His presentation will introduce the Prescriptive Utility Reference POint (PURPOse) as a reference point which induces risk-aversion when the individual's true utility function is concave and risk-seeking when the utility is convex. When the individual utility function has multiple inflection points, this leads to a form of hedonic adaptation. When an individual has sufficiently exceeded their purpose, they adopt a new more demanding purpose and focus on achieving that purpose. But when an individual has sufficiently fallen short of that purpose, they switch to a less aggressive purpose. As a result, the utility function implicitly specifies a series of purposes which serve as milestones as the individual's maximizes their utility function. So, by integrating elements of prospect theory into utility theory, Dr. Bordley will demonstrate how utility theory can provide its own normative alternative to using goals to guide decision making.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 07:46:43 -0400 2019-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 East Hall Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion East Hall
Battleship Bismarck: A Design and Operation History (October 18, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68420 68420-17080053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 12:30pm
Location: Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering
Organized By: Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering

Author William H. Garzke Jr. will be present to discuss his newest work, Battleship Bismark: A Design and Operation History, a marine forensics analysis and engineering study of the design, operations, and loss of Germany's greatest battleship.

Biography: Garzke is a 1960 UM NAME graduate who was cited by SNAME as one of the 100 notable naval architects of the twentieth century in 1993. He has written five definitive works on battleships from WWII as well as Titanic Ship, Titanic Disasters, a forensic analysis of what really caused the demise of the Titanic, Britannic and Lusitania.

The department has a copy of the book in room 222 for students to check out if interested.

As always, lunch will be served.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:02:03 -0400 2019-10-18T12:30:00-04:00 2019-10-18T14:00:00-04:00 Naval Arch. & Marine Engineering Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Lecture / Discussion Battleship Bismark
EIHS-Women's Studies Lecture: Can Marriage Save the Race? Ideas About African-American Marriage from W.E.B. Du Bois to Our Own Times (October 18, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63589 63589-15808570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

The state of African-American families, of marital status in particular, has been subject to debates going back centuries. Slavery was ground zero for explaining black familial impairments and has figured prominently in popular and scholarly assessments ever since. W. E. B. Du Bois was the first scholar to study the family and make this claim. This talk will take a critical look at his influential work and examine some of the contemporary debates about what marriage can and cannot do to redress the ills of racial oppression.

Tera W. Hunter is the Edwards Professor of American History and Professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University. She is a scholar of labor, gender, race, and Southern history. Her most recent book is Bound in Wedlock: Slave and Free Black Marriage in the Nineteenth Century (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2017). The book is the winner of the Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History; Mary Nickliss Prize, Organization of American Historians; Joan Kelly Memorial Prize and the Littleton-Griswold Prize, American Historical Association; Willie Lee Rose Book Award, Southern Association of Women’s Historians; and the Deep South Book Prize, from the Frances S. Sumersell Center for the Study of the South. It was also a finalist for the Lincoln Prize, Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute. To ‘Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women’s Lives and Labors After the Civil War (Harvard University Press, 1997), received several awards as well. Hunter co-edited with Sandra Gunning and Michele Mitchell, Dialogues of Dispersal: Gender, Sexuality and African Diasporas (Blackwell Publishing, 2004) and with Joe W. Trotter and Earl Lewis, African American Urban Studies: Perspectives from the Colonial Period to the Present (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004). Hunter has engaged in public history projects as a consultant for museum exhibitions and documentary films and worked with public school teachers. She has written op-eds for the New York Times, Washington Post, among other media outlets. She graduated from Duke University (BA) and Yale University (PhD). She is a native of Miami, Florida.

Free and open to the public.

This event presented by the Department of Women's Studies and the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible in part by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:38:46 -0400 2019-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion Tera Hunter
Phondi Discussion Group (October 18, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66303 66303-16725829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Phondi is a discussion and research group for students and faculty at U-M and nearby universities who have interests in phonetics and phonology. We meet weekly during the academic year to present our research, discuss "hot" topics in the field, and practice upcoming conference or other presentations. We welcome anyone with interests in phonetics and phonology to join us.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:57:38 -0400 2019-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T14:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Epistemic Exclusion of Faculty of Color: Academic Gatekeeping through Scholarly Devaluation (October 18, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65289 65289-16565508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Underrepresented minority faculty (URM; i.e., Black, Hispanic, and American Indian) remain underrepresented within academia, with each of these groups holding fewer than 4% of full-time faculty positions according to 2013 data (U.S. Department of Education, 2013). Further, their representation declines as rank increases. Epistemic exclusion may act as a barrier to the number, retention, and advancement of URM faculty in the academy. Epistemic exclusion (Dotson, 2012, 2014) is the devaluation of URM scholars and the research they do (often on marginalized groups) as illegitimate, lacking value, and outside of disciplinary norms. These disciplinary norms are established and maintained by those who hold power and prestige due to their success working within the dominant discourse. These individuals are often resistant to changing norms either because of narrow views of the field, self-interest, or personal biases towards URMs. In this talk, I use data from 118 faculty interviews, 3 faculty focus groups, and a large faculty survey to illustrate formal and informal ways in which epistemic exclusion operates, and the consequences it has for the psychological well-being, job outcomes, and career trajectories of faculty of color.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:02:04 -0400 2019-10-18T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
2019 Borer Lecture: Laurie Goodyear, PhD (October 18, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65756 65756-16654032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Brehm Tower
Organized By: School of Kinesiology

This year's Katarina T. Borer Lectureship in Exercise Endocrinology and Metabolism guest speaker is Laurie Goodyear, PhD, Professor of Medicine and Section Head, Joslin Diabetes Center, at Harvard Medical School. She will present "Why Moms and Dads Should Exercise: Molecular Discoveries of the Beneficial Effects of Parental Exercise on Offspring Health."

Friday, October 18, at 2:30pm
Brehm Tower, Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium (1st floor)
1000 Wall St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Reception to follow

RSVP at http://myumi.ch/errk2!

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:54:36 -0400 2019-10-18T14:30:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Brehm Tower School of Kinesiology Lecture / Discussion Borer Lectureship: Laurie Goodyear, PhD
Department of Performing Arts Technology Seminar: Kyle Bruckmann (October 18, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67613 67613-16902921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 2:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Composer/performer Kyle Bruckmann’s work extends from a Western classical foundation into gray areas encompassing free jazz, electronic music and post-punk rock. A busy and varied performance schedule and appearances on more than 80 recordings have led to his recognition as “an excellent composer, striking the right balance between form and freedom” (Signal to Noise), “a modern day renaissance musician” (Dusted) and “a seasoned improviser with impressive extended technique and peculiar artistic flair” (All Music Guide).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:16:34 -0400 2019-10-18T14:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Kyle Bruckmann
Department Colloquium: Gail Fine (Cornell University) (October 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63895 63895-15979781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of Philosophy

It’s well known that Plato uses truth terminology in a variety of ways. The two main (perhaps the only) uses are ontological and semantic (or propositional): Plato speaks both of e.g. forms being true, and of e.g. sentences being true. But it’s not always clear which use is at issue where; nor is it clear how the two uses are connected. However, on one familiar view, in central epistemological and metaphysical passages in the middle dialogues the key use is ontological; and the ontological use grounds the semantic use. I assess this view.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:00:46 -0400 2019-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of Philosophy Lecture / Discussion
HET Seminar | "Quantum Superposition of Massive Bodies" (October 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67321 67321-16837721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

We analyse a gedankenexperiment previously considered by Mari et al. that involves quantum superpositions of charged and/or massive bodies ("particles'') under the control of the observers, Alice and Bob. In the electromagnetic case, we show that the quantization of electromagnetic radiation (which causes decoherence of Alice's particle) and vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field (which limits Bob's ability to localize his particle to better than a charge-radius) both are essential for avoiding apparent paradoxes with causality and complementarity. We then analyze the gravitational version of this gedankenexperiment. We show that the analysis of the gravitational case is in complete parallel with the electromagnetic case provided that gravitational radiation is quantized and that vacuum fluctuations limit the localization of a particle to no better than a Planck length. This provides support for the view that (linearized) gravity should have a quantum field description.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:38:08 -0400 2019-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion West Hall
SoConDi Discussion Group (October 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65544 65544-16611717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The SoConDi group is both a discussion platform and a study group for students and faculty members who are interested in sociolinguistics, language contact, discourse analysis and related disciplines including linguistic anthropology. Members of the SoConDi group present their work in progress from time to time, and discuss current issues in the disciplines, or study selected readings together.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:48:57 -0400 2019-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series: "Copts and Christian-Muslim Mediation: The Social Life of Theology in Egypt" (October 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62987 62987-15528499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Department of Anthropology

"For Egypt's Coptic Orthodox, image theology is central to mediating human-divine relations. From the Arab uprisings to Sisi's military coup, varying theologies of material imagination have enabled communal critique and minoritarian identification. This talk navigates the social life of theology to understand how visual images organize relations between Christians and Muslims toward national and sectarian ends. In doing so, it considers the communicative aesthetics of religion and the creative making of religious difference within the terms of national unity."

The Michigan Anthropology Colloquia Series presents speakers on current topics in the field of anthropology

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Oct 2019 14:54:51 -0400 2019-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 West Hall Department of Anthropology Lecture / Discussion West Hall
TRANSLATION IN A MOBILE WORLD: On language, justice and social cohesion (October 18, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67392 67392-16846427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 3:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Friday, October 18, 2019
3 pm in 2435 North Quad
Free and open to the public

Globalization, migration, sustainable development are some of the key issues in today’s world and they appear as recurring keywords in cultural debates. The role played by languages in all of these areas, however, is often underestimated, with little attention paid to how translation and interpreting can support social cohesion and social justice in increasingly multilingual communities. Drawing on the experience of working with different constituencies, from migrant artists in the US and Australia to health specialists in Namibia and Zambia, this talk will draw attention to translation as a constitutive practice of our everyday lives and to translation awareness as a vital "citizenship skill."

Loredana Polezzi is Professor of Translation Studies in the School of Modern Languages, Cardiff University, and President of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS). Her work focuses on how geographical and social mobilities are connected to the theories and practices of translation, self-translation and multilingualism. With Rita Wilson, she is co-editor of leading international journal The Translator.

This event kicks off the annual Translate-a-thon on October 18-19 coordinated by the Language Resource Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Comparative Literature. For more information on Translate-a-thon 2019, and to register, see http://myumi.ch/J2V8B

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:54:17 -0400 2019-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 North Quad Comparative Literature Lecture / Discussion Speaker
Smith Lecture: The Hominin Sites and Paleolakes Drilling Project (HSPDP): How lakebeds are reshaping our understanding of the environmental context of human origins (October 18, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63120 63120-15576728@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

For over 100 years scientists have debated the possible role environmental history may have played in shaping the evolution, dispersal and extinction of our species and our close relatives (Hominins). Records of this history can be derived from the fluvial, cave and paleosol deposits in which the fossils and stone tools are typically found, from deep sea offshore marine drill cores, or from drill cores collected from the deposits of ancient lakes that span the African rift valley. In this talk I will describe recent findings from HSPDP, a large international consortium focused on the latter approach, as well as finding from other lake drilling projects of relevance to hominin history. Lake beds drilled by HSPDP have provided highly resolved records of environmental and climatic change. We have targeted sites in close proximity to important fossil hominin and archaeological sites, which span critical intervals in hominin evolutionary history, and which are providing a regional scale view of the ecological and climatic conditions experienced by our species and close relatives over the last ~3.5 Ma. I will also discuss future plans for extending lacustrine drill core records back through the entire span on hominin history, since the Late Miocene.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Sep 2019 14:17:04 -0400 2019-10-18T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-18T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
“If you are going to walk the walk, you gotta talk the talk” (October 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66585 66585-16761656@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Frankel Cardiovascular Center
Organized By: Council for Disability Concerns

Discrimination frequently occurs due to stereotypes about people's languages, dialects, and ways of speaking. Part of diversity is linguistic diversity and part of inclusivity is linguistic inclusivity. Discrimination frequently occurs due to stereotypes about people's languages, dialects, and ways of speaking. Efforts to include different languages in public spaces and to create a more inclusive public discourse are sometimes perceived as inappropriate policing of other people's language, even by people who generally support diversity and inclusion initiatives.


Linguistics Professors Natasha Abner and Robin Queen discuss ideas about language that can lead to discrimination, as well as the merits and the criticisms of inclusive language efforts, drawing from specific cases that have received national attention as well as significant attention on the University of Michigan campus.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:05:22 -0400 2019-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Frankel Cardiovascular Center Council for Disability Concerns Lecture / Discussion University of Michigan campus- aerial view
Linguistics Colloquium (October 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67597 67597-16900787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

U-M Anthropology Professor Judith Irvine will be the featured speaker.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:07:27 -0400 2019-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Detroit School Series: DIA Midtown Cultural Connections – Detroit Square (October 18, 2019 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68036 68036-16986102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 4:15pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning

In 2017, the Detroit Institute of Arts and Midtown Detroit, Inc. launched Midtown Cultural Connections (MCC), an international design competition to reimagine a cohesive cultural district for Detroit. The organizers sought to create a sense of urban dynamism by linking some of city’s most significant and diverse institutions, including the iconic Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and the Detroit Public Library, among others. In response to the prompt, the multi-disciplinary design team Agence Ter, Akoaki, rootoftwo, and Harley Etienne conceived the winning entry, Detroit Square. The project is a framework that adapts the unique expression of each institution and is intent on generating a sense of radical inclusivity within the rapidly changing city. The Detroit School Series is proud to host a conversation with Anya Sirota – Associate Professor of Architecture, Associate Dean of Academic Initiatives at Taubman College, and founding partner of Akoaki– to discuss the opportunities and predicaments of urban design and the public realm in the aftermath of Modernity.

Speaker: Anya Sirota, Associate Professor of Architecture, Associate Dean of Academic Initiatives at Taubman College, and founding partner of Akoaki

This event is co-sponsored by the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:15:33 -0400 2019-10-18T16:15:00-04:00 2019-10-18T18:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning Lecture / Discussion Detroit Square
Distinguished Lecture Series in Musicology: Prof. Alessandra Campana, Tufts University (October 18, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65625 65625-16623831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Long takes, those uncommonly protracted stretches of uncut film, have been celebrated, imitated and collected since film’s beginnings as markers of virtuosic cinematography and of directorial style. This paper will reopen the matter of the long take in terms of aurality: the space defined by the camera is also always a place of sound, which establishes precise economies of hearing and seeing.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:15:29 -0400 2019-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Earl V. Moore Building
Guest Master Class: Kristian Nyquist, fortepiano (October 18, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64836 64836-16460973@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kristian Nyquist leads a master class of classical keyboard works featuring students of Prof. Matthew Bengtson

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:15:33 -0400 2019-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Kristian Nyquist
Guest Master Class: Kristian Nyquist, harpsichord (October 19, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64837 64837-16460974@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Kristian Nyquist leads a master class of Baroque keyboard works featuring students of Prof. Joseph Gascho.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:15:32 -0400 2019-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Kristian Nyquist
Scientist in the Forum (October 19, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734188@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-19T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Science Forum Demo: How to Become a Fossil (October 19, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66399 66399-16734181@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 19, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world around you in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above.

Saturdays and Sundays, 3:00 p.m.

Explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized! How old are the earliest fossils? How old does something have to be before it is considered a fossil? You’ll touch some real fossils, learn the different types of fossil evidence, and discover what is necessary to become a fossil. Finally, we’ll discuss what kinds of things fossils can tell us, and how fossil casts are made in the museum!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:44:57 -0400 2019-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-19T15:20:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Scientist in the Forum (October 20, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734192@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-20T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-20T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Science Forum Demo: How to Become a Fossil (October 20, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66399 66399-16734176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 20, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world around you in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above.

Saturdays and Sundays, 3:00 p.m.

Explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized! How old are the earliest fossils? How old does something have to be before it is considered a fossil? You’ll touch some real fossils, learn the different types of fossil evidence, and discover what is necessary to become a fossil. Finally, we’ll discuss what kinds of things fossils can tell us, and how fossil casts are made in the museum!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:44:57 -0400 2019-10-20T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-20T15:20:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Structural models of psychopathology and its relation to personality across the lifespan (October 21, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68350 68350-17069159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 9:00am
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Personality traits emerge early in life and appear to reflect liability for various forms of psychopathology. At the same time, the nature and specificity of these associations remains unclear. I will present data establishing rapprochement between contemporary models of personality and psychopathology, integrating empirically based, hierarchically organized structural representations of both at phenotypic and etiologic levels. This work emphasizes the utility of broad higher-order factors (or spectra) of psychopathology (i.e., internalizing, externalizing), but not necessarily the p-factor or individual diagnostic entities, as valuable foci for targeting transdiagnostic mechanisms undergirding psychopathology.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Oct 2019 09:58:12 -0400 2019-10-21T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T10:00:00-04:00 East Hall Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion AWatts_2019
Mindfullness-based Dementia Care (October 21, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64758 64758-16444912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 10:00am
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

A free, 7-week program designed for family caregivers of persons with dementia. Info and to register: 734.936.8803.

Presented by MI Alzheimer’s Disease Center.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:03:34 -0400 2019-10-21T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Lecture / Discussion
"An Ingenious Way to Live": Fostering Disability Culture in Higher Education (October 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67670 67670-16911463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Council for Disability Concerns

"Disability is not a great struggle or 'courage in the face of adversity.' Disability is an art. It's an ingenious way to live." -Neil Marcus

In this panel event, scholars and practitioners discuss opportunities for ingenuity as a growing number of higher education institutions shift toward an intersectional cultural model of disability.

Panelists:

Dr. Stephanie Kerschbaum (she/hers), a U-M National Center for Institutional Diversity scholar in residence and associate professor of English at the University of Delaware whose work includes understanding experiences of disability and difference within academic and institutional culture.

Lloyd Shelton (he/him), U-M School of Social Work alumnus who founded Students with Disabilities and our Allies Group (SDAG) and received the 2014 Neubacher Award for his contributions to advancing disability inclusion on U-M’s campus.

Piotr Pasik (he/him), Director of Adaptive Recreation at Michigan State University who teaches courses on integrated wheelchair sports, uses adaptive sports to cultivate disability inclusion, and has helped propel MSU's adaptive sports facilities to the top of the Big Ten.

liz thomson (they/them), University of Minnesota-Morris's Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs and Director of Equity, Diversity, and Intercultural Programs with 20+ years of higher education experience, including teaching women's studies and Asian American studies, whose current research focuses on the new phenomenon of disability cultural centers in US higher education.

Moderated by Ashley Wiseman, Co-Chair of Disability Culture at U-M, with welcoming remarks from Dr. Robert Adams, Director of U-M Initiative on Disability Studies.

This event is co-presented by Disability Culture at U-M and the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Our generous cosponsors include the UM Initiative on Disability Studies, Voices of the Staff, and the Council for Disability Concerns.

Accessibility information:
The RSVP form (myumi.ch/QAnrZ) includes an opportunity for you to tell us about your access needs and how we can ensure you are able to access the event. You can also reach out to Ashley Wiseman (wisemana@umich.edu).

Please refrain from wearing strong scents, such as perfume/cologne. The building, event space, and restroom are wheelchair accessible. A lactation room (room #2521) and gender-inclusive restroom (third floor, east wing) are available on site. The nearest reflection room is in the Michigan League (room #347). CART and ASL services will be available. This event will be video-recorded, as well as live-streamed via (the link will be provided when available and to those who RSVP).

The Palmer Parking Structure is the closest public parking structure (two blocks away); it is free for U-M employees with a blue pass and $1.70 per hour for anyone else. It includes parking spots for individuals with disabilities.

About Disability Culture at U-M
In the University of Michigan's 2016 campus climate survey, 48% of disabled students, nearly a third of disabled staff, and a quarter of disabled faculty reported experiencing at least one incident of discrimination based on their disability identity. Our cross-disability group is dedicated to bringing disabled students, staff, and faculty together in order to build a prideful community that centers disability culture, as it intersects with our other identities. We foster friendships, coordinate events (e.g., our recent panel on disability inclusion that drew 500 attendees), and work toward the establishment of a Disability Cultural Center at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 18:42:59 -0400 2019-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T14:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Council for Disability Concerns Lecture / Discussion A digital event sign displaying the event title, time, location, and RSVP information. The text is on a blue background, bordered by a canvas of diagonal paintbrush strokes in vibrant reds, oranges, blues, and teals.
Landscapes of Racial Dispossession and Control: Tracing the development of early career research on racial health inequities (October 21, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68117 68117-17011958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Racial inequities in health have been documented and described in the public health literature for decades, yet these inequities have remained or even increased. In order to move forward, we must understand the role of cultural and structural racism upon which these inequities are built. Cultural racism shapes our society's structure and ultimately shapes the answers to the questions: "Whose life counts? Who is worthy of a healthy life?" In this presentation, Dr. Hicken will discuss the interwoven nature of both career trajectory, as a former PSC predoctoral trainee, and the development of her science on cultural and structural racism and health inequities. Specifically, she will outline her theory on racism and health and describe her collaborative data project designed to empirically examine this theory.

BIO:
Dr. Margaret Hicken is on faculty at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan where she serves as director of the UM RacismLab, an interdisciplinary research collected designed to facilitate the career progression of scholar who study cultural and structural racism. She is also director of the Landscapes of Racism Dispossession and Control data project, supported with funding from NIDDK, NIMHD, and NIA, to examine the ways in which historical and contemporary forms of racial control have resulted in contemporary health inequities.

PSC Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:05:11 -0400 2019-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T13:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Margaret Hicken
ASC/MSW Reading Group: Stephen Best (October 21, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63742 63742-15845253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

In preparation for Prof. Stephen Best's visit to UM to deliver the keynote lecture at the "African American Literature and Culture Now" symposium (October 31st-November 1st), the American Studies Consortium and the Modernist Studies Workshop will be hosting a reading group for None Like Us: Blackness, Belonging, Aesthetic Life (Duke, 2018). We invite you to join us for a lively discussion of Prof. Best's book.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 09:21:04 -0400 2019-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T14:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion Cover of None Like Us
CMENAS Colloquium Series. The Reshaping of Persian after the Seventh-Century Arabian Conquest and Colonization (October 21, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64320 64320-16316265@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The 2019 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme is "Migration in the Islamicate World."

This presentation discusses the reshaping of the Persian language in the seventh and eighth centuries, conditioned by the settlement patterns of the coalition of conquering Colonists (muhājirūn) from Arabia. Breakthroughs in contact linguistics combined with traditional historical linguistics and philology provide new insights into the demographic history of premodern populations and shed light on how the Persian language still used today first emerged. In this analysis, modern narratives of Persian ethnic or national continuity with the ancient past give way to a history of discontinuity and colonial rupture.

About the Speaker:
Kevin van Bladel is Professor of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations at Yale University. He is the author of The Arabic Hermes (2009) and From Sasanian Mandaeans to Sabians of the Marshes (2017), as well as numerous articles on the languages and learned traditions of the classical Near East.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Sep 2019 15:54:26 -0400 2019-10-21T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T15:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion speaker_image
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (October 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67487 67487-16864386@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Dr. Mara Bollard, Assistant Director of the Weinberg Institute, will present "In defense of distinctively moral anger."

ABSTRACT

Anger is thought by many philosophers to be central to morality. Anger often occurs as a response to wrongdoing and seems to play an important role in the blaming and punishing of wrongdoers. As such, it’s neither uncommon nor surprising for anger to be referred to as a moral emotion, though what precisely is meant by the term “moral anger” is not always clear: does generic, garden variety anger, which is likely familiar to us from computer malfunctions or heavy traffic, also show up in the moral domain, perhaps as a morally appropriate, fitting, or epistemically reliable response to (certain features of) wrongdoing? Or is there a distinctive psychological state of moral anger that is differentiable from generic anger, and from other emotion types? I defend the claim that there is a distinctively moral kind of anger. I argue that moral anger counts as distinctively moral primarily in virtue of its action tendencies, which are typically triggered by perceived injustice against oneself or others and aim to satisfy two moral goals: a communicative goal, and a retributive goal.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 13:21:06 -0400 2019-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T16:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Great Waters, Great Economy (October 21, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68155 68155-17020437@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

In partnership with the Center for Michigan and its statewide water campaign, the U-M Library is pleased to host a town hall conversation about Michigan’s waters and the range of economic activities and outcomes they enable. In advance of LS&A’s planned Winter 2020 theme semester on the Great Lakes, this conversation is intended to reflect and gather all viewpoints on stewardship of our bodies of water and their role in our understanding of social justice and economic circumstances that affect state residents. All are invited to share their views on the Great Lakes, water preservation needs, and social and economic priorities.

This event is part of the Center for Michigan’s Your Water, Your Voice campaign and perspectives will inform a Citizens’ Agenda report, reflecting state residents’ water priorities, concerns, and goals

Open to all. Please RSVP by October 18, or contact Lib-GreatLakes-2020@umich.edu with any questions.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:33:03 -0400 2019-10-21T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T16:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Your Water, Your Voice
Richard T. Rodríguez Lecture (October 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64334 64334-16318429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

This talk will examine the politics of fantasy in relation to representations of Latino male sexuality in contemporary independent and queer cinema. Primarily focusing on Miguel Arteta’s 1997 film Star Maps, the talk reads the film as a critique of Hollywood’s racially exclusive practices while illustrating how fantasy helps make sense of protagonist Carlos’s American dream of becoming an esteemed film and television star who also finds himself ruled by the sexual desires and labor demands of others.

Richard T. Rodríguez is associate professor of Media & Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside. He specializes in Latina/o literary and cultural studies, film and visual culture, and queer studies with additional interests in transnational cultural studies, popular music studies, and comparative ethnic studies. The author of Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano/a Cultural Politics (Duke University Press, 2009), he is completing two book projects: “Fantasies of Latino Male Sexuality” and “Latino/U.K.: Transatlantic Intimacies in Post-Punk Cultures.”

This event is sponsored by the Critical Contemporary Studies Workshop and the Lesbian-Gay-Queer Research Initiative (LGQRI)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:36:21 -0400 2019-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
RNA Innovation Seminar, Ruslan Afasizhev, Boston University Medical Campus (October 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65138 65138-16539449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Center for RNA Biomedicine

Ruslan Afasizhev, PhD, Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology, Boston University Medical Campus

Abstract: Parasitic protist Trypanosoma brucei causes African human and animal trypanosomiasis, a spectrum of diseases affecting the population and economy in sub-Saharan Africa. These digenetic hemoflagellates belong to Kinetoplastea, a taxonomic class distinguished by possession of a kinetoplast. This nucleoprotein body contains mitochondrial DNA of two kinds: ~25 maxicircles (each ~23kb) encoding ribosomal RNAs, two guide RNA (gRNAs), ribosomal proteins and subunits of respiratory complexes, and approximately 5000 of ~1kb minicircles bearing the majority of gRNA genes. Relaxed maxicircles and minicircles are interlinked and packed into a dense disc-shaped network by association with histone-like proteins. Both maxicircle and minicircle genomes are transcribed by a phage-like RNA polymerase from multiple promoters into 3′-extended precursors which undergo 3′-5′ exonucleolytic trimming. To function in mitochondrial translation, pre-mRNAs must further proceed through 3′ adenylation, and often gRNA-directed uridine insertion/deletion editing, and 3′ A/U-tailing. Ribosomal and guide RNAs are typically 3′ uridylated. Historically, the fascinating phenomenon of RNA editing has attracted major research efforts, but more recent developments provided insights into pre- and post-edited processing events and identified key players in transforming primary precursors into functional RNAs and regulating their turnover. I will present a forward-looking model that integrates known modalities of mitochondrial RNA metabolism.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:59:39 -0400 2019-10-21T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Center for RNA Biomedicine Lecture / Discussion flyer
Agrippina: “I, Me, Mine”? (October 21, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68146 68146-17018310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies

Who was Agrippina, what did she do and how was she constrained, and what belonged to her? To write a biography of Agrippina the Younger presents a Roman historian with significant challenges, including the limited number of primary sources, even for this most notorious Roman woman; authors’ clear biases against a woman aiming for power and “sex positive”; and the versions of Agrippina created through time. Just as important are point-of-view and ultimate aim. Carandini assumes the first-person voice in his Io, Agrippina, but the personal voice is at odds with his book’s emphasis on spatial and historical contingency as a way to understand Agrippina. Barrett’s account in Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire offers a thick description of facts relating to her, illuminating the times in which Agrippina lived but doing little to make her come alive. My illustrated lecture covers such issues as well as some important insights gained from investigating a woman who was remarkable for many reasons, not the least of which is the legacy constructed for her by others.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:57:11 -0400 2019-10-21T16:30:00-04:00 2019-10-21T17:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture / Discussion agrippina
DELAYED - The Lyric Authority of Goats and Women (October 21, 2019 4:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66604 66604-16767944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 4:45pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

This talk explores the world of names, naming, and namelessness in troubadour songs and in the manuscripts that transmit them. I show how the manuscript lyric anthologies known as *chansonniers *participate in the name games that are an integral part of troubadour lyric poetics. While names in manuscripts can be important evidence, they do not correspond neatly to modern notions of the author as an individual with a fixed historical identity. By shifting the focus of inquiry to manuscript attributions, and particularly to female author attributions, I demonstrate the complexity of medieval understandings of lyric authorship. I challenge especially certain modern (and often gendered) assumptions about the authorship of troubadour songs, and critique those book historical methods that can reinforce such assumptions. My conclusions are grounded in a new approach to troubadour manuscripts of the 13th and 14th centuries, but the central issues of textual stability and authorial identity that I address are significant more broadly to both medievalists and modernists. My approach, elaborated in my larger book project, makes possible new ways of understanding the authorship of troubadour song.

Co-sponsored by Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Forum on Research in Medieval Studies, Department of Musicology, and the College of Literature, Science and the Arts

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:45:52 -0400 2019-10-21T16:45:00-04:00 2019-10-21T18:15:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Lecture / Discussion The Lyric Authority of Goats and Women
Guest Lecture in Musicology: Prof. Juan Velasquez, University of Michigan (October 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68366 68366-17071273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

In this paper, I analyze and contrast the aural epistemology beneath birdwatching in contemporary Colombia with the birdsongs in Ana Maria Romano’s “El Suelo desde el Viento” (The land from the Wind). Such comparison suggests that listening to birds can be sensorial means to study understandings of nature and environment in relation with hegemonic notions of biodiversity and alternative experiences of acoustic ecology and listening.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:52:26 -0400 2019-10-21T17:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Juan Velasquez
Be a Good Sport (October 21, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68473 68473-17086374@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Campus Involvement

Want to learn about social justice in sports? Join us for Be a Good Sport! On October 21 from 7:00pm-8:30pm in the Hussey Room in the Michigan League to learn about how we can create a level playing field for everyone. Featuring a panel of student athletes discussing their experiences, dialogue around equity and equality in sports, free food, and more!

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:33:58 -0400 2019-10-21T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-21T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Campus Involvement Lecture / Discussion An ad for Be a Good Sport. The ad features an image of people playing soccer. The ad reads "Be a Good Sport: Equity and Equality. October 21st, 7:00pm-8:30pm, Michigan League Hussey Room. Discussion, free food, and more!"
Nothing About Us Without Us: Disabled Students Leading Campus Change (October 21, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68249 68249-17035294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 21, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Join liz thomson (they/them) and Lloyd Shelton (he/him) for a conversation about the growing trend of Disability Cultural Centers on college campuses, and current efforts to establish a DCC at the University of Michigan.

Accessibility for Hatcher Library: The best accessible entrance is on the south side of the building. There is limited Blue Permit accessible parking near this entrance. Fragrance free space. Communication access real-time translation provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:20:41 -0400 2019-10-21T19:30:00-04:00 2019-10-21T20:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Nothing About Us Without Us
"The Causes and Consequences of Human Obesity" (October 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68210 68210-17026817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute

Dr. O'Rahilly, considered the preemiment obesity researcher of this generation, is a clinician-scientist at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He will receive the Taubman Prize for his contribution to new understanding of obesity and metabolic diseases.
The Taubman Institute symposium will kick off with a poster session and continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the BSRB lobby; Dr. O'Rahilly will be awarded the Taubman Prize aware and deliver his keynote from 10 a.m. to noon in the Kahn Auditorium at the BSRB.
All are welcome, no registration is required.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:37:17 -0400 2019-10-22T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute Lecture / Discussion Professor Sir Stephen O'Rahilly, 2019 Taubman Prize recipient
Escape from Nazi Germany and the Holocaust to Shanghai (October 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/65430 65430-16597564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Hitler came to power in 1933. At that time there were approximately 500,000 Jews in Germany and approximately 180,000 Jews in Austria. They were loyal to their country, were part of the government, and fought for Germany in World War 1. Hitler had a plan to annihilate the world’s Jews. Jews were stripped of their citizenship, their property taken over and their means of a livelihood destroyed. Jews were given an X amount of time to find a country that would take them, otherwise they would be thrown into concentration camps. Aside from the Dominican Republic, Shanghai was the only place that remained open to these refugees without requiring a visa. Approximately 20,000 German, Austrian and Polish Jews were able to make the trip.

Berl Falbaum, is a former political reporter for the Detroit News. His family was among those that made the journey. In his presentation, for those 50 and over, Mr. Falbaum will describe his family’s experiences and those of other Jews. He has compiled and edited a book “Shanghai Remembered: Stories of Jews Who Escaped to Shanghai from Nazi Germany”.

This is the second in OLLI’S distinguished lecture series for 2019-20. A total of ten lectures are presented covering a variety of topics. Lectures are held on Tuesday mornings once each month. The next lecture will be held November 12, 2019. The title is Actual Innocence in Michigan: An Update from the Michigan Innocence Clinic.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Aug 2019 13:19:14 -0400 2019-10-22T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Lecture / Discussion olli image
BIONIC Lunch: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (October 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63777 63777-15873595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: North Campus Research Complex Building 10
Organized By: The Bioethics Discussion Group

Join us for a lunchtime discussion as we assess the computational engines assessing us.

Please RSVP: https://forms.gle/5t6UjXWNA1VSW4fr9

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Sep 2019 14:00:08 -0400 2019-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 North Campus Research Complex Building 10 The Bioethics Discussion Group Lecture / Discussion Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | China’s War on Smuggling: Law, Economic Life, and the Making of the Modern State (October 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63871 63871-15955824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Coastal smuggling has been a thorny problem for successive governments in modern China. But, while smuggling might have operated on the margins of the law, it was far from marginal in driving important historical changes. Introducing his new book, Philip Thai explores how campaigns against smuggling transformed everyday economic life and amplified state power, thereby offering new insights into modern Chinese social, legal, and economic history.

Philip Thai is Associate Professor in the Department of History at Northeastern University. He received his PhD from Stanford University, and he specializes in modern Chinese, East Asian, legal, economic, and Cold War history. His book “China’s War on Smuggling: Law, Economic Life, and the Making of the Modern State, 1842–1965” was published by Columbia University Press in 2018, and his interdisciplinary research has been supported by many organizations including the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 May 2019 14:35:03 -0400 2019-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion China’s War on Smuggling: Law, Economic Life, and the Making of the Modern State
Mallosteric Misfolding and Rhomboidal Retrotranslocation: Lessons from Regulated ERAD- Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar (October 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67922 67922-16966903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Medical Science Unit II
Organized By: Biological Chemistry

Dr. Randy Hampton, Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of California San Diego, will present the Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 02 Oct 2019 10:52:11 -0400 2019-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 Medical Science Unit II Biological Chemistry Lecture / Discussion Hampton
Political Economy Workshop (PEW) (October 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67989 67989-16977584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Political Economy Workshop (PEW)

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:56:42 -0400 2019-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T13:20:00-04:00 Haven Hall Political Economy Workshop (PEW) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
FellowSpeak: “'He’d be a good rhymer': Polish Hip-Hop and the Legacy of Romanticism" (October 22, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66073 66073-16686695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

2019-20 Postdoctoral Fellow Alena Aniskiewicz gives a 30-minute talk followed by Q & A.

In 2012, the Polish rapper Doniu told *The New York Times*, “If Mickiewicz was alive today; he’d be a good rhymer.” Identifying Adam Mickiewicz—a nineteenth-century Romantic poet—as a precursor to the “rhymers” of contemporary hip-hop, Doniu’s assertion speaks to Polish hip-hop communities’ efforts to locate the international genre within national cultural traditions. This talk will examine the Romantic legacies of “freestyling” and politically engaged lyrics as they are referenced and performed in the work of Polish hip-hop artist Peja and his group Slums Attack. Capitalizing on the resonance between national and genre ideals of authenticity and speaking to and for marginalized communities, Peja positions himself as heir to the Romantic poets whose work has shaped ideas of Polishness for two hundred years. In so doing, he performs a vision a Poland that remains defined by its national past, even as it embraces a modern global music.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 02 Sep 2019 11:27:03 -0400 2019-10-22T12:30:00-04:00 2019-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion Hip-hop at a record store.
Prediction Error & Model Evaluation for Space-Time Downscaling: case studies in air pollution during wildfires (October 22, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68191 68191-17026797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center

ABSTRACT:
Public Health Scientists use prediction models to downscale (i.e., interpolate) air pollution exposure where monitoring data is insufficient. This exercise aims to obtain estimates at fine resolutions, so that exposure data may reliably be related to health outcomes. In this setting, substantial research efforts have been dedicated to the development of statistical models capable of integrating heterogenous information to obtain accurate prediction: statistical downscaling models, land use regression, as well as machine learning strategies. However, when presented with the tasks of choosing between models, or averaging models, we find that our understanding of model performance in the absence of independent statistical replications remains insufficient. This lecture is motivated by several studies of air pollution (PM 2.5 and ground-level ozone) during wildfires. We review the basis for cross validation as a strategy for the estimation of the expected prediction error. As these performance measure play a crucial role in model selection and averaging we present a formal characterization of the estimands targeted by different data subsetting strategies, and explore their performance in engineered data settings. A final analysis and a warning about preference inversion is presented in relation to the a 2008 wildfire event in Northern California.

BIO:
Dr. Telesca is Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the University of California Los Angeles. He received a Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Washington and spent two years at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as a postdoctoral fellow. His research interests include Bayesian methods in multivariate statistics, functional data analysis, statistical methods in bio- and nano-informatics. Dr. Telesca is a member of the California NanoSystems Institute, the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and principal data scientist at Lucid Circuit Inc.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 09:51:07 -0400 2019-10-22T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T14:30:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Michigan Lifestage Environmental Exposures and Disease Center Lecture / Discussion Donatello Telesca Environmental Statistics Day Lecture
ChE Seminar Series: Eric Shusta (October 22, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65576 65576-16615783@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:30pm
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Organized By: Chemical Engineering

>This Seminar will be held in the North Campus Research Complex, Building 32, Auditorium

ABSTRACT

Antibody Engineering Strategies to Overcome the Blood-brain barrier

Millions of people worldwide are afflicted with neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, brain cancer, and cerebral AIDS. Although many new drugs are being developed to combat these and other brain diseases, few new treatments have made it to the clinic.  The impermeable nature of the brain vasculature, also known as the blood-brain barrier (BBB), is at least partially responsible for the paucity of new brain therapeutics.  As examples, approximately 98% of small molecule pharmaceuticals do not enter the brain after intravenous administration, and the BBB prevents nearly all protein and gene medicines from entering the brain.  Our research group is therefore focused on developing tools for the analysis of the brain drug delivery process and identifying novel strategies for circumventing this transport barrier.  This presentation will detail our recent work focused on overcoming BBB restrictions on brain drug delivery. To this end, we are mining large antibody libraries to identify antibodies that can target and act as artificial substrates for endogenous receptor-mediated BBB nutrient transport systems and ferry drug cargo into the brain. In addition, the BBB can be disrupted in certain disease conditions such as brain tumors. For these applications, we are identifying antibodies capable of targeting brain extracellular matrix to leverage this pathological BBB disruption for drug accumulation.   After conjugation to drug payloads that can include small molecules or biologics, we have demonstrated that both classes of antibodies have the potential to deliver medicines to the brain.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Aug 2019 18:03:38 -0400 2019-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-22T14:30:00-04:00 Chemical Engineering Lecture / Discussion
Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods (ISQM) (October 22, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65186 65186-16547457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods (ISQM)

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:38:59 -0400 2019-10-22T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T15:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods (ISQM) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Navigating the Legal Career Climate (October 22, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68528 68528-17096920@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

What can you do with a law degree? How secure is the legal job market? Join us for a Q&A session with Assistant Dean for Career Planning at UM Law, Ramji Kaul, as he talks us through the current legal job landscape and emerging fields within the industry.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:40:00 -0400 2019-10-22T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-22T16:30:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Lecture / Discussion Newnan Advising Center Pre-Law
LACS Central American Contexts Series. Writing Western Nicaragua's Colonial and Post-Colonial LGBTQ Histories (October 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67275 67275-16831241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Dr. González-Rivera's research on western Nicaragua's pre-1979 LGBTQ histories reveals a complex story. She documents a long-standing Indigenous “transgender” tradition in open-air markets, which rests on pre-colonial economic opportunities for women in tiangues and Nicaragua’s unique association between commerce and femininity. Dr. González-Rivera further contends that contemporary Nicaraguan negative attitudes towards trans women, while less prevalent than in other parts of the world, do exist and are highly steeped in racism and classism due to the association made between trans women and indigeneity. This project thus concludes that working-class women’s continuous economic participation in Nicaragua is a symbol of indigenous resistance to colonialism as is the continued existence of trans women. This presentation also documents the invention of indigenous sodomy in Nicaragua and the ways in which the Spanish contributed to the creation of the contemporary Nicaraguan “cochon,” the term used in the last hundred years to refer to presumably “passive” [“feminine”] male partners in same sex relations between men.

Co-sponsors: Department of History; Rackham Graduate School; Colonialism, Race, and Sexualities Initiative (CRSI) in the Institute for Research on Women and Gender (IRWG); Women's Studies; Institute for the Humanities

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:04:55 -0400 2019-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T17:15:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
Nam Center Colloquium Series | North Korean Art: Discovering Chosonhwa's Hidden Creativity (October 22, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65610 65610-16621813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

Cosponsored by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design and the Department of Art History.

Since North Korea has been closed off from the world for more than seven decades and has been considered a pariah state, when art from the DPRK trickled out to the world through small exhibitions and auctions, most of those who evaluated the works were already inclined to judge them with preconceptions.

This talk by Professor BG Muhn will explore these outside perspectives on North Korean art, specifically focusing on perceptions of chosonhwa, the North Korean name for Oriental ink wash painting. We are familiar with the concepts of “art for art’s sake,” “free expression,” and “art created in accordance with an artist’s unconstrained free will.” Considering the context of the DPRK, many people ask: Can art in a true sense exist in a socialist state? Professor Muhn will address the complexities embedded in the answer to this and other questions about North Korean art.

A professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Georgetown University, BG Muhn is also an accomplished painter who has achieved substantial and noteworthy professional recognition through solo exhibitions in venues such as Stux Gallery in the Chelsea district of New York City, Ilmin Museum of Art in Seoul and the American University Museum in Washington, DC. Muhn has received several awards for his artistic merits, including the Maryland State Arts Council’s Individual Artist Award and Best in Show at the Bethesda Painting Awards competition. His artwork has been collected in museums and galleries, which include the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in South Korea. He also has received acclaim in reviews in "The New York Times," "The Washington Post," and "Art in America."

In addition to actively showing his artworks, Muhn has taken a strong interest in and researched the relatively unknown field of North Korean art, particularly chosonhwa or ink wash painting on mulberry paper. He made numerous research trips to Pyongyang, North Korea, over the last six years and visited art institutions such as the Choson National Art Museum, the Mansudae Art Studio and the Pyongyang University of Fine Arts. His research is comprised of reviewing a prodigious amount of North Korean artwork in person and interviewing artists, art historians, museum staff, faculty and students. Based on his work, he has delivered lectures on North Korean art at academic venues and cultural centers including Columbia, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Ohio State universities; the Watermill Center in Long Island; the Korea Society in New York; and the Wilson Center in Washington, DC.

His research on North Korean art culminated in the book, "North Korean Art: The Enigmatic World of Chosonhwa" (to be released in the fall of 2019), which was first published as "Pyongyang misul: chosonhwa neonun nugunya" in Korean by Seoul Selection in the spring of 2018.

Professor Muhn has curated two major North Korean art exhibitions, one at the American University Museum in Washington, DC, in 2016 and the other at the Gwangju Biennale in 2018. The catalogue "North Korean Art: Paradoxical Realism" was published in English in conjunction with the Gwangju Biennale.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Oct 2019 08:54:21 -0400 2019-10-22T16:30:00-04:00 2019-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion B.G. Munh, Professor, Art and Art History, Georgetown University
CSE Distinguished Lecture (October 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68104 68104-17011785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building
Organized By: Computer Science and Engineering Division

Abstract: After more than 30 years in academia researching in the area of AI, as a student and as a faculty, I joined JPMorgan to create and head an AI research group. In this talk, I will present several concrete examples of the projects we are pursuing in engagement with the lines of business. I will focus on areas related to data, learning from experience, explainability, and ethics. I will conclude with a discussion of my current understanding of the transformational impact that AI can have in the future of financial services.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:01:43 -0400 2019-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T18:00:00-04:00 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building Computer Science and Engineering Division Lecture / Discussion Manuela Veloso
DEI & Faith in Secular Spaces (October 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68012 68012-16983967@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

This first-of-its kind panel discussion brings together diverse and diverging student perspectives on the meaning of faith and practice - from liberal to conservative to orthodox - on a largely secular campus. Refreshments will be served.

RSVP: myumi.ch/yKx7j

Sponsors: Center for Campus Involvement/Student Life, Islamophobia Working Group, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 04 Oct 2019 13:11:27 -0400 2019-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T18:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Lecture / Discussion DEI & Faith event flyer
Race, Class and the Fight for Socialism: Perspectives for the Coming Revolution in America (October 22, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68547 68547-17096952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

Speaker: Thomas Mackaman
Assistant Professor of History, Kings College; and writer for the World Socialist Web Site

Co-author of the recent pamphlet "The New York Times' 1619 Project: A racialist falsification of US and world history" published on the World Socialist Web Site

Author of the book New Immigrants and the Radicalization of American Labor, 1914-1924



The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in the US and its youth and student movement, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE), is holding a three-part series of meetings on “Race, Class and the Fight for Socialism: Perspectives for the Coming Revolution in America.”

This series is the socialist answer to the New York Times “1619 Project,” which has been accompanied by an unprecedented publicity blitz, including at schools and campuses throughout the country. The occasion they cite for the publication of this project is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of 20 African slaves at Port Comfort, Virginia.

The Times project raises the question: Is race the driving force of history, as the Times insists? Or, as Karl Marx analyzed, is it class? Is “anti-black racism … in the very DNA of this country” as the Times writes? Or is the history of the United States fundamentally the history of class struggle? As social inequality reaches record levels, is America heading toward race war or socialist revolution?

The promotion of the 1619 Project takes place under conditions of expanding class struggle internationally and a growing interest in socialism among workers and youth in the United States. Its aim is to block the development of a united movement of workers across all races by cultivating racial divisions.

These meetings will refute the historical falsifications advanced in the 1619 Project, explain their underlying political motivations and present the strategy for socialist revolution in America today.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:17:33 -0400 2019-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T21:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) International Youth and Students for Social Equality Lecture / Discussion Thomas Hovenden's "The Last Moments of John Brown"
Professional Autobiography (October 22, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67465 67465-16857939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Couzens Hall
Organized By: HSSP

Have you ever wondered how health care professionals end up in their careers? Professional Autobiographies are excellent opportunities for students to hear directly from health care professionals in an informal setting. During these talks, students will learn about speakers' motivations for their career choices, how their interests and experiences influenced their career trajectories, and how they’ve worked to align their passion(s) with their work. These sessions provide an excellent opportunity to connect with professionals who may be able to provide valuable advice during your Michigan career.

All HSSP-sponsored Professional Autobiographies are open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:06:17 -0400 2019-10-22T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T21:00:00-04:00 Couzens Hall HSSP Lecture / Discussion Gabriel Johnson
Professional Autobiography (October 22, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67464 67464-16857938@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Couzens Hall
Organized By: HSSP

Have you ever wondered how health care professionals end up in their careers? Professional Autobiographies are excellent opportunities for students to hear directly from health care professionals in an informal setting. During these talks, students will learn about speakers' motivations for their career choices, how their interests and experiences influenced their career trajectories, and how they’ve worked to align their passion(s) with their work. These sessions provide an excellent opportunity to connect with professionals who may be able to provide valuable advice during your Michigan career.

All HSSP-sponsored Professional Autobiographies are open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:59:29 -0400 2019-10-22T20:00:00-04:00 2019-10-22T21:00:00-04:00 Couzens Hall HSSP Lecture / Discussion Ben Hsu
The Past, Present, and Future of Social Science Data Preservation and Dissemination in Japan (October 23, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68129 68129-17011969@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 10:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Yukio Maeda, Professor of Political Science at the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies and the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo, will outline past practices and the present situation in social science data preservation and dissemination in Japan. He will explain the new initiative by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), “Constructing Data Infrastructure for the Humanities and Social Sciences.”

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:58:14 -0400 2019-10-23T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T11:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Hatcher Graduate Library
AIM Spotlight (October 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67294 67294-16831271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

Join us on Wednesday, October 23 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Vandenberg Room at the Michigan League for an AIM Spotlight as we welcome in Dragan Gasevic, Professor of Learning Analytics in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University. Lunch will be provided. Please register for this event below if you plan to attend.

AIM Spotlight is an all new speaker series hosted by the Center for Academic Innovation. This series will feature speakers external to the University of Michigan, focused on topics center around innovation in higher education and is tailored to a broad audience. Topics may include but are not limited to online learning, residential learning, research, technology, extended reality (XR), and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 16:47:28 -0400 2019-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T13:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion AIM Spotlight
HET Brown Bag Seminars | Fine probes of quantum chaos (October 23, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68274 68274-17037498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Randall Laboratory
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

Quantum chaotic dynamics manifests itself in transport, thermalization, and the butterfly effect. Hydrodynamics is the universal effective description of transport in the long distance, late time regime. We can gain insight into the process of thermalization from the time evolution of entanglement entropy, for which I introduce an effective theory valid in the hydrodynamic regime. I derive this theory in the special case of holographic gauge theories, and present strong evidence for its validity in any chaotic system. I discuss the interplay between this effective theory and chaotic operator growth that is responsible for the butterfly effect, and present new general results on the Lyapunov exponent characterizing this phenomenon. I conclude with some exciting implications for quantum gravity through gauge/gravity duality.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:57:03 -0400 2019-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Randall Laboratory Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion Randall Laboratory
PhD Defense: Daniel Nunez (October 23, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68698 68698-17138820@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Title: High-Resolution Experiments of Momentum and Buoyancy-Driven Flows for the Validation and Advancement of Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes

Abstract: Over the past decade, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has become an important simulation tool to properly predict 3D effects in nuclear power plant systems and reduce the uncertainty in design safety margins. Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) formulations are commonly used to predict fluid flows due to their robustness and their relatively low computational cost in comparison to higher fidelity models such as Large Eddy Simulation (LES). However, because of the various approximations at the basis of RANS turbulent models, validation for the specific applications need to be carried out to assess the models’ capabilities to predict a given phenomenon of interest.
The primary goal of this thesis is to develop a high-resolution high-fidelity experimental database for the development and improvement of CFD codes, and to gain physical insight into complex phenomena relevant to nuclear power applications. Two applications of interest are addressed: a) mixing and interaction of multiple jets in a uniform environment, and b) propagation of stratified fronts in presence of positive and negative density gradients. When assessing the performance of CFD models, it is important to determine whether, for the specific phenomenon of interest, the CFD predictions would lead to a conservative or non-conservative result. For example, in the case of a PWR Main Steam Line Break (MSLB) accident, an over-estimation of thermal stratification would lead to non-conservative results, since the resulting core reactivity insertion will be under-estimated.
High-resolution data collected from two experimental facilities designed and built to address jets interactions and propagation of stratified fronts will be discussed, together with CFD validation results. Shortcomings of the current RANS models and efforts to understand the reasons for the inaccuracy of the simulations will be summarized as well. The data presented consists of experiments and CFD simulations under constant and variable density conditions, and are accompanied with the uncertainties due to geometries, algorithms, reproducibility and repeatability of the measurements.

Chair(s): Prof. Annalisa Manera

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Oct 2019 14:25:50 -0400 2019-10-23T14:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Lecture / Discussion flyer for David Nunez defense
EER Seminar Series (October 23, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67813 67813-16952010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr
Organized By: Engineering Education Research

Every instance of a design process can be represented with a design signature – a tracing of design activities over time that can be represented as a timeline. Design signatures can differ across levels of expertise of the designer(s) in significant ways. These representations have been shown to be effective for teaching undergraduate engineers about the complexities of design processes.

In this talk, I will review the research findings from an analysis of verbal protocols from 177 individuals with a wide range of expertise (from beginning undergrads through expert professionals in industry) who solved 401 separate design problems. We found that individuals with more expertise 1) use processes that demonstrate a higher level of complexity, 2) consider a broader set of information and objects during their design process, 3) spend longer solving the problem they were given, and 4) are more likely to demonstrate a cascade pattern in their tracing across design activities. I will also discuss several teaching activities that are derived from the research.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:45:24 -0400 2019-10-23T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 Lurie Robert H. Engin. Ctr Engineering Education Research Lecture / Discussion Dr. Cindy Atman
Putting the Ace in Sex Ed (October 23, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67043 67043-16796477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Event navigation details - http://bit.ly/32AcHXv

Most sexual education is not ace-friendly, much less ace-focused, and we're going to take a stab at fixing that! This interactive workshop will focus on defining terms like consent, desire, and arousal, communication in relationships, setting boundaries, and being proud of your identity! You will be invited to reflect on how you experience your sexuality and have the opportunity to learn from asexual and ace-spectrum experiences.

Check out the other Asexual Awareness Week events at http://bit.ly/AsexualAwareness19

Spectrum Center Accessibility Statement
If you have an accessibility need you feel may not be automatically met at this event, fill out our Event Accommodation Form, found at http://bit.ly/SCaccess. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary for some accommodations to be fully implemented, but we will always attempt to dismantle barriers as they are brought up to us. Any questions about accessibility at Spectrum Center events can be directed to spectrumcenter@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:10:59 -0400 2019-10-23T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion Times, dates, and locations for all three Asexual Awareness Week events from the Spectrum Center in the colors of the asexual flag - black, gray, white, and dark purple.
“‘In the Future, Robots will Speak Chickasaw’: Indigenous Language Futurism and the Temporalities of Language Reclamation” (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66069 66069-16686689@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Institute for the Humanities

The revitalization or reclamation of Indigenous and endangered languages is often driven or shaped by what Debenport (2015) calls ‘hopeful nostalgia,’ where if “read through the lens of nostalgia, language revitalization can be seen as both a symptom and a cure, a way to diagnose the amount of cultural loss and a way to reinstate what has gone missing, what has been taken, and what is seen to be vital to the health of the community." By definition then, language reclamation looks to the past in order to understand the present and to imagine radical linguistic futures. While the past is often privileged in discussions of language revitalization as an anchor of authenticity and cultural continuity, present day language use in revitalization contexts also utilizes comics, gaming, memes, and other creative and technological domains that position Native American languages as always simultaneously ‘once and future,’ quondam and futurus. In this talk, I consider the role of these Indigenous linguistic and cultural temporalities in understanding Indigenous language activism with particular interest in linguistic futurisms, or the imagining of Indigenous languages in Indigenous perspectives of the future.

Jenny L. Davis is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where she is the director of the Native American and Indigenous Languages (NAIL) Lab and an affiliate faculty of American Indian Studies and Gender & Women’s Studies. She is the 2019-2021 Chancellor's Fellow of Indigenous Research & Ethics, and serves as the UIUC campus NAGPRA officer.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:37:06 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Institute for the Humanities Lecture / Discussion "Nittak fokhama Tali’ hattakat chikashanompala’chi! ‘In the future, robots will speak Chickasaw,’" Labaachi’ Noah Hinson
CDB Seminar: Torsin and other nuclear envelope proteins: Structural biology on a roller coaster (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67428 67428-16849200@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Organized By: Cell & Developmental Biology

2019 Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hosted By: Kristen Verhey, PhD

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:52:52 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building Cell & Developmental Biology Lecture / Discussion CDB Seminar - Schwartz
Department of Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics Weekly Seminar Series (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68168 68168-17020453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location:
Organized By: DCMB Seminar Series

Talk Title: "Chromatin accessibility signatures of immune system aging"

Abstract: Aging is linked to deficiencies in immune responses and increased systemic inflammation. To unravel regulatory programs behind these changes, we profiled peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from young and old individuals (n=77) using ATAC-seq and RNA-seq technologies and analyzed these data via systems immunology tools. First, we described an epigenomic signature of immune system aging, with simultaneous systematic chromatin closing at promoters and enhancers associated with T cell signaling. This signature was primarily borne by memory CD8+ T cells, which exhibited an aging-related loss in IL7R activity and IL7 responsiveness. More recently to uncover the impact of sex on immune system aging, we studied PBMCs from 194 healthy adults (100 women, 94 men) ranging from 22-93 years old using ATAC-seq, RNA-seq, and flow cytometry technologies. These data revealed a shared epigenomic signature of aging between sexes composed of declines in naïve T cell functions and increases in monocyte and cytotoxic cell functions. Despite similarities, these changes were greater in magnitude in men. Additionally, we uncovered male-specific decreases in expression/accessibility of B-cell associated loci. Trajectory analyses revealed that age-related epigenomic changes were more abrupt at two timepoints in the human lifespan. The first timepoint was similar between sexes in terms of timing (early forties) and magnitude. In contrast, the latter timepoint was earlier (~5 years) and more pronounced in men (mid-sixties versus late-sixties). Unexpectedly, differences between men and women PBMCs increased with aging, with men having higher monocyte and pro-inflammatory activity and lower B/T cell activity compared to women after 65 years of age. Our study uncovered which immune cell functions and molecules are differentially affected with age between sexes, including the differences in timing and magnitude of changes, which is an important step towards precision medicine in older adults.

3:45 pm - Light refreshments served
4:00 pm - Lecture

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Oct 2019 15:12:18 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 DCMB Seminar Series Lecture / Discussion
Donia Human Rights Center Lecture. The Due Process of Cruelty: Trump’s Immigration Policy and the Rule of Law (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66498 66498-16742862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Most legal efforts to stop anti-immigrant policies adopted by the Trump Administration have, at most, slowed their implementation, and have just as often failed entirely. According to polls, public opinion seems to have rejected the Trump approach to immigration, and yet the political process seems unable to change it. This lecture by a scholar and advocate at the frontlines addresses these apparent failures, and in the process identifies gaps in international law, administrative law and constitutional norms that have left immigrants uniquely exposed to harm at a time of rising nationalism and xenophobia.

Michael Kagan (J.D. Michigan 2000), is Joyce Mack Professor of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he is Director of the UNLV Immigration Clinic. As a scholar, Prof. Kagan has written extensively about the intersection of immigration law with civil liberties and administrative law, and is the author of some of the most widely cited articles in international refugee law. As a legal advocate, Prof. Kagan started his career developing legal aid for Sudanese, Somali, Iraqi and other refugees in the Middle East. He now directs a clinic that defends people facing deportation in Las Vegas, Nevada. In a private capacity, Prof. Kagan was a plaintiff in Kravitz v. Department of Commerce, one of the lawsuits that ultimately prevented a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 United States Census.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu, we'd be happy to help. As you may know, some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange, so please let us know as soon as you can.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:03:21 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion sign
Hopwood Teaching Roundtable (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67264 67264-16966912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Hopwood Awards Program

New, experienced, and future teachers of creative writing are invited to join an ongoing conversation about the art and craft of teaching creative writing. As a group, we will ask and answer questions, share resources and experiences, and try out exercises. Hopwood Teaching Roundtables are primarily intended to support new teachers of undergraduate creative writing, but all those interested in the teaching of creative writing are welcome to join the conversation.

RSVP and request accommodations at hopwoodprogram@umich.edu.

Moderator: Hopwood Program Manager Rebecca Manery

*Rebecca Manery earned a Ph.D. in English and Education from the University of Michigan, an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College, and an M.A. in Literacy Education from Northeastern Illinois University. She is the co-editor of Can Creative Writing Really Be Taught?: Resisting Lore in Creative Writing Pedagogy, 10th Anniversary Edition (Bloomsbury, 2017) and the author of a poetry collection, View from the Hotel de l’Etoile (Finishing Line Press, 2016).*

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:50:41 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Hopwood Awards Program Lecture / Discussion Books on teaching creative writing displayed in the Hopwood Room
Listening to Strengthen Democracy (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66775 66775-16776790@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP)

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

Our democracy suffers from a lack of listening and an overabundance of people not feeling heard. In her talk, Dr. Cramer will explain what she heard while inviting herself into the conversations of people in small communities in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. That project led to a collaboration with a team of technology experts at MIT and partner nonprofit, Cortico. Kathy will talk about the community-driven listening network they invented, the Local Voices Network, and share what they've learned so far from chapters in Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts, and Alabama.

Katherine Cramer (B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1994, Ph.D. University of Michigan 2000) is a Professor of Political Science and the Natalie C. Holton Chair of Letters & Science. During the 2018-2019 academic year she is a Visiting Professor with the Laboratory for Social Machines at the MIT Media Lab. She is an affiliate faculty member in the UW-Madison Elections Research Center, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, Institute for Research on Poverty, Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, and Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. Her work focuses on the way people in the United States make sense of politics and their place in it. She is known for her innovative approach to the study of public opinion, in which she uses methods like inviting herself into the conversations of groups of people to listen to the way they understand public affairs. Her award-winning book, The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker, brought to light rural resentment toward cities and its implications for contemporary politics, and was a go-to source for understanding votes in the 2016 presidential election (University of Chicago Press, 2016). She has also published as Katherine Cramer Walsh and is the author of Talking about Race: Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference (University of Chicago Press, 2007), and Talking about Politics: Informal Groups and Social Identity in American Life (University of Chicago Press, 2004). She was named a Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters in 2018 and is the recipient of the 2018 APSA Heinz Eulau Award for the best article published in Perspectives on Politics (with Benjamin Toff), the 2017 APSA Qualitative and Multi-Method Research section Giovanni Sartori Award for the best book developing or using qualitative methods published in 2016; a finalist for the 2017 APSA Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book on government, politics, or international affairs; the 2012 APSA Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research Section award for the best qualitative or multi-method submission to the American Political Science Review; a 2006 UW-Madison Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award; a 2012-2014 UW-Madison Vilas Associate Award; a 2015-17 Leon Epstein Faculty Fellowship; and a 2017-2022 UW-Madison Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award. In 2019 she was elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Sponsored by The Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy and The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

For more information contact closup@umich.edu or call 734-647-4091.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:08:25 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) Lecture / Discussion Kathy Cramer
What a 12th Century Muslim says to a 21st Century Christian in Andalusia: Inheriting a Complex Religious Identity (October 23, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68509 68509-17094814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Judaic Studies

From the late 19th century to the present, many Spaniards—particularly those residing in the nation’s south—have come to feel that contemporary Andalusia is linked in vitally important ways with al-Andalus (medieval Islamic Iberia), and that the challenges faced by Spaniards today—and by Europeans more broadly—require a recognition of that historical identity and continuity. Discovering themselves to be inheritors of an historical identity deeply marked by the Islamic tradition (an identity insistently denied and erased within Spanish nationalist discourse), these men and women have found Islam to be integral to their lives in ways that upset their coordinates of identity, as Europeans, Spaniards, or Andalusians. In this talk, and keeping in mind the theme of this workshop, I want to think about historical memory as a medium of religious communication, or more precisely, of a religious interpellation addressed to a subject outside the bounds of that religion. While it is common to think about the legacies of al-Andalus as “cultural” rather than religious, neither of these modern terms, I argue, can do justice to the disruptive impact of the Iberian past on those who listen to its call. Drawing on the archive of Andalucismo, this talk asks: what does it mean for a modern European Christian to be the inheritor of a Muslim past?

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:09:39 -0400 2019-10-23T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Hirschkind Lecture Poster
Andean Space and City Modified by New Social and Economic Bolivian Actors (October 23, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65326 65326-16571519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

This presentation will address the surge of urban social actors who have changed the traditional criollo city of La Paz into a newly-born cholo/mestizo city shaped after the influence of new socio-economic sectors of mainly Aymara ethnic origins.

It is during the second half of the past century that the long underprivileged and belittled Quechua/Aymara merchants of the city of La Paz opened the doors to smuggling and to the informal economy that has neither been taxed nor monitored by any form of government. Quechua/Aymara merchants, often stigmatized as troublesome and unmanageable, expanded rapidly to challenge the formal economy ran by merchants of diverse European as well as Middle-Eastern origins (mainly Croatian, Lebanese, Jewish, Spanish, Italian, and German).

Gastón Gallardo’s presentation will explore the spatial consequences that rose from the “physical” creation of a Quechua/Aymara black market that commercialized with clothing and other imported goods. This black market created a vast ambulant commerce of informal nature that dramatically changed La Paz, the site of Bolivia’s government. What did this mean symbolically? How should we conceptualize the enormous changes the city is encountering today between the rationalized European spatial models of the past and the new mestizo baroque architectural forms of the present? What are the connections between commerce and the vibrant mestizo festivities that have conquered artistically the traditional criollo city of the past?

Gastón Gallardo is a well-known Bolivian architect and urban planner. Professor Emeritus of the School of Architecture at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, the most important public university in Bolivia, Gallardo has also been its Dean of the School of Architecture, Arts, Design and Urbanism, from 2015 until 2018. He is also a founder member of the School of Architecture at Universidad Católica Boliviana, and has taught at the postgraduate level at several other universities. He holds degrees from Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and Collegio d’Ingenierie della Toscana, Firenze, Italy, and has done postgraduate work in territorial and urban planning, in Italy and Argentina. Gallardo in widely published in Bolivia and Latin America, and is currently Vice President of the Bolivian Association of History.

Gallardo’s presentation will be in Spanish.

This event is co-sponsored by Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, Rackham Graduate School, and the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:36:20 -0400 2019-10-23T16:30:00-04:00 2019-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Andean Space and City Modified by New Social and Economic Bolivian Actors
Wellness in Color (October 23, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68152 68152-17018327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: National Center for Institutional Diversity

As students of color at the University of Michigan, some experiences can cause or worsen stress, anxiety, and isolation. Everyday experiences of racism, discrimination, or just subtly being made to feel “different” or like we don’t belong can cause our academics and social lives to suffer. This negatively impacts our mental wellbeing. Many students of color face the challenge of finding supportive and trusting resources that relate to their mental health experiences. Finding the solution to this lack of support has been a conversation that's been halted on campus for too long. At Wellness in Color, we aim to tackle this challenge by facilitating dialogues to initiate the mental health conversation in our community.

We invite you to join us to talk about how students of color have persevered despite difficult moments at Michigan and how faculty and staff can play a role in creating a learning environment where students of color can thrive.

This student pre-conference is designed and facilitated by U-M students of color as part of the national Young, Gifted, @Risk, and Resilient Conference which aims to promote the mental health and well being among students of color.

Sponsors:
The Steve Fund, National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID), Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR), Trotter Multicultural Center (TMC), and the Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) office.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:52:08 -0400 2019-10-23T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-23T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan League National Center for Institutional Diversity Lecture / Discussion Image says "Wellness in Color"
Persuasion, Human Improvement, and Disability: A Talk from Fables and Futures (October 23, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67283 67283-16831255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

In this talk, award-winning poet and memoirist George Estreich will draw from his new book, Fables and Futures: Biotechnology, Disability, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves (MIT Press, 2019).

From Francis Galton's “Essays in Eugenics” to the announcement of the first gene-edited babies, the dream of human improvement has been entwined with persuasion. Looking at contemporary and historical examples, from the famous allegorical drawing of the “Eugenics Tree” to Chinese scientist He Jiankui's YouTube announcement of gene-edited twins, Estreich will explore the literary aspects of persuasion, with particular attention to metaphor. What values do these persuasive acts embody? Whose purposes do they serve? And whom do they obscure, dehumanize or erase? The literary content of these persuasive acts suggests a necessary role for writers, literary critics and scholars of disability studies, as we seek to guide the use of new and powerful biotechnologies in human beings.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Oct 2019 07:57:21 -0400 2019-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T20:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion All News All Events Search Events Helen Zell Writers Program Events Mark Websters Reading Series Helen Zell Visiting Writers Series Persuasion, Human Improvement, and Disability
Torn Asunder: Faith, Higher Education, Politics and the Davidson family during the Civil War (October 23, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65587 65587-16619785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The Davidson family of Indianapolis is a near perfect microcosm of the United States during Civil War. With roots in the South, but living in the North the family's ties to religious, education, and political leaders and institutions cast new light on the loyalties Americans felt towards their region, nation and the institution of slavery.

Central to the story is Preston Davidson, a Hoosier by birth, who fought for the Confederacy alongside his Virginian cousins. On the other side, stands his brother Dorman, who fought to preserve the Union. How these two ended up on opposing sides of the greatest conflict in American history is the story of how familial expectations, faith, higher educational opportunities, and political loyalties all played into the struggle over if the nation would be divided or united and whether or not slavery would flourish or be abolished.

A native Hoosier, Jason S. Lantzer holds a BA, MA, and PhD all from Indiana University. His research and writing interests center on the intersection of religion, politics, and law in American History. His book, "Rebel Bulldog: The Story of One Family, Two States, and the Civil War" was published in 2017. Dr. Lantzer serves as the Assistant Director of the Butler University Honors Program.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:08:30 -0400 2019-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T19:30:00-04:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Dr. Jason S. Lantzer
The Chinese Art of Penjing -- Taking Bonsai to a World Stage (October 23, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64777 64777-16444934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Organized By: Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Chicago-based bonsai artist Jennifer Price discusses the art of penjing. Jennifer has apprenticed with multiple renowned bonsai artists, she was the first female artist invited to Generation Bonsai in Germany, and she represented the U.S. at Zhongguo Feng Penjing Exhibit in China.

Presented by Ann Arbor Bonsai Society

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Jul 2019 13:38:47 -0400 2019-10-23T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-23T21:00:00-04:00 Matthaei Botanical Gardens Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Lecture / Discussion
Guest Master Class: Julia Bullock, soprano (October 23, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67929 67929-16969017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

“A musician who delights in making her own rules” (New Yorker), Julia Bullock has appeared with opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world.  Described as "heady, fascinating and avant garde" she serves as 2019/20 Artist-in-Residence of San Francisco Symphony, opera-programming host of new broadcast channel All Arts, is a founding member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC), and 2018-19 Artist-in-Residence of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chosen as one of WQXR’s “19 for 19” artists to watch this year, she is also a prominent voice of social consciousness and activism.

Bullock will work with select SMTD singers. Bullock may also be seen in the UMS presentation of Zauberland, October 24 and 25 in the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 13:11:18 -0400 2019-10-23T19:30:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Julia Bullock
BME Seminar: Jason Papin, Ph.D. (October 24, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68620 68620-17105386@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Biomedical Engineering

New experimental technologies to characterize microbes result in voluminous data on the genotype-phenotype relationship under diverse conditions. Computer models have become indispensable tools to integrate such data and facilitate the generation and testing of hypotheses. We will discuss recent methods to construct and test computer models of microbial metabolism that are being used to identify novel drug targets and characterize the evolution of antibiotic resistance.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:23:24 -0400 2019-10-24T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T10:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Biomedical Engineering Lecture / Discussion BME Logo
When Your Childhood Favorites are Problematic: Robinson Crusoe and Our Ongoing Relationship with Troubled Media (October 24, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68293 68293-17043862@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: DEIA, University of Michigan Library

Daniel Defoe’s novel “The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe,” lives in the popular imagination as a heroic adventure story; but amid the adventure, the novel presents a worldview that is explicitly racist, imperialist, and hypermasculine. This is true for other items in popular culture like television, movies, and music.

Join the Library Diversity Counsel and the U-M Library DEIA team as we have a structured conversation around Robinson Crusoe and other forms of media that have popular or favorable legacies, but contain problematic messages and content.
For more information and questions, please contact Thomas Dickens, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program Manager at dickenst@umich.edu.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Oct 2019 10:00:39 -0400 2019-10-24T09:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T10:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library DEIA, University of Michigan Library Lecture / Discussion Robinson Crusoe
CJS Noon Lecture Series | The Prime Minister and Public Opinion in Japan (October 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66265 66265-16725776@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Approval ratings in public opinion polls are the most important power resource for prime ministers in contemporary Japanese politics. However, this is a relatively new political phenomenon. In this lecture, I provide a brief overview of the changes in the role of prime ministers and the power of public opinion over the past fifty years. I also show how changes in methodology and more frequent polls further accelerated prime ministers’ dependence on their approval ratings. Finally, using available survey data, I demonstrate how much the impact of prime ministerial approval on individual voting behavior has increased over time.

Professor Maeda earned his PhD in political science from the University of Michigan in 2001. His research interests include (1) public opinion, (2) methodologies in survey research, and (3) data sharing in the social sciences. He has worked for the Japanese committees for many international surveys, including the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, and World Value Survey.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 12:05:07 -0400 2019-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Yukio Maeda Professor, Inter-faculty Initiative in Information Studies / Institute of Social Science University of Tokyo
Yale Law School Information Session (October 24, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68529 68529-17096921@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:00pm
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

A visiting admissions representative from Yale Law School will host an admissions information session for interested applicants from the University of Michigan community. The session will include a short presentation and Q&A/discussion about Yale Law’s programs.

Students will also have the opportunity to sign-up for 1-on-1 informational interviews with Yale Law Director of Admissions, Todd Rothman. Registration for interviews is required, space is limited: https://calendly.com/todd-rothman/meet-todd-rothman-director-of-admissions-on-c-clone?month=2019-10&date=2019-10-24

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 12:43:13 -0400 2019-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 East Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Lecture / Discussion Newnan Advising Center Pre-Law
Dealing with the Practical Challenges of Downsizing (October 24, 2019 12:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65915 65915-16670245@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 12:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Senior Citizens often have the problem of moving to smaller quarters and experience the problem of downsizing. This session will provide some useful advice.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:09:42 -0400 2019-10-24T12:15:00-04:00 2019-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
Black Women's Gaming Practices as Intersectional Counterpublics (October 24, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64249 64249-16266503@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Digital Studies Institute

"I am unable to detangle, in any analytic or actual way, my gender, race, or sexuality from the vitriol and symbolic violence levied upon me after the discovery of my physical identities in digital spaces." Misogynoir, a core facet of Black feminist discourse and an integral part of intersectionality, acknowledges that Black women’s experiences inside the matrix of domination is echoed by the many ways that Black women are dehumanized in popular culture. Misogynoir also expands the scope of examination and provides an inclusive focus on not just anti-Blackness and White supremacy, but also intraracially, in exploring how Black masculinity and Black patriarchy contribute to the objectification of Black women. To gain a sense of the interracial and intraracial experiences of Black women in gaming, this talk will interrogate ethnographic observations and interviews with Black women and other women of color in online gaming communities. While these examples highlight the continued devaluation of women in public spaces, my observational narratives weave together a simultaneous engagement with being a Black woman while online, while gaming, and while consuming mediated content about Black women in “the real world.” This transmediated engagement illustrates intersectional tech,
exploring the entanglements of visual, textual, and oral engagements of the Black body in both the digital and physical realms.


Kishonna Gray is an Assistant Professor in Communication and Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.

Previously, she served as an MLK Scholar and Assistant Professor at MIT in the Women & Gender Studies Program as well as a Faculty Visitor at the Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research (Cambridge).

Her work broadly intersects identity and digital media with a particular focus on video games and gaming culture. By examining game context and culture in her most recent book, Race, Gender, & Deviance in Xbox Live, examines the reality of women and people of color in one of the largest gaming communities.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:37:59 -0400 2019-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T14:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Digital Studies Institute Lecture / Discussion kishonna
MedChem Seminar (October 24, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68815 68815-17155485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 1:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Medicinal Chemistry

Trimming the C-terminal tail of alpha-tubulin: What is it good for?

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:36:22 -0400 2019-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T14:00:00-04:00 Department of Medicinal Chemistry Lecture / Discussion
MedChem Seminar (October 24, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68815 68815-17155486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 1:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Medicinal Chemistry

Trimming the C-terminal tail of alpha-tubulin: What is it good for?

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:36:22 -0400 2019-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T14:00:00-04:00 Department of Medicinal Chemistry Lecture / Discussion
MedChem Seminar (October 24, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68815 68815-17155487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 1:00pm
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Organized By: Department of Medicinal Chemistry

Trimming the C-terminal tail of alpha-tubulin: What is it good for?

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:36:22 -0400 2019-10-24T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T14:00:00-04:00 Department of Medicinal Chemistry Lecture / Discussion
Annual UMRA meeting and Benefits Discussion (October 24, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65896 65896-16670221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA)

Mr. Holcomb is Associate Vice President for Human Resources and serves as the university's chief human resource officer. He has over 20 years in human resources. He will provide an update on health benefits for UM retirees for 2019-20 and will answer questions from the audience.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:28:02 -0400 2019-10-24T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-24T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location University of Michigan Retirees Association (UMRA) Lecture / Discussion
What a Diary Confers: Children in the Zambezi Valley (October 24, 2019 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68478 68478-17086379@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 2:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Pamela Reynolds will speak about her book The Uncaring, Intricate World: A Field Diary, Zambezi Valley, 1984-85 (Duke 2019). Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University and Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town, Reynolds is author of War in Worcester: Youth and the Apartheid State. As U-M Presidential Professor she conducted the 2001-02 Mellon Seminar: Contested Childhood in a Changing Global Order. Following her talk, she is available for further conversation at a reception and book signing held in her honor. Reception RSVP at lizgoode@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:18:19 -0400 2019-10-24T14:30:00-04:00 2019-10-24T16:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Lecture / Discussion Lecture poster
CLASP Seminar Series: Dr. Danica Lombardozzi (October 24, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67731 67731-16926540@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Space Research Building
Organized By: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering

CLASP is very pleased to welcome Dr. Danica Lombardozzi of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Dr. Lombardozzi will give a presentation titled:
"Linking leaves to global climate: Understanding terrestrial ecosystems in changing environments"

Abstract: Terrestrial ecosystems play an integral role in regulating Earth’s climate through their cycling of carbon, water, and energy. Humans are altering these fluxes by perturbing terrestrial ecosystems through land use change, land management, and climate change. In this talk, I explore how terrestrial processes, ranging from leaf-level to global scales, respond to human perturbations and, in turn, how changes to terrestrial ecosystems impact climate. Insight into the interactions between terrestrial ecosystems and climate is fundamental to understanding the future of our planet and the natural resources and ecosystem services it provides. This is vital to creating policies effective in regulating perturbations and improving the quality of life for human society.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Oct 2019 13:09:11 -0400 2019-10-24T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-24T17:00:00-04:00 Space Research Building Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Lecture / Discussion generic seminar image
CCPS Lecture. POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the Politics of History in Today’s Poland (October 24, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65640 65640-16627843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews opened its core exhibition less than five years ago, but it has already attracted millions of visitors and massive and favorable media attention both in Poland and internationally, and earned the major European museum awards. However, since it opposed the so-called Holocaust complicity law in early 2018 and organized a large public program for the 50th anniversary of the 1968 “anti-Zionist campaign” in communist Poland, it has become an object of media attacks and criticism by the government. This lecture will present the processes that had led to the establishment of the museum and its remarkable success. It will examine how these processes have changed under a culture war dividing the country; a tendency for expansive government control; and a memory policy, which rejects critical coming to terms with difficult pasts as a “pedagogy of shame” and calls for a glorious vision of national history, focusing on heroism and victimhood.

Dariusz Stola is a historian and professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences. He has published ten books and more than 100 articles on the history of Polish-Jewish relations, the Holocaust, international migrations and communist regime, as well as on Polish debates about these pasts. In 2014-2019, he was the Polin Museum director.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to copernicus@umich.edu at least 2 weeks in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Aug 2019 09:42:40 -0400 2019-10-24T16:30:00-04:00 2019-10-24T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Lecture / Discussion Dariusz Stola
Marilyn Minter: In Person (October 24, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65260 65260-16559490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design

Appropriating the aesthetics of fashion editorials and advertising, New York-based Marilyn Minter’s photorealist paintings examine banal realities, such as frozen peas or kitchen floors, often relegated to a hyper-feminized realm in popular culture and marketing, as well as contemporary notions of beauty and sensuality. Adding sweat, spit, hair, and dirt to the high-gloss veneer of advertising campaigns, Minter juxtaposes in-your-face beauty with the down-and-dirty reality of being human. Minter first gained popularity in the early 1990s, and has been featured in major solo exhibitions nationally and internationally including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporáneo in Spain, and the Deichtorhallen in Germany. Her video Green Pink Caviar was exhibited in the lobby of the MoMA, and was also shown on digital billboards on Sunset Boulevard and in Times Square. Most recently, her retrospective Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty opened at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver; the Orange County Museum of Art; and the Brooklyn Museum.

Supported by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:50:51 -0400 2019-10-24T17:10:00-04:00 2019-10-24T18:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Penny W Stamps School of Art & Design Lecture / Discussion https://stamps.umich.edu/images/uploads/lectures/minter.jpg
Penny Stamps Speaker Series: Marilyn Minter: In Person (October 24, 2019 5:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65663 65663-16629872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 5:10pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Appropriating the aesthetics of fashion editorials and advertising, New York-based Marilyn Minter’s photorealist paintings examine banal realities, such as frozen peas or kitchen floors, often relegated to a hyper-feminized realm in popular culture and marketing, as well as contemporary notions of beauty and sensuality. Adding sweat, spit, hair, and dirt to the high-gloss veneer of advertising campaigns, Minter juxtaposes in-your-face beauty with the down-and-dirty reality of being human. Minter first gained popularity in the early 1990s, and has been featured in major solo exhibitions nationally and internationally including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporáneo in Spain, and the Deichtorhallen in Germany. Her video Green Pink Caviar was exhibited in the lobby of the MoMA, and was also shown on digital billboards on Sunset Boulevard and in Times Square. Most recently, her retrospective Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty opened at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver; the Orange County Museum of Art; and the Brooklyn Museum.

Supported by the Institute for Research on Women and Gender and University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:17:17 -0400 2019-10-24T17:10:00-04:00 2019-10-24T18:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Language Matters (October 24, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68147 68147-17018311@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Please join the Language Matters initiative for their Second Annual Lightning Talk Workshop and Roundtable Conversation, which will focus on the topic of "Coming Together: Many Voices On Language."

Featured speakers include Danielle Labotka (Ph.D. student in Developmental Psychology), Kendon Smith (Ph.D. student in Englsih and Education), and Yourdanis Sedarous (Ph.D. student in Linguistics). Talks will be followed by an open roundtable conversation with all presenters and attendees.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:17:27 -0400 2019-10-24T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-24T18:30:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Language Matters flyer
The Via Pumpaiiana: a Biography (October 24, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63978 63978-16051359@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Organized By: History of Art

Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Society of the Archaeological Institute of America

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this lecture, please contact the Kelsey Museum Education Office (734-647-4167) as soon as possible. We ask for advance notice as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:21:53 -0400 2019-10-24T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-24T19:30:00-04:00 Kelsey Museum of Archaeology History of Art Lecture / Discussion poster
Paani: Kashmir Teach-In (October 24, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68401 68401-17075835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Annenburg Auditorium
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Kashmir - Rightly termed as the 'Heaven on Earth,' yet synonymous with violence and bloodshed. The ongoing crisis has been represented from the Pakistani and Indian political perspectives in local and international media, but the humanitarian lens from the Kashmiri view point has almost always been silenced. Paani and Stand With Kashmir are proud to present a Kashmir Teach In, an in depth, politically neutral dialogue focused on the humanitarian crisis in the region, headed by Safwaan Mir and Nishita Trisal. Join us in learning more about human rights abuses in the Kashmir Valley, as well as the status of the region following the repeals of Article's 370 and 35a and the ongoing military curfew. Food will be provided!Sponsored By: South Asian Awareness NetworkTricontinental Solidarity NetworkPakistani Student AssociationIndian American Student AssociationMuslim Students' Association

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Oct 2019 18:00:12 -0400 2019-10-24T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T21:00:00-04:00 Annenburg Auditorium Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion
Weekly Bible Study - "Introduction" (October 24, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66644 66644-16770090@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 24, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League, 1st Floor, Room 4
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Join us for prayer, worship, Bible study and discussion as we go through Philippians and Colossions this semester. Tonight's topic will be Introduction to Colossians from Colossians 1:1-14.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Oct 2019 18:00:09 -0400 2019-10-24T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-24T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan League, 1st Floor, Room 4 Maize Pages Student Organizations Lecture / Discussion
How Transdiagnostic Models of Psychopathology Can Inform Clinical Science: From Measurement to Minority Health (October 25, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68479 68479-17086380@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 10:00am
Location: East Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Dimensional models of psychopathology, that transcend diagnostic boundary, have gained traction within the clinical science literature as a means of overcoming the drawbacks of traditional psychiatric diagnostic systems. In this talk, I illustrate the ways in which my research program—aimed at understanding core dimensional factors of psychopathology—can transform clinical science research and practice. I additionally discuss how transdiagnostic dimensional models of psychopathology can inform understanding of health disparities among populations defined by marginalization and stigma.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:45:56 -0400 2019-10-25T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T11:00:00-04:00 East Hall Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion C.Rodriguez-Seijas
P&PW Ecopoetics Reading Group (October 25, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67784 67784-16949878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 10:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Part of the Poetry & Poetics Workshop roundtable series. For the pre-circulated reading material—“Intimacy: The Poetics of Thick Time,” the first chapter of David Farrier’s Anthropocene Poetics: Deep Time, Sacrifice Zones, and Extinction (University of Minnesota Press, 2019)—please contact Zoey Dorman (zdorman@umich.edu) or Talin Tahajian (taltahaj@umich.edu). We’ll also provide you with Farrier’s introduction, “Life Enfolded in Deep Time.” Coffee and bagels will be served.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:15:03 -0400 2019-10-25T10:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T11:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Lecture / Discussion
Distinguished Alumni Lecture: "25 Years of Ceramic Research, Teaching, and Service: A Look at Life’s Decisions that Create a Past but Lead to the Present" (October 25, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/68648 68648-17130515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 10:30am
Location: Herbert H. Dow Building
Organized By: Materials Science and Engineering

My goal for the first part of this seminar is to take you on my journey through the field of materials science and engineering, from the day that I discovered this amazing field to today. Together, we will briefly overview the tough decisions that life throws at us, often in unexpected ways; we will discuss what “work hard, play hard” means and why that’s at least one proven method for how to approach a reasonable work/life balance; and we will discuss why you should give back to the professional organizations that support you.

The remainder of the presentation will focus on the current research in my group, concentrating largely on ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs). UHTCs are an emerging class of structural materials capable of withstanding extreme environments, which is allowing them to be used in applications ranging from hypersonic flight and rocket propulsion to advanced nuclear reactors, electrodes for metal production, and more. These applications involve temperatures, heat fluxes, radiation levels, strain rates, chemical reactivities, or other stresses that are beyond the capabilities of existing materials. This presentation will review recent research on UHTCs, focusing on mechanical and thermal behavior at temperatures up to 2000°C, or higher. The presentation will overview the MS and PhD research of the current graduate students in the group and take a deeper dive into one or two key projects related to improving the elevated temperature thermal and mechanical properties of boride and carbide based UHTCs. The presentation will conclude with a discussion of some emerging trends and future needs.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Oct 2019 12:31:53 -0400 2019-10-25T10:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T11:20:00-04:00 Herbert H. Dow Building Materials Science and Engineering Lecture / Discussion MSE
CSEAS Lecture Series. Last Flight to Bangkok: Reflections on 60 Years in Southeast Asia (October 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65089 65089-16515513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

In this lecture, Professor Gayl Ness will reflect on his sixty year career in Southeast Asian Studies, which has focused on development, environment-social organization, and human ecology. Specifically, he will discuss how rice production generates large empires with state-like political administration, and how the river systems in Vietnam encouraged strong political centralization in the North and political decentralization in the South. Further, Prof. Ness will detail how Southeast Asian geography relates to the high degree of independence of women throughout the region.

Gayl Ness is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Michigan. His work focuses on how geography or land forms affect social organization. He retired in 1997, but continues to teach a first year seminar on Population, Development, and Environment.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 18 Sep 2019 15:46:41 -0400 2019-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
The Road to Hell: Why Serving the Poor Does Not Eliminate Poverty (October 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66033 66033-16684581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

The Rev. Faith Fowler, executive director of Cass Community Social Services, will give a talk titled "The Road to Hell: Why Serving the Poor Does Not Eliminate Poverty" as part of the 2019 Real-World Perspectives on Poverty Solutions speaker series.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:12:22 -0400 2019-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T13:30:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Poverty Solutions Lecture / Discussion Faith Fowler
AIG (American Institutions Group) (October 25, 2019 12:05pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67609 67609-16900798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 12:05pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: American Institutions Group (AIG)

AIG is a group of graduate students and faculty who meet biweekly to discuss American institutions. For the first half of our meetings, we talk about current events and politics, and for the second, we discuss a recently published article or working paper.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 24 Sep 2019 15:51:13 -0400 2019-10-25T12:05:00-04:00 2019-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall American Institutions Group (AIG) Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Phondi Discussion Group (October 25, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66303 66303-16725830@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Phondi is a discussion and research group for students and faculty at U-M and nearby universities who have interests in phonetics and phonology. We meet weekly during the academic year to present our research, discuss "hot" topics in the field, and practice upcoming conference or other presentations. We welcome anyone with interests in phonetics and phonology to join us.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 04 Sep 2019 11:57:38 -0400 2019-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T14:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Lorch Hall
Masculinity Contest Culture (October 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65151 65151-16541459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Cultural norms prescribe “real men” to prove their masculinity by dominating others, fostering a Masculinity Contest (MC), a perceived zero-sum competition to prove masculinity. The newly developed and validated Masculinity Contest Culture (MCC) scale assesses four norms: (1) Show No Weakness (e.g., showing “soft” emotions, seeking advice, or admitting doubt are seen as weak), (2) Physical Strength (e.g., preferring “jocks” even in white collar jobs, valorizing work stamina), (3) Put Work First (e.g., working extreme hours, not letting family “interfere” with work), and (4) Dog Eat Dog (a hypercompetitive environment where coworkers cannot be trusted). Factor analyses show the four norms as distinct, though correlated subfactors that represent facets of an overarching latent construct (MCC). Items on the MCC scale do not specifically reference masculinity or male gender, with the notion that MC norms are legitimized simply as “the way we do business,” their origins in masculinity obscured. As a result, both female and male employees may be judged by how well they fit MCC prescriptions, creating obstacles to women’s leadership. The more strongly respondents (both male and female) viewed their work environment as fitting MCC norms, the more dysfunction they reported, from the organization to individual level. Specifically, MCC scores correlated with (a) poor organizational climate and leadership (e.g., toxic leaders, sexist climate, low psychological team safety), (b) negative behaviors (e.g., bullying, gender and ethnic harassment), and (c) poorer individual outcomes (burnout, job dissatisfaction, turnover intentions, lower organizational dedication, poorer psychological health). Although the evidence is correlational, the MCC seems a likely culprit as a cause of organizational dysfunction, breeding toxic leadership and misconduct that, in turn, leads to poor individual outcomes for employees. I suggest that mission-based interventions can mitigate MC norms by focusing instead on more productive ways to work.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:04:15 -0400 2019-10-25T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Sustainable Systems Forum (October 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68204 68204-17026815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Center for Sustainable Systems

A panel of alumnae share insights from their careers in the energy space. Participants include: 

Allison Clements, Energy Foundation, Program Director-Clean Energy Markets

Kerry Duggan, RIDGE-LANE LP, Partner in Sustainability Practice; Office of Vice President Joe Biden, Former Deputy Director for Policy

Kate Elliott, Tesla, Regional Manager of Charging

Shoshannah Lenski, DTE Energy, Director of Productivity & Work Standards

Trisha Miller, Gates Ventures, Senior Director of Advocacy & Government Relations

Moderated by Shelie Miller, U-M Program in the Environment (PitE), Director

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:41:00 -0400 2019-10-25T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T15:00:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Center for Sustainable Systems Lecture / Discussion Women in Energy panel of alumnae
HET Seminar | Two-loop mixed EW-QCD corrections to Drell-Yan lepton pair production (October 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68269 68269-17037493@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: West Hall
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

Drell-Yan lepton pair production is a key process for precision physics at the Large Hadron Collider. In this talk I will consider the two-loop amplitudes required for the full O(\alpha \alpha_s) corrections to this process and discuss the calculation of the required Feynman integrals. While algebraic linear combinations of the integrals fulfill $\;epsilon$ decoupled differential equations, the symbol letters are provably non-rationalizable. I will show that they can nevertheless be integrated in terms of conventional multiple polylogarithms with algebraic arguments, which allow for fast and stable numerical evaluations.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 14:06:55 -0400 2019-10-25T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 West Hall Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion West Hall
Shifting the Lens in Today's Society: Leadership in Journalism - A Conversation with Peter Bhatia (October 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67905 67905-16966878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: Trotter Multicultural Center

Join us for an afternoon discussion with Peter Bhatia, a multiple Pulitzer Prize winning editor. Peter has spearheaded meaningful journalism and digital advances at numerous news sites across the country. He is currently the Editor and Vice President of the Detroit Free Press.

RSVP: https://myumi.ch/VPl9z

Food will be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:05:25 -0400 2019-10-25T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center Trotter Multicultural Center Lecture / Discussion Image of event flyer
SynSem Discussion Group (October 25, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66692 66692-16770213@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Lorch Hall
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The syntax-semantics group provides a forum within which Linguistics students and faculty at UM, and from neighboring universities (thus far including EMU, MSU, Oakland University, Wayne State and UM-Flint) can informally present or just discuss and share their ongoing research in these domains. The group is frequently used by students to practice conference presentations and receive constructive feedback from "familiar faces."

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:32:03 -0400 2019-10-25T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 Lorch Hall Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion SynSem graphic
Interdisciplinary Workshop American Politics (IWAP) (October 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67241 67241-16829002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics

The Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics (IWAP) is a forum for the presentation of ongoing interdisciplinary research in American politics. Most of our presentations are given by graduate students. Each graduate student presenter is assigned a faculty and student discussant. IWAP circulates the work beforehand and the student presents it briefly at the start of the meeting. After discussant feedback, the bulk of the time is reserved for group discussion among all workshop participants. This format leads to informal yet highly interactive and productive conversations.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:33:16 -0400 2019-10-25T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Special Lecture: What Really Happened in the Continental Realm During the First of Three Great Global Extinctions?: The Chronostratigraphy of Beaufort Group Strata Deposited Across the Permian/Triassic Boundary, Karoo Basin, South Africa? (October 25, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63121 63121-15576729@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 3:30pm
Location: 1100 North University Building
Organized By: Earth and Environmental Sciences

The commonly held, decades old model for the terrestrial response to the end-Permian extinction crisis is based on a turnover in the vertebrate-fossil record first documented in the Karoo Basin, South Africa, and since extrapolated globally. This model requires that the systematic loss exhibited by an abrupt turnover from the Daptocephalus Assemblage Zone (DAZ) to the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone (LAZ) is coincident with the timing of mass extinctions in the oceanic realm. Understanding the timing of these inferred environmental changes in the Karoo Basin, from Late Permian to possibly Early Triassic (?) time, as recorded in Beaufort Group strata, requires robust chronostratigraphic information, including high quality unequivocal magnetic polarity stratigraphy for sections previously interpreted to encompass end-Permian extinction events. The preservation of an early-acquired remanence in Beaufort strata is required for a valid magnetostratigraphy, yet is difficult to prove due to thermochemical effects related to the Early Jurassic (ca. 183 Ma) Karoo Large Igneous Province (LIP) and the NE to SW increase in burial diagenesis attending Cape Fold Belt tectonism. My very fond wonderings in parts of the Karoo Basin, along with several tremendous colleagues, have allowed me to collect well over 2500 independently oriented samples from several key inferred PTB sections, involving at least 240 distinct sites. At the well-studied Bethulie section, Free State Province, over 120 sites have been established in both Beaufort strata and several <2 m wide Karoo LIP dikes. Strata well-removed from dikes yield both normal and reverse polarity ChRM. The first-removed RM in sedimentary rocks is always a NNW seeking, moderate to steep negative inclination ChRM (normal polarity); NRM intensities are typically ~1 to 5 mA/m. A stratigraphic interval involving over ten sites in discrete beds, the top of which is located some 4 m below the often-cited “event bed” Permian/Triassic boundary interval is dominated by a well-defined reverse RM with a normal overprint RM unblocked below 400oC, implying elevated temperatures (i.e., ~ 100 to 250oC+) for ca. 1 Ma (+/-). The lower part of the section, extending close to the Caledon River, is exclusively of normal polarity. Contact tests are positive but complicated. Documentation of a primary RM in these strata, which appears in some areas to be preserved, requires careful laboratory- and field-based assessment. At Farm Nooitgedacht (“Neverland”), where previous workers have identified the position of the DAZ to LAZ boundary, we have, for the first time in upper Beaufort Group strata, a thin, pristine ash fall deposit. The high precision U-Pb zircon age data from this ash, in combination with magnetostratigraphic, palynostratigraphic, and geochemical observations are in a manuscript that has passed the first of two hurdles in Nature Communications. The new results have profound implications for previous interpretations of any turnover in vertebrates that may have occurred in relation to the end-Permian extinction event.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:53:20 -0400 2019-10-25T15:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T16:30:00-04:00 1100 North University Building Earth and Environmental Sciences Lecture / Discussion 1100 North University Building
NERS Colloquium: Chan Bock Lee, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (October 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68681 68681-17136737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Cooley Building
Organized By: Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences

Title: Energy in the Earth, and the Role of Nuclear Power

Abstract: Life can be described as the existence who can utilize the energy. Among life, human may be best in energy utilization and actually use too much energy. This talk will review what is the energy, how the energy is used in earth and ecology through diverse transformation, and history of human energy use including fossil fuels, renewables and nuclear energy. As there is nothing free, the effect of the immense energy use by human upon the ecology and the climate in earth will be reviewed. As nuclear energy is a source of all the energy in the universe, the role of nuclear energy will be discussed reviewing characteristics of nuclear energy, and the way to enhance the public acceptance for nuclear power plant and radiation, to emphasize that the nuclear energy, and in particular, electricity from nuclear power plant is essential to energy use of human in the future.

Bio: Dr. Chan Bock Lee received his BS and MS in Nuclear Engineering from Seoul National University in South Korea and his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from MIT. He has been working at Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) since 1989. At KAERI, he has worked in fuel design, fabrication, irradiation testing and performance evaluation for diverse fuels such as UO2 fuel for commercial PWR, metallic fuel for SFR and research reactor, and TRISO fuel for VHTR. He served
as Division Director of Fuel Development at KAERI from 2011 to 2017 and Chair of Nuclear Fuel and Materials Division in Korea Nuclear Society from 2014 to 2016. This year he published “Energy Common Sense”, a book upon which will be the basis of this talk.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:23:49 -0400 2019-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Cooley Building Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Lecture / Discussion flyer of 10-25-19 NERS Colloquium: Chan Bock Lee, PhD
Heather Igloliorte: Inuit Art Futures (October 25, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64160 64160-16171649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Heather Igloliorte is an Inuk scholar, curator, and art historian, leading the field of contemporary Inuit art curatorial practice and working to develop the next generation of Inuit leaders. Join us on Friday, October 25, to hear her public talk that kicks off the 2019 Inuit Art Society Annual Meeting on the last weekend of UMMA's exhibition The Power Family Program for Inuit Art: Tillirnanngittuq.

 

Heather Igloliorte holds the University Research Chair in Circumpolar Indigenous Arts at Concordia University, where she leads the Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership Partnership Grant and Co-Directs the Initiative for Indigenous Futures Cluster (IIF) in the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology with Professor Jason Edward Lewis. Igloliorte currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Indigenous Circle for the Winnipeg Art Gallery, working on the development of the new national Inuit Art Centre; and sits on the Board of Directors for the Native North American Art Studies Association, the Inuit Art Foundation, and the Nunavut Film Board, among others. 

Please join us for a reception and opportunity to see the exhibition at 5:30 p.m. More information about the Inuit Art Society Annual Meeting can be found on their website at www.inuitartsociety.org.

 

 

 

This exhibition inaugurates the Power Family Program for Inuit Art, established in 2018 through the generosity of Philip and Kathy Power.

The Inuit Art Society Annual Meeting is organized by the Inuit Art Society with generous funding from the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Consul General of Canada, Detroit office.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:18:03 -0400 2019-10-25T19:00:00-04:00 2019-10-25T20:30:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
The Sally Fleming Guest Masterclass Series: Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano (October 26, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64834 64834-16460971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 11:00am
Location: Earl V. Moore Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lane has sung with many of the world’s most prestigious ensembles, including the Metropolitan Opera, the Freiburger Barockorchester, and Les Art Florissants. She will present a masterclass focused on Baroque repertoire and the vocal works of G.F. Handel.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 16 Oct 2019 18:15:33 -0400 2019-10-26T11:00:00-04:00 Earl V. Moore Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Jennifer Lane
Scientist in the Forum (October 26, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-26T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-26T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Science Forum Demo: How to Become a Fossil (October 26, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66399 66399-16734182@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 26, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Join us in the Science Forum for 15-20 minute engaging science demonstrations that will help you see the world around you in a whole new way. Demonstrations are appropriate for visitors ages 5 and above.

Saturdays and Sundays, 3:00 p.m.

Explore how fossils form and what parts of animals can become fossilized! How old are the earliest fossils? How old does something have to be before it is considered a fossil? You’ll touch some real fossils, learn the different types of fossil evidence, and discover what is necessary to become a fossil. Finally, we’ll discuss what kinds of things fossils can tell us, and how fossil casts are made in the museum!

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:44:57 -0400 2019-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 2019-10-26T15:20:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Scientist in the Forum (October 27, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66401 66401-16734193@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

Check at the Welcome Desk for schedule.

Join a University of Michigan researcher in the Science Forum for a special peek into cutting-edge research. Interactive presentations last about 15 minutes, with time for conversation afterwards. Presentations are appropriate for ages 5 and up.

Schedule subject to change.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:55:59 -0400 2019-10-27T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-27T13:15:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion Biological Sciences Building
Don Chisholm Jazz Vocal Masterclass with Sunny Wilkinson (October 27, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66788 66788-16778975@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 27, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Stearns Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Vocal students from the Departments of Jazz and Musical Theatre perform for guest clinician Sunny Wilkinson in a master class setting.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 25 Oct 2019 18:15:45 -0400 2019-10-27T15:00:00-04:00 Stearns Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Lecture / Discussion Sunny Wilkinson