Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Summer Research Colloquium (September 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53317 53317-13340969@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

German PhD students will present the research they did over the summer.

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Presentation Wed, 01 Aug 2018 15:57:59 -0400 2018-09-07T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Presentation Modern Languages Building
Slavic Graduate Research Colloquium (September 7, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52622 52622-12908313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Slavic graduate students will share their summer research and other study-related activities.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Jun 2018 10:50:14 -0400 2018-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Conference / Symposium Modern Languages Building
Russian Conversation Group (September 21, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Student Presentations About Summer Internships in Germany (September 25, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55205 55205-13698326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

German 351 - Student Presentations About Summer Internships in Germany

Tuesday, September 25, 6-7:30 p.m. (focus on Engineering internships),
Wednesday, September 26, 4-5:30 p.m. (diverse internships),
MLB 2011

Students currently enrolled in German 351 completed an internship in a German-speaking country this past summer and will give a 10-minute presentation on her or his experience abroad.

These presentations should be of particular appeal to students who are considering pursuing a summer internship in Germany in the future. On each day listed above, six to eight students will present--you can ask questions after each presentation, and you do not have to stay for the entire duration.

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Presentation Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:10:10 -0400 2018-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T19:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Presentation Modern Languages Building
Student Presentations About Summer Internships in Germany (September 26, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55205 55205-13698327@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

German 351 - Student Presentations About Summer Internships in Germany

Tuesday, September 25, 6-7:30 p.m. (focus on Engineering internships),
Wednesday, September 26, 4-5:30 p.m. (diverse internships),
MLB 2011

Students currently enrolled in German 351 completed an internship in a German-speaking country this past summer and will give a 10-minute presentation on her or his experience abroad.

These presentations should be of particular appeal to students who are considering pursuing a summer internship in Germany in the future. On each day listed above, six to eight students will present--you can ask questions after each presentation, and you do not have to stay for the entire duration.

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Presentation Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:10:10 -0400 2018-09-26T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T17:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Presentation Modern Languages Building
Russian Conversation Group (September 28, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-09-28T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Russian Conversation Group (October 5, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-10-05T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Academic Year in Freiburg 2019/2020 (October 10, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56560 56560-13942339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

This event is about our study-abroad program in beautiful Freiburg that helps you expedite the process of completing requirements for German (and other majors).

You will learn about the structure, accommodation, classes, and the history/fascination of Freiburg.

Eligibility:
* Minimum 3.0 GPA
* Good academic standing
* Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing by Fall 2019
* Completion of German 232 or equivalent prior to September 2019
* Open to University of Michigan-Ann Arbor students only

Application Website:
https://mcompass.umich.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10247

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Reception / Open House Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:27:34 -0400 2018-10-10T15:30:00-04:00 2018-10-10T16:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Reception / Open House AY19-20 Freiburg info session
STEM Info Session (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56404 56404-13896800@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Interested in science, technology, engineering, and math?

Join Senior Intercultural Program Advisor Sarah Pauling and Intercultural Program Advisor, Cristina Zamarron for an information session for current students interested in the following study abroad programs:

AFRICA & THE MIDDLE EAST
• Wildlife Management Studies in Tanzania

THE AMERICAS
•Environment and Sustainable Development in San Jose, Costa Rica

ASIA-PACIFIC
•EcoQuest Field Studies in Whakatiwai, New Zealand
•Frontiers Abroad- Geology, and Earth Systems Science

EUROPE
•Budapest Semester in Mathematics
•DIS Stockholm/Copenhagen
•STEM Summer Research Program
•University Study in the UK— London School of Economics (Summer)

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Meeting Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:50:57 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting PHOTO
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Conversation Group (October 12, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56300 56300-13878492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

All BCS levels of language welcome to join!

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 02 Oct 2018 14:06:36 -0400 2018-10-12T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering bcs conversation group
Russian Conversation Group (October 12, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-10-12T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Academic Year in Freiburg 2019/2020 (October 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56560 56560-13942340@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

This event is about our study-abroad program in beautiful Freiburg that helps you expedite the process of completing requirements for German (and other majors).

You will learn about the structure, accommodation, classes, and the history/fascination of Freiburg.

Eligibility:
* Minimum 3.0 GPA
* Good academic standing
* Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing by Fall 2019
* Completion of German 232 or equivalent prior to September 2019
* Open to University of Michigan-Ann Arbor students only

Application Website:
https://mcompass.umich.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10247

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Reception / Open House Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:27:34 -0400 2018-10-16T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-16T13:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Reception / Open House AY19-20 Freiburg info session
Critical Language Scholarship Information Session (October 18, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56269 56269-13869408@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Join us to learn more about best application practices and methods to apply for the Critical Language Scholarship. All students studying relevant languages are welcome to participate.

Languages Include:
Arabic
Azerbaijani
Bangla
Chinese
Hindi
Indonesian
Japanese
Korean
Persian
Portuguese
Punjabi
Russian
Swahili
Turkish
Urdu

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Other Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:05:04 -0400 2018-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T19:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Other cls
Russian Conversation Group (October 19, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713765@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-10-19T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Academic Year in Freiburg 2019/2020 (October 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56560 56560-13997140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

This event is about our study-abroad program in beautiful Freiburg that helps you expedite the process of completing requirements for German (and other majors).

You will learn about the structure, accommodation, classes, and the history/fascination of Freiburg.

Eligibility:
* Minimum 3.0 GPA
* Good academic standing
* Sophomore, Junior, or Senior standing by Fall 2019
* Completion of German 232 or equivalent prior to September 2019
* Open to University of Michigan-Ann Arbor students only

Application Website:
https://mcompass.umich.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=10247

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Reception / Open House Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:27:34 -0400 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Reception / Open House AY19-20 Freiburg info session
Femicide, Infrapolitics, and Sexual Difference (October 25, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56726 56726-13969944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Talk: Thursday, October 25th, at 4PM
RLL Commons MLB 4th Floor


Workshop: Friday, October 26th, 11:30- 1PM
RLL Commons MLB 4th Floor


All events are free and open to the public


Professor Sol Peláez will present a talk on sexual difference and Latin American literature, concentrating in the works of Luce Irigaray, Helène Cixous, Jacques Derrida, and Joan Copjec. Her research explores how the notion of infrapolitics articulates with sexual difference through a reading of Selva Almada’s work Chicas Muertas (2014). Almada, an Argentine writer, writes a hybrid text investigating 3 femicides in Argentina during the 80’s, the first years of the democratic transition. The writing of Almada traces the hierarchical powers of gender violence and opens a space to think woman beyond the patriarchal binaries and its violence. What does it mean to be a woman if one is not what the killers want, that is, a mere biological body? How not to be reduced to that minimal body that the murderers aim to appropriate totally? How not to be reduced to a mere body without rest, to escape that biological murdering determinism?


Peláez addresses those questions from a unique perspective which engages closely with feminism and Latin-American studies. She approaches an under researched area of philosophy, i.e. sexual difference, and articulates it with contemporary works of Latin American fiction and critical thought. Her scholar work on gender and sexuality is addressing historical gaps in both scholarships and responds to a particular urgency to discuss women’s work and intellectual contributions in our times.


In the workshop, Peláez will be present for an informal discussion of texts on sexual difference with faculty and graduate students.


Please e-mail rparrine@umich.com to RSVP to the workshop and receive the texts we will be discussing.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:27:58 -0400 2018-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T18:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Comparative Literature Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Femicide, Infrapolitics, and Sexual Difference (October 26, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56726 56726-13969945@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 11:30am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Comparative Literature

Talk: Thursday, October 25th, at 4PM
RLL Commons MLB 4th Floor


Workshop: Friday, October 26th, 11:30- 1PM
RLL Commons MLB 4th Floor


All events are free and open to the public


Professor Sol Peláez will present a talk on sexual difference and Latin American literature, concentrating in the works of Luce Irigaray, Helène Cixous, Jacques Derrida, and Joan Copjec. Her research explores how the notion of infrapolitics articulates with sexual difference through a reading of Selva Almada’s work Chicas Muertas (2014). Almada, an Argentine writer, writes a hybrid text investigating 3 femicides in Argentina during the 80’s, the first years of the democratic transition. The writing of Almada traces the hierarchical powers of gender violence and opens a space to think woman beyond the patriarchal binaries and its violence. What does it mean to be a woman if one is not what the killers want, that is, a mere biological body? How not to be reduced to that minimal body that the murderers aim to appropriate totally? How not to be reduced to a mere body without rest, to escape that biological murdering determinism?


Peláez addresses those questions from a unique perspective which engages closely with feminism and Latin-American studies. She approaches an under researched area of philosophy, i.e. sexual difference, and articulates it with contemporary works of Latin American fiction and critical thought. Her scholar work on gender and sexuality is addressing historical gaps in both scholarships and responds to a particular urgency to discuss women’s work and intellectual contributions in our times.


In the workshop, Peláez will be present for an informal discussion of texts on sexual difference with faculty and graduate students.


Please e-mail rparrine@umich.com to RSVP to the workshop and receive the texts we will be discussing.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:27:58 -0400 2018-10-26T11:30:00-04:00 2018-10-26T13:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Comparative Literature Lecture / Discussion Event Flyer
Decolonizing European History at the Museum (October 26, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55539 55539-13756892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

As the colonial past is increasingly being incorporated into national and transnational histories, some museums have positioned themselves as public facilitators of the labor of mourning, of empathetic listening, and of rehearsing postcolonial conviviality. The presentation looks at recent exhibitions in German and European museums, to examine how curators set struggles over racial inclusion and equality within longer histories of violence. How do these exhibitions approach the challenge of decolonizing national and European histories?

Katrin Sieg is Graf Goltz Professor and Director of the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University, where she is jointly affiliated with the German department. The author of three scholarly monographs, she has published across the fields of German, European, and Theater/Performance studies. Her research intersects with feminist, postcolonial, and critical race studies. She has received several awards and grants, among them two awards for her second book, Ethnic Drag: Performing Race, Nation, Sexuality in West Germany (2002). A fourth book, Decolonizing German and European History at the Museum, is under contract with the University of Michigan Press.

The German Speakers Series is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. These events are free and open to the public. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate, please contact 734-764-8018 or germandept@umich.edu at least one week in advance.

This event is Co-Sponsored with Alamanya: Transnational German Studies Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop and the Center for European Studies

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:12:18 -0400 2018-10-26T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion © B.Sauer-Diete/bsd-photo-archiv.
Russian Conversation Group (October 26, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713766@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-10-26T14:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Conversation Group (November 2, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57205 57205-14128671@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

All levels welcome!

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:33:14 -0400 2018-11-02T14:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering Modern Languages Building
Russian Conversation Group (November 2, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713767@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-11-02T14:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Marc Chagall, The Jewish Renaissance and the Art of Painting (November 6, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52617 52617-12908308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

“The Jewish form is here, it is awakening, it is coming alive again!” – This is the conclusion of the programmatic essay “The Paths of Jewish Painting” by the young artists Issachar Ber Ryback and Boris Aronson which appeared in 1919 in Kiev. Marc Chagall was one of the main figures of this awakening. His playful art, which combines European and Russian avant-garde techniques with a Jewish imagery, is considered one of the most innovative expressions of modern Jewish art. The talk will survey the renaissance in Jewish art at the time of the Russian revolution, from Kiev to Vitebsk, and from Moscow to Paris. It will also discuss the place of Yiddish book illustration in Chagall development as a modern artist

Prof. Dr. Sabine Koller studied Slavic and Romance philology at the Universities of Regensburg, Grenoble and Saint Petersburg Theater Academy. She received her PhD from the University of Regensburg in 2002. Since 2013 she is professor of Slavic-Jewish Studies at the University of Regensburg, maintaining the first professorship of this kind in Germany. She is the author of Marc Chagall. Grenzgänge zwischen Literatur und Malerei (2012). Her current research focuses on the aesthetic evolution of Yiddish modernist poets (Dovid Hofshteyn) during the Soviet period.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:21:57 -0400 2018-11-06T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T17:30:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion chagall
FLAS (Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowships) Information Session (November 7, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56493 56493-13930958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide tuition and stipend to students studying designated foreign languages in combination with area studies or international aspects of professional studies. The priority is to encourage the study of less commonly taught modern languages. FLAS Fellowships are administered by the University of Michigan International Institute and its area studies centers and are awarded competitively through annual fellowship competitions.

There are three different types of FLAS Fellowships: Graduate Academic Year FLAS, Undergraduate Academic Year FLAS, and Summer FLAS. Each type of award has slightly different sets of rules and application procedures. Join us for to learn about best application practices and understandings.

Eligible Slavic languages include:

Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian

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Other Mon, 08 Oct 2018 11:34:56 -0400 2018-11-07T14:30:00-05:00 2018-11-07T16:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Other flas
Russian Conversation Group (November 9, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713768@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-11-09T14:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T15:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
The Power of Native Women (November 9, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57075 57075-14083988@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

Throughout history women have played an important role in the family and the community. In this talk we will explore Native women throughout history who have done some amazing things. Whether it was fighting alongside warriors or becoming doctors, we will learn more about the Native women who helped shape history.

This event is a part of Native American Heritage Month which is celebrated throughout the month of November. For a full list of events, please visit MESA's website.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:26:19 -0500 2018-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T18:30:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Lecture / Discussion 2018 NAHM
Vladimir Mayakovski: 125th Anniversary Celebration (November 15, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56597 56597-13951429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 10:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Join Russian students of all levels in celebrating the poetry of Vladimir Mayakovski.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355) 4 days before the 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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Presentation Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:23:55 -0500 2018-11-15T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T11:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Presentation 2018.11.15 Mayakovsky
Vladimir Mayakovski: 125th Anniversary Celebration (November 15, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56597 56597-13951430@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Join Russian students of all levels in celebrating the poetry of Vladimir Mayakovski.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355) 4 days before the 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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Presentation Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:23:55 -0500 2018-11-15T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T13:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Presentation 2018.11.15 Mayakovsky
Spielabend (November 15, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56041 56041-13821126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Join German Club for a night of German board games and trivia. If you have any questions, please contact Parker (pbhill@umich.edu) or Bridget (bridgloc@umich.edu).

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Recreational / Games Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:15:41 -0400 2018-11-15T19:00:00-05:00 2018-11-15T20:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Recreational / Games Modern Languages Building
Russian Conversation Group (November 16, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713769@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-11-16T14:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T15:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Russian Conversation Group (November 23, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713770@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 23, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-11-23T14:00:00-05:00 2018-11-23T15:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Reading of “canned meat” (“dosenfleisch”) (November 27, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57534 57534-14209038@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Reading by playwright in German
English translation by Neil Blackadder
Performed by students and faculty of the School of Music, Theatre, & Dance: Kris Danford, Liam Loomer, Sarah Prendergast, Malcolm Tulip

"And so now here we are lying on this rest area like a whale, a stranded whale. The flesh starts to rot when we can’t keep driving. As long as you’re moving, you don’t decay."

A truck driver has to stop at a motorway service area due to a disastrous accident. Frustrated by the forced standstill, he watches the nightly events. An insurance inspector, obsessed with any traffic accidents, investigates the so-called death curve at the service area. But there is as well Beate, the operator of the rest stop, who shares a dark secret with Jayne, an auto-aggressive television actress addicted to high-speed.

Ferdinand Schmalz’s ‘canned meat’ is a metaphor for the paradox of mobility in times of neoliberalism. One can get everywhere, but never to one self – thus, the only possibility left to achieve authenticity is the life-threatening collision.

Ferdinand Schmalz is an Austrian author and playwright. His works include “am beispiel der butter,” “dosenfleisch,” “herzerlfresser,” and “jedermann (stirbt).” His plays are staged at the leading theatres in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, e.g. Deutsches Theater, Burgtheater Wien, Schauspiel Leipzig, Schauspielhaus Zürich. He won several awards for his writing, beyond others the Retzhofer Dramapreis (2013), the Ingeborg Bachmann Preis (2017), and the Ludwig-Mülheims-Theaterpreis (2018). For “dosenfleisch” he was nominated for the most prestigious drama award in the German-speaking countries, the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis. Furthermore, “dosenfleisch” was invited to the Autorentheatertage in Berlin.

The reading is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. These events are free and open to the public. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate, please contact 734-764-8018 or germandept@umich.edu at least one week in advance.

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Performance Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:32:18 -0500 2018-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T19:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Performance Ferdinand Schmalz
Polish Conversation Table (November 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57921 57921-14375289@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

All levels of Polish language speakers are welcome to drop in for:

Polish conversation topics
Coffee
Donuts
Short Films
Animations
Polish Program Information
Questions for the Advisor

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:05:56 -0500 2018-11-29T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T09:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering polish
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian Conversation Group (November 30, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57909 57909-14373142@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

All levels of language welcome.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:30:01 -0500 2018-11-30T14:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T15:30:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering Modern Languages Building
Making Worlds: Affect and Collectivity in Contemporary European Cinema (November 30, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55546 55546-13759132@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

The search for livable models of collective identity and belonging has assumed new urgency
under contemporary conditions of socio-economic precarity, war and political hatred. This talk develops a plea for attending to the productivity of contemporary arthouse cinema in this moment of heightened affectivity in the public realm. Cinema’s imaginative scenarios do not simply counter dominant political imaginaries of hate and fear with positive alternatives, but “reconfigure the sensible” (Jacques Rancière) by probing layered affects in layered contexts, encouraging us to think, and feel, again about present, past, and future claims to collectivity.

Claudia Breger is is the Villard Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her research focuses on twentieth- and twenty-first century culture, with emphases on film and theater; literary, media, and cultural theory; and the intersections of gender, sexuality and race.

She is particularly interested in combining theory with historical perspectives, and cultural studies approaches with aesthetic inquiries and close reading practices. Her earliest book, Ortlosigkeit des Fremden (Böhlau 1998), traces the genealogy of modern representations of Romani and other itinerant people at the intersection of race and gender around 1800. Prof. Breger’s second book, Szenarien kopfloser Herrschaft (Rombach 2004), investigates reconfigurations of royal imaginaries beyond sovereignty in twentieth-century German culture, in scenarios ranging from imperial Egyptology to queer drag king performances.

The German Speakers Series is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures. These events are free and open to the public. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate, please contact 734-764-8018 or germandept@umich.edu at least one week in advance.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:43:21 -0400 2018-11-30T14:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion UM
Russian Conversation Group (November 30, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713771@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-11-30T14:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T15:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Teaching German in High Schools as a Career (November 30, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57639 57639-14246152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Are you excited about your German classes here? Make teaching German a career!

At this event, Professor Maria Coolican (School of Education) will inform you about the various ways to obtain a teaching certificate at the University of Michigan.

We receive regular requests to pass on announcements of open positions: the prospects for finding a job as a German teacher currently look very good.

Free food will be available.

You can learn about the different School of Education programs here:
Secondary Teacher Certification: http://www.soe.umich.edu/academics/bachelors/secondary-teacher-education/

Master of Arts with Certification:
http://www.soe.umich.edu/academics/masters_programs/secmac/

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Reception / Open House Mon, 12 Nov 2018 12:33:27 -0500 2018-11-30T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-30T17:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Reception / Open House Modern Languages Building
Polish Conversation Table (December 4, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57921 57921-14375290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 8:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

All levels of Polish language speakers are welcome to drop in for:

Polish conversation topics
Coffee
Donuts
Short Films
Animations
Polish Program Information
Questions for the Advisor

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:05:56 -0500 2018-12-04T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T09:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering polish
Polish Conversation Table (December 6, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57921 57921-14375291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 6, 2018 8:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

All levels of Polish language speakers are welcome to drop in for:

Polish conversation topics
Coffee
Donuts
Short Films
Animations
Polish Program Information
Questions for the Advisor

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:05:56 -0500 2018-12-06T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-06T09:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering polish
Russian Conversation Group (December 7, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713772@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-12-07T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T15:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Polish Conversation Table (December 11, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57921 57921-14375292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 8:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

All levels of Polish language speakers are welcome to drop in for:

Polish conversation topics
Coffee
Donuts
Short Films
Animations
Polish Program Information
Questions for the Advisor

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:05:56 -0500 2018-12-11T08:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T09:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering polish
Russian Conversation Group (December 14, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55290 55290-13713773@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 14, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Are you a student of Russian looking to develop your conversational skills? Does the world of contemporary Russian popular culture interest you? Would you like to meet other ambitious students in the field? If so, please consider attending the Russian Language conversation group this year at the University of Michigan. Students from all language levels are welcome. This group will be focused on students in 2nd year Russian and above, and thus will be almost exclusively in Russian. First year students are still welcome to attend, but please be aware of the language focus.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact slavic@umich.edu (or call 734.764.5355). Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the University to arrange.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:12 -0400 2018-12-14T14:00:00-05:00 2018-12-14T15:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering fa 18 russian conversation group
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (January 18, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-01-18T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T12:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
“Konfrontation mit meinem Mitläufertum”: Paratextual Self-Encounters in Diaries of the Second World War (January 18, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59502 59502-14745935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

When writers publish their diaries years after writing them, they often append a preface or afterword, a layer of retrospective reflection that complicates the already unique temporality of the diary’s ever-shifting present. The focus of this talk is on the self-encounters that take place in diaristic paratexts from non-Jewish Germans who wrote diaries during the Second World War. The diary’s paratexts highlight the discontinuous nature of the self, the various ways individuals position themselves as Zeitzeugen, and the diary’s function as a space for writerly self-construction in the context of German Aufarbeitung der Vergangenheit.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:25:58 -0500 2019-01-18T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-18T16:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Kathryn Sederberg
Strolling Screening of Jana Pareigis' Afro.Germany (January 21, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59798 59798-14788677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 21, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

As we celebrate the extraordinary life and message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. it is important to note that his vision of hope and racial equality had ripple effects not just through our nation, but across the pond as well. It is with the intention of adding an international perspective to the discussion of race and race relations that the the German department is proud to present Jana Pareigis' investigative film Afro.Germany, in which Pareigis travels across Germany asking the questions: What is it like to be a black person in Germany? And what needs to change?

The event will take place in two locations on January 21, 2019 in the Hatcher Gallery from noon - 2:30, and MLB 3308 from 2pm-5pm. Played on a continuous loop, audiences are invited to come and view as much, or as little, of this journalistic film as they wish.

*Content notice: this documentary includes the use of the n-word in the context of the subject matter at hand regarding the lived experiences of Black Germans

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Film Screening Thu, 17 Jan 2019 14:48:06 -0500 2019-01-21T14:00:00-05:00 2019-01-21T17:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Afro.Germany
UROP Finding and Understanding Data Workshop (January 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56596 56596-13951427@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program

This workshop is for UROP students only. Registration is required:
https://ttc.iss.lsa.umich.edu/undergrad/?s=urop+understanding+data&submit=Search

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:29:31 -0400 2019-01-22T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-22T18:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building UROP - Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Workshop / Seminar Modern Languages Building
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (January 25, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-01-25T11:00:00-05:00 2019-01-25T12:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (February 1, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-02-01T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T12:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Minds, Markets, and Machines: Capitalist Praxis and the Origin of Planetary Crisis (February 4, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60579 60579-14910392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 4, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Science for the People

The rise of capitalism after 1450 marked a turning point in the history of humanity’s relation with the rest of nature. It was greater than any watershed since the rise of agriculture and the first cities. And in relational terms, it was greater than the rise of the steam engine. These historical questions have assumed new salience in an era of runaway global warming and the Anthropocene narrative, which seeks to explain the origins and prime movers behind such deepening planetary instability. In this talk, environmental historian Jason W. Moore explains why and how the early modern origins of capitalism – understood as a world-ecology of power, capital, and nature – have shaped the crises of the 21st century.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Jan 2019 13:30:42 -0500 2019-02-04T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-04T18:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Science for the People Lecture / Discussion moore monday talk
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (February 8, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-02-08T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
MES Lecture Series (February 11, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60936 60936-14990927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 11, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Panel discussion with:

Carol Bardenstein, Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Culture

Cameron Cross, Assistant Professor of Iranian Studies

Katherine Davis, Lecturer in Egyptology

Adi Raz, Director of the Modern Hebrew Language Program

This panel is dedicated to sharing pedagogical approaches, including philosophies, course ideas, and classroom activities. The panelists offer multiple perspectives including teaching languages, ULWR, literature, cinema, and culture classes in both the ancient and modern Middle East.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Feb 2019 16:31:43 -0500 2019-02-11T13:00:00-05:00 2019-02-11T14:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (February 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797481@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-02-15T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Messianic Minimalism: Anecdotes of the Coming World (Benjamin, Bloch, Blumenberg) (February 15, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60669 60669-14937151@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Hans Blumenberg's 1988 book The Saint Matthew Passion, while ostensibly concerned with the possible, secular reception of Bach’s masterpiece, pursues a series of 'theological lines of flight' via anecdotes, insights, and apercus generated by often heterodox theological debates and their literary receptions. One such line of flight is the retraction of the passion itself in Gersholm Scholem’s anecdote about the advent of the messiah in which almost nothing changes, as retold by Benjamin, Bloch, and now Blumenberg. Here Blumenberg returns to his earlier concerns with Gnosticism (Legitmacy, 1966) and considers a different answer to what has gone so wrong with creation that it needs to be destroyed.

Paul Fleming is Professor of Comparative Literature and German Studies as well as the Taylor Family Director of the Society for the Humanities. He has published monographs on Exemplarity and Mediocrity: The Art of the Average from Bourgeois Tragedy to Realism (2009) and The Pleasures of Abandonment: Jean Paul and the Life of Humor (2006) along with edited volumes on Hans Blumenberg, Siegfried Kracauer, the scholars around Stefan George, and Ulrich Peltzer. He is currently co-translating Blumenberg’s The Saint Matthew Passion for Cornell Press as well as completing a book-length project that examines the use of the anecdote in and as theory with respect to questions of exemplarity, evidence, history, and rhetoric.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:44:54 -0500 2019-02-15T14:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Messianic Minimalism
Ann ArBerlinale Film Festival (February 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60779 60779-14963959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

A local film festival inspired by the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). All screenings free and open to the public.

Friday February 15, 2019

6:45 pm Welcome and introduction

7pm The Marriage Circle
(Ernst Lubitsch, USA 1924)

9pm Sehnsucht / Longing
(Valeska Grisebach, Germany 2006)

Saturday February 16, 2019

10 am Welcome and introduction

10:15 am Angst essen seele auf Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
(Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany 1974)

1 pm Welcome and introduction

1:15 Die Legende von Paul und Paula / The Legend of Paul and Paula
(Heiner Carow, DDR 1972)

3:30 pm Coming Out
(Heiner Carow, DDR 1989)

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Film Screening Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:18:00 -0500 2019-02-15T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T22:30:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Ann ArBerlinale Film Festival
Ann ArBerlinale Film Festival (February 16, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60779 60779-14963960@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 16, 2019 10:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

A local film festival inspired by the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale). All screenings free and open to the public.

Friday February 15, 2019

6:45 pm Welcome and introduction

7pm The Marriage Circle
(Ernst Lubitsch, USA 1924)

9pm Sehnsucht / Longing
(Valeska Grisebach, Germany 2006)

Saturday February 16, 2019

10 am Welcome and introduction

10:15 am Angst essen seele auf Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
(Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany 1974)

1 pm Welcome and introduction

1:15 Die Legende von Paul und Paula / The Legend of Paul and Paula
(Heiner Carow, DDR 1972)

3:30 pm Coming Out
(Heiner Carow, DDR 1989)

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Film Screening Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:18:00 -0500 2019-02-16T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-16T17:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Ann ArBerlinale Film Festival
Black God, White Devil: Herzog and the Slavery Film (February 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60103 60103-14838288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

What are the dominant relations between race, capitalism and history in the slavery film? In this lecture Lund explores the possibilities and limits of this question, with special attention paid to Werner Herzog's unusual contribution to the genre, Cobra Verde (1987).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:50:44 -0500 2019-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Black God, White Devil: Herzog and the Slavery Film (February 20, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60103 60103-15054321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

What are the dominant relations between race, capitalism and history in the slavery film? In this lecture Lund explores the possibilities and limits of this question, with special attention paid to Werner Herzog's unusual contribution to the genre, Cobra Verde (1987).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:50:44 -0500 2019-02-20T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T13:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (February 22, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797482@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-02-22T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T12:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (March 1, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-03-01T11:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T12:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Babel and the language(s) of universal history in the Middle Ages (March 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59383 59383-14737052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

Universal histories - purporting to narrate all history from the Creation to now - were popular in the Middle Ages. One of the most widely disseminated universal histories - known as the "Histoire ancienne jusqu’à César" - was written in Flanders in French c.1210, but then circulated widely throughout the rest of the Middle Ages, particularly in Italy and the eastern Mediterranean, as well as in France, often in sumptuous illustrated copies. This lecture will focus upon the ideological freight of the "Histoire ancienne" being written and circulating in French in the light of the text’s own insistence on the value of being written ‘en nos lengue’. The analysis will draw on Jacques Derrida’s work on monolingualism and on the myth of a universal language, paying particular attention to the Histoire ancienne’s" account of Babel, to the different visual style of manuscripts from different places (the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, Italy and France), and to the narrator’s own repeated designation of the text’s language as ‘ours’. It will be argued that texts like the "Histoire ancienne" instantiate what might be called a ‘language network’ as opposed to the more familiar notions of a ‘language [or speech] community’ or indeed ‘textual community’.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:13:13 -0500 2019-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Captivated by the Mediterranean: Early Modern Spain and the Political Economy of Ransom (March 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61594 61594-15152455@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Judaic Studies

In 1608, Genoese naval forces took a thirteen-year-old Algerian girl named Fatima captive and sold her into slavery in Livorno, Italy. Her father almost succeeded in ransoming her, but days before her liberation she was forcibly converted and baptized as “Madalena.” In an unrelated incident, also in 1608, Algerian pirates captured the illegitimate son of the Spanish Marquis de Villena, and enslaved him in Algiers. While a captive, he was taken to Istanbul where, after attempting and failing to arrange his ransom, he converted to Islam. Piecing together these Mediterranean episodes from the archives leads to a third story beginning just a year after the capture of Fatima and Pacheco. In 1609, three Spanish Trinitarian friars were on the brink of departing for Spain with Christians they had redeemed from the Maghrib when the Algerian Governing Council detained them. At first glance, though they all occurred within a five-year period and in the same geographic area, these stories do not seem to have much to do with one another. Yet these different Mediterranean trajectories intersected and had strong effects on one another, whether through their ransom negotiations, for example, or in that one captive was taken as revenge for the imprisonment of another.

This talk explores the entangled experience of Muslim and Christian captives and by extension the connected histories of the Spanish Empire, Morocco, and Ottoman Algiers in the 17th-century. It argues that piracy, captivity, and redemption shaped the Mediterranean as an integrated region—at the social, political, and economic levels. The history that emerges of these stories is both local and Mediterranean. It offers a comprehensive analysis of competing Spanish, Algerian, and Moroccan imperial projects intended to shape Mediterranean mobility structures. Simultaneously, the project reveals the tragic upending of the lives of individuals by these imperial maritime political agendas. Reconstructing the webs that linked captives, captors, masters, kin, and rulers, we can see both the political economy of ransom and the processes by which these actors sought to shape it. These multiple cross-maritime interactions do more than counter an image of a declining 17th-century Mediterranean dissolving into nation-states. They force us to rethink early modern Europe and its others and to question how transnational maritime networks shaped seemingly European territorial identities.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:31:59 -0400 2019-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:30:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Judaic Studies Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (March 15, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-03-15T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Undergraduate Information Sessions (March 20, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62238 62238-15335284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

These events are geared towards undeclared students, who may have questions about the requirements for a German major or minor, about career choices that recent alums have done, about courses that we offer next semester (including upper-level courses taught in English that fulfill distribution requirements), about study-abroad or internship-abroad programs that help you expedite the process of completing requirements for German.

If you have questions, please contact Kalli Federhofer (kallimz@umich.edu, MLB 3422) or Mary Rodena-Krasan (mkrasan@umich.edu, MLB 3128).

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Reception / Open House Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:07:44 -0400 2019-03-20T16:30:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Reception / Open House Modern Languages Building
Polish Program Walk-In Advising (March 21, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62026 62026-15276100@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Polish Treats!

Swing by the Slavic department to learn more about the Polish program with our Polish advisor, Piotr Westwalewicz. This is an opportunity to sort out what classes to take in upcoming terms and learn more about your progress in the program.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:24:58 -0400 2019-03-21T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T16:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering walkin
Undergraduate Information Sessions (March 21, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62238 62238-15335285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

These events are geared towards undeclared students, who may have questions about the requirements for a German major or minor, about career choices that recent alums have done, about courses that we offer next semester (including upper-level courses taught in English that fulfill distribution requirements), about study-abroad or internship-abroad programs that help you expedite the process of completing requirements for German.

If you have questions, please contact Kalli Federhofer (kallimz@umich.edu, MLB 3422) or Mary Rodena-Krasan (mkrasan@umich.edu, MLB 3128).

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Reception / Open House Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:07:44 -0400 2019-03-21T16:30:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Reception / Open House Modern Languages Building
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (March 22, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-03-22T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T12:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
State as a Producer: The Role of Institutions in the Italian Film Industry (March 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62386 62386-15361878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Department of Film, Television, and Media

The post-war Italian cinema was organized as an industry or an artisan system? Did State intervention take place in terms of semi-authoritarian control or as a form of strategic support? Historians of Italian cinema have often debated about these questions and usually favored an interpretation of national film industry as a weak, politically-controlled system. The goal of this talk is to shed light on the role of the State in every phase of post-war film production, form training to funding, from the supply of production facilities to the management of film theaters. Case studies and archival materials will be presented in order to have a broader look on the entire value chain, taking account not only films and related quantitative data (box office, admissions, budget), but also the social and professional relations between the various players in the system.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:17:52 -0400 2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T18:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Department of Film, Television, and Media Lecture / Discussion poster
Polish Program Walk-In Advising (March 28, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62026 62026-15276101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Polish Treats!

Swing by the Slavic department to learn more about the Polish program with our Polish advisor, Piotr Westwalewicz. This is an opportunity to sort out what classes to take in upcoming terms and learn more about your progress in the program.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:24:58 -0400 2019-03-28T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering walkin
Open-Book Translation Contest (March 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62241 62241-15335294@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Students are invited to put their translation skills to the test by participating in the Seventh Annual University of Michigan German Department Open-Book Translation Contest! This contest will be judged by a panel of faculty members. The entries will be identified only by the student’s university ID number, making the judging anonymous. There will be monetary prizes of $150 for first place, $125 for second place, and $100 for third place!

Participants: All undergraduate University of Michigan students currently enrolled in a German course or who are registered as a German major or minor are welcome to participate.

Registration: All contest participants are required to register for the contest by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 25! To register contact Andrew Mills: ajmills@umich.edu.

Alternative times: If students can demonstrate that they cannot make the contest time due to their class schedule or work schedule constraints, an alternative time and location can be arranged. This alternative time must be arranged and confirmed before 5 p.m. on Monday, March 25, and must take place at some point during the day of Thursday, March 28.

Contest Rules: The contest will be held under the same conditions used by the American Translators Association (ATA) for its certification exam. Students will have approximately 70 minutes to translate a text by hand that will be provided for them. The translation will be from German to English. The contest will be held in “open book” format. Students will not have access to the internet, but may bring and use as many hardback or paperback dictionaries as they wish. All students receive the same text, which will be approximately 225-275 words in length. The contest must be written in (dark) pencil capable of being photo-copied for our judges. Students must bring their own pencils. Paper will be provided.

The text to be translated will be “general” in nature. This text expresses a view, sets forth an argument, or presents an idea or situation. Examples include: a newspaper article, an essay, or a passage from a non-fiction book. The contest passage is chosen in such a way as to avoid highly specialized terminology requiring research. There are, however, terminology challenges in the text, and knowledge of German culture, society, and history often is necessary for contestants to excel.

Challenge yourself! The worst that could happen is you discover how things stand with your translation skills. The best thing that could happen: you win some money!

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Other Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:31:46 -0400 2019-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T17:20:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (March 29, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-03-29T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T12:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Spielabend (April 3, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56041 56041-14777950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Join German Club for a night of German board games and trivia. If you have any questions, please contact Parker (pbhill@umich.edu) or Bridget (bridgloc@umich.edu).

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Recreational / Games Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:15:41 -0400 2019-04-03T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T20:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Recreational / Games Modern Languages Building
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (April 5, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797488@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-04-05T11:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
After Hybridity: Grafting as a Model for Cultural Translation (April 5, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61921 61921-15239145@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

The notion of cultural translation as it was developed by postcolonial studies attempts to cope not only with the foreignness of language, but also with 'the other' as a foreigner. In order to overcome various shades of 'othering,' Homi Bhabha and other postcolonial theorists have conceptualized interactions between different cultures as processes of hybridization.
I would like to propose an alternative model for describing processes of cultural translation, namely the model of grafting that has been used not only by Jacques Derrida as a metaphor for textual cut and paste operations, but also by Johann Gottfried Herder and Friedrich Schleiermacher for the purpose of coming to terms with the foreignness of other languages as well as other cultures.

Uwe Wirth holds the chair for German Literature and Cultural Theory at the German Department at the Julius-Liebig-University Giessen since 2007. From 2005 until 2007 he was the scientific coordinator at the Center for Advanced Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL) in Berlin.
In his dissertation, he addressed topics such as the theories of humor and stupidity (published 1999 under the title Diskursive Dummheit: Abduktion und Komik als Grenzphänomen des Verstehens, [Discursive Stupidity: Abduction and Comic as Border Phenomena of Understanding, 1999]. In his 'habilitation', he reconstructed the central role of editorial fiction in German literature 'around 1800' (published by the Fink Verlag under the title: Die Geburt des Autors aus dem Geist der Herausgeberfiktion. Editoriale Rahmung im Roman um 1800: Wieland, Goethe, Brentano, Jean Paul und E.T.A. Hoffmann [The Birth of the Author from the Spirit of Editorial Fiction. Editorial framing in the novel around the year 1800: Wieland, Goethe, Brentano, Jean Paul and E.T.A. Hoffmann]. His current research interest is the model of grafting as a model for intercultural relationships as well as a metaphor of inscription and quotation.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:00:46 -0400 2019-04-05T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Uwe Wirth, Justus Liebig University
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (April 12, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797489@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-04-12T11:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T12:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Afrofuturist Challenges to Humanism: The Fiction of Sharon Dodua Otoo (April 12, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60389 60389-14868648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

In her short story, “Herr Gröttrup setzt sich hin,” Sharon Otoo engages with the topic of posthumanism from an Afrofuturist perspective in this parody of an encounter between a German married couple at breakfast. Riffing on famous German comic Loriot’s sketch, “The Breakfast Egg,” which mocked the lack of communication between husbands and wives from the perspective of the husband, Otoo’s story is a feminist re-reading of this scenario that strips the white man of his agency by granting agency to a breakfast egg that has refused to cook properly. In this story, the posthumanist strategy of granting agency and reflection to non-human objects allows readers to consider who else in German history might have been treated similarly – Women? People of color? Queer folx? It is therefore fitting that the story ends with Herr Gröttrup’s interaction with his non-German maid, a woman whose presence he was unaware of until then because her status as a woman, a domestic worker and a non-German made her and her labor invisible to him. It is only on the day that he contemplates the possibility of the egg having agency that he is able to really see the others who populate his world.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Apr 2019 08:26:32 -0400 2019-04-12T15:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Layne
Songs of Hamburg (April 16, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62713 62713-15434131@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

'Die Hamburgers' präsentieren die Hamburg Erfahrung:
Hamburger Schule und Schiffe
Dienstag, 16. April, 8:00 p.m.
Modern Languages Building 1220 (Aud 1)
Snacks und Konversation danach.

1. Aber andererseits, Die Sterne
2. Lass uns reden, Madsen
3. De Hamborger Veermaster, Altes Seemannslied
4. Alles auf einmal, Selig
5. Hilf, Komm gib mir deine Hand, Sie kommt nicht mehr, Beatles in Hamburg Medley
6. Vergebliches Ständchen, Brahms
7. Neuer Morgen, Blumfeld
8. Flammende Rosen, Zierde der Erden, Händel
9. Cello, Udo Lindenberg
10. Tanz mit mir (Haifischpolka), Anna Depenbusch

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Performance Fri, 29 Mar 2019 14:19:11 -0400 2019-04-16T20:00:00-04:00 2019-04-16T21:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Performance songs of hamburg flyer 2019
Screendance Class Showing (April 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62937 62937-15520064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 10:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Come see the final project of this semester's Screendance students.

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Performance Wed, 10 Apr 2019 15:17:51 -0400 2019-04-19T10:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Screendance
Conversation and Free-Writing Hour (April 19, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59921 59921-14797490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 11:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Informal conversation and free-writing activities. Open to all levels of students.
Conducted by Shubhangi Dabak (dabaks@umich.edu) - contact her for more info!
If you ask Shubhangi to email your instructor that you were there, you can use this to make up 2 "A&P points" in 101-232.

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Other Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:51 -0500 2019-04-19T11:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Germanic Languages & Literatures Other Modern Languages Building
Polish Wet Monday / Czech Pomlázka Monday (April 22, 2019 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62884 62884-15486004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 4:15pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Experience Slavic Easter Monday traditions like Polish Śmigus-dyngus/Wet Monday and Czech Pomlázka Monday! Delicious food will be provided! There will be a pomlázka braiding demonstration as well.
Open to everyone!

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:52:10 -0400 2019-04-22T16:15:00-04:00 2019-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering 2019 polish wet monday czech pomlazka monday
Cookie and Coffee Study Break (April 29, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63422 63422-15692040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 29, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

Join us at MLB Media Center for a Cookie and Coffee study break this evening! Enjoy complimentary snacks and take a break from studying!

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Reception / Open House Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:16:47 -0400 2019-04-29T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-29T20:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building LSA Technology Services Reception / Open House Modern Languages Building
How We Used Virtual Reality to Encourage Critical Thinking, and Experiential Learning (May 7, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62864 62864-15485941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 10:00am
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

Join us for a recap of a pilot experience, AMCULT 358: Virtual Reality and Empathy. This mini-course provided approximately 20 students with an opportunity to experience a new technology – virtual reality – from several perspectives, including critical thinking, experiential learning, and as a “maker” of creative content in the form of a final project. After introducing the highlights of how the course was structured, we will discuss lessons learned from the instructor’s point of view as well as from a technical support perspective.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:10:31 -0400 2019-05-07T10:00:00-04:00 2019-05-07T11:50:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar Modern Languages Building
Lowering Barriers to Learning: Increase Access to Course Materials with UDOIT (May 9, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63284 63284-15612036@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: LSA Technology Services

This hands-on workshop introduces UDOIT, a Canvas-based tool that can be used to check course materials in Canvas for common accessibility issues. UDOIT scans materials and reports the results to the instructor, along with recommendations for how to fix issues. Many issues can be fixed from inside the report page itself! If you’re not sure how to increase the accessibility of your materials, this is an excellent tool to start with. To get the most out of this session, you will need access to a Canvas course with some content or files in it for the hands-on portion.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 19 Apr 2019 12:20:28 -0400 2019-05-09T13:00:00-04:00 2019-05-09T14:50:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building LSA Technology Services Workshop / Seminar Modern Languages Building