Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Why Asian Studies? (November 15, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67445 67445-16855677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 15, 2019 12:00pm
Location: 202 S. Thayer
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Current undergraduate students are invited to an information session on the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures major, minors, and language programs. Students will have the opportunity to speak with an advisor and ask questions specific to them. Representatives from Newnan Advising and CGIS will also be present!

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

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

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

We hope to see you there!

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Other Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:21:03 -0400 2019-11-15T12:00:00-05:00 2019-11-15T13:00:00-05:00 202 S. Thayer Asian Languages and Cultures Other Info Session Flyer
CSEAS Event. Book Discussion of “Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen” by Filipino-American journalist Jose Antonio Vargas (January 27, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71111 71111-17777077@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 27, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

Monday, January 27, 2020 / 6:00-8:30 pm / 555 Weiser Hall
Light refreshments from Silvio’s Organic Ristorante will be served at 6:00-6:30 pm

*Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen* by Filipino-American journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, a book discussion followed by a Q&A, with Marlon James Sales, postdoctoral fellow in critical translation studies at the Department of Comparative Literature; and Rima Hassouneh, CSEAS outreach coordinator.

CSEAS will give away 25 complimentary copies of Dear America before our book event. To request your copy, contact Rima Hassouneh (at rhassoun@umich.edu; Pick-up location: Weiser Hall, Fourth Floor, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

*Books will be given away on a first-come-first-serve basis.*

Additional 25 complimentary copies will be given to the audience members during the book discussion.

Free and open to the general public, faculty, students, and staff, the event highlights the 2020 Washtenaw Reads event on January 30, 2020, at Washtenaw Community College, at which Jose Antonio Vargas will speak about his experiences as an undocumented citizen.

Washtenaw Reads is a community initiative that promotes reading and civic dialogue through the shared experience of reading and discussing a common book. Participating libraries include Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Dexter, Milan, Northfield Township, Saline, and Ypsilanti. For more information about this year's Washtenaw Reads, go to https://aadl.org/washtenawreads.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 15 Jan 2020 11:04:37 -0500 2020-01-27T18:00:00-05:00 2020-01-27T20:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Center for Southeast Asian Studies Lecture / Discussion book_discussion-image
Language Fair (February 21, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72306 72306-17972528@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 10:00am
Location: Michigan Union
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

Are you interested in learning more about the Asian languages taught at the University of Michigan? The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures invites you to the Asian Languages Fair, featuring guests from the Chinese Language Program, Japanese Language Program, Korean Language Program, South Asian Language Program, and Southeast Asian Language Program.

You are invited to come learn about opportunities at UM to study the following languages: Bengali, Chinese, Filipino, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Thai, Tibetan, Urdu, and Vietnamese. There will also be opportunities to win raffle prizes.

The Asian Languages Fair will be held in the Pond Room of the Michigan Union from 10:00am-2:00pm on Friday, February 21. We hope to see you there!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:36:48 -0500 2020-02-21T10:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T14:00:00-05:00 Michigan Union Asian Languages and Cultures Fair / Festival Language Fair Digital Signage
CSEAS Virtual Mini-Symposium. Press Freedom and the Pandemic in Duterte’s Philippines: Views from the Ground Up (September 18, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/76389 76389-19711157@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 18, 2020 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Center for Southeast Asian Studies

*This webinar is open to the public. Please register at: http://myumi.ch/7ZNg0*

*Supplementary reading materials for this event are available: http://myumi.ch/dONEB*

The Philippines’ response to the COVID19 pandemic is set against a backdrop of heightened antagonism against mass media, a hostile attitude toward popular dissent, and an upsurge of fake news mostly sympathetic to the government. When the virus began to take its toll in the first quarter of this year, President Rodrigo Duterte imposed what would turn out to be the toughest and longest lockdown in the world. His political allies in Congress then worked to enact Republic Act No. 11469, which authorized Duterte to exercise special emergency powers, including realigning the national budget, thus further weakening the institutional mechanisms for checks and balances. Congress also managed to pass an Anti-Terrorism Law at record speed, which critics consider as yet another opportunity to quell opposition, as can be gleaned from a spate of unresolved assassinations of political activists. The most palpable blow happened when the application for franchise renewal of ABS-CBN, the country’s biggest media network known to be critical of the Duterte administration, was denied by Congress after refusing to act on it initially. As these things unfolded, the Philippines keyed in the most number of COVID19 cases in Southeast Asia, coupled with its first economic recession in almost three decades and the highest unemployment rate in the region, with almost half of the adult population left without a job. A recent multibillion-peso corruption scandal at the government-owned insurer PhilHealth further compromised the already overburdened public health system. This virtual roundtable discussion seeks to make sense of the many overlaps from the ground up between the state of press freedom in the Philippines and the ongoing efforts of the Duterte administration to control the pandemic. Philippine-based resource speakers will get together in what promises to be a multifocal discussion on the social and legal circumstances informing a country’s response to a global health crisis.

Panelists:
José Manuel ‘Chel’ Diokno, human rights lawyer and founding dean of the De La Salle University College of Law.

Inday Espina-Varona, award-winning journalist, former chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, and former Knight International Fellow at Stanford University.

Carlos Conde, former journalist and researcher of Human Rights Watch, former Jefferson Fellow at the East-West Center of the University Hawaii, and former fellow at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility.

Mike Navallo, lawyer and broadcast journalist and former Reham al-Farra Memorial Fellow at the United Nations.

Discussant: Odessa Gonzalez Benson, School of Social Work

Moderator: Allen Hicken, Political Science

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:17:18 -0400 2020-09-18T09:00:00-04:00 2020-09-18T10:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Center for Southeast Asian Studies Livestream / Virtual webinar_image
ALC Preview Event (Virtual) (October 8, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/74919 74919-19079190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

*Due to COVID-19, all events will be held virtually.

The University of Michigan Asian Studies Ph.D. program invites juniors, seniors, recently graduated, or Master's students to participate in a series of virtual events to learn about our graduate program. We are eager to recruit students who will contribute to our department's mission of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in Asian Studies.
This event is a department funded opportunity to explore graduate education at the University of Michigan. Invited participants will take part in an admissions workshop, get acquainted with area studies resources such as the U-M Asia Library and International Institute, meet with world-renowned U-M faculty and current graduate students, and learn about fellowships and other resources offered by the Rackham Graduate School. During preview weekend, students will learn about:

the admissions process
fully-funded graduate programs
developing a research project
advanced language training
selecting a faculty advisor
what graduate school is like and how it all works

*Eligibility*

Please apply if you are a US citizen, permanent resident, or a DACA recipient. To qualify for this program, you must also meet one or more of the following criteria: 1) come from an educational, cultural, or geographic background that is underrepresented in graduate study in Asian studies; 2) have demonstrated a sustained commitment to diversity in the academic, professional, or civic realm, specifically efforts in the U.S to reduce social, educational, or economic disparities based on race, ethnicity, or gender, or to improve race relations in the U.S.; 3) have experienced financial hardship as a result of family economic circumstances; 4) are a first generation U.S. citizen or are the first generation in your family to graduate from a four-year college or university.
If you are interested in exploring the graduate program in Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan, but do not meet the eligibility criteria to participate in Fall Preview Weekend, please reach out to us at alc-gradservices@umich.edu! We would be happy to answer your questions regarding the application process and academic life in the department.



Questions? Contact alc-gradservices@umich.edu

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Livestream / Virtual Fri, 12 Jun 2020 10:23:08 -0400 2020-10-08T10:00:00-04:00 2020-10-08T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Asian Languages and Cultures Livestream / Virtual Preview Weekend - October 8-9 2020