Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. CSAS Kavita Datla Memorial Lecture | Muslim Religious Ideas and Identities in Mughal North India (April 16, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65327 65327-16571521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 16, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for South Asian Studies

What was a Muslim’s religious identity? What were the factors that influenced and shaped the making of his identity? Immediate, pragmatic, or deep historical and ideological? In my lecture I will first mention in brief how the markers of Muslim identity underwent change in the early phases of their evolution. I will then consider in some depth the role of the religious ideas in its formation in Mughal India. The discussion will be with special reference to the debates between the two major Sufi orders of the time, the Chishti and the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi, on some religious doctrines, ‘narrow’, sectarian or a non-sectarian and ‘pluralistic’. I will also consider some examples from the history of post-Mughal religious and political ideas.

This event is cosponsored by the U-M Global Islamic Studies Center.

Muzaffar Alam is George V. Bobrinskoy Professor of South Asian Languages at the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, the University of Chicago. He is a historian with field specialties in medieval and early modern South Asian Muslim religious and political cultures. His research interests also include comparative history of the Islamic world (as seen from an Indian perspective).

He has held visiting research and teaching positions in several academic institutions in Europe and America. His major publications include *The Crisis of Empire in Mughal North India* (1986, New Oxford India Perennial Edition, 2013); *The Languages of Political Islam in India: c. 1200–1800* (2004); *Indo-Persian Travels in the Age of Discovery: 1400-1800 and Writing the Mughal World: Studies in Political Culture* (co-authored with Sanjay Subrahmanyam, 2007 and 2013).

Registration for this Zoom lecture is required: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJItdO-rqjkjGdfZv5nOF7U-zjCpdEegd-ir

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:29:13 -0400 2021-04-16T16:30:00-04:00 2021-04-16T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for South Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Muzaffar Alam, Professor in South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago
Welcome Back, Cognitive Science Students (September 8, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/86299 86299-21632691@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Welcome back, Cognitive Science students! The Weinberg Institute is excited to welcome our majors back to campus with an outdoor, drop-in event on Wednesday, September 8. Please plan to visit our welcome tables on the south lawn by Weiser Hall anytime between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm. Come meet the Weinberg directors, academic advisors, staff, and peer facilitators. While you’re there, be sure to pick a Cog Sci T-shirt (if you have declared WN 2020 or later AND filled our t-shirt survey), extra swag, and some yummy snacks to kick-start your semester. Hope to see you there!

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 08 Sep 2021 12:00:07 -0400 2021-09-08T11:30:00-04:00 2021-09-08T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Maize Pages Student Organizations Social / Informal Gathering Weiser Hall
Welcome Back, Cognitive Science Students! (September 8, 2021 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/85779 85779-21628991@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Welcome back, Cognitive Science students! The Weinberg Institute is excited to welcome our majors back to campus with an outdoor, drop-in event on Wednesday, September 8. Please plan to visit our welcome tables on the south lawn by Weiser Hall anytime between 11:30 am and 1:00 pm. Come meet the Weinberg directors, academic advisors, staff, and peer facilitators. While you’re there, be sure to pick up a Cog Sci t-shirt (for those who have declared WN 2020 or later and filled out our t-shirt survey), extra swag, and enjoy light refreshments. Masks are strongly encouraged. Hope to see you there!

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Reception / Open House Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:11:30 -0400 2021-09-08T11:30:00-04:00 2021-09-08T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Reception / Open House Weiser Hall lawn
CAS Lecture | “Let Them Taste Hunger”: Famine, Inequality, and Communal Belonging in the Late Ottoman Empire (September 8, 2021 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85620 85620-21627797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

Hybrid event: Room 555, Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Or participate virtually by registering in advance for the webinar here:
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After the 1877-78 Russo-Ottoman War, the Ottoman Empire saw the growth of ethnic and sectarian solidarity movements in regions like Anatolia and the Balkans. Much work has examined the intellectual and discursive formations of these solidarities after 1878, but the availability of new ideas cannot alone account for their widespread uptake. Why did ethnic and sectarian solidarity seem so plausible to so many people across Ottoman domains and elsewhere? This talk argues that pan-ethnic and pan-sectarianism spread so successfully because of the inequalities in agrarian areas arising from ecological and economic hardships. To capture the effects of these hardships, it focuses on the 1879-81 famine that struck the Ottoman East.

Matthew Ghazarian received his PhD from Columbia University's Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies in 2021. His research focuses on the late Ottoman Empire and modern Middle East, exploring the intersections of environmental history, political economy, and communal conflict. His dissertation, "Ghost Rations," examines the development of the conflicts that tore apart the multi-ethnic, multi-confessional Ottoman Empire. It focuses on the period 1839-94, which began with a Sultanic declaration of religious equality and ended with a dramatic wave of communal violence, the Hamidian Massacres (1894-97). "Ghost Rations" foregrounds the role of material conditions – debt, drought, hunger, and inequality - in bringing about communal divides. To accomplish this, it examines bouts of famine in the decades leading up to the Hamidian Massacres. Suffering, unequally borne, radicalized notions of belonging and exacerbated communal tensions, sowing the seeds for violence to come. Dr. Ghazarian also contributes to an Ottoman History Podcast and has taught in the Armenian Studies Program and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of California, Berkeley.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at caswebinars@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:12:39 -0400 2021-09-08T17:00:00-04:00 2021-09-08T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Lecture / Discussion Matthew Ghazarian, 2021-22 Manoogian Postdoctoral Fellow, U-M.
CSEAS Lecture. How Governments Declare Disasters: Thoughts from Southeast Asia (September 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86168 86168-21631762@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Open to the public. Register at https://myumi.ch/DEAXr

This event is followed by:
1:30-2:30 PM EST: Career Talk: A Discussion with Dr. A. Michael Stern on career building in Asian Studies"
In Person at Weiser Hall 1010- see listing on our events page.

Governments most often declare disasters in response to natural events (storms, flooding, earthquakes, etc.) and to a lesser degree other human-generated crises (e.g., internal violent conflicts that cause people to be displaced from their villages). International guidance and the literature on the decision to declare a disaster and appeal for international assistance are mainly technically oriented. However, the political dimensions of these decisions are crucial to understanding what motivates a disaster declaration and when governments are willing to take the sometimes sensitive step of accepting outside help to address the disaster. This talk will draw on the presenter's practical experience with disaster responses internationally, offering thoughts on this question, using examples from Southeast Asia, and addressing the significant intersections between governance and disaster management.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Aaron "Michael" Stern (PhD, University of Michigan) is currently a foreign service officer with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). He joined USAID in 2007 and has served in Washington, the Philippines, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Frankfurt (supporting Iraq), and Madagascar. He is currently the deputy country representative for USAID in Laos. He received his BA from Columbia University (Economics), his masters from the University of Washington in Seattle (public administration and international relations), and his doctorate from the University of Michigan (political science, comparative politics). He is a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship alumnus and also received a fellowship from the Ford Foundation for area studies work while at the University of Michigan. Before joining USAID, he worked at the US Department of Energy, the University of Michigan, and the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). He also worked as a Researcher at Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Asian Studies in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 07 Sep 2021 13:22:08 -0400 2021-09-13T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-13T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Career Talk: A Discussion with Dr. A. Michael Stern on career building in Asian Studies (September 13, 2021 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86431 86431-21634310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 13, 2021 1:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

This event is preceded by
12:00-1:00 PM EST: CSEAS Lecture: How Governments Declare Disasters: Thoughts from Southeast Asia
In Person and Virtual - see listing on our events page

Aaron "Michael" Stern (PhD, University of Michigan), current Foreign Service Officer with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will share his career path, the pros and cons of working in international development, and options for careers in international development. Students and participants are welcome to raise questions and exchange ideas about how to apply Asian and International studies knowledge in career building.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Aaron "Michael" Stern (PhD, University of Michigan) is currently a foreign service officer with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). He joined USAID in 2007 and has served in Washington, the Philippines, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Frankfurt (supporting Iraq), and Madagascar. He is currently the deputy country representative for USAID in Laos. He received his BA from Columbia University (Economics), his masters from the University of Washington in Seattle (public administration and international relations), and his doctorate from the University of Michigan (political science, comparative politics). He is a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship alumnus and also received a fellowship from the Ford Foundation for area studies work while at the University of Michigan. Before joining USAID, he worked at the US Department of Energy, the University of Michigan, and the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). He also worked as a Researcher at Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of Asian Studies in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 07 Sep 2021 13:24:40 -0400 2021-09-13T13:30:00-04:00 2021-09-13T14:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Documenting the Prague Spring: A Film Screening & Discussion of Oratorio for Prague (September 13, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86542 86542-21634795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 13, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

One of the most powerful documentaries ever made, *Oratorio for Prague* contains the only footage from the Soviet-led invasion of Prague in 1968. Czech New Wave filmmaker Jan Nemec began filming with the intention to document Prague Spring, a celebration of the new-found liberalization of Czechoslovakia, but the film's subject took a dramatic turn when Soviet tanks rolled through the streets.

Ania Aizman is assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures and postdoctoral scholar in the Michigan Society of Fellows and the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia. She researches political art and social movements in Russia and East and Central Europe.

Jindrich Toman has been professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Michigan since 1987. He specializes in the cultures and languages of Central Europe, including modern Czech literature and art. As a witness of events in Czechoslovakia in 1968, he will share with the audience his reactions to Nemec's documentary and reminisce about the events around the so-called Prague Spring.

This is an in-person event for U-M students, faculty, and staff only. You may participate remotely by registering at http://myumi.ch/0W354
Those attending remotely may access the film at https://myumi.ch/NxP33

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:42:57 -0400 2021-09-13T19:30:00-04:00 2021-09-13T21:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia (The Central Intelligence Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Cognitive Science Community (CSC) Student Org Mass Meeting (September 16, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86689 86689-21635589@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 16, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science

Are you interested in the mind? Come to the Cognitive Science Community mass meeting Thursday September 16th from 6-7 in 10th floor Weiser.

At the mass meeting, you'll get to meet other people with similar interests, get to know the e-board, and hear more about our plans for the semester. We have meetings roughly every other Thursday evening where you get to exchange ideas with alumni, researchers, and professors, as well as engage in more hands-on activities. We'll also be having lots of fun socials!

If you have any questions, reach out to cogscicmty@umich.edu.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:58:09 -0400 2021-09-16T18:00:00-04:00 2021-09-16T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weinberg Institute for Cognitive Science Rally / Mass Meeting mass meeting poster
Meet the BLI Social! (September 17, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86170 86170-21631764@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 17, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Part Mass Meeting, part Ice Cream Social!
Are you interested in –

- Learning more about the BLI and our leadership opportunities?
- Satisfying your ice cream hankering in a welcoming, supportive community?
- Meeting super awesome students from across campus who are also interested in elevating their leadership learning?
- Reconnect with members you haven't seen in a year and a half!

We are here for you! Join us on September 17 from 1-3 pm outside of Weiser Hall in the grassy area for an informal meet and greet where you can chat with current student and program leaders, grab some materials, and stay for ice cream.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 15 Sep 2021 18:05:39 -0400 2021-09-17T13:00:00-04:00 2021-09-17T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Social / Informal Gathering Picture of Ice Cream with the text Meet the BLI
Professor Ken Kollman, The Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professorship in Political Science, Inaugural Lecture (September 21, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84260 84260-21620826@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Please join us for an in person lecture to celebrate Professor Ken Kollman at Weiser Hall on Tuesday, September 21st at 4:00 p.m.

Many people have intense worries about the future of American democracy. They should worry less about the long term survivability of democracy, and just like parties and politicians, focus more on winning the next round of elections. The partisanship that appears to be hardening in our society is actually a source of stability and predictability, and it gives people a stake in election outcomes. The major parties, contrary to popular belief, remain moderating forces. Granted, norms and electoral institutions are under threat but they are more robust than many people think, and if people focus on winning elections and adopting policies, and worry less about what damage others might do, American democracy will survive just fine.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:20:46 -0400 2021-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion American Democracy
Reproductive tradeoffs for male baboons: competing versus caring (September 22, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86886 86886-21637075@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Department of Psychology

The Evolution and Human Adaptation Program (EHAP) at the University of Michigan is proud to present our fall 2021 speaker series:

Abstract:
In virtually all human societies, men and women form stable pair bonds, male reproductive skew is low, children receive considerable care and resources from both of their parents, and nuclear families are part of a set progressively larger social units that commonly include kin, affines, and unrelated members of the same ethnic group. Understanding of the evolution of this suite of traits is problematic because the most recent common ancestor of humans and the genus Pan probably did not share any of these features. However, a growing body of data from studies of living primates suggest that there may be multiple pathways to the evolution of male paternal care and extended breeding bonds, and provide a broader foundation for thinking about the evolution of human reproductive strategies. My research group has been exploring the trade-offs between mating and parenting effort for male olive baboons, a species with relatively high male reproductive skew and a polygynadrous mating system. Our data provide evidence of behavioural trade-offs between mating effort and parenting effort in wild primates, changes in allocation of mating and parenting effort across the life course, and the existence of enduring reproductive bonds. I will describe these data and their implications for understanding the evolution of the unusual set of traits that characterize our own species.

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Presentation Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:50:51 -0400 2021-09-22T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-22T13:15:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Department of Psychology Presentation Joan Silk
WCED Lecture. Institutions, Property Rights, and Growth: Theory and Evidence from the End of East European Serfdom (September 28, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86163 86163-21631756@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

The predominant analysis of representative institutions in the development literature casts them as the guardians of property against governmental predation. By enforcing property rights, the story goes, representative assemblies stimulate investment, specialization, innovation, and other forms of socially beneficial economic activity. What this analysis overlooks is that property relations themselves sometimes come in conflict with the demands of development. The political prerequisites of growth, then, include the existence of some agency that is authorized, when necessary, not to uphold but instead to transform the established property rights regime. Using the agrarian reforms in later eighteenth century Eastern Europe as a case study, McElroy shows that only certain kinds of representative institutions can perform this function effectively. Success depends on a representative body's configuration of internal decision-making institutions, particularly the acceptance of simple majority voting. He tests these propositions by reconstructing the process of agrarian reform in the Russian Baltic province of Livonia between 1795 and 1804, using documents from Latvian, Russian, and Estonian archives. His findings underscore the importance of specific procedural rules, especially majority voting, in generating the "good" economic outcomes commonly attributed to early representative institutions as such.

Brendan McElroy earned his PhD in government from Harvard in 2020, after receiving his BA in government and Russian studies (2011) and his MA in Russian and East European studies (2013) from Georgetown University. His work examines the complementary processes of state formation and elite transformation in early modern Eastern Europe, with particular emphasis on the genesis of representative institutions, their evolution, and their consequences for state building and economic growth. He is currently preparing a book manuscript under the provisional title "Peasants and Parliaments: Agrarian Reform in Later Eighteenth Century Europe," and will join the University of Toronto Department of Political Science as assistant professor in July, 2022.

This lecture is part of the WCED series on "Capitalism and Democracy." 2022 will mark the 30th anniversary of the publication of *Capitalist Development and Democracy* (by Dietrich Rueschmeyer et. al. in 1992) and the 80th anniversary of the publication of *Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy* (by Joseph Schumpeter in 1942). It is thus a perfect occasion to think anew about how capitalism and democracy interact. At WCED we will be hosting a series of events with “Capitalism and Democracy” as our annual theme.

This hybrid event will be presented in person at 1010 Weiser Hall and via Zoom. Register for the live-stream at https://myumi.ch/88l0K

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at weisercenter@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:33:18 -0400 2021-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 2021-09-28T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Brendan McElroy
CREES Noon Lecture. The Insecurity State: Views from Belarus (September 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86545 86545-21634796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

2017 marked the 23rd year of power of Aleksandr Lukashenko over Belarus. In those years, his opponents have been silenced, murdered, exiled, or imprisoned. Every few years he has staged elections that the international community has characterized as “unfree and unfair,” followed by police suppression of protester, quick trials, and lengthy prison sentences. Among the only voices reminding the world about the plight of those living under Europe's “Last Dictator” is the Belarus Free Theater, a critically acclaimed troupe consisting of actors still living in the country and their exiled founders. Award-winning photographer Misha Friedman started following the theater as they traveled the world on sold-out tours and performed underground plays at home. In 2020 Friedman returned to Minsk to photograph what everyone expected to be yet another déjà vu election cycle. That August everything turned out differently. Join us for a special viewing and discussion of Friedman’s work in Belarus from August 2020.

Misha Friedman was born in Moldova, and graduated with degrees from Binghamton University (1997) and London School of Economics (2000), where he studied economics and Russian politics. He worked in finance in New York, and after 9/11 switched careers to volunteer as a project manager at Medecins Sans Frontiers while teaching himself photography. Since 2009, photography has become his profession. He was associated with Cosmos Photo Agency 2011 - 2018, and is now represented by Getty Images. Misha regularly collaborates with leading international media and non-profit organizations. A Pulitzer Prize finalist, his widely-exhibited work has received numerous industry awards, including several Pictures of the Year (POYi). He has five monographs; his most recent book, Two Women in Their Time, was published by The New Press in 2020. Misha lives in New York City.

This hybrid event will be presented in person at 1010 Weiser Hall and via Zoom. Register for the live-stream at https://myumi.ch/dOmxj

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:47:30 -0400 2021-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-29T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Minsk, by Misha Friedman
2021 Michigan Underground Railroad Heritage Gathering (October 2, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/86160 86160-21631750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 2, 2021 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The Heritage Gathering is an annual conference for individuals, organizations and communities interested in our state's Underground Railroad heritage. Participants enjoy opportunities for learning, networking and collaborating through the conference's keynote speakers, workshops and presentations.

The annual day-long conference program will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, October 2 at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Like previous years, the day is aimed at networking, information sharing, and developing our next steps. Join us and become part of the conversation!

Schedule at a Glance

9:00 - 9:30 - Welcome
9:30 - 10:30 - Resources for the Study of the Underground Railroad at the Clements Library
10:30 - 11:30 - Crossing Borders: Piloting an International School Curriculum for the Underground Railroad by Clarissa Codrington, Darin Stockdill, and Shantelle Browning-Morgan
11:30 - 1:00 - Lunch / Networking / Clements Library Tour
1:15 - 2:00 - An Odawa Tale about Michigan's Underground Railroad by Roy E. Finkenbine
2:15 - 3:00 - Freedom is the Foundation: Five Black Detroit Institutions That Come From the Underground Railroad by Jamon Jordan
3:15 - 4:00 - Living in Plain Sight by Laurie Perkins
4:00 - 4:30 - Open Discussion: Traveling Exhibition ~ Along the River and Across the State
4:30 - Closing remarks

Registration for the day is $12, and includes a boxed lunch. Register now at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-michigan-underground-railroad-heritage-gathering-tickets-167771492049

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:35:03 -0400 2021-10-02T09:00:00-04:00 2021-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall William L. Clements Library Conference / Symposium Underground Railroad Monument in Battle Creek, MI
Professor Vonnie McLoyd, The Ewart A.C. Thomas Collegiate Professorship in Psychology, Inaugural Lecture (October 5, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84262 84262-21620828@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Poverty exposes children to multiple environmental inequities that increase the risk of impaired physical health, lower educational attainment, mental health problems, delinquency, and worse outcomes as adults. Adverse outcomes are stronger when poverty occurs in early childhood or persists throughout a large portion of childhood. Experiments that test the effects of policies and programs that increase cash income and “near cash” benefits (e.g.,nutrition assistance) suggest that income poverty itself causes negative child outcomes, and that differences between the outcomes of poor and nonpoor children do not stem exclusively from the cluster of other disadvantages associated with poverty that may be harmful to children (e.g., low levels of parental education). There are numerous pathways through which poverty can influence children's development. In this lecture, I will emphasize research that adopts a “family stress” perspective, which posits that poverty can adversely affect children’s socioemotional development partly by increasing psychological distress and depressive symptoms in parents and in turn, undermining the quality of parenting. Neighborhood characteristics and interpersonal factors can contribute to, amplify, and mitigate links in this pathway. Extensive research suggests that alleviation of poverty can foster children’s development by increasing the goods and services that parents can buy for their children and by promoting a more responsive, less stressful environment in which more positive parent-child interactions can occur.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:01:29 -0400 2021-10-05T16:00:00-04:00 2021-10-05T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lecture / Discussion Poster
BLI Leadership Learning: Allyhood Workshop (October 7, 2021 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87460 87460-21642272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 7, 2021 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Barger Leadership Institute

Are you interested in being a better ally?

The BLI is hosting a leadership lunch in partnership with the Spectrum Center on October 7th, from 4:30 PM-6:00 PM in Weiser 855 dedicated to the intersection between allyhood and leadership! The Spectrum Center seeks to support an individual or organization’s process of development as it relates to LGBTQ inclusivity and advocacy.

Through active engagement in the training, participants will grow in their personal awareness, knowledge, skills, and actions as it relates to their engagement in doing ally work. The purpose of having the Allyhood Development Training is to promote a campus community in which everyone is treated with respect and dignity. In collaboration with the BLI, participants will learn how to align allyhood to leadership and how to use this knowledge to embed inclusivity into their thinking and behavior.

We will also be providing a grab-and-go meal for attendees!

RSVP: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/48205

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:28:38 -0400 2021-10-07T16:30:00-04:00 2021-10-07T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Barger Leadership Institute Workshop / Seminar Hello I am an Ally name tag with a rainbow header
CREES Noon Lecture. Does Culture Matter? Complexity, Creativity, and Social Change in the Kyrgyz Republic (October 13, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86586 86586-21635101@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Although culture is one of American anthropology’s signature analytical concepts, interest in the culture concept has waned in recent decades. In this talk, Professor Borbieva will discuss this phenomenon and its impact on the development projects she observed in Central Asia. Drawing on four years she worked in Kyrgyzstan as a development professional and ethnographer, she argues that the lack of cultural anthropologists’ influence on the topic of culture has, at least in the development sector, empowered simplistic and ethnocentric (and familiar) discourses about diversity and social change. To effectively counteract these discourses, however, cultural anthropologists must update their understanding of culture. This can be done by incorporating insights from the latest research in biological anthropology and systems theory. If today’s popular usage of culture justifies one-size-fits-all visions of human well-being, a reinvigorated understanding of culture will be able to inform more constructive development interventions in Central Asia and beyond.

Noor O’Neill Borbieva is professor of anthropology at Purdue University Fort Wayne. Her research on gender, religious change, and the development sector in the former Soviet Union has been published in numerous journals, including *Slavic Review*, *Central Asian Survey*, and *Anthropological Quarterly*. Her book, *Visions of Development in Central Asia: Revitalizing the Culture Concept*, was published by Lexington Books in 2019.

This is an in-person event for U-M students, faculty, and staff only. You may participate remotely by registering at: http://myumi.ch/r8Mr8

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at crees@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:59:11 -0400 2021-10-13T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-13T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Noor O’Neill Borbieva
Donia Human Rights Center Lecture. Documenting Atrocities: Overcoming Barriers in Syria (October 13, 2021 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/87056 87056-21638545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 4:15pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Please note: This panel discussion will be offered in person on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus at 1010 Weiser Hall (500 Church Street) and will be simultaneously available via Zoom Webinar.

This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required if you intend to participate virtually. Once you've registered, the joining information will be sent to your email. Register at: https://myumi.ch/qgV9V

The Donia Human Rights Center will follow state, local, and University of Michigan guidelines for in-person events.

The decade-long civil war in Syria has been characterized by human rights atrocities on an enormous scale, including the deaths, disappearances, forced displacement, and torture of tens of thousands of Syrians. What are the possibilities for gathering evidence of such atrocities and holding individuals accountable for them? These questions will be explored by the founder and director of the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC), which collects and preserves evidence of human rights abuses committed by all parties to the decade-long conflict. We will explore the opportunities for and and barriers to safeguarding forensic evidence and the historical record and generating new approaches to transitional justice based on the unique needs of Syrians. These challenges include the obstacles to documenters on the ground as well as the proper role of international and foreign organizations in accountability processes.

Featuring: Mohammad Al Abdallah, Executive Director, Syria Justice and Accountability Centre

Commentator: Leigh Pearce, PhD, MPH, Professor, Epidemiology, U-M School of Public Health

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center, Law School Center for International and Comparative Law, and U-M School of Public Health.

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Mohammad Al Abdallah, Executive Director, Syria Justice and Accountability Centre

Al Abdallah is a Syrian human rights and democracy researcher and activist prior to 2011. He received a Bachelor’s of Law from the Lebanese University in 2007. In 2014, he received a Master’s of Public Policy from George Mason University with a specialty in governance and international institutions. He previously worked as a research assistant for Human Rights Watch in Beirut from where he covered Syria from 2007-2009. Al Abdallah is a former prisoner and survivor of torture who was imprisoned in Syria on two separate occasions for his work defending human rights and lobbying for political reform.

The Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC), a Syrian-led non-profit organization, a recipient for the Anne Frank Special Recognition Award, works on ensuring that all human rights violations from all sides are well documented, preserved, analyzed and securely stored. SJAC houses an enormous database of violations and the only Syrian organization that adopts a technology for human rights approach. SJAC has contributed to war crimes units and prosecutors and provided evidence on multiple criminal cases in Europe and North America, as well as to specific investigations conducted by the UN Commission of Inquiry.

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Leigh Pearce, PhD, MPH, Professor, Epidemiology, U-M School of Public Health

Leigh Pearce is a professor of epidemiology in the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. Her research streams are related to health disparities among the Middle Eastern and North African population in Michigan, the role life purpose plays in health outcomes, and factors related to ovarian cancer risk and prognosis. She teaches a course on health and human rights and is also one of the principal investigators of the NIH-funded MI-CARES cohort. MI-CARES aims to understand the relationship between environmental exposures and cancer risk among Michiganders living in environmental injustice hotspots.

The Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC), a Syrian-led non-profit organization, a recipient for the Anne Frank Special Recognition Award, works on ensuring that all human rights violations from all sides are well documented, preserved, analyzed and securely stored. SJAC houses an enormous database of violations and the only Syrian organization that adopts a technology for human rights approach. SJAC has contributed to war crimes units and prosecutors and provided evidence on multiple criminal cases in Europe and North America, as well as to specific investigations conducted by the UN Commission of Inquiry.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at umichhumanrights@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 30 Sep 2021 13:39:22 -0400 2021-10-13T16:15:00-04:00 2021-10-13T17:45:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion Donia Human Rights Center Lecture. Documenting Atrocities: Overcoming Barriers in Syria
Boren Awards Information Session with the International Institute of Education (October 25, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88152 88152-21650732@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 25, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Join our Boren Award Info Session!

Boren Awards provide undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to study a wide range of critical languages in world areas underrepresented in study abroad to those committed to public service. Awards up to $30,000 can be offered to spend up to 12 months learning a critical language in selected countries!

Join U-M campus representative, Melissa Vert, and Representative of the International Institute of Education, Kyle Cox, as they discuss opportunities, awards, and the general application process. Please be sure to register at https://myumi.ch/xm130

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact Melissa at mjfvert@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Oct 2021 15:25:20 -0400 2021-10-25T14:00:00-04:00 2021-10-25T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion Boren Awards Information Session with the International Institute of Education
CAS Artist Spotlight Stories | Nora Martirosyan and her film “Should the Wind Drop” (2020) (October 27, 2021 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85632 85632-21627902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Armenian Studies

In-person and virtual event.
Film screening: 6 PM
Film discussion: 7:45 PM
The in-person audience will watch the film and participate in a discussion with the film director who will join virtually.
Location: Room 1010, Weiser Hall, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

You can also participate virtually by registering in advance for the webinar here: https://myumi.ch/wlB27.
After registration, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to join the webinar.
Virtual participants will be able to join for the Q/A part with the film director at 7:45 PM, after the in-person screening of the film.

In this film, Martirosyan takes us on a journey to discover Nagorno-Karabakh, its timeless scenery, and its inhabitants who fight daily for the recognition of their state. Through the Western perspective of her main character, portrayed by Grégoire Colin, Martirosyan allows the viewer to discover this territory which has its own capital, president, and constitution, despite not being recognized at a legal and geopolitical level.

Alain, an international auditor, arrives to assess the airport of a small self-proclaimed republic in the Caucasus in order to give the green light for its reopening. Edgar, a local boy, runs his own peculiar small business outside the airport. After interacting with the child and other residents, Alain is able to discover this isolated land and will risk everything to allow the country to open up.

Nora Martirosyan is a film director and an artist who was born in Armenia and lives in France. She graduated from art school in Yerevan (Armenia), Le Fresnoy (France) and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. She was resident at the Villa Medicis, the French Academy in Rome during 2013-14. Currently, she is a Professor at Bordeaux School of Fine Arts.

Martirosyan has directed several award-winning short films and her feature film “Should the wind drop” is the first Armenian film in the official selection of Cannes film festival since 1965.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at caswebinars@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

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Film Screening Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:29:52 -0400 2021-10-27T18:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T20:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Armenian Studies Film Screening CAS Artist spotlight Stories | Nora Martirosyan and her film “Should the Wind Drop” (2020)