Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193640@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-17T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
Cyprus Now: A Conversation with Ambassador Marios Lysiotis (February 17, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60067 60067-14814835@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Modern Greek Program

Cosponsored by the Hellenic Student Association and AHEPA District #10

Ambassador Lysiotis will talk on his vision for Cyprus today. UM students will lead a Q & A with the larger community. A reception will follow.

Marios Lysiotis is Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the United States. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Lysiotis served as Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister of Defense and as Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to France; to the Permanent Delegate to UNESCO; to Austria and to the Permanent Representative to the United Nations Organization in Vienna. He was also Permanent Representative to the OSCE; Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Office of the President of Cyprus; Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe; Member of the Diplomatic Office of the President of Cyprus; Deputy Director, Cyprus Question Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Counsellor, Permanent Delegation to the European Union; Attaché, Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden; Member of the Cabinet, Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Diplomatic Advisor to the President of Cyprus.

Ambassador Lysiotis holds Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and in Political Science, a Master's degree Political Science, and a D.E.A. in Political Studies. He speaks Greek, French, and English. He is married to Eleni Michaelidou-Lysioti and has a daughter, Sophia.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:41:01 -0500 2019-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T19:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Modern Greek Program Lecture / Discussion
Bonjour Berlin: Margrit Straßburger, German Actress-Chanteuse (February 17, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60410 60410-14875270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 17, 2019 5:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

German actress-chanteuse Margrit Straßburger presents a literary-musical collage about German-Jewish poet, Mascha Kaléko, whose poems capture the atmosphere of Weimar Berlin, as well as the experience of exile, with melancholy, irony and humor.

In German with piano accompaniment by Michelle Papenfuss.

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Performance Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:55:47 -0500 2019-02-17T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-17T19:00:00-05:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Performance Bonjour Berlin
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728469@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193641@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-18T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193642@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-19T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
Conversations on Europe/CREES Lecture. Making a New Europe: A Transnational Ethnography of Far-right Activism (February 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59373 59373-14734949@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

Contemporary far-right activists in Europe are often portrayed as anti-European. Given that “Bruxelles” is one of their chief enemies, such a portrayal might seem legitimate. The far-right critique of the European Union, however, ought not to be read as a simple rejection of Europe. Numerous far-right groups represent themselves as Europe’s defenders, faithful “believers” and “practitioners” of the “true” – white, Christian – Europe, and consider the EU to be their Europe’s enemy.

Based on ethnographic fieldwork among far-right activists in Italy, Poland, and Hungary, Pasieka examines how far-right actors conceptualize regional and national sovereignty vis-à-vis a broader European context; how they perceive individual, civic, and social rights; and how they relate those to the widely debated issues of migration and multicultural diversity. Her multi-sited ethnography sheds much needed light on the challenges far-right movements and parties address, and the reasons why they are increasingly compelling to many.

Agnieszka Pasieka holds an M.A. in sociology (Jagiellonian University, Kraków) and a Ph.D. in social anthropology (Martin Luther University, Halle). Her first monograph, "Hierarchy and Pluralism: Living Religious Difference in Catholic Poland" (Palgrave 2015), discussed the situation of religious and ethnic minorities in the context of church-state relations in Poland. She was a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (2007-11); the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna (2011-12); the Polish Academy of Sciences (2012-15); and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the University of Vienna (2015-18). Currently she is Elise Richter Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, where she carries out a research project entitled "Living right: an anthropological study of far-right activism."

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:48:36 -0500 2019-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Agnieszka Pasieka
Breaking the Barriers of Voluntourism: Engaging in Sustainable Cultural Humility Practices Aboad (February 19, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60436 60436-14883912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 6:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: The Quito Project

This workshop is the second installment of a two part series tackling the issues of "voluntourist" behaviors which tend to decay international community partnerships over time.

At the workshop, participants will learn from faculty experts about best practices for respectful international engagement, have the opportunity to share what they have learned from their previous experiences abroad, and receive resources to help them during their time overseas.

In addition, we will also be addressing how one can navigate their social identities abroad and how to anticipate varying social systems in order to best prepare you for your time abroad.

This workshop will also ensure that you and your organization gain the tools to establish that your initiative is successful in creating mutually-equitable partnerships with the international communities that you are interacting with.

Free dinner will be provided to all participants!

Please register to attend here: tinyurl.com/voluntourist-behaviors

Questions? Please email thequitoproject@gmail.com

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 26 Jan 2019 17:04:05 -0500 2019-02-19T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-19T20:00:00-05:00 North Quad The Quito Project Workshop / Seminar Workshop Flyer
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193643@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-20T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program (February 20, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58843 58843-14567873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, on behalf of the U.S. State Department, administers the “Core Fulbright Scholar Program,” which annually makes available fellowships in about 125 countries to over 500 U.S. scholars and professionals from a wide variety of academic and professional fields. These prestigious grants are a major source of funding for lecturing or conducting research abroad.

Although the U-M International Institute does not administer any aspect of this competition or these awards, we have been trained by CIES and are able to provide comprehensive information, instructions, editorial assistance, review criteria tailored to each application, and professional advice on how best to structure an application for this particular competition. Information sessions are offered monthly and no registration is required.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:45:15 -0500 2019-02-20T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T11:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Teaching Assistantship Information Session (February 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60266 60266-14855612@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 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 project.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:21:14 -0500 2019-02-20T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
International Academic Peer Advisor Info Session (February 20, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61078 61078-15090329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center

Interested in helping fellow international students? Become a 2019 LSA International Academic Peer Advisor (APA)! The LSA Newnan Academic Advising Center is hiring 9 international students to be academic peer advisors for International Orientation and Final Fall Orientation, August 19-30, 2019. International APAs welcome and orient new international and domestic students to campus. Pay is $15 per hour (totaling approximately $1,320 before taxes).

To learn more, attend this info session on February 20 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in G243 Angell Hall!

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Meeting Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:12:05 -0500 2019-02-20T16:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center Meeting
Millis Erwachen/Milli’s Awakening (Natasha Kelly, 2018) (February 20, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60111 60111-14838297@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 6:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Milli's Awakening takes its name from the painting Sleeping Milli (1911), in which expressionist painter Ludwig Kirchner takes an eroticizing and exoticizing view of his Black female model. But one instance in centuries-long history of Black people in Germany, “Milli” remains silent, speaking volumes about how Black women have been reduced to anonymous objects of desire. Milli’s awakening seeks to intervene in this history, by bringing together the voices of eight Black German women of different generations. Through their artistic practices they have defined self-determined positions within white German mainstream society. Like a quilt, the film unfolds in a way reflecting the diversity and interwoven nature of these (hi)stories.

The German Film Series begins with a light dinner at 6:30 pm followed by introduction of the screening at 7:00 pm. **Screened in German with English subtitles. With Q&A in English with director Natasha Kelly following the film. Introduced by Professor Kristin Dickinson.

Co-sponsored by Alamanya, with support from the Center for European Studies and DAAS.

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Film Screening Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:40:17 -0500 2019-02-20T18:30:00-05:00 2019-02-20T21:00:00-05:00 North Quad Germanic Languages & Literatures Film Screening Millis Erwachen
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-21T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
ELI Winter Workshop Series: MAKING CONVERSATION WITH POWERFUL PEOPLE (February 21, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59850 59850-15063354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: English Language Institute

Making conversation can be one of the most challenging types of speaking to master in a second language. This can be particularly true with people in a position of authority, such as one’s research advisor, work supervisor, or future employer. In this workshop, we will explore conversation topics, turn-taking strategies, active listening, and sources for sample conversations. We will consider different types of conversations, such as seeming friendly and confident at a job interview or competent and insightful in a research group meeting. Come ready to practice with one another and to identify effective ways to practice on your own.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 15 Feb 2019 14:37:44 -0500 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T20:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar ELI Winter Workshops
Stories Never Told: Yemen’s Crises & Renaissance (February 21, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58788 58788-14559366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Stories Never Told is a traveling display curated by local Yemeni-American social entrepreneur Hanan Ali Yahya. The display visually narrates the artistic renaissance born out of Yemen’s crises. It will pilot at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn in February 2019 and travel through Michigan, parts of the United States, and beyond. The gallery will feature the visual art, short films, poetry, writing and productions of Yemeni artists residing in Yemen and the diaspora.

The display will be open from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, and there will be a film showing and talkback at 7:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public, with a $5 suggested donation. All proceeds will go to The Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation. An RSVP is required at: http://arabamericanmuseum.org/Arab-Film-Series.

Sponsored by U-M's Global Islamic Studies Center and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum.

This display will have two showings, one in Dearborn at the Arab American National Museum on February 21st and one in Ann Arbor at Weiser Hall on February 22nd. Please ensure you RSVP to whichever showing you plan to attend by navigating the events tab on the GISC website.

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Exhibition Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:40:52 -0400 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T22:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Global Islamic Studies Center Exhibition Stories Never Told
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-22T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (February 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023807@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-02-22T10:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Stories Never Told: Yemen’s Crises & Renaissance (February 22, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58863 58863-14567902@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Stories Never Told is a traveling display curated by local Yemeni-American social entrepreneur Hanan Ali Yahya. The display visually narrates the artistic renaissance born out of Yemen’s crises. It will pilot at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn in February 2019 and travel through Michigan, parts of the United States, and beyond. The gallery will feature the visual art, short films, poetry, writing and productions of Yemeni artists residing in Yemen and the diaspora.

Doors will open at 6:00 PM, and there will be a film showing and talkback at 7:00 PM. The event is free and open to the public, however, an RSVP is required at: https://goo.gl/forms/7lwjMHo4wHb23AFc2.

Sponsored by U-M's Global Islamic Studies Center and Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to islamicstudies@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.

This display will have two showings, one in Dearborn at the Arab American National Museum on February 21st and one in Ann Arbor at Weiser Hall on February 22nd. Please ensure you RSVP to whichever showing you plan to attend by navigating the events tab on the GISC website.

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Exhibition Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:52:45 -0500 2019-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-22T22:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Exhibition Stories Never Told
2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition: GLOBAL MIGRATION (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60209 60209-14849112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

2019 NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition takes place in 12 competition sites around the globe. This year, Ford School is one of them. 2019 simulation theme Global Migration is based on real-world data. This simulation tests participants' ability to balance their budgets and their humanity. Will you sacrifice one for the other?

Ford School, Weiser Diplomacy Center and International Policy Center look forward to hosting 60 graduate students from 12 schools in the north central region. Ford School's hosting team of students: Aprisal W Malale (Indonesia), Jessica Taketa (USA), Jonatan Vega-Martinez (USA), Yusuke Namiki (Japan) and Lingling Peng (China). Our judges for the simulation are associate professor John Ciorciari, ambassador Melvyn Levitsky and associate professor Ann Lin.

WHAT IS THE NASPAA-BATTEN STUDENT SIMULATION COMPETITION?

The NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition is a day-long event that allows graduate students in public policy and related fields to test their skills on real-world data. This year, using a turn-based, participatory simulation developed for the competition by the Center for Leadership Simulation and Gaming, student teams will take on cabinet-level positions of a virtual country. Participants enter policy decisions in the simulation software to see how their policies affect their citizens, their economy, and the migrants themselves.

As part of the competition, teams will be expected to put together a policy memo and presentation. Evaluations of student performance will be based on two factors: 1) Their team’s simulation scores, and 2) Observations by subject matter experts serving as judges at each host site. 

WHAT HAPPENS ON THE COMPETITION DAY?

The competition is an all day event. Teams will travel to their host site, where they will undertake three rounds of the simulation: twice in the morning, plus once after lunch. Each round will last approximately one hour. After the three rounds, student teams will be given time to put together a policy memo and presentation. Experts in related fields will serve as judges. The experts will evaluate the policy memos and the presentations. Following the presentations, a short debriefing will explain the logic and data behind the simulation. Winners will be announced at the end of the day.

NASPAA 

Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration or NASPAA is the global standard in public service education. It is the membership organization of graduate education programs in public policy, public affairs, public administration, and public & nonprofit management. Its over 300 members – located across the U.S. and in 24 countries around the globe – award MPA, MPP, MPAff, and similar degrees.

NASPAA is the recognized global accreditor of master’s degree programs in these fields.

NASPAA’s twofold mission is to ensure excellence in education and training for public service and to promote the ideal of public service.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:01:20 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T20:00:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Workshop / Seminar
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-23T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-23T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193647@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-24T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-24T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728476@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193648@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-25T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
Conversation with Lou Fintor, new U.S. State Department Diplomat in Residence, North Central Region (February 25, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61417 61417-15099329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

Join us for a Meet and Greet session with Lou Fintor, the Ford School’s new Diplomat in Residence (DIR), a U.S. State Department Foreign Service Officer offering State Department career, internship, and fellowship information.

Joining the Foreign Service in 2002, Fintor served as U.S. Embassy spokesperson in the Middle East, South Asia, and Europe. As Diplomat in Residence, Fintor will offer information on State Department opportunities to students and professionals located throughout the North Central DIR region, which includes Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan. The Ford School serves as one of 16 regional DIR academic host institutions in the United States.

DIRs attend local career fairs for university students, alumni, and professionals, host career information sessions and speak with organizations and groups living in each of the population-based geographic regions they serve. They provide information about Department of State Foreign and Civil Service careers, internships, and fellowships.

In addition to scheduling regular travel to communities and recruitment events throughout assigned geographic areas, DIRs can provide background materials, resources, and referrals to those residing in their regions.

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Meeting Tue, 19 Feb 2019 13:52:00 -0500 2019-02-25T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-25T12:50:00-05:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Meeting
Population Studies Center Brown Bag Series, 2018-2019 (February 25, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59183 59183-14694669@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 25, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies.

"Constraints and conventions in African assortative mating"

Monday, February 25, 2019, 12:00 pm to 1:25 pm
Maggie Frye, University of Michigan, Sociology

Location: 1430 ISR - Thompson

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 06 Feb 2019 10:48:21 -0500 2019-02-25T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-25T13:25:00-05:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193649@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-26T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
CANCELLED - WCED Lecture. Judicial Politics in Africa (February 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58185 58185-14435500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

This lecture has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and will be rescheduled for the Fall 2019 semester.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:29:09 -0500 2019-02-26T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Shen-Bayh
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-27T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
CREES Noon Lecture. The Worlding of Eastern Europe: Architects from Socialist Countries in Cold War West Africa (February 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58913 58913-14578307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

This talk revisits one of the most under-researched topics in the history of 20th century modern architecture: African and Asian engagements of architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist countries. Upon their arrival to postcolonial Ghana and Nigeria, architects from socialist Hungary, Poland, and Yugoslavia drew analogies between the historical experience of Eastern Europe and West Africa as underdeveloped, colonized, and peripheral. This talk will show how these analogies allowed them to draw upon specific design tools and procedures from Eastern European architectural culture—and how their work in West Africa testified to the limits of these correspondences.

Łukasz Stanek is a visiting associate professor of architecture at U-M, and senior lecturer at the Manchester School of Architecture, the University of Manchester, U.K. Stanek authored "Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory" (2011) and edited Lefebvre’s book "Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment" (2014). He published on cold war mobilities of architecture between socialist countries, West Africa, and the Middle East, which is the topic of his forthcoming book. Previously Stanek taught at ETH Zurich and Harvard University, and received fellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts (Washington D. C.), among other institutions.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@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, 21 Dec 2018 12:41:35 -0500 2019-02-27T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-27T13:20:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Pavilion of Ghana
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sinking Cities: Documenting the realities of climate change in cities around the world (February 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57458 57458-14193651@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

This exhibit provides a platform to begin understanding the effects of rising sea levels along the coasts of Indonesia, Bangladesh, The Netherlands, Italy and the United States.

By the end of the century oceans are predicted to rise between .3 and 2.5 meters, which will result in major flooding in coastal cities around the world. The Sinking Cities Project aims to document this inundation through the stories of residents and the changing landscape of their cities.

This photo and video exhibit was produced by Marcin Szczepanski, visual communications director at Michigan Engineering, and Frank Sedlar, Michigan Engineering alumnus.

Join us for an exhibit opening event on November 16th, 4:00-7:00 p.m., in the Clark Library.

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Exhibition Mon, 19 Nov 2018 16:38:53 -0500 2019-02-28T08:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T23:45:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Exhibition Exhibit poster
Public Talk: Phil Tinari, Director and CEO, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art (February 28, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60956 60956-14993222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Phil Tinari is the Director and CEO of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), a leading Chinese independent institution of contemporary art in Beijing. At this talk, Tinari will discuss Chinese art and its global context, with reference to his work at UCCA, as well as curatorial projects at the Guggenheim and SFMOMA. Since 2011, Tinari has led UCCA's transformation from a founder-driven, private museum into China’s leading independent, international institution of contemporary art, culminating in 2017 with a restructuring that has brought the institution, originally known as the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, into the patronage of a new group of mainly Chinese trustees. During Tinari’s tenure, UCCA has become known for both its artistic program and its operational model. It has mounted more than seventy exhibitions and a wide range of public programs, bringing artistic voices both established and emerging, Chinese and international, to a growing audience of nearly a million visitors each year.

Prior to joining UCCA, Tinari launched LEAP, an internationally distributed, bilingual magazine of contemporary art published by the Modern Media Group, in 2009. A widely published writer and critic, he is a contributing editor of Artforum, and was founding editor of that magazine’s Chinese edition in 2007. He was co-curator, with Alexandra Munroe and Hou Hanru, of the 2017 exhibition Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, now on view at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and opening in November at SFMOMA. In 2016 he was named a fellow of the Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on U.S.- China Relations. Fluent in Mandarin and based in Beijing since 2001, Tinari holds degrees from Duke and Harvard, and is currently completing a doctorate in art history at Oxford.

 

This talk is co-presented by the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, the Confucius Institute, and UMMA, and coincides with the UMMA exhibition Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing (February 2 - May 26, 2019).

Lead support for Wang Qingsong/Detroit/Beijing is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan, the University of Michigan Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, and the Herbert W. and  Susan L. Johe Endowment.

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Presentation Wed, 27 Feb 2019 18:16:42 -0500 2019-02-28T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T19:00:00-05:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
What is Socialism and How To Fight For It (February 28, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61578 61578-15137088@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 28, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

President Donald Trump’s fascist tirades against socialism show the ruling class fears the specter of revolution. “The twilight hour of socialism has arrived in our hemisphere,” Trump declared on February 18.

It is not socialism’s “twilight hour,” but rather its resurgence.

Socialism is becoming increasingly popular, but many are asking themselves: what is socialism?
The capitalist media presents Democratic Party politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as “socialists.” But these members of the pro-capitalist Democratic Party do not call for mass strikes, the expropriation of the wealth of the rich, the nationalization of the corporations, the ending of all US wars and military involvement abroad, and the opening of the borders to give immigrants the right to travel freely.

Challenging the power of the financial aristocracy requires the revolutionary overthrow of the capitalist system. The fight for genuine social equality requires mobilizing the social power of the billions-strong international working class in a united movement for socialism.
The coming period will see the rebirth of the class struggle on a scale not seen in decades. To prepare, socialists must study the history of the workers’ movement and of Trotskyism, the revolutionary socialist opposition to Stalinism, and the representatives of classical Marxism today.

This lecture will explain what genuine socialism is.

Joseph Kishore is the National Secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), the US section of the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI). He is a prominent writer for the World Socialist Web Site, the most widely-read socialist news publication in the world.

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Meeting Sat, 23 Feb 2019 18:49:38 -0500 2019-02-28T19:00:00-05:00 2019-02-28T21:00:00-05:00 Michigan League International Youth and Students for Social Equality Meeting Striking maquiladora workers in Matamoros Mexico, January 2019
IPE Summer Study Abroad Final Application Deadline (March 1, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/48152 48152-13905907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 12:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Applications for the IPE Summer study abroad programs are due today by midnight!

For more info and to apply:
https://ipe.engin.umich.edu/ipe-summer-programs-application-deadlines/

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Other Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:17:23 -0400 2019-03-01T00:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T23:59:00-05:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 1, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728480@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-01T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 1, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 1, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-03-01T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-01T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 4, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728483@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 4, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-04T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-04T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 5, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728484@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 6, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728485@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-06T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728486@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-07T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-07T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 8, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728487@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-08T08:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 8, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-03-08T10:00:00-05:00 2019-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Mongolian Melody (March 9, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61819 61819-15190881@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 9, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Mongolian Cultural Organization at UM

Morin Khuur, also known as “horse head fiddle”, is a traditional Mongolian instrument. It was first introduced and performed in the US in 1962, the year that Mongolia joined the United Nation. “Mongolian Traditional Music of the Morin Khuur” was proclaimed by UNESCO as one of the “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” in 2003 and inscribed in the “Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” in 2008. Since then
morin khuur became a world-renowned musical instrument and foreign conservatories begun to teach morin khuur professionally.

The concert is a part of "The 1st Morin Khuur Festival in the USA", two-day festival which is held and organized here in Ann Arbor by University of Michigan's Mongolian Cultural Organization. The concert will be performed by professional morin khuur players and they aim to bring you the most popular pieces of famous Mongolian composers that have been touching people's hearts.

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Performance Fri, 01 Mar 2019 21:53:08 -0500 2019-03-09T19:00:00-05:00 2019-03-09T21:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Mongolian Cultural Organization at UM Performance Mongolian Melody
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-11T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
International Institute. How to Build a Competitive PhD Program Application: A Faculty Panel Discussion (March 11, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60918 60918-14988674@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Are you interested in pursuing doctoral studies, now or in the future? This interactive panel discussion features four faculty admissions committee veterans: Paroma Chatterjee (History of Art), Allen Hicken (Political Science), Reginald Jackson (Asian Languages and Cultures), and Rob Jansen (Sociology). Based on questions generated by International Institute MA students, as well as questions from the audience, these faculty will share their advice and insights on how to build a stand-out application that showcases your knowledge and abilities.

This event is open to all International Institute MA students, as well as undergraduate juniors and seniors, and MA students from all U-M departments.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, we are eager to help. Please contact asbates@umich.edu. We are able to make most accommodations very easily, but advance notice is appreciated as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. All rooms in Weiser Hall are wheelchair accessible, and a reflection room and lactation room are available.

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:17:00 -0500 2019-03-11T16:30:00-04:00 2019-03-11T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Careers / Jobs desk
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-12T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program (March 12, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58843 58843-14567874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, on behalf of the U.S. State Department, administers the “Core Fulbright Scholar Program,” which annually makes available fellowships in about 125 countries to over 500 U.S. scholars and professionals from a wide variety of academic and professional fields. These prestigious grants are a major source of funding for lecturing or conducting research abroad.

Although the U-M International Institute does not administer any aspect of this competition or these awards, we have been trained by CIES and are able to provide comprehensive information, instructions, editorial assistance, review criteria tailored to each application, and professional advice on how best to structure an application for this particular competition. Information sessions are offered monthly and no registration is required.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:45:15 -0500 2019-03-12T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-12T10:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Fulbright U.S. Student Program General Information Session (March 12, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58739 58739-14551045@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:30pm
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 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:03:35 -0500 2019-03-12T16:30:00-04:00 2019-03-12T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
WCED Panel. What's Up with Authoritarian Elections? (March 12, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58923 58923-14578310@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Erica Frantz is an assistant professor of political science at Michigan State University. She specializes in authoritarian politics, democratization, conflict, and development. She has published six books on dictatorships and development, the most recent of which is “Authoritarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know” (Oxford University Press).

Allen Hicken is a professor of political science at the University of Michigan. He studies political institutions and political economy in developing countries with a primary focus on political parties and party systems in developing democracies and their role in policy making. His regional specialty is Southeast Asia where he has worked in Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia. He is the author of “Building Party Systems in Developing Democracies,” published by Cambridge University Press in 2009.

Masaaki Higashijima is an associate professor of political science at Tohoku University, Japan and a visiting research scholar in the Center for Political Studies at the University of Michigan. Before arriving in Tohoku, he was a Post-Doctoral Max Weber Fellow at European University Institute and an assistant professor at Waseda University in Tokyo. His research interests include comparative political economy, autocratic politics, democratization, civil conflict, ethnic politics and Central Asia. His articles related to these topics appeared in “British Journal of Political Science,” the “Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Studies in Comparative International Development,” and “World Development.”

Carl Henrik Knutsen is a professor of political science at the University of Oslo (UiO) and Research Group Leader for the Comparative Institutions and Regimes (CIR) group at the same department. He also holds a secondary position as Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), is co-PI of Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), and is a member of the Norwegian Young Academy. He defended his PhD, "The Economic Effects of Democracy and Dictatorship," at the University of Oslo in 2011. Knutsen's research concerns, for example, the economic effects of political institutions, democracy measurement, and the determinants of autocratic breakdown and democratization.

Alberto Simpser is an associate professor of political science at ITAM in Mexico City. He is the author of “Why Governments and Parties Manipulate Elections” (Cambridge University Press 2013), coeditor (with Tom Ginsburg) of “Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes” (Cambridge University Press 2014), and has published articles in the “American Journal of Political Science,” “Journal of Politics,” “Public Opinion Quarterly,” “Latin American Research Review,” and “Annual Review of Political Science,” among others. He has a PhD in political science from Stanford University. His research interests include the political economy of development, democracy, election fraud, corruption, political culture, and political methodology. Prior to joining ITAM in 2014 he served on the faculty of the University of Chicago’s political science department as assistant professor.

Organized by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies with support from the Center for Political Studies (U-M) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Mar 2019 09:12:47 -0500 2019-03-12T16:30:00-04:00 2019-03-12T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Authoritarian Elections
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 13, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728492@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-13T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Going International: Survey Research and Data Collection Support (March 13, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61857 61857-15221604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 10:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

An introduction to the services that the ISR International Unit provides to promote the science and quality of international survey research and data collection. Primary activities include:

• identifying and expanding ISR's international collaborative survey research opportunities;

• supporting ISR faculty who are doing international work (as requested) or who would like to engage in international survey research; and

• developing and disseminating best practices for international and cross-cultural survey research.


ISR Perspectives presents Zeina Mneimneh as the next speaker in the "Getting to Know ISR" public presentation series.

Refreshments provided!

All Welcome.

Presented by the ISR DACCD Perspectives Committee.

If you would like to watch the live stream please visit: https://bluejeans.com/779311867. If you would like the recording link after the presentation please email abeattie@umich.edu.

If you need accommodations to participate in this event or have any questions, please contact abeattie@umich.edu.


BIO:
Dr. Mneimneh is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Survey Methodology Program within the Survey Research Center, University of Michigan. She is also an affiliated Assistant Research Professor in the School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Mneimneh is the director of the World Mental Health Data Collection Coordinating Center that supports the design and implementation of national mental health surveys in more than 35 countries. She is also the chair of the executive committee for the International Comparative Survey Design Initiative, an annual workshop that provides a forum for international researchers involved in research relevant to comparative survey methods. Mneimneh has published more than 35 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. Her research investigates factors affecting the reporting of sensitive information including interviewer, respondent, and question characteristics, and contextual factors related to the interview setting. Her recent work examines the use of paradata to monitor interviewer behavior and the use of social media data for social science research.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:58:08 -0400 2019-03-13T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T11:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Zeina Mneimneh
CREES Noon Lecture. The Language Politics of Contemporary Ukrainian Cinema: From Unreflective Confusion to Strategic Multilingualism (March 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58921 58921-14578308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

This talk traces the evolution of post-Soviet Ukrainian cinema, from the excitement and experimentation of the early post-independence years to the serious economic and institutional challenges during the late 1990s and early 2000s, to the creative revival of the latest 5 years, in the post-Euromaidan era. The language choices made by the filmmakers serve as a window into the struggles with questions of identity, implied audience, and aesthetic and political choices. Films examined range from those by leading filmmakers of the older generation, such as Kira Muratova and Iurii Illienko, to prominent younger innovators, such as Myroslav Slaboshpyts´kyi and Kateryna Hornostai.

Vitaly Chernetsky is an associate professor of Slavic languages and literatures and director of the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas. A native of Ukraine, he received his PhD in comparative literature from the University of Pennsylvania (1996). He is the author of "Mapping Postcommunist Cultures: Russia and Ukraine in the Context of Globalization" (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007; Ukrainian-language edition, Krytyka, 2013) and of numerous articles on Russian and Ukrainian literature and film. A volume of his selected writings in Ukrainian translation is forthcoming from Krytyka. He co-edited an anthology of contemporary Russian poetry in English translation, "Crossing Centuries" (2000); a bilingual anthology of contemporary Ukrainian poetry, "Letters from Ukraine" (2016); and an annotated Ukrainian translation of Edward Said’s Culture and Imperialism (2007). He also guest-edited an issue of Kinokultura on Ukrainian cinema (2009). His translations into English include Yuri Andrukhovych’s novels "The Moscoviad" (2008) and "Twelve Circles" (2015) and a volume of his selected poems, "Songs for a Dead Rooster" (2018, with Ostap Kin). He is a past president of the American Association for Ukrainian Studies and the current vice president and learned secretary of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the U.S.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@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, 21 Dec 2018 12:46:54 -0500 2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Vitaly Chernetsky
Free Chelsea Manning (March 13, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62046 62046-15278274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Diag - Central Campus
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan has called a meeting and a demonstration demanding the immediate release of imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning. A rally will be held on Wednesday, March 13 at 12 PM on The Diag in front of Hatcher Graduate Library. A subsequent meeting will take place on Thursday, March 14 at 7 PM in the Michigan League, Room A.

The IYSSE is declaring the imprisonment of Manning an egregious attack on democratic rights and a threat to press freedom. The courageous whistleblower was imprisoned on Friday for refusing to testify before a secret grand jury that is drawing up fabricated charges against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on behalf of the Trump administration. Beginning in 2010, Manning exposed major US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan including the infamous Collateral Murder cockpit video showing a US helicopter in Baghdad gunning down 16 unarmed civilians, including two Reuters journalists.

Wednesday’s demonstration is part of a series of coordinated rallies around the country, with the Socialist Equality Party (US) and the World Socialist Web Site (wsws.org). The perspective of this campaign places the basis of the defense of press freedom and democratic rights on the mobilization of the international working class. More information on the campaign to defend Manning can be found on the website: freechelsea.org

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Rally / Mass Meeting Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:33:59 -0400 2019-03-13T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T13:00:00-04:00 Diag - Central Campus International Youth and Students for Social Equality Rally / Mass Meeting Photo of Chelsea Manning
Gender: New Works, New Questions- Branding Humanity: Competing Narratives of Rights, Violence, and Global Citizenship by Amal Hassan Fadlalla (March 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57790 57790-14306146@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender

Speakers:
- Amal Hassan Fadlalla, Associate Professor, Women's Studies, Anthropology, Afroamerican and African Studies
- Sandra Gunning, Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies, and American Culture;
- Victor Mendoza, Associate Professor, English and Women’s Studies; Faculty Associate, Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies Program, and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies

The Save Darfur movement gained an international following, garnering widespread international attention to this remote Sudanese territory. Celebrities and other notable public figures participated in human rights campaigns to combat violence in the region. But how do local activists and those throughout the Sudanese diaspora in the United States situate their own notions of rights, nationalism, and identity?

Based on interviews with Sudanese social actors, activists, and their allies in the United States, the Sudan, and online, Branding Humanity (Stanford Press, 2018) traces the global story of violence and the remaking of Sudan identities. Amal Hassan Fadlalla asks readers to consider how national and transnational debates about violence circulate, shape, and re-territorialize ethnic identities, disrupt meanings of national belonging, and rearticulate notions of solidarity and global affiliations.

This event is part of IRWG's Gender: New Works, New Questions series, which spotlights recent publications by U-M faculty members and allows for deeper discussion by an interdisciplinary panel.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:19:41 -0500 2019-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Institute for Research on Women and Gender Lecture / Discussion Branding Humanity cover
U.S. Military and Counter-Terrorism in Africa: Is Anybody Watching? (March 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61171 61171-15045293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. This event will be live web-streamed.

About the event:
In 2017, journalist Christina Goldbaum’s on-the-ground investigation in Somalia exposed a U.S. military raid alleged to have resulted in the deaths of 10 Somali civilians. From a peacekeeping and nation–building force to troop build-ups, drone strikes and counter-terrorism operations, the U.S. rules of engagement are changing. Join Goldbaum, the Atlantic Council ‘s Bronwyn Bruton and the Ford School’s John Ciorciari for an examination of the U.S. military’s presence and role in Africa and the implications for civilian lives and global security.

About the speakers:
Christina Goldbaum is a reporter for The New York Times covering immigration. Prior to joining the Times, she was a freelance foreign correspondent in East Africa, where she spent a year in Somalia reporting on U.S. national security issues. Goldbaum received the 2018 Livingston Award for international reporting for her story of the U.S. military role in the massacre of Somali civilians (link is external). Goldbaum also broke stories on the build up of a secretive U.S. military post (link is external) and the details of the first two U.S. combat (link is external) deaths in Somalia since Black Hawk Down.

Bronwyn Bruton is director of programs and studies and deputy director of the Africa Center at the Atlantic Council. Recognized as an authority on the Horn of Africa, her articles and editorials about the region appear regularly in Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, Foreign Policy magazine and other publications. Bruton has held fellowships at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

About the moderator:

John Ciorciari is an associate professor of public policy, a director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center, and director of the Ford School’s International Policy Center. His research focuses on international law and politics in the Global South.

This Livingston Lecture event is co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the International Policy Center. Produced with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:27:09 -0500 2019-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:30:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Christina Goldbaum, reporter and 2018 Livingston Awards winner
UK Scholarships (March 13, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61536 61536-15126012@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Jeff T. Blau Hall
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Join Dr. Henry Dyson and Ross Academic Advising on Wednesday, March 13th from 4-5 pm in Jeff T. Blau Building 1570. For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/scholarships/united-kingdom.html

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Presentation Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:48:40 -0500 2019-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Jeff T. Blau Hall Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation Jeff T. Blau Hall
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 14, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728493@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-14T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590267@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
The Environment, Human Rights and Immunity at the World Bank (March 14, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60981 60981-15000008@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

Please join us for the latest installment of the ELPP Lecture Series, presented by Professor David Hunter from the American University Washington College of Law. Professor Hunter will discuss the global campaign to hold international financial Institutions like the World Bank accountable for the environmental damage and human rights violations caused by their projects. This will include the implications of Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC), a case pending before the US Supreme Court that challenges the World Bank’s claim of immunity. The case was brought by local fishermen in coastal India harmed by a coal-fired power plant. The case reflects one of several strategies for applying minimum environmental and human rights standards to the activities of international organizations.

This event is free and open to the public.

David Hunter is Professor of international and comparative environmental law at American University's Washington College of Law. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Accountability Counsel, the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide-US, and the Project on Government Oversight. He is a Member Scholar of the Center for Progressive Reform and a member of the Organization of American States’ Expert Group on Environmental Law, the InterAmerican Network for Environmental Law’s Advisory Board, and the Strategic Advisors Group for the International Finance Corporation’s Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman. He is co-author of International Environmental Law & Policy (5th ed.) and Climate Change Law (2nd ed.). His research interests include human rights and the environment, environmental standards and accountability mechanisms in international finance, and climate change litigation, law and policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:08:49 -0500 2019-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion Hutchins Hall
CGIS / LSA Program Leader Health & Safety Workshop (March 14, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61823 61823-15212840@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: LSA International Travel

Join us for our annual Health & Safety Workshop for our 2019 CGIS Faculty! While not required, faculty / staff who are leading LSA students on a (non-CGIS) program abroad are also strongly encouraged to attend.

If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail the LSA International Health & Safety Advisor Rachel Reuter at reuterra@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:59:41 -0500 2019-03-14T15:00:00-04:00 2019-03-14T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall LSA International Travel Workshop / Seminar Professor teaching students abroad
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 15, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728494@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-15T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 15, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590268@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-15T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 15, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-03-15T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
CJS US–Japan Automotive Conference 2.0 (March 15, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61072 61072-15027205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 10:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

Please find full conference details here: https://ii.umich.edu/cjs/news-events/events/conferences-and-symposia/us-japan-auto-conference-2-0---friday--march-15--2019.html

A revival of the US-Japan Automotive Conference held annually between 1981 and 1989, USJAC 2.0 will gather industry leaders, policymakers, and scholars from both sides of the Pacific to discuss the past, present, and future of the US and Japanese auto industries, paying particular attention to the issues of trade, management, and technological change. Keynote speaker and panelist announcements forthcoming.

The conference is free and open to the public. Please register your attendance via our EventBrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/us-japan-automotive-conference-20-tickets-55346759648

Questions? Feel free to contact Brad Hammond at bradlyh@umich.edu.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us (umcjs@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 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:31:33 -0400 2019-03-15T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T16:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Japanese Studies Conference / Symposium CJS US–Japan Automotive Conference 2.0
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. On filthy nouns and dirty verbs: Translating sex in Tagalog missionary linguistics (March 15, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58608 58608-14517942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Some of the oldest specimens of indigenous literacies in the Philippines are found in the linguistic texts written by Catholic missionaries who wanted to talk about Christianity in any of the archipelago’s many tongues. These texts, the object of the discipline we now refer to as missionary linguistics, constitute the earliest systematic attempt to reduce these languages into a set of replicable rules. While current research directions generally analyze missionary linguistics as a resource for studying early written forms of non-European languages or for reconstructing the initial stages of linguistics as a scientific pursuit, I argue that it can similarly be examined as a corpus of translation. This is particularly true for colonial articulations about sex. In this presentation, I will describe how missionary texts on Tagalog, the basis of the modern-day national language called Filipino, commemorated sexual practices in the early modern Philippines through the use of a specific translational repertoire. I will show instances where the juxtaposition of the translational parameters of equivalence, incommensurability and untranslatability with the moral teachings on human sexuality resulted in peculiar translation strategies for describing indigenous sexualities and inscribing them into a Christianized discourse on civility.

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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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:18:46 -0500 2019-03-15T11:30:00-04:00 2019-03-15T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Fulbright U.S. Student Program: Lunch & Learn (March 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59954 59954-14803924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Are you considering studying, researching, or teaching English abroad through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program? Are you wondering what a Fulbright year abroad is really like?

Join us for a presentation and discussion with Chiamaka Ukachukwu: Fulbrighter (Study/Research-Belgium, 2017-18) and newly named Fulbright U.S. Student Program Alumni Ambassador (2019-2020).

There will be a short presentation by campus advisors about the opportunities available and application process through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, followed by an open Q & A with Chiamaka.

A light lunch will be served. Limited attendance and registration is required.

Register for this event here: https://goo.gl/forms/HBxsKYJQSp5Oy08N2

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:21:43 -0500 2019-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T13:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar ChiChi
Sexual Modernities Conference (March 16, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52291 52291-12590269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:00am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modernist Studies Workshop

This three-day interdisciplinary conference, featuring invited scholars and graduate student panels, aims to generate collegial scholarly conversation around the intersections of sexuality and modernity. The conference is being organized by the U-M Modernist Studies Workshop. Attendance is free and open to the public.

Invited speakers will include: Benjamin Kahan (Lousiana State University) and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz).

***Please note the following change from the original conference schedule: Heather Love is no longer able to attend the event, and her keynote on Thursday has been cancelled.***


Thursday, March 14 featured events:

2:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: Roundtable on "Queer Temporalities, Histories, and Futures" with Ingrid Diran (U-M), Sarah Ensor (U-M), and Marcia Ochoa (UC Santa Cruz)


Friday, March 15 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: roundtable on "Foucault's Impact on Sexuality Studies" with David Halperin (U-M), Benjamin Kahan (Louisiana State University), and Helmut Puff (U-M)

4:30 p.m., Angell Hall 3154: keynote by Benjamin Kahan: "The Sexuality of Philosophy"


Saturday, March 16 featured events:

1:00 p.m., Angell Hall 3222: keynote by Marcia Ochoa: "Ungrateful Citizenship: On Translatinas, Participation, and Belonging in the Absence of Recognition"

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:54:29 -0400 2019-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 2019-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modernist Studies Workshop Conference / Symposium sexual modernities
Extended Application Deadline for Select IPE Summer Study Abroad Programs (March 17, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50539 50539-15215053@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 17, 2019 12:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Applications for the extended deadline of IPE Summer study abroad programs are due tonight at midnight!

For program information and to apply: https://ipe.engin.umich.edu/ipe-summer-programs-extended-deadline/

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Other Wed, 28 Feb 2018 17:01:56 -0500 2019-03-17T00:00:00-04:00 2019-03-17T23:59:00-04:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728497@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
American diplomacy in a disordered world: A conversation with Ambassador William J. Burns (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61664 61664-15170111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow.

This event will be live webstreamed. Check event website right before the event for viewing information.

From the speaker's bio:

Bill Burns is president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the oldest international affairs think tank in the United States. Ambassador Burns retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2014 after a thirty-three-year diplomatic career. He holds the highest rank in the Foreign Service, career ambassador, and is only the second serving career diplomat in history to become deputy secretary of state.

Prior to his tenure as deputy secretary, Ambassador Burns served from 2008 to 2011 as under secretary for political affairs. He was ambassador to Russia from 2005 to 2008, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs from 2001 to 2005, and ambassador to Jordan from 1998 to 2001. His other posts in the Foreign Service include: executive secretary of the State Department and special assistant to former secretaries of state Warren Christopher and Madeleine Albright; minister-counselor for political affairs at the U.S. embassy in Moscow; acting director and principal deputy director of the State Department’s policy planning staff; and special assistant to the president and senior director for Near East and South Asian affairs at the National Security Council.

Ambassador Burns speaks Russian, Arabic, and French, and he has been the recipient of three Presidential Distinguished Service Awards and a number of Department of State awards, including three Secretary’s Distinguished Service Awards, two Distinguished Honor Awards, the 2006 Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Ambassadorial Award for Initiative and Success in Trade Development, the 2005 Robert C. Frasure Memorial Award for Conflict Resolution and Peacemaking, and the James Clement Dunn Award for exemplary performance at the mid-career level. He has also received the highest civilian honors from the Department of Defense and the U.S. intelligence community. In 2013, Foreign Policy named him “Diplomat of the Year”.

Ambassador Burns earned a bachelor’s in history from LaSalle University and master’s and doctoral degrees in international relations from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar. He is a recipient of four honorary doctoral degrees and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Ambassador Burns is the author of Economic Aid and American Policy Toward Egypt, 1955-1981 (State University of New York Press, 1985). In 1994, he was named to Time magazine’s list of the “50 Most Promising American Leaders Under Age 40” and to its list of “100 Young Global Leaders.”

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:48:02 -0500 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:20:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Ambassador William J. Burns
Conversations on Europe. Different Pathways, Common Destination? Public Policy and Institutional Changes in Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain during and after the Economic Crisis (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59375 59375-14734950@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for European Studies

While Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain slid into economic crisis in the 2010 for different reasons and at different time points and have already started overcoming the crises in a varied manner, there was visible policy convergence among the four countries. There were similar policy responses regarding fiscal, macroeconomic, incomes, welfare and labor relations’ issues. Moreover, despite the fact that the four countries had followed different paths to government reform and administrative modernization before the crisis, they eventually converged towards similar policy responses regarding government organization and public administration. The observed convergence may be interpreted through external constraints imposed by Europe and international organizations and creditors and through the adoption of public management ideas, which prevailed in international and domestic policy networks. Policy shifts were not evenly implemented across the four countries for reasons related to historical legacies of state-society relations and variations in political party systems. Such legacies may also help explain why Greece remained a reform laggard compared to the rest of South European countries.

Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos is visiting scholar at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University, and Onassis Visiting Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University) in 2018-19. He is on leave from his post as professor of political science at the University of Athens. In 2003 he was senior research fellow at the Hellenic Observatory of the London School of Economics; in 2009-10 visiting fellow in South East European studies at St. Antony’s College, Oxford; and in the autumn of 2016 visiting fellow at Science Po, Paris. He serves on the editorial boards of "South European Society and Politics," "Journal of Mediterranean Politics," "South East European and Black Sea Studies," "European Political Science Review," and the "Greek Review of Political Science." Sotiropoulos studied law and sociology at the Law School of the University of Athens (LLB), the London School of Economics (MSc), and Yale University (Ph.D., awarded with distinction, 1991). Recent books in English include "Αusterity and the Third Sector in Greece: Civil Society at the European Frontline," (with J. Clarke and A. Huliaras, 2015) and "Socioeconomic Fragmentation and Exclusion under the Crisis" (co-edited with D. Katsikas and M. Zafeiropoulou, 2018).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:14:00 -0400 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for European Studies Lecture / Discussion Dimitri Sotiropoulos
STS Speaker. Just in Time: The Chronopolitics of the Queue (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58143 58143-14433273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Science, Technology & Society

This talk examines the politics of time as they play out through various problems of the queue—the organizational science and logistics of waiting lines. Drawing on ethnographic analysis of civility campaigns and customs inspection reform in contemporary China, I will show how the queue offers insight into shared concerns about “quality control” over the flows of both global supply chains and the movement of populations. These concerns link the market metrics of timeliness as configured by the dominant global production model of JIT or Just-in-Time with social questions of expedience and justice in the other sense of being "just" in time. These entangled issues converge in what I will explain as a politics of tempo--that is, as a question of pace and rhythm--in contradistinction to the conventional emphasis on "speed" or "space-time compression" in the analysis of global temporalities.

Biosketch: Julie Y. Chu is a sociocultural anthropologist with interests in mobility and migration, economy and value, ritual life, material culture, media and technology, and state regulatory regimes. Her book, Cosmologies of Credit: Transnational Mobility and the Politics of Destination in China (Duke University Press, 2010), received the 2011 Sharon Stephens Prize from the American Ethnological Society and the 2012 Clifford Geertz Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Religion. Her current writing project is entitled The Hinge of Time: Infrastructure and Chronopolitics at China's Global Edge. Based on three years of fieldwork largely among Chinese customs inspectors and transnational migrant couriers, this work will analyze various infrastructures in place (legal-rational, financial, cosmic, piratical) for managing the temporal intensities and rhythms of people and things on the move between Southern China and the United States. A graduate of NYU’s Program in Culture and Media, she is also currently completing video projects related to her fieldwork as well as developing a new ethnographic focus on Chinese soundscapes, especially in relation to the changing qualities and valuations of the Chinese concept of renao (热闹, a bustling scene, social liveliness or, literally, “heat and noise”).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:06:35 -0400 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Science, Technology & Society Lecture / Discussion Prof. Chu
UK Scholarships (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61537 61537-15126014@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Join Dr. Henry Dyson and Engineering Honors on Monday, March 18th from 4-5 pm in 133 Chrysler Building.For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/scholarships/united-kingdom.html

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Presentation Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:47:23 -0500 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Chrysler Center Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation Chrysler Center
International Studies Alumni Career Panel (March 18, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58484 58484-14508638@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Program in International and Comparative Studies

The Program in International and Comparative Studies (PICS) will host the third annual International Studies Alumni Career Panel on March 18, 2019 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 1,500 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!

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Department of Political Science, LSA Opportunity Hub, Residential College, and Sigma Iota Rho – Honor Society for International Studies.

Panelists:

Zoe Berkery, CleanCapital, New York, NY
BA International Studies – Global Environment and Health; BA Environment ’12
Zoe Berkery is the vice president of CleanCapital. Zoe’s responsibilities include asset management and optimization of CleanCapital’s solar portfolios, as well as assisting with operations and investor relations. Zoe’s passion for clean energy first took her to Washington, D.C. to focus on the policy side of the sector. She worked for the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE), a clean energy trade association, where she managed its clean air program area and assisted with international programs at the United Nations climate conferences. Prior to BCSE, Zoe worked at the White House Council on Environmental Quality in the Office of Federal Sustainability. She is the New York chapter co-chair for Women in Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy and a Clean Energy Leadership Institute Fellow. Zoe has also lived and studied in Dakar, Senegal.

Peter Calloway, San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, San Francisco, CA
BA International Studies – International Security, Norms and Cooperation ’13
Peter Calloway is a lawyer working with the San Francisco Public Defender’s office on a project targeting misconduct by prosecutors, the primary drivers of the American incarceration crisis. Through his project, he hopes to help re-sensitize the public and the actors in the criminal legal system to the harm and suffering the system produces daily. He is developing tools to enable public defender offices across the country to track and respond to the prosecutorial misconduct they routinely encounter. Peter graduated from the University of Michigan in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in International Studies – International Security, Norms, and Cooperation. From there, he attended the University of Michigan Law School, where he developed a pro bono project designed to help people incarcerated in Louisiana prisons access the legal research they needed to litigate their appeals. Upon graduating in 2016, he spent a year serving as a law clerk to a judge on the Superior Court of Washington, D.C. Peter wants to help end mass human caging, racism, sexism, capitalism, many of the other “isms”, poverty, inequality, and injustice, and he hopes to align with people who want the same things. In his spare time, he tries to play the piano.

Eileen Enright, World Education, Cambridge, MA
BA International Studies – International Security, Norms and Cooperation; BA Political Science; BA Spanish ’16
Eileen Enright graduated in 2016 with bachelor's degrees in Political Science, Spanish, and International Studies. During her time at Michigan, she co-founded the Panhellenic Peer Educators, interned at the U.S. House of Representatives and for KIWAKKUKI Women Against AIDS Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, studied abroad in Buenos Aires, and earned Highest Honors for her thesis examining the relationship between election quotas and female political power. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer from 2016 to 2018 in Mozambique, where she managed HIV prevention and treatment campaigns. Eileen currently lives in Cambridge and works for an international development company called World Education, where she and a team of other returned Peace Corps Volunteers manage USAID projects in Mozambique.

Martha Fedorowicz, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.
BA French; BA Political Science; minor, International Studies ’11
Martha Fedorowicz received bachelor's degrees in Political Science and French with a minor in International Studies from the University of Michigan in 2011. Following graduation, she moved to Morocco to serve as a youth development volunteer in the Peace Corps from 2012 to 2014. After returning from the Peace Corps, Martha continued to work in the youth development field as a site-based program coordinator for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Chicago. In 2016, she returned to the University of Michigan to pursue a masters of public policy degree from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. While there, she specialized in neighborhood development, local government innovation, civic engagement, and housing policy. As a masters student, Martha interned with the City of Detroit Mayor’s Office in the Department of Neighborhoods and worked on consulting projects for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and the City of Lansing Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement. During school, she also worked part-time as the head U-M campus recruiter for the Peace Corps and was a graduate student instructor for the “Introduction to Arab Culture” class in the Department of Middle East Studies. Following graduation, Martha was hired as a special projects administrator for the City of Lansing's Department of Neighborhoods and Citizen Engagement. She is now working as a policy analyst in the Research to Action Lab at the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. In this role, she works with local government agencies and nonprofits to deliver technical assistance and translate research into implementable policy.

Daniel Habif, Comcast NBCUniversal, Washington, D.C.
BA International Studies – International Security, Norms and Cooperation ’15
Daniel graduated from the University of Michigan in 2015 with a BA in International Studies focused on International Security, Norms and Cooperation. After graduating, Daniel moved to Washington, D.C. and began working for Congressman David Scott. Interested in going to law school, Daniel then got a job as a paralegal at a white-collar law firm where he worked until he began law school at American University. At law school, Daniel has gained professional experience from numerous government agencies, including the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission, as well as the federal courts for Judge Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Through these internships, Daniel found his legal focus in antitrust and communications law. Last summer, Daniel worked in the Brussels office of Bryan Cave on European Union antitrust law, and is currently interning in the Public Policy Office of Comcast NBCUniversal.

Nicole Khamis, American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Detroit, MI
BA International Studies – International Security, Norms and Cooperation; BA Middle Eastern and North African Studies ’17
Nicole Khamis graduated in 2017 from the University of Michigan with majors in International Studies and Middle Eastern and North African Studies. During her time as a student, Nicole founded the Michigan Refugee Assistance Program, a nonprofit organization which serves to utilize students as resources for recently resettled refugees during the global refugee crisis. In her first year as a postgraduate, Nicole was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, and lived in Jordan while working for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees as a teacher. During her time in Jordan, Nicole also interned with the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), where she worked as a translator and legal intern. With these experiences and exposure to the injustices and structural inequalities refugees face, Nicole hopes to go to law school in the near future and specialize in refugee and asylum law. Currently, Nicole is an intern at the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan.

Hugo Le Du, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Columbus, OH
BA International Studies – Political Economy and Development; BA Economics ’14
Hugo Le Du was born in Grenoble, France, immigrating to the United States with his family in 1998. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 2014 with dual majors in International Studies and Economics. While in school, Hugo was a part of the WE READ volunteer organization, which focused on helping underserved elementary students improve their reading skills. He has carried on this passion for helping to increase literacy by currently volunteering in the Columbus Public Library System. Hugo started his career at J.P. Morgan Chase in 2015 as an analyst in a corporate development program where he was exposed to both the consumer bank, and asset and wealth management sides of the business. After completion of the program, Hugo settled in his current full-time role as a control manager in the consumer bank. His responsibilities include ensuring that all risks within consumer banking are properly mitigated, as well as performing reporting and analytics. In his free time, Hugo enjoys playing soccer, hiking, traveling, and going to concerts.

Aditi Shetty, Human Rights Watch, New York, NY
BA International Studies – Political Economy and Development; BA Political Science ’14
Aditi Shetty is the senior program coordinator at Human Rights Watch, where she has worked in the Program Office since 2016 to support strategy, research, and programming across the organization’s 15 regional and thematic divisions. She has also conducted field research in Kenya and currently manages the production process for the annual World Report. As an elected union representative at Human Rights Watch, she also works to protect and defend the rights of United States–based support staff and provides input on institutional initiatives and priorities. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Aditi interned with the Global Policy and Advocacy team at Global Citizen, where she supported campaigns on global refugee education and women’s rights, published editorials and op-eds, and provided research assistance on various domestic and international policy issues. She is also a volunteer crisis counselor and advocate with the Crime Victims Treatment Center, providing emergency room intervention and advocacy for survivors of sexual assault and domestic and intimate partner violence in New York City. Aditi is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations Young Professionals Briefing Series and was a 2018 Fellow for Emerging Leaders in Public Service at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Aditi graduated from the University of Michigan in 2014 with bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and International Studies – Political Economy and Development. She also pursued coursework in History and International Law at Trinity College, University of Oxford.

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

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. Please contact: is-michigan@umich.edu.

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Careers / Jobs Thu, 28 Feb 2019 12:07:21 -0500 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Careers / Jobs place holder
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728498@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Globally Engaged Career Panel (March 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60919 60919-14988676@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

Students and community members interested in globally-engaged career paths will gain new perspectives and job search insights from this interactive panel discussion. Three distinguished professionals from JPMorgan Chase’s Global Philanthropy Department, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the Inter-American Foundation will share their stories and experiences, based on questions prepared in advance by International Institute MA students. A Q&A with the audience and a catered reception will follow.

FERNANDO SNOWDEN-LORENCE
Vice President, Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase

As a vice president in Global Philanthropy, Fernando Snowden-Lorence leads the Fellowship Initiative (TFI) in New York. Created by JPMorgan Chase in 2010, TFI is a nationally recognized youth development program that prepares young men of color for academic and professional success. Fernando manages the curriculum, partnerships, budgeting, and internal collaborations for the program. In addition, he has contributed to a number of employee resource groups including VETS, BOLD, and PRIDE; he has served as the co-chair of the Advocacy and Community Partnerships Committee for the Hispanic and Latino Business Resource Group, Adelante.

A veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Fernando served in the United States Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve for nine and a half years, where he held the rank of Staff Sergeant. Before joining JPMorgan Chase, Fernando spent 15 years working in education, volunteer management, and political advocacy, and he was an entrepreneur in the non-profit and youth development fields. He has held senior leadership roles in regional non-profits working throughout the Northeast focused on community and civic engagement, next generation learning models, and educational diversity. He holds a B.A. in organizational anthropology and philosophy from Hunter College and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife.

COURTNEY MEYER
Communications Specialist, HarvestPlus, International Food Policy Research Institute

Courtney Meyer is the communications specialist for HarvestPlus at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C. HarvestPlus improves nutrition and public health by developing and promoting biofortified staple crops rich in vitamins and minerals. She draws on experiences as a storyteller, project manager, researcher, and editor to translate research and knowledge into impact and outcomes. Passionate about ending malnutrition, she has worked with the nongovernmental organization Helen Keller International, communicating their holistic efforts preventing malnutrition and blindness, and volunteered with the humanitarian organization Million Meal Movement to run meal packs and organize an annual million meal marathon.

Courtney is also a 12-year volunteer and leadership seminar chairwoman with Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY), a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring young people to become catalysts for positive change. Courtney graduated with distinction with a M.S. in development studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London, England). She holds a B.A. (Honors) in economics and management and international studies from Albion College in Michigan. Following graduation, she interned with the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Paramaribo, Suriname. In 2018, she was awarded the college’s Young Alumni Award for exceptional achievement within ten years of graduating.

AMBER FORBES
Senior Advisor, Inter-American Foundation

Amber Forbes is an international development specialist with nearly a decade of experience representing U.S. interests at diplomatic and development agencies. Currently a senior advisor at the Inter-American Foundation, Amber works directly with the CEO to promote inter-office collaboration, implement agency-wide strategies, and lead the agency's 50th anniversary campaign. Amber previously worked at the Department of State as a civil service employee in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs for seven years. She spent her first three years as a public affairs specialist in the Bureau’s Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and later accepted a position as a social development officer in the Bureau’s Office of Economic Policy and Summit Coordination. In this role, she managed more than $3.5 million in presidential initiatives promoting women’s entrepreneurship and social protection throughout the hemisphere and was a member of the negotiating team for the VII Summit of the Americas. During her tenure at the Department of State, Amber completed a six-month rotation as a program officer at the Millennium Challenge Corporation where she managed the $277 million El Salvador Investment Compact. Amber holds a masters in public affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School where she focused on international development. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan where she double majored in political science and Latin American and Caribbean studies.

This event was made possible thanks to generous funding from the International Institute, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, II Academic Services, Global Scholars Program, and Residential College. This event is also funded in part by a Title VI federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, we are eager to help. Please contact asbates@umich.edu. We are able to make most accommodations very easily, but advance notice is appreciated as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. All rooms in Weiser Hall are wheelchair accessible, and a reflection room and lactation room are available. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options will be provided at the reception.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 22 Feb 2019 10:30:23 -0500 2019-03-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-19T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Careers / Jobs event_image
CREES Distinguished Lecture. The Truth about Lies in International Relations: Reflections on the Media in Russia and Beyond (March 19, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59377 59377-14737029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Lots of countries lie.

Some call it “winning hearts and minds,” others call it “strategic communications,” still others call it “softening the battlefield.” However it’s described, propaganda is a key component of international relations, a tool employed both by diplomats and warriors. Russia has used propaganda since the 1917 Russian Revolution both to mold the minds of its own citizens and to spread the gospel of Marxism-Leninism around the world. Today’s Russia uses a well-honed media strategy to craft public opinion at home—and to promote the country’s public image abroad.

But the Kremlin also uses propaganda—now turbo-charged by digital advances like artificial intelligence, machine learning and big-data analytics—as a tool of war, a less-costly form of conflict than shedding blood, to undermine and weaken foes.

Jill Dougherty, former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief, examines how Russia uses information, and disinformation, to achieve its strategic objectives.

Jill Dougherty served as CNN correspondent for three decades, reporting from more than 50 countries. She is a Global Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. and a CNN Contributor who provides expert commentary on Russia and the post-Soviet region. Ms. Dougherty joined CNN in 1983, and was appointed Moscow Bureau Chief in 1997. During nearly a decade in that post, she covered the presidencies of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, Russia's post-Soviet economic transition, terrorist attacks, the conflict in Chechnya, Georgia's Rose Revolution and Ukraine's Orange Revolution. After a long career with CNN, Ms. Dougherty pursued academic interests, most recently as a Distinguished Visiting Practitioner at the University of Washington’s Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. An alumna of the University of Michigan, she has a B.A. in Slavic languages and literature, a certificate of language study from Leningrad State University, and a master’s degree from Georgetown University. In addition to writing for CNN.com, her articles on international issues have appeared in the “Washington Post,” "Huffington Post,” and “The Atlantic,” among other publications. Jill Dougherty is also a member of track-two diplomatic initiatives seeking to improve the U.S.-Russia relationship.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@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, 09 Jan 2019 12:08:27 -0500 2019-03-19T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-19T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Jill Dougherty
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 20, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728499@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-20T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Semester Exchange Fair (March 20, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60906 60906-14988665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Global Initiatives

Explore Michigan Ross' distinguished partner universities and find out how you can study abroad for one semester. All U-M sophomores are eligible to apply.

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Fair / Festival Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:26:55 -0500 2019-03-20T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T14:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Global Initiatives Fair / Festival Semester Exchange Fair Poster
Academic Freedom at a Global University: A Transnational Perspective (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60412 60412-14875272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Graduate Rackham International

Speakers:

Fiona Lee
(Psychology and Organizational Culture)

Ken Panko
(Bibliothecography and Information Technology)

Ronald Suny
(History and Political Science)


What is academic freedom? Is it relevant in this day and age? What does it mean at a global institution like the University of Michigan? How does the internationalization of higher education affect it? What does it mean to those who hail from abroad? Does academic freedom globalize? How do scholars and students who move across the world attend to its intricacies, obligations, and limitations? These are some of the questions that we will attempt to answer as part of our conversation. Please join us!

The public is welcome!
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP. This is optional but does help us ensure that we provide enough food for everyone.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:07:21 -0400 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:20:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Graduate Rackham International Lecture / Discussion stamps
CREES Roundtable. Ukraine Now: What's at Stake? (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59871 59871-14795177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Ukraine is at a crossroads, facing multiple challenges. This roundtable of U-M experts will discuss the ongoing conflict in the east, the current human rights situation in Crimea, and upcoming presidential elections.

Moderator: Geneviève Zubrzycki, CREES director. Presenters: Oksana Malanchuk, senior social science research associate (retired), U-M; Greta Uehling, lecturer of international and comparative studies, U-M; Yuri M. Zhukov, assistant professor of political science, U-M.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@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 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:50:54 -0400 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Study/Research, Arts Information Session (March 20, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60264 60264-14855609@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 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 project.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:18:40 -0500 2019-03-20T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 21, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728500@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-21T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Excavating Home: Archaeologies of the Greek American Experience (March 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60069 60069-14814837@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Modern Greek Program

Greek migration to the United States maintained two separate domestic environments, the Greek towns in urban America and the remittance villages in rural Greece. Both spaces played a central role in each country’s socio-economic modernization in the 1900s-1920s. Both spaces of this shared transformation were abandoned in the 1960s through urbanization, deindustrialization, suburbanization, white flight, and urban renewal. With the progressive passing of lived memories, archaeology must make increasingly important contributions in reconstructing the immigrant lifeworld of a century ago. By placing all of its archaeological resources into the idealized Classical period, the Greek diaspora has not yet fully embraced its own archaeological potential as a vehicle of self-understanding. The lecture presents recent fieldwork in the Greek towns of Philadelphia, Lancaster, and Harrisburg and in the villages of the Peloponnese, Phocis and Epeiros. It calls for a transnational perspective that provides comparative tools through which to address forced migration today.

Kostis Kourelis is an architectural historian who specializes in the archaeology of the Mediterranean from the medieval to the modern periods. He also investigates how medieval material culture has shaped modern notions of identity, space and aesthetics particularly during the 1930s. His recent fieldwork has focused on the archaeology of the contemporary world, labor, housing, and immigration. In Greece, he directs archaeological surveys of deserted villages and refugee camps; in the U.S., he directs projects on Philadelphia’s Greek town, North Dakota’s man camps and Japanese internment camps. He is Associate Professor of Art History at Franklin & Marshall College.

Publications include Houses of the Morea: Vernacular Architecture of the Northwest Peloponnesos (1205-1955), The Archaeology of Xenitia: Greek Immigration and Material Culture, Punk Archaeology, “Byzantium and the Avant-Garde: Excavations at Corinth, 1920s-1930s,” “‘If Space Remotely Matters: Camped in Greece’s Contingent Countryside,” and “North Dakota Man Camp Project: The Archaeology of Home in Bakken Oil Fields.”

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Mar 2019 14:44:50 -0400 2019-03-21T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Modern Greek Program Lecture / Discussion Kostis Kourelis
UK Scholarships (March 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61539 61539-15126015@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Join Dr. Henry Dyson on March 21st from 4 to 5 pm in the LSA Honors Lounge, 1330 Mason Hall. For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/scholarships/united-kingdom.html

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Presentation Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:53:27 -0500 2019-03-21T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation Mason Hall
How to Edit an Essay (March 21, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62231 62231-15335275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 21, 2019 5:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Join Sweetland writing consultants in preparing yourself for success at U-M and beyond!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:42:11 -0400 2019-03-21T17:00:00-04:00 2019-03-21T19:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar flyer
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 22, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-03-22T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
"Beyond Fordlandia: An Environmental Account of Henry Ford's Aventures in the Amazon" (March 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62051 62051-15282556@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Written, directed and produced by Marcos Colón, Beyond Fordlândia (2017, 75 min) presents an environmental account of Henry Ford’s Amazon experience decades after its failure. The story addressed by the film begins in 1927, when the Ford Motor Company attempted to establish rubber plantations on the Tapajós River, a primary tributary of the Amazon. This film addresses the recent transition from failed rubber to successful soybean cultivation for export, and its implication for land usage.

Winner of several awards, including:
>> "Best-Awareness Raising Documentary," World Wildlife Fund, International Environmental Film Festival [FICMA-Barcelona], November 2017.
>> "Best Feature Documentary," Cabo Verde International Film Festival, October 2017.
>>"Award of Excellence, Documentary Feature," Impact DOCS Awards, July 2017.

MARCOS COLÓN is a dissertator in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and a Graduate Student Associate of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) of UW-Madison’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. His research focuses on the representation of the Amazon in 20th-Century Brazilian literature from an environmental studies perspective. In particular, he is examining a variety of viewpoints from the post-rubber era Amazon through written texts, oral reports, and films; observing changes in the region, its nature and its people.

"Beyond Fordlandia" will be shown at 4pm. Discussion with filmmaker Marcos Colón will follow.
Refreshments will be served.

Presented by RC faculty member, Jane Lynch, and the Residential College Program in Social Theory and Practice.

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Film Screening Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:49:46 -0400 2019-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Film Screening Fordlandia
A Workshop on Defining, Measuring, and Encouraging Impact (March 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60280 60280-14857780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

The purpose is to discuss social impact in terms of effective altruism, which is a philosophy that tries to discover how we can use our time and careers to do the most good possible.

This event is presented through the prism of business and effective altruism. Jerry Davis of Ross will introduce B+I, and Prof. David Manley of U-M Philosophy talk about Effective Altruism next, and then Trevor McCarty and Nicholas Hollman of EA @ Michigan will discuss their club. Following these talks, there will be an activities portion where workshop participants will have input on how to accomplish the workshop's goals.

Please RSVP Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetTMzkkYVtdgyj3-qViAZPEZ_tBG2iP0ZGkoiu2Ps7FCsHiQ/viewform

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 04 Feb 2019 16:12:07 -0500 2019-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Effective Altruism
UMMA Pop Up: Emma Aboukasm & Alex Anest (March 23, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62469 62469-15368545@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Emma Lee Aboukasm is an award-winning, Detroit-based recording artist, vocalist, pianist, and composer. Educated in classical and jazz music at the University of Michigan, she is now performing in a variety of venues, ranging from intimate venues like the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe to the Detroit Jazz Festival. Emma Lee is on the vanguard of contemporary music in the heart of metro-Detroit. 

Aboukasm won the Youth Vocal Jazz Competition in Detroit in 2014. In 2015, she made the top five finalists out of 2,000 applications worldwide in the International Sarah Vaughan Vocal Jazz Competition. There, she performed for a panel of judges including Christian McBride and Cyrille Aimée and played tracks from her CD on WBGO radio in Newark, NJ. 

Currently, Emma Lee Aboukasm resides in Southeast Michigan as she completes her bachelor degrees in Jazz Studies and Science in Information Analysis at the University of Michigan. She continues to write and arrange music for a new project to be announced soon. 

Alex Anest has been teaching, performing, and recording music professionally in the Southeast Michigan area since 1996. He founded and leads the Ann Arbor Guitar Trio and is also currently playing with the Alex Anest Trio, the Bluewater Kings, Kat Steih, and Klezmephonic. Alex studied guitar with Miles Okazaki and Chris Buzzelli. He holds a Masters of Music in Improvisation from University of Michigan, where he studied with Benny Green, Mark Kirschenmann, and Ellen Rowe. Alex was a founding member of the electric jazz group Giraffe, the Jericho Guitar Trio, Never Nebula, Secret 7, and Delta 88. He has toured Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy with songwriter Kevin Meisel and has played on stages throughout the Midwest and New England. Alex has also appeared on over 30 albums, mostly recorded in Michigan.

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Performance Sat, 23 Mar 2019 18:16:38 -0400 2019-03-23T14:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Performance Museum of Art
Extended Application Deadline for IPE Fall Study Abroad Program in Shanghai, China (March 24, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51072 51072-15215052@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 12:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Applications for the extended deadline of IPE Fall study abroad program in Shanghai, China - including the Multidisciplinary Design track, are due tonight at midnight!

For program information and to apply:

Fall Only: https://mcompass.umich.edu/?go=IPEsjtu

Global MDP Track: https://mcompass.umich.edu/?go=GlobalMDP

Students who have never been to China may apply for the Rogel China Scholarship to cover program expenses. For scholarship information and to apply: https://mcompass.umich.edu/?go=RogelChina

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Other Mon, 04 Mar 2019 13:59:43 -0500 2019-03-24T00:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T23:59:00-04:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE
Project Management Certification (March 24, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126016@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 24 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, April 7 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, October 6 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for November 17, 2019 (11:00 - 3:00 pm) at the Ross School of Business. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/project-management-certification/2019-03-24/project-management-certification-2019

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:40:05 -0500 2019-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
Short films: "Chernobyl Heart" and "White Horse" (March 24, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62116 62116-15293429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 5:30pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Residential College

Join us for a free double feature screening of "Chernobyl Heart" and "White Horse", followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Maryann De Leo and Residential College and Slavic Languages and Literatures professor Herb Eagle.

Maryann De Leo is an American director and producer. She has been working in documentary
filmmaking for over twenty years. Her work addresses timely issues under the umbrella of social justice, such as gender-based violence (Rape: Cries from the Heartland, 1991 and Terror at Home, 2005), mental illness (Bellevue: Inside Out, 2001), and urban blight (High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell, 1995). De Leo has received numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Chernobyl Heart, 2003.

Chernobyl Heart (39 min.) is an Oscar-winning documentary about the effects of radiation on the children of Belarus, 16 years after the accident at the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl. The film begins with the journey into the exclusion zone, driving to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and follows the invisible trail of radiation to the country's hospitals, cancer centers, orphanages, and mental asylums, where the children live, or are being treated for their disease.

White Horse (17 min.) is a short documentary by filmmakers Maryann De Leo and Christophe Bisson that features a man (Maxym Surkov) returning to his Ukraine home for the first time in twenty years. Evacuated from the city of Pripyat, Ukraine in 1986 due to the Chernobyl disaster, he has not returned since then. White Horse was nominated for a Golden Bear in the 2008 Berlinale.

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Film Screening Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:02:36 -0400 2019-03-24T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-24T19:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Residential College Film Screening Chernobyl
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728504@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728505@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program (March 26, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58843 58843-14567875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, on behalf of the U.S. State Department, administers the “Core Fulbright Scholar Program,” which annually makes available fellowships in about 125 countries to over 500 U.S. scholars and professionals from a wide variety of academic and professional fields. These prestigious grants are a major source of funding for lecturing or conducting research abroad.

Although the U-M International Institute does not administer any aspect of this competition or these awards, we have been trained by CIES and are able to provide comprehensive information, instructions, editorial assistance, review criteria tailored to each application, and professional advice on how best to structure an application for this particular competition. Information sessions are offered monthly and no registration is required.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:45:15 -0500 2019-03-26T10:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Making the Most of your International Experience: Career Competencies Employers Look for and How to Get Them (March 26, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61901 61901-15232581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Student Activities Building
Organized By: International Center

This workshop will cover a range of topics to help you make the most of your international internship this summer, including:
- What to do when the work you are asked to do seems very different than what you expected
- Tips for approaching your supervisor to discuss topics such as projects you’d like to work on and concerns
- What specific skills do you hope to gain this summer and how do these fit in with the top skills employers look for

This workshop is open to all students and will be facilitated by the University Career Center. Also, U-M students with prior international work experience will be present to give advice based on their own experiences abroad!

Food will be provided.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:45:48 -0400 2019-03-26T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-26T19:00:00-04:00 Student Activities Building International Center Workshop / Seminar International Experience
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728506@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CREES Noon Lecture. "They Treat Us Like Animals Here": Romani and Egyptian Belonging in Albania (March 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58186 58186-14435501@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

While many scholars in the Balkan region have analyzed identity and the politics of difference through the lens of ethnicity and ethnic conflict, few have done so through frameworks of racialization and racial belonging. Drawing from anthropological and ethnographic research with Romani and Egyptian communities in Albania, this talk features a critical discussion of social inequality with a particular focus on processes of racialization, dehumanization, and marginalization. In Albania, Roms and Egyptians are often racialized as dorë e zezë or ‘black’ while Albanians are racialized as dorë e bardhë or ‘white’. Additionally, many Roms and Egyptians in Albania frequently invoke the language of dehumanization to articulate their experiences with discrimination and non-belonging in Albania. Through an exploration of ethnographic cases, this talk will examine local constructions of these racial identities in the post-communist period, specifically as they pertain to housing segregation, health, labor, and the environment. This talk will also shed light on the ways that Roms and Egyptians in Albania mobilize around issues of inequality to promote social justice.

Chelsi West Ohueri is a sociocultural anthropologist and postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Population Health at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School. Her research interests include race and racialization, belonging, marginalization, health disparities, and global health. She has conducted extensive ethnographic research in Albania, southeastern Europe, and Central Texas. West Ohueri is a native of Jackson, MS and completed her Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin in 2016. Her dissertation analyzed racialization and belonging in Romani, Egyptian, and Albanian communities of Albania.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to crees@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, 16 Jan 2019 14:52:04 -0500 2019-03-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Chelsi West Ohueri
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Teaching Assistantship Information Session (March 27, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60266 60266-14855613@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 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 project.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:21:14 -0500 2019-03-27T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies Seminar (IISS). Al-Ghazālī and the Foundations of Medieval Islamic Ontology, Epistemology, and Scientific Inquiry (March 27, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61478 61478-15114926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Medieval Muslim scientists trace most of their foundational ontological and epistemological underpinnings to Al-Ghazālī’s (1058-1111 CE) contribution in bridging the gap between scholastic theology (kalām) and scientific inquiry and experimentation. In doing so, Al-Ghazālī draws on two related subdomains: philology and exegesis. This talk sheds some light on Al-Ghazālī's holistic rational view which informed Medieval Islamic ontology, epistemology, and the scientific method, falling at the nexus of language, scholastic theology, Qur’anic hermeneutics, and the philosophy of science. Al-Ghazālī’s thought has implications for positivism and post-positivism, including the rejection of the behavioral psychology view of knowing and learning through mere habituation.

Mohammad T. Alhawary is Professor of Arabic Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. In addition to his research in applied linguistics, his interests lie in the Medieval Arabic grammatical tradition and its interactions with neighboring disciplines such as exegesis, jurisprudence, philosophy, and scholastic theology.

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to IslamicStudies@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 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:50:34 -0500 2019-03-27T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-27T19:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion poster
Film. Deochiul (March 27, 2019 7:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61772 61772-15179581@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 7:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

WCEE is proud to be the Education Partner for the film "Deochiul," directed by Leonore Kasper (15 min., 2018), at the 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival.

A TV team visits the camp of a Roma community in Bucharest that was recently evicted and is protesting. During the interview, the protesters start questioning the motivations of the reporting team and claim their right to tell their version of the story. The film is based on the story and experiences of the evicted people from Strada Vulturilor 50 in Bucharest.

Founded in 1963, the Ann Arbor Film Festival is internationally recognized as a premier forum showcasing the most creative and unique films of today’s preeminent moving image artists who cross boundaries, defy expectations, and experiment with concepts and techniques. The six-day festival presents 40 programs with more than 200 films from over 20 countries of all lengths and genres.

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Film Screening Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:27:34 -0500 2019-03-27T19:15:00-04:00 2019-03-27T19:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Film Screening Deochiul
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728507@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
How to Write Scientifically (March 28, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62232 62232-15335276@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 5:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Join Sweetland writing consultants in preparing for success at U-M and beyond.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:46:16 -0400 2019-03-28T17:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T19:30:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar flyer
Human Flow - Film Screening and discussion (March 28, 2019 5:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60994 60994-15000023@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 5:45pm
Location: School of Nursing
Organized By: U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center

Human Flow Film Screening & Discussion

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.

https://www.humanflow.com/

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Film Screening Fri, 08 Feb 2019 16:28:48 -0500 2019-03-28T17:45:00-04:00 2019-03-28T20:45:00-04:00 School of Nursing U-M School of Nursing (UMSN) - Office of Global Affairs & WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center Film Screening Human Flow Film Screening Poster
Bright Lights and Windows: A look behind the curtain of Dutch sex work (March 28, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60980 60980-15000006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Germanic Languages & Literatures

Bernice Severin, Social Worker, Veilig Thuis (Safe at Home)

The Red Light District of Amsterdam speaks to our imagination as a symbol of Dutch liberalism, pragmatism, and the normalization of the human experience. Bernice Severin will discuss how, behind the neon lights, hides a deeper, darker culture of exploitation. The audience will come away with an understanding of the history, culture, policy, and economics of Dutch prostitution, as it has expanded beyond canal-front windows to sex farms and storage rooms. Bernice Severin is a social worker with Veilig Thuis (Safe At Home), an advice center and hotline for domestic and child abuse. From 2011 to 2017 she worked for the Amsterdam Coordination Center Against Human Trafficking.

This event is sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, the De Vries - VanderKooy endowment, School of Social Work, Institute for the Humanities, Rackham Graduate School, International Institute, Center for European Studies, Netherlands Embassy, Washington D.C., Netherlands America University League

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:55:11 -0500 2019-03-28T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T20:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Germanic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Bernice Severin
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (March 29, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14728508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 8:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-03-29T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CGIS / LSA Program Leader Health & Safety Workshop (March 29, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61823 61823-15212843@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: LSA International Travel

Join us for our annual Health & Safety Workshop for our 2019 CGIS Faculty! While not required, faculty / staff who are leading LSA students on a (non-CGIS) program abroad are also strongly encouraged to attend.

If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail the LSA International Health & Safety Advisor Rachel Reuter at reuterra@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:59:41 -0500 2019-03-29T08:30:00-04:00 2019-03-29T10:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall LSA International Travel Workshop / Seminar Professor teaching students abroad
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (March 29, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-03-29T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
Why Asian Studies? (March 29, 2019 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61924 61924-15239148@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 12:30pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Current undergraduate students are invited to an information session on the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures major, minors, and language programs. Students will have the opportunity to speak with an advisor and ask questions specific to them.

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures (ALC) is a center for the exploration of the humanities of Asia, where students are invited to cross the boundaries of nations and of disciplines in order to develop two vital qualities: a deep knowledge and a broad global perspective.

The department offers instruction in the cultures of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia, and in many of the languages of Asia (including Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese).

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP at https://lsa.umich.edu/asian/undergraduates/informationsessions.html

We hope to see you there!

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Other Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:23:15 -0500 2019-03-29T12:30:00-04:00 2019-03-29T13:30:00-04:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Other ALC info session poster
Film. My Friend the Polish Girl (March 30, 2019 5:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61773 61773-15179584@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 30, 2019 5:15pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

From Cannes and Telluride nominee Ewa Banaszkiewicz and Mateusz Dymek comes a fiction film that takes the form of a first-time filmmaker’s documentary. MY FRIEND THE POLISH GIRL (87 min., 2018) borrows from cinema verite and video bloggers to create a rare naturalism in style and performance. The fiction film watches as an experimental documentary told through the eyes (and lens) of amateur filmmaker Katie: an American rich kid following Alicja, an erratic unemployed Polish actress. Set in a post-Brexit-vote London, Katie’s colonising, disruptive presence in Alicja’s life mirrors the treatment of migrants in the UK: welcomed, used, then discarded. A raw, sexual, and visually brash film exploring the abusive power and control over someone’s intimacy. Directed by Ewa Banaszkiewicz.

Founded in 1963, the Ann Arbor Film Festival is internationally recognized as a premier forum showcasing the most creative and unique films of today’s preeminent moving image artists who cross boundaries, defy expectations, and experiment with concepts and techniques. The six-day festival presents 40 programs with more than 200 films from over 20 countries of all lengths and genres.

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Film Screening Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:26:18 -0500 2019-03-30T17:15:00-04:00 2019-03-30T18:45:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Film Screening My Friend the Polish Girl
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 1, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797344@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-01T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-01T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 2, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-02T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS/Frankel Lecture. Space and Spirit, or How to make a Historical Atlas of Hasidism (April 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57605 57605-14220074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

Marcin Wodzinski has produced the first cartographic reference book on Hasidism, one of the modern era's most vibrant and important mystical movements. In this lecture, he will discuss Hasidism's emergence and expansion in Eastern Europe; its spread to the New World; and its remarkable postwar rebirth. Wodzinski’s innovative mapping allows him to show to what extent Hasidism dominated the Eastern European Jewry, which Hasidic dynasties were strongest and why, and how the Hasidim resurrected in the Post-Holocaust era.

Marcin Wodziński (b. 1966) was born and raised in Silesia, Poland. He currently works at the Department of Jewish Studies, University of Wrocław, Poland, where he is professor of Jewish history and literature. His research focuses on the history and culture of East European Jews in modern times, especially the Haskalah and Hasidism. Of his recent publications, he is most proud of "Historical Atlas of Hasidism" (2018) and "Hasidism: Key Questions" (2018).

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:08:24 -0500 2019-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T17:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Lecture / Discussion event_image
II Round Table: The Uyghur Human Rights Crisis: What is Happening in Northwest China? (April 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62174 62174-15308877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Hutchins Hall
Organized By: International Institute

This panel will discuss the situation faced by the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group living in northwestern China. Since early 2018, media reports, NGOs, and eyewitness accounts have documented that up to one million Uyghurs and members of other Muslim groups have been detained and interned in "re-education camps" by the Chinese government. This discussion will give an overview of the current situation, how it developed and what may happen in the future.
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Mary Gallagher (moderator), Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies; professor Political Science, University of Michigan

Gardner Bovingdon, associate professor Central Asian Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Nicholas Howson, professor U-M Law School

Zubayara Shamseden, Chinese Outreach Coordinator, Uygur Human Rights Project


If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, please reach out to us at nxm@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 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:51:53 -0400 2019-04-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-02T17:30:00-04:00 Hutchins Hall International Institute Lecture / Discussion poster
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 3, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797346@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-03T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Fulbright U.S. Student Program General Information Session (April 3, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58739 58739-14551046@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 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 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:03:35 -0500 2019-04-03T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-03T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar logo
Annual Middle East Poetry Night (April 3, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61926 61926-15239150@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

The Department of Middle East Studies is pleased to announce its fourth annual Poetry Night, with snacks and readings of poetry from across the languages and cultures we study as a community. Students, faculty, and friends are all welcome and encouraged to join the festivities!

Wednesday, April 3, 5:30–7:30 pm
Hussey, Michigan League
911 N University Ave

If you plan to attend this event, please RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/nAz3xosQZH5Nz9Fo2 by March 26.

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Performance Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:18:27 -0400 2019-04-03T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-03T19:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Department of Middle East Studies Performance poetry
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 4, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-04T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Which Revolution?: Ukraine Five Years Later (April 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59893 59893-14797328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

Panelists Mark Dillen and Jessica Zychowicz will discuss democracy in Ukraine in the context of regime change and the 2019 Presidential Elections.
Moderated by Professor Mikhail Krutikov
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Mark E. Dillen is an international media and communications consultant and CEO of Dillen Associates LLC. Most recently he was a Fulbright Scholar in Ukraine, teaching a course on U.S. news media to graduate students at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.

During a career in the US Foreign Service, Mark managed media and cultural relations for US embassies in Rome, Berlin, Moscow, Sofia and Belgrade. He was also Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the US Embassy in Rome. From 2000-2001, he was an advisor to the State Department’s office handling assistance programs in the former Soviet Union, and in 2010-11, Mark led the communications and media relations work of the USAID Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan. He returned to USAID in 2013 to handle communications for a new White House initiative, Power Africa, designed to dramatically increase the availability of electrical power in sub-Saharan Africa.

Based now in Denver, San Francisco and Rovinj (Croatia), Mark continues his international consulting work advising clients in the U.S. and abroad.

Dillen has a Master’s degree in Journalism from Columbia University and a BA (cum laude) in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Michigan. He has been a Diplomat-in-Residence at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies of Johns Hopkins University and attended the program for Senior Managers in Government at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Mark speaks Russian, Ukrainian, German, Italian, Croatian, Serbian and Bulgarian.

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Dr. Jessica Zychowicz is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Contemporary Ukraine Studies Program (CUSP) at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at University of Alberta. Dr. Zychowicz was recently a U.S. Fulbright Scholar (2017-18) based at Kyiv-Mohyla University. Her monograph, "Superfluous Women: Feminism, Art, and Revolution in 21st Century Ukraine" is forthcoming at University of Toronto Press. She was a Fellow at the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs (2015-16) and is and editor of a forum at the journal "Krytyka" dedicated to the study of race and postcolonialism, as well as a special issue of EWJUS dedicated to the literary and film history of Odessa. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Michigan in 2015. Website: www.jes-zychowicz.com.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:13:39 -0400 2019-04-04T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T18:00:00-04:00 Dana Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
How to Write a Personal Statement for Grad or Med School (April 4, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62233 62233-15335277@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Join Sweetland writing consultants in preparing yourself at U-M and beyond!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:54:41 -0400 2019-04-04T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-04T19:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Sweetland Center for Writing Workshop / Seminar flyer
Epsilon Eta Spring Interest Meeting (April 4, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62528 62528-15397105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 4, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Dana Building
Organized By: Epsilon Eta

Epsilon Eta is Umich's only Pre-Profesional Environmental Co-Ed Fraternity. We seek to develop a more robust network of students, researchers, employers, and agencies to more effectively deal with the realities of our world’s changing climate and loss of biodiversity. By fostering a conscious awareness of the intrinsic relationship between people and their environment through academics, the community, and service, we seek to bridge the gap from the undergraduate atmosphere to professional environmental fields for students at Michigan.
Although we are inclusive of all majors, we require an interest in the environmental field. By pledging Epsilon Eta, you will become a member of an eclectic group of driven, intelligent, and innovative peers, as well as gain access to professional, social, and volunteering resources.
This meeting will give you a chance to get a better sense of our organization and a chance to ask questions. We will also explain what our Fall Rush process consists of.

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Rally / Mass Meeting Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:01:16 -0400 2019-04-04T19:30:00-04:00 2019-04-04T20:30:00-04:00 Dana Building Epsilon Eta Rally / Mass Meeting logo
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 5, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797348@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-05T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (April 5, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-04-05T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
CSEAS Friday Lecture Series. The Thousand Year Old Stolen Burmese Buddha Who Traveled The World And The Saga Of Its Return (April 5, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58862 58862-14567901@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 11:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

This presentation will profile the return of a rare Buddha image that was stolen from a remote temple in Bagan in 1988 and would travel around the world before finally being returned to its home country in 2012. This long saga, which involved looters, antique dealers, art historians, lawyers, ambassadors and curators, demonstrates the intricate complexities in restituting objects. The priceless sculpture was transported from Myanmar (also known as Burma) to Bangkok, San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Paris. It would be saved from the auction block, before drawing the involvement of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and becoming the subject of a precedent setting lawsuit for antiquities.

This research explored the different phases of this complex and successful story but also question how to implement restitutions most efficiently in the 21st century. Indeed, as the themes behind this stolen Buddha’s history have wider resonance for the region. Southeast Asian policymakers have been debating for decades on how to best protect their national heritage from criminals, while fighting for the restitution of stolen artworks. While the level success within each country has varied, much remains to be done in facing the continuing challenge of art trafficking.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:41:14 -0500 2019-04-05T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-05T12:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Sustainable Systems Forum (April 5, 2019 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62198 62198-15311073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 2:00pm
Location: Dana Natural Resources Building
Organized By: Center for Sustainable Systems

Participatory action research (PAR) is a powerful methodology for generating collective knowledge and change. We will describe PAR, its particular relevance to agroecology and food system work, and its application in our educator training program Laboratorios para la Vida (LabVida). LabVida has been working for eight years to train educators to use school gardens and food systems as venues for inquiry-based learning linking local and academic knowledge. We applied PAR to development and analysis of our training program, and invited participating educators to use PAR with their groups to explore and improve their food environments. PAR has proven to be an effective tool for generating small but significant changes in participants' narratives and practices.

Helda Morales is from Guatemala City and went to college there. She did graduate work in Costa Rica and then at U of M. Her research has documented the importance of traditional knowledge in constructing sustainable agriculture systems that avoid using harmful pesticides. Recently, she has focused on education and food systems, working with local urban and rural growers and farmers markets as well as international organizations. She is a founder and active member of AMA-AWA, the Alliance of Women in Agroecology.

Bruce Ferguson grew up in Kalamazoo, studied at Kalamazoo College. He did graduate work at the University of Michigan with John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto focusing on ecological succession and restoration. He currently does research and teaching in agroecology, food systems, and pedagogy. He is in Ann Arbor, spending part of his sabbatical year at U of M.

Their current research involves school gardens and food system education. They are both members of the Department of Agriculture, Society, and the Environment at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, where they are part of a group working on scaling out agroecology to achieve more just and sustainable food systems. Together, Bruce and Helda coordinate Laboratorios para la Vida, a program that trains teachers to use gardens and food systems as educational tools.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:41:51 -0400 2019-04-05T14:00:00-04:00 2019-04-05T15:30:00-04:00 Dana Natural Resources Building Center for Sustainable Systems Lecture / Discussion lechugas loreto
Global Scholars Program Symposium (April 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62741 62741-15457907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2019 1:00pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Global Scholars Program

The Global Scholars students have been working all year in their Collaborative Groups
on Global Engagement Internships, assisting their assigned organization with addressing
local or global social justice issues. At the symposium they will showcase their year long project and experience. Please join us to learn more about the partner organizations and the student internships.

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Presentation Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:46:45 -0400 2019-04-06T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-06T15:30:00-04:00 North Quad Global Scholars Program Presentation GSP Symposium
International Institute. Reflecting on the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and Civil War (April 6, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62253 62253-15337491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 6, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

This event, held on the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and civil war, will explore what we know and what we do not know with leading scholars in the field. It will also feature the debut of the first installment of Christian Davenport and Darick Ritter’s nonfiction graphic novel, called RW-94: Reflections on Rwanda. The book bridges a gap between storytelling and social science and moves deeper into a systematic understanding of 1994 Rwanda, Rwanda itself, and the complexity of understanding the diverse forms of political violence that happened alongside the genocide.

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EVENT SCHEDULE

1:30 PM: Welcome and Introductions: Laura Beny, associate director of the African Studies Center and Christian Davenport, co-director of the International Institute's Conflict and Peace Initiative

1:40-2:40 PM: Presentation by Christian Davenport and Darick Ritter on their book, RW-94: Reflections on Rwanda

2:40-3:40 PM: Public Round Table with Rwanda Research Scholars: Christian Davenport (professor of political science at University of Michigan), Cyanne Loyle (associate professor of political science at Indiana University), Jens Meierhenrich (associate professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science), and Luc Reydams (professor of law at Catholic University of Lublin and associate professor at the University of Notre Dame)

3:40-5:00 PM: RW-94: Reflections on Rwanda Art Display and Reception

If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, we are eager to help. Please contact asbates@umich.edu. We are able to make most accommodations very easily, but advance notice is appreciated as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. All rooms in Weiser Hall are wheelchair accessible, and a reflection room and lactation room are available. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options will be provided at the reception; please email asbates@umich.edu with any additional dietary restrictions.

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Presentation Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:17:18 -0400 2019-04-06T13:30:00-04:00 2019-04-06T17:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Presentation book
Project Management Certification (April 7, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 7, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 24 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, April 7 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, October 6 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for November 17, 2019 (11:00 - 3:00 pm) at the Ross School of Business. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/project-management-certification/2019-03-24/project-management-certification-2019

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:40:05 -0500 2019-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-07T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 8, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797351@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-08T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Race, Health, and Wealth Disparities (April 8, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59568 59568-14752328@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

RCGD's Winter 2019 Speaker Series, sponsored by PRBA & MCUAAAR

Monday, April 8, 2019
Rm 1430, 3:30-5:00pm, ISR, 426 Thompson St, Ann Arbor, MI

“Psychosocial Stress, Health Behaviors and Disparities in Cardiovascular Health between African Americans and Afro Caribbeans.”

By Mosi Ifatunji, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for African American Research
Faculty Fellow, Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:48:49 -0500 2019-04-08T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Event flyer
No COP-Out: The Path HoMe from the U.N. Climate Talks (April 8, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62222 62222-15313292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: ClimateBlue

Join Climate Blue for its annual Spring Symposium in the Palmer Commons Forum Hall for a discussion of the recent international climate negotiations (COP24) in Katowice, Poland. Following the format of the Talanoa Dialogue, which was originally implemented at COP21 in Paris to facilitate empathy and open dialogue among countries, we will answer these guiding questions about the state of our climate conundrum:

Where are we?
Where do we want to go?
How do we get there?

Hear perspectives from University of Michigan student delegates who attended the climate negotiations as observers. Stay to learn some takeaways from a panel of experts and policymakers on what’s next for climate policy, globally and locally. In between sessions of our facilitated dialogue, we invite you to speak to student and community groups at our organization fair & reception (refreshments provided). Additionally, the call for the COP25 U-M delegation will be announced at this event, opening the spring application period!

5:00 pm:
Opening Remarks
Dr. Avik Basu, SEAS Lecturer, Co-creator of the interdisciplinary UNFCCC course at UM

5:30 - 6:15 pm: “Where are we?”
Delegate presentations, panel discussion, and audience Q&A

6:15 pm - 7:00 pm: “Where do we want to go?”
Delegate presentations, panel discussions, and audience Q&A

7:00 - 8:00 pm:
Organization Fair & Reception with MDining Catering

8:00 pm - 8:45 pm: “How do we get there?”
Delegate presentations, panel discussions, and audience Q&A:

[Panelists Forthcoming]

RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/431262277620135/

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:59:32 -0400 2019-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T21:00:00-04:00 Palmer Commons ClimateBlue Conference / Symposium Event Flyer
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 9, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797352@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-09T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program (April 9, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58843 58843-14567876@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, on behalf of the U.S. State Department, administers the “Core Fulbright Scholar Program,” which annually makes available fellowships in about 125 countries to over 500 U.S. scholars and professionals from a wide variety of academic and professional fields. These prestigious grants are a major source of funding for lecturing or conducting research abroad.

Although the U-M International Institute does not administer any aspect of this competition or these awards, we have been trained by CIES and are able to provide comprehensive information, instructions, editorial assistance, review criteria tailored to each application, and professional advice on how best to structure an application for this particular competition. Information sessions are offered monthly and no registration is required.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:45:15 -0500 2019-04-09T09:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T10:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival (April 9, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62012 62012-15273943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports)

Explore exotic locations, stand on the highest peaks and be part of the gripping tales that make the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. Join Recreational Sports’ Adventure Leadership program as they host the Ann Arbor stop of this thrilling film fest at The Michigan Theater!

Doors open at 6:00pm

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Film Screening Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:13:58 -0400 2019-04-09T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T22:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Department of Recreational Sports (Rec Sports) Film Screening Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival
Extended Application Deadline for Engineering International Internship Scholarship (April 10, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/51562 51562-15399286@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 12:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

Applications for the Engineering International Internship Scholarship are due tonight at midnight.

For more information: https://mcompass.umich.edu/?go=CoEinternscholarship

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Other Mon, 02 Apr 2018 08:25:57 -0400 2019-04-10T00:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T23:59:00-04:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 10, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797353@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-10T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CREES Noon Lecture. How the West Corrupts the East: Swedish Bribes and Uzbek Dictators (April 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59380 59380-14737032@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

With a world record fine and the CEO now on trial in Sweden, Europe’s fifth largest telecommunications provider, Telia Company AB, is slowly getting out from an expensive and morally corrupt endeavor in Uzbekistan. Award-winning Swedish journalist and 2019 Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan Fredrik Laurin presents Swedish Public Service TV’s exposure of international corruption. The lecture will address the effects of corruption in Central Asia and the role of U.S. legislation as the only working law against corruption.

Fredrik Laurin is editor of special projects for Swedish Television’s (SVT’s) Current Affairs program. Before this he was editor of the investigative department for Swedish Radio, a reporter for SVT, and investigative reporter for National TV 4. Laurin’s investigations exposed tax havens and tax evasion by the global corporate elite and corruption in the Swedish government and abroad. One such investigation exposed how purportedly alliance-free Sweden secretly cooperates with U.S. authorities in eavesdropping, intelligence gathering, extraordinary rendition, and torture in the war on terror. He has received the Stora Journalistpriset, the Swedish equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize, and Guldspaden, the Swedish Investigative Reporters and Editors award. He has received several other awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for his collaborative efforts on the Panama Papers with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Laurin graduated from the Gothenburg School of Journalism and studied political science at Gothenburg University. Currently he is a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:59:24 -0500 2019-04-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T13:20:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Lecture / Discussion Fredrik Laurin
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Study/Research, Arts Information Session (April 10, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60264 60264-14855610@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 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 project.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:18:40 -0500 2019-04-10T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-10T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
A Visitor’s View of Japan (April 10, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53015 53015-13200558@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Kellogg Eye Center
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

This event is a rescheduling of a presentation cancelled due to weather.

Experience a 3-week photo trip to Japan’s main island Honshu, including many UNESCO World Heritage Sites, with Van Harrison and Bill Roberts.

Start in modern Tokyo. Drive south to see Mt. Fuji and a sculpture park. Travel to the Japanese Alps to see Nagano, Matsumoto Castle and Snow Monkeys. Visit the historic town of Takayama and rural Shirakawa-go village.

On the north coast, see the Kenroku-en garden in Kanazawa. Travel to Kiso Valley, then Kyoto. See the Golden Pavilion and Pure Water Temple. In Nara see Japan’s largest Buddha. Travel to the Himeji Castle, then to Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park. Visit the island/modern art enclave Naoshima. In Okayama see the Korakuen Garden. End in Osaka, famous for great food.

This After 5 presentation does not require Osher Lifelong Learning Institute membership and is open to the public.

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Presentation Sun, 24 Feb 2019 15:28:49 -0500 2019-04-10T19:30:00-04:00 2019-04-10T20:30:00-04:00 Kellogg Eye Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Presentation After 5
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 11, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797354@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-11T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Trans Visibility Passport Day (April 11, 2019 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62081 62081-15284754@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 9:30am
Location: School of Social Work Building
Organized By: Spectrum Center

The Spectrum Center and the University of Michigan School of Social Work Office of Global Activities are collaborating to host Trans Visibility Passport Day on April 11th from 9:30am - 2:00pm.

During Trans Visibility Passport Day, the Washtenaw County Clerk's office will assist students and community members to apply for, renew, or change their passport. Trans Visibility Passport Day is also open to students and community members who need to apply for a first time passport, without needing to update a gender marker or make a name change. Please RSVP below if interested.

Please be aware that all fees required to obtain a passport must be made on the day of the event. Payments for the passport book or card must be payable to U.S. Department of State. Payments for the processing fee must be payable to Washtenaw County Clerk. All payments MUST be a check or a money order. Counter checks are not allowed.

More information about the event and passport fees can be found on the RSVP form. RSVP: http://archive.ssw.umich.edu/forms/rsvp/?eventID=E3553

Financial support may be available for students applying for a passport who are requesting name or gender maker change. Please send a message to ssw.oga@umich.edu to request more information.

Please RSVP by April 5th!

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Other Tue, 12 Mar 2019 16:44:51 -0400 2019-04-11T09:30:00-04:00 2019-04-11T14:00:00-04:00 School of Social Work Building Spectrum Center Other A flyer with the background of a map and two small images of a passport and an ID
Donia Human Rights Center Distinguished Lecture. Sexual Harassment: The Law, the Politics and the Movement (April 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53838 53838-13467971@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Donia Human Rights Center

Professor Catharine A. MacKinnon will address the politics and law of sexual harassment, focusing on its violation of equality rights, in light of the #MeToo movement, exploring those developments in light of the theory of her most recent book, "Butterfly Politics: Changing the World for Women."

This event is co-sponsored by: Center for the Education of Women+ Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund, Department of Sociology, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Law School, and Women's Studies Department.

Catharine A. MacKinnon is the Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at Michigan Law and the long-term James Barr Ames Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. She holds a BA from Smith College, a JD from Yale Law School, and a PhD in political science from Yale. She specializes in sex equality issues under international and domestic (including comparative, criminal, and constitutional) law. She pioneered the legal claim for sexual harassment and, with Andrea Dworkin, created ordinances recognizing pornography as a civil rights violation and the Swedish model for abolishing prostitution. The Supreme Court of Canada has largely accepted her approaches to equality, pornography, and hate speech, which have been influential internationally as well. Representing Bosnian women survivors of Serbian genocidal sexual atrocities, she won with co-counsel a damage award of $745 million in August 2000 in Kadic v. Karadzic under the Alien Tort Act, the first recognition of rape as an act of genocide. Among the schools at which she has taught are Yale, Stanford, Chicago, Harvard, Osgoode Hall (Toronto), Basel (Switzerland), Hebrew University (Jerusalem), and Columbia. She was awarded residential fellowships at the Institute for Advanced Study, Stanford, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and the University of Cambridge. Professor MacKinnon's scholarly books include the casebook Sex Equality (2001/2007), Are Women Human? (2006), Women's Lives, Men's Laws (2005), Only Words (1993), Toward a Feminist Theory of the State (1989), Feminism Unmodified (1987), and Sexual Harassment of Working Women (1979). She is widely published in journals, the popular press, and many languages. Professor MacKinnon practices and consults nationally and internationally and works regularly with Equality Now, an NGO promoting international sex equality rights for women, and the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Serving as the first special gender adviser to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (The Hague) from 2008 to 2012, she implemented her concept of "gender crime." In 2014, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of American Law Schools Women's Division and was elected to the American Law Institute. Studies document that Professor MacKinnon is among the most widely-cited legal scholars in the English language.

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. Please contact: umichhumanrights@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:49:06 -0500 2019-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Donia Human Rights Center Lecture / Discussion speaker
Planet in Peril: Averting Climate Catastrophe Through Law and Social Change (April 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62539 62539-15399283@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

The seventh environmental conference presented by Michigan Law's Environmental Law and Policy Program kicks off on Thursday, April 11, with a talk by Jonathan Overpeck, Dean of the UM School for Environment and Sustainability. Dean Overpeck will set the stage for the conference by discussing how best to meet climate challenges.

The conference will continue on Friday, April 12. With climate change accelerating and the window for climate change mitigation and adaptation narrowing, this year we will devote our entire conference to how the legal system can promote meaningful action on climate change and broad-based environmental sustainability efforts. Panels and break out sessions will be held throughout the day on topics as wide-ranging as the Paris Accord, U.S. federal climate policy, and how law and business intersect to address climate change.

This event is free and open to the public. Please see a complete conference schedule at events.law.umich.edu/elpp

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:21:08 -0400 2019-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
The 2019 Miller Converse Lecture (April 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61971 61971-15250103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research

Presenter: Diana Mutz (University of Pennsylvania)

Abstract: Drawing on evidence from her book in progress, Mutz presents survey and experimental evidence on the psychological underpinnings of attitudes toward international trade. Picking up where economic explanations have failed, she argues that people extend what they know about human interaction to understand international relationships. In this respect, globalization runs headlong against the grain of much of basic human psychology, asking us to trust distant, impersonal and often dissimilar others.

A livestream and recording of this event will be available.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Mar 2019 15:44:41 -0500 2019-04-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-11T17:30:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion Miller Converse Lecture
US/Brazil Bromance: What's in Store for Us? (April 11, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62689 62689-15425431@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 11, 2019 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Weiser Diplomacy Center

PUBLIC LIVE RECORDING OF THE PODCAST: AMERICAN DIPLOMAT

Join the Weiser Diplomacy Center and American Academy of Diplomacy for a live recording of the latest episode of the podcast American Diplomat: The Stories behind the news. Ambassador Peter F. Romero and writer Laura Bennett will host Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon and discuss about current issues in Brazil from the vantage point of two practitioners who have spent decades in this region of the world. What conditions in Brazil gave rise to the election of Jair Bolsonaro? Are there any parallels with the election of Donald Trump? What can we expect from the Trump/Bolsonaro bromance and does this threaten democracy in our two countries?

This event is free and open to the public. Check out the previous episodes of American Diplomat podcast here: https://www.amdipstories.org/ and post your questions in advance by clicking "Send a voice message to The American Diplomat".

Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.
brings more than three decades of government service and diplomatic experience to his practice, providing strategic counsel to clients across a range of legislative, foreign policy, and national security issues. Most recently, Ambassador Shannon served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the third highest ranking position at the State Department. Holding the personal rank of Career Ambassador, he was the highest ranking member of the United States Foreign Service, the country's professional diplomatic corps. During his tenure as Under Secretary, Ambassador Shannon was in charge of bilateral and multilateral foreign policymaking and implementation, and oversaw diplomatic activity globally and in our missions to international organizations. He managed the State Department during the presidential transition, led bilateral and strategic stability talks with the Russian Federation, worked with our allies to oversee Iranian compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and expanded US engagement in Central Asia, among other things.

Ambassador Peter F. Romero
For those that know him, Pete Romero delights in listening and telling stories, firmly believing that honing these skills can not only be professionally rewarding, but also life enriching. He was honored to have had a twenty five year career as a diplomat in the US Foreign Service. In his last three postings he was head of our embassy in El Salvador, US Ambassador in Quito, Ecuador and Assistant Secretary of the Western Hemisphere Bureau at the US Department of State. His achievements in some of the world's inhospitable "hot spots" earned him multiple awards for superlative leadership. While in the diplomatic service he initiated the highly successful Plan Colombia, assisted in ending the border war between Peru and Ecuador and was a key player in the implementation of the peace accords between the government and the guerrilla front in El Salvador. Mr. Romero advises private sector clients on problem-solving and winning strategies overseas. He lectures at several of the US military's post-graduate institutions and at the graduate school of foreign service at Georgetown University. He is sought after for his experience and expertise in counter-insurgency strategies and holistic approaches to national security threats. He is a die-hard Seminole, having graduated with a BS and an MA from Florida State University.

Laura Bennett
holds an MFA in film and television production at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she was awarded a merit-based Tisch School of the Arts scholarship. She has written, directed, produced and edited short films that have won 11 awards and screened at 35 festivals throughout the United States, including the New Directors/New Films series at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Laura has written feature scripts including a sophisticated international political thriller, a young-adult dog show crime comedy and a supernatural thriller about an amnesiac ghost on a disappearing island. Laura speaks Spanish, French and English and has traveled in five continents, often solo and working as a volunteer. In addition to filmmaking, Laura has an MBA from the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business and works as professor and as a strategy consultant on non-profit and government projects aimed at promoting the public good.

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Other Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:08:09 -0400 2019-04-11T16:30:00-04:00 2019-04-11T18:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Weiser Diplomacy Center Other American Academy of Diplomacy
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 12, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-12T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CGIS / LSA Program Leader Health & Safety Workshop (April 12, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61823 61823-15212844@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 8:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: LSA International Travel

Join us for our annual Health & Safety Workshop for our 2019 CGIS Faculty! While not required, faculty / staff who are leading LSA students on a (non-CGIS) program abroad are also strongly encouraged to attend.

If you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail the LSA International Health & Safety Advisor Rachel Reuter at reuterra@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Mar 2019 08:59:41 -0500 2019-04-12T08:30:00-04:00 2019-04-12T10:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall LSA International Travel Workshop / Seminar Professor teaching students abroad
Planet in Peril: Averting Climate Catastrophe Through Law and Social Change (April 12, 2019 8:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62539 62539-15399284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 8:45am
Location: Jeffries Hall
Organized By: Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program

The seventh environmental conference presented by Michigan Law's Environmental Law and Policy Program kicks off on Thursday, April 11, with a talk by Jonathan Overpeck, Dean of the UM School for Environment and Sustainability. Dean Overpeck will set the stage for the conference by discussing how best to meet climate challenges.

The conference will continue on Friday, April 12. With climate change accelerating and the window for climate change mitigation and adaptation narrowing, this year we will devote our entire conference to how the legal system can promote meaningful action on climate change and broad-based environmental sustainability efforts. Panels and break out sessions will be held throughout the day on topics as wide-ranging as the Paris Accord, U.S. federal climate policy, and how law and business intersect to address climate change.

This event is free and open to the public. Please see a complete conference schedule at events.law.umich.edu/elpp

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:21:08 -0400 2019-04-12T08:45:00-04:00 2019-04-12T17:00:00-04:00 Jeffries Hall Michigan Law Environmental and Energy Law Program Lecture / Discussion
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (April 12, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023814@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-04-12T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
LSA Travel Pre-Departure Orientation (April 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61718 61718-15176761@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: LSA International Travel

Are you receiving funding from an LSA department to travel abroad this spring / summer?

Are you an LSA student who is going abroad to do thesis research or study / intern abroad on a non-UM program?

If either of the above apply to you, we invite you to attend one of the LSATravel Pre-Departure Orientations! The LSATravel Team wishes to help you prepare for your time abroad, whether you are doing independent research, interning with other UM students, or studying on a non-UM program!

In this pre-departure orientation, we will discuss the requirements of the LSA International Travel Policy, the basics of the UM international health insurance, registering your travel, managing your health, how to stay safe abroad, identity-specific resources, and more.

Sign up to attend on Sessions: https://myumi.ch/6x3WG.

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Presentation Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:28:21 -0400 2019-04-12T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-12T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall LSA International Travel Presentation Picture of student abroad
GRIN International Gala (April 13, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62883 62883-15486002@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 13, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Graduate Rackham International

Come celebrate the end of the year in style at GRIN's International Gala!
This event will feature:
- Selected performances including cultural dances, stand up comedy, etc.
- International buffet with Indian, Pan Asian and Italian food*
- Photo booth with choice of backdrop and props
- Open dance floor with international music provided by guest DJ
Doors open at 7 pm.
Dinner starts at 7.30 pm.
Ticket cost: $12/ticket (includes processing fees)
*Vegetarian/Vegan options included

Guidelines:
- Dress fancy! Cocktail attire is required, traditional/cultural attire is encouraged, no t-shirt/jeans or flip/flops are allowed.
- Tickets are non-transferable
- No outside alcohol or food allowed; if alcohol is brought in, you will be asked to leave.
- Only one guest allowed per student purchase (you have to purchase a ticket for your guest in addition to yours)
- This is a graduate/professional student only event (guests can be non grad/professional students).


Register here: https://tinyurl.com/yyv8hku6

Direct questions to Abhinav Sharma at absharma@umich.edu

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Other Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:23:48 -0400 2019-04-13T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-13T23:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Graduate Rackham International Other GRIN International Gala Flyer
International Minor for Engineers T-Shirt Design Contest Deadline (April 14, 2019 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62373 62373-15355279@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 14, 2019 12:00am
Location: Chrysler Center
Organized By: International Programs in Engineering

International Programs in Engineering is running a contest for students to redesign the International Minor for Engineers t-shirt, starting Fall 2019! We’re inviting students from all disciplines to put their creativity towards a design that shows their interpretation of the international aspects of engineering.

The winning design will be used for the 2019 International Minor for Engineers t-shirt, plus a $25 AMAZON GIFT CARD

For More Info: https://ipe.engin.umich.edu/t-shirt-design-contest/

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Other Wed, 20 Mar 2019 17:37:16 -0400 2019-04-14T00:00:00-04:00 2019-04-14T23:59:00-04:00 Chrysler Center International Programs in Engineering Other IPE
WCEE Lecture. From Montenegro to the Red Carpet: A Life of Giving (April 14, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62435 62435-15364116@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 14, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia

Emina Cunmulaj Nazarian was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan in 1984 to Albanian parents from Montenegro. She spent her childhood on a farm at the footstep of Montenegrin hills, helping with chores, earning good grades, and participating in village life. Emina has fond memories of those years, but what stands out to her was the fatalistic view of the plight of women, which motivated her to follow an atypical path. At 15, she was selected to represent Yugoslavia in a global modeling competition, leading to a successful modeling career that included appearances in Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, and work for the fashion houses Chanel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Valentino, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, and Roberto Cavalli.

But Emina was destined to pursue philanthropy. From a young age, she witnessed her mother’s generosity as the family harbored, fed, and dressed fugitives of war during the Balkan conflict in the ’90s. As a result, Emina constantly seeks to promote humanitarian endeavors and organizations such as the Fundjavë Ndryshe, which she discovered in the summer of 2017 on a trip to rural Albania. Her involvement intensified, and in 2018 she helped secure food supplies, wood burning stoves, and new homes for needy families in Albania. Emina is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Fundjavë Ndryshe and is actively planning her next Albanian campaign this summer. Her talk will explore “the love that I give and share with those in need,” the potential for a better life for many, and how to channel our capacity for good to make the world a better place.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 02 May 2019 10:29:58 -0400 2019-04-14T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-14T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Lecture / Discussion Emina Cunmulaj
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 15, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797358@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-15T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
WCED Lecture. Politics Goes Pear Shaped. Old Regime Cultures and Revolutionary Politics, ca. 1792-1825 (April 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57820 57820-14314717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies

Can the story of a pear help us understand the rise of democracy in the West? This talk uses the career of Louis-Augustin Bosc, a French revolutionary and botanist—and namesake of the familiar pear—to explore the ambiguous political legacy of the Atlantic revolutions. The talk argues that revolutionary movements in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were united not just by a set of similar political structures and ideologies but by their reliance on a matrix of old regime, eighteenth-century cultural practices. These old regime practices left a common and illiberal stamp on the polities and political traditions that they helped to create.

Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is a historian of the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Atlantic world. He focuses on the political and cultural history of Europe and the Americas in the age of revolution, with particular attention to the transnational influences that shaped modern national politics. He received his PhD in history from Columbia University in 2011, with a dissertation on epistolarity and revolutionary organizing, and then in 2015 published a first book on a different topic: "Citizen Sailors: Becoming American in the Age of Revolution" (Belknap/Harvard). His current book project is a wide-angle cultural history of the Atlantic age of revolutions, from the 1760s through the 1820s, which rethinks the era’s role in creating modern democratic politics. Nathan also maintains interests in early modern legal history; historical methods and historiography; and histories of material culture.

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

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 20 Nov 2018 17:11:24 -0500 2019-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T17:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies Lecture / Discussion Perl-Rosenthal
The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It (April 15, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62736 62736-15453645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Youth and Students for Social Equality

Across the world, the far-right occupies positions of power it has not held since World War Two. With social inequality reaching astronomical proportions, the ruling elites are resurrecting all the political filth responsible for the worst crimes of the 20th century.

In Germany, the scene of the holocaust and Hitler’s Nazi movement, fascism is once again rearing its ugly head. A neo-Nazi party, the Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD), is now the main opposition party with high-level support from within the state and academia. Building a mass movement capable of defeating fascism requires learning the lessons of history.

The lessons of the 1930s show that the fight against fascism requires the independent mobilization of the working class against the capitalist system. Learning these critical lessons is the only way to prevent the disaster of Nazism on an even greater scale today.

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Speaker: Christoph Vandreier, German Trotskyist, prominent leader of the fight against fascism and author of “Why Are They Back? Historical Falsification, Political Conspiracy, and the Return of Fascism in Germany.”

Vandreier is Deputy National secretary of the Sozialistiche Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) in Germany, which was placed under state surveillance on advise of the neo-Nazi AfD for its “anti-fascist” and “anti-capitalist” politics.

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Presentation Sun, 31 Mar 2019 22:36:21 -0400 2019-04-15T19:00:00-04:00 2019-04-15T21:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Youth and Students for Social Equality Presentation Public meeting: The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It – Speaker: Christoph Vandreier, author of Why Are They Back?
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 16, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797359@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-16T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-16T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 17, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797360@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-17T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Fulbright U.S. Student Program Teaching Assistantship Information Session (April 17, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60266 60266-14855614@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 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 project.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:21:14 -0500 2019-04-17T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Winter 2020 Walk-in Advising! (April 17, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63011 63011-15534811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Don’t wait until the September 15th deadline, join CGIS & Newnan Advising Center for a walk-in advising event to discuss Winter 2020 CGIS applications.

Before you leave for the summer, come and find out how studying abroad can fit into your degree plan, learn about scholarships and financial aid, and more!

Popcorn & punch will be provided!

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Meeting Wed, 10 Apr 2019 11:21:24 -0400 2019-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Global and Intercultural Study Meeting PHOTO
Ukrainian Literary Evening: Assya Humesky (April 17, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62363 62363-15355262@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (CREES) at the University of Michigan cordially invite you to join us for Dr. Assya Humesky’s talk about her and her family's contributions to Ukrainian culture through published works, art, and teaching in higher education.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Other Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:43:11 -0400 2019-04-17T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-17T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Slavic Languages & Literatures Other assya
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 18, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797361@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-18T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-18T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program (April 18, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58843 58843-14567877@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 18, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, on behalf of the U.S. State Department, administers the “Core Fulbright Scholar Program,” which annually makes available fellowships in about 125 countries to over 500 U.S. scholars and professionals from a wide variety of academic and professional fields. These prestigious grants are a major source of funding for lecturing or conducting research abroad.

Although the U-M International Institute does not administer any aspect of this competition or these awards, we have been trained by CIES and are able to provide comprehensive information, instructions, editorial assistance, review criteria tailored to each application, and professional advice on how best to structure an application for this particular competition. Information sessions are offered monthly and no registration is required.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:45:15 -0500 2019-04-18T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-18T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 19, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797362@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-19T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (April 19, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-04-19T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
LSA Travel Pre-Departure Orientation (April 19, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61718 61718-15176763@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: LSA International Travel

Are you receiving funding from an LSA department to travel abroad this spring / summer?

Are you an LSA student who is going abroad to do thesis research or study / intern abroad on a non-UM program?

If either of the above apply to you, we invite you to attend one of the LSATravel Pre-Departure Orientations! The LSATravel Team wishes to help you prepare for your time abroad, whether you are doing independent research, interning with other UM students, or studying on a non-UM program!

In this pre-departure orientation, we will discuss the requirements of the LSA International Travel Policy, the basics of the UM international health insurance, registering your travel, managing your health, how to stay safe abroad, identity-specific resources, and more.

Sign up to attend on Sessions: https://myumi.ch/6x3WG.

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Presentation Tue, 26 Mar 2019 09:28:21 -0400 2019-04-19T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall LSA International Travel Presentation Picture of student abroad
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 22, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797365@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-22T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Polish Wet Monday / Czech Pomlázka Monday (April 22, 2019 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62884 62884-15486004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 4:15pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Slavic Languages & Literatures

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

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 05 Apr 2019 16:52:10 -0400 2019-04-22T16:15:00-04:00 2019-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Modern Languages Building Slavic Languages & Literatures Social / Informal Gathering 2019 polish wet monday czech pomlazka monday
Healthcare Delivery in Emerging Markets (April 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62900 62900-15492420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Join us as graduate student teams share in-country project summaries of their work with healthcare organizations in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Peru, and Rwanda.

The graduate student presenters are enrolled in the International Business Immersion course which is designed to enhance the students global leadership capabilities, awareness of diverse business issues on the current international landscape, and on-the-ground experience in a specific country. This will be a great opportunity for you to learn more about this course, the students' work and their experiences abroad.

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Presentation Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:18:59 -0400 2019-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Presentation Students interviewing a patient
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 23, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797366@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-23T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-23T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
International Studies Information Session and Q&A (April 23, 2019 4:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52598 52598-12874400@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 23, 2019 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

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. Please contact: is-michigan@umich.edu.

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Presentation Mon, 30 Jul 2018 09:52:32 -0400 2019-04-23T16:15:00-04:00 2019-04-23T17:15:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Program in International and Comparative Studies Presentation photo
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 24, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797367@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-24T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
Study Day Write-In (April 24, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/63113 63113-15576721@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 11:30am
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Sweetland Center for Writing

Sweetland Peer Writing Center opens its doors on Wednesday, April 24th from 11:30am-3:30pm for the Study Day Write-in. Feel our positive writing vibes in a quiet environment. We'll have study snacks on hand to keep you going along with writing consultants who can help you with anything you are working on.

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Other Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:56:17 -0400 2019-04-24T11:30:00-04:00 2019-04-24T15:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall Sweetland Center for Writing Other flyer
Making Art Public: A conversation with Mark di Suvero and Christina Olsen (April 24, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63024 63024-15536918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

Public art on a university campus plays a significant role in creating an environment that supports the development of the mind and spirit of students, faculty, and staff. The University of Michigan has an historic and longstanding commitment to public art. The campus is full of icons that evoke the Michigan spirit, but none capture the vital importance of public art on campus like Mark di Suvero’s Orion.

Please join us on Wednesday, April 24 for an opportunity to hear from one of the greatest living sculptors and creators of public art.

Born in Shanghai, China, in 1933, di Suvero immigrated to the United States in 1941 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. An internationally renowned sculptor and pioneer in the use of steel, he began showing his sculptures in the 1950s. Di Suvero is the sculptor of two iconic works on the U-M Ann Arbor campus: Shang, a kinetic sculpture that features a suspended platform that swings, and Orion, a brightly painted, orange-red sculpture made of hand-cut, painted steel. His architectural-scale sculptures have been exhibited in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, Australia, Japan, France, the United Kingdom and the United States. di Suvero is the first living artist to exhibit in the Jardin des Tuileries and the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris and at Millennium Park in Chicago. His work is featured in more than 100 museums and public collections, including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. An activist for peace and social justice, di Suvero co-founded Park Place Gallery, an artists’ cooperative, in New York City in 1962. In 1977, he established the Athena Foundation to assist artists to fulfill their ambitions. He established Socrates Sculpture Park in 1986 at the site of a landfill in Queens, New York. Di Suvero has received several honors, including the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center and the National Medal of Arts.

Christina Olsen is the Director of the University of Michigan Museum of Art and Chair of the University of Michigan President's Advisory Committee on Public Art. Before coming to Michigan she served as the Class of 1956 Director at the Williams College Museum of Art. Olsen has more than 25 years of leadership experience in museums and foundations, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum and Getty Foundation, and the Portland Art Museum. She is a national leader in debates about the changing role of campus art museums and their relationships with the public and campus, and has lectured frequently on the topic. Olsen has curated and produced many exhibitions and programs, including most recently Abstraction, Color, and Politics in the Early 1970s, currently on view at the University of Michigan’s Museum of Art. Olsen is on the board of the Association of Art Museum Directors and has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Williams College. She received a BA in history of art, with honors, from the University of Chicago, and an MA and PhD in art history from the University of Pennsylvania.

This program is co-sponsored by the University of Michigan President's Advisory Committee on Public Art.

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Presentation Sat, 20 Apr 2019 18:15:39 -0400 2019-04-24T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-24T18:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Presentation Museum of Art
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 25, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 25, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-25T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-25T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 26, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797369@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 26, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-26T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-26T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
"Over There" With the American Expeditionary Forces in France During the Great War (April 26, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56908 56908-14023816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 26, 2019 10:00am
Location: William Clements Library
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

This exhibit, featuring collections preserved at the Clements, highlights the first-hand accounts of American soldiers serving in the Great War in 1917-18. Through their handwritten letters, death reports, postcards, photographs, and objects, glimpse the day-to-day lives, longings, and horrific realities of war they experienced while fighting “Over There” on the Western Front. This project aligns with the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that brought their fighting to an end on November 11, 1918.

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Exhibition Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:11:29 -0400 2019-04-26T10:00:00-04:00 2019-04-26T16:00:00-04:00 William Clements Library William L. Clements Library Exhibition Singing at Base Hospital #29, London, England, 1918. World War I Surgeon's Album. Graphics Division.
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 29, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797372@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 29, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-29T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-29T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (April 30, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797373@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-04-30T08:00:00-04:00 2019-04-30T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
CIES Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program (April 30, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58843 58843-14567878@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 10:30am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

The Council for International Exchange of Scholars, on behalf of the U.S. State Department, administers the “Core Fulbright Scholar Program,” which annually makes available fellowships in about 125 countries to over 500 U.S. scholars and professionals from a wide variety of academic and professional fields. These prestigious grants are a major source of funding for lecturing or conducting research abroad.

Although the U-M International Institute does not administer any aspect of this competition or these awards, we have been trained by CIES and are able to provide comprehensive information, instructions, editorial assistance, review criteria tailored to each application, and professional advice on how best to structure an application for this particular competition. Information sessions are offered monthly and no registration is required.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:45:15 -0500 2019-04-30T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-30T11:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene (April 30, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 59263-14721792@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS, DISASTERS, CONSUMPTION, LOSS, AND JUSTICE

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues, the exhibition presents photography, video, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials, disasters, consumption, loss, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists, including Sammy Baloji, Liu Bolin, Dana Levy, Mary Mattingly, Pedro Neves Marques, Gabriel Orozco, Trevor Paglen, and Thomas Struth, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness, wonder, and curiosity about the world to come.

Read the exhibition press release here.

 

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 
 

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Exhibition Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:15:30 -0400 2019-04-30T11:00:00-04:00 2019-04-30T22:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Harn-sixpetritsch_spatialintervention.jpeg
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (May 1, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797374@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-05-01T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene (May 1, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 59263-14721793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS, DISASTERS, CONSUMPTION, LOSS, AND JUSTICE

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues, the exhibition presents photography, video, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials, disasters, consumption, loss, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists, including Sammy Baloji, Liu Bolin, Dana Levy, Mary Mattingly, Pedro Neves Marques, Gabriel Orozco, Trevor Paglen, and Thomas Struth, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness, wonder, and curiosity about the world to come.

Read the exhibition press release here.

 

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 
 

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Exhibition Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:15:30 -0400 2019-05-01T11:00:00-04:00 2019-05-01T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Harn-sixpetritsch_spatialintervention.jpeg
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (May 2, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797375@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 2, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-05-02T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-02T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene (May 2, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 59263-14721794@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 2, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS, DISASTERS, CONSUMPTION, LOSS, AND JUSTICE

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues, the exhibition presents photography, video, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials, disasters, consumption, loss, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists, including Sammy Baloji, Liu Bolin, Dana Levy, Mary Mattingly, Pedro Neves Marques, Gabriel Orozco, Trevor Paglen, and Thomas Struth, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness, wonder, and curiosity about the world to come.

Read the exhibition press release here.

 

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 
 

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Exhibition Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:15:30 -0400 2019-05-02T11:00:00-04:00 2019-05-02T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Harn-sixpetritsch_spatialintervention.jpeg
CPPS Exhibition. 100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918 (May 3, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59304 59304-14797376@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 8:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Copernicus Center for Polish Studies

“100 Years of Polish Independence: Zakopane 1918” is an exhibition of photographs from the archives of the Tatra Museum in Zakopane, Poland. It tells the unique story of the short-lived Republic of Zakopane, which was established in the concluding weeks of the First World War. The Copernicus Program in Polish Studies has curated the exhibit and organized public lectures in collaboration with the Tatra Museum, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, and Culture.pl as part of POLSKA 100, an international cultural program commemorating the centenary of Poland regaining Independence. It is financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-year program NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-22.

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Exhibition Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:23:37 -0500 2019-05-03T08:00:00-04:00 2019-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Copernicus Center for Polish Studies Exhibition Zakopane 1918
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene (May 3, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 59263-14721795@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 3, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS, DISASTERS, CONSUMPTION, LOSS, AND JUSTICE

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues, the exhibition presents photography, video, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials, disasters, consumption, loss, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists, including Sammy Baloji, Liu Bolin, Dana Levy, Mary Mattingly, Pedro Neves Marques, Gabriel Orozco, Trevor Paglen, and Thomas Struth, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness, wonder, and curiosity about the world to come.

Read the exhibition press release here.

 

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 
 

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Exhibition Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:15:30 -0400 2019-05-03T11:00:00-04:00 2019-05-03T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Harn-sixpetritsch_spatialintervention.jpeg
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene (May 4, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 59263-14721796@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, May 4, 2019 11:00am
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS, DISASTERS, CONSUMPTION, LOSS, AND JUSTICE

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues, the exhibition presents photography, video, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials, disasters, consumption, loss, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists, including Sammy Baloji, Liu Bolin, Dana Levy, Mary Mattingly, Pedro Neves Marques, Gabriel Orozco, Trevor Paglen, and Thomas Struth, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness, wonder, and curiosity about the world to come.

Read the exhibition press release here.

 

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 
 

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Exhibition Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:15:30 -0400 2019-05-04T11:00:00-04:00 2019-05-04T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Harn-sixpetritsch_spatialintervention.jpeg
The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene (May 5, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59263 59263-14721797@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 5, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

EXPLORE SUBJECTS AND THEMES RELATED TO RAW MATERIALS, DISASTERS, CONSUMPTION, LOSS, AND JUSTICE

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene awakens us to the physical and social effects of the Anthropocene, a much-debated term used to define a new geological epoch shaped by human activity. Structured around ecological issues, the exhibition presents photography, video, and sculpture that address subjects and themes related to raw materials, disasters, consumption, loss, and justice. More than thirty-five international artists, including Sammy Baloji, Liu Bolin, Dana Levy, Mary Mattingly, Pedro Neves Marques, Gabriel Orozco, Trevor Paglen, and Thomas Struth, respond to dire global and local circumstances with resistance and imagination—sustaining an openness, wonder, and curiosity about the world to come.

Read the exhibition press release here.

 

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda  McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 
 

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Exhibition Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:15:30 -0400 2019-05-05T12:00:00-04:00 2019-05-05T17:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Exhibition https://umma.umich.edu/sites/default/files/Harn-sixpetritsch_spatialintervention.jpeg
In Conversation: The World to Come: Art in a Changing Climate (May 5, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61551 61551-15128237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, May 5, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Museum of Art
Organized By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)

What role do artists play in visualizing the Anthropocene, our current epoch of rapid and often-destructive ecological change? Using photography, video, drawing, and sculpture, the forty-five international artists in The World to Come respond to the impact of climate change around the globe. Join UMMA Assistant Curator of Photography Jennifer Friess for a discussion about how the artists on view reimagine humanity’s relationships with each other and the environment in the world today and to come.  

The World to Come: Art in the Age of the Anthropocene is organized by the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida and curated by Kerry Oliver-Smith, Harn Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art. Support for the exhibition is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, UF Office of the Provost, National Endowment for the Arts, C. Frederick and Aase B. Thompson Foundation, Ken and Laura Berns, Daniel and Kathleen Hayman, Ken and Linda McGurn, Susan Milbrath, an anonymous foundation, UF Center for Humanities and the Public Sphere, UF Office of Research and Robert and Carolyn Thoburn, with additional support from a group of environmentally-minded supporters, the Robert C. and Nancy Magoon Contemporary Exhibition and Publication Endowment, Harn Program Endowment, and the Harn Annual Fund.

Lead support for the local presentation of this exhibition is provided by Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch, the University of Michigan Office of the Provost, Michigan Medicine, Tom Porter in honor of the Michigan Climate Action Network, the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment, and the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design and School for Environment and Sustainability. 

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 01 May 2019 18:15:32 -0400 2019-05-05T15:00:00-04:00 2019-05-05T16:00:00-04:00 Museum of Art University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) Lecture / Discussion Museum of Art
Ramadan Community Iftars (May 6, 2019 8:39pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63342 63342-15651034@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 6, 2019 8:39pm
Location: Trotter Multicultural Center
Organized By: International Institute

U-M’s Muslim Students’ Association and Islamophobia Working Group invite Muslims and non-Muslim allies to join our Ramadan iftar meals at sunset throughout May and early June. Ramadan is the Islamic holy month, when Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn to sunset. Come to break bread, to show solidarity, and to learn more about each other. To ensure that there is plenty of food, please RSVP for each of the iftars here: myumi.ch/Jyyrn

IFTAR SCHEDULE

Most iftars will be at Trotter Multicultural Center (428 South State Street), unless otherwise listed. All addresses are in Ann Arbor.

8:39pm, MONDAY, MAY 6: Trotter
8:40pm, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8: International House (921 Church Street)
8:42pm, THURSDAY, MAY 9: Trotter
8:47pm, MONDAY, MAY 13: Trotter
8:49pm, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15: Weiser Hall 10th Floor (500 Church Street)
8:50pm, THURSDAY, MAY 16: Trotter
8:54pm, MONDAY, MAY 20: Trotter, sponsored by the Program on Intergroup Relations
8:56pm, TUESDAY, MAY 21: Muslim Community Association (2301 Plymouth Road). A shuttle bus will depart from the Central Campus Transit Center at 8:30pm and return to central campus by 10:30pm. More details will be provided by email to those who RSVP.
8:57pm, THURSDAY, MAY 23: Trotter
9:00pm, MONDAY, MAY 27: Trotter
9:02pm, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29: Trotter


If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this event, we are eager to help. Please contact asbates@umich.edu. We are able to make most accommodations very easily, but advance notice is appreciated as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange. All facilities are wheelchair accessible. Vegetarian and halal food options will be provided at every meal; please indicate additional dietary restrictions on the RSVP form.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 28 May 2019 10:50:52 -0400 2019-05-06T20:39:00-04:00 2019-05-06T22:30:00-04:00 Trotter Multicultural Center International Institute Reception / Open House iftar