Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 27, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, August 27, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-27T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-27T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 28, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470158@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-28T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-28T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 29, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470159@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-29T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-29T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 30, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 30, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-30T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-30T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (August 31, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470161@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 31, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-08-31T00:00:00-04:00 2018-08-31T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 1, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470162@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 1, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-01T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 2, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470163@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 2, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-02T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-02T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 3, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470164@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 3, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-03T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-03T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 4, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470165@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-04T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-04T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 5, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470166@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 5, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-05T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-05T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 6, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470167@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 6, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-06T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-06T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 7, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-07T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-07T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 8, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 8, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-08T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-08T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 9, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 9, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-09T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-09T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 10, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 10, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-10T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-10T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 11, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-11T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-11T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 12, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470173@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-12T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-12T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 13, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470174@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-13T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 14, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470175@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-14T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 15, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470176@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 15, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-15T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-15T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 16, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470177@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-16T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-16T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 17, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13470178@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 17, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-17T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-17T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 18, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567904@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-18T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-18T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 19, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567905@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-19T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-19T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 20, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567906@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-20T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-in: One-year since Hurricane Maria (September 20, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54565 54565-13598941@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

The Listening to Puerto Rico teach-in event will feature a panel discussion with U-M faculty and collaborators from Puerto Rico. During this discussion you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future. During the teach-in event, there will be an opportunity for audience members to share their own story about Hurricane Maria and Puerto Rico or to ask the panelists a question. Light refreshments will be provided.

Panelists will include:

- Moderator: Will Potter, Distinguished Lecturer in the English Department and Senior Academic Innovation Fellow
- Rose Figueroa, Two-time Michigan Alumna who helped lead collection efforts across Michigan in the wake of Hurricane Maria
- Larry La Fountain-Stokes, Interim Director of Latina/o Studies Program and Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Michigan
- Amilcar Matos-Moreno, PhD Candidate in the School of Public Health
- Luis Trelles, Producer, Radio Ambulante and 2018-19 Knight Wallace Fellow

This event is co-sponsored by the Latina/o Studies Program and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, both housed in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. This teach-in is associated with the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out, which is an online learning event created by the Office of Academic Innovation at U-M and the Office of Digital Learning at the University of Notre Dame. We encourage you to join the online conversation, which is is live until September 24th.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Sep 2018 09:47:53 -0400 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Puerto Rico Mural
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 21, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567907@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-21T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Latina/o Studies Program Welcome Back Luncheon! (September 21, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55706 55706-13775070@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

Join us for food, music, and fun to kickoff Latinx Heritage Month! You'll be able to meet faculty, students and staff part of the LS Program and learn more about the majors and minors.

Catering by Chela's Restaurant & Taqueria

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Reception / Open House Thu, 20 Sep 2018 09:05:31 -0400 2018-09-21T12:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Latina/o Studies Reception / Open House Poster
Decolonizing Our Disciplines: A Roundtable Discussion (September 21, 2018 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53183 53183-13274238@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 12:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Please join the Global Postcolonialisms Collective for an interdisciplinary lunch conversation on grappling with colonial legacies and enacting decolonial methodologies and practices in academic institutions. Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/akOrsbew0Vn1Yk7D3.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:04:42 -0400 2018-09-21T12:30:00-04:00 2018-09-21T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 22, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567908@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 22, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-22T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-22T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 23, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 23, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-23T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-23T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Teach-Out Series: Listening to Puerto Rico (September 24, 2018 12:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/53872 53872-13567910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 24, 2018 12:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Academic Innovation

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane María struck the island of Puerto Rico with catastrophic force, shattering lives, communities, infrastructure and the physical environment. One year later, Puerto Rico remains in the grips of an ongoing and systematic crisis.

In June 2018, teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame traveled to Puerto Rico to film testimonies from Puerto Ricans from all walks of life. In this Teach-Out, you will hear powerful narratives of loss and recovery, abandonment and resilience, failure and hope as you come to better understand Puerto Rico’s past, present, and future.

These individual testimonials are complemented by resources that are meant to deepen your understanding of an urgent multidimensional crisis that involves policy, culture and history, political economy, environmental loss, civil infrastructure, public health, and human dignity. In this teach-out, we spotlight a number of successful organizations, strategies and solutions that are contributing to Puerto Rico’s recovery.

Understanding begins with listening. But “listening” is not just about hearing people’s words: it also implies taking notice of, and acting on, what people say. Shaped by the individual experience of everyday life, the Listening to Puerto Rico Teach-Out invites you to hear many voices from a distressed but resilient island and discover how you can contribute to the island’s recovery.

This Teach-Out is a collaboration between the University of Michigan and the University of Notre Dame.

Please join us in listening to Puerto Rico.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:01:57 -0400 2018-09-24T00:00:00-04:00 2018-09-24T23:59:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Academic Innovation Lecture / Discussion Teach-Out
Ross Global Showcase (September 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52064 52064-12407322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Global Initiatives

Come learn about the global opportunities the Ross School of Business offers to students across the university!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:23:51 -0400 2018-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Global Initiatives Fair / Festival Ross School of Business
LACS Lecture. Colombian Sexuality Education Public Policy (September 27, 2018 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56056 56056-13823422@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 11:30am
Location: Public Health I (Vaughan Building)
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

One of the resources we have to promote sexual and reproductive health is sexuality education. In Colombia, schools are a main source of information on sexuality, and they require support in understanding the micro as well as the macro social context in which they exist. Marta Carolina Ibarra Avila will discuss the Colombian Sexuality Education public policy, its main outcomes and its biggest challenges, as well as the importance of sexuality education in school settings. Marta Carolina Ibarra Avila works in the promotion of sexual and reproductive human rights through research and psychosocial intervention. She is a doctoral candidate at the Universidad de los Andes and is a Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar at the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education.

This event is a brown bag event. Refreshments will be provided.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:51:07 -0400 2018-09-27T11:30:00-04:00 2018-09-27T13:00:00-04:00 Public Health I (Vaughan Building) Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion sph_image
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management and the Master of Supply Chain Management, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce.

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students. The event is being held on the 5th floor of the Blau/Kresge side of the Ross Building, in the Blau Colloquium.

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ross-effect-how-a-ross-graduate-degree-amplifies-your-toolkit-registration-48421327494

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams (September 28, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53563 53563-13407925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Lane Hall
Organized By: Women's and Gender Studies Department

Fran Antmann’s photographs, taken in Guatemala over a period from 2006 to 2017, evoke the life and culture of the indigenous communities that live along the shores of Lake Atitlán. The photographs speak to the close relationship of these communities with the natural and spiritual worlds. They record the daily lives of the Maya but also evoke their underlying world of mystical and religious experience -- the rituals that give continuity and permanence in a world of disposable culture. The work focuses on indigenous healers, many of whom are women believed to have connections with the supernatural. They use ancient Maya practices and derive theirpower and knowledge from dreams. These rituals survive despite the genocide of the Maya people perpetrated over several decades until 1996. The resurgence of Maya identity in the renewal of formerly suppressed Maya practices celebrates the endurance of indigenous cultures.

Fran Antmann is a photographer, writer and educator. She teaches photography at Baruch College, CUNY. Her photographic work has focused on the lives and culture of theindigenous people of Guatemala and Peru as well as the Dene people of the Western Canadian Arctic and the Inuit of Baffin Island, Canada. She has received grants from the Ford and J. Paul Getty Foundations, the Puffin Foundation, the Social Science Research Council and five NY State Foundation for the Arts fellowships in Photography and Non-Fiction Literature. For over a decade she worked on Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams withyearly trips to Guatemala. The book is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, a finalist for the 2017 Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize and received Honorable Mention from PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Juried Awards 2018.

Fran Antmann is a photographer, writer and educator. She teaches photography at Baruch College, CUNY. Her photographic work has focused on the lives and culture of theindigenous people of Guatemala and Peru as well as the Dene people of the Western Canadian Arctic and the Inuit of Baffin Island, Canada. She has received grants from the Ford and J. Paul Getty Foundations, the Puffin Foundation, the Social Science Research Council and five NY State Foundation for the Arts fellowships in Photography and Non-Fiction Literature. For over a decade she worked on Maya Healers: A Thousand Dreams withyearly trips to Guatemala. The book is a fiscally sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, a finalist for the 2017 Lucie Foundation Photo Book Prize and received Honorable Mention from PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Juried Awards 2018.

Maya Healers will be on display in Lane Hall from September to December 2018, with an exhibit opening taking place on September 28 from 3 to 5 pm in the Lane Hall Gathering Space.

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Reception / Open House Tue, 04 Sep 2018 10:11:41 -0400 2018-09-28T15:00:00-04:00 2018-09-28T17:00:00-04:00 Lane Hall Women's and Gender Studies Department Reception / Open House Fran Antmann, Maya Healers
CGIS Study Abroad Fair (October 3, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/44037 44037-9877694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Center for Global and Intercultural Study

Advisors, CGIS Alumni, and program representatives from around campus and the world will answer your questions about UM study abroad opportunities. Learn about UM faculty-led programs and meet with staff from the Office of Financial Aid and the LSA Scholarship Office. Enjoy performances from global student orgs, maize-n-blue giveaways, and free candy from around the world!

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Fair / Festival Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:01:54 -0400 2018-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2018-10-03T16:00:00-04:00 Michigan League Center for Global and Intercultural Study Fair / Festival Study Abroad!
The Nicaragua Solidarity Caravan (October 3, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56156 56156-13839519@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Nicaragua is currently facing the worst political crisis it has seen in decades. In April 2018, state repression of citizens protesting social security reforms unleashed a decade of accumulated grievances against the Ortega-Murillo government. Citizens from across all sectors of Nicaraguan society took to the streets to protest state violence and authoritarianism. In response, the state has killed as many as five hundred people. Thousands of citizens have been injured, hundreds have been illegally detained, and tens of thousands have fled the country for Costa Rica or the United States. A new generation of Nicaraguan activists are leading this popular movement for justice.

A new generation of Nicaraguan activists are leading this popular movement for justice. Join us for a conversation with three of these activists, representing the Platform for Social Movements and Civil Society Organizations, on the historical origins of the crisis, movement actors and demands, and the current state of human rights in Nicaragua.

The University of Michigan and Michigan State University have collaborated to bring the caravan to Southeast Michigan. The caravan will participate in three public roundtable discussions.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 // 7:30-9:00 pm
The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 3257 Lohr Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Thursday, October 4, 2018 // 1:00-3:00 pm
University of Michigan, 1014 Tisch Hall, 435 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Friday, October 5, 2018 // 3:00-5:00 pm
Michigan State University, James Madison College Library, Room 332 Case Hall, 842 Chestnut Road, East Lansing, MI 48825

Cosponsors:

University of Michigan: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Residential College, International Institute, Peace and Conflict Initiative, Rackham Migration and Displacement Interdisciplinary Workshop, Department of History

Michigan State University: James Madison College, Lyman Briggs College, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for Gender in Global Context

Latin American Task Force - Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:18:45 -0400 2018-10-03T19:30:00-04:00 2018-10-03T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion crisis_image
The Nicaragua Solidarity Caravan (October 4, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56156 56156-13839520@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 4, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Nicaragua is currently facing the worst political crisis it has seen in decades. In April 2018, state repression of citizens protesting social security reforms unleashed a decade of accumulated grievances against the Ortega-Murillo government. Citizens from across all sectors of Nicaraguan society took to the streets to protest state violence and authoritarianism. In response, the state has killed as many as five hundred people. Thousands of citizens have been injured, hundreds have been illegally detained, and tens of thousands have fled the country for Costa Rica or the United States. A new generation of Nicaraguan activists are leading this popular movement for justice.

A new generation of Nicaraguan activists are leading this popular movement for justice. Join us for a conversation with three of these activists, representing the Platform for Social Movements and Civil Society Organizations, on the historical origins of the crisis, movement actors and demands, and the current state of human rights in Nicaragua.

The University of Michigan and Michigan State University have collaborated to bring the caravan to Southeast Michigan. The caravan will participate in three public roundtable discussions.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 // 7:30-9:00 pm
The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 3257 Lohr Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Thursday, October 4, 2018 // 1:00-3:00 pm
University of Michigan, 1014 Tisch Hall, 435 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Friday, October 5, 2018 // 3:00-5:00 pm
Michigan State University, James Madison College Library, Room 332 Case Hall, 842 Chestnut Road, East Lansing, MI 48825

Cosponsors:

University of Michigan: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Residential College, International Institute, Peace and Conflict Initiative, Rackham Migration and Displacement Interdisciplinary Workshop, Department of History

Michigan State University: James Madison College, Lyman Briggs College, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for Gender in Global Context

Latin American Task Force - Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:18:45 -0400 2018-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 2018-10-04T15:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion crisis_image
The Nicaragua Solidarity Caravan (October 5, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56156 56156-13839521@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Nicaragua is currently facing the worst political crisis it has seen in decades. In April 2018, state repression of citizens protesting social security reforms unleashed a decade of accumulated grievances against the Ortega-Murillo government. Citizens from across all sectors of Nicaraguan society took to the streets to protest state violence and authoritarianism. In response, the state has killed as many as five hundred people. Thousands of citizens have been injured, hundreds have been illegally detained, and tens of thousands have fled the country for Costa Rica or the United States. A new generation of Nicaraguan activists are leading this popular movement for justice.

A new generation of Nicaraguan activists are leading this popular movement for justice. Join us for a conversation with three of these activists, representing the Platform for Social Movements and Civil Society Organizations, on the historical origins of the crisis, movement actors and demands, and the current state of human rights in Nicaragua.

The University of Michigan and Michigan State University have collaborated to bring the caravan to Southeast Michigan. The caravan will participate in three public roundtable discussions.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 // 7:30-9:00 pm
The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 3257 Lohr Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48108

Thursday, October 4, 2018 // 1:00-3:00 pm
University of Michigan, 1014 Tisch Hall, 435 S. State St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Friday, October 5, 2018 // 3:00-5:00 pm
Michigan State University, James Madison College Library, Room 332 Case Hall, 842 Chestnut Road, East Lansing, MI 48825

Cosponsors:

University of Michigan: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Residential College, International Institute, Peace and Conflict Initiative, Rackham Migration and Displacement Interdisciplinary Workshop, Department of History

Michigan State University: James Madison College, Lyman Briggs College, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for Gender in Global Context

Latin American Task Force - Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Sep 2018 10:18:45 -0400 2018-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-05T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion crisis_image
“Crisis at the Border: Shifting Policy in a Country of Immigrants” (October 9, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54523 54523-13592099@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weill Hall (Ford School)
Organized By: Wallace House Center for Journalists

From zero tolerance and separation of families to harsh rhetoric likening some immigrants to “animals,” America’s current approach to immigration has sent shock waves through both sides of the Rio Grande. Now a country built on the shoulders of immigrants is deeply divided on how to stem the crisis. Join acclaimed journalist María Elena Salinas as she talks with a Ford School policy expert and reporters who have covered both sides of the U.S. - Mexico border and the complex web of issues driving the current immigration debate.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:57:03 -0400 2018-10-09T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-09T18:00:00-04:00 Weill Hall (Ford School) Wallace House Center for Journalists Lecture / Discussion María Elena Salinas with journalists Ginger Thompson and Aaron Nelsen, and policy expert Ann Lin
Agrupación Xangô Event Series. Transnational Movements of African Descendant People in Argentina: Immigration, Race, and Nationalism (October 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56060 56060-13823426@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:40:31 -0400 2018-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-11T18:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion immigration_image
Agrupación Xangô Event Series. Candombe! Afro-Argentine Culture and Dance (October 12, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56062 56062-13823428@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 6:30pm
Location: North Quad
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Candombe is a dance, rhythm and music representative of the Afro-Argentine culture and the Rio de la Plata region. Join us for an interactive Candombe workshop with Agrupación Xangô. Attendants are encouraged to participate. Bring comfortable clothes.

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

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

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

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Sep 2018 09:41:05 -0400 2018-10-12T18:30:00-04:00 2018-10-12T20:00:00-04:00 North Quad Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Workshop / Seminar candombe_image
LACS Lecture. Honduras, Nine Years after the Coup: Resistance, Human Rights, and the International Community (October 16, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56361 56361-13887666@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 16, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Most Hondurans, and the international community at large, consider the Honduran presidential elections of November 2017 fraudulent; the US does not. Juan Orlando Hernandez is not only not recognized as a legitimate president by the people; due to the unconstitutionality of his bid for reelection, he is considered a dictator. Emerging from the people, the #FueraJOH movement has led to creative organizing strategies and tactics, both nationally and internationally. Nine 9 years after the coup d’état that destroyed constitutional order in Honduras, a new generation is emerging to challenge the JOH Nationalist Party regime and its continuity of bad government. This talk will focus on the responses to tyranny in Honduras and how the international community can engage to support Hondurans, both in Honduras and those in the migrant trail.

Cosponsor: Latin American Task Force - Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Oct 2018 15:42:34 -0400 2018-10-16T19:00:00-04:00 2018-10-16T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion suyapa_image
American Portuguese Studies Association 11th International Conference (October 18, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56413 56413-13896809@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

In recent years, scholars and pundits have begun talking about a “democratic recession.” For the first time since the early 2000s, the rate of democratic expansion worldwide has slowed and even receded. Some of the reasons suggested for this recession have been a disillusionment with the prevailing democratic models that, for all their benefits, often limit popular participation. The banner of participatory democracy has been hoisted by social movements, by scholars from different disciplines and has also made an appearance in cultural production. This conference proposes to look into what role culture plays in broaching possible crises of the democratic model, how culture participates in the discussion of current democratic models in the cultural and linguistic spheres, and how culture can strengthen and/or expand democracy. The concept of democracy is understood here as a broad umbrella theme that implies different paradigms of belonging and social inclusion and applies to various disciplines.

Keynote speakers will include: Alexandra Lucas Coelho (Portuguese writer), Luiz Ruffato (Brazilian writer), Sidney Chalhoub (Brazilian historian, Harvard University), and Kalaf Epalanga (Angolan-Portuguese writer and musician)

The full conference schedule and registration information are available on the APSA website:

http://apsa.us/apsa-international-conference-2018/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:50:55 -0400 2018-10-18T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-18T21:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
LACS Film Screening and Q&A. O Processo (The Trial) (October 18, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56704 56704-13967644@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 18, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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

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

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

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Film Screening Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:20:37 -0400 2018-10-18T16:30:00-04:00 2018-10-18T19:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Film Screening film-image
American Portuguese Studies Association 11th International Conference (October 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56413 56413-13896810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

In recent years, scholars and pundits have begun talking about a “democratic recession.” For the first time since the early 2000s, the rate of democratic expansion worldwide has slowed and even receded. Some of the reasons suggested for this recession have been a disillusionment with the prevailing democratic models that, for all their benefits, often limit popular participation. The banner of participatory democracy has been hoisted by social movements, by scholars from different disciplines and has also made an appearance in cultural production. This conference proposes to look into what role culture plays in broaching possible crises of the democratic model, how culture participates in the discussion of current democratic models in the cultural and linguistic spheres, and how culture can strengthen and/or expand democracy. The concept of democracy is understood here as a broad umbrella theme that implies different paradigms of belonging and social inclusion and applies to various disciplines.

Keynote speakers will include: Alexandra Lucas Coelho (Portuguese writer), Luiz Ruffato (Brazilian writer), Sidney Chalhoub (Brazilian historian, Harvard University), and Kalaf Epalanga (Angolan-Portuguese writer and musician)

The full conference schedule and registration information are available on the APSA website:

http://apsa.us/apsa-international-conference-2018/

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:50:55 -0400 2018-10-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T19:00:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
LACS Field Research Grant Symposium (October 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56787 56787-14003778@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:27:56 -0400 2018-10-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference / Symposium Weiser Hall
American Portuguese Studies Association 11th International Conference (October 20, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56413 56413-13896811@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, October 20, 2018 9:00am
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

In recent years, scholars and pundits have begun talking about a “democratic recession.” For the first time since the early 2000s, the rate of democratic expansion worldwide has slowed and even receded. Some of the reasons suggested for this recession have been a disillusionment with the prevailing democratic models that, for all their benefits, often limit popular participation. The banner of participatory democracy has been hoisted by social movements, by scholars from different disciplines and has also made an appearance in cultural production. This conference proposes to look into what role culture plays in broaching possible crises of the democratic model, how culture participates in the discussion of current democratic models in the cultural and linguistic spheres, and how culture can strengthen and/or expand democracy. The concept of democracy is understood here as a broad umbrella theme that implies different paradigms of belonging and social inclusion and applies to various disciplines.

Keynote speakers will include: Alexandra Lucas Coelho (Portuguese writer), Luiz Ruffato (Brazilian writer), Sidney Chalhoub (Brazilian historian, Harvard University), and Kalaf Epalanga (Angolan-Portuguese writer and musician)

The full conference schedule and registration information are available on the APSA website:

http://apsa.us/apsa-international-conference-2018/

English/Portuguese

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:50:55 -0400 2018-10-20T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-20T19:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Conference / Symposium Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Coco with Hot Cocoa: Movie Night with Students Helping Honduras (October 24, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56414 56414-13896812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 8:00pm
Location: East Quadrangle
Organized By: Students Helping Honduras

Take a study break and join Students Helping Honduras while we watch Coco on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 8pm in EQ B834! SHH hosts various fundraising and outreach events in order to promote education and youth empowerment among rural Honduran communities; every dollar we raise goes directly towards the construction of elementary schools in Honduras. There will be hot cocoa and donuts for sale! Enjoy a fun movie while supporting a great cause! #paralosniños

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Film Screening Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:31:16 -0400 2018-10-24T20:00:00-04:00 2018-10-24T22:00:00-04:00 East Quadrangle Students Helping Honduras Film Screening Flyer
Luisa Coleta and the Capuchin Friar (October 26, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54164 54164-13537237@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

In 2016 Rebecca Scott and Cuban historian Carlos Venegas came upon a record of the “confession” of María Luisa Coleta, a refugee from the Haitian Revolution who had been unlawfully enslaved in 1796, as narrated to Friar Félix, who had been summoned to her deathbed in Havana. Coleta declined to accept last rites, however, unless the friar would return with a scribe to copy down her story and take the document to a judge to initiate a freedom suit on behalf of her daughters, so that they would not suffer what she had suffered. The many folios of that lawsuit form the basis for the present essay, complemented by documents from France, England, and the Dominican Republic that trace the Atlantic dimension to this story. Together they cast light on the complexities of discerning and documenting status in the Atlantic world in the aftermath of the Haitian Revolution.

A paper will be circulated in advance of the workshop; please contact Michael Gawlik (mrgawlik@umich.edu) if you would like a copy.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 24 Oct 2018 08:30:20 -0400 2018-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T16:30:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Workshop / Seminar Tisch Hall
2020 Census: Citizenship, Science, Politics, and Privacy (October 31, 2018 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56065 56065-13823433@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 8:30am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Preparations for the 2020 Census are underway, amidst conversations, controversy, and lawsuits over the possible addition of a citizenship question to the decennial survey. Join us as we bring together Census officials, stakeholders and scholars to discuss what's at stake in 2020. 

Event will also be live streamed: http://bit.ly/ISRCensusStream

Speakers:

Keynote: Al Fontenot, Associate Director, Decennial Census Program, U.S. Census Bureau

Panel 1: Citizenship and Politics

Opening remarks by U.S. Senator Gary Peters, Michigan

Barbara Anderson, former chair of the U.S. Census Scientific Advisory Committee, Ronald A. Freedman Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Population Studies, University of Michigan

James House, Angus Campbell Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Survey Research, Public Policy, and Sociology, University of Michigan

Angela Ocampo, LSA Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan

Kurt Metzger, Mayor, City of Pleasant Ridge, MI | Founder and Director Emeritus,
Data Driven Detroit (D3)

Panel 2: Data Privacy and Science

John Eltinge, Assistant Director for Research and Methodology, U.S. Census Bureau

David Johnson, Director of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Research Professor, Survey Research Center at ISR

Joelle Abramowitz, Director of the Michigan Research Data Center, ISR

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:17:31 -0400 2018-10-31T08:30:00-04:00 2018-10-31T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Conference / Symposium Census event flyer
CJS Noon Lecture Series | Jesus Loves Japan: Pentecostal Christianity among Nikkei “Return Migrants” from Brazil (November 1, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54098 54098-13528367@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 1, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Japanese Studies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 16 Oct 2018 08:27:56 -0400 2018-11-02T09:00:00-04:00 2018-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference / Symposium Weiser Hall
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 5, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942271@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 5, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

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

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

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-05T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-05T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 13, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

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

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

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-13T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
LACS Lecture Series. Beyond Left and Right: Grassroots Social Movements and Nicaragua's Civic Insurrection (November 13, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56063 56063-13823429@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This talk offers some starting points for understanding Nicaragua’s civic insurrection via an account of social movements that oppose the state’s proposal for an Interoceanic Grand Canal. The opposition has been represented in the now defunct National Dialogue with the state by the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, an amalgam of diverse interests from the private sector, student movement, grassroots social movements, and civil society. Spanning the political spectrum, these groups make for strange bedfellows, giving the Alliance a certain ideological incoherence beyond the desire to see Ortega and Murillo step down, a restoration of democratic institutions, and an end to the violence. An examination of grassroots social movements, however, provides an often-overlooked entry point into the roots of the civic insurrection. These movements illustrate why traditional ideological and political divisions between the Latin American Left and Right have limited utility for parsing relationships among diverse opposition actors and the self-proclaimed socialist state. An analysis of the factors that drive grassroots resistance to Ortega and Murillo, such as economic policy, corruption, growing authoritarianism, state violence, racism, and land dispossession, reveal a Sandinista state that no longer embraces Leftist politics and a country that has outgrown its old political categories.

Jennifer Goett is Associate Professor of Comparative Cultures and Politics at James Madison College, Michigan State University. She is a cultural anthropologist, specializing in political and feminist anthropology. Her research interests include race, gender and feminist theory, social movements, human rights, violence and the state, and critical security studies in Latin America. She has published work on indigenous and Afrodescendant social movements for multicultural rights in Central America, particularly Nicaragua, and on state sexual violence, racialized policing, and infrastructure megaprojects. Goett is the author of Black Autonomy: Race, Gender, and Afro-Nicaraguan Activism (Stanford University Press 2016). The book examines the gendered strategies that Afrodescendant Creole women and men use to assert autonomy over their bodies, labor, and spaces in the context of drug war militarization and state violence in postwar Nicaragua. Her articles have appeared in American Ethnologist, Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) News blog, and other journals and edited volumes. For two decades, she has engaged in activist work with indigenous and Afrodescendant communities in Nicaragua and Honduras, focusing on collaborative research to secure collective rights to land and natural resources.

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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: alanarod@umich.edu

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:31:54 -0400 2018-11-13T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-13T16:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion goett_image
Thrift Shop with Students Helping Honduras! (November 27, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57408 57408-14186927@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Students Helping Honduras

Stop by Thrift SHHop in the Michigan League to support Students Helping Honduras! We will resell used clothing, shoes, accessories, and succulents at super low prices. All proceeds will go directly towards the construction of elementary schools in rural Honduran communities!

Students Helping Honduras (SHH) is a UM student organization which promotes education and youth empowerment in order to alleviate the burden of gang violence and extreme poverty among Honduran youth.

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Fair / Festival Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:40:33 -0500 2018-11-27T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T16:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Students Helping Honduras Fair / Festival Flyer
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942273@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

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

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

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-27T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
Thrift Shop with Students Helping Honduras! (November 28, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57408 57408-14186928@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 28, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Students Helping Honduras

Stop by Thrift SHHop in the Michigan League to support Students Helping Honduras! We will resell used clothing, shoes, accessories, and succulents at super low prices. All proceeds will go directly towards the construction of elementary schools in rural Honduran communities!

Students Helping Honduras (SHH) is a UM student organization which promotes education and youth empowerment in order to alleviate the burden of gang violence and extreme poverty among Honduran youth.

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Fair / Festival Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:40:33 -0500 2018-11-28T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-28T16:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Students Helping Honduras Fair / Festival Flyer
Thrift Shop with Students Helping Honduras! (November 29, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57408 57408-14186929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 10:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Students Helping Honduras

Stop by Thrift SHHop in the Michigan League to support Students Helping Honduras! We will resell used clothing, shoes, accessories, and succulents at super low prices. All proceeds will go directly towards the construction of elementary schools in rural Honduran communities!

Students Helping Honduras (SHH) is a UM student organization which promotes education and youth empowerment in order to alleviate the burden of gang violence and extreme poverty among Honduran youth.

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Fair / Festival Tue, 27 Nov 2018 12:40:33 -0500 2018-11-29T10:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T16:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Students Helping Honduras Fair / Festival Flyer
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (November 29, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942274@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

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

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

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-11-29T12:00:00-05:00 2018-11-29T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (December 7, 2018 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-13942275@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

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

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

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-12-07T12:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T13:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
FLAS Fellowship Info Session (December 10, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56551 56551-14401059@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 10, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: International Institute

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

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

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Other Thu, 11 Oct 2018 08:28:59 -0400 2018-12-10T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-10T18:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall International Institute Other Weiser Hall
Meet & Greet with Eduardo Chavez (January 15, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58792 58792-14559371@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

Please join us for a Meet and Greet with Eduardo Chavaz. Refreshments will be served.

As the grandson of both the legendary civil rights activist César Chávez and the Cuban revolutionary Max Lesnik, Eduardo Chávez is the scion of two revolutionary families. This background has informed the majority of his work so far.

Eduardo is making his directorial debut with the feature documentary, "Hailing Cesar," released in April 2018. He is the co-founder of Latindia Studios and a member of the Speakers’ Board for the Chávez Institute for Law and Social Justice.

Eduardo attended Loyola Marymount University on a golf scholarship and graduated with a B.A. in Communications. After college, he played professional golf and studied acting in Miami and Los Angeles.

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Social / Informal Gathering Wed, 02 Jan 2019 10:44:13 -0500 2019-01-15T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-15T14:30:00-05:00 Haven Hall Latina/o Studies Social / Informal Gathering Poster
Latinx Lunch Series (January 23, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58358 58358-14485813@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: University Library

Visit the Hatcher Gallery to participate in a lunch series focused on building community on campus for Latinx students while providing education and resources for mental health wellness. We'll have open discussions founded on principles of Positive Psychology, and hope it will be a space to build community, reduce stigma regarding mental health support, and promote resilience of Latinx Wolverines. Topics include the importance of connection, how to build self-compassion, and fostering hope.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 10 Dec 2018 12:39:16 -0500 2019-01-23T11:30:00-05:00 2019-01-23T13:00:00-05:00 Hatcher Graduate Library University Library Lecture / Discussion Mi Gente Latinx Lunch Series
Council of Global Student Organizations Introductory Meeting! (February 6, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60752 60752-14961655@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: The Quito Project

The Council of Global Student Organizations is a new international council at the University of Michigan which is focused on connecting all student organizations that travel internationally in order to network, learn best practices, and access resources.

CGSO was created because we recognized that many SSO's lack formal training and support from the University of Michigan so we wanted to create a space where all participating organizations can learn the skills to ensure that their initiatives abroad are collaborative and as impactful as possible.

Our first council meeting will be on Wednesday, February 6th at 6pm in room B1580 in Blau Hall. Please register to attend using this link: tinyurl.com/joincgso.

At our first meeting you will learn how your org can be apart of a collaborative council on how to responsibly engage with international communities. Enhance your cultural humility and awareness so your project can have a positive impact. Network with others who share your passion for international community engagement and leadership, and learn how these skills can directly translate to your career.

For more information please check out our website (tinyurl.com/cgsoumich), Facebook page (tinyurl.com/cgsoumichfb) or send us an email (contact-cgso@umich.com).

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Rally / Mass Meeting Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:04:32 -0500 2019-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-06T19:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location The Quito Project Rally / Mass Meeting CGSO Flyer
Arthur Aiton Lecture (February 12, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60745 60745-14961646@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of History

Scholars generally associate the nineteenth-century rise of liberal imperialism with the European “civilizing mission” in Africa and Asia. They tend not to link its rise with U.S. intervention in Latin America. This talk considers Latin America’s role in the spread of liberal imperialism by exploring how U.S. settler colonists sought to forge an “empire of liberty” in Central America during the 1850s. While this imperial endeavor was fiercely contested by many Central Americans, it enjoyed strong support among some Central American liberals. Such support raises new questions about both liberal imperialism and Latin America’s transition from colonies to nation-states.

Michel Gobat is an associate professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests focus on modern Central America, U.S.-Latin American relations, and international history. His latest book is Empire by Invitation: William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central America (Harvard, 2018), which traces Central America’s encounter with U.S. settler colonialism during the mid- nineteenth-century era of global imperial expansion. His other publications include Confronting the American Dream: Nicaragua under U.S. Imperial Rule (Duke, 2005), which explores how Nicaragua was transformed by the U.S. occupation of 1912-1933; and “The Invention of Latin America: A Transnational History of Anti-Imperialism, Democracy, and Race,” American Historical Review (2013).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:29:09 -0500 2019-02-12T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T17:30:00-05:00 Tisch Hall Department of History Lecture / Discussion Tisch Hall
Latina/o Studies Graduate Student Outreach (February 13, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60940 60940-14990929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 13, 2019 11:30am
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

The Latina/o Studies Program will be having an outreach event for graduate students interested in the Latina/o Studies Graduate Certificate. Lunch will be served.

The Latina/o Studies Program offers a 12-credit hour Graduate Certificate focusing on the study of Latina/o experience within the U.S. and in a transnational perspective. The goal of the Certificate in Latina/o Studies is to provide a structured program of study for graduate students in programs such as American Culture, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, English, History, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Screen Arts and Cultures, Sociology, Spanish, and Women's Studies and in the Professional Schools (Business, Education, Law, Medicine, Natural Resources and the Environment, Nursing, Public Health, Public Policy, Social Work, etc.) with in-depth interdisciplinary understanding of the field. The Certificate Program is particularly useful to graduate students whose academic and career trajectories require area-focused knowledge and training. Application deadline is March 15. For more information visit our website here: https://lsa.umich.edu/latina/graduates/graduate-certificate.html

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Reception / Open House Thu, 07 Feb 2019 15:23:33 -0500 2019-02-13T11:30:00-05:00 2019-02-13T13:00:00-05:00 Haven Hall Latina/o Studies Reception / Open House Picture
Brazil Initiative Lecture. From Hope to Hate: The Rise of Conservative Subjectivity in Brazil (February 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61038 61038-15024924@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Brazilians have recently elected a far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain. The talk introduces the general panorama of Brazilian macro and micro politics from ‘Lula-ism’ to ‘Bolsonaro-ism’, marked respectively by the rise and fall of economic growth as well as by democratic collapse. These changes in national development have also shaped the individual self and the capacity to aspire to a better life, as well as ways of doing politics and understanding the world. An examination of these processes can help us understand how the very citizens that exemplified Brazil's rise as a global democratic power came to support military intervention and Bolsonaro.

Pinheiro-Machado will draw on her longitudinal ethnography (with Dr. Lucia Scalco) on consumption and politics among young people from Morro da Cruz, the largest favela of Porto Alegre. In an effort to understand the conservative subjectivity that has emerged amongst low income groups (especially amongst male voters) the researchers have been following youth since 2009, through the political polarization that took place in Brazil after 2013, to the recent transformations that resulted in the election of Bolsonaro.
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Rosana Pinheiro-Machado is a social scientist and an anthropologist at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM, Brazil). Previously, she was a Lecturer at the Department of International Development at University of Oxford, and held visiting positions at University of São Paulo and Harvard University. She is the author of the award winning book ‘Counterfeit Itineraries in the Global South (Routledge 2017) as well as numerous peer-review journal articles. With Dr Lucia Scalco, Pinheiro-Machado has been carrying out ethnographic research on the ‘politics of the poor’ since 2009. They are currently completing a book manuscript entitled: From Hope to Hate: Poverty and Politics in Brazil’s Lula and Bolsonaro. Funded by the Australian Research Council, she is part of a team examining the new consumer practices in the Global South (Mexico, Brazil, China, and Philippines). Pinheiro-Machado also acts as a public intellectual and writes for The Intercept Brasil.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 09:15:01 -0500 2019-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion speaker_image
Black God, White Devil: Herzog and the Slavery Film (February 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60103 60103-14838288@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Modern Languages Building
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

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

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

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

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:50:44 -0500 2019-02-20T11:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T13:00:00-05:00 Modern Languages Building Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Event Poster
Fifth Annual University of Michigan - University of Puerto Rico Symposium. Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism across Borders (March 7, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61688 61688-15170136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The University of Michigan - University of Puerto Rico Annual Symposium is a professional development workshop for educators in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The objective of this year's symposium is to incorporate the concepts of race, ethnicity, nationalism, political tension, questions of identity, and globalization into academic curriculum and teaching models at the university and K-12 school level. Graduate students and faculty from both institutions will present pedagogical talks related to their research and propose ways to incorporate that research into K-12 school classrooms.

This event takes place on the University of Puerto Rico's Rio Piedras Campus. The event will be live-streamed to an international audience.

Jueves 7 de marzo – Thursday, March 7, 2019


9:00 am – Bienvenida - Welcome

9:30 am – Keynote 1: Joseph Carroll-Miranda, Profesor del Departamento de Estudios Graduados de Educación, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Alasuwada: Más allá de raza, étnias, nacionalismos y fronteras/ Alasuwada: Beyond Race, Ethnicity, Nationalisms and Borders

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Panel 1: Narración del pasado y construcción de memoria - Narrating the Past and the Construction of Memory

Timnet Gedar, African Studies Center, University of Michigan: Pan-Africanism and the Abyssinian Crisis: Exploring Solidarity through Historical Print Media

José M. Encarnación Martínez, Programa Graduado de Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Deporte, nacionalismo y puertorriqueñidad: Nociones políticas de la soberanía deportiva puertorriqueña

Monte-Angel Richardson, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan: Political Violence and Historical Narratives


1:30 – 3:00 pm Panel 2: Religiosidad e identidad a través de las fronteras - Religiosity and Identity across Boundaries

Janaki Phillips, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan: Haunted Houses and the Colonial Experience in India

Mekarem Eijamal, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan: “Beyond One Hand”: Copts, Rhetoric, and Erasure in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

Wilmarie Rivera Pérez, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Las religiones afrocaribeñas y el diálogo interreligioso en la clase de Estudios Sociales

Ahmed Mitchie, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan: From Colonial divide et impera to the War on Terror: A Case Study on the Racialized Muslim Subject in the Moroccan Hirak al-Rif

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Viernes 8 de marzo / Friday, March 8, 2019

9:00 am – Bienvenida - Welcome

9:30 am – Keynote Speech: Lawrence LaFountain-Stokes, Associate Professor of Spanish and American Culture, University of Michigan: The Queer Drag of Race and the Performance of Not Looking Puerto Rican: Javier Cardona’s You Don’t Look Like… (1996)

11:00 am – 12:30 pm Panel 3: Identidad, educación y transnacionalismo - Identity, Education, and Transnationalism

Mai Ze Vang, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan: The Uncivilized and Thailand’s New Education Bill

Coral Padilla Matos, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Afrodescendencia y niñez: Reivindicando identidad desde la música

Wilfredo R. Santiago Hernández, Departamento de Inglés, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: This Came From the Gut, From the Blood, From the Soul: Puerto Rican and Filipino Representations in Hip Hop

Miranda García, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Michigan: Identity in Contemporary Advertising: A Critical Reading


1:30 – 2:30 pm Panel 4: Migración, transnacionalismo y la producción de conocimiento - Migration, Transnationalism, and the Production of Knowledge
Marisol Fila, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Michigan: Transnational Partnership and a Collaborative Production of Knowledge: Afrodescendants in Argentina

Glorimarie Peña Alicea, Programa Graduado de Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Migración de retorno y nociones de hogar en las memorias de los migrantes dominicanos y el merengue

Cheryl Yin, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan: Where is “Home” for Cambodian-Americans Deportees?: Home, Identity, and Residency Status


2:30 – 3:30 pm Taller - Workshop
Darin Stockdill, School of Education, University of Michigan: Instructional Design: Problem-posing teaching and concept development

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:44:47 -0500 2019-03-07T08:30:00-05:00 2019-03-07T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference / Symposium image_event
Fifth Annual University of Michigan - University of Puerto Rico Symposium. Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism across Borders (March 8, 2019 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61688 61688-15170137@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 8, 2019 8:30am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

The University of Michigan - University of Puerto Rico Annual Symposium is a professional development workshop for educators in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The objective of this year's symposium is to incorporate the concepts of race, ethnicity, nationalism, political tension, questions of identity, and globalization into academic curriculum and teaching models at the university and K-12 school level. Graduate students and faculty from both institutions will present pedagogical talks related to their research and propose ways to incorporate that research into K-12 school classrooms.

This event takes place on the University of Puerto Rico's Rio Piedras Campus. The event will be live-streamed to an international audience.

Jueves 7 de marzo – Thursday, March 7, 2019


9:00 am – Bienvenida - Welcome

9:30 am – Keynote 1: Joseph Carroll-Miranda, Profesor del Departamento de Estudios Graduados de Educación, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Alasuwada: Más allá de raza, étnias, nacionalismos y fronteras/ Alasuwada: Beyond Race, Ethnicity, Nationalisms and Borders

11:00 am – 12:00 pm Panel 1: Narración del pasado y construcción de memoria - Narrating the Past and the Construction of Memory

Timnet Gedar, African Studies Center, University of Michigan: Pan-Africanism and the Abyssinian Crisis: Exploring Solidarity through Historical Print Media

José M. Encarnación Martínez, Programa Graduado de Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Deporte, nacionalismo y puertorriqueñidad: Nociones políticas de la soberanía deportiva puertorriqueña

Monte-Angel Richardson, Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan: Political Violence and Historical Narratives


1:30 – 3:00 pm Panel 2: Religiosidad e identidad a través de las fronteras - Religiosity and Identity across Boundaries

Janaki Phillips, Center for South Asian Studies, University of Michigan: Haunted Houses and the Colonial Experience in India

Mekarem Eijamal, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan: “Beyond One Hand”: Copts, Rhetoric, and Erasure in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution

Wilmarie Rivera Pérez, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Las religiones afrocaribeñas y el diálogo interreligioso en la clase de Estudios Sociales

Ahmed Mitchie, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Michigan: From Colonial divide et impera to the War on Terror: A Case Study on the Racialized Muslim Subject in the Moroccan Hirak al-Rif

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Viernes 8 de marzo / Friday, March 8, 2019

9:00 am – Bienvenida - Welcome

9:30 am – Keynote Speech: Lawrence LaFountain-Stokes, Associate Professor of Spanish and American Culture, University of Michigan: The Queer Drag of Race and the Performance of Not Looking Puerto Rican: Javier Cardona’s You Don’t Look Like… (1996)

11:00 am – 12:30 pm Panel 3: Identidad, educación y transnacionalismo - Identity, Education, and Transnationalism

Mai Ze Vang, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan: The Uncivilized and Thailand’s New Education Bill

Coral Padilla Matos, Facultad de Educación, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Afrodescendencia y niñez: Reivindicando identidad desde la música

Wilfredo R. Santiago Hernández, Departamento de Inglés, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: This Came From the Gut, From the Blood, From the Soul: Puerto Rican and Filipino Representations in Hip Hop

Miranda García, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Michigan: Identity in Contemporary Advertising: A Critical Reading


1:30 – 2:30 pm Panel 4: Migración, transnacionalismo y la producción de conocimiento - Migration, Transnationalism, and the Production of Knowledge
Marisol Fila, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Michigan: Transnational Partnership and a Collaborative Production of Knowledge: Afrodescendants in Argentina

Glorimarie Peña Alicea, Programa Graduado de Historia, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras: Migración de retorno y nociones de hogar en las memorias de los migrantes dominicanos y el merengue

Cheryl Yin, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan: Where is “Home” for Cambodian-Americans Deportees?: Home, Identity, and Residency Status


2:30 – 3:30 pm Taller - Workshop
Darin Stockdill, School of Education, University of Michigan: Instructional Design: Problem-posing teaching and concept development

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:44:47 -0500 2019-03-08T08:30:00-05:00 2019-03-08T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Conference / Symposium image_event
Creating Handmade Books in Cuba: Ruth Behar Reflects on Rolando Estévez's Artistic Designs for Ediciones Vigía and El Fortín (March 14, 2019 11:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61798 61798-15186443@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 14, 2019 11:30am
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

join us for a special presentation by Professor Ruth Behar about the University of Michigan’s extensive collection of works by renowned Cuban book artist, Rolando Estévez. During the presentation, Professor Behar will discuss the lineage of book arts in Cuba, specific works from the Ediciones Vigía and El Fortín Collections, and her ongoing collaborations with Estévez. Participants will have a chance to engage with the books directly.

This is event is co-sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the Department of Anthropology, the Latina/o Studies Program, Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan Library, and ArtsEngine.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:12:24 -0500 2019-03-14T11:30:00-04:00 2019-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion image
LACS Lecture. Asylum Journey: Ten Years in the US Immigration System (March 20, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61689 61689-15170138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Emilio Gutiérrez Soto, Journalist and U-M Knight-Wallace Fellow, and his son Oscar Gutiérrez Soto will be sharing their personal 10-year journey through the US immigration system.

In 2008, Emilio applied for asylum to escape death threats stemming from his journalistic exposure of military corruption in Mexico. During the first seven months of living in the US, Emilio and Oscar were in a detention facility before being released with work permits. In July 2017, after nearly 10 years of living in the US, the asylum case was denied and their attorney quickly filed to reopen the case. During a regular ICE check-up in December, 2017 Emilio and Oscar were almost deported and then detained in an ICE facility in El Paso, Texas for eight months. Upon release, Emilio accepted the 2018 U-M Knights Wallace Fellowship and joined the University of Michigan this year. Emilio was awarded the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award by the National Press Club in 2017 and organizations such as the U-M Knights Wallace Foundation, Reporters without Borders, the National Press Club, and the Society of Professional Journalists have advocated on his behalf.

This event will take place at the International House Ann Arbor.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Feb 2019 15:20:39 -0500 2019-03-20T19:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion image
The Premodern Colloquium. Mirar por una y otra parte: Iridescence, Visual Pedagogy, and the Image (March 24, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60485 60485-14899152@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

Around the turn of the seventeenth century, a variety of authors writing in Spain invoked the shifting chromatics of iridescent materials—whose colors appear to change with alterations in the geometry of illumination or view—to teach audiences about the world in which they lived. While some of these texts drew connections between fluctuating hues and the mutability of the earthly realm, others saw parallels between the same vibrant visual effects and the nature of the divine. This article examines how authors exploited the pedagogical potential of iridescent materials to teach lessons about Catholic doctrine, both by navigating the semantic variability of iridescence itself and by breathing new life into the venerable philosophical traditions that made meaning from it.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:59:46 -0400 2019-03-24T15:30:00-04:00 2019-03-24T18:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Workshop / Seminar
LACS Lecture. Judicial Abolitionism in Nineteenth- Century Spanish America: Afro-Uruguayan Soldiers and Spanish Diarist José María Márquez (March 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60662 60662-14937077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This presentation examines how judicial litigation about the freedom of formerly enslaved black soldiers in late 1820s Montevideo shaped the first arguments about the abolition of slavery in the newly created country of Uruguay. Spanish diarist José María Márquez, who occupied the position of “Public Attorney for the Poor and Slaves” in Montevideo, published in his newspaper stories about the black soldiers he defended. This news became the first public arena to discuss the complete abolition of slavery. The actions of former slaves then black soldiers and their negotiations to secure freedom provided strong arguments and nationalist bases for conceiving a plan for full abolition. Through the lens of these actions and the communication between the courts and the public arena, here we examine judicial actions as one of the sources of abolitionism in the newly formed Spanish American republics, instead of Anglo-centric and North Atlantic models of abolitionist societies and newspapers.

Alex Borucki is associate professor of history in the University of California, Irvine, where he also is director of the Latin American Studies Center. He is the author of From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata (University of New Mexico Press, 2015), which was finalist of the 2016 Harriet Tubman Book Prize. Apart from Spanish-language books and articles published in Argentina and Uruguay, he has published articles on the slave trade and the African diaspora in the American Historical Review, Hispanic American Historical Review, Colonial Latin American Review, The Americas, History in Africa, Itinerario, Atlantic Studies, and Slavery and Abolition.

This event is generously co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and the Department of History at the University of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:54:18 -0400 2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion event_image
Lelia Gonzalez's Black Diaspora Feminist Project in the Americas (March 25, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62128 62128-15299879@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Department of Afroamerican and African Studies

Lelia Gonzalez is oftentimes remembered in Brazil as one of the most important black feminist scholars and activists of the twentieth-century. My lecture will explore her political life shaped by her international travel throughout Africa and the Americas, and how she formulated a transnational understanding of black culture, gendered anti-black racism, and the movement for black liberation. I will explore Gonzalez’s idea of “Amerifricanidade” that expresses a common black identity in the Americas that centers African heritage and that challenges the erasure of blackness and indigeneity in the construction of Latin Americanness. Gonzalez is traveling, writing, and carrying out her political activism at the same time as Abdias Nascimento and Molefi Asante, for example, but she has received little attention in the scholarship on the global black radical and feminist traditions. The political life and work of Gonzalez reminds scholars of the African diaspora precisely why black Brazilian women should be given more intellectual attention in black radical thought and why Africana Studies requires a refocus on Brazilian scholars and social movements.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:22:36 -0400 2019-03-25T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T18:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Department of Afroamerican and African Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven Hall
Machis-NO: Challenging Machismo Culture in our Community (March 25, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62540 62540-15399285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

A conversation about machismo in the Latinx community featuring members of Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Alpha Omicron Chapter, moderated by Prof. Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes. Presented in collaboration with Delta Tau Lambda Sorority, Alpha Chapter and the University of Michigan Latina/o Studies Program. Pizza will be served. Free and open to the public.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:56:01 -0400 2019-03-25T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-25T19:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Latina/o Studies Lecture / Discussion Poster
Celebrating César Chávez at U-M: Workshop, Talk, Flor y Canto and Reception with Muralist Jeff Abbey Maldonado (March 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61896 61896-15230396@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

-Arts Workshop (limited capacity): 4:00-5:30pm, American Culture, 3512 Haven Hall
-Artist Talk and Poetry Performance: 6:00-7:00pm. Angell Hall Auditorium D
-Reception: 7:30pm, 3512 Haven Hall. Food will be served.

The Latina/o Studies Program, the Department of American Culture, the Center for Educational Outreach and La Casa invite you to celebrate Chicano labor leader César Chávez’s enduring legacy and the richness of Latinx culture at the University of Michigan. Please join us for a very special arts workshop with visiting artists Jeff Abbey Maldonado and Dulce Santoyo, to be followed by an artist talk featuring Jeff Maldonado and including a Flor y Canto Nahuat Xochitl in Cuitcatl Flower and Song Celebration with local and student poets. Our evening will culminate with a reception in 3512 Haven Hall to celebrate the University Housing donation of Maldonado’s 1998 César Chávez mural to Latina/o Studies and American Culture.

Jeff Abbey Maldonado lives and works in Pilsen, Chicago. He has maintained his studio for the past 20 years. He studied under Mario Castillo, professor at Columbia College, who is credited with painting the first Latino mural in Chicago. Maldonado’s work has been shown nationally and internationally, including at the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago Cultural Center, The Field Museum, and the Chicago History Museum. Currently, he is Founder and Director of the J-Def Peace Project, which promotes youth empowerment through the arts. Dulce Santoyo is an emerging Latina artist working in Chicago.

The Chávez mural was donated to American Culture in summer 2018 thanks to the student activism of La Casa. It previously was held by University Housing—a unit of Student Life—and was displayed in the César Chávez Lounge at the Mosher-Jordan “Mo-Jo” Student Residence Hall in the Hill Neighborhood on Observatory, home to the Michigan Research Community and the Women in Science and Engineering Residence Program. The mural is an interpretation of the activism of César Chávez, born of Mexican heritage in Yuma, Arizona in 1927. Chávez founded and led the National Farm Worker's Association (NFWA), the first successful farm workers union, later known as United Farm Workers (UFW).

Events are free and open to the public.

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Performance Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:05:30 -0500 2019-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T21:00:00-04:00 Haven Hall Latina/o Studies Performance picture
LACS Event. Hostile Terrain: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019 (March 27, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62027 62027-15276103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 8:00am
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Hostile Terrain is a Pop-UP Exhibition about America's Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border. This participatory political art project is organized by the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a non-profit research-art-education-media collective, directed by associate professor of anthropology Jason De León.

Construction of Hostile Terrain Pop-UP Exhibition
MARCH 27-28, 8 AM-4 PM, 2ND FLOOR, MASON HALL, OUTSIDE ROOM 2436

In shifts on March 27-28, 2019, several hundred student volunteers will construct a border wall map on a blank wall space on the second floor of Mason Hall. The map will show the death locations of 3000 migrants. Toe tags will be hand-filled out and plotted on a giant grid, representing recovered bodies from the Arizona desert. Please contact jpdeleon@umich.edu if you are interested in being involved with the installation. The exhibit will remain in Mason Hall through the first week of April 2019.
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Screen preview followed by a panel Q&A: A documentary on the work of Jason De León
MARCH 28, 4 PM, ANGELL HALL, AUDITORIUM A

Join us for a test screening of a documentary about the work of Jason De León and the Undocumented Migration Project. This film focus on clandestine migration from Central America and the North American Migrant Trail.

Panelists: RAÚL O. PAZ PASTRANA (Director, Producer, Cinematographer); JASON DE LEÓN (Producer, Advisor); JOHN A. DOERING-WHITE (Field Producer, Advisor and Sound)
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Round-table: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019
MARCH 29, 12-2 PM, ANGELL HALL, AUDITORIUM B

We will discuss the realities currently experienced by migrants along the US/Mexico border and the history of America’s border security paradigm known as “Prevention Through Deterrence.” Given the heightened discussion in recent months about the supposed dangers posed by migrants and the potential role that a border wall would play in securing America’s southern geopolitical boundary, this roundtable seeks to facilitate an open and frank discussion about what migration currently looks like, who is migrating, and why. In addition to facilitating a conversation about the lives of migrants, our panelists will also discuss the important roles of history, storytelling, art, and film in the telling and (re) presentation of nuanced information about America’s current border crisis. Of particular interest is how the panelists seek to tell new and impactful stories about about a social process that has a deep history and often overdetermined by simplistic tropes such as the “noble migrant” and “foreign invader.”

Moderator: DANIEL NEMSER, Romance Languages and Literatures

Panelists: JASON DE LEÓN, Anthropology, Director of Hostile Terrain Exhibition; LUCY CAHILL, Curator of Hostile Terrain Exhibition; RAÚL O. PAZ PASTRANA, Filmmaker, Director of Border South film; JOHN A. DOERING-WHITE, Anthropology and Social Work
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This event series is sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the International Institute with generous support from a Title VI grant from the US Department of Education. Special thanks to our co-sponsors: Department of Anthropology, Department of History, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Department of American Culture, Donia Human Rights Center, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Latina/o Studies Program, Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Migration and Displacement

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Exhibition Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:00:09 -0400 2019-03-27T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition image
LACS Event. Hostile Terrain: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019 (March 28, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62027 62027-15276104@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 8:00am
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Hostile Terrain is a Pop-UP Exhibition about America's Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border. This participatory political art project is organized by the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a non-profit research-art-education-media collective, directed by associate professor of anthropology Jason De León.

Construction of Hostile Terrain Pop-UP Exhibition
MARCH 27-28, 8 AM-4 PM, 2ND FLOOR, MASON HALL, OUTSIDE ROOM 2436

In shifts on March 27-28, 2019, several hundred student volunteers will construct a border wall map on a blank wall space on the second floor of Mason Hall. The map will show the death locations of 3000 migrants. Toe tags will be hand-filled out and plotted on a giant grid, representing recovered bodies from the Arizona desert. Please contact jpdeleon@umich.edu if you are interested in being involved with the installation. The exhibit will remain in Mason Hall through the first week of April 2019.
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Screen preview followed by a panel Q&A: A documentary on the work of Jason De León
MARCH 28, 4 PM, ANGELL HALL, AUDITORIUM A

Join us for a test screening of a documentary about the work of Jason De León and the Undocumented Migration Project. This film focus on clandestine migration from Central America and the North American Migrant Trail.

Panelists: RAÚL O. PAZ PASTRANA (Director, Producer, Cinematographer); JASON DE LEÓN (Producer, Advisor); JOHN A. DOERING-WHITE (Field Producer, Advisor and Sound)
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Round-table: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019
MARCH 29, 12-2 PM, ANGELL HALL, AUDITORIUM B

We will discuss the realities currently experienced by migrants along the US/Mexico border and the history of America’s border security paradigm known as “Prevention Through Deterrence.” Given the heightened discussion in recent months about the supposed dangers posed by migrants and the potential role that a border wall would play in securing America’s southern geopolitical boundary, this roundtable seeks to facilitate an open and frank discussion about what migration currently looks like, who is migrating, and why. In addition to facilitating a conversation about the lives of migrants, our panelists will also discuss the important roles of history, storytelling, art, and film in the telling and (re) presentation of nuanced information about America’s current border crisis. Of particular interest is how the panelists seek to tell new and impactful stories about about a social process that has a deep history and often overdetermined by simplistic tropes such as the “noble migrant” and “foreign invader.”

Moderator: DANIEL NEMSER, Romance Languages and Literatures

Panelists: JASON DE LEÓN, Anthropology, Director of Hostile Terrain Exhibition; LUCY CAHILL, Curator of Hostile Terrain Exhibition; RAÚL O. PAZ PASTRANA, Filmmaker, Director of Border South film; JOHN A. DOERING-WHITE, Anthropology and Social Work
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This event series is sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the International Institute with generous support from a Title VI grant from the US Department of Education. Special thanks to our co-sponsors: Department of Anthropology, Department of History, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Department of American Culture, Donia Human Rights Center, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Latina/o Studies Program, Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Migration and Displacement

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Exhibition Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:00:09 -0400 2019-03-28T08:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition image
LACS Event. Hostile Terrain: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019 (March 28, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62027 62027-15276105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 28, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Hostile Terrain is a Pop-UP Exhibition about America's Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border. This participatory political art project is organized by the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a non-profit research-art-education-media collective, directed by associate professor of anthropology Jason De León.

Construction of Hostile Terrain Pop-UP Exhibition
MARCH 27-28, 8 AM-4 PM, 2ND FLOOR, MASON HALL, OUTSIDE ROOM 2436

In shifts on March 27-28, 2019, several hundred student volunteers will construct a border wall map on a blank wall space on the second floor of Mason Hall. The map will show the death locations of 3000 migrants. Toe tags will be hand-filled out and plotted on a giant grid, representing recovered bodies from the Arizona desert. Please contact jpdeleon@umich.edu if you are interested in being involved with the installation. The exhibit will remain in Mason Hall through the first week of April 2019.
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Screen preview followed by a panel Q&A: A documentary on the work of Jason De León
MARCH 28, 4 PM, ANGELL HALL, AUDITORIUM A

Join us for a test screening of a documentary about the work of Jason De León and the Undocumented Migration Project. This film focus on clandestine migration from Central America and the North American Migrant Trail.

Panelists: RAÚL O. PAZ PASTRANA (Director, Producer, Cinematographer); JASON DE LEÓN (Producer, Advisor); JOHN A. DOERING-WHITE (Field Producer, Advisor and Sound)
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Round-table: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019
MARCH 29, 12-2 PM, ANGELL HALL, AUDITORIUM B

We will discuss the realities currently experienced by migrants along the US/Mexico border and the history of America’s border security paradigm known as “Prevention Through Deterrence.” Given the heightened discussion in recent months about the supposed dangers posed by migrants and the potential role that a border wall would play in securing America’s southern geopolitical boundary, this roundtable seeks to facilitate an open and frank discussion about what migration currently looks like, who is migrating, and why. In addition to facilitating a conversation about the lives of migrants, our panelists will also discuss the important roles of history, storytelling, art, and film in the telling and (re) presentation of nuanced information about America’s current border crisis. Of particular interest is how the panelists seek to tell new and impactful stories about about a social process that has a deep history and often overdetermined by simplistic tropes such as the “noble migrant” and “foreign invader.”

Moderator: DANIEL NEMSER, Romance Languages and Literatures

Panelists: JASON DE LEÓN, Anthropology, Director of Hostile Terrain Exhibition; LUCY CAHILL, Curator of Hostile Terrain Exhibition; RAÚL O. PAZ PASTRANA, Filmmaker, Director of Border South film; JOHN A. DOERING-WHITE, Anthropology and Social Work
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This event series is sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the International Institute with generous support from a Title VI grant from the US Department of Education. Special thanks to our co-sponsors: Department of Anthropology, Department of History, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Department of American Culture, Donia Human Rights Center, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Latina/o Studies Program, Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Migration and Displacement

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Exhibition Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:00:09 -0400 2019-03-28T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-28T18:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition image
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
LACS Event. Hostile Terrain: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019 (March 29, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62027 62027-15276106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Hostile Terrain is a Pop-UP Exhibition about America's Humanitarian Crisis at the Southern Border. This participatory political art project is organized by the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a non-profit research-art-education-media collective, directed by associate professor of anthropology Jason De León.

Construction of Hostile Terrain Pop-UP Exhibition
MARCH 27-28, 8 AM-4 PM, 2ND FLOOR, MASON HALL, OUTSIDE ROOM 2436

In shifts on March 27-28, 2019, several hundred student volunteers will construct a border wall map on a blank wall space on the second floor of Mason Hall. The map will show the death locations of 3000 migrants. Toe tags will be hand-filled out and plotted on a giant grid, representing recovered bodies from the Arizona desert. Please contact jpdeleon@umich.edu if you are interested in being involved with the installation. The exhibit will remain in Mason Hall through the first week of April 2019.
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Screen preview followed by a panel Q&A: A documentary on the work of Jason De León
MARCH 28, 4 PM, ANGELL HALL, AUDITORIUM A

Join us for a test screening of a documentary about the work of Jason De León and the Undocumented Migration Project. This film focus on clandestine migration from Central America and the North American Migrant Trail.

Panelists: RAÚL O. PAZ PASTRANA (Director, Producer, Cinematographer); JASON DE LEÓN (Producer, Advisor); JOHN A. DOERING-WHITE (Field Producer, Advisor and Sound)
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Round-table: Exploring Border Security and Migration in 2019
MARCH 29, 12-2 PM, ANGELL HALL, AUDITORIUM B

We will discuss the realities currently experienced by migrants along the US/Mexico border and the history of America’s border security paradigm known as “Prevention Through Deterrence.” Given the heightened discussion in recent months about the supposed dangers posed by migrants and the potential role that a border wall would play in securing America’s southern geopolitical boundary, this roundtable seeks to facilitate an open and frank discussion about what migration currently looks like, who is migrating, and why. In addition to facilitating a conversation about the lives of migrants, our panelists will also discuss the important roles of history, storytelling, art, and film in the telling and (re) presentation of nuanced information about America’s current border crisis. Of particular interest is how the panelists seek to tell new and impactful stories about about a social process that has a deep history and often overdetermined by simplistic tropes such as the “noble migrant” and “foreign invader.”

Moderator: DANIEL NEMSER, Romance Languages and Literatures

Panelists: JASON DE LEÓN, Anthropology, Director of Hostile Terrain Exhibition; LUCY CAHILL, Curator of Hostile Terrain Exhibition; RAÚL O. PAZ PASTRANA, Filmmaker, Director of Border South film; JOHN A. DOERING-WHITE, Anthropology and Social Work
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This event series is sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the International Institute with generous support from a Title VI grant from the US Department of Education. Special thanks to our co-sponsors: Department of Anthropology, Department of History, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, Department of American Culture, Donia Human Rights Center, Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies, Latina/o Studies Program, Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop on Migration and Displacement

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Exhibition Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:00:09 -0400 2019-03-29T12:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T14:00:00-04:00 Angell Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Exhibition image
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
LACS Lecture. On Marketing and Militarism: Demobilizing Guerrillas and Mobilizing Affect, Colombia and Propaganda in the Early Twenty-First Century (April 8, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62831 62831-15477383@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

This talk explores the principle arguments in Alexander Fattal’s new book “Guerrilla Marketing: Counterinsurgency and Capitalism in Colombia” (University of Chicago Press, 2018) about the convergence of marketing and militarism in twenty-first century propaganda. The talk considers the Colombian government’s efforts to engage in a form of ‘brand warfare’ against members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the smaller guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). Since 2007, the government has been working with the same advertising firm that stewards brands such as Mazda and RedBull in Colombia, to lure guerrillas out of the insurgency and transform them into consumer citizens. The ethnography critiques those efforts, pointing to problems that emerge when branding captures critical state functions, like waging a war.

Dr. Alexander L. Fattal is Assistant Professor in the Department of Film-Video and Media Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is also a documentary artist whose creative and scholarly work focuses on the mediation of the Colombian armed conflict.
@FattAlx | www.alexfattal.net

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:10:30 -0400 2019-04-08T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-08T18:30:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Lecture / Discussion image
Representing Latinx Voices in American Journalism (April 9, 2019 3:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62362 62362-15355261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 3:30pm
Location: Haven Hall
Organized By: Latina/o Studies

Tuesday, April 9, 2019
3:30pm (Reception)
4:00-5:30pm (Panel Discussion)
3512 Haven Hall
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Please join us for a panel discussion on the representation of Latinx issues, perspectives and voices in American journalism, featuring current Knight-Wallace Fellows Luis Trelles of Radio Ambulante and Aaron Nelsen, former Rio Grande Valley Bureau Chief for the San Antonio Express-News, together with Sarah Alvarez, Founder and Executive Editor of Outlier Media and Serena Maria Daniels, founder of Tostada Magazine in Detroit. This event is a collaboration between the Latina/o Studies Program, the Department of American Culture, and Wallace House, home of the Knight-Wallace Fellowships for Journalists and the Livingston Awards. Reception will be held before the panel. Free and open to the public.

Luis Trelles is a producer for Radio Ambulante, a podcast distributed by NPR which tells the stories of Latin America and Latino communities in the United States. His work has appeared on WNYC’s Radiolab, and NPR’s Planet Money and All Things Considered. Trelles has reported on Cuban immigration, the ethnic tensions between Haitians and Dominicans in the Dominican Republic, and the causes for Puerto Rico’s debt crisis. In 2017 he covered the emergency efforts in the U.S. commonwealth after Hurricane Maria. Trelles teaches at the journalism school of the City University of New York, where he mentors emerging Latino journalists through its bilingual program. @cu_bata

Aaron Nelsen is the former Rio Grande Valley Bureau Chief for the San Antonio Express-News. Previously, he was a Time correspondent and New York Times contributor in Chile. He also worked for Reuters covering the Chilean stock exchange and currency market. Prior to that he was the business editor and education reporter for the Brownsville Herald in Texas and a general assignment reporter for the Temple Daily Telegram in Texas. In 2017, he documented a small group of community activists in the Rio Grande Valley as they worked to save a wildlife preserve from the path of President Trump's border wall. @amnelsen

Sarah Alvarez, founder and executive editor of Outlier Media, started her career in civil rights law in New York. Before founding Outlier Media, she worked as a senior producer and reporter at Michigan Radio, the statewide NPR affiliate. In that role, she covered issues important to low-income families, child welfare and disability. Her work has been featured on NPR, Marketplace, The Center for Investigative Reporting, Bridge Magazine, and The Detroit News. Sarah believes journalism is a service and should be responsive to the needs of all people. She lives in northwest Detroit. @media_outlier @sarahalvarezMI

Serena Maria Daniels is an award-winning Chicana journalist. A recovering daily newspaper reporter, she is the founder and chingona-in-chief of Tostada Magazine, a Detroit-based independent new media platform that uses food journalism as a means of preserving culture and breaking down barriers. Tostada empowers journalists of color or of immigrant backgrounds to report stories from within their communities. As a freelance food journalist, Serena writes about halal burgers, Ramadan IHOP, chapulín pizza and other topics at the intersection of food, culture, and migration for Thrillist, Eater Detroit, Latino USA, Remezcla, and others. Her favorite tacos come from back home in LA and she prefers her pizza square. Find Tostada on Twitter and Instagram @tostadamagazine and Serena @serenamaria36

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:29:07 -0400 2019-04-09T15:30:00-04:00 2019-04-09T17:30:00-04:00 Haven Hall Latina/o Studies Lecture / Discussion Haven 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