Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Evoking Enlightenment: The Rise of Poetic Language in Early Tantric Ritual (March 6, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47859 47859-11033305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

With the advent of the tantras came an unprecedented interest in the imagination, aesthetic experience, and poetic expression. At key moments in tantric ritual practice, poetic language began to be used to evoke a taste of awakening. The shift is seen most clearly in early tantric ritual manuals, the documents of lived Buddhist practice, examples of which will be drawn from the Dunhuang archive and analyzed for the kinds of literary moves they make.

Jacob Dalton, Khyentse Foundation Distinguished Professor in Tibetan Buddhism, University of California, Berkeley, holds joint appointments in the departments of East Asian Languages and Culture and South and Southeast Asian Studies, for which he currently serves as chair. After working for three years (2002-05) as a researcher with the International Dunhuang Project at the British Library, he taught at Yale University (2005-2008) before moving to Berkeley. He works on tantric ritual, Nyingma Religious history, paleography, and the Dunhuang manuscripts. He is the author of "The Taming of the Demons: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Tantra" (Columbia University Press, 2016), and co-author of "Tibetan Tantric Manuscripts from Dunhuang: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Stein Collection at the British Library" (Brill, 2006). He is currently working on a study of tantric ritual in the Dunhuang Manuscripts.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:08:21 -0500 2018-03-06T11:30:00-05:00 2018-03-06T12:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Jacob P. Dalton, Khyentse Foundation Distinguished University Professor in Tibetan Buddhism, East Asian Languages and Cultures; Chair, South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (March 6, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49186 49186-11386619@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:57:07 -0500 2018-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 2018-03-06T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Orientation 1 (March 6, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50438 50438-11748343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Welcome to OS!
Organizational Studies Orientation will introduce our new cohort to the wide array of academic, leadership, and social experiences available in the program.
At this event, you will get to know your new cohort, learn more about the program's curriculum, meet faculty, staff, and current students, and have an opportunity to ask questions!
Dinner served.

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Other Sat, 24 Feb 2018 14:06:47 -0500 2018-03-06T17:30:00-05:00 2018-03-06T19:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Organizational Studies Program (OS) Other orientation
CREES Noon Lecture. "The Housing Question" in Eastern Europe Today: Gentrification in Post-Socialist Cities (March 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47878 47878-11035903@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

An increasing number of scholars have asked if "gentrification" is a concept applicable in the post-socialist cities, but also what theories about gentrification can contribute to the understanding post-socialist condition, and what "Western" theories might learn from the specificities of gentrification in post-socialist contexts. The lecture will explore these questions by outlining eight core findings and three gaps in the knowledge about the class remaking of cities of Eastern Europe and FSU. Three gaps stand out in the existing urban studies literature on gentrification in Eastern Europe: the key role of Friedrich Engels’ ideas on housing nationalization from the "The Housing Question;" the linkages between housing restitution, evictions, and gentrification; and the problematic assumptions about time and temporality of gentrification. Despite its pros and cons, using the concept of gentrification has the potential to expand the public agenda with conversations about shrinking affordable housing, uneven development, and structural violence in urban Eastern Europe. Cities of Eastern Europe may contribute to gentrification theories through an increased attention to property rights transformations and through a better understanding of the politics of portable knowledge across the world.

Liviu Chelcea (PhD anthropology, 2004, U-M) is an urban anthropologist and professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Bucharest, Romania. Currently a Fulbright Senior Researcher at the New School for Social Research, he is interested in urban infrastructures, especially water infrastructures and tap water in New York City and Bucharest. In the past, he wrote on housing, gentrification, segregation, parking, time, work, and deindustrialization. His research has been published in "City," "Comparative Studies in Society and History," "International Journal of Urban and Regional Research," "Eurasian Geography and Economics," "Anthropology of Work Review," "Political and Legal Anthropology Review," "Time and Society," and "SAPIENS."

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 05 Feb 2018 12:58:57 -0500 2018-03-07T12:00:00-05:00 2018-03-07T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Liviu Chelcea
BLI Capstone Program - Info Sessions (March 7, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50261 50261-11698719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 7, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Do you have a great idea or are you currently working on a project? Are you interested in learning more about the resources and funding available through BLI? Learn how the BLI Capstone Experience will provide you with the funding and resources necessary to make your vision a reality.

Capstone Program Overview: Great leaders understand the value of using quality data to inform decision-making. The ability to identify, collect, and analyze relevant information is a vital skill in order to thrive in today’s world. The BLI Capstone Experience provides project teams with access to mentors whose careers are built on evidence-based leadership, ongoing professional development, and up to $10,000 of financial support.

Join us at one of two upcoming information sessions to learn more.
RSVP Here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/1353

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Presentation Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:19:59 -0500 2018-03-07T19:00:00-05:00 2018-03-07T20:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Presentation Capstone
US-Japan Relations: Past, Present, and Future (March 8, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50051 50051-11630734@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 8, 2018 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

This conference convenes experts to discuss the history and future of the US-Japan relations, arguably the most important bilateral relationship in the world in the last century and a half. Drawing on the book, "The History of US-Japan Relations: From Perry to the Present", but going beyond what is covered in the book, the three panels examine US-Japan relations in different historical periods and in different policy arenas, with a view to producing insights into how this bilateral relationship has shaped and will shape the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

Welcome & Introductory Remarks (10:00am)

Kiyoteru Tsutsui, University of Michigan

Panel 1: US-Japan Relations from the Late 19th to Mid-20th Century (10:15am-12:15pm)

Facilitator: Mary Gallagher, University of Michigan

Kaoru Iokibe, University of Tokyo; “Japanese Modernization under American Intervention and Isolation”

Frederick Dickinson, University of Pennsylvania; “Asian-American Century: 1920s Japan, 21st Century China and the Rise and Fall of a Global America”

Fumiaki Kubo, University of Tokyo; “From Rivals, Enemies, to Allies: US-Japan Relations from 1920s to 1940s”

Adam Liff, Indiana University; “The Power of Example and the Changing Nature of Power”

Panel 2: US-Japan Economic Relations and Multilateral Frameworks (1:30-3:30pm)

Facilitator: Alan Deardorff, University of Michigan

Masayuki Tadokoro, Keio University; “Economic Rivalries between Allies: The US-Japan Economic Frictions in the 1980s”

Wendy Cutler, Asia Society; “Prospects for U.S. Return to TPP-11”

Christina Davis, Princeton University; “Japan and the Multilateral Trade Regime”

Takako Hikotani, Columbia University; “Stepping Up: Japan’s Contributions to the Liberal Democratic Order”

Panel 3: US-Japan Alliance and Security in East Asia (3:45-5:45 pm)

Facilitator: Melvyn Levitsky, University of Michigan

Sheila Smith, Council on Foreign Relations; “North Korea and U.S. Alliance Responses in Asia”

Andrew Oros, Washington College; “The Alliance Role in Managing Uncertainty in East Asia’s New Security Environment”

Koji Murata, Doshisha University; “Japanese Domestic Politics and US-Japan Relations”

Makoto Iokibe, Kobe University; “US-Japan Leadership in the Post-9/11 East Asia”

Concluding Remarks (5:45pm)

John Ciorciari, University of Michigan

Reception (6:00-7:00 pm)

Organized by the Center for Japanese Studies and International Policy Center, University of Michigan.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:58:57 -0500 2018-03-08T10:00:00-05:00 2018-03-08T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Conference / Symposium US-Japan Relations: Past, Present and Future
Computational Social Science Methods Workshop - "Data Visualization for Social Science" (March 9, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49832 49832-11543794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

This workshop is a hands-on introduction to the principles and practice of data visualization, using R and ggplot. We will review some basic principles, discussing how good visualizations are rooted in understanding the way we perceive properties like length, absolute and relative size, and color. We will learn how to make and refine plots using ggplot's "grammar of graphics", a powerful framework for producing high-quality visualizations in a coherent and reproducible way.

Registration is limited to 30 persons.
Registration open Feb. 15 9am
Participation Limited to Faculty, Staff, Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:07:48 -0500 2018-03-09T09:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Kieran Healy headshot
CSEAS Fridays at Noon Lecture Series. The Unfilled Vacuum: ASEAN and American Decline in Southeast Asia (March 9, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46943 46943-10703017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Increasingly, Southeast Asian states fear that the United States is an unreliable ally. This feeling has been growing since the end of the Cold War. In the 1990s, the US and Southeast Asian clashed over the “Asian values debate” and predatory American actions during the Asian economic crisis. In the 2000s, Southeast Asia was alarmed by growing American imperial overstretch in the aftermath of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The inability of the Obama administration to “rebalance” American foreign policy towards the Asia Pacific was a further cause for concern. Today, the erratic behavior of the Trump administration is adding to regional instability and uncertainty. A security vacuum is opening in Southeast Asia. China wants to fill this vacuum, but it is distrusted in the larger region. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sees one of its purposes as shaping the regional security environment. Can it fill the hole left by the changing American regional role?

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Nov 2017 14:06:36 -0500 2018-03-09T12:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
WCED Lecture. Never Remember: Searching for Stalin's Gulags in Putin's Russia (March 9, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48520 48520-11243809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 9, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

The Gulag was a monstrous network of labor camps in the Soviet Union that held and killed millions of prisoners from the 1930s to the 1950s. More than half a century after the end of Stalinist terror, the geography of the Gulag has been barely sketched and the number of its victims remains unknown. Has the Gulag been forgotten? Writer Masha Gessen and photographer Misha Friedman set out across Russia in search of the memory of the Gulag. They journey from Moscow to Sandarmokh, a forested site of mass executions during Stalin’s Great Terror; to the only Gulag camp turned into a museum, outside of the city of Perm in the Urals; and to Kolyma, where prisoners worked in deadly mines in the remote reaches of the Far East. They find that in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, where Stalin is remembered as a great leader, Soviet terror has not been forgotten: it was never remembered in the first place.

Books by the authors will be available to purchase from Literati following the lecture.

Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist and the best-selling biographer of Vladimir Putin. A staff writer at The New Yorker, her work appears regularly in The New York Times and many other publications. She has published numerous books on topics including Putin’s Russia, the protests of Pussy Riot, and the Tsarnaev brothers who were responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings. Gessen is an outspoken critic of the re-imposition of totalitarian structures in Russia and a strong advocate for LGBTQ rights. She is a visiting professor at Amherst College and a resident of New York City.

Misha Friedman is an award-winning photographer whose work is regularly featured in The New Yorker, Time, Der Spiegel, Le Monde and The New York Times. Never Remember is Friedman’s third book. Previous work in Ukraine and Russia has covered corruption, private lives of LGBTQ people, and the faith of reforms. Friedman has degrees in economics and political science from Binghamton University and London School of Economics. He worked in finance and later in humanitarian aid with Doctors Without Borders before turning to photography. A native of Moldova, he lives with his family in New York City.

This project was made possible in part by a major grant from the Wallenberg Executive Committee and the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:37:06 -0500 2018-03-09T19:00:00-05:00 2018-03-09T21:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Magadan by Misha Friedman
Saturday Morning Physics | Spins, Magnetism and Computers (March 10, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48128 48128-11180723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 10, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

How do computers work, and what is a hard drive? There has been tremendous progress in making computers faster and smaller, but what comes next? In this talk, Professor Vanessa Sih will describe the role that spin and magnets play in today's computers and in proposed future technology.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:20:50 -0500 2018-03-10T10:30:00-05:00 2018-03-10T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Lab
II Arts of Islam Symposium (March 12, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47832 47832-11022890@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 12, 2018 9:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

What are contemporary expressions of self and community in the context of Islam? This cross-disciplinary symposium highlights contemporary expressive performance and visual work that engage with Islam in everyday life. The event is a collaborative effort bringing together regional centers at the International Institute and partners across campus and the community. This event is funded in part by Title VI NRC grants from the U.S. Department of Education.

10:00am: Welcome Remarks

10:15 to 11:45
Panel I: Literature and Poetry

Muhammad Ali: "Beauty and Piety in Contemporary Indonesian Islamic Literature" (University of California, Riverside)
Kamelya Youssef: "Frayed Towel Made Holy: Prayer [rug] for this Nonbeliever" (Detroit-based poet, organizer, student, and teacher)
Khaled Mattawa: "On Not Finding the Center" (U-M)
Moderator: Nancy Florida (U-M)

1:00-2:30
Panel II: Music and Dance

Adil Johan: "Intimacies of Popular Islam in Malaysian Film Music" (Institute for Ethnic Studies, National University of Malaysia)
Fatou-Seydi Sarr: "Immigration and Criminalization--Teaching through African Dance" (African Bureau for Immigration and Social Affairs, Detroit)
Inna Naroditskaya: "Weaving Mugham and Carpet into Baku's Sounding Architecture" (Northwestern University)
Moderator: Christi-Anne Castro (U-M)

2:45-3:45
Panel III: Visual Arts

Murad Khan Mumtaz: "Modern and Contemporary Miniaturist Painting in Pakistan: A Practitioner’s Perspective" (University of Virginia)
Laila Hotait: "Nostalgia as a Tool in the Arts for the Construction of Arab-American Identities" (University Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico)
Moderator: Nachiket Chanchani (U-M)

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:37:12 -0500 2018-03-12T09:30:00-04:00 2018-03-12T16:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Conference / Symposium logo
LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Between Arming and Disarming: The Culture and Politics of Private Gun Ownership in Modern China (March 13, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48514 48514-11243804@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, private gun ownership became surprisingly common. Civilian ownership of guns not only contributed to persistent social violence, but also transformed power structurers in local society and accelerated local militarization, changing the balance of power between state and society. The decision that each political entity made about how to deal with armed civilians had profound effects in the national political arena.

Lei Duan is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Liebethal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan. His main research interest is social violence and state power in China. His current book project focuses on private gun ownership and its sociocultural and political implications in modern China from 1860 to 1949. He received his PhD in 2017 from the Department of History at Syracuse University, obtained an MA in History from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2011, and his BA from Nankai University in 2008.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:42:11 -0500 2018-03-13T11:30:00-04:00 2018-03-13T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Lei Duan, Postdoctoral Scholar, U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
CMENAS & LACS Filmscreening. Crayons of Askalan by Dr. Laila Hotait Salas (followed by Q&A with the filmmaker) (March 13, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50099 50099-11642047@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Film Description: This creative hybrid documentary is based on the true story about the Palestinian artist Zuhdi Al Adawi, who in 1975 at the age of just 15 years was convicted to 15 years' imprisonment, which he served in the Israeli high-security prison Askalan. It was only thanks to the help of his fellow inmates and their families that he managed to survive mentally. Colour crayons that were smuggled in became his only contact with the outside world - not through letters, but through his distressed and allegorical drawings, which are brought to life in partially animated sequences.

Filmmaker Bio: Laila Hotait Salas, Ph.D, is a Lebanese-Spanish filmmaker and artist. Her academic work deals with Arab contemporary cinema and its filmmakers.

As a filmmaker herself, her first documentary film, ‘Crayons of Askalan’ (2011) has been presented in more than 20 film festivals, including Hot Docs, the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, CPH:DOX and DocsDF. Her sound art works have been presented at international venues such as the Centre Pompidou, the Kunst-im-Tunnel Museum Düsseldorf and several art galleries. Hotait was selected by the CPH:LAB as an international emerging film talent in 2011. Her work has received support from institutions including the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, the Sundance Documentary Fund Program, Screen Institute Beirut and the Doha Film Institute and is currently developing a feature film that was selected by Cine Qua Non Lab residency program.

Laila Hotait has been teaching film writing and directing at the University Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, for five years.

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Film Screening Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:21:14 -0500 2018-03-13T14:30:00-04:00 2018-03-13T16:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Film Screening film_image
WCED Lecture. Rights in Peril in the Philippines: How Rights Are Wronged and How We Fight Back (March 13, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47506 47506-10940117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

The Philippines is the oldest democracy in Asia. Once priding itself as the bastion of progressive thought on human rights, the country transitioned from decades of authoritarianism to democracy through an exemplary bloodless revolution. Recently, however, the country has faced deep challenges to the protection and promotion of human rights including mass killings in a drug war and attempts to stifle and silence watchdog institutions. In this public lecture, Chito Gascon will draw on his decades of work as a political activist and social reformer, and share his reflections on the social and political challenges to human rights and democracy in the Philippines.

Jose Luis Martin “Chito” Gascon was appointed in 2015 by President Benigno S. Aquino III as Chair of the Human Rights Commission of the Philippines, and his term will last until 2022. He has been active in public and government service for more than 30 years, at one time holding positions at the Department of Education and Office of the President. His continuing reform advocacies are in the areas of human rights, access to justice and the rule of law, transparency and accountability initiatives, political and electoral reforms, peace and conflict transformation, people’s participation and civic education, and state building in the context of democratic transitions. He holds bachelor’s degrees in philosophy and law from the University of the Philippines, and a master of law (LLM) degree specializing in International Law (Human Rights, Law of Peace, and Settlement of International Disputes) from Cambridge University as a member of St. Edmund's College through a joint British Chevening and Cambridge Overseas Trust Scholarship.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 31 Jan 2018 08:49:53 -0500 2018-03-13T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-13T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Chito Gascon
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: General Info Session (March 14, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49211 49211-11395002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will provide an overview of the program and provide basic details related to the application and campus process.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:32:08 -0500 2018-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Donia Human Rights Center Lecture. Soldiers and Kings: Violence, Representation, and Photoethnographic Practice in the Context of Human Smuggling Across Mexico (March 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49687 49687-11498701@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Since 2015, Jason De León has been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented migrants across Mexico. In this talk, he will discuss the relationship between transnational gangs and the human smuggling industry and outline the complicated role that photography plays as a field method and data source in this violent and ethically challenging ethnographic context.

This lecture will be accompanied by a photo exhibit by the same title of the lecture. The exhibit will be available for viewing on the 10th floor of Weiser Hall prior to and following the lecture.

Jason De León is Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Director of the Undocumented Migration Project. His book "The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail" was published by the University of California in 2015. De León was awarded a MacArthur Genius Grant in 2017.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:44:52 -0500 2018-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion logo
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Yusin Redux: Satire and Democratization in South Korea (March 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48529 48529-11243829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

Ahead of a hotly contested presidential race in 2012, a controversial painting by the artist Hong Sŏng-dam depicted the then candidate Park Geun-hye giving birth to her famous father, whose Yusin regime (1972-1979) had once turned South Korea into an anticommunist police state. The painting proved prescient. The four years that followed Park Geun-hye's victory at the polls may be characterized as Yusin Redux for its systematic attempt to roll back the democratic process in order to vindicate or reinstate the legacies of her father's rule. Looking back on Park Geun-hye's presidency from the vantage point opened up by its abortive end in impeachment, this talk will analyze several important cultural works of satire as examples of "laughtivism" in order to reflect on the significance of Yusin Redux in the history of South Korean democratization.

Youngju Ryu is Associate Professor of Korean Literature at the University of Michigan. Her publications include Writers of the Winter Republic: Literature and Resistance in Park Chung Hee's Korea (University of Hawai'i Press, 2016) and Cultures of Yusin: South Korea in the 1970s, forthcoming from the University of Michigan Press.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:25:22 -0500 2018-03-14T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-14T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Yusin Redux: Satire and Democratization in South Korea
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Embodied Memory and Affective Imagination: Experiencing Food Allergies in Contemporary Japan (March 15, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47162 47162-10802665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 15, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Food allergies are on the increase across the industrialized world. Allergens are something that allergic bodies (over)react to (to varying degrees), but they can also become more than that. Individuals with experience of severe food allergies tend to be attuned to the presence of their allergens in their wider environments. Through embodied memory and affective imagination, allergens become more than a substance, protein or material: they become agents that are enacted through affective meshworks (Ingold 2011). This talk looks at the ways in which people dealing with severe food allergies develop and enact an embodied skill-set, built on embodied memory, affective imagination and their surrounding environment, that is enacted to mitigate the risk of severe reactions.

Emma E. Cook is a social anthropologist with interests ranging from gender, the body, food, health, risk, emotion, and affect. Her current research cross-culturally explores the social, embodied and affective experiences of food allergies in Japan and the UK, and is funded by a JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C).

Cosponsored by the Science, Technology, and Society Program.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Feb 2018 11:07:46 -0500 2018-03-15T11:30:00-04:00 2018-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Emma Cook, Associate Professor, Modern Japanese Studies Program, Hokkaido University, Japan
Computational Social Science Methods Workshop - "An Introduction to Machine Learning for Social Scientists" (March 16, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49833 49833-11546595@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Workshop Description: This workshop will introduce participants to key ideas from machine learning, with a focus on how predictive modeling can be used to advance social science research. We will discuss how to fit and evaluate models so as to adequately balance explanatory and predictive power, covering concepts such as overfitting, cross-validation, and regularization. Participants will spend time
working through examples in R.

Registration is limited to 30 persons.
Registration open Feb. 15 9am
Participation Limited to Faculty, Staff, Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Feb 2018 18:00:52 -0500 2018-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Jake Hofman Headshot
Lunch and Learn - Meet and Greet (March 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51023 51023-11942010@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Lunch and Learn - Meet and Greet!
March 16 | 12-1:30 pm | 8th Floor Weiser Hall

Just started the lab and want to connect with other students? Have you already completed the lab and want to interact with fellow BLI members?
Come join us for our Meet & Greet featuring Burrito Joint!
We'll be sharing opportunities that you can take advantage of in the BLI, in addition to answering any questions regarding ways that you can stay involved in the program (including our upcoming BLI Retreat). Hope to see you there!

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Meeting Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:06:24 -0400 2018-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-16T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Meeting Lunch and Learn
ASC 10th Anniversary Symposium. ASC: The First Decade and Beyond (March 17, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48668 48668-11265198@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 17, 2018 9:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: African Studies Center

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the University of Michigan African Studies Center (ASC). Since its founding in 2008, ASC has successfully deepened, and brought higher visibility to, longstanding U-M/Africa institutional partnerships, especially in Ghana and South Africa, and supported new collaborations with universities in Ethiopia, Cameroon, Liberia, and Uganda (to name a few).

Our major commemorative event will be a three-day symposium entitled, “ASC: The First Decade and Beyond.” The symposium will provide a glimpse into an environment rich in collaborations, research, and engagement in and about Africa, highlighting projects that have truly transformed our engagement with Africa over the last ten years, and setting a foundation as we envision our way forward.

Featured events include:
» Panels of faculty and African partners representing ASC’s initiatives—African Heritage and Humanities Initiative, African Social Research Initiative, STEM-Africa, Ethiopia-Michigan Collaborative Consortium, and the U-M African Presidential Scholars program;

» Poster presentations by current students;
» Roundtable featuring U-M alumni living and working in Africa

» Presidential Panel with Mark Schlissel, University of Michigan (current); Mary Sue Coleman, University of Michigan (2002-2014); Emmet Dennis, University of Liberia (2008-2017); James Duderstadt, University of Michigan (1988-1996); Uphie Chinje Melo, University of Ngaoundéré, Cameroon (current); Ophelia Weeks, University of Liberia (current)

ASC’s 10th-year anniversary symposium is made possible with the generous support of our cosponsors and donors: Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, International Institute, Institute for Social Research, LSA Opportunity Hub, Office of the Provost, Rackham Graduate School, and Researching Fresh Solutions to the Energy/Water/Food Challenge in Resource Constrained Environments (REFRESCH)

All events are free and open to the public. Registration requested at: bit.ly/asc10-register

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:30:45 -0400 2018-03-17T09:30:00-04:00 2018-03-17T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall African Studies Center Conference / Symposium asc10-image
Saturday Morning Physics | Using Physics to Fish for Cells (March 17, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48129 48129-11180724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 17, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

The separation and detection of cells, DNA, and proteins from blood samples is essential for testing diseases, drug development, and biological research. This talk will discuss how physics is being used to separate cells and will include emerging approaches that range from magnetics to microbubbles. Dr. McNaughton will also include several demos of these technologies.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:20:17 -0500 2018-03-17T10:30:00-04:00 2018-03-17T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Cells
WCEE Lecture. Recounting Twenty Years of Archaeological Research in Albania and Kosovo: Apollonia, Theth, Shkodra, and Peja (March 18, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48933 48933-11331178@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 18, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

Michael Galaty and Sylvia Deskaj are archaeologists who have conducted research in Albania since the late 1990s. In this joint presentation they describe projects at Apollonia in central Albania, Shala in the Albanian Alps, and Shkodra in northern Albania. They also outline a new program of archaeological research, to begin this summer in Peja, Kosovo. The talk will be copiously illustrated, depicting the incredible beauty of Albania and Kosovo's fascinating archaeological sites and heritage.

This lecture will include brief presentations by students who received the Albanian Community Fellowship from the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Mar 2018 10:03:28 -0500 2018-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-18T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Lecture / Discussion Galaty Deskaj
Prediction with network covariates and applications to brain connectomics. (March 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51132 51132-11976206@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

CSAAW WORKSHOP
Abstract:
Motivated by applications in neuroscience, in this talk, I will present some methodology for studying samples of networks. The brain is a system composed of multiple units interacting with each other, and hence it can be represented as a network. Imaging techniques have made possible to analyze the connectivity between regions in the brain using brain networks. Moreover, the availability of data from multiple subjects allows us to study these networks at the population level, which can help us to understand the characteristics of the brain connectivity under different conditions, such as brain disorders. I will talk about classification of networks, and present a method able to identify important nodes for prediction, and supervised community detection, in which the goal is to identify partitions of the nodes that can distinguish between different populations.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:05:16 -0400 2018-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-19T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar diagram from the paper
International Studies Alumni Career Panel (March 19, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48382 48382-11230542@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 19, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

The Program in International and Comparative Studies (PICS) will host the second annual International Studies Alumni Career Panel on March 19, 2018 in 1010 Weiser Hall (10th Floor). This alumni panel will showcase and celebrate the university’s rich history of contributions made by International Studies alumni, while providing valuable insight for current students as they start to develop their own career paths. The panel will include a student Q&A portion; a networking reception with light appetizers will follow.

PICS is home to the International Studies major and minor. Established in 2009, International Studies is one of the largest majors in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, with over 1,300 accomplished alumni worldwide. International Studies graduates pursue numerous career paths, many going on to work with corporations, non-profits, or government agencies, as well as progressing directly on to graduate school.

Learn where an International Studies major can take you!

Panelists:

Olubisi Ajetunmobi, Master in Health Informatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BA International Studies '15

Denzell Blockett, Blue Care Network, Southfield, MI
BA International Studies '16

Maggie Chu, Segment, San Francisco, CA
BA International Studies; BA Political Science; minor, Asian Languages and Cultures '14

Margi Goelz, American Councils for International Education, Washington, D.C.
BA International Studies; BA Middle East and North African Studies; minor, Community Action and Social Change; Honors '16

Quinn Konarska, Rebelhouse Group, Los Angeles, CA
BA International Studies; minors, Global Media Studies, and French and Francophone Studies '13

Danielle Lumetta, Accenture, San Francisco, CA
BA International Studies; BA German '13

Madison Malloch-Brown, The Estée Lauder Companies, New York, NY
BA International Studies; minor, Asian Languages and Cultures '14

Sumana Palle, Amazon, Chicago, IL
BA International Studies; BBA Business Administration '15

Xhensila (Janie) Velencia, The Card Bureau, Washington, D.C.
BA International Studies; BA Political Science; minor, Community Action and Social Change '13

Daniel Sack, MD/PhD Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
BA International Studies; minor, Biochemistry; Honors ‘16

Moderator:
Bryna Worner, Program in International and Comparative Studies and Donia Human Rights Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
BA International Studies; BA Political Science; BA Spanish '13

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:37:40 -0500 2018-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 2018-03-19T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Careers / Jobs photo
LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Resilience or Vulnerability? The Mixed Fate of Local Urbanizing Communities in China (March 20, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48517 48517-11243806@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The urbanization process in China reveals the ultimate struggle between two forms of socialist public property of the land (State and Collective ownership), and at the same time, a competition for the spoils of industrialization and urbanization between the state and the collectives (the villages).

Drawing mainly on cases in the peri-urban area of the Pearl River Delta, this talk will discuss aspects of China’s rapid urbanization. It will explore strategies that village collectives have put in place to defend their economic, social and cultural autonomy in the face of the desire of the state to both claim control of ever greater portions of the country’s collective land, and to urbanize as much as possible of the population.

In this process, creative forms of local organization and institutional innovation in China have developed, and some villages are thriving. The new strengths of the communities, however, also reveal new forms of vulnerability of the local communities.

Luigi Tomba is Director of the University of Sydney China Studies Centre. Before joining the Centre in 2017 he was for 15 years at the Australian National University, most recently as the Associate Director of the Australian Centre on China in the World. His work has always been concerned with cities and with the consequences of urbanization. His most recent book The Government Next Door: Neighborhood Politics in Urban China, was awarded the Association of Asian Studies 2016 Joseph Levenson Prize as best book on Post-1900 China.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 18 Jan 2018 15:25:27 -0500 2018-03-20T11:30:00-04:00 2018-03-20T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Luigi Tomba, Director, University of Sydney China Studies Centre
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (March 20, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49188 49188-11386620@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Snacks will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:55:47 -0500 2018-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 2018-03-20T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Info Session for Study/Research (March 21, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49214 49214-11395008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will detail specific components of the Fulbright application and provide helpful tips on how to design your application.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:48:57 -0500 2018-03-21T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-21T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
Professor Shinobu Kitayama to give the Robert B. Zajonc Collegiate Professorship in Psychology Inaugural Lecture - East and West: A Cultural Psychological Perspective (March 21, 2018 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47476 47476-10929756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 4:10pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Please join Dean Andrew Martin in honoring Professor Shinobu Kitayama on his appointment to the Robert B. Zajonc Collegiate Professor of Psychology.

The study of culture in psychology has come of age. I was fortunate to live this development through my professional career. Along with a number of colleagues, I have explored cultural pluralism – the hypothesis that there are multiple equilibriums in human cultural adaptation while relying on epistemological positivism – a set of scientific methods employed to evaluate claims made on different cultures. One primary domain of interest has been a macroscopic comparison between (relatively interdependent) East and (relatively independent) West. The resulting field is now called cultural psychology. In this lecture, I will discuss three core themes of the field and put forward new questions that have emerged on the horizon. Specifically, the success of cultural psychology was initially anchored in (i) an experimental approach to document cultural variations in mentality. Subsequently, it has been reinforced by both (ii) an effort to identify situational, historical, ecological, and, more recently, evolutionary forces that shape the contemporary cultural variations in mentality and (iii) the adoption of neuroscience methods to assess the “depth” of cultural influences on mentality. Now, the field is poised to address novel questions on the biological mechanisms that are recruited to support culture, including neuroplasticity, gene x culture co-evolution, and epigenetic pathways of socio-cultural adaptation.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:37:21 -0400 2018-03-21T16:10:00-04:00 2018-03-21T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion EWshin
Effects of invasions on the structure, stability and evolution of complex food webs (March 22, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49830 49830-11543792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Abstract: A critically important challenge in theoretical ecology is to better predict responses of ecological networks to global change, especially responses to increasing rates of species invasions. Invaders have been widely observed to trigger changes in species’ interactions and abundances and even cause catastrophic extinction cascades of native species. Classical food web models have focused on explaining and predicting such ecological responses on relatively short time scales. However, these models typically neglect changes in selection pressure on native species caused by the invaders and their subsequent effects on the structure and stability of food webs on longer time scales. I address these issues using an eco-evolutionary model containing both invasion and mutation events. It integrates classical assembly models, which describe the emergence of a food web via sequential invasions, with so-called evolutionary food web models or large community evolution models, which describe food web emergence via speciation due to small mutation steps. The model uses body masses and diets as the key traits that determine metabolic rates and species interactions. I vary the frequency of invasion events in relation to speciation events and the relatedness between native species and invaders. I then analyze the size of the emerging network (in terms of total biomass and number of morphs or ‘species’), its ecological and evolutionary stability, and its species turnover pattern. The results show that food webs evolve most diverse and accumulate the most biomass when being exposed to frequent invasions of species similar to native species. The system is also most stable in such invasion context, both evolutionary (i.e., lower variability in the number of morphs/species over time) and ecologically (i.e., lower variability in total biomass over time)

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Mar 2018 15:32:10 -0400 2018-03-22T11:30:00-04:00 2018-03-22T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar korinna graphic headshot
2018 Dr. Berj H. Haidostian Annual Distinguished Lecture | International Justice for Atrocity Crimes – Worth the Cost? (March 22, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47351 47351-10880001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 22, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

If you are unable to attend in person, this lecture will be streamed live on our website: https://ii.umich.edu/asp/news-events/all-events/haidostian-annual-lectures/2018-dr--berj-h--haidostian-annual-distinguished-lecture.html

Since the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in 1993, several efforts have been made around the globe to bring to justice political and military leaders responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Several different models of international tribunals were established for Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Cambodia and Lebanon. In 2002, the International Criminal Court began operations. Critics have labelled these efforts as too slow, too expensive and a hindrance to peace efforts. Have these international courts had any effect on the commission of atrocities in times of conflict? Do they serve the interests of victims or contribute in any way to post-conflict transitions? Mr. Koumjian will talk about the future prospects for international criminal law, and whether or not there will ever be a justice mechanism for atrocity crimes ongoing today in places like Syria, Yemen and Myanmar.

Nicholas Koumjian has worked at various international criminal tribunals for the past 17 years, including the International Criminal Court, International Court for the Former Yugoslavia, Special Panels for Serious Crimes in East Timor, State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Special Court for Sierra Leone. From 2007-2012, Mr. Koumjian was Senior Trial Attorney for the prosecution of Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia for crimes in Sierra Leone. Following his appointment by the United Nations Secretary General, he has served in Cambodia as the International Co-Prosecutor at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. In June 2017, he completed final arguments in the trial of Nuon Chea, “Brother Number 2” in the Khmer Rouge regime and Khieu Samphan, the former Head of State on charges for crimes committed by that regime between 1975-1979. It is estimated that almost 2 million people lost their lives during that regime and the charges include genocide, enslavement, forced marriage and rape.

Sponsored by the Armenian Studies Program, the Donia Human Rights Center, and the Program in International and Comparative Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:40:18 -0400 2018-03-22T19:00:00-04:00 2018-03-22T21:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion Nicholas Koumjian, International Co-Prosecutor
Saturday Morning Physics | Sound, Shapes and Photosynthesis: Physics is Everywhere (March 24, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48130 48130-11180725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 24, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

We also celebrate the Van Loo Saturday Morning Physics Lecture on this date.
(Three talks in one)
Entropy, Shape, and Phase Transition - Chrisy Xiyu Du (U-M Physics)
Using Femtosecond Spectroscopy to Illuminate Photosynthesis - Veronica Policht (U-M Physics)
Photosynthesis powers life on Earth. Following the initial absorption of light, the primary energy conversion steps in photosynthesis occur incredibly rapidly (10^-12 s), making it particularly challenging to study. We'll discuss how carefully timed sequences of ultrafast laser pulses enable us to take real-time snapshots that improve our understanding of this critical process.
The Sound Heard 'Round the World' - Brian Worthmann (U-M Applied Physics)
In everyday life, we as humans are used to sounds traveling anywhere from a few feet for a quiet conversation, up to a few miles for some of the loudest sounds. But in the ocean, a fascinating combination of physics allows sound to travel significantly much, much further. We'll talk about how sound travels in air, why it's different in the ocean, and why this fact was a closely guarded secret during the Cold War.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:12:44 -0400 2018-03-24T10:30:00-04:00 2018-03-24T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Plants
LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Qing Water Systems: A Multi-Environmental Perspective (March 27, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47860 47860-11033306@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

The Qing dynasty recognized that its empire’s multi-ecological conditions of water instability – in territories as diverse as the watery lower Yangzi delta and the arid Zunghar basin – precluded a single administrative solution applicable throughout its domains and would only be successful in the unification of Inner Asia and China proper to the extent Qing administration could implement this recognition in the form of regionally-sensitive policies. In this respect, a sustainable Qing empire was an exercise in adaptation to both human and ecological (i.e., “environmental”) conditions and not simply a struggle between competing human interests, often characterized in multi-ethnic terms.

David A. Bello received his PhD from the University of Southern California and is currently Elizabeth Lewis Otey Professor of East Asian Studies in the Department of History at Washington and Lee University. His main research interest is the environmental and borderland history of China’s last dynasty, the Qing (1644-1912). His latest book, "Across Forest, Steppe and Mountain: Environment, Identity and Empire in Qing China’s Borderlands," was published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press in its “Studies in Environment and History” series.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 14 Mar 2018 09:01:51 -0400 2018-03-27T11:30:00-04:00 2018-03-27T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion David Bello, Elizabeth Lewis Otey Professor of East Asian Studies, Department of History, Washington and Lee University
Cognitive Science Backpacking Party (March 27, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51318 51318-12052570@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

​​Meet with Lucius Anthony, Weinberg Institute Academic Program Specialist, to discuss Fall 2018 course registration. Get advice on courses, and receive the inside scoop on courses from Weinberg Institute staff while enjoying free pizza!

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 23 Mar 2018 09:24:52 -0400 2018-03-27T14:00:00-04:00 2018-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Workshop / Seminar pizza party flyer
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Info Session for English Teaching Assistantship (March 28, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49215 49215-11395013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will detail specific components of the Fulbright application and provide helpful tips on how to design your application.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:52:48 -0500 2018-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-28T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Crime of Violence: Forensic Medicine, Dead Bodies, & Legal Culture in Chosŏn Korea (March 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51176 51176-12010129@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

This lecture explores the theme of criminal justice in Chosŏn Korea (1392-1910) by investigating forensic medicine and the postmortem examination of dead bodies. It focuses on homicide cases to probe into the cultural meaning of interpersonal violence. Many homicide stories we find in legal archives continue to reflect in our present-day society. These stories provide a window for us to understand how criminal justice was socially and culturally shaped and altered over time. By analyzing a wide array of sources, including forensic texts, inquest reports, criminal records, legal codes, royal edicts, and veritable records, this study demonstrates the development of forensic medicine and how forensic practice was associated with Neo-Confucian concepts such as benevolent rule, leniency, and judicial prudence (hŭmhyul 欽恤).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 19 Mar 2018 14:25:04 -0400 2018-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-28T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Jisoo M. Kim, Department of History, George Washington University
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Childbirth and the Arts of Judgment in Medieval Japan (March 29, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47262 47262-10855073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

The organization of childbirth in elite households of medieval Japan (1185–1336) required serious planning and decisive orchestration. Although the initial preparations for an imperial consort’s labour could take several months, what were to unfold inside the secluded birth chamber could easily escalate into both medical and ritual emergencies and necessitate a swift response from the consort’s female and male relatives, ritual specialists, physicians, and midwives. Based on recently discovered medieval Buddhist manuscripts, visual sources, diaries, and court protocols, this talk will focus on the “gendered choreographies” taking place inside and outside the birth chamber and the actions of people who inhabited such spaces during the tense moments of royal consort’s labour.

Anna Andreeva (PhD, Cantab.) is a research fellow at the University of Heidelberg. She is the author of Assembling Shinto: Buddhist Approaches to Kami Worship in Medieval Japan (Harvard Asia Center, 2017) and a co-editor of Transforming the Void: Embryological Discourse and Reproductive Imagery in East Asian Religions (Brill, 2016).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Mar 2018 08:23:09 -0500 2018-03-29T11:30:00-04:00 2018-03-29T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion US-Japan Relations: Past, Present and Future
OS Info Night (March 29, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48231 48231-11191412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 29, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Want to learn more about Organizational Studies?

Join us to hear more about this interdisciplinary major based in social sciences where students customize their own education. Enjoy a small community of dedicated and ambitious students with access to top-notch faculty and an engaged alumni network.

You'll have the opportunity to hear from the Program Director, Major Advisor, Prospective Student Advisors, and a diverse panel of OS students!

Feel free to visit our website in the meantime for more information on the curriculum, application, or to sign-up for a prospective student advising meeting!

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Presentation Mon, 05 Mar 2018 15:54:51 -0500 2018-03-29T17:30:00-04:00 2018-03-29T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Organizational Studies Program (OS) Presentation OS Info Night
CSEAS Fridays-at-Noon Lecture Series. Social Media, Puppets, and Global Identities in Southeast Asia (March 30, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49713 49713-11498738@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 30, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Southeast Asians are among the most frequent users of Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter, primarily because of the extreme increase of smart phone availability. Thus, social media has become a new space for puppet artists and audiences around Southeast Asia to share and talk. Ownership, heritage, and identity remain key topics in the virtual space, just like they do in the physical spaces. This talk connects the local with the global through social media, recognizing that urban spaces exist not only as built physical structures—but are products of people’s imaginations. It is in these spaces that unique reclamations and promotions of traditional performing arts are happening in diverse ways.

Jennifer Goodlander is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance at Indiana University where she teaches Asian performance, theatre history, and performance studies. She is also Director of the Southeast Asian and ASEAN Studies Program. Her research has been published in numerous journals and edited book collections. Her book, Women in the Shadows: Gender, Puppets, and the Power of Tradition in Bali was published in 2016 by Ohio University Press. She recently completed a second book, Puppets and Cities: Articulating Identities in Southeast Asia, which is expected to be published in the fall of 2018. She is also the current president for the Association of Asian Performance. Jennifer performs Balinese shadow puppetry both nationally and internationally.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:14:46 -0500 2018-03-30T12:00:00-04:00 2018-03-30T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CSAS Lecture Series | The Rise of the Imperial Eunuchate under Emperor Aurangzeb, 1658-1707 (March 30, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41938 41938-9495459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 30, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

This talk examines the development of the imperial eunuchate during Emperor Aurangzeb's reign (1658-1707). Although the imperial eunuchate played an important role in the Mughal Empire from the middle of the sixteenth century onwards, Emperor Aurangzeb relied more heavily on eunuchs to press imperial goals than previous Mughal rulers. This dependence increased as he aged and faced political and military challenges on multiple fronts. This talk offers the first serious scholarly attempt to grapple with the complicated and long overlooked role of imperial eunuchs during Aurangzeb's reign and in seventeenth century Mughal India.

Munis D. Faruqui is a historian and Associate Professor in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies. He focuses on the Muslim experience in South Asia, especially during the Mughal period. His books include "Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719" (Cambridge, 2012), "Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History" (co-edited with Richard Eaton, David Gilmartin and Sunil Kumar)(Cambridge, 2013), and "Religious Interactions in Mughal India" (co-edited with Vasudha Dalmia)(Oxford, 2014). Dr. Faruqui is currently working on a book focused on the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (r. 1658-1707).

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Jan 2018 11:14:53 -0500 2018-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 2018-03-30T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Munis Faruqui
Create Your Own Ethereum Token (April 1, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51474 51474-12115443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 1, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Blockchain@Michigan

Create your own digital token on the Ethereum blockchain! This beginner technical workshop will introduce you to Solidity (programming on Ethereum), smart contracts, and fungible/non-fungible tokens. We will walk you through writing your own smart contract, you will deploy it, and you will interact with it on Ethereum!
Location - 747 Weiser Hall (new building near CC Little)

Event starts - 2:10 pm

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/576986312681518/

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Mar 2018 20:37:07 -0400 2018-04-01T14:00:00-04:00 2018-04-01T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Blockchain@Michigan Workshop / Seminar Create your own digital token on the Ethereum blockchain!
Human Rights Conference. Frontiers of Human Rights Research: Methodological Innovations and New Rights Issues (April 2, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47336 47336-10869001@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 2, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

April 2, 2018
9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
1010 Weiser Hall
500 Church Street, Ann Arbor

9:00-9:15 am Opening Remarks:
Welcome by Kiyoteru Tsutsui
Introductory remarks by Changrok Soh

9:15-10:30 am Panel I: Big Data and Human Rights (Presider: Taehee Whang)
Jeong-Woo Koo
Evolution of Human Rights as Cultural System: Probabilistic Topic Modeling of 116,000 South Korean
Newspaper Articles, 1990-2015
Charles Crabtree
Blurring the Lines: Rethinking Self-Censorship under Autocracy
David Suarez
Community Foundations, Human Rights, and the Legitimation of Advocacy
Discussant: Benjamin Appel (Michigan State University, Political Science)

10:45 am-12:00 pm Panel II: Collecting Human Rights Data (Presider: Youngsoo Yu)
Geoffrey Wallace
Violence, Non-violence, the Effects of International Human Rights Law
Chad Clay
Experts and State Obligations: Introducing the Human Rights Measurement Initiative
Hollie Brehm
Examining Transitional Justice Outcomes in Rwanda
Discussant: James Morrow (University of Michigan, Political Science)

1:00-2:15 pm Panel III: Human Rights and Family (Presider: Minzee Kim)
Amanda Murdie
Freedom from Childhood Marriage
Paul Chang
Claiming Rights: Narrating Belonging by Marriage Migrants in South Korea
Brian Gran
Cross-National Comparison of Abortion Policies Using fs-QCA
Discussant: Susan Waltz (University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy)

2:30-3:45 pm Panel IV: New Challenges in Human Rights (Presider: Jinwon Chung)
Hun Joon Kim
Measuring the Impact of Truth Commissions: A Lesson from the South Korean Cases
Alyssa Prorok
Understanding the Determinants of ICC Involvement: Legal Mandate, Power Politics, and the Quest
for Legitimacy
Daniel Connolly
New Rules for New Tools?: The Lawfare of Drones
Discussant: Kristina Daugirdas (University of Michigan, Law School)

4-5:30 pm Keynote Lecture (Moderator: Kiyoteru Tsutsui)
Beth Simmons The Future of Human Rights: Social Science Research and Reality on the Ground

5:30 Closing by Jeong-Woo Koo

This interdisciplinary conference convenes leading scholars of human rights engaged in cutting-edge research in terms of the methodologies they adopt and/or the topics they focus on. The last couple of decades has established human rights research as a new vibrant field in which scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds brought their insights to advance our understanding of human rights. We take stock of those developments and explore applications of new methodological approaches and examination of new human rights issues with a view to opening new horizons of human rights research.

The conference is free and open to the public.

Organized by the Donia Human Rights Center, University of Michigan and SSK (Social Science Korea) Human Rights Forum, Sungkyunkwan University; Co-sponsored by the Nam Center for Korean Studies, University of Michigan.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:29:16 -0400 2018-04-02T09:00:00-04:00 2018-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Conference / Symposium logo
Brazil Initiative Lecture. How to Become Good Neighbors: Educational and Cultural Relations Between the University of Michigan and Brazil (1938-1945) (April 2, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50469 50469-11771176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 2, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

In December 1938, during the Eighth International Conference of American States held in Lima, the University of Michigan announced the Brazilian Fellowship Program, combining funds from the university and from the Brazilian government. This came at a critical moment for Inter-American relations and the Good Neighbor Policy as the United States intensified its efforts to secure the cooperation of Latin American countries, given the rising war clouds in Asia and Europe. It was also a moment of strong disputes among Brazilian politicians within between those who supported Germany and those who supported the US. The Brazilian Fellowship Program was launched in 1939, and the University of Michigan claimed to be the first American university to establish exchange fellowships for graduate studies with Latin American countries. This presentation will discuss the intricate process of building this particular program of cultural and educational exchanges. At a moment when the US cultural diplomacy towards the “other American republics” was taking its first steps, this initiative mobilized various institutions, interests, and dynamics in the US and in Brazil. In examining the local practices of this particular experience of inter-American cultural relations, I will reflect on the negotiations, obstacles, tensions, and contingencies that characterized the transnational circulation of people and ideas in a time when Latin America was a laboratory for US cultural diplomacy.

Simone P. Kropf holds a PhD in History from the Universidade Federal Fluminense, in Brazil, and is a professor at the Graduate Program of the History of Sciences and Health at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, in Rio de Janeiro. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS). She has written about the history of biomedical sciences in Brazil in 20th century (particularly regarding tropical medicine and Chagas disease), the history of cardiology, and the history of scientific and cultural relations between the United States and Brazil.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:32:45 -0500 2018-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion simone_image
LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Gender, Gambling, and the State in the Militarized Islands between China and Taiwan (April 3, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47861 47861-11035886@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

When Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan in 1949, he still kept under occupation two archipelagos near China -- Kinmen and Matsu -- and transformed them into military islands (1949-92). When scholars study these islands, they mostly do so from the perspective of the Mao-Chiang conflict or global geopolitics. These islands are thus considered as the products of the Communist-Nationalist rivalry or confrontations of the Cold War. This talk, instead, aims to analyze this history from the perspective of the island society and culture, in particular, the islanders' gender relations and gambling habits. Dr. Lin will start with the period before the army arrived, discuss the population's experience of militarization during 1949-92, and indicate how gender and gambling culture can shed new light on our understanding of this history.

Wei-ping Lin received her PhD in Anthropology from Cambridge University. She joined the National Taiwan University in 1999, where she is a professor. She is affiliated with the Harvard-Yenching Institute during 2017-18. Her research concerns Chinese popular religion, including topics related to material culture, spirit mediums, and urban religious transformation. She is the author of "Materializing Magic Power: Chinese Popular Religion in Villages and Cities" (Harvard University Asia Center, 2015). During the year at Harvard, she will be writing a book manuscript about the role of imagination in the military outposts between China and Taiwan.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:51:12 -0400 2018-04-03T11:30:00-04:00 2018-04-03T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Wei-ping Lin, Professor of Anthropology, National Taiwan University
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (April 3, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50519 50519-11791000@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Light snack provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Feb 2018 10:08:33 -0500 2018-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-03T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: General Info Session (April 4, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49211 49211-11395003@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will provide an overview of the program and provide basic details related to the application and campus process.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:32:08 -0500 2018-04-04T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-04T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Kakao Talk, Rumors, and Political Engagement in Korea (April 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51579 51579-12170461@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

This talk will explore the role that the most popular instant messaging app in Korea, Kakao Talk, played during the 2017 presidential election in Korea. Scholars have examined various affordances of social media and its significance in politics with respect to mobilization, learning, deliberation, and citizen communication. Analyzing a nationally representative two-wave panel survey data, this presentation will take a close look at how voters used Kakao Talk during the campaign to get and discuss news and political rumors and its effect on their political engagement, including campaign participation, knowledge, and persuasion attempts. In particular, the talk will attempt to shed some light on the impact of rumor-sharing on Kakao Talk.

Nojin Kwak is professor and chair of the Department of Communication Studies; and director of the Nam Center for Korean Studies at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 03 Apr 2018 08:58:17 -0400 2018-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-04T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Nojin Kwak
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Dancing Ground Zeroes in Japan and the United States: Eiko & Koma’s Transnational Choreographies of the Nuclear (April 5, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47216 47216-10821992@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Since their 1979 dance, Fission, the New York based, award-winning Japanese/American choreographers Eiko & Koma have made a series of dances that critically engage nuclear issues. Evoking the ground zeroes of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Trinity, New Mexico; New York City; and most recently Fukushima, dances such as Land, Offering, Fragile, and Eiko’s solo project A Body in Places create complex transnational geographies between Japan and the U.S. and raise questions of mutual implication in the nuclear age. Contrary to the nuclear discourse bound to butoh that fixes the post-nuclear firmly in the past, Eiko & Koma’s engagement with the nuclear invites audiences to perceive the ongoing repercussions of nuclear disasters.

Rosemary Candelario, Assistant Professor of Dance at Texas Woman’s University, specializes in the Japanese avant-garde movement form, butoh. She is the author of Flowers Cracking Concrete: Eiko & Koma's Asian/American Choreographies (Wesleyan University Press 2016) and co-editor of the Routledge Companion to Butoh Performance (forthcoming 2018). She has studied, taught, and performed butoh across the United States and around the world.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Apr 2018 14:38:09 -0400 2018-04-05T11:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Eiko in Fukushima, 25 July 2014 Momouchi No. 332 Photo by Wm Johnston
The diffusion of opioids in the family (April 5, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49831 49831-11543793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Presented with the Computational Social Science Initiative through the Center for the Study of Complex Systems.

Abstract:
Opioids are an effective, widely prescribed, and highly addictive class of drugs used for pain management. The consequent broad access to these drugs has contributed to the opioid epidemic, and drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under 50. Using data on hundreds of millions of medical claims and 19 million opioid prescriptions in Massachusetts between 2010 and 2015---by then the 7th highest state for death rate by opioid-related overdoses---I will introduce evidence that the diffusion of these medications within families has contributed to the proliferation of opioid consumption. Moreover, these effects are unlikely to be explained away by shared traits, environment, or mate selection. This empirical perspective on the opioid epidemic within families---a ubiquitous social structure---has important implications for policy.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:30:39 -0500 2018-04-05T11:30:00-04:00 2018-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Abbie Jacobs Photo
CGIS Open Advising (April 5, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47710 47710-11002084@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 5, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Join us for an open advising event that will be held at CGIS, where advisors will be accepting walk-ins. Come in and speak to advisors about CGIS programs with a September 15th deadline, the application process, scholarship and financial aid, and more! Popcorn & punch will be provided and make sure to check in at the front desk when you arrive.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Fri, 16 Mar 2018 19:39:40 -0400 2018-04-05T13:00:00-04:00 2018-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Rally / Mass Meeting Cristina
Computational Social Science Methods Workshop - "Causal inference in online systems: Methods, pitfalls and best practices" (April 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/49835 49835-11546596@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

TO REGISTER - CLICK THE 'REGISTER HERE' LINK IN THE BOX BELOW, AND THEN THE 'LUNCH CHOICE' LINK BELOW THAT.

A hands-on introduction to causal inference with a focus on applying it to socio-technical systems. By working with code in Python, participants will learn about different approaches to causal inference, including randomized experiments, natural experiments such as instrumental variables, and observational methods such as matching. Throughout, we will try to make connections with counterfactual reasoning, machine learning, and past work in the social sciences.

Registration is limited to 30 persons.

Participation Limited to Faculty, Staff, Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 02 Apr 2018 11:06:00 -0400 2018-04-06T09:00:00-04:00 2018-04-06T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Amit Sharma Headshot
CSAS Conference | 8th Annual Pakistan Conference: Movement, Migration, and Borders (April 6, 2018 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48824 48824-11308915@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 6, 2018 9:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Complete conference details available here: https://ii.umich.edu/csas/news-events/events/conferences/8th-annual-pakistan-conference--movement--migration--and-borders.html

The contemporary realities of migration and movement have implicated Pakistan within a global network of transaction and belonging, this due in part to the ever-growing mobility of Pakistanis. Both within and across the borders of Pakistan, the title of immigrant, citizen, and refugee has crafted new notions of identity and community. Further, the relationship between both the diaspora and Pakistan have shaped the conceptions of one another, and ultimately Pakistan. The narratives in circulation about “Pakistan in the world” garner security concerns and fears about radicalization and terrorism. This year’s U-M Pakistan Conference challenges this dominant theme by highlighting new and exciting developments in the field of Pakistani migrations. This multidisciplinary conference brings together academics, activists, journalists, and artists from Pakistan, Europe, Bangladesh, and the United States in a discussion of the global and mobile realities of Pakistan and its people, and the histories and trajectories of Pakistani diasporas to Aboriginal Australia, the Arabian Gulf, Europe, and North America.

This conference is made possible by generous support from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, with additional support from​​ the Departments of: American Culture; Anthropology; History; History of Art; Screen Arts and Cultures; and Women's Studies; the Islamic Studies Program; Rackham Graduate School; Residential College; Arab and Muslim American Studies; Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies; Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies; the Institute for the Humanities; and the American Institute of Pakistan Studies. This conference is funded in part by a Title VI federal grant from the US Department of Education.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:57:40 -0400 2018-04-06T09:30:00-04:00 2018-04-06T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Conference / Symposium Lahore Station
Saturday Morning Physics | Saturday Morning Physics Lite: Now with 40% Less Facts (April 7, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48131 48131-11180742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 7, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Do you ever wonder if what you observe in the world around you is real or just a trick of the mind? Let the professionals guide you through a maze of physical demonstrations that will test your confidence in your understanding as we try to trick your mind to see if you can spot the not!

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:18:17 -0500 2018-04-07T10:30:00-04:00 2018-04-07T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Physics
Recent Work Screening w/ Yasuko Yokoshi & Gelsey Bell (April 9, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51670 51670-12190900@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 9, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

A screening of recent performances by Yasuko Yokoshi, 2018 CJS visiting artist. Includes audience Q&A session with Yasuko Yokoshi & Gelsey Bell.

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Film Screening Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:54:05 -0400 2018-04-09T18:00:00-04:00 2018-04-09T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Film Screening CJS Visiting Artist Yasuko Yokoshi, Dancer/Choreographer
II Exhibition. The World at Home (April 10, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51728 51728-12214201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The International Institute (II) recognizes that we live in a global world and understands the need to provide students with a truly international education. The II advocates this mission, in part, through its Experiential Learning Fund-designed to support faculty who wish to incorporate a hands-on international experience into an ongoing course, group internship, or academic program. From Tokyo to Kraków to Mexico City, international experiences are paramount not only in preparing students to become active and informed global citizens but also in providing the training that enhances students' long-term career prospects.

This collaborative exhibition celebrates the impactful, international experiences of the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, made possible through the Experiential Learning Fund. We believe international engagement not only serves the students and faculty who participate, but also the greater university community. When participants return to campus and share their experiences… they bring the world home.

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Exhibition Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:04:51 -0400 2018-04-10T08:00:00-04:00 2018-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition logo
LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | Chasing Spirits Out of the Script: The Politics of Early Socialist Theatrical Adaptation (April 10, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48601 48601-11254306@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Theatrical adaptation frequently plays with the traces of earlier incarnations both from the script and from stage performance, but as often as these ghosts are deliberately evoked, their presence reveals the influences of other unspoken politics in the world of re-makes. In the "xiqu" (Chinese opera) play, Chasing the Fish Spirit, a dense series of rapid re-makes at the end of the 1950s put the complex interplay of these politics into full view, pitting not just the play’s downtrodden against the wealthy or mortals against immortals, but fame against obscurity, city against country, high culture against low, and perhaps most riskily, ideological critique against ideological correctness. The nexus of these different tensions forms the off-stage drama of how this once-closeted play from rural Hunan eventually made it through multiple adaptations onto silver screens for export to Hong Kong and abroad.

Anne Rebull is a postdoctoral fellow at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Her research interests focus on political movements to reform indigenous Chinese theater in the modern era, especially the periods before and after the founding of the People’s Republic. Her book project focuses on the practices of theatrical and filmic adaptation that were part of the reform movement in the early Socialist era, and frames them within greater political debates on theatrical performance and representation. She earned her PhD from the University of Chicago in 2017.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:20:33 -0500 2018-04-10T11:30:00-04:00 2018-04-10T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Anne Rebull, Postdoctoral Fellow, U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
Conversations on Europe. 1968...50 Years Later (April 10, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/48045 48045-11170223@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

1968 was a tumultuous year for many European societies. A period of intense social, cultural, and political upheaval, it caused sharp change and forceful ruptures in some countries while providing an excuse for violent repression and return to the status quo in others. On the 50th anniversary of the 1968 European revolutions, the Center for European Studies presents the events of 1968 through a film series and a round table discussion that will examine what these events meant for social actors then, and how we remember them now. Panelists will address the historical significance of 1968 in France, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, and discuss how these revolutions still shape these societies and Europe as a whole today.

Panelists: Joshua Cole, professor of history; Jindrich Toman, professor of Slavic languages & literatures; Johannes von Moltke, professor of German and screen arts & cultures, U-M

Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, professor of sociology; Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia and Center for European Studies director

The panel will be preceded by free films at the Michigan Theater on April 8-9: Marianne and Juliane (Die bleirne Zeit), May Fools (Milou en Mai), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being. For details visit the CES website at https://ii.umich.edu/ces/news-events/events.html.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:30:11 -0400 2018-04-10T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-10T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion [May 1968]. Nous sommes le pouvoir, Atelier des Beaux arts: [poster] / [unidentified], source gallica.bnf.fr / National Library of France
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Info Session for Study/Research (April 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49214 49214-11395009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will detail specific components of the Fulbright application and provide helpful tips on how to design your application.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:48:57 -0500 2018-04-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-11T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
Professor Lee Hartmann, Leo Goldberg Professorship in Astronomy, Inaugural Lecture (April 11, 2018 4:10pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50029 50029-11622343@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 4:10pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

The common outcome of the collapse of a gas and dust cloud to produce a star is the formation of a remnant rotating disk which can form planets. Major advances in observational capabilities have led to new insights into the processes of star and planet formation, to the point where we may now be seeing planets in the process of forming. I will outline some of these recent advances, and discuss how improvements in computational resources are helping to interpret observations to better understand how planets form.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:41:29 -0400 2018-04-11T16:10:00-04:00 2018-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion image
CJS Thursday Lecture Series | Murakami Haruki: Whatever Works (April 12, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47163 47163-10802666@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 12, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Murakami Haruki's Japanese has a distinctly American "stink," but even English-influenced literary style such as his presents the translator with challenges that point to the ancient roots of the Japanese language.

Jay Rubin, Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature, Harvard University. Translator of Murakami Haruki, Natsume Sōseki, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke, etc. Author of Injurious to Public Morals, Making Sense of Japanese, Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words, The Sun Gods, and Murakami Haruki to watashi. Editor of The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories (2018).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Nov 2017 15:26:12 -0500 2018-04-12T11:30:00-04:00 2018-04-12T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Jay Rubin
Lunch and Learn: Civic Leadership (April 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51703 51703-12202558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Can't get enough of our Lunch & Learns? Haven't been able to make it, but craving free food on a Friday afternoon? Join us for our FINAL Lunch & Learn of the school year featuring two special guests - Michigan's House Representatives!! Rep. Yousef Rabhi and Rep. Adam Zemke will be joining us on Friday, April 13th from 12-1:30 p.m. to discuss how to engage with your political representatives and make a difference in your community. Learn about the importance of becoming politically active and engage in intellectual conversation with two of our nation's leaders. In addition, we'll be signing up for TurboVote, a non-partisan website for students to make voting easier. You won't want to miss this!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 09 Apr 2018 11:05:32 -0400 2018-04-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-13T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Workshop / Seminar Civic Engagement
LRCCS Alumni Panel | US-China Subnational Relations: Interaction and Investment (April 13, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51538 51538-12135395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

LRCCS is pleased to announce an expert panel on a very timely topic. This panel will discuss China and U.S. relations at the subnational level, focusing on the interactions and investments between Chinese entities and U.S. states and cities. Chinese foreign direct investment in the U.S. has grown steadily over the last two decades, and many U.S. states actively court Chinese investment to supplement local economic growth.

This panel will address these trends in the current political climate, featuring three experts on the subject. Mercy Kuo (Chinese Studies MA, '94) is the President of the Washington State China Relations Council. Brian Connors is the Executive Director of the Michigan-China Innovation Center. Damien Ma (Chinese Studies MA, '06 is a Fellow and Associate Director of the Think Tank at the Paulson Institute. The panel will be moderated by Professor Yuen Yuen Ang, Department of Political Science at U-M.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:13:55 -0400 2018-04-13T13:00:00-04:00 2018-04-13T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion US-China Subnational Relations: Interaction and Investment
CSAS Lecture Series | Consumer Citizenship: The Social Life of Industrial Foods in India (April 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41939 41939-9495460@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Amita Baviskar is Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. Her research focuses on the cultural politics of environment and development in rural and urban India. Her first book In the Belly of the River: Tribal Conflicts over Development in the Narmada Valley and other publications explore the themes of resource rights, popular resistance and discourses of environmentalism. She is currently studying food and agrarian environments in western India. Her recent publications include the edited books Contested Grounds: Essays on Nature, Culture and Power; Elite and Everyman: The Cultural Politics of the Indian Middle Classes (with Raka Ray); and First Garden of the Republic: Nature on the President’s Estate. She has taught at the University of Delhi, and has been a visiting scholar at Stanford, Cornell, Yale, SciencesPo and the University of California at Berkeley. She was awarded the 2005 Malcolm Adiseshiah Award for Distinguished Contributions to Development Studies, the 2008 VKRV Rao Prize for Social Science Research, and the 2010 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:11:07 -0500 2018-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 2018-04-13T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Amita Baviskar
OS Honors Symposium (April 16, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51745 51745-12217125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 16, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Organizational Studies Program (OS)

Come celebrate with our OS senior honors students as they present their research. Support your fellow senior or stop by to see what OS Honors is all about.​ Faculty, staff, students, friends, and family welcome!

Welcome, OS Assoc Prof Steve Garcia, OS Honors Coordinator

Presenters
Rebecca Leeman
"Two Sides of the Same Coin: Social Identity and Jewish Millennials' Expression of their Jewish Identity"
Advisor: Stephen M. Garcia

Kevin Corbett
"Humor in Organizations"
Advisor: Kathryn L. Heinze

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/EVZMmMWNE6Fnury33

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:20:24 -0400 2018-04-16T11:30:00-04:00 2018-04-16T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Organizational Studies Program (OS) Conference / Symposium Honors Poster
CSAAW presents "Smoking and depression co-morbidity: modeling prevalence, disparities, and intervention" (April 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51891 51891-12283032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Abstract:

Smoking and mental illness are leading contributors to mortality and morbidity in the U.S. They are also significantly associated with each other, with substantially higher rates of smoking among people with mental illness compared to the general population. Depression in particular is a commonly occurring mental disorder. Research shows that comorbidity of smoking and depression are subject to feedback effects, as depression is known to predict future smoking, while smoking also predicts future depression. To date, there has been little evidence on the health gains associated with interrupting this dynamic through interventions that target patients with depression. If implemented, cessation treatment for smokers with depression could lead to even greater improvements to population health. However the population benefit of integrating cessation treatment into mental health care has not yet been estimated. I develop the first joint model of smoking and depression co-morbidity in the US, projecting future patterns of smoking and depression through 2050.This model can analyze the independent and synergistic effects of intervention strategies on smoking, depression, and mortality outcomes.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 13 Apr 2018 09:43:41 -0400 2018-04-16T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-16T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar CSAAW GRAPHIC
II Exhibition. The World at Home (April 17, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51728 51728-12214202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The International Institute (II) recognizes that we live in a global world and understands the need to provide students with a truly international education. The II advocates this mission, in part, through its Experiential Learning Fund-designed to support faculty who wish to incorporate a hands-on international experience into an ongoing course, group internship, or academic program. From Tokyo to Kraków to Mexico City, international experiences are paramount not only in preparing students to become active and informed global citizens but also in providing the training that enhances students' long-term career prospects.

This collaborative exhibition celebrates the impactful, international experiences of the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, made possible through the Experiential Learning Fund. We believe international engagement not only serves the students and faculty who participate, but also the greater university community. When participants return to campus and share their experiences… they bring the world home.

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Exhibition Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:04:51 -0400 2018-04-17T08:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition logo
LRCCS Tuesday Lecture Series | The Mirage of Development: The Sichuan Earthquake, One Decade Later (April 17, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47862 47862-11035887@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

In today’s talk, Professor Sorace argues that the Communist Party is discursively path dependent on specific narratives of legitimation, which constrain its ability to govern and be responsive to people’s needs. In particular, he will discuss the post-2008 Sichuan earthquake reconstruction of Yingxiu township, which was reconstructed to perform the Party’s benevolence, with scant consideration for its impact on the lives of local residents.

Christian Sorace is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colorado College and a former postdoctoral fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW) at the Australian National University. He is the author of "Shaken Authority: China’s Communist Party and the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake" published in May 2017 with Cornell University Press. His articles have appeared in "Critical Inquiry," "Comparative Politics," "The China Journal," and "The China Quarterly" among other journals. He is also the editor of the Arts and Culture section of a new open-access quarterly journal called "Made in China." His new research focuses on comparative urbanization and land-rights in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, China.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:59:58 -0400 2018-04-17T11:30:00-04:00 2018-04-17T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Christian Sorace, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Colorado College
Weiser Hall Dedication and Inaugural Lecture (April 17, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49841 49841-11552201@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Please join us as we celebrate the dedication of Weiser Hall with a dedication/ribbon cutting followed by the Weiser Hall Inaugural Lecture with Anne-Marie Slaughter.

DEDICATION & RIBBON CUTTING:
3:00pm on the grand staircase, first floor, Weiser Hall

LECTURE:
4:00pm, 1010 Weiser Hall

BOOK SIGNING & RECEPTION
5:30pm, 1010 Weiser Hall

As our inaugural speaker, Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter's talk will examine geopolitical risk and analysis.

Dr. Slaughter served as Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. Department of State from 2009-2011, and was the first woman to hold the position. She is a former Dean of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and the former J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School. Dr. Slaughter is the author or editor of eight books, including her most recent, "The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Dangerous World." Her 2012 article in The Atlantic, "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," was the most-read article in the magazine's history and helped create a national conversation on gender equality.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:42:54 -0400 2018-04-17T15:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion speaker
International Studies Information Session and Q&A (April 17, 2018 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46395 46395-10478318@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:15pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. The Program academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Study abroad, grants, and internships
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor

Upcoming Winter 2018 Sessions:

1/10/18 Wednesday, 12-1 PM, Room 355 Weiser Hall, Advisor: Folaké Graves
2/13/18 Tuesday, 4:15-5:15 PM, Room 355 Weiser Hall, Advisor: Kelsey Szpara
4/17/18 Tuesday, 4:15-5:15 PM, Room 355 Weiser Hall, Advisor: Sofia Carlsson

Wesier Hall is located at 500 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. Students can declare the International Studies major or minor at the information session. For more information, e-mail is-advising@umich.edu.

Parents and prospective students are welcome. For more information, please e-mail us at is-michigan@umich.edu.

Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related information sessions, events, and special announcements should sign up for the email list: http://umich.us5.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=c5d81aed9f753c51ceb597dc0&id=e70f5ce914

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Presentation Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:35:33 -0500 2018-04-17T16:15:00-04:00 2018-04-17T17:15:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Presentation logo
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (April 17, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49640 49640-11487523@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 17, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Light snack provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:58:17 -0500 2018-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-17T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Info Session for English Teaching Assistantship (April 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/49215 49215-11395014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will detail specific components of the Fulbright application and provide helpful tips on how to design your application.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:52:48 -0500 2018-04-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-04-18T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
De-Stress Fest Winter 2018 (April 18, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51704 51704-12202559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

It's almost that time of year! We're about two weeks away from the end of the semester, and that means we're two weeks away from our annual Spring De-Stress Fest! Be sure to mark down April 18th in your calendar, and come out to Weiser Hall for a fun and relaxing end-of-year celebration with the entire BLI community. We will have food, games, relaxation activities, and more! Be on the lookout for more details and an RSVP form going out soon. We can't wait!

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Well-being Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:45:40 -0400 2018-04-18T13:00:00-04:00 2018-04-18T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Well-being destress
Ninth Annual International Graduate Student Workshop | Armenian Childhood(s): Histories and Theories of Childhood and Youth in Armenian Studies (April 20, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47789 47789-11012557@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 20, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

For complete workshop program, please visit: https://ii.umich.edu/asp/news-events/all-events/workshops/april-2018--armenian-childhood-s---histories-a.html

In recent years, the study of childhood and youth has gained increasing attention that has resulted in innovative interdisciplinary scholarship. The field of Childhood Studies of the last decade has concentrated on modern childhood(s) and youth, and has questioned the meanings that adults and governmental bodies attribute to children. For example, universal characteristics, such as “innocence,” “incompetence,” and “vulnerability,” defining children and youth have been examined and challenged by scholars from a variety of fields, who insist that “childhood”, like ethnicity, gender, and class, is a constructed social category. Pushing methodological boundaries to explore political, historical, cultural, economic, and social formations, structures and contexts across time and place, scholars have begun to consider children and youth as agents in their political and social environment rather than passive members of society.

This workshop will initiate an inter-disciplinary conversation about Armenian childhood, children, and youth. The goal is to consider new perspectives, methodologies, and cross-disciplinary frameworks that will put Armenian Studies in conversation with Childhood Studies. We aim to bring together theoretical and methodological approaches along with empirical studies across disciplines that use childhood as a category of analysis and/or concentrate on children’s agencies and experiences in Armenian history, politics, society, economy, and culture. We see both childhood and youth as fluid categories and concepts that are subject to flexible interpretations and definitions.

Photo caption: Miss Harnack with a group of (Armenian) orphans
Credit: Der Christliche Orient (Vol.15, 1914)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:19:35 -0400 2018-04-20T14:00:00-04:00 2018-04-20T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Workshop / Seminar Armenian Childhood
Ninth Annual International Graduate Student Workshop | Armenian Childhood(s): Histories and Theories of Childhood and Youth in Armenian Studies (April 21, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47789 47789-11012558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 21, 2018 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

For complete workshop program, please visit: https://ii.umich.edu/asp/news-events/all-events/workshops/april-2018--armenian-childhood-s---histories-a.html

In recent years, the study of childhood and youth has gained increasing attention that has resulted in innovative interdisciplinary scholarship. The field of Childhood Studies of the last decade has concentrated on modern childhood(s) and youth, and has questioned the meanings that adults and governmental bodies attribute to children. For example, universal characteristics, such as “innocence,” “incompetence,” and “vulnerability,” defining children and youth have been examined and challenged by scholars from a variety of fields, who insist that “childhood”, like ethnicity, gender, and class, is a constructed social category. Pushing methodological boundaries to explore political, historical, cultural, economic, and social formations, structures and contexts across time and place, scholars have begun to consider children and youth as agents in their political and social environment rather than passive members of society.

This workshop will initiate an inter-disciplinary conversation about Armenian childhood, children, and youth. The goal is to consider new perspectives, methodologies, and cross-disciplinary frameworks that will put Armenian Studies in conversation with Childhood Studies. We aim to bring together theoretical and methodological approaches along with empirical studies across disciplines that use childhood as a category of analysis and/or concentrate on children’s agencies and experiences in Armenian history, politics, society, economy, and culture. We see both childhood and youth as fluid categories and concepts that are subject to flexible interpretations and definitions.

Photo caption: Miss Harnack with a group of (Armenian) orphans
Credit: Der Christliche Orient (Vol.15, 1914)

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:19:35 -0400 2018-04-21T10:00:00-04:00 2018-04-21T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Workshop / Seminar Armenian Childhood
II Exhibition. The World at Home (April 24, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51728 51728-12214203@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The International Institute (II) recognizes that we live in a global world and understands the need to provide students with a truly international education. The II advocates this mission, in part, through its Experiential Learning Fund-designed to support faculty who wish to incorporate a hands-on international experience into an ongoing course, group internship, or academic program. From Tokyo to Kraków to Mexico City, international experiences are paramount not only in preparing students to become active and informed global citizens but also in providing the training that enhances students' long-term career prospects.

This collaborative exhibition celebrates the impactful, international experiences of the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, made possible through the Experiential Learning Fund. We believe international engagement not only serves the students and faculty who participate, but also the greater university community. When participants return to campus and share their experiences… they bring the world home.

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Exhibition Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:04:51 -0400 2018-04-24T08:00:00-04:00 2018-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition logo
International Institute Graduation Ceremony and Reception (April 27, 2018 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50993 50993-11939126@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 27, 2018 3:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Graduation ceremony for students associated with: Center for European Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Islamic Studies, Program, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, and Center for Japanese Studies

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Ceremony / Service Thu, 15 Mar 2018 09:14:54 -0400 2018-04-27T15:30:00-04:00 2018-04-27T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Ceremony / Service Weiser Hall
II Exhibition. The World at Home (May 1, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51728 51728-12214204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 1, 2018 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The International Institute (II) recognizes that we live in a global world and understands the need to provide students with a truly international education. The II advocates this mission, in part, through its Experiential Learning Fund-designed to support faculty who wish to incorporate a hands-on international experience into an ongoing course, group internship, or academic program. From Tokyo to Kraków to Mexico City, international experiences are paramount not only in preparing students to become active and informed global citizens but also in providing the training that enhances students' long-term career prospects.

This collaborative exhibition celebrates the impactful, international experiences of the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, made possible through the Experiential Learning Fund. We believe international engagement not only serves the students and faculty who participate, but also the greater university community. When participants return to campus and share their experiences… they bring the world home.

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Exhibition Fri, 06 Apr 2018 08:04:51 -0400 2018-05-01T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Exhibition logo
Teaching In A TBL Classroom: Instructors Share Their Experiences (May 9, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51611 51611-12170494@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Instructional Support Services

Are you interested in learning more about teaching in a Team-based Learning (TBL) classroom? Join us for an in-depth discussion with two instructors who recently taught a course in this type of space.

Instructor panelists will include:
* Professor David Lipps, School of Kinesiology, MOVESCI 330: Biomechanics of Human Movement
* Lecturer Jimmy Draper, LSA Communication Studies, COMM 305: Gender & Pop Culture

Topics will include:
* the types of changes instructors made to their course, both prior to starting and during the term
* the impact of those changes on the larger instructional team and other components of the course, such as discussion or lab sections
* the methods, if any, instructors used to prepare students to learn in the space.
* instructors’ reflections on the student experience in general
* methods for creating and managing groups
* a Gallery Walk of sample activities.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:12:03 -0400 2018-05-09T13:00:00-04:00 2018-05-09T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Instructional Support Services Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
2018 International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars (NEKST) (May 11, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48599 48599-11254304@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 11, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

The sixth annual two-day conference will feature traditional paper presentations, workshop sessions for dissertation chapters and articles, as well as professionalization workshops. We will deepen our interdisciplinary discussion by hosting prominent Korean studies scholars as faculty mentors to promote collaboration and discussion.

For complete details visit the conference website: https://ii.umich.edu/ncks/news-events/events/conferences---symposia/6th-international-conference-of-nextgen-korean-studies-scholars.html

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 02 May 2018 14:46:23 -0400 2018-05-11T09:00:00-04:00 2018-05-11T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Conference / Symposium Weiser Hall
2018 International Conference of NextGen Korean Studies Scholars (NEKST) (May 12, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48599 48599-11254305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 12, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

The sixth annual two-day conference will feature traditional paper presentations, workshop sessions for dissertation chapters and articles, as well as professionalization workshops. We will deepen our interdisciplinary discussion by hosting prominent Korean studies scholars as faculty mentors to promote collaboration and discussion.

For complete details visit the conference website: https://ii.umich.edu/ncks/news-events/events/conferences---symposia/6th-international-conference-of-nextgen-korean-studies-scholars.html

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 02 May 2018 14:46:23 -0400 2018-05-12T09:00:00-04:00 2018-05-12T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Conference / Symposium Weiser Hall
Fulbright U.S. Student Program General Information Session (Webinar available) (May 16, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52070 52070-12415754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will provide an overview of the program and provide basic details related to the application and campus process.

Register to join May webinar : https://bit.ly/2HdZPv4

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:30:11 -0400 2018-05-16T12:00:00-04:00 2018-05-16T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: General Info Session (Webinar available) (June 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52071 52071-12415755@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will provide an overview of the program and provide basic details related to the application and campus process.

Register to join June webinar : http://bit.ly/2wVArdp

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 May 2018 08:58:56 -0400 2018-06-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-06-13T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
Ann Arbor Japan Week | Intro Workshop on Japanese Writing and Calligraphy (June 20, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52583 52583-12865906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Intro Workshop on Japanese Writing and Calligraphy, Weiser Hall room 455, 3-4:00pm.

Please see the complete Ann Arbor Japan Week Schedule here: https://ii.umich.edu/cjs/news-events/events/ann-arbor-japan-week.html

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Class / Instruction Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:53:56 -0400 2018-06-20T15:00:00-04:00 2018-06-20T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Class / Instruction Ann Arbor Japan Week
Fulbright U.S. Student Program General Information Session (Webinar available) (July 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52072 52072-12415756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

U-M Fulbright U.S. Student Program Advisors (FPA) will provide an overview of the program and provide basic details related to the application and campus process.

Register to join July webinar : http://bit.ly/2Iq6GCx

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 May 2018 08:58:03 -0400 2018-07-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-07-18T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
International Institute Student Fair and Information Session (August 30, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53246 53246-13321609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Are you interested in international or regional studies? If so, the International Institute can help you make the most of your time here. All U-M students–especially incoming graduate students–are invited to attend our annual fair and information session. A networking dinner reception will follow at 5:45pm.

To RSVP, and to be added to email lists tailored to your specific interests, please visit: http://alturl.com/w4rzw. We would appreciate hearing from you by August 25.

The University of Michigan’s International Institute houses 17 centers and programs, each focused on specific world regions and global themes. Common benefits of connecting with our centers include:

• Joining student email lists for information on each center's activities, lectures, events, job news, conferences, funding opportunities, etc.
• Learning about funding opportunities: Each year, the International Institute and its centers distribute over $4 million to U-M students and faculty, resulting in approximately 500 awards for international study and research.
• Utilizing our course lists to identify classes that are relevant to your regions or countries of interest.
• Invitations to special events where you can connect with guest speakers, as well as other students and faculty who share similar interests.
• Earning a graduate certificate or master’s degree focused on a world region or theme. These programs vary by center. Many of our students earn dual degrees with other programs, and/or proceed directly from undergraduate studies into our MA or certificate programs.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at least 24 hours in advance of this event. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. Please contact: ii-gradadvising@umich.edu.

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Reception / Open House Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:13:43 -0400 2018-08-30T16:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T17:45:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Reception / Open House pic
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Finding a Dream in Adversity (September 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53551 53551-13401559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series

I was born as the seventh son of a peasant and graduated from high school at the bottom of my class. It was at the age of 21 years old, working at an agricultural cooperative that I reached a turning point in my life. I went to Idaho as an agricultural trainee, and then I studied at the University of Nebraska and Harvard University. Finally, at the age of 61 years old, I was elected Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture and my dream of becoming a politician came true.

I will talk about how I took advantage of my experiences in the United States in my approach to advancing regional governance in Japan, as well as the response to the Kumamoto earthquake that occurred in 2016.

Ikuo Kabashima is currently in his third term as Governor of Kumamotto Prefecture, Japan. In addition, from 2008 to the present, he is Emeritus Professor at University of Tokyo, He received a Ph.D in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University in 1979. In addition to teaching at University of Tokyo, he taught at Tsukuba University from 1985-1997.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:05:48 -0400 2018-09-06T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Ikuo Kabashima, Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Welcome Back Celebration and Awards (September 7, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54495 54495-13589898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Celebrate the new academic year with refreshments as we honor recent winners of CSEAS awards!
To RSVP, see link below.

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

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Reception / Open House Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:48:05 -0400 2018-09-07T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Reception / Open House cseas_image
CSAS Lecture Series | Decasticization,"Dirty Work" and Dignity: A Case Study of Arunthathiyars in Tamil Nadu (September 7, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53281 53281-13332421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Using the Chennai floods as a case study, I will explore how intersections of caste, class, "dirty work," and the politics of cleaning continue to ignore the sufferings of Arunthathiyar (A Dalit caste group in Tamil Nadu) as they cleaned the city after the Chennai floods in 2015. This presentation particularly focuses on the invisibility and erasure of the sufferings of Arunthathiyars from public memory.

Using qualitative interviews and social media analyses, my project explores the complex consequences of corporate irresponsibility in the mistreatment of Aruthathiyar janitors and active documentation of Arunthathiyars' sufferings by progressive and Dalit activists acting as their mnemonic communities. I will argue for the need to incorporate a social marginality perspective for disaster management to prevent dignity injuries and occupational hazards of the most marginalized groups, such as Arunthathiyars.

Ram Mahalingam is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan. He is currently the Director for the Barger Leadership Institute (https://lsa.umich.edu/bli/People1/people/RamaswamiMahalingam.html), and is a cultural psychologist originally from Tamil Nadu, India.

Intersectionality, gender, and social marginality are the major themes of his research. He has edited two books and published numerous journal articles in interdisciplinary journals. His previous research explored the relationship between essentialism and power at the intersections of caste, social class, gender, race, and ethnicity.

He is currently working on three projects:

(a) dignity in the workplace, with a specific focus on janitors in India, the US, and South Korea;
(b) mindfulness, dignity, and social justice;
(c) cell phones and the making of the self.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:29:28 -0400 2018-09-07T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Ram Mahalingam, Professor, Department of Psychology, U-M
Donia Human Rights Center Distinguished Lecture. Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World (September 10, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53104 53104-13235260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

The Soviet Union, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Al Qaeda, ISIS, Syria, Russia... for 40 years the West's most serious foreign threats and crises have come from oil states. Oil states are also at higher risk for systemic human rights violations. What drives the 'oil curse' is an archaic law that forces us to fund oppressive regimes and extremist groups whenever we shop. Only by abolishing the law that makes us finance violence and repression abroad can we hope for a more stable, more just, and more peaceful world.

Leif Wenar's book, Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World, will be available for purchase before and after the lecture. A book signing will follow the lecture.

Leif Wenar holds the Chair of Philosophy and Law at King’s College London. After graduating from Stanford he went to Harvard to study with John Rawls, Robert Nozick, and T.M. Scanlon. He has been a visiting professor at Stanford, Princeton, and ANU, and a fellow of the program on Justice and the World Economy at the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs. He is the author of Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World and Beyond Blood Oil: Philosophy, Policy, and the Future. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Foreign Affairs, CNN, and the playbill for the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center.

This event is co-sponsored by: African Studies Center, Department of Philosophy, Department of Sociology, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of Political Science, and Program in International and Comparative Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:52:18 -0400 2018-09-10T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-10T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion book jacket
BLI Ice Cream Social & Mass Meeting (September 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54681 54681-13636272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Are you a current member who wants to reconnect with the friends in the BLI community? Meet more BLI'ers? Has a friend curious about what the BLI is, and how it can help one explore and develop your leadership skills?

Grab a friend and join us for the BLI Ice Cream Social and Mass Meeting! Current Advanced Leadership Fellows will be on hand to answer any questions, there will be a quick presentation about the institute in the BLI open space at 1 PM, and will have ice cream available from 12-1:30 PM!

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 04 Sep 2018 12:23:23 -0400 2018-09-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Social / Informal Gathering ice cream social
Conversations on Europe. Poland, the EU, and Illiberal Democracy (September 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54132 54132-13530675@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

In 2015, Poland entered a new era. The right-wing and populist government decided to change the way Poland carries out its internal and external policies under the slogan “A Good Change” ("Dobra zmiana"). Since then, the Law and Justice government has worked diligently to dismantle the constitutional system, destroy the balance of powers, and undermine the justice system. The “Good Change” approach has also involved shrinking the space for civil society and curtailing human rights, especially women’s reproductive rights. Last but not least, the government’s “Good Change” has altered Poland’s position vis-à-vis its dearest values, and shifted its orientation in international relations, most significantly toward the European Union. Dr. Śmiszek’s lecture will analyze these profound transformations, as well as discuss civil society’s resistance to these changes and different institutions’ attempts to preserve the liberal democratic order in Poland.

Krzysztof Śmiszek is a Polish human rights lawyer and activist. He received his Ph.D. in law from the University of Warsaw and is a lecturer at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University in Poland. Dr. Śmiszek’s main areas of expertise are human rights of minorities and women, with a special focus on LGBTI rights. He is also interested in comparative international anti-discrimination legislation and institutional protection against discrimination. He is currently the managing editor of "The Anti-Discrimination Law Review." In Fall 2018, he is the Distinguished Fellow at University of Michigan's Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:45:00 -0400 2018-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Krzysztof Śmiszek
BLI Lunch and Learn - Mindfulness Workshop (September 12, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54180 54180-13537259@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

The BLI's first Lunch and Learn of the semester will feature a Mindfulness Workshop led by our new director, Ram Mahalingham.

Includes Lunch
Exclusive to BLI members
Space is limited, registration is required

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 24 Aug 2018 11:53:41 -0400 2018-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Workshop / Seminar mindfulness
CREES Noon Lecture. U.S.-Russia Relations in the Age of Trump and Putin (September 12, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54187 54187-13539442@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Professor Cook will discuss the Russian economy in the 21st century, including the recent U.S. sanctions. She will also examine how they shape U.S.-Russia relations.

Lisa D. Cook is an associate professor in the Department of Economics and in International Relations (James Madison College) at Michigan State University. The first Marshall Scholar from Spelman College, she received a second B.A. from Oxford University in philosophy, politics, and economics. Professor Cook earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Among her current research interests are economic growth and development, financial institutions and markets, innovation, and economic history. From November 2008 to January 2009, Cook was on the Obama Presidential Transition Team and led the review of the World Bank and International Affairs division of the Treasury Department. She is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer. Professor Cook speaks French, Russian, Spanish, and Wolof.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:49:15 -0400 2018-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Lisa Cook
International Studies Information Session and Q&A (September 12, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52598 52598-12874395@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. International Studies academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Study abroad, grants, and internships
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor

Undeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. For dates of all upcoming sessions, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions, please e-mail is-advising@umich.edu. All sessions will be held in Weiser Hall located at 500 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. Students can declare the International Studies major or minor at the information session. For more information, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

Parents and prospective students are welcome. For more information, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations, events, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: http://umich.us5.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=c5d81aed9f753c51ceb597dc0&id=e70f5ce914

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Presentation Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:52:32 -0400 2018-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Presentation photo
Welcome Back: Cognitive Science Undergraduate Majors (September 12, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53856 53856-13470116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Calling all current students majoring in cognitive science: Don't miss this special opportunity to kick off the academic year! Stop by Weiser Hall (9th floor) on September 12, anytime between 1 and 3 pm to meet your fellow Cog Sci students, learn about upcoming events and opportunities (director announcements from 1-1:15 pm), and take a tour of the Weinberg space--all while enjoying a mid-afternoon snack and refreshments.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 07 Sep 2018 14:18:03 -0400 2018-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Social / Informal Gathering Weiser Hall
Cognitive Science Community Mass Meeting (September 12, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55190 55190-13698254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Interested in consciousness and the mind? Artificial intelligence? How humans and animals make decisions? If so, join the Cognitive Science Community every Tuesday at 6 p.m to participate in student- and professor-led discussions on the latest topics in cognitive science and related fields. The group also hosts social events throughout the semester and puts on an annual student-run cognitive science colloquium. Come to the mass meeting on Wednesday, September 12, at 6:30 p.m. in Weiser Hall, room 955, to learn more about the club and this semester’s meeting structure.

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Meeting Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:03:45 -0400 2018-09-12T18:30:00-04:00 2018-09-12T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Meeting Weiser Hall
ASP Lecture | The Emergence and Transformation of the Armenian Land Question (September 12, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53420 53420-13381387@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

The Armenian land question is referred to as a distinct social problem concerning the seizure of lands belonging to Armenians in the late Ottoman period. This lecture will detail the history of the emergence and transformation of this social problem. Dr. Polatel will talk about two major trends that he argues were at the core of the Armenian land question. The first is the liberalization of the Ottoman economy and the acceleration of its integration into the world economy. These developments brought about the commodification of land along with new conceptions of property rights. The second factor shaping the transformation of the Armenian land question was the rise of territorial nationalism and demographic concerns which subsequently brought about the politicization of land and land ownership. Dr. Polatel’s lecture will examine the ways these conflicting macro trends shaped the scope and the characteristics of land disputes, and how this problem was interpreted by different actors.

Photo Caption: Harvest in the Dzvsdan [Elmalık] village of Van

Photo Credit: Originally in Keghuni (Venice, 1905), p. 65; this image was taken from Raymond H. Kévorkian and Paul B. Paboudjian, 1915 Öncesinde Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nda Ermeniler [Armenians in the Ottoman Empire before 1915] (Istanbul: Aras, 2012), p. 540.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 15:34:53 -0400 2018-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T20:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion Armenian Land Question
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | The Big House" Project: How and Why We Made the Documentary in Observational Method and Style (September 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53642 53642-13441964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series

NOTE: Join us for a screening of “The Big House” in the Modern Languages Building Auditorium 4 on Friday, September 14 at 4:40pm, sponsored by the University of Michigan Alumni Associate. Advance registration recommended: https://umalumni.force.com/s/lt-event?id=a1Q1a000008kSP4EAM

It was Professor Markus Nornes’ long time ambition to make a documentary on the Michigan Stadium, or the Big House. His idea was to create a class through which students would collaboratively make a feature length documentary in the observational style and method.

In the fall of 2016, three professors (Markus Nornes, Terri Sarris, and Kazuhiro Soda) taught 13 students for 7 hours a week for a semester. They were granted almost complete access to every corner of the Big House ––– from the field to the locker rooms to the gigantic kitchen to the VIP rooms. To minimize their preconception and to make new discoveries, they kept their pre-shoot research minimum and shot the film without much planning. The result is a 119-minute direct cinema style documentary, entitled "The Big House".

In this lecture, Kazuhiro Soda will explain his "10 commandments" of documentary filmmaking, and will discuss how and why they took the observational approach to make "The Big House".

"10 Commandments" of Observational Filmmaking
1 No research.
2 No meetings with subjects.
3 No scripts.
4 Roll the camera yourself.
5 Shoot as long as possible.
6 Cover small areas deeply.
7 Do not set up a theme or goal before editing.
8 No narration, title, or music.
9 Use long takes.
10 Pay for the production yourself.

Kazuhiro Soda is a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker. He served as a Toyota Visiting Professor at the Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan in 2016-2017. His films have been screened at such events as Berlin International Film Festival, Venice International Film Festival, Locarno International Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, among others, winning numerous awards. His filmography includes "Campaign" (2007), "Mental" (2008), "Peace" (2010), "Theatre 1" (2012), "Theatre 2" (2012), "Campaign 2" (2013), "Oyster Factory" (2015), and "Inland Sea" (2018). He is also the author of nine books published in Japan.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:35:46 -0400 2018-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Kazuhiro Soda, Peabody Award-winning Filmmaker
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. Facebook, Politics, and Participation in the Philippines (September 14, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53507 53507-13392479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Filipinos spend more time on social media than anyone else in the world, yet little is understood about how social media impacts politics in the Philippines. The speakers have examined the broad relationship between Facebook usage and political participation in an increasingly digitally networked Philippines society. New scholarship in political communication espouses a strong positive relationship between social media and the rise of populist politicians, but this hypothesis may not hold true in the case of Rodrigo Duterte's electoral victory. Citing survey findings and social network analysis following the 2016 presidential election, the speakers will demonstrate that political engagement via Facebook played a key role in this unprecedented election, but not in ways previous research has posited. The speakers will use their findings to explain the implications for future political developments in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia.

Aim Sinpeng is a lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. She is a co-founder of the Sydney Cyber Security Network and a Thailand Coordinator for the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre. She has published widely on Thai politics and has been awarded multiple research grants to study social media and political participation in Southeast Asia. She is completing a manuscript on anti-democratic politics in democratizing states.

Aries A. Arugay is an associate professor of political science and co-convenor of the Strategic Studies Program of the Center for Integrative and Development Studies at the University of the Philippines Diliman. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on comparative politics, international relations, research methodology, and political thought. He currently holds an ASEAN@50 Fellowship from New Zealand’s Southeast Asia Centre of Asia-Pacific Excellence and the One UP Professorial Chair in Comparative Democratization.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Aug 2018 15:33:48 -0400 2018-09-14T11:30:00-04:00 2018-09-14T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Sinpeng Arugay
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (September 14, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-13565707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2018-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Fits and Starts (September 17, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54813 54813-13645243@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
Professor Muehlberger will be discussing the origins of her latest project, a book now in production about how early Christians thought about death. In this lecture, she will show that research projects, especially book-length projects, grow and develop over time in direct relationship to the opportunities that a writer takes to think about them. She encourages researchers to seek out opportunities to write about a project, long before they are certain what the topic or approach will be.

Speaker Bio:
Ellen Muehlberger is Associate Professor of Christianity in late antiquity in the departments of Middle East Studies and History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on ancient history, contemporary religious traditions, scholarly methods, and Coptic and Syriac language. Muehlberger has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. She edited Practice, a 2017 collection of newly-translated primary sources about early Christian education, asceticism, and reading for the series Cambridge Editions of Early Christian Writings, and her new book, Moment of Reckoning: Imagined Death and Its Consequences in Late Ancient Christianity, will appear with Oxford in Spring 2019. You can find her on Twitter @emuehlbe

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:44:53 -0400 2018-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion muehlberger_image
JET Information Session (September 17, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54816 54816-13645268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program offers young professionals the opportunity to work in Japan as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) or Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs).

Since 1987, more than 60,000 JET Program participants from over 40 countries have lived and worked in cities, towns, and villages throughout Japan. Join JET and become part of this exclusive network of like-minded international enthusiasts!

To learn more and to speak with a JET Program Representative, join us for an on-campus info session:

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 17
NOON – 1:30 PM
WEISER HALL 455

Online Application: https://www.jetapplication.com/

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:49:42 -0400 2018-09-17T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Careers / Jobs JET Information Session
The strength of dynamic ties: Dynamics promote cooperation, even in static ties (September 18, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53774 53774-13459410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

One mechanism that promotes the evolution of cooperation is network dynamics, where ties can be shed and new ties formed. Yet past research has only compared networks where all ties can potentially be severed to those where none can, confounding the benefits of fully dynamic networks with the presence of dynamic ties within the network. This work accounts for the complexity of real-world networks, where some ties are more susceptible to change than others, by considering whether the presence of dynamic ties in networks promotes cooperation even among static ties. Results reveal that, in networks with both tie types, the higher rate of cooperation in dynamic ties “spills over” to those relations that are more difficult to alter, promoting cooperation even among static ties. Thus, findings demonstrate the critical role that dynamic ties play in promoting cooperation by altering behavioral outcomes even in non-dynamic relations.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:41:53 -0400 2018-09-18T11:30:00-04:00 2018-09-18T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Photo of Ashley Harrell
CSEAS Discussion. Viet Thanh Nguyen: Discussion of his presentation and works (September 18, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55419 55419-13725280@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

The Vietnam Discussion Group invites all interested to join a discussion of Viet Thanh Nguyen's recent presentation (on 9/11) and his works.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Sep 2018 13:28:09 -0400 2018-09-18T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Cheerful Disguise of Japanese Militarism: Geisha's Performances in the 1930’s (September 20, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53992 53992-13510885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series.

Dance performance of geisha was one of the leading popular entertainments in the first half of the 20th century. Of them, Miyako Odori, an annual dance performance of geisha of Gion, Kyoto was especially powerful. Themes of every year’s Miyako Odori used to be happy, cheerful, beautiful, gorgeous, and were not serious at all. However sudden change was seen in the year 1933. The theme turned heavily political. They seemed to have competed to express their obedience to the national policy of the time, choosing themes to lift the spirits for the war.

Mariko Okada is Associate Professor at Faculty of Humanities, J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo, Japan. She received her Ph.D. from Waseda University in Tokyo in 2011. She published her book “The Birth of Kyōmai ("Kyoto Dance"): Inoue-ryu Dance in Nineteenth-Century Kyoto, Japan" (Japanese) in 2013.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:51:59 -0400 2018-09-20T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Mariko Okada, Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo, Japan
Saturday Morning Physics | Opening Up the Solar System and Beyond: The Promise of Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion (September 22, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53966 53966-13504397@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Part of the 50th Anniversary Live Presentation of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
Co-Presentation with: UMS and the College of Engineering
We survey propulsion technologies that can enable reduced trip times for robotic and human missions alike beyond Mars, opening up the full solar system to in depth exploration and eventual colonization. Enabling these advances is the utilization of the power of the nucleus-nuclear energy.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:44:48 -0400 2018-09-22T10:30:00-04:00 2018-09-22T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Coffee and Literature (September 24, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54847 54847-13645319@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
How did a literary scholar come to write a book, "A Rich Brew: How Cafés Created Modern Jewish Culture," about coffeehouses and their role in multilingual modern Jewish literature and culture? Professor Pinsker will explain how the project grew out of the research he did for his previous book. The discussion will focus on how issues of audience, mode (and language) of publication, access to archives and materials influence how we think of projects and books, and how they develop organically. Professor Pinsker will also explain the collaborative nature of the work on the book, and how a Digital Humanities project complements the book, combining mapping with images, texts, networks analysis, and storytelling.

Speaker Bio:
As a specialist in modern Hebrew and Jewish literature and culture, Professor Pinsker is interested in Hebrew literature written in Palestine/Israel, Europe and America, as well as Jewish literature in Yiddish, English, German and other languages. He has a joint appointment at the Department of Middle East Studies and the Frankel Center for Judaic Studies. He is the author and editor of five books, and currently writing a new book on Yiddish in Israeli LIterature.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:45:14 -0400 2018-09-24T13:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T14:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Donia Human Rights Center Lecture. LGBTQ Rights in Poland and EU: Legal and Social Perspective (September 24, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52901 52901-13140061@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Europe, as well as the rest of the world, is witnessing rapid changes regarding perception and recognition of the rights of LGBTQ persons. Decriminalization of same-sex relations, prohibition of unequal treatment in the workplace, recognition of family rights, and equal access to goods and services are among the issues that heat up public and legal debates in the European Union member states.

Poland is not an exception and debates about LGBTQ rights are also in the center of the public discourse. However, the specificity of the Polish situation is a result of a dramatic clash of diverse arguments and values, and also of a religious and political nature. Poland is torn between progressive and pro-Western orientation and traditional catholic influence which strengthens homophobic and trans-phobic atmosphere, incitement to hatred and violence. Poland is a country where an openly gay man is one of the most popular politicians at the national level on one hand and on the other, the governing majority is almost openly questioning fundamental human rights of LGBTQ persons.

The lecture will analyze these different components of political, social, and legal debates around LGBTQ rights in EU and Poland, including latest mile-stone court judgments in this field.

Krzysztof Śmiszek is a Polish human rights lawyer and activist. He is a graduate of the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration (2003) as well as European Law Postgraduate Studies (2006). He received his PhD on Human Rights Law and the European Union from University of Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration (2016). Currently, he is a lecturer at the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University.

Krzysztof’s main areas of interest are human rights of minorities and women with a special focus on LGBTI rights. He is also interested in international comparative perspective of anti-discrimination legislation as well as institutional protection against discrimination.

He has published in Polish and English. Currently, he is a managing editor of The Anti-Discrimination Law Review.

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for the Education of Women+ (CEW+), Women's Studies Department, Copernicus Program in Polish Studies, and Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:24:21 -0400 2018-09-24T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion speaker
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Performing Artivism: Feminists, Lawyers, and Online Mobilization in China (September 25, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52909 52909-13142320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Comparing the political activism of feminists and lawyers in China and drawing on theories of performance and dramaturgy, this project investigates how performance arts are used by activists to challenge the authoritarian state in the age of social media. Adopting a strategy of subversive disruption, Chinese activists used social media and performance arts to expose the state’s illegal or repressive backstage actions in the public eye. However, it was precisely the success of their “artivism” that contributed to the crackdowns on feminists and lawyers in 2015.

Sida Liu is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto and Faculty Fellow at the American Bar Foundation. Before joining the University of Toronto faculty in 2016, he taught sociology and law at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for seven years and directed its East Asian Legal Studies Center in 2014-2016. He received his LL.B. degree from Peking University Law School and his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. Professor Liu has conducted extensive empirical research on China’s legal reform and legal profession. His most recent research project is on the impact of China’s rise as a global power on the legal professions in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In addition to Chinese law, he also writes on sociolegal theory and general social theory. He is the author of three books in Chinese and English, most recently, "Criminal Defense in China: The Politics of Lawyers at Work" (with Terence C. Halliday, Cambridge University Press, 2016). He has also published many articles in leading law and social science journals, including the "American Journal of Sociology," "Sociological Theory," "The China Quarterly," "Law & Society Review," "Law & Social Inquiry," "Law & Policy," "Wisconsin Law Review," "Fordham Law Review," etc.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:24:38 -0400 2018-09-25T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Sida Liu, September 25
CREES Noon Lecture/Conversations on Europe. Living the End of the Habsburg Empire (September 26, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54142 54142-13530687@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The fall of European empires in the twentieth century brought a variety of challenges for the nations that had once ruled those empires. The post-World War I transition was particularly difficult in Austria, once the seat of a multinational empire of 52 million people, now a republic of six million, ignominiously referred to as “rump Austria.” The transition spawned a host of worries about the viability of a “small state.” This lecture explores Austrians’ persistent anxieties about being “small,” highlighting a number of ways that kleinstaat rhetoric manifested in domestic politics and foreign affairs.

Maureen Healy received her PhD from the University of Chicago, and is associate professor of history at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. She has been an IFK-Fulbright Senior Fellow, and held fellowships at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, NC, and the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Her book "Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and Everyday Life in World War I" (Cambridge University Press, 2004) was awarded the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize from the American Historical Association and the Jelavich Book Prize from the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Until recently she was book review editor for the "Austrian History Yearbook," and currently serves as director of the first-year Exploration and Discovery program at Lewis & Clark.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:17:30 -0400 2018-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Maureen Healy
Evolution of & in Ecological Networks (September 27, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52694 52694-12938040@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

EVENT SCHEDULE:

8:30-9:00 am Coffee and Introductions

9:00-9:55 am ROBERT HOLT - University of Florida "On the interplay of niche conservatism, evolutionary rescue, and trophic interactions: Edging towards networks"
9:55-10:50 am ANNA KUPARINNEN - University of Jyvãskylã "Harvest-driven evolution in aquatic food webs"

**BREAK**
11:05-12:00 pm MIGUEL FORTUNA - University of Zurich "Coevolutionary dynamics shape the structure of bacteria-phage infection networks"

**LUNCH**
1:00-1:55 pm ELISA THÉBAULT - Sorbonne Université (IEES) & CNRS "The structure and dynamics of mutualistic and antagonistic networks"
1:55-2:50 pm BERRY BROSI - Emory University "Stability in ecological networks: guilds and interactions between topological and quantitative structure"

**BREAK**
3:05-4:00pm JUDITH BRONSTEIN - University of Arizona "What constitutes "mutualism" within mutualistic networks?"


For abstracts and biosketches please click the "ABSTRACTS AND BIOSKETCHES" link below.

ORGANIZERS:
Fernanda Valdovinos - Complex Systems, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Luis Zaman - Complex Systems

Registration Link Below. Lunch Registration closes Tuesday, September 25 at 10am.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:52:40 -0400 2018-09-27T08:30:00-04:00 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Conference / Symposium Event poster featuring classification and pollination cycle of bees
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | After Thirty Years (September 27, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53552 53552-13401560@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series

Reflect on the changes in the 30 years since my lectureship at Michigan, point out changes that have taken place in both countries, among both Americans and Japanese, and within the two societies.

How have the changes affected relations between the two countries?

It would appear that Japanese are getting on well but how about Americans?

Try to analyze cognitive maps of Americans and Japanese, perception gaps between two countries.

Introduce lessons learned from own experience, and describe areas of bilateral friction both political and economic, and how the two countries overcame them.

Finally, search for solutions for ongoing frictions, accurate understanding of both countries and develop a future-oriented relationship.

Motohiro Kondo is the former Editor in Chief of Chuo Koron; President of Japanese Society for Global Social and Cultural Studies, Lecturer at Nihon University’s Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Trustee of the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. He studied history at the University of Tokyo and was the first Toyota visiting Professor at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:52:20 -0400 2018-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Motohiro Kondo, CJS First Toyota Visiting Professor 1988-89
Nam Center Colloquium Series | Revolutionary Landscapes: Ecology, Power, and Anarchism in Modern Korea (September 27, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54096 54096-13528365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

Where should we locate the origins of modern Korea’s environmental problems? Many assume that environmental issues emerged in 1960s South Korea when heavy industrialization in urban areas visibly started to pollute air and water. This presentation, however, traces the origins of environmental issues in agricultural modernization. Vigorous modernization efforts in agricultural food production from the late nineteenth century to the present left an ecological footprint on the Korean peninsula, as governments on the Korean peninsula and diverse figures and groups from the United States and Japan introduced non-native species and new systems of knowledge and practice. Responding to these top-down modernization drives, Korean communities and associations organized environmental campaigns to build new “ecological systems of life” that would restore local autonomy and governance based on the principles of anarchism. This presentation argues that we need to spatially re-conceptualize “environmental problems” to shift a focus from industrialization and cities to agriculture and the agrarian area in writing a critical environmental history.

Albert L. Park is the Bank of America Associate Professor of Pacific Basin Studies at Claremont McKenna College. As a historian of modern Korea and East Asia, his current research project focuses on the roots of environmentalism in modern Korean history and its relationship to locality and local autonomy. This book project is tentatively titled Imagining Nature and the Creation of Environmental Movements in Modern Korea. He is the author of Building a Heaven on Earth: Religion, Activism and Protest in Japanese Occupied Korea and is the co-editor of Encountering Modernity: Christianity and East Asia. Dr. Park is the Co-Principal Investigator of EnviroLab Asia—a Henry Luce Foundation-funded initiative at the Claremont Colleges ($1.4 million award) that carries out research on environmental issues in Asia through a cross disciplinary lens. He is the recipient of four Fulbright Fellowships for Research, an Abe Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and fellowships from the Korea Foundation and the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Chicago. A native of Chicago, he received his B.A. with honors from Northwestern University, an M.A. from Columbia University and Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:52:41 -0400 2018-09-27T16:30:00-04:00 2018-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Albert Park, Associate Professor, Claremont McKenna College
Inaugural Lecture as the Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of Emerging Democracies. Democracies Emerging and Submerging (September 27, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52006 52006-12793954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Does it still make sense to study emerging democracies in a historical moment when democracies seem mostly to be submerging? In his inaugural address as WCED Director, Dan Slater discusses how research on authoritarianism and democratic dysfunctions might ironically shed light on enduring questions of democratic emergence—especially when it builds on concepts transcending disciplinary boundaries.

Dan Slater specializes in the politics and history of enduring dictatorships and emerging democracies, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. He comes to Michigan after twelve years on the faculty at the University of Chicago, where he served as director of the Center for International Social Science Research (CISSR), associate professor in the Department of Political Science, and associate member in the Department of Sociology. His book manuscript examining how divergent historical patterns of contentious politics have shaped variation in state power and authoritarian durability in seven Southeast Asian countries, entitled "Ordering Power: Contentious Politics and Authoritarian Leviathans in Southeast Asia," was published in the Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics series in 2010.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:47:40 -0400 2018-09-27T19:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T21:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Dan Slater
WCED Conference. Democracies Emerging and Submerging (September 28, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54777 54777-13643003@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Understanding how and why democracies emerge requires attention to how and why they submerge. In this second installment of the multiyear and cross-university Democratic Change Research Initiative, this conference gathers leading scholars of authoritarianism and democratization at WCED to present and discuss their ongoing research on why democracy and autocracy either emerge and endure or falter and fail.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:58:46 -0400 2018-09-28T08:30:00-04:00 2018-09-28T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Conference / Symposium Democracies Emerging and Submerging
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. Physiologies of the Flesh: Medical and Moral Matter in Late Colonial Indonesia (September 28, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53487 53487-13390332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

In the early 20th century, the Netherlands East Indies was awash with revivalist and reformist movements. These included Christian missionaries seeking to overcome the failures and frustrations of the previous century and Muslim reformists seeking to reform their faith to meet the political, epistemological, and moral challenges of colonial modernity. Both looked to a common resource in pursuit of reform and revival: modern medicine and the medical body. Although often recognizing this convergence of religious and medical modernity among Muslims and Christians in late colonial Indonesia, historians have done very little to examine critically the role that health, medicine, and the medical body played in these projects or the many differences that existed in their appropriations and uses of modern medical discourse and practice. This talk attempts to address these historiographical gaps. It specifically examines how Protestant missionaries and Muslim reformers in Central Java used medical discourse and practice—especially questions of physiology and etiology—to pursue wider ethical, epistemological, and devotional projects of modernity. In doing so, it considers how Protestant and Muslim reformers theologized modernity from conditions of the flesh.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:20:53 -0400 2018-09-28T11:30:00-04:00 2018-09-28T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CSAS Lecture Series | Buddhism, Secularism and the Pyrrhic Constitutionalism of Sri Lanka (September 28, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53243 53243-13321605@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

More than half of all constitutions in South and Southeast Asia give special privileges and/or status to a single religion. Despite this fact, most scholars still treat these types of laws as though they were anomalous. Aside from transgressing the presumed neutrality of contemporary public law, religiously preferential constitutions are also assumed to give clear political or economic advantages to members of the preferred religious groups.

Yet, are these worries valid? Are religious supremacy clauses always an unequivocal boon for the majority religious groups? Moreover, when it comes to the functioning of constitutional law in society, how different are mechanism and effects of religiously preferential constitutions compared with secular ones?

Drawing on my recent book, and ongoing research, I explore these questions in the context of Sri Lanka—a country that, for the last four decades, has given Buddhism special constitutional status. Through an analysis of Buddhist doctrine, monastic practices and legal theory I hope to complicate existing wisdom about the effects of religious supremacy clauses and to challenge the assumed binary opposition between secular constitutions and religious preferential ones.

Benjamin Schonthal is Associate Professor of Buddhism and Asian Religions at the University of Otago, in New Zealand. His research examines the intersections of religion, law and politics in late-colonial and contemporary Southern Asia, with a particular focus on Buddhism and law in Sri Lanka. His work appears in The Journal of Asian Studies, Modern Asian Studies, the International Journal of Constitutional Law and other places. Ben's first book, Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law, appeared with Cambridge University Press in 2016. His current project, supported by the Marsden Fund of the Royal Society of New Zealand, examines the lived practices of monastic law in contemporary Sri Lanka and their links with state-legal structures.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:51:43 -0400 2018-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Ben Schonthal, Associate Professor of Buddhism and Asian Religions and Associate Dean (International) for the Humanities Division, University of Otago, New Zealand
WCED Conference. Democracies Emerging and Submerging (September 29, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54777 54777-13643005@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Understanding how and why democracies emerge requires attention to how and why they submerge. In this second installment of the multiyear and cross-university Democratic Change Research Initiative, this conference gathers leading scholars of authoritarianism and democratization at WCED to present and discuss their ongoing research on why democracy and autocracy either emerge and endure or falter and fail.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:58:46 -0400 2018-09-29T08:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Conference / Symposium Democracies Emerging and Submerging
Saturday Morning Physics | Dark Matters (September 29, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53967 53967-13504399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

This talk will give an update on the hunt for dark matter and the quest to understand how most of the matter in our universe came about.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:07:21 -0400 2018-09-29T10:30:00-04:00 2018-09-29T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
WCED Panel. How Democracies Live and Die (September 29, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54784 54784-13643011@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 11:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Steven Levitsky, professor of government, Harvard University
Thomas Carothers, senior vice president for studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Didi Kuo, research scholar, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University

In their new book How Democracies Die, Harvard University professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt address what may be the defining political question of our time. In this capstone event to WCED’s “Democracies Emerging and Submerging” conference, Professor Levitsky discusses how democracies both live and die with Thomas Carothers from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Didi Kuo from Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:35:09 -0400 2018-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion How Democracies Die cover
Nam Center for Korean Studies | Chuseok Dae Party (September 30, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54288 54288-13563525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 30, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

The 2018 Chuseok Dae Party is the eighth annual celebration of Korean Thanksgiving.

Featuring an afternoon of Korean culture and arts with traditional games, crafts, performances, and holiday food, all members of the U-M community and area residents of all ages are welcomed to enjoy Korean hospitality and traditions at this festival.

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Reception / Open House Thu, 06 Sep 2018 14:52:08 -0400 2018-09-30T14:00:00-04:00 2018-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Reception / Open House Chuseok Dae Party
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Language Issues: Ancient and Modern (October 1, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55927 55927-13805096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
People sure love to talk and write, ancients and moderns alike. But how can we know what people four thousand years ago were trying to do when they used language? We will look at various language questions raised by ancient Middle Eastern sources and discuss how modern linguistic, anthropological, and historical methodologies can bridge thousand-year gaps, so that we can communicate with women and men from long ago. And, just as importantly, how do we explain these methodologies to non-expert readers—how do you write a book about one topic, while simultaneously taking your readers into other fields that require different modes of thinking and evaluation? How do you address one audience while speaking the language of a different one?

Speaker Bio:
Jay Crisostomo is an Assyriologist, researching language and social and intellectual histories of the ancient Middle East. His book Translation as Scholarship: Language, Writing, and Bilingual Education in Ancient Babylonia will be published in early 2019. He is currently working on the linguistic and social history of the Sumerian language, one of the world’s earliest and most important recorded languages.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:45:57 -0400 2018-10-01T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Film Screening and Discussion of Soufra (October 1, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52498 52498-12840324@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Soufra follows the unlikely and wildly inspirational story of intrepid social entrepreneur, Mariam Shaar – a generational refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp just south of Beirut, Lebanon. The film follows Mariam as she sets out against all odds to change her fate by launching a successful catering company, “Soufra,” and then expand it into a food truck business with a diverse team of fellow refugee woman who now share this camp as their home. Together, they heal the wounds of war through the unifying power of food while taking their future into their own hands through an unrelenting belief in Mariam, and in each other. In the process, Mariam is breaking barriers, pulling together Syrian, Iraqi, Palestinian and Lebanese women to work side by side and form beautiful friendships while running this thriving business.

Soufra will shine a new and revealing light on people inside of the largest refugee crisis in human history, but ultimately this film is about hope, grit, passion and the common bonds created by bringing people together around food as a bridge to overcome all barriers. Though Mariam is officially considered “stateless” she is a beacon of hope and home for thousands upon thousands of women in the most unlikely of places. Mariam and her team will be just that for thousands more once her story is told through Soufra.

The screening of the film will be followed by a discussion and Q&A featuring Soufra director and producer, Thomas Morgan and Quinn Konarska, U-M International Studies alumna and production coordinator, Rebelhouse Group, who helped produce the film.

A reception with light appetizers and refreshments will follow the film discussion. The cookbook, Soufra: Recipes from a Refugee Food Truck, will also be available for purchase for $20.00 via cash or check.

This event is co-sponsored by: Program in International and Comparative Studies, Center for Entrepreneurship, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum, Donia Human Rights Center, Global Islamic Studies Center, Department of Film, Television, and Media, Department of Middle East Studies, and Center for Middle East and North African Studies

Thomas Morgan
Director and Producer, Soufra
Thomas attended college at Central Michigan University where he graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration in 1990. Morgan worked as real estate developer and investment banker for most of his career. In 2009, after a “series of unlikely events” Morgan left the corporate world behind to become a documentary filmmaker and activist.

His films have been labeled “Filmanthropy” as he has leveraged them to create movements and a call to action. In Storied Streets, Morgan captures the painful reality of homelessness in America and gracefully unearths pain and personal triumphs of those living unhoused in our country. Through the film he has protested, petitioned and pushed for laws making the violence against the homeless a hate crime, higher wages and abolishment of laws criminalizing homelessness.

With the 2013 documentary short film, Waiting for Mamu, he speaks to the power of one, through the story of Pushpa Basnet, who at age 21 began helping free children from the prison floors in Nepal. The award winning film has raised the money to build a permanent home, The Butterfly Home, in Kathmandu and assisted in supporting their education. He has added Executive Producer to his resume through his support of Silenced, a film about US government whistleblowers, and India’s Daughter, an Oscar contending film about the rape and murder of a 23 year old medical student in India.

Morgan has been a keynote speaker many times on Capitol Hill and twice before the U.S. Congress. He also spoke for the PPL forum at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and at 2013 at the United Nations. His TED Talk entitled “Put On Your Underoos It’s Time To Save The World” has been seen via internet by hundreds of thousands. He has done one of the most unusual TEDx Talks from Nepal soon after the earthquake while providing relief to Pushpa Basnet and her children and was the commencement speaker at his alma mater given what has been called “One the best commencement speeches of 2015.”

Quinn Konarska, Rebelhouse Studios, Los Angeles, CA
BA International Studies - Global Environment and Heath; minors, Global Media Studies, and French and Francophone Studies '13

Quinn graduated from the University of Michigan in 2013 with a BA in International Studies focused on Global Environment and Health, and minors in Screen Arts and Cultures, and French and Francophone studies. While at Michigan, she was an active member of FOKUS (Fighting Obstacles Knowing Ultimate Success) and SHEI Magazine, and studied abroad in Aix-en-Provence, France. In 2011, she worked for Participant Media as a documentary development intern, helping to fund and produce films for social change. Upon graduation, she accepted an offer with Google in San Francisco. She worked in People Operations, developing events and programs to engage with top tech talent while working to build a more diverse hiring pipeline. In August 2017, Quinn left Google, packed up her Volvo wagon, and headed south to pursue impact media in Los Angeles.

Quinn currently works as a production and outreach coordinator for Rebelhouse Group, a creative agency that produces films in tandem with outreach campaigns to enact social change. Their most recent documentary, Soufra, tells the story of a group of refugee women in Lebanon who set out to launch a successful catering company and expand it into a food truck business. Soufra was an official selection of the Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Positive Cinema Week, DOC NYC, El Gouna, and numerous other film festivals. Quinn plans to continue pursuing writing and filmmaking as tools to make the world a better place.

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Film Screening Thu, 16 Aug 2018 15:03:33 -0400 2018-10-01T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T18:15:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Film Screening photo
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Spatializing Infant Burial in Qing China (October 2, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53060 53060-13211469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

In the nineteenth century, foreigners in China wrote prolifically about so-called "baby towers"—structures that were erected outside cities to house the remains of dead children. In the minds of many foreigners, baby towers came to embody both a peculiar rendering of Chinese death practices, as well as a growing animus toward certain aspects of Chinese social life. This talk will attempt to contextualize these structures, by describing and mapping the history of campaigns to bury children in the late imperial period.

Jeff Snyder-Reinke is a professor of Chinese history at The College of Idaho. He earned his PhD in modern Chinese history from the University of Michigan in 2006. He conducted dissertation research at the Institute for Qing History in Beijing while on a Fulbright fellowship. Out of this research came his first book, "Dry Spells: State Rainmaking and Local Governance in Late Imperial China," which was published by the Harvard University Asia Center in 2009. He is currently working on a book-length study of infant burial in the Qing dynasty. In what little spare time he has, he serves as the CEO of a company that manufactures fruit tea.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:53:37 -0400 2018-10-02T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Jeff Snyder-Reinke, Professor of Chinese History, The College of Idaho
WCED Lecture. Cooperate or Resist? State-Society Relations and Authoritarianism in Russia and Beyond (October 2, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54101 54101-13528399@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

This talk will outline a theory of state-society relations in weak and strong states and connect it to two types of authoritarianism. It suggests that in countries where the state serves as the primary collective identity, people tend to cooperate with state representatives and make it easy for the ruler to build efficient centralized state structures while failing to create institutions of accountability and prevent the abuse of power. In the countries where the primary collective identities are non-state ones, people tend to resist state initiatives and only agree to short-term deals which creates a fruitful ground for clientelism and hinders building state capacity. At the same time, these societies are better equipped to build institutions of accountability and prevent a large-scale abuse of state power. Examples of grassroots-level state and civil society organizations from four Russian regions (Kemerovo region, Rostov region, the Republic of Tatarstan, and the Republic of Altai) will illustrate the different patterns of state-society relationships. The talk will also discuss several implications of the proposed theory for the study of political regimes.

Natalia Forrat is a 2018-20 WCED postdoctoral fellow. She received her PhD from Northwestern University in 2017. Before coming to Michigan, she was a predoctoral fellow at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University and a postdoctoral fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her research has appeared in Post-Soviet Affairs and Comparative Politics along with a number of Russian-language venues. At Michigan, Natalia Forrat will be working on her book manuscript on the relationship between state-society relationships and authoritarianism.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 09:27:58 -0400 2018-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Natalia Forrat
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (October 2, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56052 56052-13823413@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Join us for the introductory meeting of the Cognitive Science Seminar Series. This informal biweekly seminar series provides space for presentations of research at any stage of development, academic workshops, and professional development opportunities. The series offers an opportunity for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to network and engage with scholars from multiple disciplines and units across campus.

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Meeting Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:26:15 -0400 2018-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Meeting Weiser Hall
Cognitive Science Community (October 2, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55432 55432-13725295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 2, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

The second group discussion of Cognitive Science Community will focus on Allen Newell and Herbert Simon’s classic paper "Human problem solving: The state of the theory in 1970." Cognitive Science Community meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. to host student- and professor-led discussions on the latest topics in cognitive science and related fields.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 01 Oct 2018 15:37:25 -0400 2018-10-02T18:30:00-04:00 2018-10-02T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Cog Sci Community illustration
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Social and Political Lives of Japanese Cherry Blossoms (October 4, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53644 53644-13441965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series.

Cherry blossoms have been and remained a/the most cherished flowers for the Japanese. Using power-point images, the talk will present many, often contradictory, meanings and ethos assigned to the flower – from life and love to death – while becoming a symbol of various social groups, and, ultimately, the Japanese as a whole. Highlighted is its abuses during Japan’s military period, culminating in its use for the tokkōtai operation towards the end of World War II. The talk will conclude by deliberating the opacity in symbolic communication and its impact on the people.

Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (Ohnuki Emiko), William F. Vilas Research Professor is native of Japan and specializes in historical and interpretive anthropology. Beginning with the Detroit Chinese and the Sakhalin Ainu, resettled in Hokkaido, her work on the Japanese began with their health care, followed by symbols of the Japanese collective self, including rice, monkey and cherry blossoms. Her work is published both in English (10) and Japanese (5), and have been translated into 10 different languages.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:52:48 -0400 2018-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
International Studies Transfer Student Information Session (October 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53245 53245-13321607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

The Program in International and Comparative Studies (PICS) invites transfer students to join us for an overview of the interdisciplinary International Studies major and minor! Academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Transfer credit evaluation process
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Funding opportunities for study, research, and internships abroad
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor
• PICS student organizations
• Helpful resources for transfer students

Transfer students will have a chance to speak with International Studies advisors, Newnan/LSA General Advising, the LSA Opportunity Hub, and the U-M Career Center.

Please register to attend by October 1, 2018 here: http://myumi.ch/Lzq7d

Questions? Please email is-advising@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:26:58 -0400 2018-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Workshop / Seminar poster
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (October 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-13565708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2018-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
CSAS Lecture Series | Summer in South Asia Fellowship Symposium (October 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54383 54383-13574559@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Ten undergraduate students were selected to be 2018 Summer in South Asia Fellows. Fellows designed, implemented, and enacted their proposals for their summers in India. At the symposium, students will share their experiences in India, drawing from their internships, research, and interactions with the culture.

Meet the fellows here: https://ii.umich.edu/csas/undergraduate-students/summer-in-south-asia-fellowships/2018-fellows.html

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:54:41 -0400 2018-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Conference / Symposium SiSA Collage.png
Saturday Morning Physics | Gravitational Waves with LIGO: Beyond the Big Chirp (October 6, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54060 54060-13521826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 6, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Collecting a zoo of black holes. Hunting for elusive signals from spinning neutron stars. Grappling with terabytes of data. On occasion, imitating thirsty ravens. These are just a few of the things that LIGO scientists are busy with, as the field of gravitational wave physics takes off from its historic first detection. This talk will provide a view of LIGO from the ground: key concepts, recent results, a taste of challenges large and small, and a particular focus on the work done here at University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:45:22 -0400 2018-10-06T10:30:00-04:00 2018-10-06T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Masses of Dead Stars LIGO
CMENAS Colloquium Series. How Islam Was Studied: From Dynasties and Civilization to Anthropology, Gender, and the Internet (October 8, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54840 54840-13645310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
After defining the five major components of religion (discourses/teachings, practices, communities institutions, and leaders), Professor Knysh will examine the applicability and suitability of this analytic rubrication for the academic study of Islam. He will then address various past and present conceptualizations of Islam and the principal methodological frameworks used by Western scholars and scholars of Muslim background trained in the West to represent Islam and Muslims to various audiences. Professor Knysh emphasizes the critical importance of who, when and where interprets and articulates the malleable and multi-faceted abstract/construct called “Islam.” He also addresses the impact of new information technologies and cyberspace on the meta-discourses about Islam, while revisiting the abiding relevance of Marxian and Weberian theories of religion generally and Islam in particular.

Speaker Bio:
Alexander Knysh is Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Michigan and Principal Investigator of a research project on political Islam/Islamism sponsored by the Rectorate of the St. Petersburg State University, Russia. His academic interests include Islamic mysticism (Sufism), Qur’anic studies, the history of Muslim theological, philosophical and juridical thought, and modern Islamic/Islamist movements in comparative perspective. He has numerous academic and instructional publications on these subjects, including twelve books. Since 2006, he has served as section editor for “Sufism” on the Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition (E.J. Brill, Leiden and Boston). He is also Executive Editor of the Encyclopedia of Islamic Mysticism and the Handbooks of Islamic Mysticism book series associated with it (E.J. Brill, Leiden and Boston). Professor Knysh serves on the editorial boards of the following academic journals: Al-Abhath (Beirut), Vestnik Sankt Peterburgskogo Universiteta (Saint Petersburg), Al-Farabi (Almaty), Islamovedenie (Makhachkala, Russian Federation), Islam v sovremennom mire (Moscow), and Journal of Sufi Studies (Leiden and Boston).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:11:24 -0400 2018-10-08T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion knysh_image
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Plato, Through Confucian Eyes (October 9, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52910 52910-13142321@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

While many published studies compare ancient Greek and Chinese philosophy, such studies usually start by identifying some set of ideas in the Greek texts, and then argue that one can find the same or similar ideas on the Chinese side. In this talk, Professor Hutton reverses that direction of comparison and use Chinese ideas—and in particular early Confucian views—as a lens to re-examine Greek philosophy, starting with Plato. Through this method, he aims to show how Confucian perspectives can unearth new interpretive insights about Western philosophical texts, and how this process can also aid us in thinking more deeply about the Confucian views themselves.

Eric L. Hutton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where he has been teaching since 2002. His research focuses on early Confucianism and comparative studies of ancient Greek and Chinese philosophy, especially on the topic of ethics. His major publications include a translation, "Xunzi: The Complete Text" (Princeton University Press, 2014), and an edited volume, the "Dao Companion to the Philosophy of Xunzi" (Springer, 2016). He is also co-editor (with Justin Tiwald) of the new translation series "Oxford Chinese Thought."

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Jul 2018 14:35:51 -0400 2018-10-09T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Eric Hutton, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah
Nam Center Colloquium Series | A Song of Dissent and Democracy: "March for the Beloved" and the Politics of Resistance in South Korea (October 9, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54421 54421-13583295@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Nam Center for Korean Studies

In early 1982, a group of writers, labor activists, and musicians gathered at a remote house in the southwestern city of Kwangju. Under the watchful eye of Chun Doo Hwan’s military dictatorship, the group clandestinely performed and recorded “March for the Beloved” (Im ŭl wihan haengjingok), a song to honor the “soul marriage” of late activists Pak Kisun and Yun Sangwǒn. Born in a city that had yet to recover from a brutal massacre of civilians staged by the military state in May of 1980, the song moved vastly beyond its original intent of commemorating those massacred and consoling the bereaved. Over the decades to follow, the song would emerge as the most powerful and widely sung anthem for counter-state movements, often finding itself at the center of much controversy over how to remember the tumultuous 1980s. This paper examines the bizarre twists and turns the song has undergone since its original inception, as occasions for thinking about the culture of protest and the politics of memory that shape the legacies of democratization in South Korea.

Susan Hwang is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Korean Literature and Cultural Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Indiana University. Her current research focuses on the changing relationship between literature and politics from the 1960s to the present in South Korea.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:35:12 -0400 2018-10-09T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Nam Center for Korean Studies Lecture / Discussion Susan Hwang, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Indiana University
Cognitive Science Community (October 9, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56456 56456-13905916@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Cognitive Science Community meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. to host student- and professor-led discussions on the latest topics in cognitive science and related fields.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:24:20 -0400 2018-10-09T18:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion CogSci community logo
BLI Lunch & Learn - Taco bout Leadership (October 10, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56238 56238-13867106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Come Taco bout our great BLI Habits, and learn all about our ALA course, funding opportunities and much more! Grab some nachos and chill with the amazing staff of the BLI!

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Other Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:59:53 -0400 2018-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Other Weiser Hall
CREES Noon Lecture. Invisible Europe (October 10, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54140 54140-13530683@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Essayist and fiction writer Dubravka Ugrešić will take a light tone while talking about the "invisible people" of Europe: the migrations that nobody takes into account when talking about the contemporary “migration crisis” and the people with proper papers migrating within the European Union. In another words, Ugrešić will try to explain what Bulgarians, for instance, are doing in the Netherlands and what the Dutch are doing in Bulgaria.

Dubravka Ugrešić is one of Europe’s most distinctive novelists and essayists. From her early postmodernist excursions, to her elegiac reckonings in fiction and essay with the disintegration of her Yugoslav homeland and the fall of the Berlin Wall, to her more recent writings on popular and literary culture, Ugrešić’s work is marked by a combination of irony, polemic, and compassion. Following degrees in Comparative and Russian Literature, Ugrešić worked for many years at the University of Zagreb’s Institute for Theory of Literature. When war broke out in Yugoslavia in 1991, Ugrešić took a firm anti-war stance, critically dissecting retrograde Croatian and Serbian nationalism. Subjected to prolonged media harassment, she left Croatia in 1993. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. She is the winner of several major literary prizes, including the Austrian State Prize for European Literature 1998; the Jean Améry Essay Prize for her essayistic work as a whole, 2012; and the Vilenica Prize and Neustadt International Prize for Literature, 2016.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:10:35 -0400 2018-10-10T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Dubravka Ugrešić, by Shevuan Williams
Psychology & CGIS Study Abroad Co-Advising (October 10, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53375 53375-13355926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Walk-in advising for students interested in studying abroad. Come with your questions to speak with both a Psych Advisor and CGIS Advisor in one session!

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Other Mon, 19 Nov 2018 15:59:29 -0500 2018-10-10T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Department of Psychology Other Psych and CGIS study abroad co advising
Donia Human Rights Center Future Leaders in Human Rights Panel (October 10, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56183 56183-13841869@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Donia Human Rights Center Future Leaders in Human Rights Panel showcases cutting edge research in human rights conducted by young scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds. It is also a forum for University of Michigan students and scholars interested in human rights issues to come together for interdisciplinary intellectual engagement and to promote innovative and impactful research in human rights. Please RSVP for the panel here: http://myumi.ch/Lqkge

Panelists:

Charles Crabtree
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science
"How Public Opinion Shapes Discriminatory Policing"

Why do the police discriminate against racial minorities? Unlike existing studies, which focus on explicit or implicit biases among the police, I argue that racial discrimination depends in a conditional way on the extent of egalitarian views among the police and the public. To test the implications of my theory, I conduct an innovative survey experiment with American law enforcement administrators and elected officials who oversee the police. As predicted, elected politicians exhibit less racial discrimination in law enforcement oversight when informed that the public supports racial equality in policing. Contrary to my theory, though, police do not react to perceived public demand for egalitarianism. Overall, my results suggest that public attitudes toward racial equality influence police discrimination only indirectly, through the institutions that monitor and check their power. My paper contributes to the growing inter-disciplinary literature on the politics of policing by illuminating how public opinion shapes law enforcement outcomes.

Charles Crabtree is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. His substantive research focuses on various aspects of repression and discrimination in comparative, American, and international politics. Methodologically, he is interested in research design, experiments, and using computational tools to better understand the social world. He has published work on these topics in the British Journal of Political Science, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Electoral Studies, International Interactions, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Experimental Political Science, the Journal of Peace Research, Political Research Quarterly, Political Analysis, Political Science Research and Methods, PS: Political Science & Politics, Research & Politics, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, and in several journals in other fields.

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Volha (Olga) Chykina
Postdoctoral Fellow, Donia Human Rights Center
“Public Opinion Towards Immigrants and the Educational Experiences of Immigrant Students: Evidence from Europe and the United States”

In my work, I examine whether heightened levels of anti-immigrant sentiment negatively affect the academic outcomes of immigrant youth. More specifically, I conduct a cross-national examination of the achievement and educational expectations to attain a college degree of first and second-generation immigrant youth in Europe as well as a sub-national examination in the United States. As part of it, I analyze data from traditional and new immigrant destination countries in Europe. In line with my theory, I find that an increase in anti-immigrant sentiment is associated with a decrease in student math achievement and student expectations to attain a college degree. I also analyze data from standardized state assessments in California. I find that an increase in anti-immigrant sentiment is associated with a reduction in student scores on these tests. To conduct these analyses, I create a novel measure of sub-national anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States. Prior studies have largely ignored that students might be influenced by discrimination that occurs outside the schoolhouse. My work addresses this gap in the literature by showing that anti-immigrant sentiment might hamper immigrant educational outcomes. These findings are especially important in light of heightened anti-immigrant sentiment in both Europe and the United States.

Volha Chykina is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Donia Human Rights Center at the University of Michigan. Previously, she was a Ph.D. student in the Educational Theory and Policy program and the Comparative and International Education program at the Pennsylvania State University. Broadly defined, her research attempts to answer the question of what drives educational inequality in the United States and cross-nationally. A significant portion of this research examines how the educational policies and characteristics of immigrant and minority students’ communities affect their educational outcomes. Her research has been published or is forthcoming in Sociological Science, the British Journal of Sociology of Education, Socius, The Social Science Journal, Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, Globalisation, Societies and Education, and European Education. She also has a number of working projects that can be found on her website, http://volhachykina.org/.

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Tamy Guberek
Ph.D. Candidate, School of Information
“Data Dilemmas: The Impact of Communicating Uncertain Numbers in Human Rights Decision-making”

Data about crime, violence and human rights abuses is shrouded with uncertainty. Missing data is high, rarely randomly distributed, and ground truth is almost never attainable. How does communicating the limitations of these data impact decision-making? While human rights scholars recommend that advocates transparently communicate data limitations to audiences, existing studies from cognitive science and science communication disagree about whether doing so is effective, counterproductive, or something in between. In this talk, I will present early results from experimental research where I find strong evidence that the content of conveying uncertainty in data matters. As predicted, simple caveats have no impact on decisions, while more informative expressions of uncertainty do. These findings suggest that those who include numeric information about such difficult to observe phenomena should carefully review and consider the impact of their communication strategies.

Tamy Guberek is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information. Her research focuses on various challenges as data, archives and technology intersect with advancing human rights and protecting vulnerable communities. She has published in Archival Science, Statistics Politics and Policy, and the ACM Human Factors in Computing (CHI) peer-reviewed proceedings, as well as co-authored various reports with and for human rights practitioners. Prior to graduate school, Guberek led work in Latin America for the Human Rights Data Analysis Group.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Oct 2018 16:08:24 -0400 2018-10-10T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-10T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion dhrc_image
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Tradition and Innovation in English-language Noh, "Blue Moon Over Memphis" (October 11, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53645 53645-13441966@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Part of the Toyota Visiting Professor 30th Anniversary Special Lecture Series

NOTE: Please join us for "Blue Moon Over Memphis" at the Power Center on Friday, October 12, 2018 at 7pm.

In preparation for the English-language Noh performance at the University of Michigan of "Blue Moon Over Memphis" (BMOM), a story based on the legendary Elvis Presley, this talk examines how Noh can be created and performed in languages other than Japanese, what aspects BMOM has maintained or adapted from tradition, and how this version deviates from tradition. This talk posits that English-language Noh has become an entry point into Noh for audiences, and that its composers have created English-language Noh text-music conventions. BMOM reveals the flexibility of the Noh form and how it can accommodate innovative musical elements in English.

Mariko Anno is Associate Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology. She earned a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from Tokyo University of the Arts and a D.M.A. in Flute Performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research examines Japanese Noh drama in a contemporary transnational context through English-language Noh.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:56:38 -0400 2018-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Mariko Anno, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Agrupación Xangô Event Series. Transnational Movements of African Descendant People in Argentina: Immigration, Race, and Nationalism (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56060 56060-13823426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This event will give a brief historical overview of African migrations in Argentina and the current situation of African and Afrodescendant migrants and refugees in Argentina and their main tensions: Racism, Discrimination and Xenophobia.

Agrupación Xangô is a dynamic Afro-Argentine association whose mission is to forge bonds with international groups, promote the visibility of Afro-descendants, enhance global scholarship, and advocate for social justice and human rights in Argentina and throughout the African diaspora.

Free and Open to the Public. Light Refreshments will be served.

For more information, please contact Marisol Fila at mafila@umich.edu.

Cosponsors: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, University Library, Language Resource Center, Center for Global and Intercultural Study, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks (KCP) Visiting Professors Program, Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:40:31 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion immigration_image
Collegiate Lecture (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52082 52082-12415784@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

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Presentation Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:12:08 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Department of English Language and Literature Presentation Weiser Hall
Cultural Appropriation - uh-oh, no-no, or #appropro? (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53218 53218-13295781@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Appropriation can feel like the "third rail" of our current cultural discourse. In this talk I'll try to offer some reflections on the topic drawn from my own experiences as a fiction writer and teacher of creative writing in the hope of furthering and complicating our conversations about this important issue.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:37:00 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Peter
Cultural Appropriation — Uh oh, No-no, or #appropo? (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53905 53905-13478722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program

Professor Peter Ho Davies, Charles Baxter Collegiate Professor of English Language and Literature, Inaugural Lecture

Appropriation can feel like the "third rail" of our current cultural discourse. In this talk I'll try to offer some reflections on the topic drawn from my own experiences as a fiction writer and teacher of creative writing in the hope of furthering and complicating our conversations about this important issue.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:41:29 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers' Program Lecture / Discussion Peter Ho Davies
Annual Distinguished Lecture on Europe. Islamophobia and the Struggle for Recognition (October 11, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54178 54178-13537258@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

Until recently, the concept of islamophobia was located in the field of religious tolerance and pluralism. Professor Modood pioneered an alternative understanding of the phenomenon, defining islamophobia instead as anti-Muslim racism in the context of multicultural citizenship. That alternative definition is now emerging as the dominant interpretation, accepted by UNESCO and gaining traction in social sciences and public discourse alike. Professor Modood will outline the public career of the concept of Islamophobia and discuss his misgivings about the direction that some Islamophobia/Muslim studies are taking.

Tariq Modood is professor of sociology, politics, and public policy and the founding director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. He is also the co-founder of the international journal Ethnicities. He has held over 40 grants and consultancies, has over 35 (co-)authored and (co-)edited books and reports, as well as over 200 articles and chapters. He was a Robert Schuman Fellow at the European University Institute for part of 2013-15, and a “Thinker in Residence” at the Royal Academy of Flanders, Brussels in 2017. His latest books include "Multiculturalism: A Civic Idea" (2nd ed., 2013); "Multiculturalism Rethought" (2015); "Multiculturalism and Interculturalism: Debating the Dividing Lines" (2016); and "The Problem of Religious Diversity: European Problems, Asian Challenges" (2017).

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 13:53:31 -0400 2018-10-11T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-11T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Tariq Modood
Friday Lecture Series. Lao Murals in Northeast Thailand (October 12, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54848 54848-13645320@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Research on temple murals in Thailand has focused on those commissioned by the rich and famous—royalty, nobility, or wealthy entrepreneurs—in historic centers of power, such as Auytthaya, Thonburi, Bangkok and to a lesser extent the northern Lanna kingdom. Little has been written in either Thai or English about the unique early 20th century murals of ethnic Lao people in the Northeast, a region also known as Isan. These murals, rather than being inferior copies of those in the central region, are inspired by local Buddhist stories and practices and are executed with a verve and vision unique to their creators. Among their most distinctive characteristics are their diverse compositions and their location on the exterior of ordination halls.

Located in villages rather than provincial capitals, these humble murals are not well-known even in Isan. However, Wat Chaisi, a temple in a village 20 kilometers from Khon Kaen city is quickly becoming famous as a model of preservation, education, and Buddhist celebrations and is even being advertised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand. The talk will include pictures of many murals and summaries of the stories depicted.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:53:54 -0400 2018-10-12T11:30:00-04:00 2018-10-12T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion breton_image
Idols and Figural Images in Islam: a Brief Dive into a Perennial Debate (October 15, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56325 56325-13878535@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: History of Art

In this presentation Prof. Christiane Gruber aims to explore some of the questions and debates concerning idolatry and figural representation from the beginning of Islam until today. It will focus in particular on the specific terminology used in the Qur’an and Hadith—in particular the terms tamathil (figural likenesses), asnam (idols), and ansab (sacred stones or betyls)—in order to distinguish the semantic and conceptual categories that were used by Muslim writers to classify various forms of art-making along with their associated practices. Such terms were further finessed within historical and jurisprudential writings, in which the Solomonic, Abrahamic, and Mosaic paradigms concerning statuary and idols served to both legitimize figural statuary while simultaneously castigating three-dimensional and even pendant imagery as potentially subject to devotional worship. In the majority of texts, images were not understood as prohibited per se. Rather, their modalities of display and use proved of paramount significance within the perennial debates concerned with image-making, as is the case in all global religious cultures. Skirting the “broad swath” method, this talk thus aims to pinpoint some the finer issues raised by the textual corpus as it intersects with artworks and paintings in order to demonstrate that practices of figural representation in Islamic traditions most often were (and still are) guided by cultural and political expediency rather than religious or legal principle.

Christiane Gruber is Professor of Islamic Art and Associate Chair in the History of Art Department at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research interests span medieval Islamic art to contemporary visual culture. She has authored two books on Islamic texts and images of the Prophet Muhammad’s ascension and has edited about a dozen volumes on Islamic book arts, ascension texts and images, and visual and material culture. Her third book, entitled The Praiseworthy One: The Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Texts and Images, will appear in print in January 2019.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:19:05 -0400 2018-10-15T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-15T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall History of Art Lecture / Discussion disc flyer
Annual Copernicus Lecture. Contemporary Poland Fighting for Democracy (October 15, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54803 54803-13645215@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 15, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

In the 2018 Copernicus Lecture, Barbara Nowacka will discuss the ongoing challenges to democracy in Poland and Polish civil society’s resistance to them.

Barbara Nowacka is a feminist, politician, and progressive activist. She is chancellor of the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw, holds an MBA, and is an IT specialist by education. Nowacka is a member of the Women’s Congress National Council and chair of the progressive association “Initiative Poland.” She is also co-founder and deputy chair of the Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka Foundation, an organization which aims to promote equality, social justice, and social inclusion. Nowacka headed the election committee for the “United Left” coalition during the 2015 Polish parliamentary election, and from 2015-17 she was a co-chair of the “Twój Ruch” political party. In 2016 and 2017 she organized and chaired the “Save Women” initiative, a civil bill which aimed to liberalize abortion laws in Poland. In October 2016, in response to an attempt by the political right to implement a total ban on abortion, Nowacka became a leading figure in the “Czarny Protest” action, a massive nationwide demonstration which ultimately succeeded in forcing the political right to back down. For her role in “Czarny Protest,” Nowacka was ranked one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2016 by Foreign Policy magazine.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:44:38 -0400 2018-10-15T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-15T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Lecture / Discussion Barbara Nowacka
International Studies Information Session and Q&A (October 16, 2018 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52598 52598-12874396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 4:15pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Students considering a major or minor in International Studies are strongly encouraged to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. International Studies academic advisors will discuss:

• Prerequisites
• Major and minor requirements
• Sub-plans
• How to declare
• Additional majors and minors offered at the International Institute
• Study abroad, grants, and internships
• Relevance of an International Studies major or minor

Undeclared students should plan to attend an International Studies Information Session and Q&A. For dates of all upcoming sessions, please review the PICS event calendar. If you have questions, please e-mail is-advising@umich.edu. All sessions will be held in Weiser Hall located at 500 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

A half-hour presentation will be followed by questions and discussion. Students can declare the International Studies major or minor at the information session. For more information, please email is-advising@umich.edu.

Parents and prospective students are welcome. For more information, please email is-michigan@umich.edu. Prospective students who would like to receive correspondence about International Studies related orientations, events, and special announcements should sign up for the International Studies Prospective Student email list: http://umich.us5.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=c5d81aed9f753c51ceb597dc0&id=e70f5ce914

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Presentation Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:52:32 -0400 2018-10-16T16:15:00-04:00 2018-10-16T17:15:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Presentation photo
CSAS Lecture Series | Lucknow in Letters: Endeavours, Achievements, and Tragedies (October 17, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54382 54382-13574558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

"Lucknow in Letters" is a multilingual (Urdu, English and Hindi) reading of personal letters written to/from Lucknow along with some contemporary newspaper reports and essays that provides glimpses of and chronicles the lived experience of the city since the 'ghadar' (Revolt of 1857) to the present times. Accompanied by images of original manuscripts, letters and the people who wrote them, the event has been conceived of as a labour of love for the city and its syncretic culture. The letters have been sourced from family archives and published material recording memories of everyday life in the city as well as events in history and interesting intersections of the personal and the political.

A contemporary Urdu newspaper account of the beginnings of the revolt of 1857 in the cantonments of Lucknow , letters written by British officers stationed in the city in the late 19th and early 20th centuries….letters recording the sacrifices made in the struggle for independence….letters about memories of separation and longing of families torn apart by the Partition….of the determined struggle by the oppressed and marginalized groups as they struggled to lead a life of dignity in an independent India…..letters about everyday life….of childhood pranks, marriage proposals and food….these letters weave a tapestry of what it meant to live in the city and how those who wrote these letters interpreted and narrativised what they experienced of life in the city.

Sanjay Muttoo reads out these letters and the performance is an hour and a quarter long.

Sanjay Muttoo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism in Kamla Nehru College, Delhi University. He has been associated with All India Radio as a newsreader in English. In partnership with publishing firm Scholastic, he tells stories to children in primary schools. He has made documentary films and worked in television.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Aug 2018 09:09:28 -0400 2018-10-17T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Lucknow in Letters
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (October 17, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56457 56457-13905917@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

This informal biweekly seminar series provides space for presentations of research at any stage of development, academic workshops, and professional development opportunities. The series offers an opportunity for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to network and engage with scholars from multiple disciplines and units across campus.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:28:33 -0400 2018-10-17T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-17T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Symposium on Complexity in Transportation Science: Connectivity, Data & Automation. (October 18, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52695 52695-12938041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

SCHEDULE

08:30-9:00 Coffee & light breakfast

09:00-10:00 Benjamin Seibold, Temple University
"Traffic Waves, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Future of Traffic Modeling"

10:00-11:00 Soyoung Ahn, University of Wisconsin
"A stochastic modeling of traffic breakdown for freeway merge bottlenecks"

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:15 Xuegang (Jeff) Ban, University of Washington
"Transportation Big Data: Promises and Issues in the Era of Connectivity, Automation, and Sharing"

12:15-1:30 Lunch

01:30-02:30 Robert Hampshire, University of Michigan
"Smart Cities: Data and Decision science for parking management"

02:30-03:30 Marta González, University of California, Berkeley
"Data Science to tackle Urban Challenges"

03:30-03:45 Coffee break

03:45-04:45 Rainald Löhner, George Mason University
"Crowd Management Via Multisensory Input, Fast Computing, Data Bases and Deep Learning"

04:45 Closing Remarks

For abstracts and biosketches please click the "ABSTRACTS AND BIOSKETCHES" link below.

ORGANIZERS

Tierra S Bills, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Charles Doering, Complex Systems, Mathematics, Physics
Gabor Orosz, Mechanical Engineering

See below to register for nametag (until noon Oct. 17, 2018). Lunch registration is closed.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:03:31 -0500 2018-10-18T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-18T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Conference / Symposium event poster
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Angry Spirits and Urban Soundscapes in Ancient Japan (October 18, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53996 53996-13513042@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

From the late seventh to the late eighth centuries, Japanese rulers built no fewer than six capitals, with the largest housing as many as 70,000 to 100,000 residents. In so doing, they set in motion a series of forces that dramatically reshaped the ritual means by which urban residents mediated their relationship with their physical environment and with the increasingly agitated superhuman world. In this talk I shall argue that a series of aural anomalies recorded in the court histories illustrates a remarkable shift in the ritual means by which the court engaged its newly-built environment of wooden structures that went bump in the night.

Michael Como (B.A., Harvard; Ph.D., Stanford University), is the Tōshū Fukami Associate Professor of Shinto Studies at Columbia University. His research focuses on the religious history of the Japanese islands from the Asuka through the early Heian periods, with a particular focus upon the Chinese and Korean deities, rites and technological systems that were transmitted to the Japanese islands during this time. He is currently working on a new monograph that focuses upon urbanization and the materiality of Japanese ritual performance and interpretation in the eighth and ninth centuries.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 21 Aug 2018 12:48:49 -0400 2018-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Michael Como, Toshu Fukami Associate Professor of Shinto Studies, Columbia University
LACS Film Screening and Q&A. O Processo (The Trial) (October 18, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56704 56704-13967644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

O PROCESSO (THE TRIAL) is a behind-the-scenes look at the impeachment trial of Brazil’s first female President. As Ramos’ camera quietly follows the proceedings, the film witnesses a spectacle of betrayal and corruption and the collapse of the nation’s democratic institutions.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature film at Vision du Reel, Documenta Madrid, Indie Lisboa, and Buenos Aires Documentary Film Festival.

Maria Augusta Ramos has won major awards for her seven documentary films, including, in 2013, the Marek Nowicki Prize from the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights for her body of work.

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Film Screening Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:20:37 -0400 2018-10-18T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-18T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Film Screening film-image
LACS Field Research Grant Symposium (October 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56787 56787-14003778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The LACS Field Research Grants are funded by the Rackham Graduate School, the LACS Brazil Initiative, and the International Institute to support graduate students conducting preliminary fieldwork in Latin America. The grants provide students with the opportunity to establish professional and academic contacts, familiarize themselves with sources relevant to their studies, conduct pilot studies and preliminary investigations, and refine their projects.

In this conference, students who received the 2018 Field Research Grant will present on their research conducted over the summer. This event is free and open to the public.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:27:56 -0400 2018-10-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference / Symposium Weiser Hall
Cognitive Science Open House (October 19, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56029 56029-13821107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 11:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Please join us for the 5th annual Cognitive Science Open House--an informational session about majoring in cognitive science. Brief presentations will be conducted by the Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science staff, faculty, and the Cognitive Science Community student organization. Raffle prizes will be given away. Refreshments will be provided. Registration required.

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Reception / Open House Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:54:37 -0400 2018-10-19T11:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Reception / Open House Lightbulb illustration
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. Television in Post-Reform Vietnam: Nation, Media, Market (October 19, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53907 53907-13478725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

In this talk, Dr Giang Nguyen-Thu will discuss her forthcoming book Television in Post-Reform Vietnam: Nation, Media, Market by Routledge (2018). Since the country’s economic reform in 1986, Vietnamese television has experienced a tremendous shift from a purely propagandist tool of the Party-State into an all-pervasive medium of popular culture. The dynamics of Vietnamese television, however, is completely neglected in the field of international television studies, shadowed by the Western assumption of Vietnam being an oppressed land without media freedom. In her book, Dr Giang Nguyen-Thu seeks to challenge such reductionist assumption to reveal the effects of popular television in recreating the sense of national belonging in Vietnam. This book explores how various genres of popular television, including television dramas, talk shows and reality shows, alter the way Vietnamese people make sense of and organize their post-Reform lives, and how these new genres enable a new condition of cultural oppression as well as political engagement in the name of the nation. In sharp contrast to the previous image of Vietnam as a war-torn land, post-Reform Vietnamese television conjures into being a new sense of national connectedness based on an implicit refusal of the socialist past, hopes on peace and marketization, and anxieties of the globalized future.

Dr. Giang Nguyen-Thu is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She also serves as an on-leave lecturer at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. She had her doctoral degree at the University of Queensland (2016) in the field of media and cultural studies. Her book Television in Post-Reform Vietnam: Nation, Media, Market is to be published by Routledge in 2018. She is now interested in the emotional politics of social media in Vietnam. Her current research investigates how Vietnamese mothers use Facebook to navigate in an emerging economy of precarity caused by the widespread panic related to environment and food toxicity. Similar to her works on Vietnamese television, this research is informed by Giang’s interest in cultural globalization as situated mediation processes between global logics and local concerns, whose effects much excess the way the Western world often imagines of the Vietnamese media environment.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Aug 2018 15:59:20 -0400 2018-10-19T11:30:00-04:00 2018-10-19T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion event_image
WCED Lecture. Populism and the Erosion of Democracy (October 19, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54102 54102-13528400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Populist parties and politicians are surging in both developed and new democracies, prompting much analytical and popular concern. Their rise is largely due to the failure of mainstream political parties to articulate and respond to popular concerns about immigration, changing labor markets, and perceived cultural threats. This talk explains how populists benefited from the shortcomings of mainstream parties, how they gained power in several countries, and the consequences of their governance for the formal and informal institutions of liberal democracy.

Anna Grzymala-Busse is the Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. Her research interests include political parties, state development and transformation, informal political institutions, religion and politics, and post-communist politics. She is the author of Redeeming the Communist Past, Rebuilding Leviathan, and Nations Under God.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 15 Oct 2018 09:35:30 -0400 2018-10-19T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Anna Grzymala-Busse
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) Workshop. Queer Liminality: Gender and Sexuality in Raafat Hattab’s "Ho(u)ria" (October 19, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56118 56118-13832588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Dr. Sascha Crasnow is lecturer of Islamic art in the Residential College at the University of Michigan. She received her Ph.D. in art history, theory, and criticism from the University of California San Diego in 2018. Her current book manuscript, "After the Intifadas: Art in the Age of Disillusionment," examines shifts in contemporary art production in the post-Second Intifada period among Palestinian artists living and making work within historic Palestine. This project, which is based on her dissertation research, has been solicited by Duke University Press.

Workshop Topic:
For LGBTQ individuals in Palestine, issues of gender and sexuality are inherently intertwined with their positions as individuals living under occupation. This is perhaps most notably visible through the eliding of Israel’s human rights abuses against Palestinians by Brand Israel (the primary pro-Israel propaganda project) through a portrayal of Israel as the singular gay-friendly, culturally progressive Middle Eastern country—a practice that has been termed “pinkwashing.” For Palestinians living within the state of Israel who identify as queer, they may feel caught between two societies into which they do not fit: Israeli society, where they are an outcast because of their Palestinianness, and Palestinian society, where they are an outcast because of their gender expression or sexuality. This leaves some individuals in a state of twofold liminality. In this paper, I utilize this notion of liminality as relates to the trans* experience discussed by Diane Dentice and Michelle Dietert to examine Ho(u)ria (2010), a video work by genderqueer Palestinian artist Raafat Hattab. Haatab’s video alternates between three scenes: a mermaid (Hattab) on the beach, Hattab’s aunt telling the story of her family’s expulsion from their homes during the Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe” referring to the formation of Israel and expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians), and Hattab getting a tattoo of Arabic calligraphy on his chest. While on the surface appearing disparate, these three scenes all speak to the intrinsically interwoven nature of liminality, the omission of certain voices from the nationalist struggle, and the persistent fight for liberation, as embodied by the work’s title—houria, meaning mermaid, and horia, meaning freedom.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 27 Sep 2018 16:46:34 -0400 2018-10-19T12:30:00-04:00 2018-10-19T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Sascha Crasnow
CSAS Thomas R. Trautmann Honorary Lecture | Conflict, Violence and Resistance in Ancient India (October 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53296 53296-13338827@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

Our understanding of the past changes dramatically when we recognize violence as an intimate and important part of human experience that demands the historian’s attention. It is well known that the origins, sustenance and expansion of states involve the use of coercive power. This lecture looks at conflict, violence and resistance in the context of the politics of ancient India. Moving between political ideas and practice, I focus on three themes. The first is a general discussion of the relationship between the state and violence. The second extends the analysis to the social sphere, examining how theories of kingship legitimized the state’s violence against its subjects; the state’s powers to impose punishment, torture and death; and the connections between politics and sexual violence. The third part of the lecture examines the extent to which the coercive power of the state was accepted, contested or resisted by various social groups. I also ask whether the exploration of such issues that speak to our own time endows historical inquiry with a greater contemporary relevance, even urgency, or whether it threatens to destroy the objectivity that is an essential part of the historian’s craft.

Upinder Singh is Professor of History, Ashoka University, Sonepat. Her writings range over various aspects of the political, social, economic, religious and intellectual history of ancient India; the history of Indian archaeology; and interactions between India and Southeast Asia. She is the author of Kings, Brāhmaṇas, and Temples in Orissa: An Epigraphic Study; Ancient Delhi; The Discovery of Ancient India: Early Archaeologists and the Beginnings of Archaeology; A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the Twelfth Century; and The Idea of Ancient India: Essays on Religion, Politics, and Archaeology. Her edited books include Rethinking Early Medieval India; Asian Encounters: Exploring Connected Histories and Buddhism in Asia: Revival and Reinvention. Her most recent book is Political Violence in Ancient India.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:14:45 -0400 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Upinder Singh, Professor of History, Ashoka University (Sonepat)
Saturday Morning Physics | Bringing the Stars Down to Earth with the Most Powerful Particle Accelerator in the World (October 20, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54063 54063-13521828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 20, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

We also celebrate the James Robert Walker Memorial Lecture on this date.

The elements we see around us are all forged in the glowing fires of stars. Nuclear energy and nuclear reactions are driving these fires, and the only way to ever understand how they work is by producing the relevant nuclei here on Earth and studying their properties. For this reason, among others, the most powerful particle accelerator in the world, FRIB, is currently under construction in the heart of Michigan. When built, FRIB will finally give us unique access to those nuclei that are responsible for building the whole Universe.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:47:46 -0400 2018-10-20T10:30:00-04:00 2018-10-20T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Stars Explosion with Chart of Nuclei
CMENAS Colloquium Series. Introduction to MENAS Research Resources & Strategies (October 22, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55148 55148-13689435@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract: This workshop will introduce fundamental research resources and strategies for Middle Eastern & North African Studies, broadly defined. Coverage will include an overview of important sources and bibliographic tools; methods of identifying, gathering and citing sources of various types; and approaches to negotiating practical issues (language, transliteration, naming conventions, dates, etc) when navigating bibliographic resources and the scholarly literature.

Speaker Bio:
Evyn Kropf is Librarian for Middle East Studies and Religious Studies and Curator of the Islamic Manuscripts Collection at the University of Michigan Library where she provides research, collection, and instructional support. A specialist of Islamic manuscript culture, her research interests include Islamic codicology with a focus on bookmaking (specifically writing material and structural repairs) and the use of pictograms and other visual content in Sufistic cultures of knowledge transmission.
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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 13 Sep 2018 09:21:51 -0400 2018-10-22T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-22T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion kropf_image
International Institute Student Fellowships Info Session (October 22, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53837 53837-13467968@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The International Institute Student Fellowships (IISF) are designed to support University of Michigan students, regardless of citizenship, who are enrolled in a degree program and wish to participate in internships or conduct research abroad.

An IISF advisor will detail the available awards and opportunities, review eligibility criteria, and provide tips on completing an application.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:35:08 -0400 2018-10-22T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-22T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
Beyond numerical integration: studying nonlinear dynamics with polynomial optimization (October 23, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56379 56379-13894480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Systems characterized by complex nonlinear dynamics lie at the heart of 21st century technology. Examples are turbulent flows in the transport and aviation industries, smart energy networks, and models of cell dynamics used in synthetic biology. Quantitative analysis of such systems using direct numerical simulations sometimes requires prohibitively large computational resources even when one is interested only in some average properties, such as mean power consumption, because all time and length scales across which the system evolves must be resolved. In addition, while numerical simulations offer detailed information starting from a specific initial state, they cannot provide safety-critical performance or stability guarantees that hold for all possible initial states. In this talk, I will describe an alternative approach to studying nonlinear systems with polynomial dynamics, which combines ideas from Lyapunov's stability theory with recent numerical tools for polynomial optimization. In particular, I will present a range of examples that demonstrate how this optimization-based method enables the efficient algorithmic construction of stability certificates and the computation of rigorous bounds on performance-related system properties. Other applications, including optimal control and disturbance amplification analysis, will be discussed along with open problems and future research directions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 04 Oct 2018 09:23:28 -0400 2018-10-23T11:30:00-04:00 2018-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Fantuzzi photo
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Why Bother? The Place of Socialist Propaganda Theater in China (October 23, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53019 53019-13200562@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

This presentation argues against the conventional wisdom which views the performance culture of the People’s Republic of China as a monolithic, top-down, and meaningless practice characterized solely by censorship in a totalitarian regime. Professor Chen will demonstrate that propaganda performances on the process and history of the communist revolution and its leaders can be studied as a complex, dialogic, and interweaving process, in which multiple voices and opposing views collide, negotiate, and compromise in forming what looks like a mainstream ideology—and indeed functions as such—to legitimize the state and its right to rule. She argues that propaganda study can delineate performative rituals which insinuated itself in the form of “personal” memories, nostalgia, commercial culture, pop culture, youth culture, and the cybersphere with popular appeal, which can explore­ the charisma of revolutionary leaders to create romance, detective, suspense, and war stories that overlap with Hollywood blockbusters despite their obvious differences.

Xiaomei Chen is a professor at the University of California at Davis where she teaches modern Chinese literature, film, and theater. She is the author of "Occidentalism" (1995), "Acting the Right Part" (2002) and "Staging Chinese Revolution" (2016). She is the editor of "Reading the Right Text" (2003) and the "Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama" (2010) and co-editor, with Claire Sponsler, of "East of West: Cross-Cultural Performances and the Staging of Difference" (2000)"; with Julia Andrew, of "Visual Culture in Contemporary China" (2001), and with Steven Siyuan Liu, "Hong Shen and the Modern Mediasphere in Republican-Era China" (2016).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Oct 2018 13:41:01 -0400 2018-10-23T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Cognitive Science Community (October 23, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56459 56459-13905997@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Cognitive Science Community meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. to host student- and professor-led discussions on the latest topics in cognitive science and related fields.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:43:22 -0400 2018-10-23T18:30:00-04:00 2018-10-23T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Next Steps Virtual PICSnics: Brown Bag BlueJeans Video Conference Luncheon with Andrea Alajbegović (October 24, 2018 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56403 56403-13896798@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 11:45am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

Thinking of studying public interest law or immigration law? Learn from PICS alumna Andrea Alajbegović (BA '13) about her work with detained and non-detained immigrants facing removal, helping immigrants and their families prepare for removal, and important work grassroots organizations are doing to combat harmful immigration policies. Please RSVP to attend by Monday, October 22, 2018 here: http://myumi.ch/6pg0Q.

Andrea Alajbegović is a third-year law student and Graduate Fellow at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law. At Michigan, Andrea represented the College of LS&A in Central Student Government. She was a UROP Community Based Research Fellow (now the Detroit Community Based Research Program) and participated in the Michigan in Washington program, where she interned at the National Women’s Law Center and the Center for American Progress. Under the direction of Professor Anna Grzymala-Busse, Andrea earned Honors for her senior thesis about the politicization of abortion in the U.S. and Canada.

After graduating from Michigan, Andrea joined Teach for America in New York City and served as a Kindergarten teacher and Academic Dean for three years in Brooklyn. Meanwhile, she earned a Masters in Special Education from Brooklyn College. In law school, Andrea is representing non-citizens in removal proceedings in the Immigrant and Non-Citizen Rights clinic and provides legal assistance to individuals affected by national security law enforcement practices as part of the CLEAR Project at CUNY School of Law. She has interned at The Legal Aid Society in their Juvenile Rights Practice and Immigration Law Unit. She was also a judicial extern for the Honorable Emily Ruben of Queens Family Court. She is member of Moot Court, CUNY Law Review, and coordinates The Mississippi Project. As an attorney, Andrea plans to provide direct legal services to low-income clients while simultaneously working on policy initiatives in New York City that will improve educational and economic outcomes for the families she's worked with. She was recently featured in a TIME Magazine video entitled, "More Students Are Studying Immigration Law Because of President Trump's Policies."

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 12 Oct 2018 16:02:11 -0400 2018-10-24T11:45:00-04:00 2018-10-24T12:45:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Careers / Jobs speaker
CES Film. "Human Flow" (October 24, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54155 54155-13530699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

Directed by Ai Weiwei (140 min., 2017).

Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war in the greatest human displacement since World War II. "Human Flow," an epic film journey led by the internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei, gives a powerful visual expression to this massive human migration. The documentary elucidates both the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

Captured over the course of an eventful year in 23 countries, the film follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretches across the globe in countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, France, Greece, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, and Turkey. "Human Flow" is a witness to its subjects and their desperate search for safety, shelter and justice: from teeming refugee camps to perilous ocean crossings to barbed-wire borders; from dislocation and disillusionment to courage, endurance and adaptation; from the haunting lure of lives left behind to the unknown potential of the future. "Human Flow" comes at a crucial time when tolerance, compassion, and trust are needed more than ever. This visceral work of cinema is a testament to the unassailable human spirit and poses one of the questions that will define this century: Will our global society emerge from fear, isolation, and self-interest and choose a path of openness, freedom, and respect for humanity?

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Film Screening Thu, 18 Oct 2018 16:23:03 -0400 2018-10-24T17:30:00-04:00 2018-10-24T20:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Film Screening Human Flow
International Institute Conference. (October 25, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53423 53423-13381390@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The United Nations General Assembly has proclaimed 2019 as the Year of Indigenous Languages, and the area studies centers at the International Institute will present a joint conference on the resilience and revitalization of indigenous languages. Policy recommendations resulting from the conference will be reported to the United Nations Permanent Forum. This conference will serve to strengthen ties between the University of Michigan and the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). This event is funded in part by Title VI NRC grants from the U.S. Department of Education. For more details, please visit: https://ii.umich.edu/ii/news-events/all-events/ii-conference.html.

This event is free and open to the public. No registration is needed.

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Conference Schedule:

8:30 - 9:00 am
Breakfast

9:00 - 9:30 am
Welcome by Joshua Cole (U-M) and Opening Remarks by Sally Thomason (U-M)

9:30 - 11:00 am
Panel I: The Process of Endangerment

Gulnisa Nazarova (Indiana University)
Seeking Hope in the Unknown: Unintended Consequences of Cross-Border Uyghur Migration from China to Soviet Central Asia

Pavel Sulyandziga (United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights)
Languages of Siberia indigenous peoples: is it possible to preserve?

11:00am - 12:30 pm
Panel II: Colonial Legacies

Martín Vega Olmedo (Scripps College)
False Promises and the Perseverance of Mexico’s Indigenous Languages: the Case of Nahuatl

Bruce Mannheim (University of Michigan)
Indigenous Languages and Indigenous Speakers: The Colonial Emergence of a Quechua Overlay and Why It Matters Today


1:30 - 3:30 pm
Panel III: Languages Made Visible

G.N. Devy (Bhasha Research and Publication Center)
Indigenous Languages in India

Colleen M. Fitzgerald (University of Texas at Arlington)
The Restorative Role of Indigenous Language Vitality

Jeffrey Heath (University of Michigan)
Minority Indigenous Languages in the Middle East and North Africa


3:30 - 5:00 pm
Panel IV: Revitalization through Advocacy

Dan Kaufman (Endangered Language Alliance)
Indigenous Languages in New York City: Ideology and Conservation

Justin Brown (University of Cape Town)
Language Prophets and Language Profits?

5:00 - 5:30 pm
Closing by Sally Thomason

5:30 - 6:30 pm
Reception

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Conference / Symposium Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:34:33 -0400 2018-10-25T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Conference / Symposium slider
Mediterranean Seminar. Margins of the Mediterranean (October 26, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53454 53454-13383548@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The Mediterranean is defined by its margins: the edge that connects land and sea, the cultural boundary that delineates the maritime region and links it to the continents that circle it. This conference studies boundaries and transit zones in order to think about the connections between Mediterranean and continental networks of trade and transit.

Friday, October 26
10:20 AM - 1:30 PM: Workshops
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Workshops
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Keynote: Persis Berlekamp

Saturday, October 27
10:30 AM - 1:15 PM: Roundtables
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Mediterranity From The Edge Workshop

Full schedule and registration at http://myumi.ch/Lrdd2.

Sponsors: Global Islamic Studies Center; Armenian Studies Program; Center for European Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Department of Anthropology; Department of Classical Studies; Department of Comparative Literature; Department of History; Department of History of Art; Department of Middle East Studies; Department of Romance Languages & Literatures; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Institute for the Humanities; U-M Office of Research

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:26:30 -0400 2018-10-26T10:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Margins of the Mediterranean
CSAS Lecture Series | A Vigil Wasted? Notes on the Ruin-Sublime in Afghanistan (October 26, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53249 53249-13321611@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

As abandoned remnants of human activity, ruins evoke concerns about the durability of the past, a setting, and of human perception and culture. This talk explores the appearance of ruins in fiction and art set in Afghanistan. In these works syncretic colonial histories uniquely yoked to ruination (through description and setting) raise urgent questions about enduring forms of contemporary coloniality and the agency of any individual actor within a setting. This talk ultimately proposes a theory of the ‘ruin-sublime’ wherein aesthetic works join the material history of colonial desecration to psychic apprehensions to invite new ethically charged orientations towards the future.

Mrinalini Chakravorty, Associate Professor of English at the University of Virginia, is the author of In Stereotype: South Asia in the Global Literary Imaginary (Columbia UP, 2014), as well as articles on transnationalism, film, Arab women writers, interdisciplinarity, and contemporary global fiction. In Stereotype considers the influence of contemporary South Asian Anglophone novels to illustrate how their play on stereotypes about South Asia provide insight into the material and psychic investments of contemporary imaginative texts: the colonial novel, the transnational film, and the international best-seller. Chakravorty's other essays have appeared in PMLA, Modern Fiction Studies, South Asian Review, ARIEL, differences, and in various journals and collections. She received her Ph.D. in English and Critical Theory from the University of California, Irvine. At Virginia, she directs the English department’s Undergraduate Program and the concentration in Modern Literature and Culture. She is at work on two new books, one on representations of global hunger and another on postcolonial dystopias. She is also co-writing a critical biography of Freddie Mercury.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:48:48 -0400 2018-10-26T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Mrinalini Chakravorty, Associate Professor of English, University of Virginia
Mediterranean Seminar. Margins of the Mediterranean (October 27, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53454 53454-13383549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 27, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The Mediterranean is defined by its margins: the edge that connects land and sea, the cultural boundary that delineates the maritime region and links it to the continents that circle it. This conference studies boundaries and transit zones in order to think about the connections between Mediterranean and continental networks of trade and transit.

Friday, October 26
10:20 AM - 1:30 PM: Workshops
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM: Workshops
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM: Keynote: Persis Berlekamp

Saturday, October 27
10:30 AM - 1:15 PM: Roundtables
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM: Mediterranity From The Edge Workshop

Full schedule and registration at http://myumi.ch/Lrdd2.

Sponsors: Global Islamic Studies Center; Armenian Studies Program; Center for European Studies; Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies; College of Literature, Science, and the Arts; Department of Anthropology; Department of Classical Studies; Department of Comparative Literature; Department of History; Department of History of Art; Department of Middle East Studies; Department of Romance Languages & Literatures; Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Institute for the Humanities; U-M Office of Research

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:26:30 -0400 2018-10-27T10:30:00-04:00 2018-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Margins of the Mediterranean
Saturday Morning Physics | Living in the Anthropocene: Toward a Resilient Human Society (October 27, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54064 54064-13521829@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 27, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Today's Anthropocene time marks humanity's domination of Earth's changing environment. Societal resilience to the impacts of change requires preparation and adaptation, and, increasingly, mitigative action.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:50:18 -0400 2018-10-27T10:30:00-04:00 2018-10-27T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Earths Future
ASP Workshop | "Mediterranity from the Edge" in Association with the Margins of the Mediterranean Seminar (October 27, 2018 2:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53421 53421-13381388@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 27, 2018 2:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

This workshop is part of the "Margins of the Mediterranean" seminar which is meeting at the University of Michigan this year. For full workshop program, see https://ii.umich.edu/islamicstudies/news-events/events/conferences.html

"Mediterranity from the Edge" seeks to offer a "view from the edge" into Mediterranean studies by looking at it from areas traditionally considered marginal to the Mediterranean world, either in terms of geography or representation in the field: Armenia, the Caucasus, Ethiopia, and the Iranian plateau.

The papers explore the various ways in which the cultural production of Armenia and other "peripheral" regions interfaced with the pre-modern Mediterranean world. It therefore invites a broader conversation about notions of periphery, border, and contact across so-called national, linguistic, or religious communities--concepts that can be productive and problematic in equal measure. As the workshop suggests, "marginality" as a concept can be utilized to rethink Mediterranean interconnectivity, both culturally and geographically, by considering every spot on the map as both a center and an edge.

Presentations will include:

"Transmission in Medieval Marian Stories in the Levant, Europe, and Africa in a Comparative Perspective"
Wendy Laura Belcher, Princeton University

"The Girl Next Door: Reading the Margin as a Site of Continuity"
Cameron Cross, University of Michigan

"Against Fate: Parsing Armenian Literary History from the Margins"
Michael Pifer, University of Michigan

Respondent: Ryan Szpiech, University of Michigan

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Attendance is free; registration required at http://bit.ly/MarginsMed.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:06:34 -0400 2018-10-27T14:30:00-04:00 2018-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion ASP Workshop | "Mediterranity from the Edge" in Association with the Margins of the Mediterranean Conference
CANCELLED [CMENAS Colloquium Series. “‘Warrants’ in Research: How to Deconstruct Cognitive Bias and Change the Conversation in Your Field, with Consideration of DEI Issues”] (October 29, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54831 54831-13645299@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 29, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

Speaker: Samer Ali, CMENAS Director and Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Culture, U-M Department of Middle Eastern Studies
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The 2018 CMENAS Colloquium Series theme, “The Process of Discovery: How Scholars Write Books Today” will discuss how in popular media, writing is fantastically presented as a process whereby inspiration—a muse— comes to the writer (or fails to). In this fantasy, writers type fiendishly or crumple up one sheet after another. The reality is at once more complicated and humble than this. Come discover how scholars discover. The colloquium series will feature presentations from CMENAS faculty on their recent book projects and will explore the research process from start to finish.
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Lecture Abstract:
In the Craft of Research, Booth et al point to “warrant” as the principle that connects reasons to claim. It’s what enables your reader to see the relevance of your reasoning. Today, Prof. Ali will lead a discussion of the textbook Craft of Research, focusing on warrants, and how they might evince and reinforce biases (sexist, racist, or presentist assumptions), thus foreclosing certain discussions. By the same token, you can deploy new warrants to revise and substantiate principles, and in effect change the conversation in your field. Warrants are vital for diversifying discussions to include underrepresented researchers.

Speaker Bio:
Samer Ali conducts research on Arabo-Islamic social life in the Middle Ages through the lens of literature, arts, and culture. He authored Arabic Literary Salons in the Islamic Middle Ages and now writes on the role of women in the Arabic literary tradition and rituals of scapegoating and redemption. He has been honored with seven awards from The Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin, the American Institute of Maghrib Studies, and Fulbright Association.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 26 Oct 2018 10:10:35 -0400 2018-10-29T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-29T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Lecture / Discussion Samer_image
Social Space Diffusion: Applications of a Latent Space Model to Diffusion with Uncertain Ties (October 30, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53997 53997-13513093@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Social networks represent two different facets of social life: (1) stable paths for diffusion, or the spread of something through a connected population, and (2) random draws from an underlying social space, which indicate the relative positions of the people in the network to one another. The dual nature of networks creates a challenge – if the observed network ties are a single random draw, is it realistic to expect that diffusion only follows the observed network ties? This study takes a first step towards integrating these two perspectives by introducing a social space diffusion model. In the model, network ties indicate positions in social space, and diffusion occurs proportionally to distance in social space. Practically, the simulation occurs in two parts. First, positions are estimated using a statistical model (in this example, a latent space model). Then, second, the predicted probabilities of a tie from that model – representing the distances in social space – or a series of networks drawn from those probabilities – representing routine churn in the network – are used as weights in a weighted averaging framework. Using longitudinal data from high school friendship networks, I explore the properties of the model. I show that the model produces smoothed diffusion results, which predict attitudes in future waves 10% better than a diffusion model using the observed network, and up to 5% better than diffusion models using alternative, non-model-based smoothing approaches.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:41:04 -0400 2018-10-30T11:30:00-04:00 2018-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Jacob Fisher
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Resource Diversification and Resilience: The Bioarchaeology of Bronze Age Northwest China (October 30, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52912 52912-13142322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Northwest China experienced several marked transitions during the Bronze Age (~2000-1000 BCE), including climate change, the spread of mobile pastoralism, the rise of new technologies, and increasing interregional interaction. Ancient human skeletons bear the embodied traces of these transitions, and of the accompanying changes to human health and diet. This evidence, when incorporated into a multidisciplinary archaeological analysis, points to a patchwork of successful adaptive strategies leading to social-ecological resilience in the region.

Elizabeth Berger is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan. Her ongoing work in bioarchaeology focuses on ancient adaptation to climate change, ancient human health, and subsistence strategies in northwest China. She has also worked on archaeological human remains from central China, investigating Warring States period migration and Ming dynasty foot binding. She earned her doctorate in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina in 2017.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 23 Oct 2018 16:42:50 -0400 2018-10-30T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-30T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Elizabeth Berger, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
International Career Pathways. Funding for Internships and Research Abroad (October 30, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55776 55776-13777545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Funding for Internships and Research Abroad will allow you to explore a variety of funding options for overseas internships and research opportunities, for both undergraduate and graduate/professional students. Representatives of several U-M funding offices will provide information, and you will be able to meet with them individually. This session will begin with a short introductory panel presentation, after which you may rotate throughout the room for answers tailored to the questions you have. Food will be provided.

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

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Other Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:03:03 -0400 2018-10-30T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-30T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other ICP 2018
Cognitive Science Community (October 30, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57154 57154-14121957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Cognitive Science Community is a student group devoted to understanding the mind through exploration, discussion, and the integration of fields such as Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Economics, Anthropology, and Philosophy. The next group discussion of Cognitive Science Community will focus on creativity.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:20:12 -0400 2018-10-30T18:30:00-04:00 2018-10-30T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
BLI Lunch & Learn Spook-tacular! (October 31, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56624 56624-13958287@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Trick or treat yo' self with BLI!

Join us for a halloween themed de-stress lunch and learn spook-tacular! We'll be chowing down fang-tastic FREE food over skele-fun halloween-themed activities.

It will also be a great opportunity to learn more about our unBOOleivable BLI community and resources!!


Take a break with us - no tricks, just treats!

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:52:39 -0400 2018-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-31T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Other lunch and learn
CREES Noon Lecture. Theater, Sociability, and Politics in Putin’s Russia (October 31, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54188 54188-13539443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The theater world in Russia is lively as ever, with a range of styles and interests represented by innovative and original work. But that world is also under significant threat as the Russian state puts increasing pressure on theaters and especially directors. The substance of the great art of theater is communication, respect, reverence, and an unflagging belief in humanity. Theater thrives on humanity the way flowers feed on soil, sun, and water. It in turn produces the conditions for humanity to grow. Theater produces and nurtures community and brings people together. In her lecture, Irina Khutsieva will expound on the relationship between theater, state and society in today's Russia.

Irina Khutsieva is a stage director and acting instructor in Moscow, Russia. Trained at “GITIS,” the Russian Academy of Theatrical Art, she has more than 30 years of experience in Russian theater. She now directs her own studio theater, the Chamber Theater, Moscow, founded in 2004. Khutsieva has staged more than 50 plays in Russia, Germany, and the U.S. She has worked at one of Russia’s most distinguished theater academies – the Shchepkin Higher Theatre Institute, associated with the State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia. She also has extensive experience teaching college drama majors. A specialist and practitioner of the Stanislavski Method, she incorporates the principles and traditions of Russian psychological theater and has also developed her own staging and teaching methods. In recent years, she has directed a major gala performance shown on Russian national TV and has run workshops for professional actors in regional towns throughout Russia.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:05:55 -0400 2018-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-31T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Irina Khutsieva
Cognitive Science Seminar Series (October 31, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56458 56458-13905918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

This informal biweekly seminar series provides space for presentations of research at any stage of development, academic workshops, and professional development opportunities. The series offers an opportunity for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty to network and engage with scholars from multiple disciplines and units across campus.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:33:27 -0400 2018-10-31T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-31T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Jesus Loves Japan: Pentecostal Christianity among Nikkei “Return Migrants” from Brazil (November 1, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54098 54098-13528367@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Today, there are roughly 186,000 Brazilian nationals living in Japan, the majority of whom are of Japanese descent. While they benefit from the visa policy that confers the right to settlement virtually as a right of blood, they often feel discriminated in their supposed ancestral homeland. In this social context, many have been converting to Pentecostalism, which has exploded in Latin America since the 1970s. Based on a yearlong fieldwork conducted in Toyota, Japan, this lecture tells a story about the Nikkei Brazilians who envision Pentecostalism as the “third culture” that can help them transcend ethno-national boundaries.

Suma Ikeuchi studies the intersection of religion, diaspora, and citizenship with a focus on Global Japan. After obtaining her PhD in Anthropology from Emory University in 2016, she taught Religious Studies at the University of Alabama before joining the Department of Liberal Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 08:46:18 -0400 2018-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 2018-11-01T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Suma Ikeuchi, Assistant Professor, Department of Liberal Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
LACS Field Research Grant Symposium (November 2, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56787 56787-14003779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The LACS Field Research Grants are funded by the Rackham Graduate School, the LACS Brazil Initiative, and the International Institute to support graduate students conducting preliminary fieldwork in Latin America. The grants provide students with the opportunity to establish professional and academic contacts, familiarize themselves with sources relevant to their studies, conduct pilot studies and preliminary investigations, and refine their projects.

In this conference, students who received the 2018 Field Research Grant will present on their research conducted over the summer. This event is free and open to the public.

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

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:27:56 -0400 2018-11-02T09:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference / Symposium Weiser Hall
AMAS and CMENAS Event. Islamophobia Working Group Meeting (November 2, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54295 54295-13565709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

The Islamophobia Working Group (IWG) was assembled in January 2016 to address the national crisis of Islamophobia and its impact on our campus community. We -- a group of faculty, staff, and students -- have become actively involved in the University’s strategic plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and gained visibility across the university. For over two years, the IWG has been run through the Arab and Muslim American Studies Program in American Culture; starting in Fall 2018, the IWG will be co-led by AMAS and CMENAS.

Our work is driven by issues brought to the group by any student, staff, or faculty member. The group strategizes as a collective to figure out the best approach to a given issue. Thus, if you encounter a pertinent issue, we want to know about it and we welcome your participation in the group.

If you would like to join our email list or come to a meeting, please contact Professor Samer Ali (samerali@umich.edu), or IWG student coordinator, Silan Fadlallah (silanf@umich.edu).

Cosponsors: American Culture; Arab Muslim & American Studies; Islamic Studies Program; Office of Multiethnic Student Affairs; Muslim Students' Association; Arab Students' Association; International Institute

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Meeting Mon, 14 Jan 2019 13:43:10 -0500 2018-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies Meeting event_image
Saturday Morning Physics | Particle Physics Buffet (November 3, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54067 54067-13521832@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 3, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Recent news, eternal questions, and current conundrums in particle physics.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:51:37 -0400 2018-11-03T10:30:00-04:00 2018-11-03T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Particle Physics Buffet
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

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.

FLAS Coordinator will provide information about the upcoming competition for Graduate Academic Year, Undergraduate Academic Year, and Summer FLAS Fellowships for Summer 2019 and Academic Year 2019-20.

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-05T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-05T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
The exciting world of tobacco simulation modeling. Emerging challenges and opportunities. (November 6, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57330 57330-14155512@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

Abstract
Simulation models have played a critical role in tobacco epidemiology and control. Applications have ranged from untangling the effects of past policies and interventions on observed smoking trends, to projections and forecasts of future smoking rates and the potential impacts of new policies on future tobacco health outcomes. In this talk, I will summarize some recent applications of simulation models in tobacco control, highlighting the role that modeling has played in the development of new policies in the US and elsewhere. Specifically, I’ll provide an overview of recent and ongoing modeling studies of the potential effects of e-cigarettes on smoking and health. Throughout the talk, I will highlight critical complex issues in tobacco control today, such as the rapidly evolving tobacco product landscape, and the growing disparities in smoking in the US, while discussing the role that modeling, simulation and systems thinking might play in addressing these challenges.

In addition, I will provide a brief introduction of the recently funded UM Center for the Assessment of the Health Impact of Tobacco Regulations (the UM Tobacco Modeling Center) and information about the Center’s planned training activities and funding opportunities for junior investigators (doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty).

The Tobacco Research Center

Professor Meza is a Co-Prinicipal Investigator of the recently announced Tobacco Research Center.
The University of Michigan School of Public Health will house a new, multi-institutional center focusing on modeling and predicting the impact of tobacco regulation, funded with an $18 million federal grant from the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

The Center for the Assessment of the Public Health Impact of Tobacco Regulations will be part of the NIH and FDA’s Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science, the centerpiece of an ongoing partnership formed in 2013 to generate critical research that informs the regulation of tobacco products. READ THE FULL MICHIGAN NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE CENTER IN THE FIRST LINK AT BOTTOM.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 05 Nov 2018 09:29:58 -0500 2018-11-06T11:30:00-05:00 2018-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Headshot Rafael Meza
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | From Cook to Counterrevolutionary: A Window into Christianity in China through the Saga of a Single Family (November 6, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52913 52913-13142323@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

A former Beijing correspondent for "The Philadelphia Inquirer," Jennifer Lin chronicles 150 years of family history in "Shanghai Faithful: Betrayal and Forgiveness in a Chinese Christian Family" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017), described by author Orville Schell as “a beautifully written elegy.” The book includes a compelling cast: the first convert who went to work for missionaries as a cook; a doctor who treated opium addicts; a Penn-educated Anglican pastor; and the influential independent religious leader Watchman Nee, vilified after 1949 as a “counterrevolutionary.” Lin will discuss how her family story personifies the evolution of Christianity from a Chinese perspective, as well as how she used journalistic tools to construct a multi-generational narrative.

Jennifer Lin worked for "The Philadelphia Inquirer" for 31 years, including postings as a financial correspondent in New York; a national reporter in the Washington bureau of Knight Ridder Newspapers; and the Asia correspondent for "The Inquirer" and the 30-paper Knight Ridder chain. Lin left daily journalism in 2014 to complete her family memoir, and to start work on a documentary, “Beethoven in Beijing,” which captures the flourishing of classical music in China through the history and ongoing engagement of the Philadelphia Orchestra. A graduate of Duquesne University, Lin lives in Doylestown, Pa. with her husband, Bill Stieg, a Wolverine and former sports editor of "The Michigan Daily."

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Jul 2018 16:43:16 -0400 2018-11-06T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-06T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Lecture / Discussion Jennifer Lin
Susan L. Siegfried, Denise Riley Collegiate Professorship in the History of Art and Women's Studies, Inaugural Lecture (November 7, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53700 53700-13450525@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

This lecture looks at the early nineteenth century, a sort of “pre-theoretical” moment in which a new modern visual culture of fashion was emerging whose parameters and defining characteristics were not yet graspable. It is an intriguing moment for us, as we too are caught up in a world of rapidly changing media imagery and commercial practices that elude clear definition. We see exposed in early nineteenth century fashion culture more clearly than in later cultural theories the different, not necessarily compatible, levels at which such a culture operates; the sometimes conflicting values it brings into play; and the different temporalities both sustaining and disrupting it.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:47:01 -0400 2018-11-07T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-07T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion siegfried
Computation Track - Meet & Greet (November 7, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57446 57446-14193518@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Social event for Cognitive Science majors pursuing the Computation Track.

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 06 Nov 2018 15:29:53 -0500 2018-11-07T18:30:00-05:00 2018-11-07T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Social / Informal Gathering Weiser Hall
CJS Thursday Noon Lecture Series | Promiscuous Reading: Reading and Writing Poetry Across Languages (November 8, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53651 53651-13441977@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

In The Happy Life, Charles W. Eliot wrote, “Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.” But can’t books be lovers as well? Jeffrey Angles will share his experiences as a literary scholar and award-winning translator, taking Japanese poetry as his friends, counselors, teachers, and lovers. He will also discuss the ways contemporary Japanese poetry has shaped his own original Japanese-language poetry, which won the Yomiuri Prize for Literature, one of Japan’s most prestigious literary prizes in 2017.

Jeffrey ANGLES is a poet and professor of Japanese literature at Western Michigan University. His work as a literary scholar includes the book Writing the Love of Boys, and his numerous award-winning translations have made him one of the most important Japanese-literature translators of his generation. His original book of Japanese-language poetry won the highly coveted Yomiuri Prize for Literature in 2017.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 09:15:56 -0400 2018-11-08T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T13:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Lecture / Discussion Jeffrey Angles, Poet & Professor of Japanese Literature, Western Michigan University
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS) Workshop. Sainthood Between the Ineffable and Social Practice: Jesus Christ in the Writings of Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi and Later Sufism (November 8, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57063 57063-14077288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This dissertation investigates the various portrayals of ʿĪsā b. Maryam (Jesus son of Mary) in the thought of the Andalusian mystic Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 1240) and later Sufism, specifically the teachings of two celebrated North African mystics, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Dabbāgh (d. 1719) and Aḥmad al-Tījānī (d. 1815). After discussing the organization and methodology of the research in the Introduction, chapter two explores the corpus of secondary references on Jesus in Islam and Ibn al-ʿArabī studies. Thenceforth, chapters three and four delve into Christ’s presence in Ibn al-ʿArabī’s Meccan Openings and Bezels of Wisdom respectively. The results of this analysis is then used to gauge the son of Mary’s depictions in the teachings of al-Dabbāgh and al-Tījānī; all the while also situating Ibn al-ʿArabī’s own image in these later mystics’ Weltanschauungs. Lastly, the concluding chapter synthesizes the results from chapters three, four and five in an attempt to answer some overarching questions regarding the importance of Jesus for Sufi mystics like Ibn al-ʿArabī, al-Dabbāgh and al-Tījānī. In this regard, the emphasis in this final chapter pertains not only to the concepts in these saints’ writings, but the contexts in which these concepts arise and insights that they provide into the unique pedagogical and writing styles of these Sufi authors. It is in this last sense that the dissertation contributes to the ongoing research in Sufi intellectual history by also considering the religious concerns and approaches of Sufi figures in Islamic history.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Oct 2018 16:29:19 -0400 2018-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T16:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Ali Hussain
Vietnam Discussion Group. Monitoring Sustainable Development Goals Implementation in Viet Nam through a Citizen-Centric Measuring Tool (November 8, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56702 56702-13967641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

The Viet Nam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) is Viet Nam’s largest annual time-series, citizen-centric, nationwide policy monitoring tool. Over the nine years of its operation, PAPI has collected the views of 103,059 randomly selected citizens about the country’s performance in governance and public administration, based on their direct interactions with local governments at different levels. PAPI generates information about the actual performance of local authorities in meeting citizen needs. By doing so, it has created constructive competition and promoted learning among local authorities, while enabling citizens to benchmark their local government’s performance and advocate for improvements.

Ultimately, PAPI helps Viet Nam to identify areas that need greater attention as the country rolls out its national agenda for sustainable development towards 2030. In the same spirit as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that Viet Nam has committed to, PAPI puts citizens at the heart of Viet Nam’s development. As ‘end users’ of public administration and public services, citizens are fully capable of assessing the performance of the central and local authorities and of supporting the country in building a State “of the people, by the people and for the people.”

This article presents a snapshot of key findings from the 2017 PAPI research. The 2017 PAPI Report provides data and analysis about the country’s performance in governance and public administration, as drawn from citizens’ direct interactions and experiences with local governments at different levels in 2017 and over time. It captures experiences and perceptions related to the performance of local governments in governance and public administration based on a survey of 14,097 citizens with different demographic characteristics, randomly selected from all 63 provinces. The report also indicates opportunities and challenges in monitoring and assessment of Viet Nam’s progress in implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:39:48 -0400 2018-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion event_image
Professor Enrique García Santo-Tomás, Frank P. Casa Collegiate Professorship in Spanish, Inaugural Lecture (November 8, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53701 53701-13450526@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

The Spanish novel enjoyed unparalleled success in the seventeenth century, either independently or as a short piece gathered in a collection. Although it frequently dealt with different variations of love, honor, leisure, and friendship, it also explored unspeakable acts like incest, rape, pederasty, and even bestiality. Scholars working on the novel’s trajectory from an Italianate experiment (Miguel de Cervantes) to an allegorized portrayal of city life (Francisco Santos) have shied away from examining these transgressive themes. Incest, in particular, presents a fascinating paradox: its treatment in contemporary theater, usually drawn from myth and folklore, has been widely studied, whereas its narrative presence, freed from tradition and more attuned to the time, remains largely unexplored. Drawing on historical parameters like the decrees on incest by the Council of Trent as well as on recent debates active in the social sciences and literary studies, this lecture examines a selection of short stories published at different moments of the century that delved into this taboo. Rather than a form of Baroque excess, the narrative construction of incest should be examined as a fertile tactic through which the novel engaged with national history, societal expectations, civil and canon law, and the (ever increasing) institutional control over the genre.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 29 Oct 2018 08:20:43 -0400 2018-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion photo
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. From Orientalism to Modern Rationalization? Buddhism and Colonial Governmentality in Laos and French Indochina (1893-1953) (November 9, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53908 53908-13478726@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

French colonial politics in Laos and Cambodia had a strong impact on Buddhism. Both countries were subject to quite similar politics rooted, for example, in the fact that both had Theravāda Buddhist kingship and statecraft as forms of indigenous political organization, which the French used for establishing indirect rule. Moreover, monks and monasteries were supposed to economize colonial rule by providing elementary school education for the population. This presentation discusses the position of Buddhism in French colonial politics, and argues that the research on Buddhism carried out by the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) was clearly driven by the Orientalist research agendas of its time, but that considerations deriving from practical governmentality played an equally important role here. How was Buddhism as a resource for enhancing colonial rule conceptualized by the French? What measures were introduced to ‘modernize’ Buddhism and integrate it into the colonial project? Were these met with resistance, and what were the roles of Lao and Khmer indigenous religious elites in these policies? Finally, the presentation will situate the particular case of Buddhism in Laos and Cambodia in a wider theoretical perspective by relating it to recent historical and anthropological discussions on colonialism, and (post-)Foucauldian approaches to governmentality.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:06:56 -0400 2018-11-09T11:30:00-05:00 2018-11-09T12:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
LRCCS Conference | Art, History, and Sinology: An International Conference in Honor of Martin J. Powers (November 9, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55543 55543-13756888@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Complete conference details, including daily schedule and speaker bios, are available on the conference website: https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/conferences/art--history--and-sinology--an-international-conference-in-honor.html

Martin J. Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has always been a towering beacon in the field, trailblazing fresh methodologies and breaking down academic stereotypes on Chinese culture. In celebration of his well-deserved retirement from teaching, Prof. Powers’ graduate advisees and colleagues from around the world will convene an international conference on Chinese art. This academic gathering will reflect upon ways the field of sinology has changed over the course of Prof. Powers’ long academic career and the new directions it is developing, or should develop, in the future.

A public reception follows Friday’s session at Weiser Hall, 10th floor.

This event is sponsored by Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Additional support is provided by the Department of the History Art, University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) as well as Liu Jiuzhou and Qian Ying.

Conference organizer: J. P. Park, University of California, Riverside.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:35:48 -0400 2018-11-09T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Conference / Symposium LRCCS Conference | Art, History, and Sinology: An International Conference in Honor of Martin J. Powers
LRCCS Conference | Art, History, and Sinology: An International Conference in Honor of Martin J. Powers (November 10, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/55543 55543-13756889@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Complete conference details, including daily schedule and speaker bios, are available on the conference website: https://ii.umich.edu/lrccs/news-events/events/conferences/art--history--and-sinology--an-international-conference-in-honor.html

Martin J. Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, has always been a towering beacon in the field, trailblazing fresh methodologies and breaking down academic stereotypes on Chinese culture. In celebration of his well-deserved retirement from teaching, Prof. Powers’ graduate advisees and colleagues from around the world will convene an international conference on Chinese art. This academic gathering will reflect upon ways the field of sinology has changed over the course of Prof. Powers’ long academic career and the new directions it is developing, or should develop, in the future.

A public reception follows Friday’s session at Weiser Hall, 10th floor.

This event is sponsored by Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Additional support is provided by the Department of the History Art, University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) as well as Liu Jiuzhou and Qian Ying.

Conference organizer: J. P. Park, University of California, Riverside.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 01 Nov 2018 11:35:48 -0400 2018-11-10T09:00:00-05:00 2018-11-10T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies Conference / Symposium LRCCS Conference | Art, History, and Sinology: An International Conference in Honor of Martin J. Powers
Saturday Morning Physics | The Proton Radius Puzzle (November 10, 2018 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54068 54068-13521833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, November 10, 2018 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Saturday Morning Physics

Until recently, we thought we knew exactly how big the proton is. Now we are not so sure anymore. What has happened and how are we going to solve the puzzle?

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 04 Oct 2018 11:52:47 -0400 2018-11-10T10:30:00-05:00 2018-11-10T11:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Saturday Morning Physics Lecture / Discussion Proton